So I’m getting ready to enable dedicated Nvidia GPU on my laptop Acer Aspire VX with Linux Zen - so far I was using only integrated Intel.
Can you please take a look on steps I plan to execute, before I will go into configuration hell?:
My config:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] driver: N/A
Device-3: Chicony HD WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,swrast platforms: x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.4-arch1.2.1
renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2)
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 drivers: intel surfaces: xcb,xlib
My understanding is I need to:
I should also have nvidia-settings to switch between Nvidia GPU and Intel GPU.
I do not want to use bumbelweed.
In case of startup problems I should start following this:
https://discovery.endeavouros.com/nvidia/nvidia-optional-enhancements-and-troubleshooting/2021/03/
Is this correct? Shoud I install some mesa / vulkan specific for Nvidia as well separately?
dalto
2
Can you first share the full output of inxi -Fxxxz, cat /etc/kernel/cmdline and pacman -Q | grep nvidia?
That isn’t for switching. It is the tool for changing nvidia settings.
manuel
3
There are many alternatives to switching the GPU, see for example this.
Inxi:
ystem:
Kernel: 6.7.2-zen1-1.1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36
info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire VX5-591G v: V1.06
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: KBL model: Wish_KLS v: V1.06 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI-[Legacy]: Insyde v: 1.06 date: 07/07/2017
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 36.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 36.9/52.5 Wh (70.2%)
volts: 12.4 min: 11.4 model: COMPAL PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-7700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP
smt: enabled arch: Kaby Lake rev: 9 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 800/3800 cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900
5: 900 6: 900 7: 900 8: 900 bogomips: 44798
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:591b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile]
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: N/A arch: Pascal pcie: speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c8d class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Chicony HD WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b571 class-ID: 0e02
Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x11ed res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142
size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.4-arch1.2.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:591b
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 4 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0
type: integrated-gpu driver: mesa intel device-ID: 8086:591b
Audio:
Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a171
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.7.2-zen1-1.1-zen status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280 temp: 63.0 C
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 04ca:3016 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 891.81 GiB (76.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO M.2 250GB
size: 232.89 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B6Q
scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABD100 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5J scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 139.68 GiB used: 110.91 GiB (79.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 66.0 C pch: 69.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 272 Uptime: 2h 5m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
available: 15.49 GiB used: 9.6 GiB (62.0%) Init: systemd v: 255
default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6 Packages: pm: pacman
pkgs: 1603 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: tilix inxi: 3.3.31
cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=4bf30253-1ad4-43b3-9dfa-087d71061082 rw loglevel=3 nowatchdog nvme_load=YES mitigations=off systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=0
There is nothing in pacman installed packages with nvidia - I tried to keep my system Nvidia free so far.
dalto
5
Yes, star by installing the drivers via nvidia-inst
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