Unverified Commit 05677341 authored by Franz Pletz's avatar Franz Pletz Committed by GitHub
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Merge pull request #298956 from ncfavier/nvidia-doc 

nixos/nvidia: update manual
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nixos/doc/manual/configuration/x-windows.chapter.md

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@@ -146,14 +146,12 @@ default because it's not free software. You can enable it as follows: 
services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidia" ];

```



Or if you have an older card, you may have to use one of the legacy

drivers:

If you have an older card, you may have to use one of the legacy drivers:



```nix

services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidiaLegacy470" ];

services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidiaLegacy390" ];

services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidiaLegacy340" ];

services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidiaLegacy304" ];

hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.legacy_470;

hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.legacy_390;

hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.legacy_340;

```



You may need to reboot after enabling this driver to prevent a clash

nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix

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        type = types.listOf types.str;

        default = [ "modesetting" "fbdev" ];

        example = [

          "nvidia" "nvidiaLegacy390" "nvidiaLegacy340" "nvidiaLegacy304"

          "nvidia"

          "amdgpu-pro"

        ];

        # TODO(@oxij): think how to easily add the rest, like those nvidia things