So I can only conclude that gpick is not using the GPU (you did run it with prime-run, right?) and is a bad test for graphics performance as it’s just using a lot of CPU and no GPU whatsoever…
Try running glxgears without prime-run and it should max out the CPU…
Last ditch effort: Did you optimize the machine for battery life instead of performance???
Yes, I ran it with prime-run. Omitting prime-run won’t max out the CPU, though.
Without gpick running CPU usage ranges from 1,800-2,500 Mhz, with gpick running it’s at ~3,500 Mhz (both without prime-run).
I installed tlp a while ago, but never configured anything (or can’t remember). In case it’s relevant:
$ sudo tlp-stat
--- TLP 1.3.1 --------------------------------------------
+++ Configured Settings:
defaults.conf L0004: TLP_ENABLE="1"
defaults.conf L0005: TLP_PERSISTENT_DEFAULT="0"
defaults.conf L0006: DISK_IDLE_SECS_ON_AC="0"
defaults.conf L0007: DISK_IDLE_SECS_ON_BAT="2"
defaults.conf L0008: MAX_LOST_WORK_SECS_ON_AC="15"
defaults.conf L0009: MAX_LOST_WORK_SECS_ON_BAT="60"
defaults.conf L0010: CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_AC="balance_performance"
defaults.conf L0011: CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_BAT="balance_power"
defaults.conf L0012: SCHED_POWERSAVE_ON_AC="0"
defaults.conf L0013: SCHED_POWERSAVE_ON_BAT="1"
defaults.conf L0014: NMI_WATCHDOG="0"
defaults.conf L0015: DISK_DEVICES="nvme0n1 sda"
defaults.conf L0016: DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_AC="254 254"
defaults.conf L0017: DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_BAT="128 128"
defaults.conf L0018: DISK_IOSCHED="keep keep"
defaults.conf L0019: SATA_LINKPWR_ON_AC="med_power_with_dipm max_performance"
defaults.conf L0020: SATA_LINKPWR_ON_BAT="med_power_with_dipm min_power"
defaults.conf L0021: AHCI_RUNTIME_PM_TIMEOUT="15"
defaults.conf L0022: PCIE_ASPM_ON_AC="default"
defaults.conf L0023: PCIE_ASPM_ON_BAT="default"
defaults.conf L0024: RADEON_POWER_PROFILE_ON_AC="default"
defaults.conf L0025: RADEON_POWER_PROFILE_ON_BAT="default"
defaults.conf L0026: RADEON_DPM_PERF_LEVEL_ON_AC="auto"
defaults.conf L0027: RADEON_DPM_PERF_LEVEL_ON_BAT="auto"
defaults.conf L0028: WIFI_PWR_ON_AC="off"
defaults.conf L0029: WIFI_PWR_ON_BAT="on"
defaults.conf L0030: WOL_DISABLE="Y"
defaults.conf L0031: SOUND_POWER_SAVE_ON_AC="0"
defaults.conf L0032: SOUND_POWER_SAVE_ON_BAT="1"
defaults.conf L0033: SOUND_POWER_SAVE_CONTROLLER="Y"
defaults.conf L0034: BAY_POWEROFF_ON_AC="0"
defaults.conf L0035: BAY_POWEROFF_ON_BAT="0"
defaults.conf L0036: BAY_DEVICE="sr0"
defaults.conf L0037: RUNTIME_PM_ON_AC="on"
defaults.conf L0038: RUNTIME_PM_ON_BAT="auto"
defaults.conf L0039: RUNTIME_PM_DRIVER_BLACKLIST="amdgpu mei_me nouveau nvidia pcieport radeon"
defaults.conf L0040: USB_AUTOSUSPEND="1"
defaults.conf L0041: USB_BLACKLIST_BTUSB="0"
defaults.conf L0042: USB_BLACKLIST_PHONE="0"
defaults.conf L0043: USB_BLACKLIST_PRINTER="1"
defaults.conf L0044: USB_BLACKLIST_WWAN="0"
defaults.conf L0045: USB_AUTOSUSPEND_DISABLE_ON_SHUTDOWN="0"
defaults.conf L0046: RESTORE_DEVICE_STATE_ON_STARTUP="0"
defaults.conf L0047: RESTORE_THRESHOLDS_ON_BAT="0"
defaults.conf L0048: NATACPI_ENABLE="1"
defaults.conf L0049: TPACPI_ENABLE="1"
defaults.conf L0050: TPSMAPI_ENABLE="1"
+++ System Info
System = Dell Inc. XPS 17 9700
BIOS = 1.6.3
Release = "Manjaro Linux"
Kernel = 5.10.60-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Aug 18 08:02:07 UTC 2021 x86_64
/proc/cmdline = BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 root=UUID=57518ac6-4cc4-4081-b9d0-b8811de94c44 ro quiet udev.log_priority=3
Init system = systemd
Boot mode = UEFI
+++ TLP Status
State = enabled
RDW state = not installed
Last run = 15:03:52, 8716 sec(s) ago
Mode = AC
Power source = AC
Notice: systemd-rfkill.service is not masked -- invoke "systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.service" to correct this!
