I did a system update yesterday, and this morning I realize that the System Monitor Plasmoid gives a steady 0 for both Usage and Power of GPU:
Also, a steady 78MB of used VRAM and some 30°C seem pretty unbelievable… This is how it looked before:
And this is inxi -Fzxa
inxi -Fzxa
System:
Kernel: 6.16.4-3-cachyos arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: clang v: 20.1.8
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: quiet zswap.enabled=0
nowatchdog splash rw rootflags=subvol=/@
root=UUID=0b4778d2-2b54-48a9-a184-b2a951e9335a
resume=UUID=14b5e04a-1c2f-41c2-a2a5-cd9ffe1ec2a0
initrd=\initramfs-linux-cachyos.img
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.17.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: CachyOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7E26 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: PRO B650-S WIFI (MS-7E26) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 1.J0 date: 03/13/2025
Battery:
ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 89% condition: N/A volts: 4.1 min: N/A
model: Logitech G Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A serial: <filter>
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 8700G w/ Radeon 780M Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 4 gen: 4 level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x75 (117) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA70520A
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB
desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2758 min/max: 423/5177 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 2758 2: 2758 3: 2758
4: 2758 5: 2758 6: 2758 7: 2758 8: 2758 9: 2758 10: 2758 11: 2758 12: 2758
13: 2758 14: 2758 15: 2758 16: 2758 bogomips: 134398
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; STIBP: always-on; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa mitigation: Clear CPU buffers
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 580.76.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: none
off: DP-2,DP-3 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Phoenix1 vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Phoenix process: TSMC n4 (4nm)
built: 2023+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
empty: DP-10, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, DP-8, DP-9, HDMI-A-2, Writeback-1
bus-ID: 41:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15bf class-ID: 0300 temp: 33.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
d-rect: 3840x1080 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-2 pos: primary,left model: Dell P2214H serial: <filter>
built: 2013 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55") diag: 547mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: DP-3 pos: right model: Dell U2212HM serial: <filter>
built: 2013 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 103 gamma: 1.2
size: 475x267mm (18.7x10.51") diag: 545mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.76.05
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 11.72 GiB display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 6 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: nvidia v: 580.76.05
device-ID: 10de:2504 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV PHOENIX) driver: mesa radv v: 25.2.1-cachyos1.3
device-ID: 1002:15bf surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Radeon High Definition Audio
[Rembrandt/Strix] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 41:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 41:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.16.4-3-cachyos status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 0c:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp12s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 0d:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:5 chip-ID: 0e8d:0616
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 10.92 TiB used: 397.01 GiB (3.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNV3S2000G
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P3BR0A23 temp: 28.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Western Digital model: WD BLACK
SN850X HS 2000GB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 620361WD
temp: 28.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 500 GiB size: 500 GiB (100.00%) used: 46.51 GiB (9.3%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 2 GiB size: 2 GiB (99.80%) used: 535 MiB (26.2%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:2
ID-3: /home raw-size: 600 GiB size: 600 GiB (100.00%)
used: 99.79 GiB (16.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p4 maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 500 GiB size: 500 GiB (100.00%)
used: 46.51 GiB (9.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:4
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 500 GiB size: 500 GiB (100.00%)
used: 46.51 GiB (9.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 150 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 14.73 GiB used: 1.6 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 64 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.4 C mobo: 37.5 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 31.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 14.73 GiB used: 4.49 GiB (30.5%)
Processes: 470 Power: uptime: 13m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 5.79 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1510 libs: 462 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: fish v: 4.0.2
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
I guess this will be a recurring nuisance…