I have the following graphics on my laptop.
Which of these or both of these should I use?
Need some education on why each or one of these should be installed on my system.
Thanks
bumblebee is for the old legacy 390xx drivers, and is
if you want to switch between gpus, you should go with optimus manager if you have a optimus system…
check with: mhwd -l -li
so you have optimus system, you have hybrid drivers, so you can use optimus-manager if you wish… here are instructions on how to install it, so that you dont end up with a black screen:
if you are using gnome, its a lot of tinkering, for kde, you have to only edit sddm.conf, then install it for kde: pamac install optimus-manager optimus-manager-plasma
reboot
Your spelling is terrible but I figured it out. Lol
[demo@manjaro Downloads]$ pamac install optimus-manager optimus-manager-plasma
Preparing...
Synchronizing package databases...
Refreshing AUR...
Choose optional dependencies for optimus-manager:
1: bbswitch: alternative power switching method
2: acpi_call: alternative power switching method
3: xf86-video-intel: provides the Xorg intel driver
Enter a selection (default=none):
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...
To install (2):
optimus-manager 1.4+r12-2 community 75.7 kB
optimus-manager-plasma 1.6.9-2 community 212.7 kB
Total download size: 288.5 kB
Total installed size: 1.2 MB
Apply transaction ? [y/N] y
Download of optimus-manager-plasma (1.6.9-2) started
Download of optimus-manager (1.4+r12-2) started
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Checking keyring... [2/2]
Checking integrity... [2/2]
Loading packages files... [2/2]
Checking file conflicts... [2/2]
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optimus-manager : enabling optimus-manager.service
tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified
tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified
tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified
Please reboot your computer before using optimus-manager
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Transaction successfully finished.
I don’t think it installed correctly or I did something wrong:
[demo@manjaro Downloads]$ optimus-manager
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/optimus-manager", line 33, in <module>
sys.exit(load_entry_point('optimus-manager==1.4', 'console_scripts', 'optimus-manager')())
File "/usr/bin/optimus-manager", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point
return next(matches).load()
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 171, in load
module = import_module(match.group('module'))
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/client/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
from .. import checks
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/checks.py", line 5, in <module>
import dbus
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dbus'
Ok I didn’t see the tray icon it was hidden.
Fixed that.
Chose nvidia
It said something about power management and some symbolic-icon error
It now says Current Video Card: Integrated.
Is that correct for Nvidia?
when you switch between gpus, there are 2 popups, you click ok/yes, log out/log in and you should be on the gpu, that you switched to…
so if you selected nvidia and it shows integrated/intel, so something is wrong…
post output from: nvidia-smi
There is probably something else wrong with my system that I am unaware of because my system is running fine.
I am on unstable if that helps:
[demo@manjaro Downloads]$ optimus-manager --switch nvidia
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/optimus-manager", line 33, in <module>
sys.exit(load_entry_point('optimus-manager==1.4', 'console_scripts', 'optimus-manager')())
File "/usr/bin/optimus-manager", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point
return next(matches).load()
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 171, in load
module = import_module(match.group('module'))
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/client/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
from .. import checks
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/optimus_manager/checks.py", line 5, in <module>
import dbus
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dbus'
[demo@manjaro Downloads]$ pacman -Qs dbus
local/bluez-qt 5.99.0-1 (kf5)
Qt wrapper for Bluez 5 DBus API
local/dbus 1.14.4-1
Freedesktop.org message bus system
local/dbus-glib 0.112-2
GLib bindings for DBUS
local/dbus-python 1.2.18-3
Python bindings for DBUS
local/kdbusaddons 5.99.0-1 (kf5)
Addons to QtDBus
local/lib32-dbus 1.14.4-1
Freedesktop.org message bus system (32-bit)
local/lib32-dbus-glib 0.112-2
GLib bindings for DBUS
local/lib32-libdbusmenu-glib 16.04.0-5
Library for passing menus over DBus (32-bit)
local/lib32-libdbusmenu-gtk2 16.04.0-5
Library for passing menus over DBus (32-bit) (GTK+ 2 library)
local/libcloudproviders 0.3.1-2
DBus API that allows cloud storage sync clients to expose their services
local/libdbusmenu-glib 16.04.0-5
Library for passing menus over DBus
local/libdbusmenu-gtk2 16.04.0-5
Library for passing menus over DBus (GTK+ 2 library)
local/libdbusmenu-gtk3 16.04.0-5
Library for passing menus over DBus (GTK+ 3 library)
local/libdbusmenu-qt5 0.9.3+16.04.20160218-6
A library that provides a Qt implementation of the DBusMenu spec
local/modemmanager-qt 5.99.0-1 (kf5)
Qt wrapper for ModemManager DBus API
local/python-pydbus 0.6.0-9
Pythonic D-Bus library
local/xdg-dbus-proxy 0.1.4-1
Filtering proxy for D-Bus connections
so you have it installed…
so could be because of the unstable branch…
or it could be because of kernel, what kernel are you running and have installed?: mhwd-kernel -li
[demo@manjaro Downloads]$ mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 6.0.6-1-MANJARO (linux60)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
* linux519
* linux60
* linux519-rt
