NVIDIA driver issues

Question

I have recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Dell Inspiron 15 7559.

Specs:

Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz × 8
1TB drive
16GB memory
NVidia Geforce GTX 960M

Everything works apart from my nvidia card. I have tried installing many versions which all led to low graphics mode error. I recently tried the v384 driver and my system booted up normally and I thought I'd succeeded, but I was wrong. My Additional Drivers page shows that I have nvidia 384 selected but nvidia x server is empty and system info still shows that I'm running Intel Skylake.

How can I fix this?

Is there anything in the UEFI settings (BIOS) for selecting which video hardware to use? — ubfan1, Aug 29 '17 at 00:07
there is nothing in UEFI setting for selecting video hardware — MGorin247, Aug 29 '17 at 00:17
After many driver installation attempts, you might check the /etc/modprobe.d directory for any files with a blacklist of the nvidia driver you want. You did run the sudo apt-get update after enabling the repository didn't you? — ubfan1, Aug 29 '17 at 02:20
checked the directory, no nvidia drivers blacklisted. yes i did run sudo apt-get update after enabling — MGorin247, Aug 29 '17 at 02:43

score -1 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 30 '17 at 07:32

I have finally found the answer on my own.

For those that are experiencing the same issues, you have to install bumblebee for optimus support. I used the instructions in this YouTube video, and it worked for me.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers
sudo apt-add-repository bumblebee/testing
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-367 # or install the newest version if there is a newer one
sudo bumblebee-nvidia bbswitch-dkms prime-indicator
sudo prime-select intel
sudo reboot

NVIDIA driver issues

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