Changeset 4830ec3 for x

Timestamp:

08/01/2023 06:57:50 PM (14 months ago)

Author:

Douglas R. Reno <renodr@…>

Branches:

12.0, 12.1, 12.2, gimp3, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, plabs/newcss, python3.11, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/for-12.3, xry111/llvm18, xry111/spidermonkey128

Children:

711469f1

Parents:

f11dce68

Message:

GDM: Document problems with using Wayland on NVIDIA GPUs

File:

• x/dm/gdm.xml (modified) (1 diff)

x/dm/gdm.xml

@@ -227 +227 @@
         a newer version of <application>GDM</application>.
       </para>
+
+      <para>
+        On some systems with NVIDIA GPUs, GDM will hide Wayland sessions by
+        default. This is often done to prevent users from encountering problems
+        with buggy drivers, which can result in system lockups, application
+        crashes, power management problems, and graphics slowdowns. If you have
+        an NVIDIA GPU and still want to try running Wayland sessions anyway,
+        execute the following command:
+      </para>
+
+ <screen role="nodump"><userinput>ln -s /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/61-gdm.rules</userinput></screen>
 
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