Too little options in Nvidia X Settings

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Jadw1

Too little options in Nvidia X Settings

Post by Jadw1 »

Hi,
As I wrote in subject, I have too little options in Nvidia X Settings. Firstly, I mention that I've red some topics on that and it doesn't work/gives an error while typing commands in terminal.

I'm using HP Pavilion 15 Power laptop and there are integrated Intel GPU and GTX 1050. My basic problem is after 15 minutes of using laptop with Mint as OS, laptop is quite hot, too hot. And what I red, laptop is using GTX as a default GPU and this can be changed in Nvidia settings but others have like 10 options in menu on the left and I have just 2.

Can you help me? :(

I'm quit new Linux user so tell me what more info will be helpful. I'm using the latest Mint 19 Cinammon.

Thanks :D
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Laurent85
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Re: Too little options in Nvidia X Settings

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Please post your system specs:

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Jadw1

Re: Too little options in Nvidia X Settings

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here is screenshot about system info: https://imgur.com/a/EZyzq8b
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Re: Too little options in Nvidia X Settings

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Don't post screenshots of command line results, paste the results in between code tags [code][/code], the 4th icon of the forum text editor.

The nvidia driver is not loaded, ensure Secure Boot is disabled in the bios settings.
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Re: Too little options in Nvidia X Settings

Post by N3wb »

I also have an HP Pavilion 15 series laptop, although an older model.
Does it look like this?
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For me, I have limited options when I switch to Intel integrated GPU. Switching back to Nvidia GPU gives me extended options.
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