Why Ubuntu is using NVIDIA Card?
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I just installed Ubuntu(dual boot) on my MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RE!
There's a small light near the power button which shows the current graphics card being used. Red is NVIDIA and white is Intel.
When I use Ubuntu, it's always red and I don't know why it is happening. I tried going to Settings>Details. This shows that the graphics driver is Intel but still NVIDIA is being used.
I have not installed any NVIDIA driver and just did nouveau.modeset=0 in GRUB!
Please help!
drivers nvidia 18.04 graphics 18.10
asked Dec 7 at 14:28
Sanjay
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I just installed Ubuntu(dual boot) on my MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RE!
There's a small light near the power button which shows the current graphics card being used. Red is NVIDIA and white is Intel.
When I use Ubuntu, it's always red and I don't know why it is happening. I tried going to Settings>Details. This shows that the graphics driver is Intel but still NVIDIA is being used.
I have not installed any NVIDIA driver and just did nouveau.modeset=0 in GRUB!
Please help!
drivers nvidia 18.04 graphics 18.10
asked Dec 7 at 14:28
Sanjay
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I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
– Rinzwind
Dec 7 at 14:47
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trynvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use isprime-select query
– singrium
Dec 7 at 15:18
Thanks guys! Will check it out
– Sanjay
Dec 7 at 15:23
Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
– Alvin Liang
Dec 9 at 13:23
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I just installed Ubuntu(dual boot) on my MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RE!
There's a small light near the power button which shows the current graphics card being used. Red is NVIDIA and white is Intel.
When I use Ubuntu, it's always red and I don't know why it is happening. I tried going to Settings>Details. This shows that the graphics driver is Intel but still NVIDIA is being used.
I have not installed any NVIDIA driver and just did nouveau.modeset=0 in GRUB!
Please help!
drivers nvidia 18.04 graphics 18.10
asked Dec 7 at 14:28
Sanjay
1013
I just installed Ubuntu(dual boot) on my MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RE!
There's a small light near the power button which shows the current graphics card being used. Red is NVIDIA and white is Intel.
When I use Ubuntu, it's always red and I don't know why it is happening. I tried going to Settings>Details. This shows that the graphics driver is Intel but still NVIDIA is being used.
I have not installed any NVIDIA driver and just did nouveau.modeset=0 in GRUB!
Please help!
drivers nvidia 18.04 graphics 18.10
drivers nvidia 18.04 graphics 18.10
asked Dec 7 at 14:28
Sanjay
1013
asked Dec 7 at 14:28
Sanjay
1013
asked Dec 7 at 14:28
Sanjay
1013
asked Dec 7 at 14:28
Sanjay
1013
asked Dec 7 at 14:28
Sanjay
1013
1013
I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
– Rinzwind
Dec 7 at 14:47
1
trynvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use isprime-select query
– singrium
Dec 7 at 15:18
Thanks guys! Will check it out
– Sanjay
Dec 7 at 15:23
Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
– Alvin Liang
Dec 9 at 13:23
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I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
– Rinzwind
Dec 7 at 14:47
1
trynvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use isprime-select query
– singrium
Dec 7 at 15:18
Thanks guys! Will check it out
– Sanjay
Dec 7 at 15:23
Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
– Alvin Liang
Dec 9 at 13:23
I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
– Rinzwind
Dec 7 at 14:47
I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
– Rinzwind
Dec 7 at 14:47
1
1
try
nvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use is prime-select query– singrium
Dec 7 at 15:18
try
nvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use is prime-select query– singrium
Dec 7 at 15:18
Thanks guys! Will check it out
– Sanjay
Dec 7 at 15:23
Thanks guys! Will check it out
– Sanjay
Dec 7 at 15:23
Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
– Alvin Liang
Dec 9 at 13:23
Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
– Alvin Liang
Dec 9 at 13:23
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I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
– Rinzwind
Dec 7 at 14:47
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try
nvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use isprime-select query– singrium
Dec 7 at 15:18
Thanks guys! Will check it out
– Sanjay
Dec 7 at 15:23
Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
– Alvin Liang
Dec 9 at 13:23