NVIDIA MX130 not working on new notebook DELL Vostro 5481 Linux Mint 19.2

Graphics / Linux Linux
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Hi All,

I have been dealing with NVIDIA Drivers installation on Linux (Ubuntu based) for years now. I have faced many different problems and tested workarounds, but this time it seems the hardest one.

  • I tried installing drivers (390 and 430 aswell) from synaptic package manager / command line from official repository
  • I tried downloading latest driver from NVIDIA website
  • I tried using nvidia-xconfig query/busid to set the correct PCI busid

but nothing worked out, every time, after installation and reboot no graphic login shows up, I can only log in via tty (CTRL ALT F1).

This is the output of lspci command:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3e34 (rev 0b)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 3ea0
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 0b)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
00:12.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9df9 (rev 30)
00:13.0 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Device 9dfc (rev 30)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 9ded (rev 30)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Device 9def (rev 30)
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 9df0 (rev 30)
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 9de8 (rev 30)
00:15.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 9de9 (rev 30)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 9de0 (rev 30)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 9dd3 (rev 30)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9db8 (rev f0)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9dbc (rev f0)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9db0 (rev f0)
00:1d.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9db4 (rev f0)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d84 (rev 30)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 9dc8 (rev 30)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 9da3 (rev 30)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 9da4 (rev 30)
02:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce MX130] (rev a2)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0113 (rev 01)

Please let me know what type of debug you may need to help me figure out how to solve this issue.

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Please uninstall the .run installer driver using the --uninstall option, then reinstall the driver from official Mint/Ubuntu repo. Also install the package nvidia-prime (sudo apt install nvidia-prime). Delete your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, reboot and make sure that secure boot is disabled in bios. Then run nvidia-bug-report.sh as root and attach the resulting .gz file to your post. Hovering the mouse over an existing post of yours will reveal a paperclip icon.
[url]https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1043347/announcements/attaching-files-to-forum-topics-posts/[/url]

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Perfect, I’ll do it asap and I’ll attach here the bug report gz file.

One last question: which driver should I install from Mint/Ubuntu repo? The latest one (which is nvidia-driver-430 now)?

PS: secure boot is already disabled (needed to do that in order to install the OS alongside Win 10)

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Just use the recent 430 driver.

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Dear Generix, just following the steps you mentioned solved the problem, it appears that installing nvidia-prime made the difference for me, making it work! Thank you very much.

PS: no /etc/X11/xorg.conf file was present.