nvidiactl: Enable nvidia-drm kernel modesetting on desktops #600
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On hosts tagged *desktop*, load nvidia-drm with `modeset=1`. All
installed driver versions (535.104.05, 570.144, 580.178.04) still
default to `modeset=0`:
$ modinfo -p /usr/share/nvidia/kernel/6.18.51.mx64.498/nvidia-drm.ko
modeset:Enable atomic kernel modesetting (1 = enable, 0 = disable (default)) (bool)
fbdev:Create a framebuffer device (1 = enable (default), 0 = disable) (bool)
Without kernel modesetting, the DRM device registered by nvidia-drm
offers no KMS, so Wayland compositors cannot drive the display on the
proprietary driver.
The parameter is passed to insmod directly, since nvidiactl loads the
modules from /usr/share/nvidia/kernel/ and not via modprobe, so a
modprobe.d snippet would have no effect.
Assisted-by: claude-opus-5.5 (Claude Code)
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AI disclaimer: This merge/pull request was generated by claude-opus-5.5 and reviewed by Paul Menzel (@pmenzel).
On hosts tagged desktop (
hostconfig --list desktop), load nvidia-drm withmodeset=1. (All installed driver versions (535.104.05, 570.144, 580.178.04) default tomodeset=0.):The parameter is passed to
insmoddirectly, becausenvidiactlloads the modules from/usr/share/nvidia/kernel/, not via modprobe.Note: Since 570,
fbdev=1is the default, so withmodeset=1nvidia-drm also takes over the console framebuffer.Tested on sigusr2.