I just did a clean install of Kubuntu 20.04 (was previously running Kubuntu 19.10) on my "PC Specialist Defiance 2" laptop, which is a rebranded Clevo:
$ sudo dmidecode | grep -iA9 'system info'
System Information
Manufacturer: PC Specialist Limited
Product Name: P65_P67RGRERA
Version: Not Applicable
Serial Number: Not Applicable
UUID: 275bfa80-a763-0000-0000-000000000000
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Not Applicable
Family: Not Applicable
Unfortunately I cannot cleanly switch between using the Intel GPU and Nvidia GPU. On 19.10, I used to be able to simply:
$ prime-select [nvidia|intel]
and then reboot. While this still kind of works in Kubuntu 20.04, switching to the Nvidia GPU results in tearing. To get rid of the tearing, I created /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-tearing.conf
with:
options nvidia-drm modeset=1
I then run sudo update-initramfs -u
and reboot, and this solves the tearing issue when using the Nvidia GPU. However, when I switch back to the Intel GPU, my laptop freezes during boot. To get around this, I have comment out the above line in /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-tearing.conf
and then do a sudo update-initramfs -u
(and then reboot again).
Is there any way to only run the nvidia-drm modeset=1
option when in Nvidia GPU mode?