# Framework 16 with dGPU - bazzite-arch not using dGPU

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**Created:** [April 11, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/framework-16-with-dgpu-bazzite-arch-not-using-dgpu/7783 "2025-04-11T18:11:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dust3893](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Dust3893](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Dust3893)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/framework-16-with-dgpu-bazzite-arch-not-using-dgpu/7783/1 "2025-04-11T18:11:51Z")

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I recently installed Aurora on my Framework 16 with dGPU and so far my experience has been great.

However I am trying to play some games using bazzite-arch and for some reason it seems like none of them will use the dGPU. I have tried the following:

- In lutris I changed the following option to try and force the dGPU:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/3/301f8e8ff0b365e6e42eb04afbb680974c8a70dc.png)
- Both in bazzite-arch and on the desktop nvtop will only show the iGPU
- In bazzite-arch I installed amdgpu\_top and it also only show the iGPU. But it knows about the dGPU:

```auto
amdgpu_top --list
amdgpu_top v0.10.4

#0:
DevicePath {
    render: "/dev/dri/renderD128",
    card: "/dev/dri/card1",
    accel: "",
    pci: "0000:03:00.0",
    sysfs_path: "/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:03:00.0",
    device_id: Some(
        0x7480,
    ),
    revision_id: Some(
        0xC1,
    ),
    device_name: "AMD Radeon RX 7700S",
    device_type: AMDGPU,
}
#1:
DevicePath {
    render: "/dev/dri/renderD129",
    card: "/dev/dri/card2",
    accel: "",
    pci: "0000:c4:00.0",
    sysfs_path: "/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:c4:00.0",
    device_id: Some(
        0x15BF,
    ),
    revision_id: Some(
        0xC1,
    ),
    device_name: "AMD Radeon 780M Graphics",
    device_type: AMDGPU,
}

```

- If I use `amdgpu_top -i` with either 0 or 1 it only shows the iGPU

- I also tried to launch using various combinations of DRI\_PRIME=(1 or 0) but still only the iGPU is used

- Bazzite-arch switcherooctl returns an empty list but Aurora returns the following.

```auto
switcherooctl list
Device: 0
  Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD®/ATI] Phoenix1
  Default: yes
  Discrete: no
  Environment: DRI_PRIME=pci-0000_c4_00_0

Device: 1
  Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD®/ATI] Navi 33 [Radeon RX 7600/7600 XT/7600M XT/7600S/7700S / PRO W7600]
  Default: no
  Discrete: yes
  Environment: DRI_PRIME=pci-0000_03_00_0

```

I used linux for a long time and got various GPU to work on various distros, but it is my first time with an os-tree based one and I have to admit I am not sure where to go from there.

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**Author:** ![fsworld009](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@fsworld009](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/fsworld009)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/framework-16-with-dgpu-bazzite-arch-not-using-dgpu/7783/2 "2025-04-12T16:54:19Z")

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By `bazzite-arch` I suppose you mean you are using distrobox to create a bazzite-arch container?

Not sure if it’s related, but there is a kernel regression post `6.13.5` where the dGPU is could become not available:

> **[Graphics card not available](https://community.frame.work/t/graphics-card-not-available/66269)**
>
> Arch Gnome Wayland Which release version? Today Which kernel are you using? Linux 6.13.7-arch1-1 Which BIOS version are you using? 03.05 Which Framework Laptop 16 model are you using? (AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series) AMD Ryzen™ 7 7840HS w/...

At the time of writing, it seems to be fixed in code but not landed in Fedora kernel releases yet

So maybe check if the host kernel is in affected versions?

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**Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/framework-16-with-dgpu-bazzite-arch-not-using-dgpu/7783/3 "2025-04-13T18:47:52Z")

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I am 99% sure that’s the issue, but I’m not sure how to actually resolve it in Bluefin. Is there a way to pin just the kernel back without reverting the entire distro? Or alternatively, is there a way to see what `latest` is on without switching to it? I don’t have a ton of bandwidth at the moment, so I’d like to avoid using up gigs of data only to find I’m still on a kernel version with the issue.

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**Author:** ![Dust3893](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Dust3893](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Dust3893)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/framework-16-with-dgpu-bazzite-arch-not-using-dgpu/7783/4 "2025-04-14T17:58:58Z")

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Yes that looks like it might be the issue! I guess I will have to wait and see. I was on Arch until 2 weeks ago and just reinstalled my dGPU after installing Aurora, so I might have been affected with Arch too but just did not know it. Thanks for sharing the information, hopefully it won’t be too long before we get the patched kernel.