I managed to activate NVIDIA driver instead of nouveau by adding "blacklist=nouveau rdblacklist=nouveau" to my kernel parameters.
But KDE Driver Manager still claims that nouveau is in use, when it is not the case : compare kcmshell5 kcm_driver_manager Dev( id: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0" modalias: "pci:v000010DEd000013BBsv000010DEsd00001098bc03sc00i00" model: "GM107GL [Quadro K620]" vendor: "NVIDIA Corporation" driver("nvidia-340" recommended[false] free[true] fromDistro[false] builtin[false] manualInstall[false] fuzzyActive[false] package[0x0]) driver("nvidia-driver-390" recommended[false] free[true] fromDistro[false] builtin[false] manualInstall[false] fuzzyActive[false] package[0x0]) driver("nvidia-driver-396" recommended[true] free[true] fromDistro[false] builtin[false] manualInstall[false] fuzzyActive[false] package[0x0]) driver("xserver-xorg-video-nouveau" recommended[false] free[true] fromDistro[true] builtin[true] manualInstall[false] fuzzyActive[false] package[0x0]) ) with /var/log/gpu-manager.log : … Is nvidia loaded? yes Was nvidia unloaded? no Is nvidia blacklisted? no Is intel loaded? yes Is radeon loaded? no Is radeon blacklisted? no Is amdgpu loaded? no Is amdgpu blacklisted? no Is amdgpu versioned? no Is amdgpu pro stack? no Is nouveau loaded? no Is nouveau blacklisted? yes Is nvidia kernel module available? yes Is amdgpu kernel module available? no Vendor/Device Id: 8086:191d BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0" Is boot vga? no Vendor/Device Id: 10de:13bb BusID "PCI:1@0:0:0" Is boot vga? yes Skipping "/dev/dri/card1", driven by "i915" Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "nvidia-drm" Skipping "/dev/dri/card1", driven by "i915" Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "nvidia-drm" Skipping "/dev/dri/card1", driven by "i915" Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "nvidia-drm" ** Summary changed: - Selecting proprietary driver seems to have no effect + Wrong driver shown as active; Selecting proprietary driver seems to have no effect -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1785761 Title: Wrong driver shown as active; Selecting proprietary driver seems to have no effect To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-driver-manager/+bug/1785761/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs