Optimus manager does not work in intel or hybrid mode

[AntDavidLima]

Describe the bug Graphics are not recognized when hybrid or intel mode is selected, it works only when I set nvidia mode to start with the system. When I let hybrid or intel mode start with the system, I get a notification that I don't have gdm-prime installed, but I have installed gdm-prime and libgdm-prime. The optimus manager indicator extension shows that no mode is selected, if the system has not been started in nvidia mode, and in the system information the graphs are unknown. When I try to switch modes through extension, it informs me that I have to log out but nothing happens. And when I try to switch through the cli it, appears: ERROR: cannot check the active card (should be "integrated"). Reason: Cannot run glxinfo: Something went wrong during the last GPU setup...

System info Please include :

• Arch Linux
• Gnome 40
• GDM
• Dell Vostro 3460
• optimus-manager

# This parameter defines the method used to power switch the Nvidia card. See the documentation
# for a complete description of what each value does. Possible values :
#
# - nouveau : load the nouveau module on the Nvidia card.
# - bbswitch : power off the card using the bbswitch module (requires the bbswitch dependency).
# - acpi_call : try various ACPI method calls to power the card on and off (requires the acpi_call dependency)
# - custom: use custom scripts at /etc/optimus-manager/nvidia-enable.sh and /etc/optimus-manager/nvidia-disable.sh
# - none : do not use an external module for power management. For some laptop models it's preferable to
#          use this option in combination with pci_power_control (see below).
switching=none

# Enable PCI power management in "integrated" mode.
# This option is incompatible with acpi_call and bbswitch, so it will be ignored in those cases.
pci_power_control=no

# Remove the Nvidia card from the PCI bus.
# May prevent crashes caused by power switching.
# Ignored if switching=nouveau or switching=bbswitch.
pci_remove=no

# Reset the Nvidia card at the PCI level before reloading the nvidia module.
# Ensures the card is in a fresh state before reloading the nvidia module.
# May fix some switching issues. Possible values :
#
# - no : does not perform any reset
# - function_level : perform a light "function-level" reset
# - hot_reset : perform a "hot reset" of the PCI bridge. ATTENTION : this method messes with the hardware
#         directly, please read the online documentation of optimus-manager before using it.
#         Also, it will perform a PCI remove even if pci_remove=no.
#
pci_reset=no

# Automatically log out the current desktop session when switching GPUs.
# This feature is currently supported for the following DE/WM :
# GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, Deepin, Xfce, i3, Openbox, AwesomeWM, bspwm and dwm
# If this option is disabled or you use a different desktop environment,
# GPU switching only becomes effective at the next graphical session login.
auto_logout=yes

# GPU mode to use at computer startup.
# Possible values: nvidia, integrated, hybrid, auto, intel (deprecated, equivalent to integrated)
# "auto" is a special mode that auto-detects if the computer is running on battery
# and selects a proper GPU mode. See the other options below.
startup_mode=hybrid
# GPU mode to select when startup_mode=auto and the computer is running on battery.
# Possible values: nvidia, integrated, hybrid, intel (deprecated, equivalent to integrated)
startup_auto_battery_mode=integrated
# GPU mode to select when startup_mode=auto and the computer is running on external power.
# Possible values: nvidia, integrated, hybrid, intel (deprecated, equivalent to integrated)
startup_auto_extpower_mode=nvidia


[intel]

# Driver to use for the Intel GPU. Possible values : modesetting, intel
# To use the intel driver, you need to install the package "xf86-video-intel".
driver=intel

# Acceleration method (corresponds to AccelMethod in the Xorg configuration).
# Only applies to the intel driver.
# Possible values : sna, xna, uxa
# Leave blank for the default (no option specified)
accel=

# Enable TearFree option in the Xorg configuration.
# Only applies to the intel driver.
# Possible values : yes, no
# Leave blank for the default (no option specified)
tearfree=