Notice: systemd-rfkill.socket is not masked -- invoke "systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.socket" to correct this!
+++ Processor
CPU model = Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/scaling_driver = intel_pstate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/scaling_governor = powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors = performance powersave
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 800000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq = 5000000 [kHz]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference = balance_performance [HWP.EPP]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/energy_performance_available_preferences = default performance balance_performance balance_power power
/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct = 16 [%]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct = 100 [%]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo = 0
/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/turbo_pct = 56 [%]
/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/num_pstates = 43
/sys/module/workqueue/parameters/power_efficient = Y
/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog = 0
+++ Temperatures
CPU temp = 45 [°C]
Fan speed (fan1) = 1679 [/min]
Fan speed (fan2) = 1684 [/min]
+++ File System
/proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode = 0
/proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs = 1500
/proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs = 1500
/proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio = 20
/proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio = 10
+++ Storage Devices
Devices = nvme0n1 sda
/dev/nvme0n1:
Type = NVMe
Model = PC611 NVMe SK hynix 1TB
Firmware = 11001111
Scheduler = [none] mq-deadline kyber bfq (multi queue)
Runtime PM: control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = (not available)
/dev/sda: not present.
+++ AHCI Link Power Management (ALPM)
No AHCI-enabled host controller detected.
+++ Intel Graphics
/sys/module/i915/parameters/enable_dc = -1 (use per-chip default)
/sys/module/i915/parameters/enable_fbc = -1 (use per-chip default)
/sys/module/i915/parameters/enable_psr = -1 (use per-chip default)
/sys/module/i915/parameters/modeset = -1 (use per-chip default)
/sys/class/drm/card0/gt_min_freq_mhz = 350 [MHz]
/sys/class/drm/card0/gt_max_freq_mhz = 1150 [MHz]
/sys/class/drm/card0/gt_boost_freq_mhz = 1150 [MHz]
/sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_ring_freq_table: 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 [MHz]
+++ Wireless
bluetooth = on
wifi = on
wwan = none (no device)
hci0(btusb) : bluetooth, not connected
wlp0s20f3(iwlwifi) : wifi, connected, power management = off
+++ Audio
/sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save = 0
/sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save_controller = N
+++ PCIe Active State Power Management
/sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy = [default] performance powersave powersupersave (using BIOS preferences)
+++ Runtime Power Management
Device blacklist = (not configured)
Driver blacklist = amdgpu mei_me nouveau nvidia pcieport radeon
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:00.0/power/control = on (0x060000, Host bridge, skl_uncore)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:01.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:02.0/power/control = on (0x030000, VGA compatible controller, i915)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:04.0/power/control = on (0x118000, Signal processing controller, proc_thermal)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:08.0/power/control = on (0x088000, System peripheral, no driver)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:12.0/power/control = on (0x118000, Signal processing controller, intel_pch_thermal)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:13.0/power/control = on (0x070000, Serial controller, intel_ish_ipc)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:14.0/power/control = on (0x0c0330, USB controller, xhci_hcd)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:14.2/power/control = on (0x050000, RAM memory, no driver)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:14.3/power/control = on (0x028000, Network controller, iwlwifi)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:15.0/power/control = on (0x0c8000, Serial bus controller [0c80], intel-lpss)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:15.1/power/control = on (0x0c8000, Serial bus controller [0c80], intel-lpss)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:16.0/power/control = auto (0x078000, Communication controller, mei_me)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1b.