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(manually setting an env var is no longer needed as of Plasma 5.20.2 (released this morning))
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=== Pre-requisites ===
=== Pre-requisites ===
 
* Ensure that you are using Plasma 5.20.2 or later.
* You need a very up-to-date Qt. Make sure you have >= Qt5.15.0 or [https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtwayland.git/commit/?id=4bd13402f0293e85b8dfdf92254e250ac28094c7 4bd13402f0293e85b8dfdf92254e250ac28094c7] cherry-picked.
* You need a very up-to-date Qt. Make sure you have >= Qt5.15.0 or [https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt/qtwayland.git/commit/?id=4bd13402f0293e85b8dfdf92254e250ac28094c7 4bd13402f0293e85b8dfdf92254e250ac28094c7] cherry-picked.
* Make sure to have the Nvidia egl library installed. For example on Ubuntu and Neon the relevant package is called <code>libnvidia-egl-wayland1</code>
* Make sure to have the Nvidia egl library installed. For example on Ubuntu and Neon the relevant package is called <code>libnvidia-egl-wayland1</code>
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Search for "kernel parameters" in your distribution  
Search for "kernel parameters" in your distribution  
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_parameters is a good starting point
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_parameters is a good starting point
=== Tell kwin to run with EGLStreams. ===
You should set the environment variable "KWIN_DRM_USE_EGL_STREAMS=1"
The easiest place is to add a file <code>/etc/profile.d/kwin.sh</code>  with the line
<code>export KWIN_DRM_USE_EGL_STREAMS=1</code>
Verify this is working with the command line tool <code>env</code> after rebooting.


=== Login ===
=== Login ===

Revision as of 12:09, 27 October 2020

Running Nvidia Wayland

Pre-requisites

  • Ensure that you are using Plasma 5.20.2 or later.
  • You need a very up-to-date Qt. Make sure you have >= Qt5.15.0 or 4bd13402f0293e85b8dfdf92254e250ac28094c7 cherry-picked.
  • Make sure to have the Nvidia egl library installed. For example on Ubuntu and Neon the relevant package is called libnvidia-egl-wayland1

Mode setting

Check our driver is running in modesettings mode

cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset

It should print "Y"

If not, modify your kernel command line and add the line nvidia-drm.modeset=1. Search for "kernel parameters" in your distribution https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_parameters is a good starting point

Login

  • Select "Plasma (wayland)" from your login manager
  • Enjoy your beautiful super-fast accelerated wayland desktop!