Kubuntu on Dell G7 With Bad Graphics Card

[craiglive]

Good morning! Obviously, I'm new to Kubuntu, and for all intents and purposes, quite new to Linux in general (I briefly ran Ubuntu when it was brand new to the world) Anyway, I have a Dell G7 7588 with what I'm sure to be a slowly failing Nvidia GTX1060. It runs Windows ok, with the exception of some screen static, but seemed to fair a little better when I disabled the Nvidia graphics in Device Manager. My luck wasn't so great when attempting to install the latest LTS version of Kubuntu though. It would start out mostly ok, but once I got to the actual installation screen, things would repeatedly deteriorate slowly until I ended up with a blank screen, and in need of a reboot. I finally realized I should probably try to install in Graphics Safe Mode. At that point things went smoothly and looked great. I didn't even see any static. Then the time came to reboot into the installed software. It now will barely make it to the home screen before the screen starts glitching then goes black. This, I suppose, brings me to my actual question. Is there a way to run Kubuntu in such a way that it uses the Intel graphics rather than Nvidia? If so, how do I make this happen?

[Snowhog]

According to a Google search, you can run, in a terminal: sudo prime-select intel


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You can set your PC to use Intel integrated graphics by running
sudo prime-select intel in the terminal and then rebooting, or by using the PRIME Profiles setting in System Settings if your desktop environment supports it. For older systems or specific issues, you may need to uninstall the NVIDIA drivers and manually configure Xorg.

Method 1: Using the terminal

This method is generally the most reliable and works across many Ubuntu versions.

1. Open the terminal.
2. Run the following command to set the system to use the Intel graphics: bash
3. sudo prime-select intel
4. Log out and log back in, or reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.

Method 2: Using the graphical interface

• Note: This option is available in newer versions of Ubuntu and depends on your desktop environment.

1. Go to System Settings or Details.
2. Look for PRIME Profiles (this might be under Graphics or Details).
3. Select Intel from the options to use integrated graphics.

Method 3: Uninstalling NVIDIA drivers and editing GRUB

• This method is useful if the previous options do not work, especially for older systems.

First, run this command to uninstall the NVIDIA drivers:

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

Then, remove the NVIDIA-generated Xorg configuration file:

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Finally, reboot your computer: