Yesterday I did the rolling updates in my system.
Now, the laptop cannot switch from the intel hybrid gpu to the dedicated nvidia gpu.
Please help me to solve this issue.
Let me know what information needs to this.
Thanks in advance.
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inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 5.10.42-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=9a3969dc-0c4f-4c8a-9c7f-4e8cd555f435 rw quiet udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 tk: GTK 3.24.29 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: GF63 Thin 10SCXR v: REV:1.0
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-16R4 v: REV:1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: E16R4IMS.105 date: 04/17/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 46.1 Wh (92.9%) condition: 49.6/51.3 Wh (96.6%)
volts: 12.5 min: 11.4 model: MSI Corp. MS-16R4 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: Unknown
Memory:
RAM: total: 31.18 GiB used: 4.33 GiB (13.9%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Comet Lake family: 6 model-id: A5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: E0
cache: L2: 12 MiB bogomips: 62431
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/5000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 799 10: 801 11: 800 12: 800
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities
arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc
cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms
est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid
invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr
nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap
smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow
tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave
xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M driver: N/A alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f99 class-ID: 0302
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x318mm (20.0x12.5")
s-diag: 599mm (23.6")
Monitor-1: HDMI-1 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 518x324mm (20.4x12.8")
diag: 611mm (24.1")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.2
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Corsair VOID ELITE USB Gaming Headset type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 1b1c:0a52
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.42-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.30 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
port: 5000 bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:5
chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: disabled
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: see --recommends
Logical:
Permissions: Unable to run lvs. Root privileges required.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 87.48 GiB (6.2%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: RBUSNS8154P3512GJ5
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s
lanes: 2 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: E8FK12.D temp: 37.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM048-2E7172
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 238.42 GiB size: 233.68 GiB (98.01%) used: 20.2 GiB (8.6%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 9a3969dc-0c4f-4c8a-9c7f-4e8cd555f435
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: FF3C-41DF
ID-3: /mnt/misc_disk raw-size: 684 GiB size: 672.26 GiB (98.28%)
used: 67.28 GiB (10.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: misc
uuid: f417ae0c-6b9f-45d7-affb-827b6ad26286
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
uuid: 42569afe-0e3a-49ef-9c01-93d866fdac4a
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 300 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: 5784-E453
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 467.84 GiB
fs: <superuser required> label: N/A
uuid: 60978d81-4b3b-428f-a697-d01b64bee662
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 8.8 GiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: 1b1e4b23-4337-48a2-adda-b0cb3b11da59
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Logitech M105 Optical Mouse type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 046d:c077 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Logitech Keyboard K120 type: Keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 90mA chip-ID: 046d:c31c class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-5:4 info: Corsair VOID ELITE USB Gaming Headset type: Audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 1b1c:0a52 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-4: 1-14:5 info: Intel type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 296 Uptime: 11h 52m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 248
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1272 lib: 463
flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.04
Try to load kernel 5.4 LTS and see if that makes a difference.
Please provide the output of:
mhwd --listinstalledI sacrificed my ssd drive and installed a brand new system on that. Here is the required information. So, I would start from the scratch and use this machine with only nVidia card usage, if it is possible. My Desktop Environment is: Cinnamon.
mhwd --listinstalled
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 5.10.30-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=d77ad022-ea4a-4b97-a62a-b370600f66dc rw quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=434549f6-ac50-4a4b-b688-e17294f5728c:luks-434549f6-ac50-4a4b-b688-e17294f5728c
root=/dev/mapper/luks-434549f6-ac50-4a4b-b688-e17294f5728c apparmor=1
security=apparmor
resume=/dev/mapper/luks-e7b371d3-b330-4de1-b467-8b27ed39b34b
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 tk: GTK 3.24.28 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: GF63 Thin 10SCXR v: REV:1.0
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-16R4 v: REV:1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: E16R4IMS.105 date: 04/17/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 45.6 Wh (91.2%) condition: 50.0/51.3 Wh (97.5%)
volts: 12.5 min: 11.4 model: MSI Corp. MS-16R4 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: Unknown
Memory:
RAM: total: 31.18 GiB used: 1.74 GiB (5.6%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Comet Lake family: 6 model-id: A5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: E0
cache: L2: 12 MiB bogomips: 62399
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/5000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities
arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc
cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms
est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid
invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr
nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap
smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow
tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave
xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nouveau v: kernel
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f99 class-ID: 0302
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: intel,modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x318mm (20.0x12.5")
s-diag: 599mm (23.6")
Monitor-1: HDMI1 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 520x320mm (20.5x12.6")
