Hi everyone,
I’ve been having some issues recently, sorry for posting again.
This time the problem is: nvidia-smi is reporting an absurd 752W power usage.
I have set the following environment variables for UWSM:
export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia
export __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia
export __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1
export GBM_BACKEND=nvidia-drm
… Even after unsetting these variables, nvidia-smi still shows the same incorrect power reading.
╰─λ nvidia-smi
Wed Sep 17 17:38:25 2025
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.82.09 Driver Version: 580.82.09 CUDA Version: 13.0 |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 ... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 64C P8 752W / 35W | 619MiB / 4096MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 1074 G /usr/lib/Xorg 4MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2362 G firedragon 578MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Detecting hardware...
Detected GPU: Product: NVIDIA Corporation GA107M GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, PCI ID: 01:00.0, Vendor ID: 10de
Detected GPU: Product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cezanne Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series, PCI ID: 04:00.0, Vendor ID: 1002
NVIDIA GPU detected, added: garuda-hardware-profile-nvidia.
All required packages are already installed: garuda-hardware-profile-nvidia garuda-hardware-profile-standard-x11
System:
Kernel: 6.16.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1 clocksource: tsc
avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=c5f0553b-324e-4a2f-982b-eb827cb2747d rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet loglevel=3
Desktop: Hyprland v: 0.51.0 with: waybar tools: hypridle avail: hyprlock vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: Vivobook_ASUSLaptop M7600QE_M7600QE v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M7600QE v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: M7600QE.312 date: 05/29/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.6 Wh (52.2%) condition: 72.1/96 Wh (75.1%) power: 57.4 W volts: 11.66
min: 11.66 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A charging: status: charging
control: start: N/A end: 100% cycles: 178
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80)
stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA500012
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1100 min/max: 423/4683 boost: enabled scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
governor: powersave cores: 1: 1100 2: 1100 3: 1100 4: 1100 5: 1100 6: 1100 7: 1100 8: 1100
9: 1100 10: 1100 11: 1100 12: 1100 13: 1100 14: 1100 15: 1100 16: 1100 bogomips: 105402
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 580.82.09
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-08;
EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:25a0 class-ID: 0302
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20
pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 73.0 C
Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-3:4 chip-ID: 13d3:5458 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8 compositor: Hyprland
v: 0.51.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 1
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Samsung 0x415d built: 2021 res: mode: 3840x2400 hz: 60
scale: 240% (2.4) to: 1601x1000 dpi: 284 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x215mm (13.54x8.46")
diag: 406mm (16") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 3840x2400 min: 640x480
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Info: Tools: gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi wl: kanshi, wdisplays, wlr-randr x11: xprop
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir/Cezanne HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.16.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.8 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: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter vendor: AzureWave
driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: dae0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 13d3:3563 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 79.75 GiB (16.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM512GD3JX013N size: 476.94 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 41000C20 temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 90 GiB size: 90 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.91 GiB (12.1%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.45%) used: 31.1 MiB (31.6%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 90 GiB size: 90 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.91 GiB (12.1%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 90 GiB size: 90 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.91 GiB (12.1%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 90 GiB size: 90 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.91 GiB (12.1%) 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: 15.02 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: 85.6 C mobo: 52.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 76.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 4400
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.02 GiB used: 7.55 GiB (50.3%)
Processes: 424 Power: uptime: 16m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0
hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 5.94 GiB
services: upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1266 libs: 356 tools: pacseek,paru Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1
Client: Unknown Client: electron inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.8.3-2):
System install date: 2025-09-15
Garuda release: 250907
Last full system update: 2025-09-17
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
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