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I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, everything was fine until today I decided to change my NVIDIA driver, I changed it, I do not remember which one I was using.
Then I restarted my laptop and everything was almost ok. I opened the NVIDIA X Server settings and set the PRIME profile to NVIDIA (performance mode). Then I restarted my laptop. It freezes on startup, on the ASUS - Ubuntu screen, I use ctrl + alt + f3 keys and open the terminal, remove the NVIDIA drivers and restart. Now it works with Intel GPU, I installed nvidia-driver-510 and tried again to set my NVIDIA as default GPU, but the problem is still there. I cannot set my NVIDIA as the default GPU. Also, many options in NVIDIA X server settings are gone!!!!
Please help me! What did I do wrong?

My GPU is: nVidia GP108M [GeForce MX250]
And My CPU is: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz

This is lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' command output:

─$ lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] (rev 02)
    DeviceName: VGA
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kernel modules: i915
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02:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP108M [GeForce MX250] (rev a1)
    DeviceName: Second VGA
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GP108M [GeForce MX250]
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 31)

Also when I installed it with apt, it gives me this message at the end:

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-30-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/nvme0n1p5
I: (UUID=f56ee4ed-58ac-49d4-a438-3ca75f08397a)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
Mohammad Mahdi
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I finally solved my problem and I want to share it here so that it is a solution for those who face this problem in the future. First, you should remove all NVIDIA drivers and modules from your system.

sudo apt remove --purge *nvidia*

This command will remove all NVIDIA drivers and modules, as well as their configuration files.
Then, make sure you do not have any active repository other than the official Ubuntu repositories.
Download the official NVIDIA driver for Linux from the NVIDIA website. Reboot your system and your system will use the Nouveau driver for rendering. Go to Additional Drivers and select the latest NVIDIA driver to install on your system. After installation, restart your system.
If you are not able to access the Gnome login screen, press ctrl + alt + f2, f3, f4, ... keys simultaneously to access the terminal. If that did not work, you should boot your system with nomodeset and then do the same. Enter your username and password and log in.
Your default Prime profile should be on-demand mode. You can view your Prime profile using the command below:

sudo prime-select query

Set your prime profile to nvidia

sudo prime-select nvidia

Then go to the path where the NVIDIA driver you downloaded from the NVIDIA website is located and install it using the command below:

sudo bash NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-***.run

Replace NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-***.run with the name of the file. Continue the installation process, and when asked if you want to install kernel modules, ... say yes. You will also be warned that your target Linux system has a custom driver installation that you can use instead of the official NVIDIA driver; ignore this message and install the driver.
After installation, reboot your system. Press Ctrl + Alt + F2 again to bring up the terminal and log in to your account. Go to the official NVIDIA driver file that you downloaded earlier. And uninstall it with this command:

sudo bash NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-***.run --uninstall

After uninstalling the driver, reboot your system.

Everything should be fine. DO NOT CHANGE THE PRIME PROFILE OR THE NVIDIA DRIVER VERSION OR EVERYTHING WILL GO WRONG AGAIN.

As far as I know, the modules were somehow deleted in the kernel and when installing the driver from the official Ubuntu drivers, they are not installed. But the official NVIDIA driver we downloaded installs these modules and when we uninstall the official driver, these modules remain. Two drivers cannot be installed on the system at the same time, so we have to remove one. If we remove the driver from Ubuntu drivers and keep the official NVIDIA driver, the problem will not be solved. I have tried it. Hope it helps someone.

Mohammad Mahdi
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