** Description changed:
Relying on the nouveau driver and on the vga switcheroo (to get around a
change in systemd LP: #1777099) caused increased power consumption, and
slowed down the switching process.
- Solving the problem in systemd (LP: #1777099), and adding code in gpu-
- manager an
This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-prime - 0.8.9
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nvidia-prime (0.8.9) cosmic; urgency=medium
[ Alberto Milone ]
* 90-nvidia.conf,
debian/rules,
prime-select:
- Make sure to remove the old blacklist file.
- Use /lib for blacklist-nvidia.conf.
- Do not
** Also affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
** C
** Merge proposal linked:
https://code.launchpad.net/~albertomilone/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+git/gdm3/+merge/351810
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This bug also affects me.
I am running Kubuntu 18.04 on Gigabyte AERO14, CPU:i7-7700HQ (45W TDP),
GPU:Nvidia 1050Ti
I took a full system image with clonezilla, and tested Alberto Milone's
PPA. System working fine after the upgrade. I tested switch+reboot
around 20 times.
Test results:
No issue r
@fargoth: you can disable gpu-manager by passing the "nogpumanager" boot
parameter. Wouldn't this work for you?
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Title:
PRIM
Can we have an option to switch to the iGPU, but keep the nvidia card
powered and its modules loaded so that it can be used for CUDA
calculations?
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@André
1. Yes.
2. The new code doesn't involve using nouveau, or bbswitch, or
regenerating the initramfs.
3. I don't think Gdm3 allows stopping X, calling gpu-manager, and then
restarting X, as LightDm does on log out. I hope to do some work on it
in the future though.
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Hey, Alberto. I have a few questions:
1. Are these changes intended to be deployed to Bionic, eventually? (I
assume yes, by the names/versions you're working on, but I wanted to
confirm this)
2. Would it make it not necessary to switch to nouveau at all? (I assume
this is why prime-select current
Here is a PPA with the current code for Bionic, available for testing:
https://launchpad.net/~albertomilone/+archive/ubuntu/hybridgraphics?field.series_filter=bionic
You will have to upgrade systemd, nvidia-prime, and ubuntu-drivers-
common, call "sudo update-initramfs -u" (just in case), and rebo
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