NVIDIA MX150 not working on Ubuntu 24.04/24.10 (Gnome 46/47) on Wayland and has issues on Xorg
Summary:
NVIDIA MX150 (notebook) hybrid GPU not working on Ubuntu 24.04/24.10 with Gnome/Wayland and experiencing significant issues on Gnome/Xorg. So, it is not possible to use the NVIDIA GPU in a satisfactory way in Wayland and Xorg.
Software Versions:
- Ubuntu 24.04, GNOME 46, Kernel 6.8.0-47-generic, NVIDIA Driver 550.107.02
- Ubuntu 24.10, GNOME 47, Kernel 6.11.0-8-generic, NVIDIA Driver 560.35.03
- Kdenlive (24.08.1) flatpak (both)
- DaVinci Resolve (19.0.2) from Blackmagic website (both)
Hardware Information:
- Device: Lenovo ThinkPad T480
- CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-8650U × 8
- RAM: 32 GB
- Storage: 1 TB SSD
- Integrated GPU: Intel® UHD Graphics 620
- Dedicated GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX150 (Pascal architecture)
Issues:
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On Wayland:
– GPU NVIDIA not working.
– Kdenlive do not reconize NVIDIA GPU.
– DaVinci Resolve recognize but do not use NVIDIA GPU.
– DaVinci Resolve shows “Your GPU memory is full” message all the time. -
On Xorg:
– Gnome GTK4 (libadwaita) apps delay a lot to open, sometimes never open, and open with the light theme (since the system is configured for dark theme). “Reset to Default” on Gnome Tweaks didn’t resolve the problem.
– Crashes when using xorg.config files generated by nvidia-xconfig or nvidia-settings.
Additional Information:
- Intel (Power Saving Mode) option in NVIDIA Settings it is not selectable (gray color) on Wayland and Xorg.
- Used NVIDIA (Performance Mode) with no changes on Wayland.
- Tested drivers 550 and 560-open on Ubuntu 24.10 without success.
- Installed all available nvidia* packages via apt with no improvements.
- Xorg is starting without xorg.config file (auto-detecting the settings).
- Similar issues found on Debian 13 Trixie Testing with Gnome 47.
- The issues with GTK4 (libadwaita) apps were not observed on Pop_OS 22.04 with Gnome 42.6.
- nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (Ubuntu cases) already sent to linux-bugs@nvidia.com.
For colaboration, also published at:
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Ubuntu Forums (in English)
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2501520 -
Gnome Discourse (in English)
(this topic) -
NVIDIA Developer Forums (in English)
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-mx150-560-35-03-not-working-on-ubuntu-24-10-kernel-6-11-gnome-47-with-wayland/309548 -
NVIDIA Forums (in English)
(unavailable due to platform-imposed limit) -
Diolinux Plus (em Português)
(unavailable due to platform-imposed limit)