cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60562469

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)
  • @bisby@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8•12 days ago

    AMD doesnt have any software for controlling RGB on windows. They don’t make graphics cards, they only make the GPU chip that goes onto the card (and the GPU chip doesn’t have any LEDs on it).

    The LED controllers on the cards are per brand. If you have a Sapphire card, it’s Sapphire software that controls the RGB. XFX card -> XFX software, etc.

    I have an XFX 9070xt, and it doesnt have any RGB on it. so I haven’t had to disable it.

    OpenRGB is going to be your best bet for Linux RGB management. Sometimes they dont have every device supported (especially newer ones), so you might not be able to change everything immediately. But it’s mostly just a “scan devices, set color values” once it’s working.

    And the iGPU you can probably disable in the UEFI config.

  • @catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    4•12 days ago

    Have you tried openrgb?

    Edit: oh, you mentioned it. I haven’t used it, but it seems to be the best option.