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NilsS565

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Registered: 2018-03-27

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[SOLVED] [NVIDIA] GPU not used, PowerMizer says "undersized"

Hi,

it seems that my GPU is not being used, although drivers are installed. I use XFC4:

Output of glmark2:

    OpenGL Information
    GL_VENDOR:      Intel
    GL_RENDERER:    Mesa Intel(R) Graphics (ADL GT2)
    GL_VERSION:     4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 24.1.1-arch1.1
    Surface Config: buf=32 r=8 g=8 b=8 a=8 depth=24 stencil=0 samples=0
    Surface Size:   800x600 windowed

Output of nvidia-smi:

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 550.78                 Driver Version: 550.78         CUDA Version: 12.4     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce MX550           Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   49C    P8              3W /   30W |       5MiB /   2048MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
                                                                                         
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                              GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A      1644      G   /usr/lib/Xorg                                   4MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

lspci | grep VGA:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 0c)

lspci | grep 3D:

01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU117M [GeForce MX550] (rev a1)

nvidia-settings says: Power Source: Undersized.
I am using a Dell docking station.

I have reinstalled everything 10 times, apart from setting up the complete system from scratch I have redone everything.

Cant even use Google Meet (work laptop) without heavy stuttering and lags.

EDIT: This is a recent problem. I'm not sure it's since nvidia-550, but I've noticed it this week. Downgrading to 445 did not help.

Last edited by NilsS565 (2024-06-07 10:02:29)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] [NVIDIA] GPU not used, PowerMizer says "undersized"

Try https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/nvidia-535xx-utils instead of 445.
(ensure you have the headers for your kernel(s) installed, so linux-headers for linux. linux-lts-headers for linux-lts etc. )

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Re: [SOLVED] [NVIDIA] GPU not used, PowerMizer says "undersized"

Before doing that (or after), what's the output of "prime-run glxinfo -B"?
https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/nvidia-prime/

Edit:

Cant even use Google Meet (work laptop) without heavy stuttering and lags.

has probably nothing to do with any of that but that browser support for HW video acceleration on linux simply sucks - esp. w/ chromium based browsers you'll have to jump though all sorts of hoops to enable it againsts googles best judgement.
That's on top of https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardwa … celeration

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NilsS565

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Re: [SOLVED] [NVIDIA] GPU not used, PowerMizer says "undersized"

Output of prime-run glxinfo -B:

~ $ prime-run glxinfo -B
name of display: :0
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  150 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  24 (X_GLXCreateNewContext)
  Value in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  50
  Current serial number in output stream:  51

NilsS565

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Re: [SOLVED] [NVIDIA] GPU not used, PowerMizer says "undersized"

I tried a lot more and now I'm at the point that the GPU isn't even detected anymore, I can't use Xorg because no keyboard (usb or internal) or mouse / mousepad works. Can get plasma to start with wayland, but only if I start it from tty since sddm does not want to start with wayland and with x11 I cannot enter credentials.

I'm at the point where I'll probably bite my tongue and just reinstall everything because I think the setup is FUBAR.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] [NVIDIA] GPU not used, PowerMizer says "undersized"

If you've not done that so far, please post your complete system journal for the boot:

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

and also your Xorg log, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General (you can cat it into 0x0.st just the same)

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