Hi all, big fan of Bazzite and have it installed on several of my devices.
I just picked up a new (to me) laptop. This laptop has an 8845HS APU w/ 780M iGPU and also a NVDA 3050 6GB dGPU.
Using this laptop in desktop mode works perfectly fine. However, I reallllly want to use gaming mode, which, upon initial installation works just fine, but after reboot it opens to a black screen.
Now the Bazzite website says:
Some devices with two AMD GPUs (iGPU and dGPU) cause gamescope to be unable to detect your display resulting in a black screen. If you are affected, use an image without Steam Gaming Mode or disable your iGPU.
Obviously neither of those suggestions are ideal…
I assume this also applies to AMD iGPU + NVDA dGPU.
However the issue they link to in the above message pertains to several Framework 16 users. And if you select the Framework version of Bazzite, you get this message:
Enjoy enhanced dGPU support on the Framework 16…Applications like Steam and Lutris are automatically configured to run on your dGPU for optimal performance…Be sure to select Steam Gaming Mode for the ultimate console-like gaming experience
Implying that there’s no problem with hybrid GPUs? So is there a fix somewhere they’re not pushing to other versions? Or is this a hardware issue I’ll never be able to overcome? Should I try and install the Framework version?
I posted this on the Bazzite Discourse forum but honestly it seems dead as hell over there.
Currently I’m using Nobara and using NVDA on desktop and AMD in Game Mode but that’s obviously not ideal and Nobara doesn’t ship with Game Mode + GNOME and honestly I really don’t like KDE. 😬
The reason there is no issue with Framework computers is because Bazzite has official support from Framework: https://frame.work/linux. Now it might work on other machines, but without official support, and the wide variety of hardware configurations out there, it’s not possible to support all machines. Edit: you can probably configure whatever flavor of Bazzite you install to launch Steam in big picture mode on startup. I know it’s possible to launch Steam via a command, and there is definitely a way to have commands run on start-up.
Bazzite has official support from Framework
What does that mean?
I’ve read all the documents. I don’t understand how that relationship pertains to my issue. Are they including special fixes for Framework laptops and in Bazzite and then intentionally omitting them from other machines?
It pertains to your issue cause you’re asking why Bazzite says Framework laptops can deal with multiple GPUs, but not your setup. Honestly seems like you’re not even trying to read the links I send, so I’m leaving it as this. You asked specifically what official support means and it clearly states what that means in the link.
FYI I installed Nobara and it simply didn’t have any problems, so there’s some sort of software issue with Bazzite.
Honestly it seems like you don’t know how to answer the question and are blaming me instead of just admitting as much. Those documents don’t explain why Bazzite can deal with hybrid GPUs in Framework laptops and not mine. These are the questions that I’ve asked and you’ve neglected to answer:
is there a fix somewhere they’re not pushing to other versions? Or is this a hardware issue I’ll never be able to overcome? Should I try and install the Framework version?
Are they including special fixes for Framework laptops and in Bazzite and then intentionally omitting them from other machines?