# DRI version. Possible values : 2, 3
DRI=3

# Whether or not to enable modesetting for the nouveau driver.
# Does not affect modesetting for the Intel GPU driver !
# This option only matters if you use nouveau as the switching backend.
modeset=yes


[amd]

# Driver to use for the AMD GPU. Possible values : modesetting, amdgpu
# To use the amdgpu driver, you need to install the package "xf86-video-amdgpu".
driver=modesetting

# Enable TearFree option in the Xorg configuration.
# Only applies to the amdgpu driver.
# Possible values : yes, no
# Leave blank for the default (no option specified)
tearfree=

# DRI version. Possible values : 2, 3
DRI=3


[nvidia]

# Whether or not to enable modesetting. Required for PRIME Synchronization (which prevents tearing).
modeset=yes

# Whether or not to enable the NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable option in the Nvidia driver.
# Recommended, can cause poor CPU performance otherwise.
PAT=yes

# DPI value. This will be set using the Xsetup script passed to your login manager.
# It will run the command
# xrandr --dpi <DPI>
# Leave blank for the default (the above command will not be run).
DPI=96

# If you're running an updated version of xorg-server (let's say to get PRIME Render offload enabled),
# the nvidia driver may not load because of an ABI version mismatch. Setting this flag to "yes"
# will allow the loading of the nvidia driver.
ignore_abi=no

# Set to yes if you want to use optimus-manager with external Nvidia GPUs (experimental)
allow_external_gpus=no

# Comma-separated list of Nvidia-specific options to apply.
# Available options :
# - overclocking : enable CoolBits in the Xorg configuration, which unlocks clocking options
#   in the Nvidia control panel. Note: does not work in hybrid mode.
# - triple_buffer : enable triple buffering.
options=overclocking


# Enable Runtime D3 (RTD3) Power Management in the Nvidia driver. While in hybrid mode,
# this feature allows the Nvidia card to go into a low-power mode if it's not in use.
#
# IMPORTANT NOTES:
# - The feature is still experimental
# - It's only supported on laptops with a Turing GPU or above, and an Intel Coffee Lake CPU
# or above (not sure about the state of support for AMD CPUs).
# - if your Nvidia card also has an audio chip (for HDMI) or a USB port wired to it, they may not
# function properly while in low-power mode
#
# For more details, see
# https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/460.39/README/dynamicpowermanagement.html
#
# Available options:
# - no (the default): RTD3 power management is disabled.
# - coarse: the card only goes to low-power if no application is using it.
# - fine: the card is also allowed to go to low-power if applications are using it but have not
# actively submitted GPU work in some amount of time.
dynamic_power_management=no

# The Nvidia driver handles power to the video memory separately from the rest of GPU.
# When dynamic_power_management=fine, this options controls the threshold of memory utilization
# (in Megabytes) under which the memory is put in a low-power state.
# Values over 200MB are ignored. Leave blank for the default (200MB).
# Setting this value to 0 keeps the memory powered at all times.
dynamic_power_management_memory_threshold=

Logs ERROR: cannot check the active card (should be "integrated"). Reason: Cannot run glxinfo: Something went wrong during the last GPU setup... Log at /var/log/optimus-manager/switch/switch-20210825T141221.log Cannot execute command because of previous errors.

