sway-nvidia

Helper files to make sway a better experience for us poor NVIDIA users.

Installation

Dependencies

sway and any proprietary NVIDIA driver is required (although this probably includes their new open kernel modules, I have not tested). It may also be the case that vulkan-validation-layers are required to use the vulkan backend.

AUR Installation

If you're using ArchLinux, the package is available in the AUR as sway-nvidia.

If you want to install this on another distro, you can clone and install the files manually

From Source

Sway is still required if you're installing. This package doesn't replace sway

git clone https://github.com/crispyricepc/sway-nvidia
sudo install -Dm755 sway-nvidia/sway-nvidia.sh "/usr/local/bin/sway-nvidia"
sudo install -Dm644 sway-nvidia/sway-nvidia.desktop "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/sway-nvidia.desktop"
sudo install -Dm644 sway-nvidia/wlroots-env-nvidia.sh "/usr/local/share/wlroots-nvidia/wlroots-env-nvidia.sh"

Usage

From TTY / Shell

If starting from a shell, replace your sway command with the following:

exec sway-nvidia

From a Display Manager

If you're starting from a display manager, select Sway (NVIDIA) from your wayland sessions list

Known Issues

Cannot take screenshots

Because we're using the experimental vulkan renderer to avoid graphical issues, screen capture is not yet implemented on wlroots 0.15. The issue is being tracked here

That being said, anyone using sway-git & wlroots-git, this issue has been fixed in version 0.16

glxtest for Firefox hardware acceleration fails

This issue is being tracked here

See Also

A discussion on the NVIDIA forums for everyone sharing hacks to getting sway to work. If this package doesn't work on your PC, it's a good idea to see if anyone over there has a similar setup