How to know if a New Nvidia Graphics Card (2050) (in Discreet Mode or by Primus) is "Activated" & Work "Automatically" ?
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 1:19 pm
Hello All... 
* I wish you an very "Happy New Year"....
I would like to find some help to know if a recent Nvidia Graphics Card (2050 Notebook) works correctly
and if it is actually "Enabled",
and if applications, (in Discreet Mode or by Primus), especially multimedia and HDMI outputs will pass their signals
directly through the Nvidia graphics card, and not through the Intel one ?
I am on a MSI Laptop Katana 17 B17UCXK
with recent Nvidia card GeForce RTX 2050
- with actually the 565.57 Nvidia Driver, serie "New Features"...
and an Intel 13th Gen Intel Core i7 x16 -13620H processor...
* - Here some basics information about my system =
Operating System: MX Linux 23
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.12.7-2-liquorix-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13620H
Memory: 15.3 Gio of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: Katana 17 B13UCXK
System Version: REV:1.0
** Below you will find the different information about my Laptop, about my configuration,
and about the Mx Linux 23.4 KDE AHS system,
that you will find in the different command outputs (Konsole - Kde)
and in the "quick system information"...
* Output "inxi -G" =
* Output "inxi -F --no-host --width" =
* Output "Quick System Information" =
* - Here, I tell you about different steps and problems that I recently encountered
because of a bug or other problem with the Nvidia 560 Driver,
and the installation or updates of new Kernels like 6.12.7.2 64,
until I decided to Uninstall it, and Reinstall the Nvidia 565.57 Driver,
which allowed me to solve all of these problems for the moment...
* - With some of my questions :
Having just solved All the installation error problems of the Kernels series 6.12.7.2, etc.,
after uninstalling the Nvidia 560 Driver, and after Reboot and Cleaning,
installing the Driver 565.57...
- Then following that, having found again the checkbox in "Mx Packages Installer"
for the installation of the package: "Liquorix 64 Bit (ahs updates packages)",
and having (just to see if all works and Test it all) installed the various
"Ahs" kernels = 6.10.11 64 ahs; 6.11.9 64 ahs; 6.12.6 64 ahs,
plus the famous and problematic (Before Installation New Driver 565),
the 6.12.7.2 64 Kernel, (which apparently is not in the "Ahs" category)...
And now, all is ok !...
- * And after install of the differents kernels, i do a reboot,
and all the problems of installing Kernels, and different packages,
including in "Discover" (Kde), and by the konsole, have all been solved...
Yeaahhh....
* - Now, just to do a real Test, i'm started with the problematic "Kernel 6.12.7.2 64",
and everything seems to be working fine for now...
On the other hand "inxi -G" lists the 2 Graphic Cards : Intel Graphics Cards (in 1)
and Nvidia Graphics Card (in 2)...
* But in my case, and as for using the Nvidia Driver 565.57,
I tried the 2 commands indicated in the article shared by Andy Lobb (Mx FB Group),
and for advice about Primus, Bumblebee & Optirun,
but none of these solutions are installed on my system...
- * But there, I don't know what command to run to know if the Nvidia Graphic card
is in service and if the applications (Multimedia, Audio & Video) go through it ?
Afterwards, maybe I am directly and already in "Discreet Mode",
but how can I know that, please ?
- Maybe, I can also install "Primus" (for the new Nvidia drivers,
and for info : Optirun and Bumblebee being obsolete for these New Drivers 560 serie...),
but I'm afraid that it won't work, and that it risks breaking everything (???)...
* What commands for the Konsole, and what Solution-s to control and see all this, please ?
Tanks for Help of anyone....
Thanks you very much for All Your Help....
* I wish you an very "Happy New Year"....
I would like to find some help to know if a recent Nvidia Graphics Card (2050 Notebook) works correctly
and if it is actually "Enabled",
and if applications, (in Discreet Mode or by Primus), especially multimedia and HDMI outputs will pass their signals
directly through the Nvidia graphics card, and not through the Intel one ?
