>It apparently ran the Nvidia power on even when no program wanted to use it. Are you sure you didn't install nvidia drivers? That is a common symptom with nvi

>It apparently ran the Nvidia power on even when no program wanted to use it. Are you sure you didn't install nvidia drivers? That is a common symptom with nvidia binary drivers. Nouveau on the other hand is fine with powering the device off when not used. For nvidia drivers, the bbswitch method is more reliable, but is apparently deprecated by distros these days.