Hi, I am new, I installed garda a few days ago.
Is it possible to install and set falcond and scx_sched instead of gamemode, like in PikaOS? Does anyone use this ?
You seem to have “overlooked” the template when you opened this thread.
To get help in this forum, it is necessary to post the terminal output of garuda-inxi.
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Sorry, I read “the template,” but I didn’t think my “garuda-inxi” would be necessary for my question. Here it is:
krzysztof@garuda in ~
󰛓 ❯ garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.15.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=aecb9d74-cb67-450e-bfa3-eefc6b40f212 rw rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.16.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 83GS v: LOQ 15IAX9
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: LOQ 15IAX9
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: No DPK serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: LENOVO_MT_83GS_BU_idea_FM_LOQ 15IAX9 uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: LENOVO v: NECN44WW date: 04/01/2025
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 23.4 Wh (38.4%) condition: 61.0/60.0 Wh (101.7%)
power: 20.9 W volts: 14.5 min: 15.4 model: BYD L23B4PK4 type: Li-poly
serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 66
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12450HX bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2
microcode: 0x3A
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 5 cores: 8 threads: 12 mt: 4 tpc: 2
st: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 704 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB, 4x48 KiB; i-4x32
KiB, 4x64 KiB L2: 7 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB, 1x2 MiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4400:3100 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 64512
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S [UHD Graphics] vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
active: eDP-2 empty: DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, HDMI-A-4, HDMI-A-5
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:468b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107BM / GN20-P0-R-K2 [GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU]
vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: none
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25ec
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Bison Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:2 chip-ID: 5986:216a
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,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-2 model-id: CSW 0x150f serial: <filter> built: 2023
res: N/A dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland,device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.6-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ADL-S
GT0.5) device-ID: 8086:468b memory: 14.97 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 13 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel UHD Graphics (ADL-S GT0.5) driver: mesa intel v: 25.1.6-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:468b surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03
device-ID: 10de:25ec surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.6-arch1.1 (LLVM
20.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107 High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.15.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 4000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network vendor: Lenovo
driver: rtw89_8852be v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 3000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b852 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: ASUSTek TUF GAMING M4 WIRELESS driver: hid-generic,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-9:4
chip-ID: 0b05:19f4 class-ID: 0300
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 0bda:4853
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: bt-adapter note: tool can't run ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down
bt-service: disabled rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 109.84 GiB (11.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNV3S1000G
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: ERFK1N.3 temp: 35.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 598.02 GiB size: 598.02 GiB (100.00%)
used: 109.84 GiB (18.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 2 GiB size: 2 GiB (99.80%) used: 620 KiB (0.0%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-3: /home raw-size: 598.02 GiB size: 598.02 GiB (100.00%)
used: 109.84 GiB (18.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 598.02 GiB size: 598.02 GiB (100.00%)
used: 109.84 GiB (18.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 598.02 GiB size: 598.02 GiB (100.00%)
used: 109.84 GiB (18.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.32 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 36.8 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.32 GiB used: 3.04 GiB (19.8%)
Processes: 326 Power: uptime: 6m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.05 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1423 libs: 458 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.2 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.3-2):
System install date: 2025-07-17
Last full system update: 2025-07-23 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
I hope everything is okay now?
To be on the safe side ;-), always reboot after update in terminal.
falcond is in the AUR, use pacseek or paru
scx_sched? IDK that “tool”, I have no time for games 
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Get the CachyOS kernel, and scx-scheds. Run boot options, to set CachyOS as the default kernel. Then, you can follow any guide for swapping in LAVD.
No idea about falcond. I question how much you get out of such tweaking utilities, anyway, though, unless you have a 12-16 core AMD X3D CPU.
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Thanks a lot for the information 
I understand that scx schedulers cannot be used with the default zen kernel? I used CachyOS for a while some time ago, but so far I haven’t had any performance issues with games on Garuda, so I’m sticking with you guys 
As for falcond, it’s a mechanism similar to gamemode, but it runs automatically (as a systemd daemon) and allows you to create profiles for different programs or games.
Oh, I don’t mean changing the OS. I mean installing them from the Chaotic-AUR, on Garuda (use paru, yay, or Octopi (GUI)). Once both linux-cachyos and scx-scheds are installed, you should be able to quickly follow the CachyOS docs, to get it set up. Then use the boot options tool to easily make the CachyOS kernel the default.
I don’ mean changing the OS too 
I mean I have already used the cachy kernel together with the whole it’s „original environment” (CachyOS) a few months ago. Although I do not hide that I had the dilemma of choosing Garuda or going back to CachyOS.
My attention was drawn to the look of the new Mokka release and I decided to swap Fedora 42 KDE for Garuda. 
Never use Octopi for installing packages. It has often broken things. Use it only for searching.
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Don’t know who mentioned it but I’m using pacseek now, I find it much better than Octopi
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