I am on a MSI Laptop Katana 17 B17UCXK
with recent Nvidia card GeForce RTX 2050
- with actually the 565.57 Nvidia Driver, serie "New Features"...
and an Intel 13th Gen Intel Core i7 x16 -13620H processor...
* - Here some basics information about my system =
Operating System: MX Linux 23
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.12.7-2-liquorix-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13620H
Memory: 15.3 Gio of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: Katana 17 B13UCXK
System Version: REV:1.0
** Below you will find the different information about my Laptop, about my configuration,
and about the Mx Linux 23.4 KDE AHS system,
that you will find in the different command outputs (Konsole - Kde)
and in the "quick system information"...
* Output "inxi -G" =
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inxi -G
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107 [GeForce RTX 2050] driver: nvidia v: 565.57.01
Device-3: Bison HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
resolution: 1920x1080~144Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics
(RPL-P)
* Output "inxi -F --no-host --width" =
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inxi -F --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 6.12.7-2-liquorix-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma
v: 5.27.5 Distro: MX-23.4_KDE_x64 Libretto May 19 2024
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: Katana 17 B13UCXK v: REV:1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-17L5 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: E17L5IMS.114 date: 01/29/2024
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 46.0 Wh (96.0%) condition: 47.9/52.0 Wh (92.2%)
CPU:
Info: 10-core (6-mt/4-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13620H bits: 64
type: MST AMCP cache: L2: 9.5 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 939 min/max: 400/2901 cores: 1: 1461 2: 1600 3: 400
4: 400 5: 468 6: 435 7: 800 8: 400 9: 400 10: 500 11: 400 12: 400 13: 401
14: 3660 15: 2901 16: 400
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107 [GeForce RTX 2050] driver: nvidia v: 565.57.01
Device-3: Bison HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
resolution: 1920x1080~144Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics
(RPL-P)
Audio:
Device-1: Intel driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
Device-2: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel
API: ALSA v: k6.12.7-2-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 4c:5f:70:5d:fc:d7
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: down mac: d8:43:ae:37:24:bf
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 state: up address: 4C:5F:70:5D:FC:DB
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller Intel
driver: vmd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.29 TiB used: 956.03 GiB (40.9%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Phison model: 512GB ESO512GHLCA1-21C-2MS
size: 476.94 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Extreme 55AE
size: 931.48 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 237.6 GiB used: 40.98 GiB (17.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 296 MiB used: 27.2 MiB (9.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-3: /home size: 387.83 GiB used: 31.8 GiB (8.2%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 32.22 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.8 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 371 Uptime: 5h 36m Memory: 15.33 GiB used: 5.69 GiB (37.1%)
Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.26
Code: Select all
System: Kernel: 6.12.7-2-liquorix-amd64 [6.12-9~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0 intel_pstate=disable amd_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.7-2-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash init=/lib/systemd/systemd Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.4_KDE_x64 Libretto May 19 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) Machine: Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: Katana 17 B13UCXK v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-17L5 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: E17L5IMS.114 date: 01/29/2024 Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 46.0 Wh (96.0%) condition: 47.9/52.0 Wh (92.2%) volts: 12.7 min: 11.4 model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: not charging CPU: Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13620H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+ process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xBA (186) stepping: 2 microcode: 0x4122 Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 10 mt: 6 tpc: 2 st: 4 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 864 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB, 4x64 KiB L2: 9.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 1x2 MiB L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1388 high: 3600 min/max: 400/2901 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 650 2: 991 3: 1000 4: 771 5: 1065 6: 1135 7: 2273 8: 697 9: 485 10: 500 11: 500 12: 800 13: 3600 14: 3600 15: 3369 16: 781 bogomips: 93388 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected Type: l1tf status: Not affected Type: mds status: Not affected Type: meltdown status: Not affected Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File Type: retbleed status: Not affected Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S Type: srbds status: Not affected Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Graphics: Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-P [UHD Graphics] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Gen-13 process: Intel 7 (10nm) built: 2022+ ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a7a8 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: NVIDIA GA107 [GeForce RTX 2050] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 565.57.