Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2022-11-12 at 14:27 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan composed on 2022-11-12 13:55 (UTC): > > > As mentioned in another sub-thread, I got it working by disabling > > the > > IGP via the BIOS. I'd still like to make this more dynamic by > > blacklisting the IGP at boot, but ha

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-12 Thread Felix Miata
Patrick O'Callaghan composed on 2022-11-12 13:55 (UTC): > As mentioned in another sub-thread, I got it working by disabling the > IGP via the BIOS. I'd still like to make this more dynamic by > blacklisting the IGP at boot, but haven't managed this yet. It doesn't > seem to be enough just to put i

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-12 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2022-11-12 at 14:30 +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 09:30:36AM -0400, George N. White III wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 9:21 AM Patrick O'Callaghan > > > > wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > Rebooting with only the AMD card connected to the monitor doesn't > > > w

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-12 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 09:30:36AM -0400, George N. White III wrote: On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 9:21 AM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: [...] Rebooting with only the AMD card connected to the monitor doesn't work either. I may have to disable the IGP from the BIOS, but I can't believe this is the only

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-11 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2022-11-10 at 08:02 -0700, stan via users wrote: > On Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:09:02 + > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > Is there some grub magic I need to do? I assumed this would be > > automatic but it seems not. > > When I switched from nvidia to amd, many years ago, it was seamless.

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-11 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 22:55 +0100, greg wrote: > In order to disable i915 altogether, I used an option in bios/efi > firmware. > (I have an NVIDIA card and want to use it always/for any > application.) That's what I ended up doing. I tried blacklisting the i915 but it was still be there on booting

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-10 Thread stan via users
On Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:09:02 + Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Is there some grub magic I need to do? I assumed this would be > automatic but it seems not. When I switched from nvidia to amd, many years ago, it was seamless. But that was older hardware, I didn't have two graphics cards (a built

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-10 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2022-11-10 at 09:30 -0400, George N. White III wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 9:21 AM Patrick O'Callaghan > > wrote: > > > [...] > > > I did at least > > manage to get screen output by using "Run on discrete graphics > > card" > > from Gnome. > > > > However a) I want to use KDE, and

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-10 Thread George N. White III
On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 9:21 AM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > [...] > I did at least > manage to get screen output by using "Run on discrete graphics card" > from Gnome. > > However a) I want to use KDE, and b) I still haven't managed to get > anything graphically interesting to work, i.e. Windows

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-10 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 22:17 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 22:55 +0100, greg wrote: > > In order to disable i915 altogether, I used an option in bios/efi > > firmware. > > (I have an NVIDIA card and want to use it always/for any > > application.) > > > > That would cert

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-10 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 12:27 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan composed on 2022-11-09 17:09 (UTC): > > > $ inxi -G > > That's not enough info. Show -GSaz please. > > Proprietary NVidia driver removal is not a simple matter of > uninstalling rpms. > Typically blacklisting and/or /etc

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 11/9/22 14:28, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 13:38 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 11/9/22 12:36, Felix Miata wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan composed on 2022-11-09 20:07 (UTC): $ inxi -GSaz System:    Kernel: 6.0.5-200.fc36.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 2

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 13:38 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 11/9/22 12:36, Felix Miata wrote: > > Patrick O'Callaghan composed on 2022-11-09 20:07 (UTC): > > > > > $ inxi -GSaz > > > System: > > >    Kernel: 6.0.5-200.fc36.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: > > > gcc > > > v: 2.37-36.fc36

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 22:55 +0100, greg wrote: > In order to disable i915 altogether, I used an option in bios/efi > firmware. > (I have an NVIDIA card and want to use it always/for any > application.) > That would certainly be an option, though I'd prefer to avoid BIOS settings id possible. > >

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-09 Thread greg
On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 6:09 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I've replaced my ageing Nvidia card with a more recent and much faster > AMD GPU. However when I boot the system, the default display still > shows as the built-in Intel chip, even though AMD modules are loaded: > > $ sudo lsmod|grep -i

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-09 Thread Felix Miata
Samuel Sieb composed on 2022-11-09 16:38 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote: >> Patrick O'Callaghan composed on 2022-11-09 20:07 (UTC): >>> $ inxi -GSaz >>> System: >>>Kernel: 6.0.5-200.fc36.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc >>> v: 2.37-36.fc36 >>> parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd2

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 11/9/22 12:36, Felix Miata wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan composed on 2022-11-09 20:07 (UTC): $ inxi -GSaz System: Kernel: 6.0.5-200.fc36.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 2.37-36.fc36 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd2,gpt2)/vmlinuz-6.0.5-200.fc36.x86_64 root=UUID=8e1f7af

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-09 Thread Felix Miata
Patrick O'Callaghan composed on 2022-11-09 20:07 (UTC): > $ inxi -GSaz > System: > Kernel: 6.0.5-200.fc36.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc > v: 2.37-36.fc36 > parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd2,gpt2)/vmlinuz-6.0.5-200.fc36.x86_64 > root=UUID=8e1f7af4-c0bf-434e-b1c4-a9af2c810d56 ro

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 19:25 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 12:27 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > Patrick O'Callaghan composed on 2022-11-09 17:09 (UTC): > > > > > $ inxi -G > > > > That's not enough info. Show -GSaz please. > > > > $ inxi -Gsaz > Graphics: >   Device-1:

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2022-11-09 at 12:27 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan composed on 2022-11-09 17:09 (UTC): > > > $ inxi -G > > That's not enough info. Show -GSaz please. > $ inxi -Gsaz Graphics: Device-1: Intel IvyBridge GT2 [HD Graphics 4000] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: k

Re: Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-09 Thread Felix Miata
Patrick O'Callaghan composed on 2022-11-09 17:09 (UTC): > $ inxi -G That's not enough info. Show -GSaz please. Proprietary NVidia driver removal is not a simple matter of uninstalling rpms. Typically blacklisting and/or /etc/X11/xorg.con* files and/or kernel cmdline options get left behind, and

Moving to a new GPU

2022-11-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
I've replaced my ageing Nvidia card with a more recent and much faster AMD GPU. However when I boot the system, the default display still shows as the built-in Intel chip, even though AMD modules are loaded: $ sudo lsmod|grep -i amd amdgpu 10153984 1 iommu_v2 24576 1 a