Zorin OS 17 Nvidia is not showing in settings

[ravensborn]

Hello there,

I installed ZorinOS version 17, during the installation I chose the option with modern graphics included.

I have secure boot disabled and my laptop is an HP Victus with RTX 3050.

The settings about section shows Mesa Intel® Graphics (RPL-P) / Mesa Intel® Graphics (RPL-P).

I tried uninstalling the current graphics driver which was version 535 and went ahead with the latest 555. After a reboot the settings menu displayed nvidia graphics driver correctly, but the software store and zorin appearance apps broke and they wouldn't load.

I did a fresh install and this time it seems that nvidia version 550 is installed, I opened nvidia settings and switched the profile to performance and did a reboot.

Currently the settings app still shows Mesa Intel® Graphics (RPL-P) / Mesa Intel® Graphics (RPL-P).

Screenshot of settings:

Screenshot of nvidia-smi

Is the nvidia currently in use, anyway to verify that? Is it a visual bug?

Any help is appreciated.

[Winged1]

I had this occur with a different card and the driver was installed, but not configured properly. My situation and solution aren't applicable. To find if it is a similar case run the following and check for errors.
sudo dpkg --configure -a

[swarfendor437]

See if this article helps, but avoid any driver which has 'tested' next to it, base on other posts on this forum:

Switching Between Intel and Nvidia Graphics Cards on Ubuntu

[GolfBallFromBeefyDie]

Yes, it is very much a visual bug. Or maybe your driver doesn't work correctly. As someone who also uses a Victus, I did install it with modern NVIDIA drivers, and it worked. I don't know how wouldn't it work anymore on other Victus models...

[ravensborn]

Thanks for everyone's suggestion.

I left it as it for a few days, then today it asked me for an update, I installed the updates and I noticed in the logs that there was nvidia updating, it's still version 550, but after a reboot, now it shows RTX 3050 in the settings.