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authorDrew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>2017-04-12 10:15:38 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-04-12 10:15:38 -0400
commita25a2f40ce207ea39cf693fe5ee12c621ae06ae7 (patch)
treeda7b2dbe82457d3f446cf094cc02e809bcd72a19 /sway
parentcd3c48fb9d70fd49c53922b0b294828130fcaaa5 (diff)
parentb3541d9dc5e3037889026d3d918b174d9ecc9567 (diff)
Merge pull request #1147 from SirCmpwn/nvidia-support
Downgrade nvidia proprietary driver warning
Diffstat (limited to 'sway')
-rw-r--r--sway/main.c40
-rw-r--r--sway/sway.1.txt3
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sway/main.c b/sway/main.c
index b9f8936f..39bf225e 100644
--- a/sway/main.c
+++ b/sway/main.c
@@ -57,25 +57,55 @@ void detect_proprietary() {
if (!f) {
return;
}
+ bool nvidia = false, nvidia_modeset = false, nvidia_uvm = false, nvidia_drm = false;
while (!feof(f)) {
char *line;
if (!(line = read_line(f))) {
break;
}
if (strstr(line, "nvidia")) {
- fprintf(stderr, "\x1B[1;31mWarning: Proprietary nvidia drivers do NOT support Wayland. Use nouveau.\x1B[0m\n");
- fprintf(stderr, "\x1B[1;31mYes, they STILL don't work with the newly announced wayland \"support\".\x1B[0m\n");
- free(line);
- break;
+ nvidia = true;
+ }
+ if (strstr(line, "nvidia_modeset")) {
+ nvidia_modeset = true;
+ }
+ if (strstr(line, "nvidia_uvm")) {
+ nvidia_uvm = true;
+ }
+ if (strstr(line, "nvidia_drm")) {
+ nvidia_drm = true;
}
if (strstr(line, "fglrx")) {
- fprintf(stderr, "\x1B[1;31mWarning: Proprietary AMD drivers do NOT support Wayland. Use radeon.\x1B[0m\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "\x1B[1;31mWarning: Proprietary AMD drivers do "
+ "NOT support Wayland. Use radeon.\x1B[0m\n");
free(line);
break;
}
free(line);
}
fclose(f);
+ if (nvidia) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "\x1B[1;31mWarning: Proprietary nvidia driver support "
+ "is considered experimental. Nouveau is strongly recommended."
+ "\x1B[0m\n");
+ if (!nvidia_modeset || !nvidia_uvm || !nvidia_drm) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "\x1B[1;31mWarning: You do not have all of the "
+ "necessary kernel modules loaded for nvidia support. "
+ "You need nvidia, nvidia_modeset, nvidia_uvm, and nvidia_drm."
+ "\x1B[0m\n");
+ }
+ f = fopen("/proc/cmdline", "r");
+ if (f) {
+ char *line = read_line(f);
+ if (line && !strstr(line, "nvidia-drm.modeset=1")) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "\x1B[1;31mWarning: You must add "
+ "nvidia-drm.modeset=1 to your kernel command line to use "
+ "the proprietary driver.\x1B[0m\n");
+ }
+ fclose(f);
+ free(line);
+ }
+ }
}
void run_as_ipc_client(char *command, char *socket_path) {
diff --git a/sway/sway.1.txt b/sway/sway.1.txt
index 1a77611d..bc827bd5 100644
--- a/sway/sway.1.txt
+++ b/sway/sway.1.txt
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ rather than switch to something else.
Launch sway directly from a tty or via your favorite Wayland-compatible login
manager.
-*Important note for nvidia users*: The proprietary nvidia driver does _not_ have
-support for Wayland as of 2016-06-10. Use nouveau.
-
Commands
--------