Nvidia GPU not recognized by OS

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Ubuntu Version:

24.04.2 LTS

Desktop Environment (if applicable):

Problem Description:

I just installed Ubuntu today and after setting everything up and downloading all drivers I noticed that my Nvidia Gtx 1650 isn't being used by the system, but instead its using the integrated graphics card in my amd processor.

Relevant System Information:

Nvidia gtx 1650 gpu
AMD Ryzen™ 5 4600H with Radeon™ Graphics
32 gb ram

Screenshots or Error Messages:

When executing nvidia-smi this error comes up:
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn’t communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

What I’ve Tried:

Blacklist noveau driver in case it interferes with the nvidia driver
Install an older driver ( nvidia 470)
Update to latest Nvidia driver

The GPU cant be bootlocked or at least I cant check it since my hp laptop is bootlocked.

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Are you adding Nvidia drivers from a repository other than Ubuntu (even the Nvidia repository)? If not, you should just be able to do ubuntu-drivers install from the command line to automatically get the correct driver and have it configured.

If you did more than that (or the Additional Drivers tab in Software & Sources), you did it wrong.

The only solution is to purge that repository and any packages installed from it. Might be quicker to reinstall.

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Right, Ill try to install the drivers with the command and if that doesn’t work I’ll just reinstall. Thanks for the quick answer.

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Alright, thanks a lot, after reinstalling mvidia-smi now works and ubuntu recognizes my graphics card.

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