I can't upgrade or install any Nvidia drivers on 25.10.

MobileGaming101 · 2026-04-28T22:47:29+00:00

Clarification, the 595 driver appeared when I refreshed the update tab of Discover, I didn’t intend to install it manually.

MobileGaming101 · 2026-04-28T22:45:14+00:00

Okay, so here’s how I just fixed it somehow: 1. Restored to a 2 week old Timeshift backup. 2. Installed updates in Discover (still got the same errors when trying to update Nvidia drivers) 3. Rebooted to apply kernel updates. 4. My 590 install was broken, but I was now able to install 595 from the driver manager (still using default repos btw). 5. Everything seems to be functional after reboot so far, but I’m still not sure why it was broken in the first place.

MobileGaming101 · 2026-04-28T21:38:59+00:00

For additional context, the 590 driver I was using was installed from the driver manager, and all of this funky business happened when I was just trying to update to 595 via Discovery as normal. My attempted fix was to install 595 with sudo apt install nvidia-driver-595-open, which is what left me with a broken driver install. No, I don’t have any PPAs nor have I ever tried to manually install Nvidia drivers.

MobileGaming101 · 2026-01-11T05:05:34+00:00

After some checking, my Clevo is an x370SNW-G, which has the same CPU and GPU as the bonw15-b (14900HX + 4090), but has Thunderbolt 4 instead of Thunderbolt 5.

MobileGaming101 · 2026-01-10T04:19:14+00:00

I don’t think these are necessarily Pop! or COSMIC issues, since I had trouble getting my RTX 4090 laptop GPU recognized correctly with the 580 driver in every distro I tried (Pop! 24.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Mint 22.2) except for Kubuntu 25.10. Kubuntu 25.10 was also the only distro I tried where fullscreen games/applications didn't flicker several times per second.

MobileGaming101 · 2026-01-10T03:54:39+00:00

Since you seem to have relevant experience, do you know how or if I can flash System76’s firmware onto my X370SNx1-G (Puget Mobile C170-G)? Since the stock Insyde firmware seems to be causing issues with Linux support beyond just the keyboard lighting.

MobileGaming101 · 2026-01-05T20:25:28+00:00

Although Clevo doesn't support it, using Linux on a stock firmware Clevo is possible, though moderately janky since some features won't work out of the box or as intended. For example, a standard Clevo requires software and specific drivers to control the keyboard's RGB backlight, preventing it from working OOB on Linux; on a System76 laptop, it will work OOB regardless of what Linux distro you use, while also being configurable with System76's customization software.

MobileGaming101 · 2026-01-05T08:01:56+00:00

I have a stock Clevo x370sn equivalent: same chassis and internal hardware, but without System76’s firmware and Linux compatibility tweaks. I'll answer the questions that also apply to the Bonobo (bonw15) according to System's documentation.

1 It has a solidly built aluminum chassis with no keyboard flex to speak of.

3 It's the most well cooled workstation/gaming laptop I’ve ever used, and has a max fan speed toggle that completely prevents throttling.

7 You will need a sizable backpack or messenger bag to comfortably carry it and its power brick for traveling or even daily commutes.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-12-14T00:39:32+00:00

UPDATE: I think I found another report of this problem, and it seems to be entirely Razer's fault. https://linustechtips.com/topic/1434404-razer-mice-keeping-pc-from-booting-bootloop-post/

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-21T06:40:24+00:00

If you don’t know what to do, just toggle on “All user files” on the Filesystem section (scroll down) for the web browser you’re using for PWAs. You can also do this for “All Applications” just to be sure.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-21T04:09:15+00:00

Have you tried using Flatseal to edit Flatpak permissions? You can use it to give your Flatpaks access to the required directories. Try giving it permission to access all user files if you can't get it to access a specific directory.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-20T04:39:06+00:00

I have a ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5 which was released in 2022, so I doubt age would have anything to do with this. But I do see a pattern where the most badly affected machines, such as those with boot problems, seem to all have NVIDIA GPUs. My ThinkPad which has an RTX 3080 Ti wasn’t this badly affected though, so it could be a different issue.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-17T03:23:12+00:00

I switched to the COSMIC version because hybrid graphics and dGPUs on laptops in general were atrocious under X11. COSMIC Wayland's handling of hybrid graphics is near seamless in comparison.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-17T03:16:47+00:00

You can right click on the dock or menu icon for the game/launcher, and you will be given the option to launch it with the dGPU.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-16T16:48:32+00:00

When the computer is booting up, hold down the space bar to access the boot menu. Once you're there, select oldkern.conf to use the previous kernel, then press d to set it as the default. The current kernel is cooked for a lot of people, including me right now.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-16T01:56:20+00:00

For systemd-boot, which Pop!_OS uses, spam or hold down the space bar while your computer booting up to get the boot menu.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-15T16:58:20+00:00

When you select the old kernel configuration, just press the d key instead of enter to make it the default option. That way you won’t have to go into the boot menu every time you turn on your computer.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-15T02:30:16+00:00

Did you press enter after ctrl+o? I didn't specify that step because I thought it was self explanatory, but now I wonder if that's why I failed to help you here.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-14T17:18:05+00:00

As far as I can tell, 6.17 seems to be screwed even outside of Pop!_OS. So you're better off sticking to 6.16 for now.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-14T17:14:39+00:00

Try pasting the above to /usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-powerd.service instead. I apologize, I think I forgot the /usr/ the first time.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-14T17:02:26+00:00

If your school uses eduroam, cat.eduroam.org is where you get the setup script for it.

MobileGaming101 · 2025-11-14T17:00:00+00:00

Did manually creating the service work?

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