[solved]GPU seems not swiching

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[solved]GPU seems not swiching

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So, I have installed Linux Mint 20.1 XFCE on my gaming laptop. Nvidia drivers installed succefuly, even it shows nvidia logo on taskbar, but when I opened a game it ran at terrible framerate(the game is L. A. Noire, from steam, using proton experimental) and firstly I thought that it's usual to get bad performance on linux, but the poor performance occurred even on native games. So I dug into Nvidia settings I found that no matter what I do, GPU utilization is 0%, vram usage is 5mb. Something seems wrong here. Nothing works at all, tried switching GPUs through terminal, tried googleing and and doing stuff that was there: no success.

P. S. sorry if you don't understand something, I am not really good ant English
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Re: GPU seems not swiching

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Forgot to put inxi -Fxxxrz output

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System:
  Kernel: 5.12.0-11.1-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.13 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G3 3590 v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Dell model: 0VFVNR v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.11.1 
  date: 08/19/2020 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 46.5 Wh condition: 46.5/51.0 Wh (91%) volts: 13.0/11.4 
  model: LGC-LGC4.474 DELL 415CG9A type: Li-ion serial: <filter> 
  status: Full 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-9300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 38400 
  Speed: 3124 MHz min/max: 800/2401 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2713 2: 2401 3: 2400 4: 2401 5: 1016 6: 900 7: 900 8: 900 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3e9b 
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell 
  driver: nvidia v: 465.27 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1f91 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting,nvidia 
  unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell 
  driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a348 
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10fa 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.12.0-11.1-liquorix-amd64 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Dell driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 04:00.0 
  chip ID: 168c:0042 
  IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-14:4 
  chip ID: 0cf3:e009 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 588.73 GiB used: 64.93 GiB (11.0%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: BC501 NVMe 512GB 
  size: 476.94 GiB speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 serial: <filter> rev: 80002C00 
  scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HTS541612J9SA00 size: 111.79 GiB 
  speed: 1.5 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: C70P scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 467.96 GiB used: 64.92 GiB (13.9%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cuda-ubuntu2004-11-3-local.list 
  1: deb file:///var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-3-local /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/damentz-liquorix-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/damentz/liquorix/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ppa-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxuprising-java-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxuprising/java/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris-team-lutris-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lutris-team/lutris/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.linux.edu.lv/mirrors/packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://ubuntu-arch.linux.edu.lv/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://ubuntu-arch.linux.edu.lv/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://ubuntu-arch.linux.edu.lv/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
  2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
Info:
  Processes: 269 Uptime: 6h 22m Memory: 7.61 GiB used: 2.20 GiB (28.9%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.0.38
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Re: GPU seems not swiching

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Is there any reason you are using the unsupported 5.12.0 kernel?
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Re: GPU seems not swiching

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viewforum.php?f=59

Have a look through the official GPU section i linked above (yes it is not obviously easy to find for a newcomer) and see if any of the topics there help you.
Laptop overheating? Check link here:itsfoss guide . Also a move from Cinnamon to XFCE can give a -5 to -10 degrees C change on overheating hardware.

Build a modern dual-boot Ryzen Win7/Linux Mint PC:Tutorial
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Re: GPU seems not swiching

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Puodelis wrote: ⤴Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:00 amNvidia drivers installed succefuly, even it shows nvidia logo on taskbar
Is this nvidia logo on the taskbar the nvidia-prime-applet?

I ask because the data you posted appears to indicate your system is running in On-Demand mode. Both the display drivers for Nvidia and Intel are showing and the renderer is listed as Intel.

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3e9b
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell
driver: nvidia v: 465.27 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1f91
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6
direct render: Yes

I suggest you remove the 5.12 liquorix kernel (not supported in Mint and I'm not sure Nvidia supports it yet either) and use the 5.8 kernel which is available in Update Manager. Let us know if you need instructions on how to switch to the 5.8 kernel. (If, for some reason, you need to be using a kernel newer than 5.8, the 5.10-oem kernel is available in Synaptic Package Manager.)

