Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected, Accepted nvidia-settings into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia- settings/390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: nvidia-settings (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- 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/1778011 Title: SRU: PRIME Power Saving mode draws too much power Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in nvidia-prime package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in nvidia-settings package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gdm3 source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in nvidia-prime source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in nvidia-settings source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Bionic: In Progress Bug description: SRU Request: [Impact] Relying on the nouveau driver and on the vga switcheroo (to get around a change in systemd LP: #1777099) caused increased power consumption, and slowed down the switching process. Furthermore, if the main X/Xwayland session was started by Gdm when the nvidia driver was loaded, the session will keep the nvidia module loaded, and prevent the system from switching off the dGPU. Also, the nouveau driver will be loaded, if nvidia is not, and this can cause problems to unsupported NVIDIA GPUs. The solution involves the following changes: 1) Solving the problem in systemd (LP: #1777099) 2) Adding code in gpu-manager and in nvidia-prime to unload the nvidia modules, and to allow the PCI device to sleep. 3) Making a slight change to the current patch in Gdm, used to call the PRIME scripts before and after a Gdm session (so that gpu-manager gets actually called on log out) 4) Adding code in gpu-manager to kill the main X/Xwayland session on log out, if the session is preventing us from unloading the nvidia driver. A new X/Xwayland session will be created after unload the module. 5) Removing the systemd service that loads nouveau from the nvidia packages. [Test Case] 1) Enable the -proposed repository, and install the new "ubuntu-drivers-common", nvidia drivers, nvidia-prime, and gdm3 2) Make sure the nvidia packages are installed, and enable performance mode (if it is already enabled, call "sudo prime-select intel" first): sudo prime-select nvidia 3) Restart your computer and attach your /var/log/gpu-manager.log. see if the system boots correctly. If unsure, please attach your /var/log /gpu-manager.log and /var/log/Xorg.0.log 4) Select power saving mode: sudo prime-select intel 5) Log out and log back in 6) Check if the nvidia driver is still loaded: lsmod | grep nvidia [Regression Potential] Low, as hybrid graphics support does not work correctly, and the changes only affect this use case. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1778011/+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
