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stefan11111
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 Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:36 pm Post subject: nvidia xorg without mesa |
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There are multiple ways of using a nvidia gpu on linux.
There are the nouveau drivers and the proprietary drivers.
This guide is for users of the proprietary drivers.
I have tried using the open source drivers too, but I've had problems with hw accel, which is a deal-breaker for me.
The proprietary nvidia drivers already have their own implementations of everything in mesa.
You can see for yourself by running:
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$ equery f nvidia-drivers | grep lib | grep so
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If you don't use steam and such, the process of using xorg without mesa is quite simple:
Enable USE="minimal" on xorg-server.
Disable USE="dri" on mpv, if you use it.
Rebuild and emerge -cav.
And that should be it.
I use steam, which requires xorg built with glx, and for which the process is a bit more involved.
Enable USE="minimal" on xorg-server.
Disable USE="dri" on mpv, if you use it.
Create the text file /etc/portage/env/x11-base/xorg-server, if it doesn't exist.
Add:
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MYMESONARGS="-Dglx=true"
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to the file /etc/portage/env/x11-base/xorg-server.
After doing this, you will have to install this header:
https://github.com/stefan11111/dri_interface.h
I have an ebuild for it here, but you can install it any other way you like:
https://github.com/stefan11111/stefan_overlay/blob/main/x11-base/xorg-dri-interface/xorg-dri-interface-1.0.ebuild
After doing this, you will have to put this patch in /etc/portage/patches/x11-base/xorg-server/<whatever you want>.patch :
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diff --git a/glx/meson.build b/glx/meson.build
index 2ec00ce..18d3f41 100644
--- a/glx/meson.build
+++ b/glx/meson.build
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ if build_glx
dependencies: [
common_dep,
dl_dep,
- dri_dep,
dependency('glproto', version: '>= 1.4.17'),
dependency('gl', version: '>= 1.2'),
],
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/dixmods/meson.build b/hw/xfree86/dixmods/meson.build
index a1afbe8..e4ac022 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/dixmods/meson.build
+++ b/hw/xfree86/dixmods/meson.build
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if build_glx
include_directories: [ inc, xorg_inc, glx_inc ],
c_args: [ xorg_c_args, glx_align64 ],
- dependencies: [ common_dep, dl_dep, dri_dep ],
+ dependencies: [ common_dep, dl_dep ],
link_whole: libxserver_glx,
link_with: e,
diff --git a/include/meson.build b/include/meson.build
index 591bc25..eef9478 100644
--- a/include/meson.build
+++ b/include/meson.build
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ patch = version_split[2].to_int()
# convert to the old-style 1.x.y version scheme used up to 1.20.x for backwards compatibility
release = 1 * 10000000 + major * 100000 + minor * 1000 + patch
-dri_dep = dependency('dri', required: build_glx)
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conf_data = configuration_data()
conf_data.set('_DIX_CONFIG_H_', '1')
@@ -209,9 +207,6 @@ conf_data.set('DGA', build_dga ? '1' : false)
conf_data.set('DPMSExtension', build_dpms ? '1' : false)
conf_data.set('DRI2', build_dri2 ? '1' : false)
conf_data.set('DRI3', build_dri3 ? '1' : false)
-if build_glx
- conf_data.set_quoted('DRI_DRIVER_PATH', dri_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('dridriverdir'))
-endif
conf_data.set('HAS_SHM', build_mitshm ? '1' : false)
conf_data.set('MITSHM', build_mitshm ? '1' : false)
conf_data.set('PANORAMIX', build_xinerama ? '1' : false)
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Rebuild xorg-server and mpv(if you use it).
Steam depends on virtual/opengl-7.0-r2.
That virtual depends on mesa, but is not actually needed by steam.
To get rid of it, create the text file /etc/portage/profile/package.provided if it doesn't exist, and add:
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virtual/opengl-7.0-r2
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To it.
After doing this, emerge -cav should prompt you to uninstall mesa.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| what advantage is gained by doing this? |
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stefan11111
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| Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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| slaterson wrote: | | what advantage is gained by doing this? |
Not having to build mesa.
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