I am very interested in using Garuda Linux but I have no idea how to install optimus manager to switch between my Intel and Nvidia GPUs. Any help would be appericated
sudo pacman -S optimus-manager optimus-manager-qt to install it
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You mean Info, since you have not installed.
You can choose one of the available optimus configurations provided by Garuda Hardware Manager, after installation.
One of them is using optimus-manager, among others.
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Yes, but you advise a manual installation.
Garuda uses mhwd
which takes care of more than installing a package.
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Thank you for all your help. I got everthing setup and going
Since we keep some statistics in house, would you mind telling us how did you setup everything?
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Sure I just let the installer install my drivers automatically and just
sudo pacman -S optimus-manager optimus-manager-qt
Then added optimus-manger-qt to autostart.
set optimus manager to bbswitch and installed bbswitch-dkms rebooted and everything ran great.
This has already applied a compatible driver setup.
You should check (and be aware of) what you have installed.
mhwd --pci -li
Also check the rest of your options
mhwd --pci -l
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