I think this is all a repercussion of using glvnd. I tried switching to intel mode and this results in a machine that cannot be logged in to. Also, the other framebuffer ttys are nt accessible. I recovered by going into friendly-recovery, getting a root shell, remounting my ssd as rw and executing prime-select nvidia then rebooting.
-- 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/1765888 Title: Please revert to debian-alternatives based prime-select Status in nvidia-prime package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The new prime-select has some problems. It is very slow to switch, since it does initramfs -u each time It leaves my two optimus laptops without graphics if you leave it in prime-select intel but boot with discrete nvidia. Previously this would load nvidia drivers. These are both two bad 'regressions' in the user experience, the first for everyone, the second for those how have a hardware mux. I know there is bug in logind meaning that a restart is required to poweroff the nvidia card. But this is not new, right? What has happened between 17.10 and 18.04 that has required this dramatic change? Is it now broken to use debian alternatives? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: nvidia-prime 0.8.7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Apr 21 12:25:58 2018 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-19 (183 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171017.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: nvidia-prime UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-03-09 (43 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/+bug/1765888/+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