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I installed 17.10 recently and went to change the graphics from the Nvidia card to the Intel card to save battery. After switching the Prime setting to use the Intel card, I can no longer open X server settings. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program, but still nothing happens when I go to open it. Is this just an issue with 17.10 that will be fixed in later releases, like the upcoming 18.04?










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  • Have you rebooted?
    – user692175
    Nov 20 '17 at 20:00










  • should I unintall, reboot, and then reinstall? I have rebooted
    – Bo Johnson
    Nov 20 '17 at 20:01












  • If you are logging into a wayland session then nvidia-settings cannot be opened. Log out & in to an xorg session
    – doug
    Nov 20 '17 at 23:34










  • @doug -- How do we do that? Same problem, but in X11 after switching to Intel from nVidia and now can't open XServer nVidia Settings... perplexed.
    – azatar
    Sep 22 at 2:32










  • @toszter, this thread was for 17.10 regarding it's deficiencies. Maybe run nvidia-settings from a terminal & see what it reports. Then start a new question, ect..
    – doug
    Sep 22 at 3:54
















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I installed 17.10 recently and went to change the graphics from the Nvidia card to the Intel card to save battery. After switching the Prime setting to use the Intel card, I can no longer open X server settings. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program, but still nothing happens when I go to open it. Is this just an issue with 17.10 that will be fixed in later releases, like the upcoming 18.04?










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  • Have you rebooted?
    – user692175
    Nov 20 '17 at 20:00










  • should I unintall, reboot, and then reinstall? I have rebooted
    – Bo Johnson
    Nov 20 '17 at 20:01












  • If you are logging into a wayland session then nvidia-settings cannot be opened. Log out & in to an xorg session
    – doug
    Nov 20 '17 at 23:34










  • @doug -- How do we do that? Same problem, but in X11 after switching to Intel from nVidia and now can't open XServer nVidia Settings... perplexed.
    – azatar
    Sep 22 at 2:32










  • @toszter, this thread was for 17.10 regarding it's deficiencies. Maybe run nvidia-settings from a terminal & see what it reports. Then start a new question, ect..
    – doug
    Sep 22 at 3:54














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I installed 17.10 recently and went to change the graphics from the Nvidia card to the Intel card to save battery. After switching the Prime setting to use the Intel card, I can no longer open X server settings. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program, but still nothing happens when I go to open it. Is this just an issue with 17.10 that will be fixed in later releases, like the upcoming 18.04?










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I installed 17.10 recently and went to change the graphics from the Nvidia card to the Intel card to save battery. After switching the Prime setting to use the Intel card, I can no longer open X server settings. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program, but still nothing happens when I go to open it. Is this just an issue with 17.10 that will be fixed in later releases, like the upcoming 18.04?







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  • Have you rebooted?
    – user692175
    Nov 20 '17 at 20:00










  • should I unintall, reboot, and then reinstall? I have rebooted
    – Bo Johnson
    Nov 20 '17 at 20:01












  • If you are logging into a wayland session then nvidia-settings cannot be opened. Log out & in to an xorg session
    – doug
    Nov 20 '17 at 23:34










  • @doug -- How do we do that? Same problem, but in X11 after switching to Intel from nVidia and now can't open XServer nVidia Settings... perplexed.
    – azatar
    Sep 22 at 2:32










  • @toszter, this thread was for 17.10 regarding it's deficiencies. Maybe run nvidia-settings from a terminal & see what it reports. Then start a new question, ect..
    – doug
    Sep 22 at 3:54


















  • Have you rebooted?
    – user692175
    Nov 20 '17 at 20:00










  • should I unintall, reboot, and then reinstall? I have rebooted
    – Bo Johnson
    Nov 20 '17 at 20:01












  • If you are logging into a wayland session then nvidia-settings cannot be opened. Log out & in to an xorg session
    – doug
    Nov 20 '17 at 23:34










  • @doug -- How do we do that? Same problem, but in X11 after switching to Intel from nVidia and now can't open XServer nVidia Settings... perplexed.
    – azatar
    Sep 22 at 2:32










  • @toszter, this thread was for 17.10 regarding it's deficiencies. Maybe run nvidia-settings from a terminal & see what it reports. Then start a new question, ect..
    – doug
    Sep 22 at 3:54
















