Missing Nvidia Settings Application
Laptop : Lenovo y520
Secure Boot : Disabled
Desktop Environment : KDE Plasma & Gnome
Nvidia Driver : 460 ( GTX 1060 6GB)
So I just installed ubuntu and found out the nvidia drivers were already installed, so I changed the profile to the intel one to save battery power. However, when I did this I was met with this nvidia smi error:
But for some reason I can still change profiles normally using the terminal like so:
Here is what I get if I run the nvidia settings using the console:
Apologies for asking this but all the other answers were really outdated or didn't work
51 Answer
If anyone else encounters this issue, this means that KDE or any other desktop environment you installed has conflicted with gnome. I fixed this by completely purging kubuntu desktop. Also, if you get a "Ubuntu on Wayland" DE that means you installed nvidia correctly. I hope this helps anyone who encounters this issue.
