[BUG] Nvidia dgpu becomes unusable after using envycontrol, even after switching to hybrid mode/reset

[Fredolx]

Describe the bug Nvidia dgpu becomes unusable after using envycontrol, even after switching to hybrid mode/reset

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Run sudo envycontrol -s integrated
2. Reboot
3. Run sudo envycontrol -s hybrid
4. Reboot
5. Try to play games using dgpu on Bottles/Steam

System Information:

• Model: XPS 15 9570
• Distro: Debian 12
• Kernel: 6.9.7
• DE/WM and Display Manager (if applicable): KDE/SDDM
• EnvyControl version: 3.4.0
• Nvidia driver version: 535.183.01
• lspci output:

  00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
  00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6th-10th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]
  00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 07)
  00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th/8th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
  00:12.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Thermal Controller (rev 10)
  00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller (rev 10)
  00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM (rev 10)
  00:15.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 10)
  00:15.1 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #1 (rev 10)
  00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH HECI Controller (rev 10)
  00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake Mobile PCH SATA AHCI Controller (rev 10)
  00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #17 (rev f0)
  00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f0)
  00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f0)
  00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f0)
  00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake LPC Controller (rev 10)
  00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH cAVS (rev 10)
  00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SMBus Controller (rev 10)
  00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SPI Controller (rev 10)
  01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
  3b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260 (rev 29)
  3c:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
  3d:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: SK hynix PC401 NVMe Solid State Drive 256GB

Additional context I can't launch games/programs using the dgpu after using envycontrol. Only fully reinstalling the nvidia driver fixes the problem. I have tried --reset and switching to hybrid and also rebuilding the initramfs myself.

[Fredolx]

I think the issue stems from flatpak removing the nvidia libs after a while (becomes unused)

nvidia-535-183-01                            org.freedesktop.Platform.GL32.nvidia-535-183-01                                        1.4                user
nvidia-535-183-01                            org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-535-183-01                                          1.4                user

I'll try to see if this is the case

[Fredolx]

I went to check my logs and I can confirm that flatpak considers nvidia runtimes as unused in integrated mode. Flatpak on my system auto-updates and removes unused, so it kept deleting my nvidia runtimes in integrated mode. I would add a warning to not run flatpak uninstall --unused in integrated mode or to pin them.