Have you rebooted?
– user692175
Nov 20 '17 at 20:00




Have you rebooted?
– user692175
Nov 20 '17 at 20:00












should I unintall, reboot, and then reinstall? I have rebooted
– Bo Johnson
Nov 20 '17 at 20:01






should I unintall, reboot, and then reinstall? I have rebooted
– Bo Johnson
Nov 20 '17 at 20:01














If you are logging into a wayland session then nvidia-settings cannot be opened. Log out & in to an xorg session
– doug
Nov 20 '17 at 23:34




If you are logging into a wayland session then nvidia-settings cannot be opened. Log out & in to an xorg session
– doug
Nov 20 '17 at 23:34












@doug -- How do we do that? Same problem, but in X11 after switching to Intel from nVidia and now can't open XServer nVidia Settings... perplexed.
– azatar
Sep 22 at 2:32




@doug -- How do we do that? Same problem, but in X11 after switching to Intel from nVidia and now can't open XServer nVidia Settings... perplexed.
– azatar
Sep 22 at 2:32












@toszter, this thread was for 17.10 regarding it's deficiencies. Maybe run nvidia-settings from a terminal & see what it reports. Then start a new question, ect..
– doug
Sep 22 at 3:54




@toszter, this thread was for 17.10 regarding it's deficiencies. Maybe run nvidia-settings from a terminal & see what it reports. Then start a new question, ect..
– doug
Sep 22 at 3:54










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In Ubuntu 18.04 (running xfce, not that it matters). I fixed the problem. Here's the solution that worked for me. It went a little like this:



$ sudo prime-select nvidia
Info: the nvidia profile is already set
$ nvidia-settings
Error: nvidia driver is not loaded // Problem!
$ sudo prime-select intel
// Grub updates... some other configs are changed.
$ sudo prime-select nvidia
// Grub updates... configs are changed again.
// REBOOT.
$ nvidia-settings
// Et Viola! (Which means, and there it is.)


YMMV. Good luck out there. :)






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    In Ubuntu 18.04 (running xfce, not that it matters). I fixed the problem. Here's the solution that worked for me. It went a little like this:



    $ sudo prime-select nvidia
    Info: the nvidia profile is already set
    $ nvidia-settings
    Error: nvidia driver is not loaded // Problem!
    $ sudo prime-select intel
    // Grub updates... some other configs are changed.
    $ sudo prime-select nvidia
    // Grub updates... configs are changed again.
    // REBOOT.
    $ nvidia-settings
    // Et Viola! (Which means, and there it is.)


    YMMV. Good luck out there. :)






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      In Ubuntu 18.04 (running xfce, not that it matters). I fixed the problem. Here's the solution that worked for me. It went a little like this:



      $ sudo prime-select nvidia
      Info: the nvidia profile is already set
      $ nvidia-settings
      Error: nvidia driver is not loaded // Problem!
      $ sudo prime-select intel
      // Grub updates... some other configs are changed.
      $ sudo prime-select nvidia
      // Grub updates... configs are changed again.
      // REBOOT.
      $ nvidia-settings
      // Et Viola! (Which means, and there it is.)


      YMMV. Good luck out there. :)






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        In Ubuntu 18.04 (running xfce, not that it matters). I fixed the problem. Here's the solution that worked for me. It went a little like this:



        $ sudo prime-select nvidia
        Info: the nvidia profile is already set
        $ nvidia-settings
        Error: nvidia driver is not loaded // Problem!
        $ sudo prime-select intel
        // Grub updates... some other configs are changed.
        $ sudo prime-select nvidia
        // Grub updates... configs are changed again.
        // REBOOT.
        $ nvidia-settings
        // Et Viola! (Which means, and there it is.)


        YMMV. Good luck out there. :)






        share|improve this answer












        In Ubuntu 18.04 (running xfce, not that it matters). I fixed the problem. Here's the solution that worked for me. It went a little like this:



        $ sudo prime-select nvidia
        Info: the nvidia profile is already set
        $ nvidia-settings
        Error: nvidia driver is not loaded // Problem!
        $ sudo prime-select intel
        // Grub updates... some other configs are changed.
        $ sudo prime-select nvidia
        // Grub updates... configs are changed again.
        // REBOOT.
        $ nvidia-settings
        // Et Viola! (Which means, and there it is.)


        YMMV. Good luck out there. :)







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