Dell G3 Ubuntu 16.04 Graphic Card

finno

Hi



I bought a dell g3 gaming laptop and the spec it has a gtx 1050
but when i check the details on the laptop it says the grahpics card is Intel® HD Graphics (Coffeelake 3x8 GT2).


Is there anyway i can check to see if there is an gtx 1050 on the laptop?


Thanks

28064212

glxinfo | grep OpenGL

https://askubuntu.com/questions/929707/how-to-know-what-drivers-and-video-card-am-i-using

Or you could use about:support in Firefox, or chrome://gpu in Chrome. Look for GPU in the pages.

If none of those show a 1050 graphics card, you might just need to install drivers for the card

finno

28064212 wrote: »

glxinfo | grep OpenGL

https://askubuntu.com/questions/929707/how-to-know-what-drivers-and-video-card-am-i-using

Or you could use about:support in Firefox, or chrome://gpu in Chrome. Look for GPU in the pages.

If none of those show a 1050 graphics card, you might just need to install drivers for the card

I ran that code here is what i got


OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics (Coffeelake 3x8 GT2)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 18.0.5
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 18.0.5
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 18.0.5
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
OpenGL ES profile extensions:

Can't see anything for the gtx1050

niallb

That command may tell you what card you're using,
but if the card isn't being used 'lspci' should still list it.
'lspci | grep VGA' will find most graphics devices that are present.

finno

niallb wrote: »

That command may tell you what card you're using,
but if the card isn't being used 'lspci' should still list it.
'lspci | grep VGA' will find most graphics devices that are present.

I ran that command and here is what i
got lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 3e9b

Johnboy1951

Some laptops have dual graphics cards, and it is possible to disable one in BIOS/EFI firmware.

I would check there first to see if it is listed.

This might help

https://www.dell.com/support/article/ie/en/iedhs1/sln298431/a-guide-to-nvidia-optimus-on-dell-pcs-with-an-ubuntu-operating-system?lang=en

mcmoustache

I think Johnboy might be on to something. lspci should have detected the gpu unless it's disabled at the bios level.

By the way, a 1050 is gpu is quite big and if the laptop has one it will probably weigh around 3 kilos.

Explosive_Cornflake

The service tag will tell you the config

ED E

Read this page

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus

niallb

If lspci isn't showing it ithe hardware isn't available to even the right driver.
Head into the BIOS as johnboy said and check the settings.

I suspect that if you enable it as the only GPU, ubuntu will just automatically set it up for you.
That said, for a new install in early 2019 don't go using 16.04 if your goal is to get graphics hardware running. New version 19.04 about to be released if you want to stay with ubuntu, or stay with 18.04 for long term support.

The release numbers are dates - 16.04 is April 2016.
There's been three years worth of support gone into it that you're leaving out if you try that for your install.

mcmoustache

niallb wrote: »

If lspci isn't showing it ithe hardware isn't available to even the right driver.
Head into the BIOS as johnboy said and check the settings.

I suspect that if you enable it as the only GPU, ubuntu will just automatically set it up for you.
That said, for a new install in early 2019 don't go using 16.04 if your goal is to get graphics hardware running. New version 19.04 about to be released if you want to stay with ubuntu, or stay with 18.04 for long term support.

The release numbers are dates - 16.04 is April 2016.
There's been three years worth of support gone into it that you're leaving out if you try that for your install.

I agree with all points. It may also be worth checking the boot log for any mention of nvidia (journalctl -b). I strongly suspect that it's disabled in the bios because the OS should be able to at least see it if it's enabled, even without drivers installed.

As regards the OS version, I installed Kubuntu 18.04 on my new PC (i5 4670K gtx 1060) and it's absolutely fine. The installer detected all the hardware without any problems and all I needed to sort out after the installation was to blacklist the nvidia-smi module because it was adding around 25 seconds to my boot. Other than that, it's quite solid.

niallb

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/04/15/ubuntu-19-04-delivers-a-welcome-surprise-for-nvidia-gpu-owners/

Seriously improved installation experience for Nvidia users in the about to be released Ubuntu 19.04 according to Forbes and others.

mcmoustache

niallb wrote: »

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/04/15/ubuntu-19-04-delivers-a-welcome-surprise-for-nvidia-gpu-owners/

Seriously improved installation experience for Nvidia users in the about to be released Ubuntu 19.04 according to Forbes and others.

I'm fairly sure that I had this option in the Kubuntu 18.04 installation that I did last month. I know everything worked out of the box.

I haven't used GNOME since around 12.04 when they added the stupid side bar thingy. That's when I switched to Kubuntu which was using a buggy KDE/Plasma at the time.

I wonder if the OP got sorted. I'm curious to know if it was fixed through bios or if he opened up the laptop and found some roofing tiles where the GPU should have been.

rayzercork

the package hardinfo should give you a more detailed description of your system, should appear as system profiler in menu once installed.