Gamemode does not change Nvidia performance mode

[JulianGro]

Describe the bug Gamemode does not change Nvidia performance mode

To Reproduce Steps used to reproduce the behavior:

1. Launch gamemode with 'gamemoderun java -jar FTBLauncher.jar'
2. Look at the PowerMizer tab in NVIDIA X Server Settings
3. See "Current Mode" still being "Adaptive"

Expected behavior Gamemode should set it to "Prefer Maximum Performance"

System Info (please complete the following information):

• OS and version: Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon (Ubuntu 18.04.3 based)
• GameMode Version: 1.4.0-6~bionic from PPA https://launchpad.net/~samoilov-lex/+archive/ubuntu/gamemode?field.series_filter=bionic

Additional context "Performance Level" is also not set to the highest in the NVIDIA X Server Settings. Coolbits was set with "sudo nvidia-xconfig --cool-bits=8" and system was restarted. Editable Performance Levels shows in the PowerMIzer. syslog.log gamemode.ini.txt

[fsyy]

Hi, same here, i worked around it by adding a script to start=notify-send "GameMode started" and end=notify-send "GameMode ended".

For starting gamemode i called the script start_gamemode.sh (chmod +x) and it contains:

!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a '[gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=1'

for the end section i got stop_gamemode.sh:

!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a '[gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=0'

looks like this in the gamemode.ini:

[custom] ; Custom scripts (executed using the shell) when gamemode starts and ends start=notify-send "GameMode started" ; /home/me/bin/stop_ethmining.sh /home/fsyy/Desktop/start_gamemode.sh

end=notify-send "GameMode ended" ; /home/me/bin/start_ethmining.sh /home/fsyy/Desktop/stop_gamemode.sh

[amithiel]

Hi, same here, i worked around it by adding a script to start=notify-send "GameMode started" and end=notify-send "GameMode ended".

For starting gamemode i called the script start_gamemode.sh (chmod +x) and it contains:

!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a '[gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=1'

for the end section i got stop_gamemode.sh:

!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a '[gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=0'

looks like this in the gamemode.ini:

[custom] ; Custom scripts (executed using the shell) when gamemode starts and ends start=notify-send "GameMode started" ; /home/me/bin/stop_ethmining.sh /home/fsyy/Desktop/start_gamemode.sh

end=notify-send "GameMode ended" ; /home/me/bin/start_ethmining.sh /home/fsyy/Desktop/stop_gamemode.sh

Thanks so much for this script! I was just having this issue on Manjaro, and this serves as a very nice workaround! cheers!

[Tatsh]

I did the same thing but I feel like this should not be necessary.

[Sturmlocke86]

Hello there, since this issue is still open, I just wanted to take the time to add my vote in this regard.

These are my system specs:

Optiplex 3040 SFF:

• Core i5 6500 65W
• 16GB DDR3 RAM
• Lenovo Nvidia T600 4GB GDDR6 GPU + Nvidia drivers 510
• 2 x 512GB Samsung SSD
• Original Dell PSU 180W
• openSUSE Tumbleweed, newest snapshot as of this writing, Gnome 42.0, tested in both Xorg and Wayland, Gamemode 1.6.1

And I am seeing the exact same behaviour as mentioned by Julian and the others. I use Gamemode on my workstation for a game called "Everquest 2". Gamemode is running after starting the game, verified via the terminal. Any update on this? Is the workaround seen further above really necessary or can someone integrate the above into Gamemode for ease of use? Would love a more user-friendly and "working out-of-the-box" approach to this, if possible. Wouldn't mind donating a few bucks for a fix.