Hello!
I've recently installed Artix (moving from EndeavourOS which was giving me issues) and was interested to see that the default bootloader seems to be grub.
I'm running a AMD laptop with a Ryzen 7 8845HS and installed power-profiles-daemon which I am accustomed to using on other Arch distros.
However, the KDE tray aspect of it doesn't actually work, so I can't select/change the profile.
I found this reddit thread about how another Artix user got it to work, but he had runit, and I just have grub, so it seems like that wouldn't work.
I am a noob, obviously, but would love any pointers
https://www.reddit.com/r/artixlinux/comments/stqhwl/guide_powerprofilesdaemon_on_nonsystemd_installs/
I'm kind of confused? Grub is a bootloader, Runit is a init system, the KDE tray aspect not working means the login manager? Send some info of what you are using, like which init system, DE, maybe I can help
Hello, thanks!
I managed to figure it out; after reading the reddit page and then realizing that grub and runnit can be used simultaneously (and are in Artix depending on which iso you download), I decided to just download the runit flavor, reinstall, and then follow the instructions on the reddit post. Now I see that yay lists a service script which can do it automatically (nice options).
Even after PDD working and using ryzenadj to manually set the power limit -- just as I would do in EndeavourOs -- my battery life is still slightly worse. I don't know if it has to do with Artix's custom kernel or if it is a D-Bus issue or something
I am glad that what you want to work is working but you are completely confused.
grub could care less what init system you use. It is a boot loader. And it is the default boot loader of the vast majority of installations... like maybe over 99%?
I am glad you realized it because it is not the exception. It is the rule.
FWIW: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-manage-power-profiles-over-d-bus-with-power-profiles-daemon-on-linux
Hey,
Thanks for this!
Yes I was coming from EndeavourOS which uses systemd as both an init and a bootloader.
I much prefer grub and like Artix's stance on the whole systemd vs the rest
systemd is not a boot loader either...
You are talking perhaps about the UEFI boot loader systemd-boot which, despite its name, has zero to do with systemd
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-boot
Holy mother of coincidences then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-gpMkeU87Y