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[@Taken_Alpha]

You sir have made my PC actually usable and I ran this on a desktop, I now have output coming from both my Nvidia card and the intel GPU

[@advali]

On newer laptops with Intel and Turing based GPU's e.g. 2060 and up, simply using optimus-manager and the qt GUI to set the auto switching as hybrid (to bypass creating additional conf files) does the trick for me. For gaming, lutris already has a switch to toggle Prime environent variables for each/all games. So I just needed to simply flip a switch once and install my games and play them. This is the article I've read to have it initially work but later found out that some of the commands are deprecated already so installing optimus-manager-qt makes the config a lot easier: www.livcarman.com/installing-arch-on-a-dell-xps-15-7950/

[@Denshi]

this is true for Pascal too, my script is meant to essentially perma-switch a device to NVIDIA output only, to aid recording in OBS and such. However I am considering taking it down and making a comprehensive guide to installing optimus-manager, because in my experience it can be quite annoying to get working

[@advali]

@@Denshi You are correct dude. Actually every now and then I'm experiencing these small quirks that have been due to my various configs that I was using from a different machine. In reality all of this is nvidia's fault for making their drivers propreitary. Will wait for more of your vids. I'm sure someone out there got to use your config for their machine.

[@Scrumplex]

Btw. the GPL is actually not a "permissive" license but a "Copyleft" license. "Permissive" does not necessarily mean that the source code has to stay open. If something has the MIT license for example I can just grab it and build something proprietary around it and keep the changes for myself. With a Copyleft license on the other hand the author of the original code can request the changes in source code from anyone using it. This prevents people from just making things closed. Copyleft because the opposite of right is left. lol btw i use arch

[@Denshi]

The "btw I use Arch" got me But thanks for the correction, I get things wrong all the time like this and I like to see when people correct the mistakes.

[@1KeyJee]

Please make a video on how to install Nvidia drivers on Linux because I installed a lot of things I think my laptop is full of unnecessary or not broken files...

[@Denshi]

if you need tech support please join the Discord server, we do calls on Jitsi and such discord.gg/meytb2T

[@matheusmatos2771]

Hey bro! Install nvidia drivers with mhdw or pamac or: sudo pacman -S nvidia-XXX sudo pacman -S nvidia-prime sudo pacman -S nvidia-settings sudo pacman -S nvidia-utils sudo pacman -S lib32-nvidia-uitls sudo pacman -S opencl-nvidia sudo pacman -S lib32-libvdpau sudo pacman -S libvdpau sudo pacman -S ibxnvctrl sudo pacman -S yay yay -S optimus-manager yay -S optimus-manager-qt For gnome users yay -S gdm-prime Work on Arch linux and Manjaro.

[@p1ee_e]

I followed the steps, now my PC wont boot. It is stuck at black screen. It used to boot well before Nvidia installation. Model - ASUS FX553VD i7 7700HQ, GTX 1050 2GB.

[@matheusmatos2771]

Hey bro! Install nvidia drivers with mhdw or pamac or: sudo pacman -S nvidia-XXX sudo pacman -S nvidia-prime sudo pacman -S nvidia-settings sudo pacman -S nvidia-utils sudo pacman -S lib32-nvidia-uitls sudo pacman -S opencl-nvidia sudo pacman -S lib32-libvdpau sudo pacman -S libvdpau sudo pacman -S ibxnvctrl sudo pacman -S yay yay -S optimus-manager yay -S optimus-manager-qt For gnome users yay -S gdm-prime Work on Arch linux and Manjaro.

[@mantasltu5811]

Hello thank you for the video, but as i understood it's only for making nvdia gpu work? i have hybrid graphics cards. Intel and Nvidia. So as i see it's will not install Nvidia optimus? because i would want to have a button for switch. To have nvdia always turned on it's bad for battery. Honestly i'm lost :/ i don't even finding how to install sound drivers because laptop now sounds like old musicbox, not like it was.

[@Denshi]

Well I don't know about sound drivers, but this guide is essentially for people who wanna run the entire system off the dGPU(NVIDIA). I've never gotten Optimus to work myself, but you can try installing it with the guide on their GitHub page: github.com/Askannz/optimus-manager

[@mantasltu5811]

@@Denshi Thank you i will try it soon

[@matheusmatos2771]

Hey bro! Install nvidia drivers with mhdw or pamac or: sudo pacman -S nvidia-XXX sudo pacman -S nvidia-prime sudo pacman -S nvidia-settings sudo pacman -S nvidia-utils sudo pacman -S lib32-nvidia-uitls sudo pacman -S opencl-nvidia sudo pacman -S lib32-libvdpau sudo pacman -S libvdpau sudo pacman -S ibxnvctrl sudo pacman -S yay yay -S optimus-manager yay -S optimus-manager-qt For gnome users yay -S gdm-prime Work on Arch linux and Manjaro.

