Ubuntu
nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 package

  1. Bug #1752053
  2. Comment #96

Comment 96 for bug 1752053

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Tom (tom-lorinthe) wrote :

Dell XPS15 9560 - System is now usable, after nightmare of trials and about 50 reboots.
If I recall correctly: Ctrl-Alt-F2 / F3 on login prompt; sudo update; sudo apt purge nvidia*; sudo apt install nvidia-390;
I switched to Wayland and back, all broken again, so then again in tty at login prompt: sudo nvidia-xconfig (to create /etc/X11/xorg.conf) and then sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf No idea why to rm xorg directly after creating to make discrete graphics work and put Nvidia back in its cage, but it did. Tried sudo nvidia-settings but that does not work as system is convinced nvidia is not loaded...

Also for what it is worth, I added GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash acpi_rev_override=1 nouveau.runpm=0" as without the acpi override logout takes ages...

I wont even dream about the good old days of 17.04/17.10 when I could switch Nvidia / Prime on and off... Note to myself: avoid Nvidia in laptops like the plague. Please... read this again, Tom, in 3 years when a new laptop is due **no optimus/prime/Nvidia on laptops** ... !!