The Acer Nitro V15 has a discrete nvidia GeForxe RTX 4060 mobile. Turns out, the default firmware leaves some performance untapped [GPU].1. follow the project instructions [GPU] to download, build and install.2. specifically, the 4060m requires a kernel parameter in grub: "gpu_unlock.targets=0000:01:00.0 gpu_unlock.ad107_experimental=1"You'll have to find the exact address with lspci. Yes, it needs the … Continue reading Improving LLM prefill on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 mobile
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Acer Nitro V15 login hangs
When trying to enable the discrete NVIDIA GPU of the Acer Nitro ANV15-41[ANV], the graphical login screen "hangs": the OS works fine, but won't accept keyboard or touchpad input, which makes it unusable. It took me a day of wrong paths taken to realise that X11 picks the wrong input devices. The fix is to … Continue reading Acer Nitro V15 login hangs
Acer Nitro V15 battery charge level protection and Ubuntu
The Nitro V15 supports battery protection via min/max charge levels, but Ubuntu doesn't talk the hardware protocol out of the box. There's a kernel module which enables charge levels. I'm a bit in a hurry, so the TLD: the module is here https://github.com/frederik-h/acer-wmi-batterycheck it out and follow the installation instructions Tried & works under Ubuntu … Continue reading Acer Nitro V15 battery charge level protection and Ubuntu
Ubuntu on the Acer Nitro ANV15-41
Updated 2025-07-28 This is a short post about running Ubuntu 24.04 on the Acer nitro ANV15-41 aka Nitro V15. If you are interested in previous post about installing Ubuntu on various laptops, maybe check out Acer Nitro 5, HP ProBook, Asus VivoBook, Lenovo Thinkpad and HP Victus. Installation Installation from an USB SSD worked fine … Continue reading Ubuntu on the Acer Nitro ANV15-41
