I installed Manjaro and I really loved it. However, when I play games like Garry’s Mod, I get around 40 FPS. I installed Minecraft Java Edition and it says that it is currently using the integrated graphics card.
Here is the result after running inxi -G: Graphics: Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] driver: N/A
Device-3: Realtek Asus laptop camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X Org 1.20.9 driver: intel unloaded: modesetting resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 20.1.8
And when I run lspci | grep -E "VGA|3D": 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) 01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (rev a1)
I’ve tried to install video-nvidia-455xx using the settings application, but when I reboot it just says Failed to start Simple Desktop Manager or something. I went into tty2 and uninstalled it using mhwd. I’ve tried using some other tutorials, but when I look at their screenshots I see 01:00.0 VGA controller instead of 01:00.0 3D controller. I am using Manjaro 20.
You have a hybrid configuration (intel+nvidia), so you need video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-VVVxx-ZZZZZZ. You can let the software automatically choose of a version for you or you can install a specific version in Manjaro Settings Manager > Hardware Configuration.
Just looked on nvidia website I’m not sure your card is supported in 455, it says 336 on nvidia. Probably why your having issues, double check what the latest driver is that supports your card. You may have to use the nouveau open source drivers
Indeed, I didn’t even check that. It may be best in that case to let mhwd automatically choose the configuration and driver for you. sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300. But first remove the one you have just installed.
Now I see the GPU driver. However at the bottom of inxi -G it still says that the OpenGL renderer is the integrated graphics. Can I change this/Run a program with a specific GPU?