I did a switch to linux and it started with problems. All of them are solved except this one. I have dell laptop with integrated graphics and with discreet card. I tried installing optimus manager, but I just crashed the system. What could I do? I have some experience with ubuntu, but I am very new to linux.
I’m quit a novice my self,but followed a few instructions and managed to make it work.
(when i first installed manjaro,i chose boot with propriety drivers which i guess made it easier)
i should mention there has just been a major update that also concerns nvidia drivers support etc.so i have no idea how this affects you and for my part,i guess I’m about to find out .
so check if yours is supported.
this is the official github page:
manjaro wiki page
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Optimus_Manager
and some more stuff to read for more details and later configurations:
https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/guide-install-and-configure-optimus-manager-for-hybrid-gpu-setups-intel-nvidia/92196
that’s in-case you installed the OS with Free drivers:
Sorry for late reply. I have successfully installed Optimus manager, but it doesn’t work. I tried to make Nvidia card to be used at boot and that completely broke the system, now only black screen
Please first of all post the output of inxi -Fazy and mhwd -li.
System was unusable, so I booted in single user mode (I believe it’s how it’s called). And now my GTX 1650 works with no issues. Only one issue is that optimus manager doesn’t open so I can’t change back to Intel.
mhwd -li:
Installed PCI configs:
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2020.11.30 false PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
I don’t know how to paste those outputs correctly so I will post outputs this way. And inxi -Fazy did’t let me to paste because I can’t post links.
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System:
Kernel: 5.9.16-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.9-x86_64
root=UUID=0db97951-df68-43dd-b5c9-cc663a596286 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 snd_hda_intel.dmic_detect=0 single
Desktop: GNOME 3.38.2 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 3.38.2
Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G3 3590 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis:
type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0VFVNR v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.11.1
date: 08/19/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.2 Wh condition: 47.3/51.0 Wh (93%) volts: 12.5/11.4
model: LGC-LGC4.474 DELL 415CG9A type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Charging
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-9300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: A (10)
microcode: DE L2 cache: 8 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 38408
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/2400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
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: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3e9b
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell
driver: nvidia v: 455.45.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 10de:1f91
Device-3: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus ID: 1-5:4 chip ID: 0bda:5521 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.10 compositor: gnome-shell
driver: modesetting,nvidia resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.45.01
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus ID: 00:1f.3
chip ID: 8086:a348
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.9.16-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0
chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Dell driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 04:00.0
chip ID: 168c:0042
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-14:5
chip ID: 0cf3:e009
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 603.32 GiB used: 16.73 GiB (2.8%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: BC501 NVMe 512GB
size: 476.94 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s
lanes: 2 serial: <filter> rev: 80002C00 temp: 47.9 C
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Hitachi model: HTS541612J9SA00
size: 111.79 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: C70P
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Force
size: 14.59 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter>
rev: 1.00
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 34.35 GiB size: 33.56 GiB (97.70%) used: 16.68 GiB (49.7%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 54.2 MiB (56.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1020 KiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 47 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 260 Uptime: 8m wakeups: 572 Memory: 7.61 GiB
used: 1.84 GiB (24.1%) Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0
Packages: 1275 pacman: 1270 lib: 375 flatpak: 0 snap: 5 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8
running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.2.01
Sorry, I am very new to linux and linux forum
Can you please explain the state of affairs now? As far as I see, the NVIDIA GPU is used for rendering, so that’s what you wanted, no?
So now my laptop is working in single user mode and keyboard lags a bit. I use this laptop for gaming and studying, so I need NVIDIA GPU for games, and Intel for longer battery life.
Can you launch anything with the prime-run command? That should force the dedicated gpu to be used.
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Now it’s running only on dedicated gpu, but I need sometimes integrated too
What do you want to run on dgpu if irs just steam games then right click the game and under launch options type
prime-run %command%
This will force the game to use the dedicated gpu for the game. The laptop will use intergrated gpu by default unless you use prime-run. Another option for gaming is to use lutris where you can set your dgpu to be used. There’s also optimus switch/manager which you can install but prime-run is the preferred option on manjaro
Thank you so much. The only way I found was optimus manager and that didn’t work on my laptop. I was on the way to give up on this and go back to windows.
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