Here's a weird one: disabling MSI GPU RGB in Linux?

I have an MSI Radeon RX 6800 Trio Gaming Z GPU. It’s nice. It has RGB. I have a Torrent Compact case. It has no glass. I’m over ARGB already. How can I turn off the RGB on the GPU when it’s locked away in a steel-sided case? You can do it on Windows via Dragon Center, apparently, but I can’t find instructions for Linux. I really don’t want to waste the electricity powering LEDs that can’t be seen. Not turning them off would be ecologically unsound and my eternal soul will carry the stain forever (yes, I know it’s only about a Watt per millennium, but it’s in the spirit of environmentalism. I want to be able to look Greta Thunberg in the eye if I ever meet her, although she likely wouldn’t look kindly on the profligacy of an AMD 7950X; do I really need 32 threads? (Of course!)).

How can I disable the LEDs when I’m running Linux?

(It’s also an MSI motherboard: I believe it’s possible to turn off RGB in the BIOS, even though this motherboard - a PRO X670-P - doesn’t have any LEDs (I did say I was done with ARGB!) and I’m not sure it can therefore disable them. I’m also assuming any feature to disable LEDs in the BIOS disables them on any peripheral which might have them which seems a tad optimistic?)

Thanks for any pointers, although I imagine I’m the only oddball trying to disable fancy lights on computer kit in 2023.

Schrodinger’s GPU. If you can’t see the RGB, it is on? :black_cat:

Found this with forward to OpenRGB.

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“Not actively maintained” and 2-3 generation old boards. I might give it try if nothing else turns up. Thanks for the pointer.

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