could not connect to i3 on socket /tmp/i3-ipc.sock

[SHx7ejs7fCrP]

this occurs on endeavouros

[work@work ~]$ sudo optimus-manager --switch nvidia [sudo] password for work: WARNING : no power management option is currently enabled (this is the default since v1.2). Switching between GPUs will work but you will likely experience poor battery life. Follow instructions at https://github.com/Askannz/optimus-manager/wiki/A-guide--to-power-management-options to enable power management.

You are about to switch GPUs. This will forcibly close all graphical sessions and all your applications WILL CLOSE. (you can pass the --no-confirm option to disable this warning) Continue ? (y/N)

y Switching to mode : nvidia i3-msg: Could not connect to i3 on socket /tmp/i3-ipc.sock: No such file or directory Obt-Message: Failed to open an Input Method /bin/sh: line 1: awesome-client: command not found /bin/sh: line 1: bspc: command not found /bin/sh: line 1: qtile-cmd: command not found [work@work ~]$ [work@work ~]$ sudo optimus-manager --switch intel A GPU switch from integrated to nvidia is pending. Log out and log back in to apply. Warning: mode "intel" is deprecated, use "integrated" instead WARNING : no power management option is currently enabled (this is the default since v1.2). Switching between GPUs will work but you will likely experience poor battery life. Follow instructions at https://github.com/Askannz/optimus-manager/wiki/A-guide--to-power-management-options to enable power management.

You are about to switch GPUs. This will forcibly close all graphical sessions and all your applications WILL CLOSE. (you can pass the --no-confirm option to disable this warning) Continue ? (y/N)

Y Switching to mode : integrated i3-msg: Could not connect to i3 on socket /tmp/i3-ipc.sock: No such file or directory Obt-Message: Failed to open an Input Method /bin/sh: line 1: awesome-client: command not found /bin/sh: line 1: bspc: command not found /bin/sh: line 1: qtile-cmd: command not found

[Allorth]

I'm trying to get optimus-manager to work on arch (really arco-linux) using qtile and I get the same error and no effect running either prime-offload && optimus-manager --switch nvidia or prime-offload && optimus-manager --switch integrated. Is there any update on this bug?

[nwildner]

@Allorth , please try the optimus-manager-git package

@SHx7ejs7fCrP , can you confirm that this issue isn't at endeavourOS side and the i3-wm socket file is not located in other place by default like inside /run ?

i3-msg: Could not connect to i3 on socket /tmp/i3-ipc.sock: No such file or directory

This message indicates that this socket is somewhere else on the system.

Also, please let us know if you are still interested on this issue after updating your optimus manager to the last version available at optimus-manager-git package.