Hi, gpu-manager.log attached. trusty$ dpkg -l | grep -E 'nvidia-|ubuntu-drivers-common' ii nvidia-331 331.38-0ubuntu7 amd64 ii nvidia-libopencl1-331 331.38-0ubuntu7 amd64 ii nvidia-opencl-icd-331 331.38-0ubuntu7 amd64 ii nvidia-prime 0.6.2 amd64 ii nvidia-settings 331.20-0ubuntu8 amd64 ii ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.2.91.6 amd64 /var/log/gpu-manager.log: 1st try: bbswitch without quirks Loading bbswitch with "load_state=-1 unload_state=1" parameters 2nd try: bbswitch with quirks Loading bbswitch with "load_state=-1 unload_state=1 skip_optimus_dsm=1" parameters Error: can't load bbswitch Selecting mesa X.log.0: [ 18.641] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" [ 18.641] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia [ 18.641] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" ... [ 18.653] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" [ 18.653] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia [ 18.653] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" [ 18.653] (II) Unloading nvidia [ 18.653] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) [ 18.653] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau" [ 18.653] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so [ 18.653] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 18.653] compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 1.0.10 [ 18.653] Module class: X.Org Video Driver [ 18.653] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 15.0 [ 18.653] (II) UnloadModule: "nouveau" [ 18.653] (II) Unloading nouveau [ 18.653] (II) Failed to load module "nouveau" (already loaded, 0) `nvidia-settings` still fails with: """ ** Message: PRIME: Requires offloading ** Message: PRIME: is it supported? yes ERROR: """ dmesg: [ 13.189063] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. [ 13.189065] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint [ 13.191827] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel [ 13.195308] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003) [ 13.195360] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none [ 13.195383] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 48 for MSI/MSI-X [ 13.195463] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20130102 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 [ 13.195469] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014 ... [ 17.240234] init: failsafe main process (768) killed by TERM signal [ 17.693825] bbswitch: version 0.7 [ 17.693830] bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0 [ 17.693844] bbswitch: cannot find ACPI handle for VGA device 0000:01:00.0 [ 17.693845] bbswitch: No discrete VGA device found [ 17.706786] bbswitch: version 0.7 [ 17.706789] bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0 [ 17.706791] bbswitch: cannot find ACPI handle for VGA device 0000:01:00.0 [ 17.706792] bbswitch: No discrete VGA device found [ 18.655591] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team [ 27.700868] init: Failed to spawn nvidia-persistenced main process: unable to execute: No such file or directory [ 37.705234] init: Failed to spawn nvidia-persistenced main process: unable to execute: No such file or directory $ lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] (rev a1) $ lsmod | grep -E 'nv|drm' nvidia 10675249 1 drm_kms_helper 53081 1 i915 drm 303102 5 i915,drm_kms_helper,nvidia thanks, Hamish