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## Getting NVIDIA To Work On Wayland (2023/2024 Edition)
Wayland notoriously doesn't work with NVIDIA GPUs, and there's alot of documentation on this already.
Wayland notoriously doesn't work with NVIDIA GPUs, and there's alot of
documentation on this already.
This .txt file is simply to document what I've gotten to work on Wayland with a NVIDIA 2060 GPU thus far. It is impressive what is possible now, though there is still some visual artifacting that happens on the riverwm at the time of this writing (01/01/2024).
This .txt file is simply to document what I've gotten to work on Wayland with a
NVIDIA 2060 GPU thus far. It is impressive what is possible now, though there is
still some visual artifacting that happens on the riverwm at the time of this
writing (01/01/2024).
For me there are a few requirements for me to completely convert over to Wayland.
For me there are a few requirements for me to completely convert over to
Wayland.
**REQUIREMENTS:**
1. I have to use NVIDIA (I'm not getting an AMD GPU just to contribute to ewaste for this alone, NVIDIA will have to continue to work towards getting Wayland to work if they don't want to incur Linus' wrath on this one).
2. Tiling Window Manager. I just can't go back to using a Floating DE, TWM's are just better.
3. Minimal RAM usage. I prefer my system to be as light weight on resource usage as possible. This means the TWM, Terminal Emulator, Compositor, must be as light weight as possible. This is not a hard rule, ultimately I need a system that can do a lot, but I don't want my background processes running all the time consuming more RAM than is necessary.
1. I have to use NVIDIA (I'm not getting an AMD GPU just to contribute to ewaste
for this alone, NVIDIA will have to continue to work towards getting Wayland
to work if they don't want to incur Linus' wrath on this one).
2. Tiling Window Manager. I just can't go back to using a Floating DE, TWM's are
just better.
3. Minimal RAM usage. I prefer my system to be as light weight on resource usage
as possible. This means the TWM, Terminal Emulator, Compositor, must be as
light weight as possible. This is not a hard rule, ultimately I need a system
that can do a lot, but I don't want my background processes running all the
time consuming more RAM than is necessary.
4. Video Conferences. Zoom/Jitsi via the browser are a must. This is not yet
tested, but to work properly, I'll be needing this to be stable before
converting to Wayland.
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3. Cursor Disappears on Typing (exists as config flag in riverwm).
4. DMENU like application picker (currently experimenting, lots of options).
5. RedShift Like App (just installed gammastep, gonna experiment).
6. Xclip Like Clipboard manager for saving to clipboard from terminal without highlighting+ctrl+shift+c...yeah. (currently use catx aliased as xclip -sel clip, see ydotool and/or wtype).
7. Devour For MPV and other applications (don't need a running terminal taking up screen real estate, needs research).
8. NeoVim clipboard save (currently doesn't work on Wayland, can simply yank to clipboard in Neovim with single config flag, and works on X11, but not Wayland).
9. Espanso text expansion (simple, has a wayland, compile, get rid of systemd warnings, and try it out).
6. Xclip Like Clipboard manager for saving to clipboard from terminal without
highlighting+ctrl+shift+c...yeah. (currently use catx aliased as xclip -sel
clip, see ydotool and/or wtype).
7. Devour For MPV and other applications (don't need a running terminal taking
up screen real estate, needs research).
8. NeoVim clipboard save (currently doesn't work on Wayland, can simply yank to
clipboard in Neovim with single config flag, and works on X11, but not
Wayland).
9. Espanso text expansion (simple, has a wayland, compile, get rid of systemd
warnings, and try it out).
**ALREADY WORKING:**
1. Foot Terminal/RiverWM (lightest weight I could find with most customization, comparable to BSPWM, Suckless Terminal, and Picom in resource usage).
2. NVIDIA GPU (kind of works, lots of configuration necessary, but I actually can play Cyberpunk 2077). Only issue is bad artifacting/stuttering (pockets of squares/glitching effect on heavy movement on screen, probably have to wait on NVIDIA update for this one to work).
1. Foot Terminal/RiverWM (lightest weight I could find with most customization,
comparable to BSPWM, Suckless Terminal, and Picom in resource usage).
2. NVIDIA GPU (kind of works, lots of configuration necessary, but I actually
can play Cyberpunk 2077). Only issue is bad artifacting/stuttering (pockets
of squares/glitching effect on heavy movement on screen, probably have to
wait on NVIDIA update for this one to work).
**INSTRUCTIONS IN CASE OF NEED TO DUPLICATE EFFORTS:**
The following is a step by step series of instructions on how to get Wayland working again should you somehow need to reinstall everything (doomsday scenario):
The following is a step by step series of instructions on how to get Wayland
working again should you somehow need to reinstall everything (doomsday
scenario):
Here are the current nvidia packages you have installed:
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options nvidia_drm modeset=1 fbdev=1
```
**FLAMESHOT**
Getting flameshot working was a bit of a pain. Ensure you have installed the
following:
**FLAMESHOT** Getting flameshot working was a bit of a pain. Ensure you have
installed the following:
```
flameshot
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[[ -z $WAYLAND_DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 2 ]] && exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session
```
This appears to work better actually:
```
[[ -z $WAYLAND_DISPLAY && -n $XDG_VTNR && $XDG_VTNR -eq 2 ]] && exec river
```
**CONCLUSION**
Once all set up, simply switch to a separate tty (ctrl + alt + F<your_choice>).
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in TTY1, as .xinitrc obviously won't work for that...
```
```