Questions tagged [nvidia-optimus]
nVidia Optimus is a hybrid graphics technology
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Nvidia graphics driver problem on Ubuntu 18.04 (GPU at BusId doesn't have a supported video decoder)
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 with Nvidia MX110 graphics, and I have recently had problems with installing drivers. After numerous tries, I've succeeded in installing 440 driver somehow, although I still ...
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kubuntu 19.10 current way to switch between nvidia (RTX 2060) and intel gpu
What is the current (preferred) (year 2020 - Kubuntu 19.10) way to switch between nvidia (RTX 2060) GPU and iGPU (Intel UHD Graphics 630)?
i am interessted in both:
- nvidia with official drivers (...
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nvidia-smi works, but glxinfo show OpenGL uses Intel graphics card; Ubuntu 18.04
I want to play a game using the discrete graphics on my notebook. I don't care about the Intel graphic card - I just want to use exclusively NVidia.
$ nvidia-smi
Mon Mar 23 20:40:58 2020
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why isn't mate-optimus applet showing?
Im using Ubuntu 19.10. and Nvidia driver 435. I tried installing the mate-optimus applet for easy use of Nvidia's offloading feature.
I installed it by using sudo apt install mate-optimus. I got the ...
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Ubuntu Mate 19.10 - check compatibility before install
I'm wondering if there is any option to check my laptop compatibility with Ubuntu Mate 19.10.
It's Samsung QX510 laptop loaded with GeForce 420M gpu and Optimus technology. Since about Ubuntu 15.04 I ...
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Powertop shows 100% GPU usage with Nvidia card on Optimus laptop
I freshly installed Ubuntu 19.10 on a Dell XPS 15 9560 with an Nvidia GTX 1050 graphics card. In the "Software & Updates" app, I chose the nvidia-driver-435 driver. I ran
sudo prime-select on-...
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bbswitch unable to turn discrete graphics off
Laptop: Acer Predator PH315-52
OS : UBUNTU 18.04.2 LTS
Nvidia Driver : 418.87
Kernel : 5.0.0-37-generic
Processors : Intel UHD 630 and Nvidia 1660 Ti
bbswitch version: 0.8-4ubuntu1
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Ubuntu 19.10 NVidia Optimus not working
thank you pilot6 for your message. The requested output is
arpad@arpad-P170EM:~$ lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor ...
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How to switch to AMD graphics with AMD RAVEN/NVIDIA dual graphics
I think my laptop, an Asus Rog Zephyrus G G4502, is unable correctly switch graphics card with prime-select. I'm trying to turn off the nvidia gpu for better battery life
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The power ...
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Setting up graphics cards on Razer Blade 2019 with Ubuntu 18.04 - Loading NVIDIA driver when needed
I would like to use the iGPU to manage the monitors and the dGPU for ML.
When I do prime-select intel the pc switches correctly to the intel GPU. Is use then bbswitch to turn ON and OFF the dGPU. I ...
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Ubuntu w/ HWE installing wrong driver for GPU
Ubuntu keeps picking the 430 driver for my GTX 770m card, which is the wrong driver for this card as the newest for my card is 418.88 per NVIDIA. It does list other drivers but those are ALSO ...
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How to use "prime-select on-demand" in latest Kubuntu 19.10
I'm using
Kubuntu 19.10
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7820HQ CPU @ 2.90GHz
NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 435.21
and since Kubuntu has dropped bumblebee I was looking for another possibility to use ...
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My Nvidia dGPU isn't detected after updating to 19.10
As can be guessed from the subject, I have an Optimus laptop. As long as I was running 19.04, I was able to switch to the Nvidia dGPU and back, using Prime (via the prime-select {intel|nvidia} command)...
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Is Bumblebee required in 19.10?
I'm trying to optimise the power management on my Dell XPS 15 laptop, whose current consumption is approximately equivalent to the output of a midsized nuclear power plant.
I would therefore like to ...
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My computer will not boot after an upgrade to Ubuntu 19.10. It used to only work in nVidia Optimus, now it will not boot at all
I have an Ubuntu Thinkpad W530 with an Nvidia K2000 graphics card.
I am dual booting Windows 10 and Ubuntu.
A long time ago, all of this worked perfectly so I know it is possible. However, recently ...
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Adding a higher resolution mode via xrandr results in a black screen
I'm running Ubuntu 19.10, and I was following the instructions in the answer about how to add a higher resolution mode using xrandr, and I ran into a problem. What I need is to be able to use an ...
