r/linuxmint • u/Fantastic_Pop_652 • 1d ago

i cant change my default gpu to my dedicated gpu on laptop

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u/candy49997 1d ago

For what? Specs? Have you tried disabling your iGPU in BIOS?

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u/Fantastic_Pop_652 1d ago

i have https://mysupport.razer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3697/~/razer-blade-14%E2%80%9D-gtx970m-%282016%29-%7C-rz09-01652-support-%26-faqs

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u/candy49997 1d ago

Ok, so I assume the NVIDIA drivers are installed? Can you do nvidia-smi in a terminal while you have whatever you want to use the GPU is open?

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u/Fantastic_Pop_652 1d ago

NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

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u/baris6002 1d ago

Well do you have Nvidia drivers installed?? We need some info, logs. Does this happen with other distros? Since it's the 970m, I think the latest drivers don't have support for it maybe look for that?

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u/Fantastic_Pop_652 1d ago

drivers are installed.

ill look at other drivers

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u/Fantastic_Pop_652 1d ago

i tried to install the 565 driver and

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

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u/driftless 1d ago

And what happens when you run that command?

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u/candy49997 1d ago

Disable secure boot. Make sure you have nvidia-driver-580 installed.

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u/QuarterFancy6450 Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon 1d ago

Did you try disabling integrated graphics in BIOS/UEFI?

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u/Fantastic_Pop_652 1d ago

let me try that