diag: 611mm (24")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.2
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.30-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.25 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
port: 5000 bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:4
chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
Device-1: luks-e7b371d3-b330-4de1-b467-8b27ed39b34b maj-min: 254:1
type: LUKS dm: dm-1 size: 8.8 GiB
Components:
p-1: nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 8.8 GiB
Device-2: luks-434549f6-ac50-4a4b-b688-e17294f5728c maj-min: 254:0
type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 467.84 GiB
Components:
p-1: nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 467.84 GiB
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 6.74 GiB (0.5%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: RBUSNS8154P3512GJ5
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s
lanes: 2 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: E8FK12.D temp: 41.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM048-2E7172
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 459.43 GiB (98.20%) used: 6.74 GiB (1.5%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-434549f6-ac50-4a4b-b688-e17294f5728c label: N/A
uuid: d77ad022-ea4a-4b97-a62a-b370600f66dc
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 448 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
label: NO_LABEL uuid: 764C-C4E4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1
mapped: luks-e7b371d3-b330-4de1-b467-8b27ed39b34b label: N/A
uuid: 0d2c94f7-eb5c-4632-b215-ff542963d1fa
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 300 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: FF3C-41DF
ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 238.42 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: 9a3969dc-0c4f-4c8a-9c7f-4e8cd555f435
ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 8.8 GiB fs: swap label: N/A
uuid: 42569afe-0e3a-49ef-9c01-93d866fdac4a
ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 684 GiB fs: ext4 label: misc
uuid: f417ae0c-6b9f-45d7-affb-827b6ad26286
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Logitech M105 Optical Mouse type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 046d:c077 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Logitech Keyboard K120 type: Keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 90mA chip-ID: 046d:c31c class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-14:4 info: Intel type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 32.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 286 Uptime: 6m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 247 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1083 lib: 277 flatpak: 0
Shell: Bash v: 5.1.0 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.04
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I’m confused: Are you saying:
- you wiped your system and started from scratch?
- you have 2 Manjaros in dual boot now?
- something else entirely?
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Did you try this yet? If you don’t know how to do that, shout out.
Sorry for confusing you. Yes, I do have two drives HDD + SSD.
On the HDD takes place that system that worked until last week. I leaved that and installed a brand new system on the SSD.
Unfortunately I did a mistake and the new install was made with encryption.
After the install, I can’t load the old system, that is a new issue.
So, now I am in a bad situation, and I don’t continue this while the other issue exists (the boot problem).
So I would install a system that uses only the dedicated GPU.
Could you help me?
I don’t understand what the status of your system is, so I can’t help you and why I posted a:
under your last post…
My status is not so good, but I am ready to install a system. Have a laptop, have a SSD and a fresh system.
If you’re starting from scratch, you should follow this wiki article:
But
you should be aware that some manufacturers don’t wire up the dGPU to the internal laptop screen to cut costs resulting in it only being available on the HDMI port. (I.E. External screen)
Furthermore, I’m unfamiliar with your hardware, but you might be lucky that you can run the dGPU on both the internal and external screen.
If not, you’ll have to continue using a hybrid driver instead of running full nVidia (Which is the way I’m running)
The output to mhwd --listinstalled on my system is:
Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-nvidia 2020.11.30 false PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
Thanks i am going to check these today.
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My system is able to use the HDMI port, I am using an external monitor, right now.
This laptop has the hardware Optimus configuration. So it has an integrated and a dedicated GPU too.
Before three weeks I used the optimus-manager to switch between the two operating modes.
Unfortunately, as i mentioned in the opening post, the rolling upgrade somehow went wrong.
I don’t know how and why, because I did that on the regular way. Now, the switching doesn’t work.
This is the reason why I would install a new system that only uses the dGPU, so don’t need to switch.
In my system:
mhwd --listinstalled
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
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Print this page so you have it as a reference while in TTY2
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Log off
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Switch to TTY2 by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2
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Log in there
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Execute:
sudo mhwd-kernel --install linux510 sudo mhwd --install pci video-linux -
to ensure grub is showing, execute:
sudo nano --backup /etc/default/grub -
Change (or add?) the following 3 lines:
GRUB_TIMEOUT=3 #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 #GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden(3 or higher is fine, add the # before the lines above if those lines are present)
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Ctrl+X Y Enter to save if there is anything to save
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If you did save, execute:
sudo update-grub -
Reboot
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Go to grub’s Advanced options
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Choose these kernels one by one and try them out one by one and see if that helps.
P.S. If you would get a black screen when doing this, go back to the top and change video-nvidia to video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime because your manufacturer:
I don’t understand. What does it mean?
I’ll explain in depth if and when it happens, so try video-nvidia first.
sudo mhwd --remove video-linux
Error: invalid use of option: -r/--remove
Something went wrong…
urgh: copy-paste error (Edited in original answer too)
sudo mhwd --remove pci video-linuxsudo mhwd --install pci video-nvidea
Error: config 'video-nvidea' does not exist!
Alternate take:
sudo mhwd --install pci video-nvidia
Error: config 'video-nvidia' does not exist!
How should continue?