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1c.4/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.0/power/control = on (0x060100, ISA bridge, no driver)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.3/power/control = auto (0x040100, Multimedia audio controller, sof-audio-pci)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.4/power/control = on (0x0c0500, SMBus, i801_smbus)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1f.5/power/control = on (0x0c8000, Serial bus controller [0c80], intel-spi)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power/control = auto (0x030200, 3D controller, nvidia)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:00.0/power/control = on (0x010802, Non-Volatile memory controller, nvme)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:03:00.0/power/control = on (0xff0000, Unassigned class [ff00], rtsx_pci)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:04:00.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:05:00.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:05:01.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:05:02.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:05:04.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:00.0/power/control = on (0x088000, System peripheral, thunderbolt)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:3a:00.0/power/control = on (0x0c0330, USB controller, xhci_hcd)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:6e:00.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:6f:00.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:6f:01.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:6f:02.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:6f:04.0/power/control = auto (0x060400, PCI bridge, pcieport)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:70:00.0/power/control = on (0x088000, System peripheral, thunderbolt)
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:a4:00.0/power/control = on (0x0c0330, USB controller, xhci_hcd)
+++ USB
Autosuspend = enabled
Device whitelist = (not configured)
Device blacklist = (not configured)
Bluetooth blacklist = disabled
Phone blacklist = disabled
WWAN blacklist = disabled
Bus 006 Device 001 ID 1d6b:0003 control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 0 -- Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub (hub)
Bus 005 Device 001 ID 1d6b:0002 control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 0 -- Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub (hub)
Bus 004 Device 001 ID 1d6b:0003 control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 0 -- Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub (hub)
Bus 003 Device 001 ID 1d6b:0002 control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 0 -- Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub (hub)
Bus 002 Device 001 ID 1d6b:0003 control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 0 -- Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub (hub)
Bus 001 Device 003 ID 0c45:6a0c control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 2000 -- Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD (uvcvideo)
Bus 001 Device 004 ID 8087:0026 control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 2000 -- Intel Corp. AX201 Bluetooth (btusb)
Bus 001 Device 002 ID 27c6:533c control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 2000 -- Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. FingerPrint (no driver)
Bus 001 Device 001 ID 1d6b:0002 control = auto, autosuspend_delay_ms = 0 -- Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub (hub)
+++ Battery Features: Charge Thresholds and Recalibrate
natacpi = inactive (laptop not supported)
tpacpi-bat = inactive (laptop not supported)
tp-smapi = inactive (laptop not supported)
+++ Battery Status: BAT0
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/manufacturer = SMP
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/model_name = DELL 01RR3YM
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/cycle_count = (not supported)
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_full_design = 8339 [mAh]
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_full = 6707 [mAh]
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_now = 6707 [mAh]
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/current_now = 1 [mA]
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status = Full
Charge = 100.0 [%]
Capacity = 80.4 [%]
+++ Recommendations
* Install ethtool to disable Wake On LAN (WOL)
* Install smartmontools for disk drive health info
It’s the same when I switched to using nvidia via optimus-manager --switch nvidia
Besides gpick:
I tested some web apps, like tradingview or sketchup and both work way better since your help yesterday. So, it’s not just a first win, but a significant improvement. Thank you very much for that.
I mean, I’m not there yet. There’s still room for improvement, but I’m glad it got better.
Another example of an application would be metamask in firefox. It’s slow and unresponsive as well. It improved, too, but it is still annoyingly laggy.
Metamask in firefox works well when I switch to nvidia mode.
This makes me wonder if optimus-manager or prime was properly configured.
Regards
install tlpui and turn TLP off and see if that improves things.
pamac install tlpui
tlpui
feed back in both of the above cases, please…
Turning it off makes no difference.
You rebooted just to ensure it stuck?
If yes:
inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
please?
