This repository has a set of tools to manage the status of the NVIDIA graphics card on an Optimus™ setup. It now supports Solus with Budgie, MATE or Gnome desktop.
Three profiles are implemented in the nvidia-optimus-manager script:
intel: The Intel integrated GPU is used for display rendering and the dGPU is suspended by runtime power management. Running thenvidia-smicommand gives
$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
hybrid: The Intel iGPU is used for display rendering while the dGPU is still on and its driver is loaded for other tasks (e.g., deep learning, etc.). In this configuration, thenvidia-smicommand produces the following output:
$ nvidia-smi
Sun Dec 2 16:22:40 2018
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 410.78 Driver Version: 410.78 CUDA Version: 10.0 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 106... On | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 43C P0 23W / N/A | 0MiB / 6078MiB | 0% Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Type Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| No running processes found |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
nvidia: The dGPU will be used as the sole source of rendering. Running thenvidia-smicommand produces
$ nvidia-smi
Sun Dec 2 16:25:42 2018
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 410.78 Driver Version: 410.78 CUDA Version: 10.0 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 106... On | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 48C P0 23W / N/A | 207MiB / 6078MiB | 6% Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Type Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 8485 G /usr/lib64/xorg-server/Xorg 137MiB |
| 0 8726 G budgie-wm 44MiB |
| 0 8995 G ...-token=F8BB065232F55048CF73ECAC02D5EDA6 5MiB |
| 0 9092 G ...-token=AEC61D9914CB773E37DFD8EFFFFEB6DB 7MiB |
| 0 9126 G ...-token=215073FE33E4C44F4B99DE67F9B5AA88 9MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Install the NVIDIA proprietary graphics driver
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Download this repo, extract, cd into nvidia-optimus-manager-master, and from your terminal, run:
sh nvidia-optimus-installer.shPlease note: Don't run with
sudo -
The script will automatically install and configure everything for Gnome, MATE, or Budgie.
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Reboot
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That's it!
- Install the NVIDIA proprietary graphics driver
- Blacklist the
nouveaudriver:
If you installed the NVIDIA proprietary driver from the Solus repo, this is automatically taken care of.
$ sudo mkdir -p /etc/modprobe.d
$ echo "blacklist nouveau" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
- Install
pciutilsbysudo eopkg it pciutils
Reboot to let these changes take effect.
For Budgie:
99-nvidia.conf: copy to/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/99-nvidia.conf# This may be the old path! User must confirm.99-nvidia.conf: copy to/etc/gdm/99-nvidia.conf# This is confirmed to be the path for new installs.
For MATE:
99-nvidia.conf: copy to/etc/gdm/99-nvidia.conf
For Gnome:
99-nvidia.conf: copy to/etc/gdm/99-nvidia.conf
For ALL:
nvidia-optimus-autoconfig.service: copy to/etc/systemd/system/nvidia-optimus-autoconfig.servicenvidia-optimus-manager: copy to/usr/bin/nvidia-optimus-manager
Then enable the service file at boot:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable nvidia-optimus-autoconfig
- Linux-driver-management
- NVIDIA proprietary graphics driver
pciutils: for thelspcicommand to find the pci bus id for the NVIDIA graphics card.
Three subcommands can be used with the nvidia-optimus-manager script:
- Check the current configuration of the dGPU with the
statussubcommand:
$ nvidia-optimus-manager status
Current profile: intel
OpenGL vendor: Intel
Discrete graphics card power status: suspended
- Switch profile with the
configuresubcommand (requires root previleges):
$ nvidia-optimus-manager configure intel
Info: selecting the intel profile
If the graphic card for the display rendering is changed during the switch of profile (e.g. intel -> nvidia, or nvidia -> hybrid), the user needs to log out before the switch can take effect:
$ nvidia-optimus-manager configure nvidia
Info: selecting the nvidia profile
Log out to take effect
Otherwise the switch happens immediately.
autoconfiguresubcommand: Automatically configure the dGPU based on the presence of relevant configuration files (blacklist-nvidia.conf, 00-ldm.conf). This command is used in the systemd service file (nvidia-optimus-autoconfig.service) and the lightdm configuration file (99-nvidia.conf)
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