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 ports: active: none empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,eDP-2 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25ad class-ID: 0300 Device-3: Bison HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 5986:211b class-ID: 0e02 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93") Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x53ab built: 2023 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080 API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-P) direct-render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51ca class-ID: 0401 Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403 API: ALSA v: k6.12.7-2-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl Network: Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f1 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-10:8 chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony RAID: Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller Intel driver: vmd v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:a77f rev: class-ID: 0104 Drives: Local Storage: total: 2.29 TiB used: 956.03 GiB (40.9%) SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B4QFXO7 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:9 vendor: Phison model: 512GB ESO512GHLCA1-21C-2MS size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: ELFMH0.1 temp: 52.9 C scheme: GPT ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Extreme 55AE size: 931.48 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 3001 scheme: GPT SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 242.46 GiB size: 237.6 GiB (97.99%) used: 40.98 GiB (17.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 296 MiB (98.67%) used: 27.2 MiB (9.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 ID-3: /home raw-size: 395.1 GiB size: 387.83 GiB (98.16%) used: 31.8 GiB (8.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8 Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 32.22 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 69.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Repos: Packages: 3310 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3276 libs: 1816 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 34 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware 2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware 3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list 1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 1: deb https://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/mx/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free 2: deb https://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/mx/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial-added-by-mxpi.list 1: deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list 1: deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/ Info: Processes: 368 Uptime: 5h 37m wakeups: 24060 Memory: 15.33 GiB used: 5.78 GiB (37.7%) Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26 Boot Mode: UEFI
* - Here, I tell you about different steps and problems that I recently encountered
because of a bug or other problem with the Nvidia 560 Driver,
and the installation or updates of new Kernels like 6.12.7.2 64,
until I decided to Uninstall it, and Reinstall the Nvidia 565.57 Driver,
which allowed me to solve all of these problems for the moment...
* - With some of my questions :
Having just solved All the installation error problems of the Kernels series 6.12.7.2, etc.,
after uninstalling the Nvidia 560 Driver, and after Reboot and Cleaning,
installing the Driver 565.57...
- Then following that, having found again the checkbox in "Mx Packages Installer"
for the installation of the package: "Liquorix 64 Bit (ahs updates packages)",
and having (just to see if all works and Test it all) installed the various
"Ahs" kernels = 6.10.11 64 ahs; 6.11.9 64 ahs; 6.12.6 64 ahs,
plus the famous and problematic (Before Installation New Driver 565),
the 6.12.7.2 64 Kernel, (which apparently is not in the "Ahs" category)...
And now, all is ok !...
- * And after install of the differents kernels, i do a reboot,
and all the problems of installing Kernels, and different packages,
including in "Discover" (Kde), and by the konsole, have all been solved...
Yeaahhh....
* - Now, just to do a real Test, i'm started with the problematic "Kernel 6.12.7.2 64",
and everything seems to be working fine for now...
On the other hand "inxi -G" lists the 2 Graphic Cards : Intel Graphics Cards (in 1)
and Nvidia Graphics Card (in 2)...
* But in my case, and as for using the Nvidia Driver 565.57,
I tried the 2 commands indicated in the article shared by Andy Lobb (Mx FB Group),
and for advice about Primus, Bumblebee & Optirun,
but none of these solutions are installed on my system...
- * But there, I don't know what command to run to know if the Nvidia Graphic card
is in service and if the applications (Multimedia, Audio & Video) go through it ?
Afterwards, maybe I am directly and already in "Discreet Mode",
but how can I know that, please ?
- Maybe, I can also install "Primus" (for the new Nvidia drivers,
and for info : Optirun and Bumblebee being obsolete for these New Drivers 560 serie...),
but I'm afraid that it won't work, and that it risks breaking everything (???)...
* What commands for the Konsole, and what Solution-s to control and see all this, please ?
Tanks for Help of anyone....
Thanks you very much for All Your Help....