How do I get my Intel HD graphics to work alongside my HD7850, as my second(HDMI out) monitor?

Posted by AlexTes on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by AlexTes
Published on 2012-09-10T00:30:22Z Indexed on 2012/09/10 21:49 UTC
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Title says it all. Further info:

Motherboard: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Pro3/

Processor: http://ark.intel.com/products/65520/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-Processor-%286M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz%29

So currently my main screen is running on my HD7850. Got drivers from the amd website. I have looked through dozens of questions here. I'm about to try booting Ubuntu from a stick and seeing if the xorg-edgers drivers might help.

When booting, all action goes down on the very screen I'm trying to get to work.*EDIT never mind this. Seems to be special boot magic. As the screen only displays whiteline errors once the gui of ubuntu has kicked in and everything graphic is happening through my graphics card again. Connected through HDMI(motherboard)->DVI. So unless having multiple displays is a huge deal the solution hopefully isn't that complicated. I just feel I'm missing something simple.

If this really is complicated, I should probably just hook up the display to my graphics card. My CPU is usually the one chilling out though so I'd like to try to get that to work. Also just because I don't want to buy an extra cable and this set up makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Tell me what to try or look up, I'll be most appreciative.

Thank you!

**UPDATE The x-swat ppa installed some intel stuff. Booting with one monitor plugged into the motherboard gives nothing. Doing it with the pc already on gives the purple "Ubuntu" with 5 dots boot/shutdown screen.

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