Yep, rebooted and tlp-stat says:
+++ Configured Settings:
/etc/tlp.conf L0026: TLP_ENABLE="0"
$ inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 5.10.60-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=57518ac6-4cc4-4081-b9d0-b8811de94c44 ro quiet udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel, plank
wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 17 9700 v: N/A serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0H7HN7 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.6.3
date: 12/30/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 76.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 76.5/95.1 Wh (80.4%)
volts: 12.9 min: 11.4 model: SMP DELL 01RR3YM type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: Full
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.38 GiB used: 5.71 GiB (37.2%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Comet Lake family: 6 model-id: A5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: EA
cache: L2: 12 MiB bogomips: 62431
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/5000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities
arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc
cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms
est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window
hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid
invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr
nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap
smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow
tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave
xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] vendor: Dell
driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f95 class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 0c45:6a0c class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x3600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1524x953mm (60.0x37.5")
s-diag: 1797mm (70.8")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 5760x3600 hz: 60 dpi: 400 size: 366x229mm (14.4x9.0")
diag: 432mm (17")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.1
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: sof-audio-pci
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0401
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.60-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.33 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi vendor: Rivet Networks
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-14:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 284.03 GiB (29.8%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: PC611 NVMe 1TB
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 11001111 temp: 27.9 C scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 50 GiB size: 48.97 GiB (97.93%) used: 21.75 GiB (44.4%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 label: N/A
uuid: 57518ac6-4cc4-4081-b9d0-b8811de94c44
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 150 MiB size: 146 MiB (97.33%)
used: 100.8 MiB (69.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
label: ESP uuid: 9C30-A34D
ID-3: /home raw-size: 25 GiB size: 24.48 GiB (97.93%)
used: 11.83 GiB (48.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8
label: N/A uuid: 484a7809-89fd-442b-b5fe-2274c38b3503
ID-4: /media/Daten raw-size: 571.59 GiB size: 561.62 GiB (98.26%)
used: 221.51 GiB (39.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p11 maj-min: 259:11
label: N/A uuid: 7ad5b584-d996-4552-87d8-6e958bb9660c
ID-5: /opt raw-size: 67 GiB size: 65.45 GiB (97.68%) used: 21.6 GiB (33.0%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p10 maj-min: 259:10 label: N/A
uuid: a0ee0cd4-6ad0-4d4e-8165-4fb037cfa184
ID-6: /var/www raw-size: 15 GiB size: 14.7 GiB (98.01%)
used: 7.34 GiB (49.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p9 maj-min: 259:9
label: N/A uuid: 83744ab6-28d7-442c-9554-9c394711f480
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 16.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /opt/swapfile
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p12 maj-min: 259:12 size: 135.09 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: 0c1ec131-5a9d-4f0b-8e03-4c38cfdd74d7
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 128 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 71.14 GiB fs: ntfs label: OS
uuid: B022D3EF22D3B894
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 990 MiB fs: ntfs label: WINRETOOLS
uuid: 66CEA5B0CEA57947
ID-5: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 size: 16.41 GiB fs: ntfs label: Image
uuid: 109CA5DC9CA5BC9A
ID-6: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 size: 1.39 GiB fs: ntfs
label: DELLSUPPORT uuid: 2CD2D028D2CFF45C
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Shenzhen Goodix FingerPrint type: <vendor specific>
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 27c6:533c class-ID: ff00
Device-2: 1-5:3 info: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 0c45:6a0c class-ID: 0e02
Device-3: 1-14:4 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1679 fan-2: 1683
Info:
Processes: 328 Uptime: 6m wakeups: 1052 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1384 lib: 401 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.06
Another finding (if relevant): I don’t know whether the system really knows that it should offload some graphic computations, because there’s no source/sink output or offload strings at the nvidia provider:
$ xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 2
Provider 0: id: 0x46 cap: 0xf, Source Output, Sink Output, Source Offload, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 4 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting
Provider 1: id: 0x25b cap: 0x0 crtcs: 0 outputs: 0 associated providers: 0 name:NVIDIA-G0
Edit
Would using the proprietary nvidia help?
Have you tried updating your firmware yet?
Yes and No: those don’t have wiring for the laptop screen to the nVidia: only for the HDMI port, so you’ll lose the internal screen as the hybrid driver ensures heavy calculations get done by the dGPU and the iGPU is just a dumb frame-buffer.
No, that’s what prime-run is for. You are running graphics-intensive applications with prime-run right?
Just updated the firmware to v1.8.2. I’d say no change.
So, the proprietary driver would only be useful if I’d use an external monitor? Is that correct?
Well, I never started the browser (firefox or brave) with prime-run, to be honest. I never considered tradingview or metamask graphics intense applications. Same goes for gpick. You could argue, sketchup is, but I’m only using it occasionally.
Running firefox with prime-run makes the metamask extension usable. I just cannot imagine that the little popup overlay is that graphics intense that it needs a dGPU. I still think that something is not right.
OTOH the system is way more usable compared to before. So, I’d say you already helped me a lot.
