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initzero
2016-07-27, 10:40
Hello,

I just got a new Notebook with an Intel Graphics card and the Geforce GTX 950m by Nvidia.
Since I updated and upgraded all packages i have a wierd and annoying screen flickering and i think it is because my Nvidia Graphics card does not have the drivers installed properly.
lspci gives me the

01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 950M] (rec a2)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
for the interesting part.
As the GTX is registered as a 3D controller and not a VGA controller nvidia-detect also gives me no results.
I tried to install all necessary nvidia drivers by

apt-get install nvidia-driver but afterwards i was unable to log in because "Something has gone wrong"
I fixed this issue by installing nvidia-optimus and bumblebee and rebooting.
The problem is my Screen still flickers and my Graphics card is still registered as 3D Controller.
In various guides they say, i need to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, but somehow this file is not present in my installation.
The version i am using is:

uname -a
Linux kali 4.6.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.6.4-1kali1 (2016-07-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux
And the notebook i am using is a MSI GP60-2QFi781
Any help is appreciated!

TyroneB.
2016-09-25, 07:37
It seems as tho I have the same exact issue as you, with the screen flickering. I got the gray screen as well when I tried to update the nvidia drivers. I have a Razerblade 2015 model with the GTX 970m. It would seem as tho the issue lies with the intel drivers but I have yet to come up with a solution. I'll post back here and let you know if I get it figured out.

gerlat666
2016-10-16, 19:37
Same problem , did you guys resolved this ?