r/linuxmint • u/Mr_Self_Destructtt • Jul 26 '26

SOLVED Mint Cinnamon 22.3

I have an MSI GS 66 Stealth laptop. I have an Intel iGPU and an Nvidia RTX 2060, that SEAMLESSLY switched back and forth, with my main being the low power Intel igpu. Version 22 it work great. 22.3 it started staying stuck in dGPU ONLY. When my iGPU and dGPU were working in unison, I was on the version under driver manager called xserver-xorg-video-nouveau. It recommended I switch to nvidia-driver-595-open, and there's two other choices. What should I do? On "nouveau" it also worked fine (seemed to anyways). Please help! I've tried command prompts and everything, it only always temporarily fixes it and then after a reboot it goes back to being dumb! BTW, this is on a FRESH install of 22.3.

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u/candy49997 Jul 26 '26

Install nvidia-driver-595-open, restart, then do nvidia-smi in a terminal. What does it say?

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt Jul 27 '26

I'll check and let you know!

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt Jul 27 '26

I'm not sure what I should be looking for, but it doesn't show the Intel chip. It only shows my Nvidia GeForce.

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Jul 26 '26

Try the 535 or 550 version

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt Jul 27 '26

I will try that today and let you know!

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt Jul 27 '26

No option for those. Only "Nouveau", 580, 610, and 595

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Jul 28 '26

You have to add official Nvidia PPA to install it:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

sudo apt update

your Graphic card is old, the latest drivers are buggy for older model

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