I know this is a complicated topic but I would like to put my computer working with the ability to change between GPUs. It's a Toshiba satellite with an (originally) Optimus system. It has an Intel core i7 CPU and a NVIDIA GT 740M GPU.
My steps according to some tutorials I found was:
- Going to Additional drivers and checking if I was using NVIDIA proprietary drivers. I was. Version 375.39.
After that I installed nvidia-prime and nvidia-375 drivers with:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-375 nvidia-prime- Rebooting
- Choosing NVIDIA in the Prime Profiles in the NVIDIA X SERVER SETTINGS.
- Loging out and in.
All worked like a charm. No error messages or anything strange. After that I went to watch a movie and noticed some flickering. So I ran
lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d+\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep VGA
to show me which GPU i was using which showed me:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
I don't understand as in NVIDIA X SERVER SETTINGS all seems right telling me I'm using my NVIDIA GPU. But I definitely am not as the screen is flickering with a movie which isn't HD.
Can anyone help?
Notes:
I tried it with a second monitor and without one. All gave the same results. The nvidia app doesn't seem to recognize the second monitor instead preferring to tell me it's using a single monitor with the sum of the resolutions. Don't know if it's relevant.
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