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Click here for more info. |  |  06-03-2022, 04:58 PM | #1 | Andreescu LQ Newbie Registered: Jun 2022 Distribution: MX Linux Posts: 2 Rep:  |  Install Bumblebee or Disable Nvidia GPU completely - MX Linux (Debian) Hello community, this is my first post here. I am new to Linux, I have been using it for like 5 months now. This is my spec: Code: System: Kernel: 5.10.0-13-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-13-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.1_x64 Wildflower April 9 2022 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X541UV v: 1.0 serial: <filter> Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X541UV v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: X541UV.309 date: 04/17/2019 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 18.0 Wh (69.0%) condition: 26.1/34.6 Wh (75.5%) volts: 10.8 min: 10.8 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Discharging cycles: 1002 CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-6198DU bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake family: 6 model-id: 4E (78) stepping: 3 microcode: EC cache: L2: 3 MiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19200 Speed: 2100 MHz min/max: 400/2800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2100 2: 2100 3: 2100 4: 2100 Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 510 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1906 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 920MX] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A alternate: nouveau bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:134f class-ID: 0302 Device-3: Chicony USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b52b class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") s-diag: 414mm (16.3") Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 size: 344x193mm (13.5x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 510 (SKL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d70 class-ID: 0403 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-13-amd64 running: yes Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.2 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Device-2: Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On driver: rtl8723be v: kernel modules: wl port: c000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b723 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 0bda:b721 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter> Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> Info: acl-mtu: 820:8 sco-mtu: 255:16 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park link-mode: slave accept Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.18 TiB used: 73.7 GiB (6.1%) SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM024 HN-M101MBB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 0001 temp: 29 C scheme: GPT ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0103 temp: 27 C scheme: GPT ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0 size: 57.73 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0000 scheme: MBR SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 75.36 GiB size: 73.63 GiB (97.70%) used: 73.61 GiB (100.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 ID-3: /home raw-size: 139.95 GiB size: 136.7 GiB (97.67%) used: 94.6 MiB (0.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20 Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 1.2 MiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2700 Repos: Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1995 lib: 988 flatpak: 0 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free 2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 1: deb https://mirrors.netix.net/mx/MX-Packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free Info: Processes: 222 Uptime: 47m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.58 GiB used: 1.79 GiB (23.7%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: quick-system-info-mx inxi: 3.3.06 Boot Mode: UEFI So I had many issues in the past with this Asus X541UV notebook regarding installing Linux but now I got to the roots of its problems regarding this issue by using some certain parameters for disabling PCI information that would flood the system and freeze it. But this topic is about the Nvidia GPU. As the laptop is being used by old people of my family for basic things like e-mail, web-surfing and office suite the integrated GPU would be enough. By using only the integrated graphic card the laptop can save a lot of energy and stay at a cool temperature all the time. The laptop is using MX Linux Xfce. I tried to get help on multiple forums regarding this one but it tells it's like nobody knows anything or doesn't want to help me.. I searched all over the internet for a complete and explanatory way (as for beginners) to install Bumblebee but all I found was nothing.This tutorial is not good and for some reasons MX cannot install nvidia-driver-libs-i386 as it cannot find it the repo?.. even though I activated all those links in the repo manager. Anyway this tutorial seems too superficial.. MX graphics installer and it's repo provides me as best solution with 460.91.03-1 and this is what I installed on it. But installing Bumblebee from the command line afterwards or from synaptic would just make Nvidia driver not work, at least X settings not accessible and no information from nvidia-smi neither. I want to either install Bumblebee and have the integrated card run most of the times or to completely deactivated Nvidia. How can I do this? I would need some baby steps please. Thank you  | | Andreescu | | View Public Profile | | View LQ Blog | | View Review Entries | | Find More Posts by Andreescu | | 06-04-2022, 03:24 AM | #2 | mrmazda LQ Guru Registered: Aug 2016 Location: SE USA Distribution: openSUSE & OS/2 24/7; Debian, Knoppix, Mageia, Fedora, others Posts: 6,840 Blog Entries: 1 Rep:   | It appears you have missed the concept of "prime" for GPU selection. Read about it on Wikipedia here. Using prime is a Linux alternative to Bumblebee. | | mrmazda | | View Public Profile | | View LQ Blog | | View Review Entries | | View LQ Wiki Contributions | | Find More Posts by mrmazda | | View Blog | | 06-04-2022, 06:59 AM | #3 | | Andreescu LQ Newbie Registered: Jun 2022 Distribution: MX Linux Posts: 2 Original Poster Rep: | Quote: Originally Posted by mrmazda  It appears you have missed the concept of "prime" for GPU selection. Read about it on Wikipedia here. Using prime is a Linux alternative to Bumblebee. | I am going to sound arrogant however I am saying it with modesty that this is exactly what is not helping me - the internet is full of explaining these kind of things. I also know about Prime. I don't need more philosophy. I need some good steps for doing/installing something that would stop Nvidia/make it not work most of the times. What commands, what packages, what orders of installation etc. in detail. 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