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Mona5

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Registered: 2023-07-24

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[SOLVED]is installing xf86-video-intel for hybrid GPU Intel-AMD needed

Hello again,
i installed a fresh arch and installed i3 window manager, so also picom (formerly known as compton i think) i installed "xf86-video-intel" as i thought i have for example a hybrid graphic card and i need my cpu side and gpu (amd i installed amd needed drivers) side driver but after reboot picom acted funny and all screen started to show line from up to down and i wasn't able to see anything.(for picom i used glx as backend)

so i have to stop picom went to a tty and stop it but even so picom that has been killed, games lake luanti (formerly know as minetest) and helvum (a pipewire patchway) acted like picom and show lines and i wasn't able to see app itself.

so i removed xf86-video-intel that fixed my problem but is this a correct way? was i wrong to install it in first place or this driver card is needed and i messed up somewhere else.
output of glxinfo

$ DRI_PRIME=1 glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer"
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon R7 M360 (radeonsi, iceland, ACO, DRM 3.61, 6.13.8-arch1-1)
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$ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL renderer"
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2)

and output of xrandr

$xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 2
Provider 0: id: 0x44 cap: 0xf, Source Output, Sink Output, Source Offload, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 3 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
Provider 1: id: 0xae cap: 0xd, Source Output, Source Offload, Sink Offload crtcs: 0 outputs: 0 associated providers: 1 name:AMD Radeon R7 M360 @ pci:0000:01:00.0

i have to tell that before i remove "xf86-video-intel" provider number 0 (name:modesetting) was actually it's name was Intel but after i remove the package it's name changed to modesetting.

i use "nvtop" and "amd_gpu" for GPU check and when i use

$DRI_PRIME=1 luanti #for example

i see activity on both my GPU (Intel <intel also is my CPU> and AMD) is this correct? am i do it right? while normally luanti use intel GPU processing but when using $DRI_PRIME=1 use AMD and also Intel.

is using DRI_PRIME this way recommended?

Last edited by Mona5 (2025-03-30 04:21:07)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED]is installing xf86-video-intel for hybrid GPU Intel-AMD needed

Let's start at the beginning. Why would you assume you would ever use xf86-video-intel on a Skylake setup?

Last edited by Scimmia (2025-03-30 02:28:45)

mackin_cheese

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Registered: 2025-01-07

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Re: [SOLVED]is installing xf86-video-intel for hybrid GPU Intel-AMD needed

What reference page were you using that led you to believe that you needed xf86-video-intel?

Mona5

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Registered: 2023-07-24

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Re: [SOLVED]is installing xf86-video-intel for hybrid GPU Intel-AMD needed

sorry i didn't used a documented reference in my old setup i used this on my past install and it didn't had a problem. but that time i used wayland and gnome.
sorry i thought i have to install Intel side video too, so i never had to install from the beginning?
is this setup really correct? i don't know alot about hardware setups because this is my second or i think third time installing a fresh arch.

mackin_cheese

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Re: [SOLVED]is installing xf86-video-intel for hybrid GPU Intel-AMD needed

Alright if you are not sure, you should be doing research first and then asking once you reach a roadblock. Research is essential in a DIY distro.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hybrid_graphics

Mona5

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Registered: 2023-07-24

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Re: [SOLVED]is installing xf86-video-intel for hybrid GPU Intel-AMD needed

sorry,
you are correct i have to research(even if i am not good at it) more but no one i know has a interest to arch or other linux systems so i couldn't ask for advise and only can do it inside this forums or when i go search in the internet most of stuff doesn't specifies my problem and i read some forum but they aren't for amd or arch for this matter, however my problem is solved.

my solution was to remove xf86-video-intel and instead use of modesetting and DRI_PRIME to use the iGPU or dGPU i want.

and i shouldn't install it in first place modesetting do the job for it for now and i didn't need to install xf86-video-intel in the first place.

thank you guys.

