Not finding Nvidia GPU / nvidia settings not starting
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on a Dell XPS-15-9560.
After installing Ubuntu, I followed this guide
https://github.com/rcasero/doc/wiki/Ubuntu-linux-on-Dell-XPS-15-(9560)
to configure my setup.
In my first few months of using this machine, I was concerned about the low battery life and saw that the GPU was using a lot of power when I wasn't using it so I installed nvidia-prime in order to switch to the built in Intel graphics card. As far as I can tell everything worked fine then.
Now, I want to switch to the Nvidia GPU. However
sudo prime-select nvidia
produces output as though the card switched, but nvidia-settings won't start up, and rebooting brings back the Intel card.
Any ideas as to what I should do? I have looked at related posts, but I suspect that the people have further complexities in their setups.
EDIT
As requested by @Terrance, here is the output of
sudo lshw -C display
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: 3D controller
product: NVIDIA Corporation
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:ec000000-ecffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:ed000000-ed07ffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:130 memory:eb000000-ebffffff memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
16.04 nvidia graphics dell gpu
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I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on a Dell XPS-15-9560.
After installing Ubuntu, I followed this guide
https://github.com/rcasero/doc/wiki/Ubuntu-linux-on-Dell-XPS-15-(9560)
to configure my setup.
In my first few months of using this machine, I was concerned about the low battery life and saw that the GPU was using a lot of power when I wasn't using it so I installed nvidia-prime in order to switch to the built in Intel graphics card. As far as I can tell everything worked fine then.
Now, I want to switch to the Nvidia GPU. However
sudo prime-select nvidia
produces output as though the card switched, but nvidia-settings won't start up, and rebooting brings back the Intel card.
Any ideas as to what I should do? I have looked at related posts, but I suspect that the people have further complexities in their setups.
EDIT
As requested by @Terrance, here is the output of
sudo lshw -C display
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: 3D controller
product: NVIDIA Corporation
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:ec000000-ecffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:ed000000-ed07ffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:130 memory:eb000000-ebffffff memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
16.04 nvidia graphics dell gpu
asked Jan 5 at 15:39
nonreligiousnonreligious
114
Can you please edit your question and add the output ofsudo lshw -C display?
– Terrance
Jan 5 at 16:07
@Terrance done.
– nonreligious
Jan 5 at 16:58
Have you tried rebooting after running thesudo prime-select nvidia? I have seen where in 18.04 it doesn't switch until a reboot is performed.
– Terrance
Jan 5 at 23:50
@Terrance Yes, to no avail.
– nonreligious
Jan 6 at 16:24
How did you install the drivers for the card? Did you install using NVIDIA's site or did you install using the preferred method of adding thegraphics-driversPPA?
– Terrance
Jan 6 at 16:26
|
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I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on a Dell XPS-15-9560.
After installing Ubuntu, I followed this guide
https://github.com/rcasero/doc/wiki/Ubuntu-linux-on-Dell-XPS-15-(9560)
to configure my setup.
In my first few months of using this machine, I was concerned about the low battery life and saw that the GPU was using a lot of power when I wasn't using it so I installed nvidia-prime in order to switch to the built in Intel graphics card. As far as I can tell everything worked fine then.
Now, I want to switch to the Nvidia GPU. However
sudo prime-select nvidia
produces output as though the card switched, but nvidia-settings won't start up, and rebooting brings back the Intel card.
Any ideas as to what I should do? I have looked at related posts, but I suspect that the people have further complexities in their setups.
EDIT
As requested by @Terrance, here is the output of
sudo lshw -C display
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: 3D controller
product: NVIDIA Corporation
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:ec000000-ecffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:ed000000-ed07ffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:130 memory:eb000000-ebffffff memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
16.04 nvidia graphics dell gpu
asked Jan 5 at 15:39
nonreligiousnonreligious
114
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on a Dell XPS-15-9560.
After installing Ubuntu, I followed this guide
https://github.com/rcasero/doc/wiki/Ubuntu-linux-on-Dell-XPS-15-(9560)
to configure my setup.
In my first few months of using this machine, I was concerned about the low battery life and saw that the GPU was using a lot of power when I wasn't using it so I installed nvidia-prime in order to switch to the built in Intel graphics card. As far as I can tell everything worked fine then.
Now, I want to switch to the Nvidia GPU. However
sudo prime-select nvidia
produces output as though the card switched, but nvidia-settings won't start up, and rebooting brings back the Intel card.
Any ideas as to what I should do? I have looked at related posts, but I suspect that the people have further complexities in their setups.
