Hello people. I've run into a obnoxious problem that plagues Nvidia laptops on Linux: GPU/CPU(?) under performance (see this, just one of the threads that covers it on the Nvidia forums). I'm running Endeavour OS with the 6.13.2 kernel, Nvidia 570 drivers installed. Also, I'm using tuned instead of power-profiles-daemon to manage power consumption (might be relevant).

It seems that my system is unable to match the performance under Windows. On Linux, I get about 10-15 FPS less than on Win in Monster Hunter World, a very CPU bounded game. Enabling nvidia-powerd.service allowed the GPU to match the wattage under Windows when playing (it was capped to 55 W before, as its enabled by default), but it doesn't reflect on performance.

For context, my laptop has 3 basic power modes that can be changed using Fn+Q. Betweeen "balanced" and "performance", there's a clear 10-15 FPS gap on Windows, but on Linux the game performs the same in either mode.

Another important thing is that I did not have this problem before: effing around I managed to bork my system, so I reinstalled Endeavour OS. The only thing that I clearly remember doing in my previous system was to use Steam package instead of Steam Flatpak. Now I'm using the pacman package, but with no avail. I can't for the life of me remember what tweak did the trick. If anyone had this same problem or similar, please comment your insights. I'm somewhat tired from navigating forums and docs all day long.

Here's some more info about my system:

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System:

Host: loq Kernel: 6.13.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc

v: 14.2.1

Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM

Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux

CPU:

Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics bits: 64

type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 rev: 2 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 16 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 1098 min/max: 400/3801 boost: enabled cores: 1: 1098

2: 1098 3: 1098 4: 1098 5: 1098 6: 1098 7: 1098 8: 1098 9: 1098 10: 1098

11: 1098 12: 1098 13: 1098 14: 1098 15: 1098 16: 1098 bogomips: 121384

Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm

Graphics:

Device-1: NVIDIA AD107M [GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q / Mobile] vendor: Lenovo

driver: nvidia v: 570.86.16 arch: Lovelace pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8

ports: active: none empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0

chip-ID: 10de:28e0

Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Phoenix3 vendor: Lenovo

driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:

active: eDP-2 empty: DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, DP-8, DP-9,

Writeback-1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1900 temp: 36.0 C

Device-3: Chicony Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0

speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b7b9

Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5

compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia dri: radeonsi

gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0

Monitor-1: eDP-2 model: AU Optronics 0x7ead res: 1920x1080 hz: 144

dpi: 142 diag: 394mm (15.5")

API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: radeonsi

gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: radeonsi x11:

drv: radeonsi

API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1

glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi

gfx1103_r1 LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.59 6.13.2-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:1900

display-ID: :1.0

API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 0

type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:28e0

Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo

de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi

wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

Audio:

Device-1: NVIDIA AD107 High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo

driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8

bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22be

Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor

driver: snd_pci_ps v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.5

chip-ID: 1022:15e2

Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio

vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s

lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3

API: ALSA v: k6.13.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api

Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse

status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin

4: pw-jack type: plugin

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According to Ubuntu's Drives app, my drives have, respectively, 79, 194, 137 and 236 GB of free space. However, both Heroice Games Launcher and Steam show lower numbers, I don't know why. According to them, I have 50, 141, 80 and 179 GB of free space.

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Hi there. I'm new to Bazzite and Linux in general, so I apologize if this ends up being a simple issue or if I'm not clearly describing anything.

I'm dual booting Bazzite and windows 11 on my PC, which I use as a home entertainment system in my apartment living room. They're on separate SSDs. I have a 3050, which I know isn't ideal. However, I had no issues installing Bazzite, and game mode/games run very well so far. I used to play via moonlight/sunshine off my Nvidia shield, using a PS4 controller via Bluetooth without issue.

Two weeks ago, construction workers next door fiddled with my Internet hookup and we lost service for a day. Verizon guy came out the next day, plugged everything in properly, and we were up and running as normal. A day or two later, a storm flickered our power and since then, my wifi has been extremely weak and fluctuated a lot. This happened when I first moved in, but resolved itself inexplicably over time. I'm not sure if it's a hardware issue, interference or what. But I digress.

I wanted a wifi/Bluetooth adapter for my PC so that I could use my PS4 controller but also for the added benefit of extending my wifi in the hopes that it would fix my service issues. I bought the TXE75E, set it up, and it seems to have breathed new life into my home wifi. It's now better than ever.

The problem is the Bluetooth component of the adapter works very poorly. It isn't completely nonfunctional, just very weak and not providing the coverage I would have expected. Regardless of the antennae position, the PS4 controller has EXTREMELY weak connection except if it is a foot away from the adapter. I've tried the more obvious solutions, restarting my PC, checking my cables in my tower, but the issue persists. I haven't yet tried another controller because I don't have one handy, but will be borrowing one. I'm concerned it's a hardware issue but I don't want to blame the adapter if it's something very simple like interference or something with Bazzite that I'm not familiar with.

My questions:

1. Could it be a driver issue? I installed it right out of the box and didnt seem to need to download any drivers.

2. Could it be related to whatever issue I was having with my wifi, which I am no longer having?

3. Is there interference from my Nvidia shield or my BT universal remote?

Sorry for the lengthy post. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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