System76 Power Management VS supergfxctl

See: https://github.com/pop-os/system76-power

Also refer to https://github.com/pop-os/system76-power/issues/153 for setting environment variables and making simple scripts with it.

One example would be, I had problems with running native version of Substance Designer. And it had something to do with always using GPU or setting environment variables(https://github.com/pop-os/system76-power/issues/153). But I wouldn't know what to look for if a random guy on a forum didn't tell me to use it with NVIDIA Graphics.

[Update 2022-02-21] It appears that there are two packages, System76-io-dkms and System76-power. From what I gather only the first is necessary. I'm not sure how to install third-party DKMS modules that are not in the official repos. The official Void documentation on this topic is sparse, is there somewhere I can look this up?

Initially it only worked with Intel CPUs but it seems it supports AMD APUs now according to this Github issue https://github.com/pop-os/system76-power/issues/73

system76-power

The performance modes are going to affect how much power the system is using (and thus how much heat it's generating), not the fan curves directly. Those profiles are defined in the system76-power application, source code here: https://github.com/pop-os/system76-power/blob/master/src/daemon/profiles.rs

The script uses udev rules that are run at specific kernel events. It creates one rule for when the Laptop switches to battery power and another for when the Laptop switches to wall power. Both rules run system76-power while providing one of the available power profiles as an argument. I went with battery and balanced respectively.

Try the fix listed here: https://github.com/pop-os/system76-power/issues/358

Maybe this can help.

Have you tried supergfxctl or asusctl?

i will recommend https://gitlab.com/asus-linux/supergfxctl you can compile from source your dowloaded from a gentoo overlay. This is plug and play basically work really well on my laptop

supergfxctl build from source

I use supergfxctl (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/supergfxctl) to do that. When I switch the mode to hybrid and log out of my DE and log back in the hdmi output will work. Use the aur to install and then go to the gitlab repo to know you to setup (https://gitlab.com/asus-linux/supergfxctl) if you go to the legion discord I can help you on the Linux text channel.

Have the Asus Zephyrus g14 2020 model with the 3060 in it, works great. Just install NVIDIA proprietary drivers on it. Also, check out this GitLab repo for how to switch between your dedicated and integrated graphics. There is also an extension that acts as a frontend.

I'd probably rather recommend https://gitlab.com/asus-linux/supergfxctl since it doesn't require reboots when switching between graphics modes.

My problem lied with the GPU configuration in my system. my laptop has an intel iGPU and a T1200 Quadro Nvidia card. Nvidia uses their Optium technology by routing the descrete GPU output through the iGPU and then to the display. I could not get my dGPU to turn on since it wasn´t being detected. anyway. all resolved thanks to supergfxctl