Why Ubuntu is using NVIDIA Card?











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I just installed Ubuntu(dual boot) on my MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RE!



There's a small light near the power button which shows the current graphics card being used. Red is NVIDIA and white is Intel.



When I use Ubuntu, it's always red and I don't know why it is happening. I tried going to Settings>Details. This shows that the graphics driver is Intel but still NVIDIA is being used.



I have not installed any NVIDIA driver and just did nouveau.modeset=0 in GRUB!



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  • I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
    – Rinzwind
    Dec 7 at 14:47






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    try nvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use is prime-select query
    – singrium
    Dec 7 at 15:18










  • Thanks guys! Will check it out
    – Sanjay
    Dec 7 at 15:23










  • Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
    – Alvin Liang
    Dec 9 at 13:23















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I just installed Ubuntu(dual boot) on my MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RE!



There's a small light near the power button which shows the current graphics card being used. Red is NVIDIA and white is Intel.



When I use Ubuntu, it's always red and I don't know why it is happening. I tried going to Settings>Details. This shows that the graphics driver is Intel but still NVIDIA is being used.



I have not installed any NVIDIA driver and just did nouveau.modeset=0 in GRUB!



Please help!










share|improve this question






















  • I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
    – Rinzwind
    Dec 7 at 14:47






  • 1




    try nvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use is prime-select query
    – singrium
    Dec 7 at 15:18










  • Thanks guys! Will check it out
    – Sanjay
    Dec 7 at 15:23










  • Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
    – Alvin Liang
    Dec 9 at 13:23













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I just installed Ubuntu(dual boot) on my MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RE!



There's a small light near the power button which shows the current graphics card being used. Red is NVIDIA and white is Intel.



When I use Ubuntu, it's always red and I don't know why it is happening. I tried going to Settings>Details. This shows that the graphics driver is Intel but still NVIDIA is being used.



I have not installed any NVIDIA driver and just did nouveau.modeset=0 in GRUB!



Please help!










share|improve this question













I just installed Ubuntu(dual boot) on my MSI GS65 Stealth Thin 8RE!



There's a small light near the power button which shows the current graphics card being used. Red is NVIDIA and white is Intel.



When I use Ubuntu, it's always red and I don't know why it is happening. I tried going to Settings>Details. This shows that the graphics driver is Intel but still NVIDIA is being used.



I have not installed any NVIDIA driver and just did nouveau.modeset=0 in GRUB!



Please help!







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  • I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
    – Rinzwind
    Dec 7 at 14:47






  • 1




    try nvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use is prime-select query
    – singrium
    Dec 7 at 15:18










  • Thanks guys! Will check it out
    – Sanjay
    Dec 7 at 15:23










  • Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
    – Alvin Liang
    Dec 9 at 13:23


















  • I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
    – Rinzwind
    Dec 7 at 14:47






  • 1




    try nvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use is prime-select query
    – singrium
    Dec 7 at 15:18










  • Thanks guys! Will check it out
    – Sanjay
    Dec 7 at 15:23










  • Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
    – Alvin Liang
    Dec 9 at 13:23
















I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
– Rinzwind
Dec 7 at 14:47




I doubt that light is maintained by Ubuntu and I would suggest that your problem is probably BIOS related. Maybe it is not actually testing what graph card is used but it is a setting in BIOS.
– Rinzwind
Dec 7 at 14:47




1




1




try nvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use is prime-select query
– singrium
Dec 7 at 15:18




try nvidia-smi, you would know if the drivers are installed and the Nvidia card is in use or not. Another command to check which card is in use is prime-select query
– singrium
Dec 7 at 15:18












Thanks guys! Will check it out
– Sanjay
Dec 7 at 15:23




Thanks guys! Will check it out
– Sanjay
Dec 7 at 15:23












Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
– Alvin Liang
Dec 9 at 13:23




Under windows if you disable nVidia device the indicator is also kept on. I think you need correctly configure Optimus mode so nVidia card can be switched off.
– Alvin Liang
Dec 9 at 13:23















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