Hi Ryan, my solution uses bbswitch to turn off the card, which is what Ubuntu used before 18.04. If it works for your hardware in 16.04 (up to and including 17.10) it will work in 18.04. Also if it was working and then stopped working, it must be something you did. If you'd like support with it, please post an issue on the github repo. Note that the readme has debugging steps. It doesn't actually do very much, so there is not much than can go wrong.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1765363 Title: prime-select intel is not powering off the nvidia card Status in nvidia-prime package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Right now, it seems that prime-select intel makes sure the nvidia driver is not loaded, as nvidia-settings reports. But my power consumption is > 20W. cat /proc/acpi/bbswitch reports the card is still on. If bbswitch and powertop are reliable, then the nvidia card is still powered. This is a thinkpad w520 in Optimus mode. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: nvidia-prime 0.8.7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-15.16-generic 4.15.15 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Apr 19 19:56:21 2018 Dependencies: EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-14 (125 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: nvidia-prime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-03-09 (41 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/+bug/1765363/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
