Gamemode 1.8.1 can't set CPU governor and GPU Optimisation

[bg2908]

Describe the bug
Update gamemode to 1.8.1 and get this when install

warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/
filesystem: 750  package: 755

Run gamemoded -t and it would fail with this message

:: Feature tests
::: Verifying CPU governor setting
ERROR: Governor was not set to performance (was actually schedutil)!
::: Failed!
::: Verifying Scripts
::: Passed (no scripts configured to run)
::: Verifying GPU Optimisations
ERROR: Current AMD GPU performance level during gamemode does not match requested value!
	expected:high was:auto
::: Failed!

To Reproduce
Steps used to reproduce the behavior:

1. Update gamemod to 1.8.1
2. Run gamemoded -t
3. Tests Failed!

Expected behavior
: All Tests Passed! after running gamemoded -t

System Info (please complete the following information):

• OS and version: ArchLabs - 6.6.8-2-cachyos
• GameMode Version 1.8.1

Additional context
Downgrade to GameMode version 1.7 and it work again.

[dtheil]

Same issue as above:
updated to 1.8.1 and got the message:

warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/
filesystem: 750  package: 755

ran the command gamemoded -t and it returns the following message:

: Loading config
: Running tests

:: Basic client tests
:: Passed

:: Dual client tests
gamemode request succeeded and is active
Quitting by request...
:: Passed

:: Gamemoderun and reaper thread tests
...Waiting for child to quit...
...Waiting for reaper thread (reaper_frequency set to 5 seconds)...
:: Passed

:: Supervisor tests
:: Passed

:: Feature tests
::: Verifying CPU governor setting
ERROR: Governor was not set to performance (was actually powersave)!
::: Failed!
::: Verifying Scripts
::: Passed (no scripts configured to run)
::: Verifying GPU Optimisations
::: Passed (gpu optimisations not configured to run)
::: Verifying renice
::: Passed (no renice configured)
::: Verifying ioprio
::: Passed
ERROR: :: Failed!
: Tests Failed!

System info

• OS and version: Archlinux - 6.6.7-arch1-1
• GameMode Version 1.8.1

Additional context
Downgrading back to 1.7 fixed GameMode for me as well

[Saroumane]

I reproduce the problem, also using Archlinux - 6-6-7-arch1-1 and gamemode 1.8.1
In case someone is interested, it is possible to downgrade to previous working version with :
$ sudo pacman -U file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/gamemode-1.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

[bg2908]

From the new gamemode.ini file

; GameMode can renice game processes. You can put any value between 0 and 20 here, the value
; will be negated and applied as a nice value (0 means no change). Defaults to 0.
; To use this feature, the user must be added to the gamemode group (and then rebooted):
; sudo usermod -aG gamemode $(whoami)
renice=0

So I ran the command and added my username to the group gamemode, and now gamemode 1.8.1 work normally. I did not intend to use the renice function though.

[Kagukara]

Just ran into this "issue" and adding myself to the gamemode group and restarted PC fixed the "problem". Is adding the user to the gamemode group now indented for gamemode to work?

[SaschaVasarrhelyi]

In my case that worked not for me. Gamemode can´t change the Governor. I added me to the group gamemode but no success.

[bg2908]

I added me to the group gamemode but no success.

Did you rebooted the machine?
From the gamemod.ini

To use this feature, the user must be added to the gamemode group (and then rebooted):

[SaschaVasarrhelyi]

Yes. I added me user to the gamemode group with "sudo usermod -aG gamemode sascha" in the terminal , reboot and do install again gamemode-1.8.1 because there was no effect by test gamemode with gamemoded -t in the console.
The CPU Governor can't change from gamemode-1.8.1 but the rest of the test are successfully as it was before.

[lxmint]

It worked for me without reboot after killing gamemoded process and adding my user to the gamemode group with vi.

[devz3r0]

I had the same issue, adding the user to the group fixed it, I even did not need to do a reboot.
So it is now not only for the renice process, now it counts for the governor too.
Why is this behavior change happening out of sudden?

[Tuskiurhil]

From the new gamemode.ini file

; GameMode can renice game processes. You can put any value between 0 and 20 here, the value
; will be negated and applied as a nice value (0 means no change). Defaults to 0.
; To use this feature, the user must be added to the gamemode group (and then rebooted):
; sudo usermod -aG gamemode $(whoami)
renice=0

So I ran the command and added my username to the group gamemode, and now gamemode 1.8.1 work normally. I did not intend to use the renice function though.

stumbled upon the same issue today and adding myself to the gamemode group fixed it for me.

[frugaltech]

I have been looking into this issue as well. I see a change in data/com.feralinteractive.GameMode.policy.in from version 1.7.0 to version 1.8.1. If I use the file from version 1.7.0, everything works. I am no Policykit expert, but to me, it looks like the new version of the policy does not actually allow anything. In any case, tweaking this file seems to work.

[CargaisonTuba]

Hello, I have the same line "ERROR: Governor was not set to performance (was actually powersave)!"
However I'm new to linux and I don't know how to add a user to a group (I don't even know how it's related to the problem)
Also despite following the instructions for Ubuntu (I run Kubuntu) I don't why gamemode is installed in /home, and now the commands provided to uninstall it doesn't work
ninja: Entering directory builddir'
ninja: fatal: chdir to 'builddir' - No such file or directory
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If someone has the time to answer me, thanks

[SaschaVasarrhelyi]

Hi,
try to open a Terminal (Strg + Alt + t) and type into it

cd /home/$USER/gamemode

then make the uninstall steps again, also

systemctl --user stop gamemoded.service
ninja uninstall -C builddir

It shuld now find the Builddir to uninstall it.
Greetings