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Disable Nvidia on XPS15 with Linux Mint 19.3.md
  1. apt install bbswitch
  2. /etc/modprobe.d/bbswitch.conf
    options bbswitch load_state=0 unload_state=1
    To run bbswitch without bumblebeed on system startup, do not forget to add bbswitch to /etc/modules-load.d. 
    nano /etc/modules-load.d
    bbswitch
  3. Put nvidia & nouveau module on blacklist 
    nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-gpu.conf
    blacklist nouveau
    options nouveau modeset=0
    install nouveau /bin/true
sudo update-initramfs -u
  4. Reboot
  5. Check if bbswitch is off 
    cat /proc/acpi/bbswitch

Links

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_XPS_15_9550#Graphics_Configuration https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hybrid_graphics#Fully_Power_Down_Discrete_GPU https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee#Power_management
https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch

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deimi commented Feb 8, 2021

I also highly recommend PopOS on the XPS15, as it has the whole Nvidia stuff built in. It works like a charm.

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