How to install 2 Graphics drivers, and have Ubuntu detect and load which one (without conflict)

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Originally I wanted to make a live CD with this... However I gave up on that.



So Is there a way to do this, have ubuntu figure out which card is loaded, before loading a driver.
Or... How could I create a script to load at boot to "| grep pci... etc" and print for variable to run "activate_AMD.sh" or "activate_NV.sh" etc...







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    Seems this is stil valid? askubuntu.com/questions/892532/…
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Originally I wanted to make a live CD with this... However I gave up on that.



So Is there a way to do this, have ubuntu figure out which card is loaded, before loading a driver.
Or... How could I create a script to load at boot to "| grep pci... etc" and print for variable to run "activate_AMD.sh" or "activate_NV.sh" etc...







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    Seems this is stil valid? askubuntu.com/questions/892532/…
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Originally I wanted to make a live CD with this... However I gave up on that.



So Is there a way to do this, have ubuntu figure out which card is loaded, before loading a driver.
Or... How could I create a script to load at boot to "| grep pci... etc" and print for variable to run "activate_AMD.sh" or "activate_NV.sh" etc...







share|improve this question












Originally I wanted to make a live CD with this... However I gave up on that.



So Is there a way to do this, have ubuntu figure out which card is loaded, before loading a driver.
Or... How could I create a script to load at boot to "| grep pci... etc" and print for variable to run "activate_AMD.sh" or "activate_NV.sh" etc...









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    Seems this is stil valid? askubuntu.com/questions/892532/…
    – Rinzwind
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    Seems this is stil valid? askubuntu.com/questions/892532/…
    – Rinzwind
    May 24 at 6:55







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Seems this is stil valid? askubuntu.com/questions/892532/…
– Rinzwind
May 24 at 6:55




Seems this is stil valid? askubuntu.com/questions/892532/…
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Ubuntu automatically detects which GPU is installed in your machine. If you want a script to switch between Nvida and Intel drivers I've found one you can modify here: bauca/graphics-switcher



It will require the program glxinfo which you can get by installing:



sudo apt install mesa-utils


One key function in the bash script that will interest you is this one:





function CheckForCurrentVideoCardInUse egrep "OpenGL vendor





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  • Doesn't seem to handle AMD unfortunately.
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Ubuntu automatically detects which GPU is installed in your machine. If you want a script to switch between Nvida and Intel drivers I've found one you can modify here: bauca/graphics-switcher



It will require the program glxinfo which you can get by installing:



sudo apt install mesa-utils


One key function in the bash script that will interest you is this one:





function CheckForCurrentVideoCardInUse egrep "OpenGL vendor





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  • Doesn't seem to handle AMD unfortunately.
    – Sebastian Stark
    Aug 13 at 14:08














up vote
1
down vote













Ubuntu automatically detects which GPU is installed in your machine. If you want a script to switch between Nvida and Intel drivers I've found one you can modify here: bauca/graphics-switcher



It will require the program glxinfo which you can get by installing:



sudo apt install mesa-utils


One key function in the bash script that will interest you is this one:





function CheckForCurrentVideoCardInUse egrep "OpenGL vendor





share|improve this answer




















  • Doesn't seem to handle AMD unfortunately.
    – Sebastian Stark
    Aug 13 at 14:08












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Ubuntu automatically detects which GPU is installed in your machine. If you want a script to switch between Nvida and Intel drivers I've found one you can modify here: bauca/graphics-switcher



It will require the program glxinfo which you can get by installing:



sudo apt install mesa-utils


One key function in the bash script that will interest you is this one:





function CheckForCurrentVideoCardInUse egrep "OpenGL vendor





share|improve this answer












Ubuntu automatically detects which GPU is installed in your machine. If you want a script to switch between Nvida and Intel drivers I've found one you can modify here: bauca/graphics-switcher



It will require the program glxinfo which you can get by installing:



sudo apt install mesa-utils


One key function in the bash script that will interest you is this one:





function CheckForCurrentVideoCardInUse egrep "OpenGL vendor






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