Error when installing gamemode

General system Newbie
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I went through the steps for Arch on the official GitHub page but after install the output of “gamemoded -t” is
: Loading config
Loading config file [/usr/share/gamemode/gamemode.ini]
: Running tests

:: Basic client tests
:: Passed

:: Dual client tests
gamemode request succeeded and is active
Quitting by request…
:: Passed

:: Gamemoderun and reaper thread tests
…Waiting for child to quit…
…Waiting for reaper thread (reaper_frequency set to 5 seconds)…
:: Passed

:: Supervisor tests
:: Passed

:: Feature tests
::: Verifying CPU governor setting
ERROR: Governor was not set to performance (was actually schedutil)!
::: Failed!
::: Verifying Scripts
::: Passed (no scripts configured to run)
::: Verifying GPU Optimisations
::: Passed (gpu optimisations not configured to run)
::: Verifying renice
::: Passed (no renice configured)
::: Verifying ioprio
::: Passed
ERROR: :: Failed!
: Tests Failed!

This is my hardware info: https://0x0.st/H34C.txt
Output of “inxi -Ga” as suggested: Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2060] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
v: 545.29.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
(as of 2023-10; 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: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3
bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e89 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: swrast inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 545.29.06
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 5.86 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06
device-ID: 10de:1e89 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland

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From the gamemode github:

Issues with GameMode should be reported here in the issues section, and not reported to Feral directly.

Did you do this already?

While we do have gamers here, myself included, the tool you have chosen to use actually has a support team that are ready to assist.

In case someone here is able to assist, please post the output of “inxi -Ga” from your terminal. This will show information on your graphics devices.

Also, have you actually tried gaming and ran into issues, or did you just assume you need it?

I ask because I’ve played Days Gone and Cyberpunk 2077 on my machine and I’ve never felt like I needed GameMode. I’ve got an an intel i7 (7th gen - kinda old now), and Nvidia Quadro 6GB GPU.

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One person made a post with the same issue I have but hasn’t had an update since posting in march so I wasn’t too confident in getting an answer there. I don’t necessarily need gamemode it’s just been useful in other distros for preventing fps drops during more intensive gameplay like a lot of npcs or graphic effects on screen at once.

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I see. Well, if it is that you need or think you need it, then go for it.

To confirm: Did you also do a general web search for the issue you ran into, or just a search on their GitHub?

As far as the fail errors are concerned, like I said, post the output or inxi -Ga, please.

Someone here may be able to analyse it and assist.

5

According to this comment, you might need to add your username to the gamemode group.