[OPEN] How can I make to use the GPU?

[PinyaColada]

I have the GPU with nvidia installed as you can see if I do:

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$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)" 

It returns:

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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 630 (rev 04)
	DeviceName:  Onboard IGD
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 11f9
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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 11f9
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

But I don't know how to use the GPU, I would prefer to only use the GPU since I'm always on power.

[erikdubois]

Give us more info

copy/paste from discord

After checking there is no such issue posted on the forum you create a new post in the correct forum. Give us the following elements at least.
- what iso are you using - type' iso' in the terminal and copy paste that in the post between tags in the forum post
- type 'inxi -b' in a terminal and copy/paste the code between tags in the forum post (sudo pacman -S inxi --- if not available)
- type 'probe' in a terminal and provide us the link (sudo pacman -S hw-probe --- if not available)
- what graphical drivers have you installed
- on what desktop does the error occur
- is that system up to date - go to TTY (CTRL + ALT + F2 or in VIrtualbox RIght CTRL + F2) and type 'update' and reboot first
- why do you think you have an issue - previous actions can explain the current issue

then search the website with the word optimus

https://arcolinux.com/?s=optimus

[PinyaColada]

1.-

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ISO_RELEASE=v21.01.7
ISO_CODENAME=ArcoLinuxB-gnome
ISO_BUILD=Sat Jan  2 11:04:32 AM CET 2021

2.-

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System:    Host: pinya-ge73vr7re Kernel: 5.10.27-1-lts x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: GNOME 3.38.4 Distro: ArcoLinux 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: GE73VR 7RE v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required> 
           Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-17C1 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends 
           v: E17C1IMS.100 date: 05/19/2017 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 40.2 Wh (94.1%) condition: 42.7/53.4 Wh (79.8%) 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core Intel Core i7-7700HQ [MT MCP] speed: 897 MHz min/max: 800/3800 MHz 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] driver: nvidia v: 460.67 
           Device-3: Realtek HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: loaded: modesetting resolution: 1920x1080~120Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.1 
Network:   Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath10k_pci 
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet driver: alx 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 28.16 GiB (2.4%) 
Info:      Processes: 230 Uptime: 3m Memory: 15.52 GiB used: 1.79 GiB (11.5%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.03 

3.- I installed the latest driver 460
4.- I use gnome
5.- It is updated
6.- This laptop always had problems with the drivers, having the right drivers is always not all you have to do, in manjaro witch it has a gui driver installer, if I had linux-video installated in the intel + mod-settings and Nvidea 460 it never used the GPU. I really don't understand why this happens but I tried installing the optimus to see if I can change anything this way but it crashes. How should I install the optimus? how can I change the intel drivers?

[erikdubois]

A thought... some users have told me they can change settings in their Bios/uefi settings of the motherboard.

Look up if that is possible on yours.