Yes
I’ve also reached the end of my knowledge, so, unfortunately, I won’t be able to help you any further…
I am not sure how helpful this is but I have an XPS 17 9700 w/ RTX 2060 and I do not have any issues with the UI acceleration.
I am running KDE and haven’t had issues with internal or external monitors.
My suggestion is to run the live ISO to verify you have the same issue with that. I installed Manjaro 21.1 recently and had no issues out of the box.
One last thing:
I should also mention that the MUX is set to prioritize the Intel GPU in the bios. I haven’t tried switching it to NVIDIA for Linux. I am also on the latest firmware from Dell.
I’m not quite sure. I just entered Bios and had these options:
I changed it to thorough, now, because it sounded closest to off. Don’t know if that was right.
I didn’t notice any change, afterwards.
You saying that I doesn’t bring me closer to a solution but it tells me that everything could/should work. And that helps a lot! Thanks for stating that.
What’s the MUX? Did you set that on purpose? The latest firmware I could install was 1.8.2. Do you use the same?
Which kernel do you use? What drivers?
Did everything really work OOTB or did you have to tweak/install something?
Regards
I don’t have your hardware. If you cannot find it yourself, please open a support request on Dell’s forum.
Curious, do you notice the same behavior whether or not you enable/disable compositing?
Have you tried booting into a Manjaro USB Live KDE session to see if perhaps a different desktop environment behaves differently? (Try booting with and without proprietary drivers.)
From what I found thorough is correct. As it was set to »minimal«, I’m wondering if this compromised the installation somehow. Guess, I’ll find out using the other ISO’s.
Disabling compositing won’t change anything.
I’m downloading several ISO’s ATM. I’ll report what the findings are.
Out of curiosity: The forum suggests to use the LTS kernel(s). Why do the default download options come with 5.13?
Additionally (and I’m aware that this question is more like a »crytal ball gazing« question): I downloaded and installed the minimal (non-lts) iso. Is there a chance that someting wasn’t installed? @Dalingrin did you install a minimal or the »regular«/pre-packed version of manjaro?
Because of new hardware: if you have very new hardware and other distro’s won’t boot, Manjaro will. However, if you have older hardware, an older kernel is best most of the time…
It depends on you if you’ll notice that some standard applications haven’t been installed, but generally speaking: yes, that’s why it’s called “minimal”
The MUX is controlled here:
It shouldn’t affect anything if you are using the built-in display only. However, I was concerned that it may screw up the installers detection.
I did install using the Fastboot Thorough setting as well.
AFAIK, I had working UI acceleration with KDE (and Gnome) out of the box without any tweaking in software.
Sorry @Fabby and @Dalingrin that it took me so long to respond, but I needed to finish a project and couldn’t afford to play/mess with the machine and risk a failure of some kind.
I created a live system based on the manjaro-gnome-21.1.2-minimal-210904-linux54.iso. It seems/feels to run smooth and well. I couldn’t apply my “gpick test” 
as gpick has a bug 
. But using metamask in Firefox works well. No lags or whatsoever.
I wanted to try fractional scaling on gnome and by googling and playing around something came to my mind: Maybe the XFCE fractional scaling causes the problem. I also had hinch. So, I booted my system and made a screenshot. The screenshot’s image size is: 5760x3600 pixel. (I noticed this a while ago, found it weird but didn’t give it much of a thought back then.) That is exactly 1.5x my screen resolution of 3840x2400. If you scroll up and look at the inxi output, you’ll notice that the screens resolution is configured to 5760x3600 as well. Here’s the relevant part copied.
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x3600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1524x953mm (60.0x37.5")
s-diag: 1797mm (70.8")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 5760x3600 hz: 60 dpi: 400 size: 366x229mm (14.4x9.0")
diag: 432mm (17")
Is it possible that the fractional scaling messed the display configuration and the system simply has a hard time rendering 1.5x the resolution it should render?
Edit
I set the scale to 1x and the system seems to run smooth now. But everything is simply huge… And OTOH: xfce-settings-display which shows the current resolution seems to tell me, that my resolution is: 1920x1200.
When the scale is set to 1.5x, it says my resolution is 2880x1800. I don’t know. There’s something really messed up, guess.
But I guess, it’s fair to say that this is a configuration problem and hasn’t to do with hardware or drivers.
(But there was a driver problem. The reinstallation @Fabby suggested helped a lot, and the machine stays way cooler and the fans run much less frequent and quieter, so thank you!)
Let me re-iterate:
