Hello!
I have a relatively old laptop with integrated Intel graphics and a discrete NVIDIA MX150 (similar to the 1030). For a long time, I used optimus-manager to switch modes. I’ve now uninstalled it and am trying to configure Prime.
I have installed drivers, and can run something like prime-run glxspheres64.
But I cant open nvidia-settings, DRI_PRIME=1 doesn work (should it? or this variable is for open drivers?), I cant run any game through lutris (the game window does not appear), and discrete videocard does not offloads and always stays active.
mhwd -li
Installed PCI configs:
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime 2025.09.28 false PCI
video-linux 2024.05.06 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
some info (glxinfo, nvidia-settings)
$ glxinfo | grep “OpenGL renderer”
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
$ prime-run glxinfo | grep “OpenGL renderer”
OpenGL renderer string: NVIDIA GeForce MX150/PCIe/SSE2
$ nvidia-settings
ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system
$ prime-run nvidia-settings
ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system
$ nvidia-smi
Mon Dec 22 01:25:42 2025
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 470.256.02 Driver Version: 470.256.02 CUDA Version: 11.4 |
|-------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce … On | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 40C P8 N/A / N/A | 0MiB / 2002MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
±------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| No running processes found |
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
$ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power/runtime_status
active
$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0/power
Runtime D3 status: Not supported
Video Memory: Active
GPU Hardware Support:
Video Memory Self Refresh: Not Supported
Video Memory Off: Not Supported
Power Limits:
Default: N/A milliwatts
GPU Boost: N/A milliwatts
Mod edit: tidied up formatting so terminal output is easier to read
there are no configs in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/