Arch MSI GS65 tweaks

Mainly from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/MSI_GS65

Access advanced BIOS settings

Advanced BIOS options can be accessed by going to the ‘Advanced’ tab and holding down l-alt, r-ctrl, r-shift, then F2.

You may want to enable SGX to stop the error displayed in Arch.

NVIDIA

Install NVIDIA settings panel:

yay nvidia-settings

Install switcheroo-control:

yay switcheroo-control
systemctl enable switcheroo-control.service

Reboot and you will be able to start programs by right-clicking on them and selecting “Launch using Discrete Graphic Card”

To solve the nvidia-gpu i2c timeout error, You may want to create a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist_i2c-nvidia-gpu.conf with these contents:

blacklist i2c_nvidia_gpu

This file prevents loading the problematic driver.

Airplane mode function key

The airplane mode key combination (FN + F10) is disabled by default. Adding the following kernel parameters activates airplane mode key combination:

acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2009"
Probably is best to add pcie_aspm=off too.

Wifi is hardblocked (airplane mode) after waking up from suspend

Wifi can be reactivated by either using the airplane mode key combination twice or by hibernating and rebooting.

A way to mitigate this is by setting systemd to hibernate instead of suspending, but it probably needs too many configurations to enable hibernate in recent systems.

Edit /etc/systemd/logind.conf with

HandleSuspendKey=hibernate
HandleLidSwitch=hibernate

Disable suspend when closing laptop lid

IgnoreLid=true in /etc/UPower/UPower.conf

Probably not necessary:

HandleLidSwitch=ignore and HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore in /etc/systemd/logind.conf