Trying to use laptop Nvidia GPU

[codrus]

I’m trying to use my GPU on my laptop. It’s a fresh install of Garuda.

╰─λ garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.6.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=1affe4be-2335-4afa-872d-198a5d8c6cfa rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
    ibt=off
  Desktop: LXQt v: 1.4.0 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 info: cairo-dock, lxqt-panel
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 14 Rugged (5404) v: 01
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0H1MFF v: A03 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
    v: A05 date: 04/16/2015
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse B330/M330/M331
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-4650U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
    gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0x45 (69) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x26
  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: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 798 high: 800 min/max: 800/3300 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 800 2: 798 3: 798 4: 799
    bogomips: 18357
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a26
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT
    620M/625M/630M/720M] vendor: Dell driver: N/A alternate: nouveau,
    nvidia_drm, nvidia non-free: series: 390.xx+
    status: legacy (EOL~2022-11-22) last: release: 390.157 kernel: 6.0
    xorg: 1.21 arch: Fermi code: GF1xx process: 40/28nm built: 2010-2016 pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1140 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Sunplus Innovation Laptop Integrated Webcam HD driver: uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 2-7.2:7
    chip-ID: 1bcf:28ae class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
    s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x333c built: 2013 res: 1366x768
    hz: 60 dpi: 112 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
    device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus
    inactive: gbm,wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.1-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5000 (HSW
    GT3) device-ID: 8086:0a26 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.274 layers: 4 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
    HD Graphics 5000 (HSW GT3) driver: mesa intel v: 23.3.1-arch1.1
    device-ID: 8086:0a26 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 23.3.1-arch1.1 (LLVM
    16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Dell 8 driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9c20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 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 Ethernet I218-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:155a class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b1 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 2-8.4:8
    chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0
    lmp-v: 6 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
    v: 3.0 port: f060 bus-ID: 00:1f.2 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 14.47 GiB (6.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2D0Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 24.91 GiB size: 24.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 14.43 GiB (57.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
    used: 40.8 MiB (42.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 24.91 GiB size: 24.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 14.43 GiB (57.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 24.91 GiB size: 24.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 14.43 GiB (57.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 24.91 GiB size: 24.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 14.43 GiB (57.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.66 GiB used: 68.2 MiB (0.9%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 70.0 C mobo: 46.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 221 Uptime: 18m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 8 GiB
  available: 7.66 GiB used: 2.32 GiB (30.3%) Init: systemd v: 255
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
  pm: pacman pkgs: 1299 libs: 382 tools: octopi,paru Shell: Bash v: 5.2.21
  running-in: qterminal inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.22-1):
  System install date:     2023-12-29
  Last full system update: 2023-12-29 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units: 

prime-run glxgears fails.

╰─λ prime-run glxgears
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  152 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GLXCreateContext)
  Value in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  26
  Current serial number in output stream:  27

Trying to prime-run vlc produces:

[00007f16d4c142b0] avcodec decoder: Using Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Haswell Mobile - 2.4.1 for hardware decoding

My dmesg log has a lot of these:

[ 1078.748112] nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered Nvlink Core, major device number 234
[ 1079.721428] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 234
[ 1079.721435] NVRM: The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M GPU installed in this system is
               NVRM:  supported through the NVIDIA 390.xx Legacy drivers. Please                                
               NVRM:  visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more                                     
               NVRM:  information.  The 545.29.06 NVIDIA driver will ignore                                     
               NVRM:  this GPU.  Continuing probe...                                                            
[ 1079.722439] NVRM: No NVIDIA GPU found.

390xx is the proper nvidia driver for my legacy gpu, however, Garuda also installed 470xx. Are they conflicting? It won’t let me remove 470xx due to dependancies.

What should my next step be?

[filo]

@codrus

GF117M

Quite frankly I have not been able to find an inxi or a tread in the forum where this old GPU is working.
Try to give a look here

Can't use my dedicated gpu

hi when i finished the setup i realised that im not using my dedicated gpu(nvidia 820m) and i had the same issue in zorin os but i fixed it in zorin os by downloading package 390 and downloading kernel 5.4 and make it my main kernel but i don t know how to do it in garuda and when i try installing 390xx in the hardware i get an error and i forgot i disabled nvidia-drm modestting(in zorin os) and this is garuda-inxi System: Kernel: 6.1.54-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1 c…

For sure

sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia-prime-render-offload

And remove anything else nvidia related, but then
sudo mhwd -i pci hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-dkms-bumblebee
will not find that old config.
So, I’d install nvidia-390xx-dkms and relevant utils and Bumblebee manually.
Good luck!
Edit:
I see only now that were able to install the correct drivers for you GPU back in August, so I think the only missing part was that

The 390xx driver doesn’t have a render offload profile because the driver doesn’t support render offloading - it needs something like Bumblebee or optimus-manager.

[meanruse]

There are some threads that may be of use on the EndeavourOS and Manjaro forums, found looking for “390xx bumblebee”. But I know nothing of nvidia cards, I can’t help.

---

Is this relevant? pci/graphic_drivers/hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-dkms-bumblebee/MHWDCONFIG · master · Garuda Linux 🦅 / Applications / mhwd-db-garuda · GitLab
It mentions the hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-dkms-bumblebee, does it mean that dkms should install it after all?

[codrus]

I did what I thought you were recommending:

sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia-prime-render-offload

And now no longer have run-prime. Was that intended? If not, what would be the way to get it back?

