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`nvtop` on Raspberry Pi 5
does nvtop work on a raspberry pi 5?
i manually compiled it but it doesnt appear to be working:
vcgencmd seems to be reporting the right thing:
qincai@pi5-8g:~/nvtop/build $ cmake .. -DV3D_SUPPORT=ON --log-level=TRACE
-- Libudev stable: TRUE
-- Found Libdrm: /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libdrm.so (found version "2.4.124")
-- Found libdrm; Enabling support
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-- Could NOT find GTest (missing: GTEST_LIBRARY GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR GTEST_MAIN_LIBRARY)
-- Configuring done (3.6s)
-- Generating done (0.0s)
-- Build files have been written to: /home/qincai/nvtop/build
qincai@pi5-8g:~/nvtop/build $ make
[ 3%] Building C object src/CMakeFiles/nvtop.dir/nvtop.c.o
[ 6%] Building C object src/CMakeFiles/nvtop.dir/interface.c.o
[ 10%] Building C object src/CMakeFiles/nvtop.dir/interface_layout_selection.c.o
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[100%] Linking C executable nvtop
[100%] Built target nvtop
qincai@pi5-8g:~/nvtop/build $ sudo make install
[100%] Built target nvtop
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: "Release"
-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/nvtop
-- Set non-toolchain portion of runtime path of "/usr/local/bin/nvtop" to "/usr/local/lib"
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/man/man1/nvtop.1
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/icons/nvtop.svg
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/applications/nvtop.desktop
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/metainfo/nvtop.metainfo.xml
output of uname -a:
Linux pi5-8g 6.12.20+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.20-1+rpt1 (2025-03-26) aarch64 GNU/Linux
EDIT: i upgraded to 6.12.22-v8-16k+
not sure if related to this....
__$ glxinfo | grep "renderer string"
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7, 128 bits)
Find the PID of your WM/DE or other GPU-using programs, go to /proc/<yourpid>/fdinfo, and try to look for the drm-engine-render field to see if this information is present.
Find the PID of your WM/DE or other GPU-using programs, go to
/proc/<yourpid>/fdinfo, and try to look for thedrm-engine-renderfield to see if this information is present.
(base) pi@mpi5:/proc/44677/fdinfo $ uname -a
Linux mpi5 6.12.42-v8-16k+ #1899 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 19 15:13:04 BST 2025 aarch64 GNU/Linux
(base) pi@mpi5:/proc/44677/fdinfo $ cat /etc/issue
issue issue.d/ issue.net
(base) pi@mpi5:/proc/44677/fdinfo $ cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 12 \n \l
(base) pi@mpi5:/proc/44677/fdinfo $
(base) pi@mpi5:/proc/44677/fdinfo $ grep drm-engine-render *
17:drm-engine-render: 0 ns
35:drm-engine-render: 0 ns
38:drm-engine-render: 0 ns
39:drm-engine-render: 4283577407 ns
63:drm-engine-render: 4283577407 ns
64:drm-engine-render: 4283577407 ns
