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Created May 13, 2018 17:53
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Disable Nvidia and Nouveau drivers on 18.04 Bionic Beaver MX150
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disable_nvidia_and_nouveau
sudo apt-get install bbswitch-dkms
then
gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
and add the following lines
# Blacklist the alternative nvidia module
blacklist nouveau
# Blacklist the original nvidia module
blacklist nvidia
then
$ gksudo gedit /etc/modules
and add the following lines
# Switch off discrete GPU
bbswitch load_state=0
at last update the initial ramdisk by running
$ sudo update-initramfs -u
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