There are two setups where the solution is with my setup (NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 750M], laptop with nvidia and intel): - Use Wayland with nouveau drivers: performance OK. - Use Xorg with nvidia drivers with kernel parameter "nvidia-drm.modeset=1" (see @tim-tim-richardson++'s remark). prime is set to nvidia (as default when you install the binary drivers).
What doesn't work (black or too slow): - nvidia drivers. - nvidia drivers with intel selected by prime. - nouveau drivers on Xorg. Here are the more expanded instructions. Be sure to know what you do, you won't loose files, but you may make your system unbootable if you type an error. 1. Make sure nvidia is not blacklisted. E.g. remove bumblebee. Have a look in /etc/modules and /etc/modprobe.d/*: $ sudo apt-get remove --purge bumblebee $ grep nvidia /etc/modules /etc/modprobe.d/* "blacklist nvidia" is what's mostly used. 2. Add "modeset=1" to grub: $ sudo vi /etc/default/grub (or sudo nano /etc/default/grub) Add nvidia-drm.modeset=1 to the GRUB_CMDLINE line (with the quotes): GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nvidia-drm.modeset=1" Activate the changes: $ sudo update-grub 4. Install Nvidia drivers: $ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall $ sudo prime-select nvidia 5. Reboot Be warned that modeset=1 disabled the virtual consoles (ctl+alt+f<nr>). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1752053 Title: nvidia-390 fails to boot graphical display Status in mesa package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I'm using Bionic with the new 4.15 kernel. I've been using the nvidia-384 driver with no problem for a while. Today I issued "sudo apt-get upgrade" and I was prompted to upgrade the nvidia driver to the nvidia-390. After installing the driver and rebooting, I was only able to boot in to the tty terminal. The graphical display failed to boot. I have had similar problems with nvidia driver version 390 with Arch Linux and with Open Suse Tumbleweed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/1752053/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
