nixpkgs/nixos/modules/hardware/video/nvidia.nix

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# This module provides the proprietary NVIDIA X11 / OpenGL drivers.
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
with lib;
let
drivers = config.services.xserver.videoDrivers;
# FIXME: should introduce an option like
# hardware.video.nvidia.package for overriding the default NVIDIA
# driver.
nvidiaForKernel = kernelPackages:
if elem "nvidia" drivers then
kernelPackages.nvidia_x11
else if elem "nvidiaBeta" drivers then
kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_beta
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else if elem "nvidiaLegacy304" drivers then
kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_legacy304
else if elem "nvidiaLegacy340" drivers then
kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_legacy340
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else if elem "nvidiaLegacy390" drivers then
kernelPackages.nvidia_x11_legacy390
else null;
nvidia_x11 = nvidiaForKernel config.boot.kernelPackages;
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nvidia_libs32 =
if versionOlder nvidia_x11.version "391" then
((nvidiaForKernel pkgs.pkgsi686Linux.linuxPackages).override { libsOnly = true; kernel = null; }).out
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else
(nvidiaForKernel config.boot.kernelPackages).lib32;
enabled = nvidia_x11 != null;
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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cfg = config.hardware.nvidia;
optimusCfg = cfg.optimus_prime;
in
{
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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options = {
hardware.nvidia.modesetting.enable = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Enable kernel modesetting when using the NVIDIA proprietary driver.
Enabling this fixes screen tearing when using Optimus via PRIME (see
<option>hardware.nvidia.optimus_prime.enable</option>. This is not enabled
by default because it is not officially supported by NVIDIA and would not
work with SLI.
'';
};
hardware.nvidia.optimus_prime.enable = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Enable NVIDIA Optimus support using the NVIDIA proprietary driver via PRIME.
If enabled, the NVIDIA GPU will be always on and used for all rendering,
while enabling output to displays attached only to the integrated Intel GPU
without a multiplexer.
Note that this option only has any effect if the "nvidia" driver is specified
in <option>services.xserver.videoDrivers</option>, and it should preferably
be the only driver there.
If this is enabled, then the bus IDs of the NVIDIA and Intel GPUs have to be
specified (<option>hardware.nvidia.optimus_prime.nvidiaBusId</option> and
<option>hardware.nvidia.optimus_prime.intelBusId</option>).
If you enable this, you may want to also enable kernel modesetting for the
NVIDIA driver (<option>hardware.nvidia.modesetting.enable</option>) in order
to prevent tearing.
Note that this configuration will only be successful when a display manager
for which the <option>services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands</option>
option is supported is used.
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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'';
};
hardware.nvidia.optimus_prime.allowExternalGpu = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Configure X to allow external NVIDIA GPUs when using optimus.
'';
};
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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hardware.nvidia.optimus_prime.nvidiaBusId = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.str;
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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default = "";
example = "PCI:1:0:0";
description = ''
Bus ID of the NVIDIA GPU. You can find it using lspci; for example if lspci
shows the NVIDIA GPU at "01:00.0", set this option to "PCI:1:0:0".
'';
};
hardware.nvidia.optimus_prime.intelBusId = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.str;
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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default = "";
example = "PCI:0:2:0";
description = ''
Bus ID of the Intel GPU. You can find it using lspci; for example if lspci
shows the Intel GPU at "00:02.0", set this option to "PCI:0:2:0".
'';
};
};
config = mkIf enabled {
assertions = [
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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{
assertion = !optimusCfg.enable ||
(optimusCfg.nvidiaBusId != "" && optimusCfg.intelBusId != "");
message = ''
When NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME is enabled, the GPU bus IDs must configured.
'';
}
];
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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# If Optimus/PRIME is enabled, we:
# - Specify the configured NVIDIA GPU bus ID in the Device section for the
# "nvidia" driver.
# - Add the AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration option to the Screen section for the
# "nvidia" driver, in order to allow the X server to start without any outputs.
# - Add a separate Device section for the Intel GPU, using the "modesetting"
# driver and with the configured BusID.
# - Reference that Device section from the ServerLayout section as an inactive
# device.
# - Configure the display manager to run specific `xrandr` commands which will
# configure/enable displays connected to the Intel GPU.
services.xserver.drivers = singleton {
name = "nvidia";
modules = [ nvidia_x11.bin ];
deviceSection = optionalString optimusCfg.enable
''
BusID "${optimusCfg.nvidiaBusId}"
${optionalString optimusCfg.allowExternalGpu "Option \"AllowExternalGpus\""}
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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'';
screenSection =
''
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
${optionalString optimusCfg.enable "Option \"AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration\""}
'';
};
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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services.xserver.extraConfig = optionalString optimusCfg.enable
''
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia-optimus-intel"
Driver "modesetting"
BusID "${optimusCfg.intelBusId}"
Option "AccelMethod" "none"
EndSection
'';
services.xserver.serverLayoutSection = optionalString optimusCfg.enable
''
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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Inactive "nvidia-optimus-intel"
'';
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands = optionalString optimusCfg.enable ''
# Added by nvidia configuration module for Optimus/PRIME.
${pkgs.xorg.xrandr}/bin/xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
${pkgs.xorg.xrandr}/bin/xrandr --auto
'';
environment.etc."nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-rc" = mkIf nvidia_x11.useProfiles {
source = "${nvidia_x11.bin}/share/nvidia/nvidia-application-profiles-rc";
};
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hardware.opengl.package = nvidia_x11.out;
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hardware.opengl.package32 = nvidia_libs32;
environment.systemPackages = [ nvidia_x11.bin nvidia_x11.settings ]
++ lib.filter (p: p != null) [ nvidia_x11.persistenced ];
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systemd.tmpfiles.rules = optional config.virtualisation.docker.enableNvidia
"L+ /run/nvidia-docker/bin - - - - ${nvidia_x11.bin}/origBin"
++ optional (nvidia_x11.persistenced != null && config.virtualisation.docker.enableNvidia)
"L+ /run/nvidia-docker/extras/bin/nvidia-persistenced - - - - ${nvidia_x11.persistenced}/origBin/nvidia-persistenced";
boot.extraModulePackages = [ nvidia_x11.bin ];
# nvidia-uvm is required by CUDA applications.
boot.kernelModules = [ "nvidia-uvm" ] ++
lib.optionals config.services.xserver.enable [ "nvidia" "nvidia_modeset" "nvidia_drm" ];
nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens. The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started. Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session. Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable. Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation: - `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU. - `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
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# If requested enable modesetting via kernel parameter.
boot.kernelParams = optional cfg.modesetting.enable "nvidia-drm.modeset=1";
# Create /dev/nvidia-uvm when the nvidia-uvm module is loaded.
services.udev.extraRules =
''
KERNEL=="nvidia", RUN+="${pkgs.runtimeShell} -c 'mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidiactl c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) 255'"
KERNEL=="nvidia_modeset", RUN+="${pkgs.runtimeShell} -c 'mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia-modeset c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) 254'"
KERNEL=="card*", SUBSYSTEM=="drm", DRIVERS=="nvidia", RUN+="${pkgs.runtimeShell} -c 'mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia%n c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) %n'"
KERNEL=="nvidia_uvm", RUN+="${pkgs.runtimeShell} -c 'mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia-uvm c $(grep nvidia-uvm /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) 0'"
'';
boot.blacklistedKernelModules = [ "nouveau" "nvidiafb" ];
services.acpid.enable = true;
};
}