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linux
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System76 vs Star Labs vs Framework
If in the USA then System76 could be a good contender, they don't make the hardware just use Clevo hardware, however I've had so many issues with the Lemur Pro and support has been terrible, after significant shipping costs to fix a common freezing issue they sent it back with a broken trackpad, missing screws and the same issue persisting (https://github.com/pop-os/linux/issues/45 & https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues/1172) tbh they (System76) really don't like any critizism and popOS has been really flaky between updates, they also tend to be bad actors in the community with little upstreaming and a sense of superiority (https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/10/system76_gnome_desktop_fight/) - My machine (lemp9) is basically just sat in a cupboard gathering dust.
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Anyone that uses System76 Pangolin 12?
The problem is it says the audio is working out of the box, but it isn't. I've talked to the support and I was shown this: https://github.com/pop-os/linux/pull/205
- Should I switch from Linux mint?
- Mesa, Linux, Pop Shop updates available for testing
- Pop_OS! Kernel version questions
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Mesa 22.2.0 and linux-firmware 20220923 Released (Ryzen 7000 Support)
Linux 6.0.2: https://github.com/pop-os/linux/pull/182
- Kernel Updates
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Please sticky: boot stuck after kernel update to 5.19.0-76051900-generic #202207312230~1663625639~22.04~d522b3c
Root cause appears to be this change: Set SYSFB_SIMPLEFB=y
This issue is more complicated than it seems at first. In an attempt to resolve an issue with the plymouth decryption screen not working on some new System76 models we are developing, we located a config setting that is defaulted to yes in the upstream configuration but which we have had set to no. Enabling that setting (SYSFB_SIMPLEFB) fixed the plymouth decryption screen on these new System76 models, and was regression tested on a wide set of other models with various graphics configurations as shown with the checkmarks in the PR you linked https://github.com/pop-os/linux/pull/177
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Read this if you can't boot after last update
I skipped these 5.19.0 updates because I'm waiting for > 5.19.2 to fix this issue. Any idea when you are likely to release 5.19.5? Holding on 5.18.10 until then.
corectrl
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I forked SteamOS for my living room PC
> I only want some decent fan control instead of relying on random scripts off github. AMD has to release some sort of GUI panel for sure.
Have you tried CoreCtrl [0]?
> My 5800x3D and 6800XT deliver an outstanding Linux gaming experience.
I have a 7900XTX and performance under Linux has been at least on par with Windows, sometimes better (though not by much).
> May i ask what driver features are you missing?
I'm not GP but I'd love to see frame gen and stuff like anti-lag and upscaling integrated into amdgpu with some sort of official way of setting it (though looking at Adrenaline it might actually be best if it's left up to the community to create the GUIs).
- Recommendations for new AMD GPU setup
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AMD's 7900 XTX achieves better value for Stable Diffusion than Nvidia RTX 4080
> The AMD experience on Linux is vastly better than the Nvidia one.
I just wish we had an equivalent of AMD Software on Linux, so I could mess around with the settings more.
For example, I like to limit the GPU to 50-75% of it's total power for ambient heat/cooling reasons, or UPS/PSU/electricity bill reasons when specific games make it hard to cap framerates.
With AMD Software on Windows, it's no big deal. On Linux, the best I found was CoreCtrl: https://gitlab.com/corectrl/corectrl
Sadly, it doesn't seem to work all that well for my use case, which I mentioned in my blog post when using Linux instead of Windows as my daily driver at home too: https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/a-week-of-linux-instead-of-...
> You see, by default the card controls its own GPU and memory clock values, which means that when idle the GPU draws around 40 W of power. However, if I want to set a limit for how much W in total it can use, it also makes me set the GPU and memory clock values, which will them be fixed: so at idle the GPU will use about 60 W of power.
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Motherboard for Gamers
I'm bias toward Asus motherboards. I have an "Asus TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WIFI II" and a "Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (WI-FI) ATX". Both boards have a fan control feature in the BIOS/EFI. On the Windows side both boards come with Ai Suite 3 software. On the Linux side you might want to take a look at Corectrl ==> https://gitlab.com/corectrl/corectrl
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How do I change my CPU clock speed?
I use core control to mange a temperamental amd CPU/RAM combo (also disables iGPU). I had to add a amd boot flag using kernelstub to be able to set modes on the CPU.
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My linux switch from win10 has been a nightmare so far, please help, cant control CPU fan...
Maybe this will help. https://gitlab.com/corectrl/corectrl
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How to set up CoreCtrl
I recently got myself a 7900XT and I'd like to mess with the fan curve and OC it a little bit using CoreCtrl. I followed the steps on https://gitlab.com/corectrl/corectrl/-/wikis/Setup to enable it, add amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff to the grub config and reboot.
- 7900 XT / XTX Fan Curve
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Does anybody else wish people wouldn't start with Ubuntu?
CoreCtl?
What are some alternatives?
radeon-profile - Application to read current clocks of ATi Radeon cards (xf86-video-ati, xf86-video-amdgpu)
System76 Power Management - System76 Power Management
gamemode - Optimise Linux system performance on demand
tuxclocker - Qt overclocking tool for GNU/Linux
amdgpu-clocks - Simple script to control power states of amdgpu driven GPUs
kernelstub - A simple EFI boot manager manager for Linux
UniversalAMDFormBrowser - One ring to rule them all
fancontrol-gui - GUI for Fancontrol. It uses the KAuth module of the KDE Frameworks 5 to write the generated config file. Furthermore it communicates with systemd via dbus to control the fancontrol service. If you want to compile without systemd support set the -DNO_SYSTEMD option.
zenpower - Zenpower is Linux kernel driver for reading temperature, voltage(SVI2), current(SVI2) and power(SVI2) for AMD Zen family CPUs.
nvidia-settings - NVIDIA driver control panel
TLP - TLP - Optimize Linux Laptop Battery Life
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