That seems a poor choice as modesetting would prevent users from setting
Intel to use a tearfree option to eliminate tearing when using the Nvidia
drivers

On Sep 29, 2016 4:55 PM, "Vassil Peytchev" <vassil.peytc...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> This happened on my Dell M3800 with the Optimus Nvidia GPU and nvidia-
> prime when updating to the 14.04.5 LTS HWE.
>
> The workaround I used was to force the modesetting driver in xorg.config
> for the Intel GPU, and not allow changes to xorg.config (see
> https://vxlabs.com/2015/02/05/solving-the-ubuntu-14-04-nvidia-346
> -nvidia-prime-black-screen-issue/).
>
> An updated ubuntu-drivers-common to make gpu-manager use the modesetting
> driver will be most helpful.
>
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>
> Title:
>   Nvidia-Prime not switching from intel to nvidia leading to a black
>   screen
>
> Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu:
>   In Progress
>
> Bug description:
>   STEPS:
>   1. Install 15.10 on a laptop that supports optimus nvidia/intel hybrid
> graphics
>   2. Install nvidia and nvidia-prime
>   3. Open nvidia settings
>   4. Switch to nvidia
>   5. Log out
>   6. Hear the login drums
>
>   EXPECTED:
>   I expect to see the lightdm login page
>
>   ACTUAL:
>   You are presented with a black page
>
>   TEMP WORKAROUND:
>   1. Tap ctrl-alt-f1
>   2. login
>   3. run sudo prime-select intel
>   4. run sudo service lightdm restart
>   5. System is back running on the intel stack alone.
>
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