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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon solus-project

Optimus Laptop

Open JeffLabonte opened this issue 6 years ago • 5 comments

Hey guys!

Is there any progress on the Optimus matter?

JeffLabonte avatar Sep 05 '18 01:09 JeffLabonte

@JeffLabonte I would keep an eye on this thread over at the Nvidia Dev Threads. https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/957981/linux/prime-render-offloading-on-nvidia-optimus/

Last they mentioned they "laid the groundwork with the server-side vendor-neutral dispatch code that's in X.Org xserver 1.20" Given they are working with X.org 1.20 it seems we may have an official solution in the not so distant future.

Astilex5 avatar Sep 12 '18 16:09 Astilex5

@Astilex5 I saw the post, but I remain skeptical when it comes to Nvidia and their sayings. I have a lot more trust in the community.

JeffLabonte avatar Sep 26 '18 00:09 JeffLabonte

Any news on the recently introduced PRIME render offload feature for Solus?: http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/435.17/README/primerenderoffload.html

poVoq avatar Oct 02 '19 13:10 poVoq

The latest driver 440.31 supports it, technically speaking: https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/435.21/README/primerenderoffload.html

But it may not work out-of-the-box. I'm trying to get it to work as I type this.

pablott avatar Nov 09 '19 20:11 pablott

I t does not work after adding the ServerLayout suggested in Nvidia docs. xrandr --listproviders will list only one provider (intel integrated card). Ok, I just remembered that xorg-server 1.21 was required, unless patches are applied, so it is not surprise.

pablott avatar Nov 09 '19 20:11 pablott