how can I setup the amd GPU as a default gpu instead of intel graphics?
hi my name is divine in this is my first time in this forum. I'm using arch(manjaro). Ive been searching for a way to setup amd GPU as the default gpu to be used by my laptop instead of the intel graphics. there are several article and post regarding this so I tried following some of it. theres few article saying I need catalyst control center., and its a pain to install this thing. I did install though its giving me an error.
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System: Host: lenovo Kernel: 3.18.20-1-MANJARO x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.2.0) |
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Maybe this Arch WiKi will help. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hybrid_graphics From reading this thread it is possible to switch between graphics cards with Bumblebee but from what I understand Bumblebee is for the distribution Ubuntu. I'm not sure if Bumblebee would work with Arch Linux. http://askubuntu.com/questions/24854...hics-in-ubuntu When I installed the AMD driver for my ATI/AMD Radeon Graphics card it was buggy and my graphics would flash a lot on the screen and I had trouble with my screen freezing. http://wiki.playonlinux.com/index.ph...s_Card_Drivers https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI Sorry I don't know more about graphics. Maybe another member running Arch (manjaro) will chime in. |
thanks for the reply,. I really appreciate it. I did already see few of those links. I really need to know how to make my GPU works on linux,. for Im already losing hope on completely switching to linux. But I still love it so I hope theres a way to do this. still lookin out there by the way.
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If there is a way I'm sure a member will chime in and tell you. You could try disabling the card that you don't want to use in the BIOS possibly- Blacklist it in the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file then log out and log back in. http://superuser.com/questions/45072...f-the-computer Here's an example of how to blacklist- (I've never tried it) https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=131740 Hope that helps- |
maybe with /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo. Here is some info on it;:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...8/#post4830372 If it works you can mount the /sys/kernel/debug startup by an entry in /etc/fstab and the other commands in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local |
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lspci -vnn | grep '\''[030[02]\]' Code:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 0b) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) it is also stated in the article that if It only shows 1 graphics card then I cant proceed any further. why is this happening? I mean the ATI/AMD GPU is showing in Code:
inxi -Fxz Code:
Graphics: Card-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller Code:
'lspci' |
Run the following to see if the two cards are listed.
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mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug Code:
echo DDIS > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch Code:
echo DIS > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch then: Code:
echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch |
thanks for the reply. I tried it, and it looks like the dedicated GPU is turned off or maybe not I'm not sure?. it gives me this eh
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[root@lenovo pao]# mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug |
run
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echo ON > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch Code:
cat /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch Another option might be to add an entry to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf to blacklist the intel module at boot up. |
I really want to thank you for givin an effort to help.
the GPU is still off,. this is a brand new lenovo 40-70 I just hope the card is not broken :( Code:
[pao@lenovo ~]$ su |
create a /etc/modprobe.d/intel-blacklist.conf with the following line;
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blacklist intel |
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nah nothing happens. :(
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Have you tried making the switch in the BIOS? Just be sure you have one card turned on before exiting BIOS.
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discrete runs gpu depending on the user activities. UMA only runs intel. I can see that when I choose UMA. and run the code inxi -Fxz the ATI card is not visible and it shows up again when I choose "Discrete" so I believe it is working,. :( :( :( I'm now reformatting the whole computer to xubuntu apparently I'm havin the same issue. well, I notice one thing when I type in. lspci | grep VGA when it says,. !!!unknown header type Code:
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