After system updates, steam games won't switch from integrated to dedicated GPU when playing games
I have a Dell G5 SE 5505 laptop running Linux Mint
System InformationSystem: Kernel: 5.15.0-82-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G5 5505 v: 1.16.0 serial: Chassis: type: 10 v: 1.16.0 serial: Mobo: Dell model: 0M8C1F v: A02 serial: UEFI: Dell v: 1.16.0 date: 04/21/2023 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 24.9 Wh (86.5%) condition: 28.8/51.0 Wh (56.4%) volts: 11.5 min: 11.4 model: LGC-LGC4.474 DELL 415CG0C serial: status: Discharging CPU: Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 4900H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 rev: 1 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 8 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1402 high: 1478 min/max: 1400/3300 boost: enabled cores: 1: 1397 2: 1395 3: 1397 4: 1396 5: 1397 6: 1397 7: 1396 8: 1397 9: 1397 10: 1397 11: 1478 12: 1441 13: 1397 14: 1396 15: 1396 16: 1368 bogomips: 105404 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm Graphics: Device-1: AMD Navi 10 [Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT] vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:731f Device-2: AMD Renoir vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-2 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 Monitor-1: eDP res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 diag: 395mm (15.5") OpenGL: renderer: RENOIR (renoir LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.42 5.15.0-82-generic) v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab38 Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 Device-3: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Dell Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Processor driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 Device-4: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-82-generic running: yes Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 vendor: Rivet Networks Killer driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac: IF-ID-1: moz0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-3.1:3 chip-ID: 8087:0029 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2 sub-v: 237e Drives: Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 179.87 GiB (18.9%) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN730 NVMe WDC 1024GB size: 953.87 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: temp: 46.9 C Partition: ID-1: / size: 914.69 GiB used: 179.86 GiB (19.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 mapped: vgmint-root ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 976 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1 mapped: vgmint-swap_1 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 45.0 C mem: 48.0 C fan: 65535 device: amdgpu temp: 45.0 C Repos: Packages: 2344 apt: 2308 flatpak: 36 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozillacorp-mozillavpn-jammy.list 1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/mozillacorp-mozillavpn-jammy.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillacorp/mozillavpn/ubuntu jammy main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 1: deb https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/linuxmint-packages victoria main upstream import backport 2: deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse 3: deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse 4: deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse 5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse Info: Processes: 433 Uptime: 2m Memory: 14.99 GiB used: 2.11 GiB (14.1%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.13
I’m currently running Linux without updates for a couple weeks now so I can continue to play. However, Any update I install causes any game to stay stuck on the integrated GPU instead of switching to the dedicated GPU. Some games will just close while others will run but it’s super slow and choppy.
I’ve tried running steam with the dedicated GPU option but that causes steam to launch, attempt to open the library window several times before the system freezes for a moment. After the system unfreezes, I can move the mouse but nothing on the desktop is responsive.
I also get the freezing issue without running with the dedicated GPU when I launch steam but found that launching directly to the steam settings window from the menu reduces the chances of freezing.
Any help would be appreciated.