I want to use my dedicated GPU that is AMD Radeon 8600M (I am not sure about the 8600M part). I want to use it in games like Minecraft for better Fps in windows I was able to use it but when I shifted to Garuda Linux I am not seeing the GPU in system monitor and cannot find how to use it on yt
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Welcome to the forum
Can you provide your
garuda-inxi
as per the forum template
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install nvtop, then you can see how the GPU works or not
System:
Kernel: 6.10.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=d10db76e-8505-4cea-a147-561ab09907c9 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.4.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC
v: 0889100000005B10000600000 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1970 v: 95.32 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: E4X57PA#ACJ uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: F.21
date: 12/04/2013
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: N/A condition: N/A volts: 12.6 min: 10.8
model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-3230M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3012 high: 3070 min/max: 1200/3200 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 2993 2: 2993 3: 2993
4: 3070 bogomips: 20752
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports:
active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 M430 Radeon
520 Mobile] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: radeon v: kernel
alternate: amdgpu arch: GCN-1 code: Southern Islands process: TSMC 28nm
built: 2011-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:6660 class-ID: 0380 temp: 63.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,radeon
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: crocus,radeonsi gpu: i915,radeon
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1366x768 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus drv: amd radeonsi platforms:
device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: crocus device: 2 drv: swrast
surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus
inactive: gbm
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 4.2 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.1.4-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB
GT2) device-ID: 8086:0166 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 9 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 24.1.4-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:0166 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.1.4-arch1.2 (LLVM 18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.10.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.1 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 Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:0082 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Ralink RT5370 Wireless Adapter driver: rt2800usb type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 148f:5370
class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp0s20u1 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 167.68 GiB used: 21.38 GiB (12.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2BF180A4H
size: 167.68 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: LH6i scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 167.38 GiB size: 167.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.38 GiB (12.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 167.38 GiB size: 167.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.38 GiB (12.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 167.38 GiB size: 167.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.38 GiB (12.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 167.38 GiB size: 167.38 GiB (100.00%)
used: 21.38 GiB (12.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.65 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 79.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 63.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.65 GiB used: 2.24 GiB (29.3%)
Processes: 214 Power: uptime: 5m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 3.05 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1821 libs: 538 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.35
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date: 2024-07-27
Last full system update: 2024-07-28
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
Idk why but it only shows my integreted GPU
- Format terminal output (including your
garuda-inxi) as a code block by clicking the preformatted text button (</>) , or put three tildes (~) above and below the text.
Done 
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To use your dGPU you have to prepend the command with DRI_PRIME=1
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME#For_open_source_drivers_-_PRIME
Otherwise, the iGPU is used by default.
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Can u pls explain what to do step by step cuz I just started using linux day before yesterday only. Also really thanks for helping me
Sorry, I don’t have much time.
Try from terminal
DRI_PRIME=1 minecraft-launcher
I’m not 100% sure about the launcher name, but that’s a typical example.
If it works, search for desktop files to make it prrsistent.
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I tried this but idk why but it installed the minecraft launcher and besides i want to use it on another launcher and when i was watching a video on how to use dedicated gpu, it showed that i should do xrandr --listproviders and in the video it showed their list of graphics card but in my case it showed 0 and nothing
Update I tried the Gri prime thing and I got the Radeon GPU to work and I could check it with the Radeontop application. But can anyone tell me if I want to use the dri prime function for a specific app but I don’t know what it’s name is then how do I get the application’s name that can work in Konsole with the dri prime function
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