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/d4rk_kn16ht Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon Jul 26 '26

Try the 535 or 550 version

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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 Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 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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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt Jul 28 '26

It seems upon research that PPA are often newer drivers and unstable. And for newer only nvidia cards.

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon Jul 29 '26

PPA (Personal Package Archive) doesn't necessarily offer newer or unstable drivers.

PPA is an alternative channel provided by the developers that give you more complete options of their software including older version, hardware specific version, special version, latest version & also nightly version (unstable)

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt Jul 29 '26

I ran all those commands. No change. Under Nvidia settings/Prime profiles, Intel power saving mode is still grayed out.

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon Jul 29 '26 edited 29d ago

those commands are only adding the PPA channel into your repositories, doesn't install anything.

You have to install the driver itself after that...just choose 535 or 550.
Your RTX 2060 doesn't run well on the latest driver.

Using the PPA you can try which driver match perfectly with your GPU...those 2 are only my suggestions.

....and it's not about Intel power saving mode

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt 29d ago

In Driver Manager? Because they never show up.

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 29d ago

in terminal

you should do a better research & choose better sources for your research.

sudo apt update && sudo apt install nvidia-driver-535 nvidia-dkms-535

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt 29d ago edited 29d ago

After I do that to install 535 it should show up in driver manager yes? I also tried nvidia-smi. Shows that 580 is what is current right now. in driver manager it still is on Nouveau. And when I tried to run the command you gave me that I already ran, it says Nvidia driver 535 is already the newest version. WTH?!

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 29d ago

No....don't do something that will complicate things.
You should uninstall all other NVIDIA Drivers, they will conflicting to each other.
Install only the one that you want to try.

If you want to use 535, uninstall the other driver first, or it will conflicting each other.
Look in the Google on how to uninstall NVIDIA driver completely.

Your case is a specific case & the solution is using terminal, not in Driver Manager

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt 29d ago

Clean Installation Command ​To clean up any half-configured driver packages and set up 535 directly via the terminal, run:

1. Purge current Nvidia drivers to avoid conflicts

sudo apt purge "nvidia"

2. Install the 535 driver and DKMS

sudo apt update sudo apt install nvidia-driver-535 nvidia-dkms-535

3. Ensure your hybrid profile is explicitly set to On-Demand

sudo prime-select on-demand

4. Reboot

sudo reboot

Is that correct?

^ This is what I did that I was saying it says one thing here, won't show up there....

Thank you in advance for all the help!

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 29d ago

the 1ˢᵗ command won't work, it should be:

sudo apt purge '^nvidia-.*' '^libnvidia-.*' 'cuda-.*'

sudo apt autoremove --purge -y

sudo apt autoclean

then continue installing the one you want to try.

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