alexispurslane/PRIME-GPU-Profile-Selector

A GNOME Extension for GNOME 43 and above to allow you to switch between integrated, discrete, and offloading hybrid graphics from the control panel.

PRIME GPU Profile Selector GNOME Shell Extension

based on this extension: https://github.com/LorenzoMorelli/GPU_profile_selector

Description

A GNOME Shell (version 41 and above) extension which provides a simple way to switch between GPU profiles on Nvidia Optimus systems (i.e laptops with Intel + Nvidia) in a few clicks.

Designed to work with suse-prime and similar NVIDIA PRIME implementations, i.e. anything that provides the prime-select commands.

Features

• Switch between Intel, Nvidia and PRIME Offload mode
• Nautilus script to run executables on nVidia GPU if running in offload mode

Dependencies

• pkexec
• bash
• suse-prime, fedora-prime, or (for other Linux distros), nvidia-prime-select

Installation

Gnome-shell Extension website

• Install all the dependencies
• Enable extension in official Gnome Extension store

Manual

• Install all the dependencies
• Clone this repo with:

  git clone https://github.com/alexispurslane/PRIME-GPU-Profile-Selector.git ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/PRIME_GPU_profile_selector@alexispurslane.github.com
  

Debuging and packaging

For looking command line logs

journalctl -f -o cat /usr/bin/gnome-shell

For looking updates using wayland (it opens a new wayland session in a window)

dbus-run-session -- gnome-shell --nested --wayland

Packaging the extension source for gnome extension website

gnome-extensions pack PRIME_GPU_profile_selector@alexispurslane.github.com \
--extra-source="README.md" \
--extra-source="LICENSE" \
--extra-source="img" \
--extra-source="ui" \
--extra-source="lib"