The problem may be that the Nvidia modules may not be building properly with the kernel you are using.
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Re: GPU seems not swiching

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It could be. I saw a video where this kernel was installed on Mint, so I don't know. I know how to switch kernels, I will try it tomorrow and post an update
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Re: GPU seems not swiching

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I ask because the data you posted appears to indicate your system is running in On-Demand mode.
No, it says performance mode. I have tried on demand mode, but it didn't work either. Now I will try to switch kernel
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Re: GPU seems not swiching

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So I have tried to change kernel, but it didn't worked, tried trough update manager, tried manually, but it didn't booted into new kernel, even grub didn't saw those kernels. So I tried to remove liquirix kernel and it still boots into liquirix, but now I don't have wireless internet connection, and I don't have enthernet at home. So I don't know what to do
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Re: GPU seems not swiching

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So, I have broken the OS and reinstalled, but the same problem occurs, only now from nvidia settings I see only this https://imgur.com/hmblg90.png
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Re: GPU seems not swiching

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Puodelis wrote: ⤴Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:57 amSo, I have broken the OS and reinstalled, but the same problem occurs,
Please provide an updated inxi -Fxxxrz and the output of dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia.
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Re: GPU seems not swiching

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sorry for my inactivity, I had no time for computer, did other things. Here is updated outputs

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-58-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.13 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G3 3590 v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Dell model: 0VFVNR v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.11.1 
  date: 08/19/2020 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 45.7 Wh condition: 46.5/51.0 Wh (91%) volts: 12.4/11.4 
  model: LGC-LGC4.474 DELL 415CG9A type: Li-ion serial: <filter> 
  status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-9300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake rev: A L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 38400 
  Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 800/4100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 900 2: 900 
  3: 900 4: 900 5: 900 6: 900 7: 900 8: 900 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3e9b 
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell 
  driver: nvidia v: 465.27 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1f91 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting,nvidia 
  unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 465.27 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: sof-audio-pci 
  bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a348 
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10fa 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-58-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Dell driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 04:00.0 
  chip ID: 168c:0042 
  IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-14:4 
  chip ID: 0cf3:e009 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 588.73 GiB used: 73.05 GiB (12.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: BC501 NVMe 512GB 
  size: 476.94 GiB speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 serial: <filter> rev: 80002C00 
  scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HTS541612J9SA00 size: 111.79 GiB 
  speed: 1.5 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: C70P scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 467.96 GiB used: 36.52 GiB (7.8%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 35 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxuprising-java-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxuprising/java/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris-team-lutris-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lutris-team/lutris/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:
  Processes: 265 Uptime: 1m Memory: 7.61 GiB used: 1.30 GiB (17.0%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.0.38

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ii  libnvidia-cfg1-465:amd64                   465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-465                       465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
ii  libnvidia-compute-465:amd64                465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-465:i386                 465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-decode-465:amd64                 465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-decode-465:i386                  465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-encode-465:amd64                 465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-encode-465:i386                  465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-extra-465:amd64                  465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-465:amd64                   465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-465:i386                    465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-465:amd64                     465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-gl-465:i386                      465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-ifr1-465:amd64                   465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
ii  libnvidia-ifr1-465:i386                    465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-465                   465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-dkms-465                            465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-driver-465                          465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-465                   465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-465                   465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-prime                               0.8.16~0.20.04.1                      all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-prime-applet                        1.2.6                                 all          An applet for NVIDIA Prime
ii  nvidia-settings                            460.73.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1            amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-utils-465                           465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  screen-resolution-extra                    0.18build1                            all          Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-465              465.27-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
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Re: GPU seems not swiching

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So, I tried to run something and it magically works. Thanks to everyone's help.
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Puodelis wrote: ⤴Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:04 am So, I tried to run something and it magically works. Thanks to everyone's help.
Your system is now rendering with Nvidia. Maybe you rebooted the computer. Doing that helps to make the change happen when switching.
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3e9b
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell
driver: nvidia v: 465.27 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1f91
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 465.27
direct render: Yes
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