Currently with hybrid systems a wayland session is presented when nvidia drivers are in use though the user is logged into wayland using the Intel gpu. So the fact that while in wayland the user can't use nvidia-settings > prime profiles to *actually* switch back to the Intel gpu makes this bug more of an issue.
** Tags removed: artful ** Tags added: rls-dd-incoming -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-settings in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1719945 Title: Silently fails in Wayland session Status in nvidia-settings package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've got an nvidia/intel hybrid laptop. In a Wayland session nvidia- settings fails silently when started from the shell. When started from a terminal, it prints: ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system and then quits. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: nvidia-settings 367.35-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-11.12-generic 4.13.1 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-11-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Sep 27 11:49:57 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-20 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170919) SourcePackage: nvidia-settings UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+bug/1719945/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