So, I’d install nvidia-390xx-dkms and relevant utils and Bumblebee manually.

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: nvidia-390xx-utils and nvidia-utils are in conflict (nvidia-libgl). Remove nvidia-utils? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing nvidia-utils breaks dependency 'nvidia-utils=545.29.06' required by lib32-nvidia-utils

[filo]

That removal was intended. Not working with your dGPU.
You need also to remove anything else nvidia, to start clean.
Check what you have with
sudo pacman -Qs nvidia

[Straight]

Just revert to an older snapshot , and take one every time you made a change . (there is a pre installed app called snapper use it to make the snapshots)

[codrus]

@filo

That removal was intended. Not working with your dGPU.

Without prime-run, what’s the method to use the GPU?

You need also to remove anything else nvidia, to start clean.

Alright. This is what sudo pacman -Qs nvidia now shows.:

 ╰─λ sudo pacman -Qs nvidia
[sudo] password for garuda:           
local/egl-wayland 2:1.1.13-1
    EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/libvdpau 1.5-2
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl-390xx 390.157-1.2
    NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension, 390xx legacy branch
local/mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.143-1
    mhwd-nvidia-390xx PCI ID database
local/nvidia-390xx-dkms 390.157-7
    NVIDIA drivers - module sources
local/nvidia-390xx-settings 390.157-1.2
    Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver, 390xx legacy branch
local/nvidia-390xx-utils 390.157-7
    NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/nvtop 3.0.2-1
    GPUs process monitoring for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA
local/opencl-nvidia-390xx 390.157-7
    OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA
local/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.17-2 (xorg-drivers)
    Open Source 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards

Does that look pretty good? But w/o prime-run, I’m not sure so how to check if the GPU is being used properly now. I did try nvtop which didn’t recognize the GPU. Here’s my garuda-inxi after a reboot if you can tell from it:

╰─λ garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.6.8-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=1affe4be-2335-4afa-872d-198a5d8c6cfa rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
    ibt=off
  Desktop: LXQt v: 1.4.0 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 info: cairo-dock, lxqt-panel
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 14 Rugged (5404) v: 01
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0H1MFF v: A03 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
    v: A05 date: 04/16/2015
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse B330/M330/M331
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-4650U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
    gen: core 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0x45 (69) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x26
  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: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1589 high: 1696 min/max: 800/3300 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1696 2: 1696 3: 1696
    4: 1268 bogomips: 18357
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a26
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT
    620M/625M/630M/720M] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 390.157
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: series: 390.xx+
    status: legacy (EOL~2022-11-22) last: release: 390.157 kernel: 6.0
    xorg: 1.21 arch: Fermi code: GF1xx process: 40/28nm built: 2010-2016 pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1140 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Sunplus Innovation Laptop Integrated Webcam HD driver: uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 2-7.2:7
    chip-ID: 1bcf:28ae class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau failed: nvidia
    alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
    s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x333c built: 2013 res: 1366x768
    hz: 60 dpi: 112 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
    egl: 1.4 drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: swrast x11: drv: crocus
    inactive: gbm,wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 23.3.1-arch1.1
    note: incomplete (EGL sourced) renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5000 (HSW
    GT3), llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits)
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Dell 8 driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9c20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.8-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 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 Ethernet I218-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:155a class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b1 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 2-8.4:8
    chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0
    lmp-v: 6 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
    v: 3.0 port: f060 bus-ID: 00:1f.2 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 15.33 GiB (6.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2D0Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 24.91 GiB size: 24.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 15.29 GiB (61.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
    used: 40.8 MiB (42.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 24.91 GiB size: 24.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 15.29 GiB (61.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 24.91 GiB size: 24.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 15.29 GiB (61.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 24.91 GiB size: 24.91 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 15.29 GiB (61.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.66 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: 64.0 C mobo: 46.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 231 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 8 GiB
  available: 7.66 GiB used: 1.93 GiB (25.2%) Init: systemd v: 255
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
  pm: pacman pkgs: 1181 libs: 322 tools: octopi,paru Shell: Bash v: 5.2.21
  running-in: qterminal inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.22-1):
  System install date:     2023-12-29
  Last full system update: 2023-12-30
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units:            

[filo]

Without prime-run, not working with your dGPU (with your driver actually), you have to use Bumblebee or Optimus manager.
Your garuda-inxi looks good now !

[codrus]

Thanks.

[codrus]

I installed Bumblebee. I don’t yet have a game installed to test it, but Twitch–which was stuttering w/ streams before–is now smooth. So, maybe it worked.

Thank you for your help!

[filo]

You’re very welcome.
If necessary, give a look at the Arch wiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bumblebee

[codrus]

@filo

Bumblebee - ArchWiki

I followed and installed what they say there, but get this when it comes to testing it:

 ╭─garuda@snowcat in ~ as 🧙 took 4s
 ╰─λ optirun glxgears -info
[   70.749689] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected.

[   70.749715] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

 ╭─garuda@snowcat in ~ as 🧙 took 25ms
[🔴] × optirun glxspheres64
[  639.493057] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) No devices detected.

[  639.493079] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

Could it have something to do with this ‘failed’ part from garuda-inxi?

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau failed: nvidia
    alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1

[filo]

Auch, yes, maybe, I didn’t notice that issue.
One thing you could do is disable the compositor (try searching for it in system settings, sorry I don’t know much LXQt…) and reboot.
Check also Arch wiki chapter 4.1.2 primusrun