Most applications that use Nvidia not working

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When I try to run Joplin I get this error:

user@nixos ~/Documents> joplin-desktop
Sentry: Initialized with autoUploadCrashDumps: false
DRM kernel driver 'nvidia-drm' in use. NVK requires nouveau.
libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen
DRM kernel driver 'nvidia-drm' in use. NVK requires nouveau.

for reference here is my Nvidia config

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:

{

  options = {
    # Define any custom options here if needed.
  };

  config = {
    boot.kernelParams = [ "nvidia_drm.fbdev=1" "nvidia-drm.modeset=1" "module_blacklist=i915" ];

    hardware.opengl = {
      enable = true;
      driSupport = true;
      driSupport32Bit = true;
    };

    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
      libva-utils
      vdpauinfo
      vulkan-tools
      vulkan-validation-layers
      libvdpau-va-gl
      egl-wayland
      wgpu-utils
      mesa
      libglvnd
      nvtop
      nvitop
      libGL
    ];

    services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "nvidia" ];

    hardware.nvidia = {
      forceFullCompositionPipeline = true;
      modesetting.enable = true;
      powerManagement.enable = true;
      powerManagement.finegrained = false;
      open = false;
      nvidiaSettings = true;
      # Uncomment next line to switch back to mainline NixOS Drivers
      # package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.production;
    };

    #Force use of the 555.58 Driver
    hardware.nvidia.package = config.boot.kernelPackages.nvidiaPackages.mkDriver {
    version = "555.58";
    sha256_64bit = "sha256-bXvcXkg2kQZuCNKRZM5QoTaTjF4l2TtrsKUvyicj5ew=";
    sha256_aarch64 = "sha256-7XswQwW1iFP4ji5mbRQ6PVEhD4SGWpjUJe1o8zoXYRE=";
    openSha256 = "sha256-hEAmFISMuXm8tbsrB+WiUcEFuSGRNZ37aKWvf0WJ2/c=";
    settingsSha256 = "sha256-vWnrXlBCb3K5uVkDFmJDVq51wrCoqgPF03lSjZOuU8M=";
    persistencedSha256 = "sha256-lyYxDuGDTMdGxX3CaiWUh1IQuQlkI2hPEs5LI20vEVw=";
    };
  };
}

I am using an RTX2060 Legion Mobile laptop. Using the 555.58 drivers fixed many things in a previous post, but many applications such as joplin are still throwing errors such as the one mentioned above. The only issues I have in NixOS currently are Graphical ones related to Nvidia and Wayland

2

You might find it difficult to get free community support for a proprietary driver, not only because of spite, but because practically, it is often a dead end due to lack of source code to examine.

3

Is AMD that much better? If for example I sell this RTX2060 Mobile machine today, and get a Framework 16 with a Radeon RX 7700S, will my experience on Linux and particularly NixOS be that much higher?

I have not had any serious Nvidia issues on Arch Linux, Fedora, or Ubuntu, but It has been fighting me on NixOS especially with Wayland.

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This is my Nvidia module, and it seems to work for most/all games I’ve tested with: nix-config/modules/nixos/nvidia.nix at ea41bd4a966698387b6e8b5fb73ba834af51f4da · aos/nix-config · GitHub For reference, this host is running KDE Plasma 6 using Wayland, using a RTX 2060 Super.

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My observation is that in general with AMD is less trouble. I’m trying to sell my old GTX 1080 Ti for this reason. Heck, being a long time Linux user, I don’t know why I didn’t know better.

6

Your module copypasted works perfectly for everything I now have perfect Nvidia on everything. Thanks!!!