commit: 0e1b66032c97ecd84382d227382cbaf22ba99412 Author: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Oct 19 16:42:55 2023 +0000 Commit: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Fri Oct 20 01:13:52 2023 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=0e1b6603
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: emphasise that fbdev=1 is experimental Console works fine but personally had a poor experience where Xorg applications were crashing (once) after a mode switch. Imagine mileage may vary, but nvidia themselves call it experimental. Untested, but I believe this actually works better with wayland. Signed-off-by: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo.org> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/files/nvidia-545.conf | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/files/nvidia-545.conf b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/files/nvidia-545.conf index 9748d8312c66..6de5577d5bf9 100644 --- a/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/files/nvidia-545.conf +++ b/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/files/nvidia-545.conf @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ blacklist nouveau # Enable experimental framebuffer console support (^ requires modeset=1). # Replaces efifb or similar once loaded. Note that unloading nvidia modules -# to, e.g. load a new version, would result in losing console display. +# to, e.g. load a new version, would result in losing console display +# (emphasis on being experimental, mode switch could cause issues with X). #options nvidia-drm fbdev=1 # Suspend options. Allocations=0 recommended over =1 unless enable nvidia's
