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PostPosted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 10:55 am    Post subject: [SOLVED] X doesnt list my GPU as provider Reply with quote

Hi!

I used to game on windows and now I'm trying to move to gentoo for my gaming stuff (not my first linux distro). But my FPS is terrible.

I kept looking up reasons for this and yesterday I realized that x doesn't list my GPU (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 mobile) as a provider.

xrandr --listproviders
Code:

gaming-rig /home/ana # xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 1
Provider 0: id: 0x44 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 3 outputs: 3 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting


I've installed the proprietary x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers with the USE="dist-kernel" flag since im using the 6.9.6 gentoo distribution kernel

eselect kernel list
Code:

gaming-rig /home/ana # eselect kernel list
Available kernel symlink targets:
  [1]   linux-6.9.6-gentoo-dist *


Nvidia modules seem to be loaded:

lsmod | grep nvidia
Code:

gaming-rig /home/ana # lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_uvm           5754880  0
nvidia_drm            114688  0
nvidia_modeset       1552384  1 nvidia_drm
nvidia              59772928  2 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset
video                  69632  2 i915,nvidia_modeset


And if I run "nvtop"/"nvidia-smi" the GPU is shown although its not doing much of anything.

How can i get X to use my GPU?


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I fixed the issue, I wasn't in the "video" group.
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