Public bug reported: Intel (Power Saving Mode) cannot be selected / greyed out / unavailable in PRIME Profile selection in NVIDIA X Server Settings on a system with an integrated Intel GPU and discrete NVIDIA GPU.
The bug still exists after more than 2 years, see [post 1](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1395034/nvidia-x-server-power-safe-mode-unavailable) [post 2](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1405340/unable-to-set-nvidia-graphics-card-to-power-save-mode) [post 3](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1400505/cant-switch-gpu-to-intel-in-prime-profiles and many Reddit posts. A reply in https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/intel-option-can-not- be-selected-in-nvidia-setting/220665/2 says > The switch is ia patched version of nvidia-settings by ubuntu, rather report it to their bug tracker. However manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/nvidia-settings.1.html states > If there are other things you would like to see added (or better yet, would like to add yourself), please contact linux-b...@nvidia.com and an NVIDIA copyright notice is shown. Is this the correct place to report this bug? Note: enabling/disabling intel power saving mode should take effect without restarting session. ** Affects: nvidia-settings (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: nvidia -- 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/2097277 Title: Intel (Power Saving Mode) PRIME profile unavailable in NVIDIA X Server Settings Status in nvidia-settings package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Intel (Power Saving Mode) cannot be selected / greyed out / unavailable in PRIME Profile selection in NVIDIA X Server Settings on a system with an integrated Intel GPU and discrete NVIDIA GPU. The bug still exists after more than 2 years, see [post 1](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1395034/nvidia-x-server-power-safe-mode-unavailable) [post 2](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1405340/unable-to-set-nvidia-graphics-card-to-power-save-mode) [post 3](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1400505/cant-switch-gpu-to-intel-in-prime-profiles and many Reddit posts. A reply in https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/intel-option-can-not- be-selected-in-nvidia-setting/220665/2 says > The switch is ia patched version of nvidia-settings by ubuntu, rather report it to their bug tracker. However manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/nvidia- settings.1.html states > If there are other things you would like to see added (or better yet, would like to add yourself), please contact linux-b...@nvidia.com and an NVIDIA copyright notice is shown. Is this the correct place to report this bug? Note: enabling/disabling intel power saving mode should take effect without restarting session. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+bug/2097277/+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
