Hi. I’m new to this. Is it possible yet to switch from the integrated intel to the dedicated Nvidia GPU in wayland KDE? I can do it nicely in X11.
By the way, everything is working great, wayland and everything. I just can’t figure out how to switch to the Nvidia GPU solely. Here’s my inxi:
System:
Kernel: 6.7.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=bc7a2a55-c5ee-478d-b198-bff4411e332f rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.0.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: System76 product: Adder WS v: addw3
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: System76 model: Adder WS v: addw3 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: coreboot v: 2023-09-19_16ef69c date: 09/15/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 65.4 Wh (93.3%) condition: 70.1/70.8 Wh (99.0%)
volts: 17.2 min: 15.4 model: Notebook BAT type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: not charging cycles: 1
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M720 Triathlon Multi-Device
Mouse serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900HX bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x122
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 24 mt: 8 tpc: 2 st: 16 threads: 32 smt: enabled
cache: L1: 2.1 MiB desc: d-16x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB, 16x64 KiB
L2: 32 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 4x4 MiB L3: 36 MiB desc: 1x36 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 816 high: 1042 min/max: 800/5200:5400:3900 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 899 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 1000 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800
14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 21: 1042 22: 800
23: 800 24: 800 25: 800 26: 800 27: 800 28: 800 29: 800 30: 800 31: 800
32: 800 bogomips: 154828
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-13 process: Intel 7 (10nm) built: 2022+ ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a788 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q / Mobile]
vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-02) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
ports: active: none empty: DP-4,HDMI-A-4,eDP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:28a0 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Bison BisonCam NB Pro driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-11:2 chip-ID: 5986:9102
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
gpu: i915,nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast surfaceless:
drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: gbm,device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.0.2-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-S)
device-ID: 8086:a788 memory: 30.45 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 8 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (RPL-S) driver: mesa intel v: 24.0.2-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:a788 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia
v: 550.54.14 device-ID: 10de:28a0 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2
type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.0.2-arch1.2 (LLVM 17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22be class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.7.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 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: Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:0dc8 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:3 chip-ID: 8087:0033
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 16.07 GiB (1.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB
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: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 42.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.07 GiB (1.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.07 GiB (1.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.07 GiB (1.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.07 GiB (1.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.19 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 32 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1790
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.19 GiB used: 3.26 GiB (10.5%)
Processes: 483 Power: uptime: 1h 5m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.43 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1573 pm: pacman pkgs: 1564 libs: 504 tools: octopi,pamac,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 pm: snap pkgs: 9 Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1
Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.0 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
System install date: 2024-03-14
Last full system update: 2024-03-14
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
Remember, Wayland is working fine expect as mentioned above.
Thanks
EC