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I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.3 with pantheon desktop, I installed the Nvidia drivers with the following command:

$ sudo apt install nvidia-driver-440

After the process was completed I restarted my pc. Now the NVIDIA X Servers Settings are installed and the app center shows the driver was successfully installed, but when I try to change the main GPU with prime settings, it doesn't work. Prime settings Additional drivers settings

I ran the following command to figure out what GPU is really working. This is what I get:

$ glxinfo|egrep "OpenGL vendor|OpenGL renderer"
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)

I don't know if I have followed any wrong procedure. Thanks for your help!

Computer specs:

CPU : Intel® Core™ i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz

GPU: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07) NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce MX130] (rev a2)

Edit: This is what I get from running the following command.

$ lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] UHD Graphics 620
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
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01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce MX130] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] GM108M [GeForce MX130]
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

And this one:

$ mokutil --sb-state 
SecureBoot disabled

Edit: I am going to write down some terminal commands that are shown in comments.

$ env |grep GDMSESSION
GDMSESSION=pantheon

And this one:

$ echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
x11
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    Disable Secure Boot in BIOS.
    – Pilot6
    Dec 20, 2019 at 21:19
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    Please edit your question and add output of lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' terminal command.
    – Pilot6
    Dec 20, 2019 at 21:23
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    And also mokutil --sb-state
    – Pilot6
    Dec 20, 2019 at 21:24
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    Nvidia X server settings is empty. that means that the driver is not installed properly.
    – Pilot6
    Dec 20, 2019 at 21:25
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    Try to install official drivers, not from a PPA. All looks good now except the X sever window.
    – Pilot6
    Dec 20, 2019 at 21:31

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It seems this was fixed with an update.

Yesterday I changed to the Nvidia GPU (just for curiosity) and then I rebooted my PC. Now it is working as it used! Since I have not changed anything I assume an update fixed this.

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