# System doesn't use Nvidia Gpu

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/system-doesnt-use-nvidia-gpu/215478>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Tags:** linux\
**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/system-doesnt-use-nvidia-gpu/215478 "2022-05-24T19:51:32Z")\
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OS: Kubuntu 22.04 LTS x86\_64  
Host: Asus TUF f15 FX506LH  
Kernel: 5.17.5-76051705-generic  
GPUs: Intel CometLake-H GT2 and nvidia gtx 1650

problem: System doesn’t properly see nvidia GPU, neofetch displays the GPU as “NVIDIA 01:00.0”, both steam and standalone games don’t use nvidia. Im using driver (510.73.05], on 470 it didn’t work either. I tried using older kernel but it also didn’t work.

Here is nvidia-smi output:

```auto
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 510.73.05 Driver Version: 510.73.05 CUDA Version: 11.6 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| 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 41C P8 1W / N/A | 5MiB / 4096MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 5343 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 4MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

```

here is nvidia-settings output:

```auto
(nvidia-settings:9909): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 21:48:14.103: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
** Message: 21:48:14.173: PRIME: Requires offloading
** Message: 21:48:14.173: PRIME: is it supported? yes
** Message: 21:48:14.203: PRIME: Usage: /usr/bin/prime-select nvidia|intel|on-demand|query
** Message: 21:48:14.203: PRIME: on-demand mode: "1"
** Message: 21:48:14.203: PRIME: is "on-demand" mode supported? yes

```

I’ll paste nvidia bug report in the comment.

I checked a ton of forum posts. non seem to describe a similar problem nor do they provide any solutions that would help me.

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**Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/system-doesnt-use-nvidia-gpu/215478/3 "2022-05-27T13:19:48Z")

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You’re in offload aka on-demand mode. You’ll have to explicitly tell applications to run on the nvidia gpu:  
[https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86\_64/495.44/README/primerenderoffload.html](https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/495.44/README/primerenderoffload.html)

If you want everything to run on the nvidia gpu, use  
sudo prime-select nvidia  
and reboot.

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**Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/system-doesnt-use-nvidia-gpu/215478/4 "2022-05-27T14:07:23Z")

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1. It looks like on demand mode but no matter how i try it, via sudo prime-select, via nvidia-settings or via making an app load using nvidia it didn’t work.

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**Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/system-doesnt-use-nvidia-gpu/215478/5 "2022-05-27T14:09:04Z")

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I reinstalled the system and it worked, i don’t have a clue what could have broke it becouse fresh install got every update that was on the broken one and i loaded a backup and it is still working.  
Thanks for the help tho.