linux newbie here, I hope you can help me out.
I installed Mint 18.3 successfully 2 days ago and configured it to my liking.
My setup uses hybrid graphics (Intel/Nvidia). Using the recommended nvidia drivers (nvidia-384) worked well, until I couriously wanted to try out the nouveau drivers. Using the built-in Driver Manager, I selected the nouveau driver, applied the change and restarted.
Now, the nouveau drivers seem to work worse than the nvidia drivers, so I wanted to revert back using the Driver Manager.
Problem: Although Driver Manager shows the nvidia driver applied, the nouveau drivers are still in use. No matter what google solution I try :-/
Solution: down here
-> sudo lshw -C display:
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*-display
description: 3D controller
product: GK208M [GeForce GT 740M]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
resources: irq:32 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:f7000000-f707ffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 06
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:28 memory:f7400000-f77fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
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System: Host: verto-pc Kernel: 4.10.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine: Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-1758 v: REV:1.0
Bios: American Megatrends v: E1758IMS.30A date: 08/23/2013
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-4700MQ (-HT-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 19154
clock speeds: max: 3400 MHz 1: 935 MHz 2: 799 MHz 3: 859 MHz 4: 1012 MHz
5: 1161 MHz 6: 799 MHz 7: 801 MHz 8: 799 MHz
Graphics: Card-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: NVIDIA GK208M [GeForce GT 740M] bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.02hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.8 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.0-38-generic
Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet
driver: alx port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
driver: rtl8723ae port: c000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 750.2GB (4.7% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: HGST_HTS541075A9 size: 750.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 679G used: 25G (4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
ID-2: /boot size: 473M used: 69M (16%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.51GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 258 Uptime: 23 min Memory: 1478.9/7902.2MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
Any suggestions?
Kinda frustrating, when such "basic" things always lead to time-consuming troubleshooting in Linux.