Hi everyone,
I’ve finally decided to start using Linux as my latest driver after using it way back when Ubuntu came out.
After initial set-up, everything looked great and worked out of the box, installing non-free drivers, recognizing monitor- I was really impressed. Even gaming with Steam and Lutris with Proton- they install and play super.
However, I’m using Nvidia Geforce 2070 SUPER from Gigabyte, which, in Windows, I’ve successfully underclocked and set-up custom Fan Curve in MSI Afterburner.
In Manjaro, it doesn’t look my custom Curve set-up in GreenWithEnvy (aka GWE) do anything. Here is the required information:
Current Status
inxi -Gazy
/etc/X11/mhwd.d inxi -Gazy ✔
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: nvidia v: 550.90.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-06; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: DP-2 empty: DP-1,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1e84 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0
compositor: gnome-shell v: 46.2 driver: X: loaded: N/A failed: nvidia
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch note: X driver n/a, try sudo/root
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Monitor-1: DP-2 res: 3440x1440 dpi: 109 size: 800x340mm (31.5x13.39")
diag: 869mm (34.22") modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.90.07
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 7.81 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 10 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER driver: nvidia v: 550.90.07 device-ID: 10de:1e84
surfaces: xcb,xlib
mwhd -li -l
~ mhwd -li -l INT ✘
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-nvidia 2024.05.03 false PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
> 0000:07:00.0 (0300:10de:1e84) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-nvidia 2024.05.03 false PCI
video-nvidia-470xx 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-linux 2024.05.06 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
> 0000:05:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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network-r8168 2023.09.12 true PCI
x11 dir structure
/etc/X11 find . ✔
.
./xinit
./xinit/xinitrc.d
./xinit/xinitrc.d/50-systemd-user.sh
./xinit/xinitrc.d/40-libcanberra-gtk-module.sh
./xinit/xinitrc.d/80xapp-gtk3-module.sh
./xorg.conf.d
./xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
./xorg.conf.d/90-mhwd.conf (symlinked to mhwd.d/nvidia.conf)
./mhwd.d
./mhwd.d/nvidia.conf
nvidia.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 550.90.07
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Option "Coolbits" "4"
Option "NoLogo" "1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "COMPOSITE" "Enable"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Keyboard Defaults"
MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection
~/.nvidia-settings-rc
~ cat .nvidia-settings-rc ✔
#
# /home/gregor/.nvidia-settings-rc
#
# Configuration file for nvidia-settings - the NVIDIA Settings utility
# Generated on Thu Jun 20 06:50:52 2024
#
# ConfigProperties:
RcFileLocale = C
DisplayStatusBar = Yes
SliderTextEntries = Yes
IncludeDisplayNameInConfigFile = No
UpdateRulesOnProfileNameChange = Yes
Timer = Memory_Used_(GPU_0),Yes,3000
Timer = Thermal_Monitor_(GPU_0),Yes,1000
Timer = PowerMizer_Monitor_(GPU_0),Yes,1000
# Attributes:
0/SyncToVBlank=1
0/LogAniso=0
0/FSAA=0
0/TextureClamping=1
0/FXAA=0
0/AllowFlipping=1
0/FSAAAppControlled=1
0/LogAnisoAppControlled=1
0/OpenGLImageSettings=1
0/FSAAAppEnhanced=0
0/ShowGraphicsVisualIndicator=0
[DPY:DP-0]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-0]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-0]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-0]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-0]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-0]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DP-1]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-1]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-1]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-1]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-1]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-1]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/Dithering=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DP-2]/RedBrightness=0.000000
[DPY:DP-2]/GreenBrightness=0.000000
[DPY:DP-2]/BlueBrightness=0.000000
[DPY:DP-2]/RedContrast=0.000000
[DPY:DP-2]/GreenContrast=0.000000
[DPY:DP-2]/BlueContrast=0.000000
[DPY:DP-2]/RedGamma=1.000000
[DPY:DP-2]/GreenGamma=1.000000
[DPY:DP-2]/BlueGamma=1.000000
[DPY:DP-2]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-2]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-2]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-2]/DigitalVibrance=0
[DPY:DP-2]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-2]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-2]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DP-3]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-3]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-3]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-3]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-3]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-3]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DP-4]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-4]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-4]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-4]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-4]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-4]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DP-5]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-5]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-5]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-5]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-5]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-5]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[GPU:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=2
nvidia-settings -q screens
nvidia-settings -q fans
~/Pr/P/nfancurve master !1 nvidia-settings -q screens ✔ 10s
1 X Screen on azeroth:0
[0] azeroth:0.0 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER)
Has the following name:
SCREEN-0
~/Pr/Private/nfancurve master !1 nvidia-settings -q fans ✔
1 Fan on azeroth:0
[0] azeroth:0[fan:0] (Fan 0)
Has the following name:
FAN-0
fan curve in GWE (installed through AUR, 0.15.9)
nvidia Settings
What I have tried so far
- Setting Coolbits to 4, 8 and even 12
- Trying completely different Curve
- Trying blank config with
sudo nvidia-xconfig --cool-bits 4, then replacing the symlinked file - Also, in nvidia app, when I tick the “Enable GPU Fan Settings”, it immediatelly gets disabled again.
- When I tried the nfancurve bash script (GitHub - nan0s7/nfancurve: A small and lightweight POSIX script for using a custom fan curve in Linux for those with an Nvidia GPU.), I get the errors:
################################################################################
# nan0s7's script for automatically managing GPU fan speed #
################################################################################
Configuration file: /home/gregor/Projects/Private/nfancurve/config
Number of Fans detected:
1
Number of GPUs detected:
1
ERROR: The current user does not have permission for operation
Attribute 'GPUFanControlState' (azeroth:0[gpu:0]) assigned value 1.
Started process for 1 GPU and 1 Fan
ERROR: The current user does not have permission for operation
ERROR: Error assigning value 40 to attribute 'GPUTargetFanSpeed' (azeroth:0[fan:0]) as specified in assignment
'[fan:0]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=40' (Unknown Error).
^C
ERROR: The current user does not have permission for operation
Attribute 'GPUFanControlState' (azeroth:0[gpu:0]) assigned value 0.
Fan control set back to auto mode
I am really not sure what else to do, any help would be fantastic!
Thank you very much.