Gamemode package is broken? (Command not found)

[rabcor]

[rabcor@Thulebox ~]$ gamemode
bash: gamemode: command not found
[rabcor@Thulebox ~]$ pacman -S gamemode
warning: gamemode-1.6.1-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) gamemode-1.6.1-2

Total Installed Size:  0,24 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0,00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
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:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Creating Timeshift snapshot before upgrade...
==> skipping timeshift-autosnap due skipRsyncAutosnap in /etc/timeshift-autosnap.conf set to TRUE.
:: Processing package changes...
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[rabcor@Thulebox ~]$ gamemode
bash: gamemode: command not found

autocomplete does finish the ‘gamemode’ command however it gives that error, also /usr/share/gamemode directory does not exist.

[Strit]

Have you tried gamemoderun?

Or the daemon: gamemoded.

[rabcor]

Those commands do seem to be working, although i’ve never used this software before so i’m not sure if it’s working right or not.

$ gamemoded 
v1.6.1
Successfully initialised bus with name [com.feralinteractive.GameMode]...

The gamemoderun output looks a bit suspicious to me, but like i said, never used it before so maybe this is as intended?

$ gamemoderun 
SHELL=/bin/bash
SESSION_MANAGER=local/Thulebox:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/865,unix/Thulebox:/tmp/.ICE-unix/865
WINDOWID=106954834
COLORTERM=truecolor
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/home/rabcor/.config/kdedefaults:/etc/xdg
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
LANGUAGE=
LC_ADDRESS=is_IS.UTF-8
LC_NAME=is_IS.UTF-8
SHELL_SESSION_ID=06a0019b5f5f403cb9cc74938a785cec
DESKTOP_SESSION=plasma
LC_MONETARY=is_IS.UTF-8
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/rabcor/.gtkrc:/home/rabcor/.config/gtkrc
XCURSOR_SIZE=24
GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module
XDG_SEAT=seat0
PWD=/home/rabcor
LOGNAME=rabcor
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=KDE
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
SYSTEMD_EXEC_PID=728
XAUTHORITY=/home/rabcor/.Xauthority
MOTD_SHOWN=pam
GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/rabcor/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/rabcor/.config/gtkrc-2.0
HOME=/home/rabcor
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=is_IS.UTF-8
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.axv=01;35:*.anx=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.axa=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE
KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE=:1.74
KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION=/Sessions/3
PROFILEHOME=
XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
YAOURT_COLORS=nb=1:pkg=1:ver=1;32:lver=1;45:installed=1;42:grp=1;34:od=1;41;5:votes=1;44:dsc=0:other=1;35
KONSOLE_VERSION=220402
KDE_SESSION_UID=1000
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
LC_IDENTIFICATION=is_IS.UTF-8
TERM=xterm-256color
USER=rabcor
CUDA_PATH=/opt/cuda
COLORFGBG=15;0
KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5
PAM_KWALLET5_LOGIN=/run/user/1000/kwallet5.socket
DISPLAY=:0
SHLVL=1
LC_TELEPHONE=is_IS.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=is_IS.UTF-8
XDG_VTNR=1
XDG_SESSION_ID=1
QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON=1
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
LC_TIME=is_IS.UTF-8
QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
XCURSOR_THEME=breeze_cursors
GTK3_MODULES=xapp-gtk3-module
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/rabcor/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
KDE_FULL_SESSION=true
PATH=/home/rabcor/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/cuda/bin:/opt/cuda/nsight_compute:/opt/cuda/nsight_systems/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/var/lib/snapd/snap/bin
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
KDE_APPLICATIONS_AS_SCOPE=1
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/rabcor
LC_NUMERIC=is_IS.UTF-8
KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW=/Windows/3
LD_PRELOAD=libgamemodeauto.so.0

But even if it is working i need the files from /usr/share/gamemode to be able to configure this software as described here: Gamemode - ArchWiki

[Yochanan]

Always read the projects README if you’re not sure how to use the program. See

GitHub - FeralInteractive/gamemode: Optimise Linux system performance on demand

@rabcor

i need the files from /usr/share/gamemode

That directory is not part of the package. Notice the ArchWiki article says, “Create and configure a gamemode.ini file…” There are three options for placing the file, it would be best to create the file in your home directory in ~/.confg/.

FYI, most users will not ever need to change any of the default settings so you most likely don’t need it at all.

[rabcor]

Oh i misread the wiki article… i was so sure it was telling me to copy it from /usr/share/gamemode to /etc or ~/.config. /usr/share is such an odd place to put a config file… /etc is right there after all.

My bad, and thanks!

And the reason gamemode doesn’t work is because it obviously isn’t a command…

Musta gotten out from the wrong side of the bed this morning… Neither of these are mistakes I should be making.