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Graphics get laggy with larger windows (likely Nvidia PRIME related, possibly GLES3)
I'm on Ubuntu 19.04 with a Nvidia GTX 1050 Mobile, using the latest nvidia-driver-430 from the ppa.
In the PRIME profile, I have selected Nvidia instead of Intel. It seems like this is acknowledged (...
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Why are my two monitors switched upon login?
When I log in with an external monitor attached, I get very strange behaviour – the external monitor is blank except for the cursor, and the internal monitor displays what should be displayed on the ...
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Which is the best graphics drivers for NVIDIA GT 540M?
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
I installed NVIDIA 384.130 from additional drivers as 'Nouvea' wasn't working.
But, Ubuntu gets frozen after few minutes, I've to keep restarting it.
I saw many posts that ...
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How to use a second GPU on a laptop running Ubuntu 18.04 ? [Nvidia Optimus]
I'm currently on Ubuntu 18.04.2.
I have two GPU on my laptop : Intel HD graphics 5500 and Nvidia Geforce 950M
I would like to use the GPU from Nvidia.
I've been tinkering with the drivers for the ...
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Acer Nitro 5 Linux - HDMI output for external monitor
I have an Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52 with i7 8750H, 8GB RAM, Nvidia 1050TI and 1TB HDD with 16GB IntelOptane.
I have installed Ubuntu 18.04.2. I had to first boot up with nomodeset in grub (before quite ...
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I can install Nvidia driver v340 but not v430. However, my GPU supports v430. Help please?
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1) I've alrdy ran the command "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa".
2) I've alrdy selected Nvidia GPU using prime-select (CLI) / prime profile (GUI).
3) I tried with v418 and end ...
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Is there a replacement for Bumblebee yet?
Bumblebee used to be a package that allowed you to start specific programs with dedicated graphics without having to reboot your system to choose if you wanted to use integrated or dedicated.
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Ubuntu 19.04 background kind of pixelized
I have a problem with my Ubuntu background. It seems to get some kind of pixelized. I searched the internet but couldn't find any solution. My background is the default background from Ubuntu 19.04.
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Why my GPU resources unused when running games?
My laptop is experiencing hard times running games, the frames are constantly freezes and twitches. I decided to have a look at my CPU and GPU memory usage, where I saw disappointingly stats, which ...
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Issue with switching from intel to nvidia after suspend
I just wanted to know if anyone ever had the same bug than I submitted : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/+bug/1827446
TL;DR Suspend while being on intel, then waking up, then ...
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How to enable AMD-NVIDIA switchable graphics for AMD APUs (Ryzen) ? (Especially on Muxless laptop)
I don't know why no one is talking about this. But, this is a problem I'm currently stuck at.
I have an laptop with AMD APU (Ryzen 5 - 2500U) & nvidia gtx 1050. This laptop is Muxless. This laptop'...
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ubuntu 18.10 optimus dual boot hang on first boot (Dell 7567 )
I just installed Ubuntu 18.10 (Desktop install) and when I rebooted got a blue screen which I think was something to do with UDIF, was up for 5 secs or so and never came back, not sure if this is ...
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Third display no longer works with proprietary Nvidia driver
I am running Ubuntu 18.04 on a Thinkpad T430 with an Nvidia graphics card that is capable of switching from Intel to Nvidia graphics processing as needed (Optimus). It sits on a docking station that ...
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Ubuntu Bionic(18.04) - KDE - Nvidia 418 / Prime-select needs 2 logout
Anybody knows that issue?
I installed nvidia 418 driver by driver repo. Everythink is normal when I used 390 driver in offical repo.
I can use my intel gpu switch naturaly. But when I tried to ...
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Less options after using nvidia-prime
After installing Nvidia proprietary drivers from software center, I could access to nvidia x server options which looked like this:
Previous Xserver Configuration options (source: Google images)
Now ...
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nvidia-prime can't switch
I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu 18.10 and Windows 10, which have GTX 1050 Mobile and Intel HD Graphics 630.
I installed nvidia-390 driver from a ppa but I can't use my NVidia card even if prime-...
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Integrated graphics only on NVidia Optimus on X1 Extreme
I have a new Thinkpad X1 Extreme which includes NVidia Optimus. For my Linux work, I don't want to use the NVidia card at all, and only use the Intel integrated graphics.
