FS#76989 - [firefox] Undetected GPU on wayland + nvidia
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Opened by Alessandro Cerruti (chrooti) - Monday, 02 January 2023, 21:39 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Sunday, 03 September 2023, 08:29 GMT
Opened by Alessandro Cerruti (chrooti) - Monday, 02 January 2023, 21:39 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Sunday, 03 September 2023, 08:29 GMT
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Description:
Firefox doesn't see the GPU on wayland (sway) + nvidia (proprietary) driver. This is related to a crash in glxinfo for which there exists a bug report and a proposed patch on mozilla's phabricator (https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D164578). Since there seems to be a bit of friction to merging this or approving it, but the change is small and non-intrusive I am proposing to add the patch to the Arch package. FWIW I've been testing it (GTX 1080ti, sway, firefox 108) by adding it to the current PKGBUILD and it works on my end. Steps to reproduce: |
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Closed by Toolybird (Toolybird)
Sunday, 03 September 2023, 08:29 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: See comments from PM.
Sunday, 03 September 2023, 08:29 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: See comments from PM.
Oops, I didn't read the wiki well enough :P...now have a cursor with WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS=1
Edit: Ok, can now repro. But honestly, this is such a glitchy setup it's not funny :(
Or, if you/someone else has a less hacky idea to workaround it I can try my hands at a patch.
resent by mistake