[SOLVED] Help installing Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Driver - hP pavilion

[benji]

Don't you have any material that came with the laptop as to whether it is an Optimus one or not?

Nope... the physical document was just a single paper with basic details...

Can windows help in finding if its a optimus enabled laptop?

i think it should be....because it is was promoted as a gaming laptop https://www.amazon.in/HP-Pavilion-15-6- ... B07Q5YWCDC

[Stevo]

The ddm-mx build logs show these kind of messages during the build:

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0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 196 not upgraded.

I would suggest fully upgrading your system and rebooting before trying a driver install with MX Nvidia Installer.

The MX NI checks to see if it's an Optimus system, and I think it's right in this case. You seem to have an eight-generation system, not the ninth-gen that all those replies on the Amazon page keep saying it is.

[benji]

The ddm-mx build logs show these kind of messages during the build:

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0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 196 not upgraded.

I would suggest fully upgrading your system and rebooting before trying a driver install with MX Nvidia Installer.

I did a full upgrade the first time I did install Nvidia...It won't be in the log because this is a fresh install..

This latest Nvidia install with out bumblebee was done after installing all the available updates..

You seem to have an eight-generation system, not the ninth-gen that all those replies on the Amazon page keep saying it is.

yes its a eight gen processor...Details from windows below..

Found this link from nvidia...

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... d-graphics

Screenshot from windows as suggested in the Nvidia link

Notification.png

Task Manager.PNG

windows Device manager.PNG

Processor details can be seen in the screenshot..

[benji]

I have just installed nvidia driver without bumblebee... haven't restarted yet.. so not sure if the install went well..

Attaching the DDM Log.ddmlog.txt

I was able to boot into the system

output of inxi -G after installing just the Nvidia driver without Bumblebee

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$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] driver: nvidia v: 418.74 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting,nouveau,nvidia 
           unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Coffeelake 3x8 GT2) 
           v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6 

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glxgears -info
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
GL_RENDERER   = Mesa DRI Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (Coffeelake 3x8 GT2) 
GL_VERSION    = 3.0 Mesa 18.3.6
GL_VENDOR     = Intel Open Source Technology Center

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$ optirun glxgears
bash: optirun: command not found

Should I try installing bumblebee seperately? or Is there anything I can try next?

[Sparky]

from your inxi code, it looks like you have the Nvidia driver correctly installed.

[benji]

Nvidia settings.png

When i click on nvidia X server setting nothing opens...

[Sparky]

what happens when you run

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optirun glxspheres64

[Sparky]

Nvidia settings.pngWhen i click on nvidia X server setting nothing opens...

Why X server settings? The first option is the correct one.
Have you put the acpi command from my thread in your grub file? If not, do that and restart (for safety) and run sudo grub update before restarting

[benji]

When had just installed the nvidia driver seperately i was able to login and when i run optirun glxglears -info i got the below error

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$ optirun glxgears
bash: optirun: command not found

So I now installed bumblebee from the Mx Package Installer... Now the same situation has come...system wont go past the acpi error..

From what i understand there is a problem when bumblebee is installed not with the Nvidia drivers as there was no problem booting into system when i just installed the Nvidia driver alone...

Am able to access the command line by adding 3 to the boot grub menu...

Added the line below to the grub file from the command line ...

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"modprobe.nouveau=0 acpi_osi=! acpi_osi='Windows 2015'"

Still it boots into the acpi error screen..

am not sure what to do now...pls let me know if any logs would help...

[Huckleberry Finn]

Can you change it to this exactly (copy-paste):

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2015\""

Save, close, and :

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sudo update-grub

Reboot

Acpi errors are sometimes due to kernel. And nouveau must be already blacklisted in /etc/modprobe.d/... (automatically when Nvidia was installed).