cant change the performance mode | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

grave gull Mar 7, 2026, 10:50 PM

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i click to switch the performance mode but it wont work

timber sequoia Mar 7, 2026, 10:58 PM

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Can you type inxi -Gx in terminal and paste the result here ?

grave gull Mar 7, 2026, 10:58 PM

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alr

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timber sequoia Mar 7, 2026, 10:59 PM

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It seem you don't have installed proprietary drivers for Nvidia

grave gull Mar 7, 2026, 11:00 PM

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oh ok

timber sequoia Mar 7, 2026, 11:00 PM

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you know how to do ?

grave gull Mar 7, 2026, 11:00 PM

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i know, its from the task bar isnt it?

timber sequoia Mar 7, 2026, 11:01 PM

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usualy it's via Menu > Settings > Driver manager

grave gull Mar 7, 2026, 11:01 PM

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ok im gonna try it

lethal tiger Mar 8, 2026, 3:31 PM

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what's your CPU?

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you need the intel_pstate driver for that mode and it doesn't support all intel CPUs

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check what cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_driver says

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