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how can i check for driver/gpu related problems on linux? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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i've recently acquired a 4060 ti for €300 from a seller that i've been told was reliable. after installing the gpu and updating the drivers to the latest recommended ones i've noticed odd lag spikes lasting several seconds when using blender, these did not happen when i used my previous gtx 1060 ti.
How can i go about diagnosing if it's a gpu or driver issue? any benchmarks or tools i should use?

i'm on linux mint 21.3 cinnamon.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Mint 21.3 might be a bit too 'stable' for your new GPU.

Linux graphics move fast. You generally won't have a good experience with an older distro and a brand new GPU.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

is there any way i can upgrade without having to reinstall from scratch?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

There's not really an upgrade path from Mint to a rolling release distro like Fedora or Arch. The simplest thing to do is rsync -axHAX your /home directory onto external storage and then install Fedora, Bazzite, Arch or EndeavourOS and copy data back as needed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ye sorry but i ain't installing an entirely different distro, that seems kinda extreme

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I mean, that's your path forward if you want a current graphics stack. Linux Mint is a Ubuntu derivative, there's no supported frankendistro that updates everything on your current mint release to current versions of the kernel, drivers, mesa and all the rest of the libraries you want for up to date software support - you get that with a rolling release distro rather than a snapshot distro frozen 6-24mo ago when they cut your current release version.

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