{"id":670,"date":"2018-09-20T09:19:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T09:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/albertomilone.com\/blog\/?p=670"},"modified":"2018-09-20T09:19:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T09:19:48","slug":"nvidia-prime-in-ubuntu-18-04-and-18-10-and-a-call-for-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albertomilone.com\/blog\/nvidia-prime-in-ubuntu-18-04-and-18-10-and-a-call-for-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"NVIDIA PRIME in Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10, and a call for testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ubuntu 18.04<\/strong> marked the transition to a new, more granular, packaging of the NVIDIA drivers, which, unfortunately, combined with a <a href=\"https:\/\/bugs.launchpad.net\/bugs\/1777099\">change in <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">logind<\/g><\/a>, and with the previous migration from Lightdm to Gdm3, caused\u00a0<strong>(Intel+NVIDIA) hybrid laptops<\/strong>\u00a0to stop working the way they used to in Ubuntu 16.xx and older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following are the <strong>main issues<\/strong> experienced by our users:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An increase\u00a0in power consumption when using the power saving profile (i.e. when the discrete GPU is off).<\/li><li>The inability to switch between power profiles on log out (thus requiring a reboot).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We have backported a commit to solve the <a href=\"https:\/\/bugs.launchpad.net\/bugs\/1777099\">problem with logind<\/a>, and I have worked on a few changes in gpu-manager, and in the other key components, to improve the experience when using <strong>Gdm3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-light-green-cyan-background-color\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> fixes for <strong>Lightdm<\/strong>, and for\u00a0<strong>SDDM<\/strong> still need some work, and will be made available in the next update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both issues should be fixed in <strong>Ubuntu 18.10<\/strong>, and I have backported my work to <strong>Ubuntu 18.04<\/strong>, which is now <a href=\"https:\/\/bugs.launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/nvidia-prime\/+bug\/1778011\">available for testing.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u00a0run <strong>Ubuntu 18.04<\/strong>, own a hybrid laptop with an Intel and an NVIDIA GPU (supported by the <strong>390 NVIDIA driver<\/strong>),\u00a0\u00a0<strong>we would love to get your feedback<\/strong> on the updates in Ubuntu 18.04.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested, head over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/bugs.launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/nvidia-prime\/+bug\/1778011\">bug report<\/a>, follow the instructions at the end of the bug <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">description,<\/g> and let us know about your experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubuntu 18.04 marked the transition to a new, more granular, packaging of the NVIDIA drivers, which, unfortunately, combined with a change in logind, and with the previous migration from Lightdm to Gdm3, caused\u00a0(Intel+NVIDIA) hybrid laptops\u00a0to stop working the way they used to in Ubuntu 16.xx and older. 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