Nyctfall

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Registered: 2023-04-03

Posts: 82

Re: [SOLVED]is installing xf86-video-intel for hybrid GPU Intel-AMD needed

The Intel 2D graphics DDX driver usually needs manual X.Org configuration to use the modesetting driver on newer hardware if "xf86-video-intel" is installed.

when i go search in the internet most of stuff doesn't specifies my problem and i read some forum but they aren't for amd or arch for this matter

With the prevalence of search engine echo chambers making Google a less than reliable method of finding consistent results for a given search query, I can understand... since I'm a web dev.

Here are some useful tools to help find resources with googling with the syntax from: DuckDuckGo or Google, or using Google Scholar.
Using quotes for specific search terms:

"find this in every search"

Using the "OR", "AND", and grouping operators in queries to get more useful results for one search:

("term" AND "term2") OR term3

or using site specifiers when searching for results from specific websites:

site:example.com

Last edited by Nyctfall (2025-03-30 15:31:14)

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Mona5

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Registered: 2023-07-24

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Re: [SOLVED]is installing xf86-video-intel for hybrid GPU Intel-AMD needed

Thank you @Nyctfall
i use duck in daily basics i don't have interest for "Go Ogle". i use site:***** to get arch entry and don't waste my time over unix.exchange and stuff like that my first priority is always arch wiki and bbs after that other sites.
however English isn't my strong suit and most helping there is in wiki are i sometimes never get what they really saying. its a little overwhelming and my ISP always limit my network use(daily) so it's always like i am in a rush and just read the point of interest so i sometimes drop important stuff.
Sorry to waste your time.
i hope arch last forever. i found a great interest over arch linux.
thanks @Nyctfall and others who helped me until now.

Last edited by Mona5 (2025-04-09 05:52:04)

Nyctfall

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Registered: 2023-04-03

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Re: [SOLVED]is installing xf86-video-intel for hybrid GPU Intel-AMD needed

English isn't my strong suit and most helping there is in wiki are i sometimes never get what they really saying.

No worries! 
There is also the "Other Languages" forum and "International Communites" for native language posts, maybe they will be able to help translate.

ISP always limit my network use(daily) so it's always like i am in a rush and just read the point of interest so i sometimes drop important stuff.

Network bandwidth limits by ISPs are the worst. These packages in the [extra] repo should help with getting the Arch Wiki pages without internet:

[extra]/arch-wiki-docs: The browser version of the Arch Wiki pages for offline viewing with a browser. The list of languages in under: 'file:///usr/share/doc/arch-wiki/html/'.
[extra]/arch-wiki-lite: The text version of the Arch Wiki pages that are viewed in a terminal.
[extra]/wikiman: Terminal viewer for the arch-wiki-docs package, Gentoo Wiki pages, and Man pages.

You may also want to look into using Firefox "Offline Mode" to view browser history without internet. Use the Alt key, or right-click the Firefox title bar, to see the "menu bar", under "File" there should be a checkbox that says "Work Offline". That will use the browser cache to view website pages in the browser history.
There are other ways of saving website pages, but most of the ones I have tried have issues with most modern websites that use dynamic content loading.
Firefox has their own "Pocket" website saving service, but that requires signing-in to use. And based off of recent Firefox "Terms of Use" changes... I do not recommend using Pocket.

See:
Superuser > "Simple way for browsing offline in Firefox"
Superuser > "How to force firefox to use the cache?"
Superuser > "How can I cache all pages I visit with Firefox?"
Firefox Support Forums > "How to configure Firefox so that it will load everything from cache after restart, in case I am offline?"
Firefox Support Forums > "how to increase cache size"
Firefox Support Forums > "How to locate and change Firefox Cache storage location"

Hopefully it helps! 

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Mona5

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Registered: 2023-07-24

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Re: [SOLVED]is installing xf86-video-intel for hybrid GPU Intel-AMD needed

:0 those package come handy i never thought something like that even exist.
thanks for writing to me about this packages existence i could use it with ease and try to learn more about arch with more peace in mind.
i wished i know about this packages sooner.
bye.