I've recently purchased an Acer Predator Helios 300 laptop.
RAM 8GB
128 GB SSD
1 TB HDD
Intel i5 processor with integrated UHD graphics
NVidia Geforce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB
For the last entire week I've been trying to install Ubuntu 18.04.03 LTS on this machine. (Single OS, no dual booting for me. ) It installs alright but the first boot requires setting 'nomdeset' as kernel option at the GRUB screen.
After first boot up, I tried to install nVidia graphics drivers in all the following ways and every time, after reboot, I see that Intel UHD drivers are running the display instead of the NVidia driver –
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Installed drivers from.run file downloaded from NVidia's website.
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'Additional Hardware' dialogue.
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Installing NVidia drivers from the ppa
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Removing, purging drivers, then 'update-initramfs – u' and install from recovery menu of the GRUB.
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Installing official. run file using CC=gcc-7 flag.
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Used different files from 'Additional Hardware' utility
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Tried turning off Wayland from custom.conf
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Blacklisting nouveau hasn't solved the issue.
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Tried many excellent answers from this forum.
Nothing is working. Every time, either Ubuntu freezes after login screen or Intel UHD drivers take over display.
I tried nvidia-smi command. But sometimes it showed NVidia GPU info and sometimes it didn't ("could not communicate with driver, make sure you have installed correct one bla bla bla" )
Using prime-select has no effect.
The NVidia control panel shows NVidia as selected driver (most irritating!)
I'm officially at my wit's end. I really don't want freaking Windows 10 on my machine. I messed up my installion twice already.
Please help me here friends.
Best Answer
If you want direct prime-select to install with the driver, try installing nvidia-390 which by default contains prime-select for some reason.