you might be interested to try liveiso xubuntu-bionic nvidia-390.48
a live_iso bionic-xubuntu with nvidia-390.48 prime-switchabled to experiment :
it's working on Acer VN7 4GB ram
boot the live iso http://sourceforge.net/projects/toysbox/
xubuntu-18.04-4.15.0-24-nvidia390.48.iso
open a terminal ctrl-T : inxi -G to check on which graphic card it is running
sudo prime-select query gives equivalent result on running graphic card
sudo prime-select intel to switch to the intel graphic
sudo prime-select nvidia to switch to the nvidia graphic
The prime version here is from Mathieu Gras ( problem and partial
solution originally raised up by Tim Richardson )
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1032482/linux/optimus-on-
ubuntu-18-04-is-a-step-backwards-but-i-found-the-first-good-solution/4
but to make the whole stuff running as liveIso requires lots of sweats
...and funs !
Here is a short log :
$ cat Live-xubuntu-bionic-nvidia-390.log
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz
iso-scan/filename=/iso/xubuntu-18.04-4.15.0-24-nvidia0.iso
file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed waitusb=5 boot=casper systemd.debug-shell=1
systemd.log_level=debug systemd.log_target=kmsg log_buf_len=1M printk.devkmsg=on
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux xubuntu 4.15.0-24-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 13 08:44:47 UTC 2018
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ inxi -G Graphics:
Card-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
Card-2: NVIDIA GM107M [GeForce GTX 860M]
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 ) drivers: modesetting,nvidia (unloaded:
fbdev,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.02hz OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX
860M/PCIe/SSE2 version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.48
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 2
Provider 0: id: 0x23a cap: 0x1, Source Output crtcs: 0 outputs: 0 associated
providers: 1 name:NVIDIA-0 Provider 1: id: 0x44 cap: 0x6, Sink Output, Source
Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 2 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ glxinfo | grep NVIDIA
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation client glx vendor string: NVIDIA
Corporation
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.48
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.48
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL ES profile version string:
OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 390.48
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
69297 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13859.334 FPS
68090 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13617.823 FPS
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ glxspheres64
Polygons in scene: 62464 (61 spheres * 1024 polys/spheres) Visual ID of window:
0xa8 Context is Direct OpenGL Renderer: GeForce GTX 860M/PCIe/SSE2
1914.953887 frames/sec - 2137.088538 Mpixels/sec
1964.035952 frames/sec - 2191.864122 Mpixels/sec
Troublshootings
1 If at boot you get a black screen ...really nothing else after 2min don't
panic ;
Open a VT2 with ctrl-F2 Login as xubuntu user with blank password ;
sudo su to get root permission
lsmod | grep nvidia_drm check if module nvidia-drm.ko is loaded , in which case
simply
Type systemctl stop lightdm then systemctl start lightdm
or simply
systemctl restart lightdm
If no module nvidia loaded then try switch on nvidia card by ( check presence
of module bbswitch with cat /proc/acpi/bbswitch )
echo "ON" >/proc/acpi/bbswitch
it will switched to good nvidia'card desktop or ...blackscreen ,then restart
ligthtdm
2 The desktop boots but inxi -G shows no graphic on nvidia but only
intel-graphic with intel_driver or modesetting_driver .
If lsmod | grep video shows lots of nvidia modules ;
it means then Xorg server auto detection scheme misses setting up GPU correctly
a.k.a nvidia'graphic card as source output and intel's iGPU as sink output as
defined by Optimus technology.
Simply sudo systemctl restart lightdm from desktop's terminal and we get the
right desktop with drivers: modesetting,nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
shown by inxi -G. 3
There are very few commands to know helping solving ,understanding the troubles
lsmod | grep nvidia to make sure that nvidia-drm.ko is loaded before starting
again lightdm
echo "ON">/proc/acpi/bbswitch to switch on the nvidia graphic card
systemctl to start systemd service
4 Of course if it happens you see "nouveau" module present on lsmod then
you really need to stop lightdm before removing rmmod nouveau otherwise
nvidia would conflict
5 I setup a rc-local.service to be able to give xubuntu user sudo
without passwd ,and switch on nvidia card during boot time
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1752053
Title:
nvidia-390 fails to boot graphical display
Status in mesa