When I try to boot the ...
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NVidia blank screen with cursor
[Note: I know there are many questions on nvidia and blank screen, but none so far have brought me closer to a solution, I've tried a lot, see below]
Problem:
Running Xubuntu 18.10 on a Dell XPS 9570 ...
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Unable to switch between integrated and discrete GPUs?
This will be fairly long post because I'd like to provide a lot of detail and information on what I've already tried and hasn't worked
I've just installed Ubuntu 18.04.1 on a mid-2012 15" Macbook Pro ...
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Nvidia GeForce GT 750M Driver issue (black Screen or login loop)
I am trying to set up the Nvidia Driver on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for my Lenovo Y510P Laptop. My laptop has a Nvidia Optimus Technology graphics card (GeForece GT 750M). I have tried using all of the ...
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Ubuntu 18.10 external monitor with intel graphics
I wanted to attach an external monitor through HDMI to my optimus laptop (Gigabyte Aero 15x) but it did not work. I found a solution that works for me in this thread: https://askubuntu.com/a/1094034/...
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prime-select nvidia not reflected in "about" Ubuntu 18.04
I have a Dell XPS 15 9570 with both intel graphics and nvidia grpahics. Currently I am running Wayland (to avoid screen tearing issues) and the nvidia 410 driver.
I want to always know whether I am ...
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How to install CUDA on 18.10 for an Optimus laptop?
I have a Thinkpad W520 with NVIDIA Quadro 1000M + integrated Intel GPU. I have just made a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.10 on it.
I want to achieve the following:
working CUDA,
working external ...
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nvidia-settings (&prime-select) fails to switch GPU after removal of GRUB
Recently I purged grub on my EFI-System (before you ask: I simply don't like it).
Now nvidia-settings and prime-select throw an error when I attempt to change GPU (which fails because of this 'stupid' ...
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Bumblebee: module 'nvidia-390' not found
I managed to get Bumblebee to run some time ago, but after an update it just completely stopped. I'm trying to set it up again but I can't get past this error
[ 3270.586218] [ERROR]Module 'nvidia-390'...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Boot hangs at PKCS#7 signature not signed with a trusted key
I had a working 16.04 working perfectly (but no bumblebee) and then upgraded to 18.04. Gnome was very laggy so I installed Unity and lightdm but it was still laggy. So I thought something was wrong ...
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What's the state of hybrid graphics in 2018?
I have a laptop with both Intel and Nvidia graphics, running Ubuntu 18.04. I've installed and selected the proprietary Nvidia drivers via the Software & Updates GUI (the card is a GTX 1050, which ...
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Is nvidia-xrun available only for Arch? How do I install it? [closed]
I recently found this post on Reddit. And there I found out about nvidia-xrun. I tried to google how to use it with Ubuntu but didn't find anything I could make a use of. Is it possible to use it with ...
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xubuntu - CPU at 78C while watching youtube videos
Xubuntu 18.04
CPU: i3-2348m
GPU: gt645m
RAM: 8gb 600mhz-ish ddr3
The other posts didn't help me, don't mark it as a duplicate
I do have bumblebee installed heard if you don't have it installed, you ...
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Nvidia not able to turn off or switch to Intel on Ubuntu 18.04
I have Nvidia 5200m and I'm using the additional driver from Nvidia. I want to only use Intel GPU and turn off Nvidia. I try to do this with prime-select intel and it works, but when the system ...
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Nvidia Optimus HDMI no sound [duplicate]
I am using a Lenovo Legion Y720 laptop with a discrete GTX 1060 GPU. I can connect to an external monitor but there is no option to chose HDMI as output source for the speakers. Only the internal ...
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Selecting intel graphics makes my system crash at boot
i have UBUNTU 16.04 (had 18.04 with the same problem), and the problem is, when I select intel graphics by sudo prime-select intel, my system fails to boot. It starts booting, Ubuntu loading animation ...
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Disable dedicated Nvidia graphic card
i have a laptop (Schenker S403) and installed KUbuntu 18.04.
Previously I have 17.10 with no problems.
I disabled the graphic card in the NVidia-x-server-settings.
Now my laptop runs hot and the fan ...
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Failed to start dGPU off during boot
I got this message "Failed to start dGPU off during boot." inside my logs system (Ubuntu 18.04). This error caused my discrete GPU (Nvidia 940mx) to still run although I have switched into integrated ...