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Screen tearing with optimus laptop on Xorg on Ubuntu 22.04

I am running ubuntu 22.04 (kernel version 5.17) on my optimus laptop with an nvidia 3060 and a intel i9. I am using the new 510 drivers and nvidia-prime to select my gpu. My monitor is hiDpi, so I ... drivers nvidia xorg nvidia-optimus 22.04 Andy_ye

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asked May 3 at 5:56 0 votes 0 answers 28 views

Discrete graphics and multiple users

I have a 2014 Lenovo notebook with both integrated (Intel) and discrete (NVidia) graphics. When I first boot the PC, and login, glxinfo shows the nvidia GPU. After logout or user switch, the second ... nvidia graphics gpu nvidia-optimus 22.04 G B

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asked Apr 29 at 7:00 0 votes 0 answers 436 views

error processing package nvidia-340: I've fixed the problem but I can't use apt-get

I'm a bit newbie with ubuntu and I'm trying to use it in a really old laptop with hybrid video using an old NVIDIA GeForce 310M after install and reboot I get a black screen so I had to reboot using ... kernel nvidia-optimus user1050817

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asked Feb 2 at 21:46 -1 votes 1 answer 187 views

xrandr and nvidia card not working; display unclaimed (Ubuntu 21.10)

I have a new HP Envy laptop with two graphic cards $ lspci -nnk | grep -A3 "\[03..\]:" 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [... nvidia graphics intel-graphics xrandr nvidia-optimus moro11

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asked Jan 10 at 10:49 0 votes 0 answers 161 views

Ubuntu 20.04 - NVIDIA GPU consuming power even when using only integrated graphics card (Intel iGPU)

The issue is pretty simple: using Nvidia X Sever Settings GUI to switch from NVIDIA GPU to Intel iGPU doesn't work and the NVIDIA GPU does still consume some power after rebooting and, as a ... 20.04 nvidia nvidia-optimus nvidia-prime Tommy4

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asked Dec 2, 2021 at 22:03 1 vote 2 answers 735 views

Screen tearing on an external monitor with NVIDIA RTX 3070

I’ve got a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro and I use an external monitor. I’m experiencing horizontal screen tearing when I scroll down/up and when I watch movies or youtube videos. This does not happen when I ... nvidia graphics nvidia-optimus nvidia-prime Filipe Dias

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asked Sep 14, 2021 at 8:12 0 votes 0 answers 144 views

Ubuntu 21 freezes after boot using nvidia prime syncronization in a hybrid GPU

I have a hybrid GPU (Intel and GeForce Gtx) - Acer Nitro 5 After install Ubuntu 21 (kernel 5.11.0-22) and Nvidia driver 465.27 I tried to fix the sync / tearing issue that happens when using PRIME ... drivers nvidia nvidia-optimus 21.04 nvidia-prime Douglas H. M.

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asked Jun 25, 2021 at 16:07 0 votes 0 answers 32 views

External screen can function but not the built-in screen of my laptop

I have recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop. When I connect to external screen and boost the ubuntu, the external screen can display, however the built-in screen remains in active black. I ... nvidia 20.04 multiple-monitors screen nvidia-optimus 張成志

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asked Jun 18, 2021 at 14:00 0 votes 0 answers 90 views

optirun "Could not enable discrete graphics card" despite setting driver to nviia-current

I've been trying to set up optirun/primusrun for about a day now, and can't get past the part where I test optirun/primusrun glxgears. Both return an error "Could not enable discrete graphics ... graphics nvidia-optimus bumblebee Meganium97

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asked May 23, 2021 at 15:38 0 votes 1 answer 921 views

Mux switch: How to turn off the discrete GPU after switching on the Optimus from discrete GPU only, Lenovo Y540

I have Lenovo Y540 which has an option to turn off intel gpu (Optimus) and 90% of the times I turn off Optimus and use the Nvidia GPU because of the performance difference but I switch on the Optimus ... nvidia-optimus Kamyar

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asked Apr 13, 2021 at 18:28 0 votes 0 answers 291 views

How to check if a specific application is using the Nvidia GPU or the internal GPU

In the Windows task manager there used to be a specific columns for the GPU (as shown in the below image) showing which applications are using the Dedicated GPU (Nvidia) and which applications are ... nvidia 20.04 nvidia-optimus nvidia-prime nvidia-settings Aadithya Sathya

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asked Apr 11, 2021 at 22:57 0 votes 1 answer 403 views

bumblebee optirun not working

i installed bumblebee to switch between GPU but when i run the commande optirun i get the following message [ 97.796880] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) Failed to load module ... drivers nvidia graphics nvidia-optimus bumblebee amine khazraj

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asked Feb 26, 2021 at 21:52 1 vote 1 answer 2k views

Screen Tearing - Ubuntu 20.04 with Nvidia/Intel graphics(Nvidia Optimus)

When I use X.ORG X server-Nouveau display driver, I don't have any problem. But whenever I install any version of NVIDIA driver (460/450), I encounter with Screen Tearing. I tried many solutions but ... drivers nvidia 20.04 graphics nvidia-optimus CJay

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asked Jan 23, 2021 at 13:26 0 votes 0 answers 153 views

Intel graphics not supported

I have a Lenovo laptop with Intel Iris graphics (i7-1065G7) and discrete NVIDIA GPU on Ubuntu 20.10. I've had high cpu usage and power consumption for a while and I only now realized that it may be ... drivers graphics intel-graphics nvidia-optimus Dakshin

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asked Dec 9, 2020 at 19:15 0 votes 2 answers 880 views

Ubuntu 18.04.5 / 20.04 with Nvidia Optimus doesn't work at high refresh rate (144/240/300hz)

I have a problem with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my GE66 Raider notebook. This machine runs a i7-10850H and RTX 2070 on a 300Hz 1080p display and supports Optimus. After a clean install, in gnome settings ... xrandr nvidia-optimus SystemSigma_

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asked Dec 8, 2020 at 16:35
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