Switching between Intel and NVIDIA GPU

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My laptop has 2 GPUs, the Intel HD Graphics 4000, and NVIDIA GeForce FT 650M. How do I switch between GPUs? I tried installing drivers from NVIDIA, but that ruined my Ubuntu installation, and I had to reinstall. The Additional Drivers in Settings don't list any Nvidia drivers either.

I thought I had ruined my fresh install of Ubuntu 13.10 with installing the latest video drivers from NVida, then I came across this site: http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-the-Latest-NVIDIA-331-20-Drivers-in-Ubuntu-13-10-399182.shtml The command line was a mess trying to install the latest drivers. As far as switching back and fourth would mean, correct me if I'm wrong here, just a change to the xorg.conf to point x to the other driver. Anyway I hope this is helpful. The PPA in that link is awesome guys over there to put the code injection for your current kernel version for the n — Michael G., Dec 17 '13 at 01:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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Your graphics card is not yet officially supported by Nvidia, and requires the bumblebee drivers for Linux. You can find more information on this post: Switchable laptop graphics issues on Ubuntu 12.04?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Oct 03 '12 at 23:39

Sepero

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '13 at 04:24

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This might be slightly easier to use: WebUpd8

Just go to part 4, about graphics switching.

Also, take a ook at this more detailed explanation, also at WebUpd8:

http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/bumblebee-31-released-with-primus.html

answered May 14 '13 at 04:24

haneefmubarak

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Please don't just link to an external site; Include all the usefull informations. Links rot. – Martin Schröder Jun 17 '15 at 15:29

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 21 '13 at 04:25

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Just get the latest driver from nVidia's website and allow executing it and you are good to go.

edited Jun 21 '13 at 04:25

Seth

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answered Jun 21 '13 at 03:26

MohamedN'na'a

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 03 '17 at 14:55

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This is way outdated!!

Google

For Switching

Log out and back in nvidia-prime (best) Solid

On the Fly

Bumblebee (still problematic and difficult/tedious to install)

Trying to help Mark

p.s a new CLI (terminal) way to install your latest Drivers is

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

answered Nov 03 '17 at 14:55

markackerman8-gmail.com

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I'm sorry but please put a bit more effort in explaining what you suggest. I don't understand any of it. – Gladen Nov 03 '17 at 15:42

Switching between Intel and NVIDIA GPU

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