It's certainly possible to log out, log in to an Xorg session, and then log out again/reboot to switch to NVIDIA. *If* you know that's what you need to do.
Since nvidia-settings silently fails *and* we default to Wayland if possible users who don't know this is what you need to do will find it very difficult to switch back from Intel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-settings in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1719945 Title: Silently fails in Wayland session Status in nvidia-settings package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've got an nvidia/intel hybrid laptop. In a Wayland session nvidia- settings fails silently when started from the shell. When started from a terminal, it prints: ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system and then quits. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: nvidia-settings 367.35-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-11.12-generic 4.13.1 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-11-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Sep 27 11:49:57 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-20 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170919) SourcePackage: nvidia-settings UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+bug/1719945/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
