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nvidiactl: Enable nvidia-drm kernel modesetting on desktops #600

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nvidiactl: Enable nvidia-drm kernel modesetting on desktops #600

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Expand Up @@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ fi

insmod ${nvlink}/nvidia.ko ${nvargs}

nvdrmargs=""
if /usr/sbin/hostconfig desktop 2>/dev/null ; then
echo >&2 "NOTE: tag 'desktop' set, enabling kernel modesetting in nvidia-drm"
nvdrmargs="modeset=1"
fi

# Count the number of NVIDIA controllers found.
NVDEVS=$(lspci | grep -i NVIDIA)
N3D=$(echo "$NVDEVS" | grep "3D controller" | wc -l)
Expand All @@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ if [ ! -z $N ]; then
fi
fi
test -e ${nvlink}/nvidia-modeset.ko && insmod ${nvlink}/nvidia-modeset.ko
test -e ${nvlink}/nvidia-drm.ko && insmod ${nvlink}/nvidia-drm.ko
test -e ${nvlink}/nvidia-drm.ko && insmod ${nvlink}/nvidia-drm.ko ${nvdrmargs}
fi

exit 0