Hi all!

I know that AMD has software for controlling RGB on Windows. I found some old threads where someone suggested disconnecting the LEDs themselves, which is not something I’m willing to do with my 2-day old card.

I also would love not having to switch to Windows just to turn the bloody RGB off.

I’ve never used OpenRGB and I don’t quite understand their compatibility guide for the 9070, so I’m not sure if it’s doable there.

So! Does anyone here have that card and was able to disable RGB on Linux?

As a sidenote: I just realised that my OS sees two GPUss - the dGPU and the iGPU. Is there a way I can turn iGPU off so that it doesn’t get in the way?

Any help appreciated!

Oh, I should probably mention - I’m on:

OS Garuda Linux x86_64
├ Kernel Linux 6.13.8-zen1-1-zen
├ Packages 1366 (pacman)[stable]
├ Shell fish 4.0.1

DE KDE Plasma 6.3.4
├ Window Manager KWin (Wayland)
  • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3·
    5 hours ago

    I can’t guarantee this, but I think most motherboards would fail safe if the dGPU is removed and give you the UEFI over the iGPU. If you’re worried about it, you could always change the setting, then remove your GPU to test what happens when you try to pull up the UEFI.

    In general, I’d suggest being a bit more curious and playing around with stuff, even if more carefully. Like you said you didn’t understand the options for OpenRGB and it sounds like you didn’t try installing it at all to eliminate it as an option before posting. I understand being anxious but you’re not going to learn much if you’re not willing to muck up sometimes. It’s not like an app like OpenRGB is going to break your GPU or anything.

    • Alaknár@lemm.eeOP
      2·
      4 hours ago

      In general, I’d suggest being a bit more curious and playing around with stuff

      Man, I’m 40, my 9-5 job is being curious, testing and retesting stuff. When I’m home, I just want to play some games…

      Like you said you didn’t understand the options for OpenRGB and it sounds like you didn’t try installing it at all to eliminate it as an option before posting

      Yeah. I’ve learned (through curiosity and testing, btw) that it’s super easy to break stuff in Linux, so I was a bit weary of installing third party software that does “something” to control the LEDs on a graphics card.

      I did test it out yesterday, though. Sadly, does not recognise the GPU. It did recognise my mouse, though, which is neat.

      It’s not like an app like OpenRGB is going to break your GPU or anything.

      That’s the thing - I’m in a state where stuff works and is fine. That came after five reinstalls and three distros. Linux is not Windows - it’s fairly easy to do some unrecoverable* damage if you don’t know what you’re doing.

      * yes, I know, technically everything is recoverable, but that requires knowledge and time, neither of which I have for this kind of stuff.