[42] INFO: Previous state was: {'type': 'pending_pre_xorg_start', 'requested_mode': 'hybrid', 'current_mode': None}
[42] INFO: Requested mode is: hybrid
[790] INFO: Available modules: ['nouveau', 'nvidia', 'nvidia_drm', 'nvidia_modeset', 'nvidia_uvm']
[790] INFO: Unloading modules ['nouveau'] (if loaded)
[795] INFO: switching=none, nothing to do
[867] INFO: Loading module nvidia
[1556] INFO: Loading module nvidia_drm
[2131] INFO: Writing to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-optimus-manager.conf
[2131] INFO: Writing state {'type': 'pending_post_xorg_start', 'switch_id': '20210825T141221', 'requested_mode': 'hybrid'}
[2131] INFO: Xorg pre-start hook completed successfully.
[11] INFO: # Xorg post-start hook
[11] INFO: Running /etc/optimus-manager/xsetup-hybrid.sh
[27] INFO: Writing state {'type': 'done', 'switch_id': '20210825T141221', 'current_mode': 'hybrid'}
[28] INFO: Xorg post-start hook completed successfully.
[11] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[36] INFO: RUNNING_UNDER_GDM is set and Xorg is still running. Aborting this hook because it was likely called by GDM when closing its login screen.
[11] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[33] INFO: RUNNING_UNDER_GDM is set and Xorg is still running. Aborting this hook because it was likely called by GDM when closing its login screen.
[11] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[29] INFO: RUNNING_UNDER_GDM is set and Xorg is still running. Aborting this hook because it was likely called by GDM when closing its login screen.
[11] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[26] INFO: Previous state was: {'type': 'done', 'switch_id': '20210825T141221', 'current_mode': 'hybrid'}
[26] INFO: Requested mode is: hybrid
[48] INFO: Writing to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-optimus-manager.conf
[49] INFO: Writing state {'type': 'pending_post_xorg_start', 'switch_id': '20210825T141221', 'requested_mode': 'hybrid'}
[49] INFO: Xorg pre-start hook completed successfully.
[10] INFO: # Xorg post-start hook
[10] INFO: Running /etc/optimus-manager/xsetup-hybrid.sh
[20] INFO: Writing state {'type': 'done', 'switch_id': '20210825T141221', 'current_mode': 'hybrid'}
[20] INFO: Xorg post-start hook completed successfully.
[10] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[32] INFO: RUNNING_UNDER_GDM is set and Xorg is still running. Aborting this hook because it was likely called by GDM when closing its login screen.
[11] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[27] INFO: RUNNING_UNDER_GDM is set and Xorg is still running. Aborting this hook because it was likely called by GDM when closing its login screen.
[10] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[28] INFO: RUNNING_UNDER_GDM is set and Xorg is still running. Aborting this hook because it was likely called by GDM when closing its login screen.
[10] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[27] INFO: Previous state was: {'type': 'done', 'switch_id': '20210825T141221', 'current_mode': 'hybrid'}
[27] INFO: Requested mode is: hybrid
[49] INFO: Writing to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-optimus-manager.conf
[49] INFO: Writing state {'type': 'pending_post_xorg_start', 'switch_id': '20210825T141221', 'requested_mode': 'hybrid'}
[49] INFO: Xorg pre-start hook completed successfully.
[10] INFO: # Xorg post-start hook
[10] INFO: Running /etc/optimus-manager/xsetup-hybrid.sh
[21] INFO: Writing state {'type': 'done', 'switch_id': '20210825T141221', 'current_mode': 'hybrid'}
[22] INFO: Xorg post-start hook completed successfully.
[11] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[35] INFO: RUNNING_UNDER_GDM is set and Xorg is still running. Aborting this hook because it was likely called by GDM when closing its login screen.
[10] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[30] INFO: RUNNING_UNDER_GDM is set and Xorg is still running. Aborting this hook because it was likely called by GDM when closing its login screen.
[10] INFO: # Xorg pre-start hook
[31] INFO: RUNNING_UNDER_GDM is set and Xorg is still running. Aborting this hook because it was likely called by GDM when closing its login screen.

[nwildner]

Sup @AntDavidLima . Is this still reproducing using optimus-manager-git and a more modern Linux install? Are you still interested on this issue?

Moreover, what is the NVIDIA GPU model you are using here?

Since this issue isn't active for the last 2+ years ago and a lot has changed in many aspects of multiple software, we'll keep this case opened for some days and close it if no answer is provided.

Have a nice week ahead.

[es20490446e]

Reopen if you are still experiencing this.