Live cd detect gpu as discrete while it s not

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Trying to install garuda on a old computer (ryzen 2700 gtx1080) the live CD pick my GPU as discrete while it s not and so give half of my ram as swap for the GPU.
I tried booting with bios or uefi playing in bios option but I haven’t found this error online and dont know how to procede
I use the last live CD ISO and after an install and multiple reboot while having updated everything the error persist.

Kernel: 6.15.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=f9191281-a4d1-428f-8da8-a1d47ddf005a rw rootflags=subvol=@
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_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING-CF
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: F50 date: 11/27/2019
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ gen: 1+
level: v3 note: check built: 2018-21 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 768 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x64 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4001 min/max: 2200/3700 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 4001 2: 4001 3: 4001
4: 4001 5: 4001 6: 4001 7: 4001 8: 4001 9: 4001 10: 4001 11: 4001 12: 4001
13: 4001 14: 4001 15: 4001 16: 4001 bogomips: 118400
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] vendor: Gigabyte 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: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2,
DP-3, DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b80 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Philips FTV serial: <filter> built: 2011 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 76 gamma: 1.2
size: 640x360mm (25.2x14.17") diag: 734mm (28.9") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64.03
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 16 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03
device-ID: 10de:1b80 surfaces: N/A device: 1 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: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio
vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.15.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: 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: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Gigabyte driver: igb v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: enp10s0f3u4 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: OPPO SM6375-QRD _SN:A55124EF driver: rndis_host v: kernel
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-4:4
chip-ID: 22d9:2766 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 11.85 TiB used: 243.98 GiB (2.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO M.2 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 model: USB Disk 3.0 size: 29 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 8.01 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.47 GiB size: 465.47 GiB (100.00%)
used: 243.98 GiB (52.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sde2 maj-min: 8:66
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 616 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sde1 maj-min: 8:65
ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.47 GiB size: 465.47 GiB (100.00%)
used: 243.98 GiB (52.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sde2 maj-min: 8:66
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 465.47 GiB size: 465.47 GiB (100.00%)
used: 243.98 GiB (52.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sde2 maj-min: 8:66
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.47 GiB size: 465.47 GiB (100.00%)
used: 243.98 GiB (52.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sde2 maj-min: 8:66
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.54 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: 34.8 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 2.94 GiB (18.9%)
Processes: 436 Power: uptime: 0m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.13 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2399 libs: 595 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.2
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.3-1):
System install date:     2025-07-19
Last full system update: 2025-07-20
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:
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Please

  • After rebooting, post the FULL output of garuda-inxi in the body of the post (not linked externally, or collapsed with the “hide details” feature)
  • 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

Without garuda-inxi this request will be moved to 4xx Client Error > 412 Precondition Failed

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done,
but since it s partition my memory as swap shouldnt i try to fix it before installing ?

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That seems normal, I have an 1060 and same text for the API.
Just install :grin::blush:, without changing anything

Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of 2024-02; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3,
    DVI-D-1, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
  Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia tty: 158x38
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,x11,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.0.2-arch1.1 note: console (EGL sourced)
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2, llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    6GB driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14 device-ID: 10de:1c03 surfaces: N/A
old Garuda inxi
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my issue is it seem half of my ram got eaten to be supposedly vram wich isnt needed, or maybe it s not related but i got half of my ram being swap when during the install i choose no swap.
Also i dont really understand since swap is supposedly on disk and not on ram ?

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Did you check after install or only on live ISO?

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im currently after install on the installed session, i boot the live iso after to chjeck if the error happened during installation or even before

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Looks good to me. Check with htop who is eating your RAM

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i have 32gb installed, wich are detected in bios
it tell me 16gb ram and 16gb swap in system monitor or btop etc

swapon --show
NAME       TYPE       SIZE USED PRIO
/dev/zram0 partition 15,5G   0B  100

free -h
total       utilisé      libre     partagé tamp/cache   disponible
Mem:            15Gi       3,1Gi       2,7Gi       193Mi        10Gi        12Gi
Échange:        15Gi          0B        15Gi
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gonna tri what i find on arch wiki to disable swap, still it s a really weird issue i wasnt aware was possible; OR am i missing something and having swap on ram is a good things ?

Swapoff -a simply deactivate the swap but I didn’t recovered my ram

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Swap is unrelated to this. Swap is always going to be the same size as your ram. It seems your ram is not being detected in general or like you said, used for VRAM. This is usually a bios thing.

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it s detected in bios but gonna search what s the issue seem it’s not related to gpu

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