EDIT
As requested by @Terrance, here is the output of
sudo lshw -C display
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: 3D controller
product: NVIDIA Corporation
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:ec000000-ecffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:ed000000-ed07ffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:130 memory:eb000000-ebffffff memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
16.04 nvidia graphics dell gpu
16.04 nvidia graphics dell gpu
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nonreligiousnonreligious
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asked Jan 5 at 15:39
nonreligiousnonreligious
114
edited Jan 5 at 16:58
nonreligious
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nonreligiousnonreligious
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asked Jan 5 at 15:39
nonreligiousnonreligious
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asked Jan 5 at 15:39
nonreligiousnonreligious
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114
Can you please edit your question and add the output ofsudo lshw -C display?
– Terrance
Jan 5 at 16:07
@Terrance done.
– nonreligious
Jan 5 at 16:58
Have you tried rebooting after running thesudo prime-select nvidia? I have seen where in 18.04 it doesn't switch until a reboot is performed.
– Terrance
Jan 5 at 23:50
@Terrance Yes, to no avail.
– nonreligious
Jan 6 at 16:24
How did you install the drivers for the card? Did you install using NVIDIA's site or did you install using the preferred method of adding thegraphics-driversPPA?
– Terrance
Jan 6 at 16:26
|
show 4 more comments
Can you please edit your question and add the output ofsudo lshw -C display?
– Terrance
Jan 5 at 16:07
@Terrance done.
– nonreligious
Jan 5 at 16:58
Have you tried rebooting after running thesudo prime-select nvidia? I have seen where in 18.04 it doesn't switch until a reboot is performed.
– Terrance
Jan 5 at 23:50
@Terrance Yes, to no avail.
– nonreligious
Jan 6 at 16:24
How did you install the drivers for the card? Did you install using NVIDIA's site or did you install using the preferred method of adding thegraphics-driversPPA?
– Terrance
Jan 6 at 16:26
Can you please edit your question and add the output of
sudo lshw -C display ?– Terrance
Jan 5 at 16:07
Can you please edit your question and add the output of
sudo lshw -C display ?– Terrance
Jan 5 at 16:07
@Terrance done.
– nonreligious
Jan 5 at 16:58
@Terrance done.
– nonreligious
Jan 5 at 16:58
Have you tried rebooting after running the
sudo prime-select nvidia ? I have seen where in 18.04 it doesn't switch until a reboot is performed.– Terrance
Jan 5 at 23:50
Have you tried rebooting after running the
sudo prime-select nvidia ? I have seen where in 18.04 it doesn't switch until a reboot is performed.– Terrance
Jan 5 at 23:50
@Terrance Yes, to no avail.
– nonreligious
Jan 6 at 16:24
@Terrance Yes, to no avail.
– nonreligious
Jan 6 at 16:24
How did you install the drivers for the card? Did you install using NVIDIA's site or did you install using the preferred method of adding the
graphics-drivers PPA?– Terrance
Jan 6 at 16:26
How did you install the drivers for the card? Did you install using NVIDIA's site or did you install using the preferred method of adding the
graphics-drivers PPA?– Terrance
Jan 6 at 16:26
|
show 4 more comments
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OK, I have appeared to solve the problem.
For anyone else interested, I once again added the graphics driver ppa, and installed the nvidia-410 driver:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-367
After doing this, you get a message asking you about disabling UEFI secure boot. Previously (in my "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality) I either avoided doing this, or didn't restart.
Anyway, say "Yes", give the system a password and REMEMBER IT!
Then, reboot immediately, and you should get a screen asking you for letters of your password (or disabling Secure Boot) - I forget the order. Just continue cautiously, making sure you disable secure boot with the options presented to you, and choose to reboot.
After logging in, you should see that the NVidia graphics card is working as desired (e.g. in system information).
As for secure boot, is it important? See the discussion here.
answered Jan 18 at 18:58
nonreligiousnonreligious
114
I was also having problems using prime-select to switch back to the Intel card (the damn fans were getting too noisy!). Basically, rebooting/logging out after doingsudo prime-select intelgave me a blank screen, that I had to hard reboot and enter safemode to get out of it. The fix was to edit /etc/default/grub, as outlined here.
– nonreligious
2 days ago
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OK, I have appeared to solve the problem.
For anyone else interested, I once again added the graphics driver ppa, and installed the nvidia-410 driver:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-367
After doing this, you get a message asking you about disabling UEFI secure boot. Previously (in my "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality) I either avoided doing this, or didn't restart.
Anyway, say "Yes", give the system a password and REMEMBER IT!
Then, reboot immediately, and you should get a screen asking you for letters of your password (or disabling Secure Boot) - I forget the order. Just continue cautiously, making sure you disable secure boot with the options presented to you, and choose to reboot.
After logging in, you should see that the NVidia graphics card is working as desired (e.g. in system information).
As for secure boot, is it important? See the discussion here.
answered Jan 18 at 18:58
nonreligiousnonreligious
114
I was also having problems using prime-select to switch back to the Intel card (the damn fans were getting too noisy!). Basically, rebooting/logging out after doingsudo prime-select intelgave me a blank screen, that I had to hard reboot and enter safemode to get out of it. The fix was to edit /etc/default/grub, as outlined here.
