Hello newish to linux and this site.
I have scoured the internet in search for an answer tried many different solutions, but I have come up empty handed and at a total loss your help is much appreciated thank you. My computer is and old HP XW6400 workstation with a gtx1050ti with Ubuntu OS 20.04 nvidia driver 450 installed. But it only runs on integrated graphics. I cannot get the system to run on the dedicated graphics card,Also a funny thing is I have my hdmi cable to a tv coming from the dedicated gpu which does display everything but without sound but it says its running on integrated graphics? I do not have a secure boot option in my bios, sorry Im a greenhorn when it comes to linux.
Also the nvidia x server settings app opens to a blank screen. I have installed the latest Ubuntu OS 20.04 Nvidia 450 driver, after trying Ubuntu 20.10 Nvidia 455 driver version with the same issues.
dwill63@dwill63:~$ nvidia-settings
ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded
ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system
(nvidia-settings:93443): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 00:28:52.427: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
** Message: 00:28:52.432: PRIME: No offloading required. Abort
** Message: 00:28:52.432: PRIME: is it supported? no
I have issues where my gpu driver is not running or being seen I get multiple errors trying to run different commands in the CLI like
dwill63@dwill63:~$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
It shows the nvidia-driver-450 is installed and chosen in the additional drivers tab.
dwill63@dwill63:~$ inxi -GS
System:
Host: dwill63 Kernel: 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Gnome 3.36.3 Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] driver: N/A
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: nouveau,vesa
unloaded: modesetting resolution: 1024x768~N/A
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8
dwill63@dwill63:~$ sudo gpu-manager
[sudo] password for dwill63:
last_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
new_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
can't access /opt/amdgpu-pro/bin/amdgpu-pro-px
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/5.4.0-42-generic/updates/dkms
Found nvidia module: nvidia.ko
Looking for amdgpu modules in /lib/modules/5.4.0-42-generic/updates/dkms
Is nvidia loaded? yes
Was nvidia unloaded? no
Is nvidia blacklisted? no
Is intel loaded? no
Is radeon loaded? no
Is radeon blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu loaded? no
Is amdgpu blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu versioned? no
Is amdgpu pro stack? no
Is nouveau loaded? no
Is nouveau blacklisted? yes
Is nvidia kernel module available? yes
Is amdgpu kernel module available? no
Vendor/Device Id: 10de:1c82
BusID "PCI:64@0:0:0"
Is boot vga? yes
Error: can't access /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:40:00.0/driver
The device is not bound to any driver.
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Does it require offloading? no
last cards number = 1
Has amd? no
Has intel? no
Has nvidia? yes
How many cards? 1
Has the system changed? No
Single card detected
Nothing to do
Sorry for all the command stuff just trying to get as much info out as i can.Thanks again!!!