Optimus manager, i3 and nvidia mode, tray icons not showing

Whettingstone · January 4, 2023, 5:07pm

I have an odd issue.

I installed optimus manager and made sure it always uses the nvidia card.

It all seems like it works fine. I switch from integrated graphics to nvidia and I get logged out and then log in.

Now my tray icons do not show anymore. The apps are running, if I try to start Dropbox then it says something like “app already running on (pid-number)”.

I’ve no idea what happened.

Suggestions?

EDIT: Do I even need optimus manager? I have no idea really to be honest. It does not seem like I get better fps or so in games. Was my nvidia card already used and this does basically nothing?

joekamprad · January 4, 2023, 5:18pm

per default it will boot on igpu if you install nvidia drivers and add modesetting option on boot…
To switch you need to add a switcher or switch manually… or indeed set it to boot with nvidia gpu enabled per default.

joekamprad · January 4, 2023, 5:20pm

if switching drivers from nouveau to nvidia it will change the display names… so you may need to edit configuration… on the bar part…

    tray_output HDMI-0
    tray_output primary

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Whettingstone · January 4, 2023, 5:31pm

I see. So I was most likely using the igpu before this then.

What is the best way of doing this? Seems like booting with nvidia gpu is the better choice since I want to use that, basically always… That would also make me not have to do the switch when I boot as that makes the boot time longer (yes, just a few seconds but still - bloat ).

I looked into this and for sure, the screen is not primary anymore. Setting it to primary made one of the icons show up again. Not the dropbox one though.

I used xrandr --output eDP-1-1 --primary but I doubt that is permanent… Right? Would I need to set that in my config-file?

But maybe not if I run with kernel option so it’s nvidia at boot?

Damn, I feel like Jon Snow here (“you know nothing Jon Snow”)

joekamprad · January 4, 2023, 7:20pm

thats not permanent indeed, but you can use arandr and save the xrandr script as monitor what will get applied each login:

github.com

endeavouros-team/endeavouros-i3wm-setup/blob/e5b54f7c3780973a85cf782d20aee98092d1524b/.config/i3/config#L380


      
          
          # num lock activated
          #exec --no-startup-id numlockx on
          
          # configure multiple keyboard layouts and hotkey to switch (Alt+CAPSLOCK in this example)
          #exec --no-startup-id setxkbmap -layout 'us,sk' -variant altgr-intl,qwerty -option 'grp:alt_caps_toggle'
          
          # start conky:
          #exec_always --no-startup-id conky
          
          # start a script to setup displays
          # uncomment the next line, use arandr to setup displays and save the file as monitor:
          exec --no-startup-id ~/.screenlayout/monitor.sh
          
          # set wallpaper
          # exec --no-startup-id sleep 2 && nitrogen --restore
          exec --no-startup-id sleep 1 && feh --bg-fill /usr/share/endeavouros/backgrounds/endeavouros-wallpaper.png
          
          # set powersavings for display:
          exec --no-startup-id xset s 480 dpms 600 600 600

use nvidia gpu only:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus#Use_NVIDIA_graphics_only

Whettingstone · January 4, 2023, 7:44pm

I kinda had a feeling it had something to do with arandr or xrandr. I’m learning!

Yes, I found this after I posted. Will look into it for sure!

Thanks a lot for your patience with my questions.

system · January 6, 2023, 7:45pm

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