Lenovo P51 Display Management

Foreword

This configuration is my personal configuration for running an Arch Linux based worstation with i3 started via an xinitrc (no display manager), a french bepo keymap, the full HD laptop touch screen and 3 full HD screens connected via HDMI, DVI-D and VGA to the Lenovo worstation dock.

The provided .Xmodmap interverts page up/page down with home/end to match the configuration I'm used to on my TypeMatrix keyboard when in single laptop mode (ie. when I use the laptop's keyboard). You probably don't want it.

You will have to adapt this configuration to your needs!

The multiple monitors configuration uses nVidia PRIME, not Bumblebee.

Setup

Pre-requisites

• Install the latest proprietary nVidia drivers.
• Install bbswitch from the Bumblebee project.
• Use Xorg server. Wayland not tested.

Installation

• Copy the files in etc to your systems /etc directory.
• Copy the files in home to your users ~ directory.
• Copy the files in scripts to a convenient place for you to launch them. I keep mine in ~/bin.

Optional

For the best experience and power savings:

• Add the modules i915, nvidia, nvidia_modeset, nvidia_uvm and nvidia_drm to your initcpio.
• Add the files /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf and /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia_drm.conf to your initcpio.

Customization

Edit all the files provided in home to fit your needs.

Usage

With the X server stopped. Use the setx.sh script to switch between configurations.

Configurations provided:

• intel: nVidia GPU disabled. Laptop screen only.
• nvidia-single: nVidia GPU enabled. Laptop screen only.
• nvidia: nVidia GPU enabled. Laptop screen + 3 external screens connected to the Lenovo Workstation Dock.