I am using ubuntu 18.04 with kernel 4.17.0-041700rc6 on my ASUS FX503-VD laptop with Intel Core i5-7300hq and NVIDIA GTX 1050 (4GB).
I had several issues with this laptop since installing Ubuntu up to touchpad fix. Upgrading to 17rc6 kernel fixed the issue with touchpad. After installing nvidia drivers, i figured out that my battery drains out very fast (i installed TLP but it's still 3-4 hours).
So i tried to switch back to intel card and that freezes my system after login.
I tried to follow steps in https://askubuntu.com/a/923216/847770 and successfully created an image. When i was trying to boot with this image in grub, it pops kernel panic (seems as i am doing the wrong thing), but i had to give it a try, because i have no 10-linux file.
Here's ls -a /boot output:
. initrd.img-4.18.0-041800rc5-generic
.. memtest86+.bin
abi-4.15.0-20-generic memtest86+.elf
abi-4.15.0-23-generic memtest86+_multiboot.bin
abi-4.17.0-041700rc6-generic retpoline-4.15.0-20-generic
abi-4.17.8-041708-generic retpoline-4.15.0-23-generic
abi-4.18.0-041800rc5-generic retpoline-4.17.0-041700rc6-generic
acpi_gpufix retpoline-4.17.8-041708-generic
config-4.15.0-20-generic retpoline-4.18.0-041800rc5-generic
config-4.15.0-23-generic System.map-4.15.0-20-generic
config-4.17.0-041700rc6-generic System.map-4.15.0-23-generic
config-4.17.8-041708-generic System.map-4.17.0-041700rc6-generic
config-4.18.0-041800rc5-generic System.map-4.17.8-041708-generic
efi System.map-4.18.0-041800rc5-generic
grub vmlinuz-4.15.0-20-generic
initrd.img-4.15.0-20-generic vmlinuz-4.15.0-23-generic
initrd.img-4.15.0-23-generic vmlinuz-4.17.0-041700rc6-generic
initrd.img-4.17.0-041700rc6-generic vmlinuz-4.17.8-041708-generic
initrd.img-4.17.8-041708-generic vmlinuz-4.18.0-041800rc5-generic
As you can see i successfully copied it to /boot.
Also here's my ls -a /etc/grub.d/ output:.
. 40_custom_proxy 45_uefi-firmware proxifiedScripts
.. 41_linux_proxy 46_custom_proxy README
00_header 42_linux_xen 47_custom .script_sources.txt
05_debian_theme 43_memtest86+ backup
10_linux_proxy 44_os-prober bin
Here's nvidia-smi output:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 396.24.10 Driver Version: 396.24.10 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 1050 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 50C P3 N/A / N/A | 320MiB / 4042MiB | 1% Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Type Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 1163 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 28MiB |
| 0 1576 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 48MiB |
| 0 1753 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 127MiB |t
| 0 1927 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 115MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
I hope that Glat (https://askubuntu.com/users/680254/glats) can see my post and help me with the issue.
EDIT 2
Actually I've found out that it boots with acpi=off option, but it turns off the tauchpad, so its not a fix for me. However, battery still drains really fast and in addition i dont know how to change my keyboard backlight, (no such file in /sys/class/leds as kbd:backlight etc.)
EDIT 3
Yesterday I tried installing Linux Mint, as I saw one post on the internet, where a guy has the same laptop (asus fx503vd) and he made prime-select work by switching to MDM desktop manager, but gksu was deleted, and i had no luck switching back to it. Still looking for an answer.
EDIT 4
This ***** question becomes a horrible blog. Just found a page with possible solution https://connorkuehl.github.io/dell-inspiron-7559-linux-guide/index.html , so i might be trying installing bumblebee, as it can help to fully turn off my nvidia card so i can save power.
EDIT 5
I finally made it to the point with working touchpad AND nvidia drivers. SO before installing bumblebee i am going to make a restore img. Things getting better!
