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Is it so hard to get Nvidia GPUs working with Linux? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I want to make the move to Mint at the end of Win10 in a week or so, but I've heard some horror stories about how tough it can be to get Nvidia GPUs working with them. As it is I have a 4060TI and no money for an AMD GPU. If I can't get my GPU working with Linux I'm probably gonna end up having to stick with Windows untim I can afford an AMD GPU, the thought of which doesn't exactly excite me.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (9 children)

On Nixos haven’t had any issues. I did have issues getting the dynamic GPU thing going through. That’s a bit of a technical challenge at-least on Nixos

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    What's a dynamic GPU?

    Yeah it was dead simple on Nixos. I just grabbed the Nvidia section of the wiki. https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/NVIDIA

    {
  hardware = {
    # Renamed from opengl.enable
    graphics.enable = true;
    # Most Wayland compositors need this
    nvidia.modesetting.enable = true;
    nvidia.powerManagement.enable = false;
    nvidia.open = false;
    nvidia.nvidiaSettings = true;
  };
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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Sorry it’s called “hybrid graphics”

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    Oh that's neat, I'd never heard of it. Using the integrated graphics as well as a PCIE GPU. Cool.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Helps with battery life on laptops

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    Does the display not need to be plugged into the onboard port, then?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Not exactly sure what you mean by this

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    On a desktop I might use the integrated graphics as well if I could use its HDMI/DP port for an additional monitor. Since you mentioned a laptop battery, I am guessing that you are choosing to drive the built in display with either the integrated graphics or the Nvidia graphics card built in. Have I misunderstood?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    So it actually works by process for my PC. Some memory mapping shenanigans for sure. Basically you set some environment variables when you launch a process and it will run of the dedicated gpu instead. Either port will show the same image

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