Hey all, I’m having some issues regarding my laptop with nvidia graphics using the Pop OS distro. Basically the GPU is not being used at all and I can’t figure out why. It renders me unable to use an external monitor since my HDMI port is linked to the dedicated GPU. Here-s the output of the nvidia-smi command:
Tue Oct 1 01:03:53 2019
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 435.21 Driver Version: 435.21 CUDA Version: 10.1 |
|-------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 1650 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 43C P8 2W / N/A | 10MiB / 3911MiB | 0% Default |
±------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Type Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| No running processes found |
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Here are my system specs (I apologize for the long read, it’s the only way I could get the full system specs):
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description: Notebook
product: TUF Gaming FX505DT_FX505DT
vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
version: 1.0
serial: K5NRCV04047221H
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-3.2 dmi-3.2 smp vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=TUF Gaming uuid=9D8544DF-D2E1-49F0-A2E6-9AF633610C28
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: FX505DT
vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
physical id: 0
version: 1.0
serial: N0CV1920MB0021323
slot: Default string
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: FX505DT.305
date: 05/06/2019
size: 64KiB
capacity: 15MiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: a
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 16GiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2667 MHz (0.4 ns)
product: M471A1K43DB1-CTD
vendor: Samsung
physical id: 0
serial: 31D89AAC
slot: DIMM 0
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 2667MHz (0.4ns)
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2667 MHz (0.4 ns)
product: KHX2666C15S4/8G
vendor: Kingston
physical id: 1
serial: 69987B6E
slot: DIMM 0
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 2667MHz (0.4ns)
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: c
slot: L1 - Cache
size: 384KiB
capacity: 384KiB
clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: d
slot: L2 - Cache
size: 2MiB
capacity: 2MiB
clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: e
slot: L3 - Cache
size: 4MiB
capacity: 4MiB
clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
configuration: level=3
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: f
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
serial: Unknown
slot: FP5
size: 1197MHz
capacity: 4GHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb hw_pstate sme ssbd sev ibpb vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 rdseed adx smap clflushopt sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves clzero irperf xsaveerptr arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif overflow_recov succor smca cpufreq
configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=8
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-generic UNCLAIMED
description: IOMMU
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 0.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:26 ioport:f000(size=4096) memory:f6000000-f70fffff ioport:c0000000(size=301989888)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: NVIDIA Corporation
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:58 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:f000(size=128) memory:f7000000-f707ffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: NVIDIA Corporation
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:69 memory:f7080000-f7083fff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 1.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:27 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:f7900000-f79fffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: enp2s0
version: 15
serial: 04:d4:c4:74:62:85
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 duplex=half firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:50 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7904000-f7904fff memory:f7900000-f7903fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 1.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:28 memory:f7800000-f78fffff
*-storage
description: Non-Volatile memory controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: storage pm msi pciexpress msix nvm_express bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=nvme latency=0
resources: irq:51 memory:f7800000-f7803fff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 1.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.7
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:29 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:f7700000-f77fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: wlp4s0
version: 00
serial: dc:f5:05:c7:d2:15
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw_pci driverversion=5.0.0-21-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.8 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:68 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:f7700000-f770ffff
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 8.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:30 ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:f7200000-f75fffff ioport:e0000000(size=270532608)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Picasso
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
version: c1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
resources: irq:67 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f01fffff ioport:c000(size=256) memory:f7500000-f757ffff
*-generic UNCLAIMED
description: Encryption controller
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 0.2
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7400000-f74fffff memory:f7588000-f7589fff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 0.3
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.3
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:32 memory:f7300000-f73fffff
*-usbhost:0
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 5.0.0-21-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 0
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 5.00
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:0
description: Keyboard
product: Alienware Advanced Gaming Keyboard AW568
vendor: DELL
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@1:2
version: 10.20
serial: 000000000000
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=500mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: Bluetooth wireless interface
product: Bluetooth Radio
vendor: Realtek
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@1:4
version: 1.10
serial: 00e04c000001
capabilities: bluetooth usb-1.10
configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=500mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-usbhost:1
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 5.0.0-21-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 5.00
capabilities: usb-3.10
configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=10000Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 0.4
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.4
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:24 memory:f7200000-f72fffff
*-usbhost:0
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 5.0.0-21-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 0
bus info: usb@3
logical name: usb3
version: 5.00
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:0
description: Video
product: USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam
vendor: Azurewave
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@3:1
version: 19.02
serial: 0x0001
capabilities: usb-2.01
configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: Mouse
product: ROG SICA
vendor: ASUS
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@3:2
version: 34.01
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-usbhost:1
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 5.0.0-21-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@4
logical name: usb4
version: 5.00
capabilities: usb-3.10
configuration: driver=hub slots=1 speed=10000Mbit/s
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 0.6
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.6
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:70 memory:f7580000-f7587fff
*-pci:5
description: PCI bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 8.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:31 memory:f7600000-f76fffff
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
version: 61
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: storage pm pciexpress msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:54 memory:f7600000-f76007ff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: FCH SMBus Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 61
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: FCH LPC Bridge
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 51
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 105
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 106
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k10temp
resources: irq:0
*-pci:7
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 107
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:8
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 108
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.5
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:9
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 109
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.6
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:10
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 10a
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.7
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-scsi
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi1
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST1000LM024 HN-M
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 0001
serial: S314J90F367534
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=dba84404
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: 9c6c4fea-9d03-be4c-923e-0d89d95e515f
size: 830GiB
capacity: 830GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2018-05-14 11:17:23 filesystem=ntfs state=clean
*-volume:1
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 3.1
serial: 64e8-1d38
size: 452MiB
capacity: 472MiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2018-05-22 04:33:13 filesystem=ntfs modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-volume:2
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
version: 1.0
serial: 351d11a6-ff0b-4bce-aac3-74a9f52521fc
size: 100GiB
capacity: 100GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2019-09-30 23:33:47 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2019-10-01 00:35:34 mounted=2019-10-01 00:35:39 state=clean
Any idea on what could be happening and how could I fix it? Thanks in advance!