Greetings Fedora community,
I’m currently running Fedora 37 Gnome, and I’ve successfully installed the proprietary Nvidia drivers as per the Fedora Docs here: How to Set Nvidia as Primary GPU on Optimus-based Laptops. Rebooted and everything seems to be working fine. Keep in mind I only want to use the GPU of my hybrid optimus laptop ( Acer Aspire E5-576G ), I don’t need to switch to Intel or use hybrid graphics, just using the GPU only is fine with me so the Fedora Docs worked out perfectly. I’m also currently running Wayland, though I have no trouble using Xorg either.
Packages related to Nvidia/graphics that I have already installed are the following:
gcc kernel-headers kernel-devel akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda nvidia-vaapi-driver
With Fedora 37 dropping VA-API support, RPMFuison has a new package out, so for Nvidia Closed Source drivers, they recommend also installing the following:
sudo dnf install mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld
My question is do I even really need this package at all if I already have nvidia-vaapi-driver packaged installed? Also on RMPFusion Howto/NVIDIA VDPAU/VAAPI they mention installing sudo dnf install vdpauinfo libva-vdpau-driver libva-utils for VDPAU/VAAPI support. But I have not done that as I’m under the assumption that the nvidia proprietary drivers andnvidia-vaapi-driver is all I need, but honestly at this point I am not sure anymore what is what and could definitely use some guidance.
Below is my system information and feel free to ask me anything for additional context. Appreciate any help, thank you.
[scott@fedora ~]$ inxi -Fxxxza --no-host
System:
Kernel: 6.0.12-300.fc37.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 2.38-25.fc37
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt2)/vmlinuz-6.0.12-300.fc37.x86_64
root=UUID=551aa2f5-b9fc-450e-8325-3ea018cbc7b0 ro rootflags=subvol=root
rd.luks.uuid=luks-dd84c37b-b460-44b0-9232-f550c644e682 rhgb quiet
rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau
nvidia-drm.modeset=1
Desktop: GNOME v: 43.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.35 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 43.0
Distro: Fedora release 37 (Thirty Seven)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire E5-576G v: V1.32
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: KBL model: Ironman_SK v: V1.32 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Insyde v: 1.32 date: 10/24/2017
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 9.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 9.4/62.2 Wh (15.2%)
volts: 12.6 min: 11.1 model: PANASONIC AS16B5J type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-8250U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3390 high: 3402 min/max: 400/3400 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 3402 2: 3401 3: 3400
4: 3316 5: 3400 6: 3400 7: 3401 8: 3401 bogomips: 28800
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: nvidia v: 520.56.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 520.xx+
status: current (as of 2022-10) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d10 class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Chicony HD WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:4
chip-ID: 04f2:b571 class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Najing CEC Panda LM156LF1L03 built: 2017
res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.3 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL
GT2) direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_soc_avs
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.12-300.fc37.x86_64 running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.62 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 139.95 GiB (58.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS256G39TND-N210A
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1P10 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 236.87 GiB size: 236.87 GiB (100.00%)
used: 139.72 GiB (59.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0
mapped: luks-dd84c37b-b460-44b0-9232-f550c644e682
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%)
used: 225.8 MiB (23.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 600 MiB size: 598.8 MiB (99.80%)
used: 17.4 MiB (2.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-4: /home raw-size: 236.87 GiB size: 236.87 GiB (100.00%)
used: 139.72 GiB (59.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0
mapped: luks-dd84c37b-b460-44b0-9232-f550c644e682
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 16.2 MiB (0.2%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 66.0 C pch: 55.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 362 Uptime: 3h 56m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.5 GiB
used: 5.91 GiB (38.1%) Init: systemd v: 251 target: graphical (5)
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: rpm
pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm tools: dnf,gnome-software,yum pm: flatpak pkgs: 73
Shell: Bash v: 5.2.9 running-in: tilix inxi: 3.3.23
tl;dr: Do I need the packages vdpauinfo libva-vdpau-driver libva-utils and mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld from RPMFusion if I already have successfully installed the nvidia proprietary drivers with nvidia-vaapi-driver ?