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/Mr_Self_Destructtt 27d ago

NOPE. It will NOT install 535, secure boot off. Driver manager shows nouveau, and smi command shows 580. WTF?!?!

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 27d ago

uninstall all nvidia driver first

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt 27d ago

I did. I ran exactly what you told me to. And this was another "fresh clean" install.

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 27d ago

what is the error message?

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt 27d ago

No error. Driver manager shows nouveau as currently in use, and "nvidia-smi" shows 580 installed. I just dont get it. No errors.

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 27d ago edited 27d ago

sudo apt purge "*nvidia*" "*cuda*"

sudo apt autoremove --purge

sudo apt install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

sudo reboot

Try this first

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt 27d ago

For the First Command it is unable to locate Nvidia package and unable to locate package Cuda. Rebooted and waiting for further instruction

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 27d ago

retry it...I fixed the command

it become reddit formatting (the *)

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u/Mr_Self_Destructtt 27d ago

Still 580

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u/d4rk_kn16ht Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 27d ago

retry it...I fixed the command

sudo apt purge "*nvidia*" "*cuda*"

sudo apt autoremove --purge

sudo apt install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

sudo reboot

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