– nonreligious
2 days ago
add a comment |
OK, I have appeared to solve the problem.
For anyone else interested, I once again added the graphics driver ppa, and installed the nvidia-410 driver:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-367
After doing this, you get a message asking you about disabling UEFI secure boot. Previously (in my "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality) I either avoided doing this, or didn't restart.
Anyway, say "Yes", give the system a password and REMEMBER IT!
Then, reboot immediately, and you should get a screen asking you for letters of your password (or disabling Secure Boot) - I forget the order. Just continue cautiously, making sure you disable secure boot with the options presented to you, and choose to reboot.
After logging in, you should see that the NVidia graphics card is working as desired (e.g. in system information).
As for secure boot, is it important? See the discussion here.
answered Jan 18 at 18:58
nonreligiousnonreligious
114
I was also having problems using prime-select to switch back to the Intel card (the damn fans were getting too noisy!). Basically, rebooting/logging out after doingsudo prime-select intelgave me a blank screen, that I had to hard reboot and enter safemode to get out of it. The fix was to edit /etc/default/grub, as outlined here.
– nonreligious
2 days ago
add a comment |
OK, I have appeared to solve the problem.
For anyone else interested, I once again added the graphics driver ppa, and installed the nvidia-410 driver:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-367
After doing this, you get a message asking you about disabling UEFI secure boot. Previously (in my "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality) I either avoided doing this, or didn't restart.
Anyway, say "Yes", give the system a password and REMEMBER IT!
Then, reboot immediately, and you should get a screen asking you for letters of your password (or disabling Secure Boot) - I forget the order. Just continue cautiously, making sure you disable secure boot with the options presented to you, and choose to reboot.
After logging in, you should see that the NVidia graphics card is working as desired (e.g. in system information).
As for secure boot, is it important? See the discussion here.
answered Jan 18 at 18:58
nonreligiousnonreligious
114
OK, I have appeared to solve the problem.
For anyone else interested, I once again added the graphics driver ppa, and installed the nvidia-410 driver:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-367
After doing this, you get a message asking you about disabling UEFI secure boot. Previously (in my "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality) I either avoided doing this, or didn't restart.
Anyway, say "Yes", give the system a password and REMEMBER IT!
Then, reboot immediately, and you should get a screen asking you for letters of your password (or disabling Secure Boot) - I forget the order. Just continue cautiously, making sure you disable secure boot with the options presented to you, and choose to reboot.
After logging in, you should see that the NVidia graphics card is working as desired (e.g. in system information).
As for secure boot, is it important? See the discussion here.
answered Jan 18 at 18:58
nonreligiousnonreligious
114
answered Jan 18 at 18:58
nonreligiousnonreligious
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answered Jan 18 at 18:58
nonreligiousnonreligious
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answered Jan 18 at 18:58
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I was also having problems using prime-select to switch back to the Intel card (the damn fans were getting too noisy!). Basically, rebooting/logging out after doingsudo prime-select intelgave me a blank screen, that I had to hard reboot and enter safemode to get out of it. The fix was to edit /etc/default/grub, as outlined here.
– nonreligious
2 days ago
add a comment |
I was also having problems using prime-select to switch back to the Intel card (the damn fans were getting too noisy!). Basically, rebooting/logging out after doingsudo prime-select intelgave me a blank screen, that I had to hard reboot and enter safemode to get out of it. The fix was to edit /etc/default/grub, as outlined here.
– nonreligious
2 days ago
I was also having problems using prime-select to switch back to the Intel card (the damn fans were getting too noisy!). Basically, rebooting/logging out after doing
sudo prime-select intel gave me a blank screen, that I had to hard reboot and enter safemode to get out of it. The fix was to edit /etc/default/grub, as outlined here.– nonreligious
2 days ago
I was also having problems using prime-select to switch back to the Intel card (the damn fans were getting too noisy!). Basically, rebooting/logging out after doing
sudo prime-select intel gave me a blank screen, that I had to hard reboot and enter safemode to get out of it. The fix was to edit /etc/default/grub, as outlined here.– nonreligious
2 days ago
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Can you please edit your question and add the output of
sudo lshw -C display?– Terrance
Jan 5 at 16:07
@Terrance done.
– nonreligious
Jan 5 at 16:58
Have you tried rebooting after running the
sudo prime-select nvidia? I have seen where in 18.04 it doesn't switch until a reboot is performed.– Terrance
Jan 5 at 23:50
@Terrance Yes, to no avail.
– nonreligious
Jan 6 at 16:24
How did you install the drivers for the card? Did you install using NVIDIA's site or did you install using the preferred method of adding the
graphics-driversPPA?– Terrance
Jan 6 at 16:26