laptop-bits

G14 Specific

Add to /etc/pacman.conf:

[g14]
SigLevel = DatabaseNever Optional TrustAll
Server = https://arch.asus-linux.org

> sudo pacman -S linux-g14 linux-g14-headers
> vim /etc/default/grub
- GRUB_DEFAULT=saved - boot last used
- GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true - boot last used
- GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y - show all options in main screen
> sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

To then install the hardware controls:

> sudo pacman -S asusctl supergfxctl

current attempt at fixing shit

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME

> sudo pacman -S xf86-video-amdgpu

kinda gave up with the above

X11 on a clean boot “works”:

audio works
discord works
VSCode works (I do get a systemd-coredump of VSCode with a bunch of stuff as /home/airi/.config/Code - OSS/User/globalStorage/ms-liveshare.vsliveshare/dotnet-3.1.14/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/3.1.14/libcoreclr.so)
sensors takes a moment to spin up first time and after I think a few mins of not monitoring sensors, journalctl showing dce110_edp_wait_for_hpd_ready: wait timed out

Audio dies a few seconds after idle

https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/171925

Laptop stuck with dGPU disabled

https://asus-linux.org/faq/#switching-to-integrated-hybrid-nvidia-doesn-t-seem-to-work

echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/dgpu_disable
echo 1 > sudo /sys/bus/pci/rescan
echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/dgpu_disable

It may take a few tries to enable it, and a reboot is recommended afterwards.

Also tried uninstalling xorg-server xorg-xinit sddm sddm-kcm

… and somehow after all this, and after rebooting, supergfxctl -s told me I can choose from integrated, hybrid, and dedicated. and -S (current status) told me it’s currently off

supergfxctl -V also now shows AMD

Attached logs:

The following command seemed to run wayland flawlessy. This was tested with supergfxctl and asusctl uninstalled.

> /usr/lib/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland

In the state where the above command worked and KDE/plasma worked properly, I happened to install a theme and the issue was gone entirely.

And then after playing around in Windows 10, changing power/fan profiles and GPU mode (but reverted it back to the mode it was in - “Optimized”), xwayland started crashing. This was both with the normal sign in and the hacky command above.

Dedicated mode unsupported

Apparently GFX FAIL: Dedicated mode unsupported on AMD dGPU systems

I’ve not tried reproducing this with supergfxctl after reinstall because I don’t wanna break stuff, but it seems toggling the MUX switch in Windows and rebooting keeps it in that mode on Linux.

Network

Requisite

The archiso image comes with what you need, but once you’ve installed Arch to your partition, you’ll need to install extra things and then set up iwctl again.

> pacman -S iwd networkmanager dhcpcd

iwctl connect

> iwctl device list
> iwctl station <YOUR_INTERFACE> scan
> iwctl station <YOUR_INTERFACE> connect <YOUR_SSID>

If you don’t know your SSID or want to check you’re in range:

> iwctl station <YOUR_INTERFACE> get-networks
> dhcpcd to get a DHCP lease. I didn’t require this in archiso but did on the installed partition.

Issue 1

I had some major issues with this, and adding the following to /etc/iwd/main.conf seemed to fix it:

[General]
ControlPortOverNL80211=False

References:

iwctl DNS

Add and modify the following in /var/lib/iwd/<YOUR_SSID>.<SECURITY_TYPE>

[IPv4]
Address=192.168.0.10
Netmask=255.255.255.0
Gateway=192.168.0.1
Broadcast=192.168.0.255
DNS=1.1.1.1