nvidia-settings:ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system

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Hello,
When I install the nvidia driver 470.74,I had some problems.I use the command of nvidia-smi,it outputs normally.But I use the command of nvidia-settings, it outputs error.
This error is:

ERROR: Unable to load info from any available syste

I use Ubuntu 16.04. kernel is 4.15.0. Nvidia graphic card is GeForce GTX 960M.

$ uname -a
Linux dingli-Lenovo-Rescuer-14ISK 4.15.0-112-generic #113~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 04:37:08 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ nvidia-smi
Mon Oct 25 09:31:44 2021       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 470.74       Driver Version: 470.74       CUDA Version: 11.4     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                               |                      |               MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce ...  Off  | 00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   38C    P0    N/A /  N/A |      0MiB /  4046MiB |      0%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                  |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                  GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                   Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+


$ nvidia-settings
ERROR: Unable to load info from any available syste

Can anyone help me? I’d really appreciate your helpnvidia-bug-report.log.gz (541.5 KB)
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The problem is that you’re using a manually installed driver with Ubuntu 16.04 on a hybrid graphics system. That makes autoconfig defunct and the nvidia gpu is not used by the Xserver. If you really need to use 16.04, you’ll have to configure prime yourself. Please set kernel parameter “nogpumanager”, then follow this:
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/official-driver-384-59-with-geforce-1050m-doesnt-work-on-opensuse-tumbleweed-kde/52620/2?u=generix

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Thank you for your guidance and advice.I have successfully solved my problem.Thank you very much!

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