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Installation

18.04.3 was used, no kernel params needed for initial bootup and installation to succeed.

Disabling the Nvidia GPU

bbswitch works if the following udev rules, /lib/udev/rules.d/80-nvidia-pm.rules are created:

# Remove NVIDIA USB xHCI Host Controller devices, if present
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{vendor}=="0x10de", ATTR{class}=="0x0c0330", ATTR{remove}="1"

# Remove NVIDIA USB Type-C UCSI devices, if present
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{vendor}=="0x10de", ATTR{class}=="0x0c8000", ATTR{remove}="1"

# Remove NVIDIA Audio devices, if present
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{vendor}=="0x10de", ATTR{class}=="0x040300", ATTR{remove}="1"

Blacklist nouveau and i2_nvidia_gpu modules.

Display backlight

The kernel param i915.enable_dpcd_backlight=1 is required for brightness control to work.

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