Driver

list the kernel modules:

this list shown the the name of kernel module for the used kernel driver.

lspci -knn

how to disable nouveau

$ xbps-remove -vROo -F mesa-nouveau-dri xf86-video-nouveau
$ sudo xbps-install -S bbswitch nvidia390 nvidia390-opencl

$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau_blacklist.conf
# To block nouveau drivers: https://askubuntu.com/questions/841876/how-to-disable-nouveau-kernel-driver
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

$ uname -r
6.12
$ sudo xbps-reconfigure -f linux6.12


$ cat /etc/default/grub | grep GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nouveau.modeset=0"
$ update-grub

get the used GPU now

glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'

Use two carts graphic for power performance: optimums

• using the Proprietary driver nvidia

By default, all apps will run by internal GPU, but if you want to run an app with GPU change the value of DRI_PRIME to 1.

DRI_PRIME=1 app

• Install nvidia

install last nvidia drivers first, then if the log from dmesg tell you, what's drivers should be installed in your system

xbps-install -S nvidia # or nvidia470 or nvidia390

• check if this driver wasn't marking as blacklist

verify at /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau_blacklist.conf, /usr/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf, or /usr/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-dkms.conf by commenting it out.

nvidia require module bbswitch

xbps-install -S bbswitch

usbs drivers

lsusb -t

inxi -Fxxxz

to remove extra dkms modules

dkms status
sudo dkms remove v4l2loopback/0.12.5 --all
xbps-reconfigure -f linux5.19