Can't shutdown properly an optimus laptop

[Y4m1]

hello,

recently i installed the non free drivers and rebooted the optimus laptop

apparently everything goes fine…

but when i tried to shutdown the laptop i noticed that it freezes and it goes stucked on a black screen…

later i turn on the laptop and i executed in the terminal

`[noah-PC willpower]# journalctl -p 2

-- Logs begin at Sun 2020-08-23 17:01:36 CEST, end at Mon 2020-08-24 10:16:00 CEST. -- ago 23 18:33:30 noah-PC kernel: watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop! -- Reboot -- ago 23 18:38:23 noah-PC kernel: watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop! -- Reboot -- ago 23 20:36:31 noah-PC kernel: watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop! -- Reboot -- ago 23 23:43:08 noah-PC kernel: watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop! -- Reboot -- ago 23 23:53:20 noah-PC kglobalaccel5[1998]: This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Available platform plugins are: wayland-org.kde.kwin.qpa, eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx, xcb.

[noah-PC willpower]# journalctl -p 3 -- Logs begin at Sun 2020-08-23 17:01:36 CEST, end at Mon 2020-08-24 10:15:34 CEST. -- ago 23 17:01:36 noah-PC kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.GPLD], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20200110/dswload2-326) ago 23 17:01:36 noah-PC kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20200110/psobject-220) ago 23 17:01:36 noah-PC kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.TPLD], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20200110/dswload2-326) ago 23 17:01:36 noah-PC kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20200110/psobject-220) ago 23 17:01:36 noah-PC kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.GUPC], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20200110/dswload2-326) ago 23 17:01:36 noah-PC kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20200110/psobject-220) ago 23 17:01:36 noah-PC kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PCI0.XHC.RHUB.TUPC], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20200110/dswload2-326)

output of inxi -FZ

`System: Host: noah-PC Kernel: 5.8.1-3-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 Console: tty 1 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Notebook

Mobo: HP model: 84F8 v: 08.10 serial: PHNEF018JBK089 UEFI: AMI v: F.18 date: 06/20/2018

Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.2 Wh condition: 52.7/52.7 Wh (100%)

CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 8192 KiB
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800

Graphics: Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Device-3: Chicony HP Wide Vision HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: intel,nouveau unloaded: modesetting resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz

OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.5

Audio: Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS driver: snd_hda_intel

Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel

Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.1-3-MANJARO

Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169
IF: eno1 state: down
Device-2: Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter driver: rtw_8822be
IF: wlo1 state: up

Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.03 TiB used: 49.07 GiB (4.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: SD9SN8W-128G-1006 size: 119.24 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100 size: 931.51 GiB
RAID: Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci

Partition: ID-1: / size: 103.03 GiB used: 9.98 GiB (9.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /home size: 905.97 GiB used: 39.08 GiB (4.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1

Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda1

Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 34 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A`

i was searching info in this forum but with no luck…

( some post are private and i can’t see them)

what should i do ?

thanks

[bogdancovaciu]

Hello,

@Y4m1

Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] driver: nouveau

You are using the nouveau drivers on a system that will definitely perform better with proprietary drivers.
See here and the linked topic from there that points to the archived forum

Hybrid-inter-nvidia makes external screen black

Hello, I think this is not the way to go: In the old forum there was a tutorial or two how to get optimus-manager to work. See here:

@Y4m1

watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop

watchdog can be disabled
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Improving_performance#Watchdogs

• add the string nowatchdog as follows in /etc/default/grub.
  Example:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nowatchdog apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3"

Run sudo update-grub followed by sudo mkinitcpio -P and then restart the system.

• also you can create a file called /etc/modprobe.d/watchdog.conf like this:
  echo "blacklist iTCO_wdt" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/watchdog.conf
  but is not clear if the iTCO_wdt is the module in cause for your laptop, so maybe better use first option above.

Some laptop models require other custom kernel boot parameters as described here:

How to Choose the Proper ACPI Kernel Argument

The introduction of Optimus laptops have created new challenges for Linux users. One of the biggest issues is having the proprietary graphics card work when the system boots. Many times the advice given is to add an Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (acpi ) kernel parameter to grub. While a specific acpi kernel parameter may be given, it is sometimes not appropriate to the hardware it is being applied to. This can cause system instability and some functions of the laptop to not work pro…

Hope this helps!