[@mantasltu5811]

@@matheusmatos2771 thank you bro! 🔥❤️

[@Davide-yg5ny]

Great video! I have a question though: how does it work with the nvidia-prime-440xx? In the title of the guide you talked about at the beginning of your video it says "skip this guide if you use nvidia-prime-440xx", which I do given that I have a geforce 1050 which is supported by the 440xx version of the nvidia drivers (unless I'm wrog). My understanding is that with the nvidia-prime 440xx, I'd just need to type prime-run %command% to run a software using the dgpu. How do I know if the gpu is really being used? If I type nvidia-settings, the gpu usage shown is always 0%. Am I losing something here?

[@Denshi]

the way those drivers work is by allowing you to prefix "prime-run" to run programs specifically with the dedicated Nvidia GPU. My solution, like Optimus-Manager basically lets you run the entire system off Nvidia.

[@Davide-yg5ny]

@@Denshi okay I got that now thank you so much. And how do I check that prime-run is actually working?

[@Denshi]

there's no real way to check that I know of

[@cosmicusstardust3300]

A simpler solution is to just select the dedicated graphics only in the BIOS. That's what I did for my laptop.

[@Denshi]

Sadly not all laptops support that; For example my laptop doesn't support it.

[@cosmicusstardust3300]

@@Denshi ooof I didn't know that

[@vtstht]

and manjaro xfce?

[@Denshi]

I haven't made that one yet

[@emmanuelgxlden7170]

but there is also don't worry

[@matheusmatos2771]

Hey bro! Install nvidia drivers with mhdw or pamac or: sudo pacman -S nvidia-XXX sudo pacman -S nvidia-prime sudo pacman -S nvidia-settings sudo pacman -S nvidia-utils sudo pacman -S lib32-nvidia-uitls sudo pacman -S opencl-nvidia sudo pacman -S lib32-libvdpau sudo pacman -S libvdpau sudo pacman -S ibxnvctrl sudo pacman -S yay yay -S optimus-manager yay -S optimus-manager-qt For gnome users yay -S gdm-prime Work on Arch linux and Manjaro.

[@1KeyJee]

I'm so new into Linux I use pop Os I'm switching to Manjaro. Does this make my Nvidia graphics card up to date? Can I just pay games with high performance or I new to install open gl or directx?

[@Denshi]

as I said, this is an autoconfig script for a workaround to use only Nvidia GPU. The drivers are supplied by Manjaro, and since it's based off Arch you should expect the latest drivers. You can play all your games that support Linux on pretty much any distro with an up-to-date version of WINE and Steam, or Lutris.

[@Denshi]

If you need any more help, consider joining my Steam chat, link on the Channel links.

[@1KeyJee]

@@Denshi I'm so glad you replied, I'll subscribe to your channel, you can't imagine how helpful your reply is because it's hard for me to find exact answer to my questions about Linux! Keep your good work sir!

[@Denshi]

just wanted to say we're kinda ditching steam as a communication platform, please contact me on Discord discord.gg/meytb2T

[@mbarrio]

Why not just use "prime-run" before the intended gpu accelerated program? I mean, it's much more convenient not to do this.

[@Denshi]

I wanna run the entire system off the dGPU. Makes capture easier.

[@Davide-yg5ny]

How can I know that the nvidia gpu is really being used after running that command?

[@mbarrio]

@@Davide-yg5ny the utility "nvidia-smi" has that info

[@Davide-yg5ny]

@@mbarrio thanks for the reply. I saw that utility but it always shows 0%. Am I using it in the wrong way?

[@mbarrio]

@@Davide-yg5ny There should be list of processes showing that are running on the nvidia gpu. If a process it's running on the gpu thats it. try "prime-run glxgears" and see that glxgears is running on gpu by running "nvidia-smi" without parameters

[@RedboltTech]

So is this a hybrid graphics mode?

[@Denshi]

No. My solution runs your entire system off the Nvidia card, rendering everything with it. This makes screen recording and such easier.

[@lynx0001]

now i have "failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager", nice

[@Denshi]

I'm planning on remaking this video and making a generally better guide to all this NVIDIA stuff that explains it further.

[@techzone2009]

This whole mess should configured by default 😭😭😭😭