NVIDIA/AMD Optimus

Maxthor

Good morning, please I need help because I can't use my Nvidia RTX 3050 graphics card, I have installed the drivers but I can't get it to do anything and I can't play on Steam either.
I'm completely desperate, I only see that the integrated one works for me because the nvidia doesn't start with any process, help me

tflovik

I had the same experience with my Lenovo Legion 5 PRO with AMD cpu/igpu and NVIDA dgpu. Eventually i had to replace Solus with Linux Mint. In Mint it works out of the box and i get an applet where i can switch between igpu and dgpu. If they fix this in Solus i will consider installing it again on my Legion.

decembre-dhiver

So, I had the same issue and luckily managed to resolve it.
But I can't really help because my solution was to install everything that seemed useful =))

Can you install libnvidia-container? I think that helped me ...

Maxthor

decembre-dhiver I have tried installing everything you mentioned and nothing.
When I put nvidia-smi it does not find any process.
I don't understand why they don't give any solution.
I really appreciate your help because I love Solus, he has a wonderful job.

decembre-dhiver

And I also have had a bunch of Vulkan related things: vkd3d, vkd3d-32bits, headers, glfw

decembre-dhiver

Do you use the flatpak version or the native steam package (from the Software Center)?

I use the eopkg version. Give it a try...

I had before managed to run some games using PROTON_USE_WINED3D %command% Add this to a game's launch options. This may work, but with a greater performance decrease =(

kaktuspalme

@Maxthor https://discuss.getsol.us/d/10552-steam-games-dont-start Maybe something from that thread will work.

Personally on my Nvidia GPU / AMD CPU Notebook, I set in the bios to only use the Nvidia GPU and then deleted that raden json file, see https://discuss.getsol.us/d/10552-steam-games-dont-start/12
In case that works for you, the drawback is less battery life. As I use that particular notebook only for gaming I'm fine with that. Besides that I don't have a clue about nvidia prime stuff.

decembre-dhiver

kaktuspalme
Sadly, it's only partially solved. We have discovered missing dependencies, but haven't resolved the general issue.
For me it suddenly started to work.

Maxthor

kaktuspalme i cant and i dont understand

Maxthor

Please i LOVE solus , i need help

zmaint

Maxthor When you installed the nvidia driver with the hardware driver manager, did you tick the box to install 32 bit libraries? I don't think steam will work without it.

Also you might try checking your BIOS for a setting to force it to use the dedicated (nvidia) GPU.

kaktuspalme

Well, at your own risk:
sudo mv /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd*.json /root/

to revert, do the opposite:
sudo mv /root/radeon_icd*.json /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/

Maxthor

zmaint i cant put in the bios , but i dont understand how are the people use Nvidia drivers with amd I have tried everything, I have installed everything and it recognizes the driver, but it cannot be used by any method so I am desperate and disappointed, because Solus is a wonderful distribution , thanks so much for help me

zmaint

Maxthor I've not had a laptop with both a dedicated and integrated GPU in a great many years, definitely not since moving fully to linux. I honestly don't know how else to help. I was hoping you could just turn the integrated off in bios, that's what I did many years ago when I had windows with a laptop that had nvidia and intel.

pastorczo13

zmaint I got into my bios and put it on discrete video card only and the OS refused to boot. It forces me to use my apu instead of my nvidea card on my laptop.

pastorczo13

Why can't you get into bios?
I understand your frustration, I keep coming back to solus since I bought a new laptop with hybrid graphics, but always end up with fedora for the option to use dedicated gfx card for different applications