External Nvidia GPU
Hey all, I realize in advance the answer to this might just be "no", but is there any way to get nvidia drivers loaded in the "Handheld" bazzite image? I've got an AMD-based handheld computer but plug it in (via an exposed PCIe port) to an external nvidia graphics card. Everything 'seems' to work out of the box once I navigated my way to the desktop out of the extremely glitched out Game Mode, but I'm assuming it's probably just a basic VGA driver or something?
If the answer is indeed a hard no, is it possible to have the same user profile (and maybe even installed programs/preferences, but that feels like a longshot) accessible across two different bases? (nvidia/desktop for when I'm docked, amd/handheld for when I'm not).
Thanks!
PS, it's been a looong time since I've played with Linux, is there a specific way to get a hardware/OS/kernel info dump to assist with troubleshooting?
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try
rpm-ostree rebase ostree-unverified-registry:ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-deck-nvidia:stable16 Replies
what image are you using?
I believe the one labelled "Deck/handheld"
you can get a deck image with nvidia drivers
would that still include the AMD drivers necessary to run in handheld?
not sure but most likely yes
ah i see, I was looking at Desktop > Nvidia and it did not recommend a 'deck' image, so I assumed it didn't exist. It's there under HTPC though
Is it possible to rebase without an install to that verson?
Solution
try
rpm-ostree rebase ostree-unverified-registry:ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-deck-nvidia:stableThanks, looks like it's working
the 2nd option in grub will go back to AMD if it breaks anything in handheld, yeah?
yeah i think so
im kinda new to this so i know close to nothing
more than me, haha. Last time I seriously was playing with linux, I had an ASUS 1000HE netbook
what i do know is if that second option takes you back to the version with amd drivers only, you can actually pin it so it stays throughout the updates
might wanna check out the docs
tl;dr
sudo ostree admin pin 1 (only do this after youve tested it pls)I think I saw something along the lines of Gamemode breaking above 2560x1440 on nvidia too, yeah?
i've got an ultrawide so might have to work that out too
me too lol
but im using the nondeck image cause i dont really need it and from what i know game mode is really buggy with nvidia
probably yeah, game mode is kinda broken on nvidia
yeah ultimately I don't care about game mode when I'm at my desk at all, I just wanted to be able to exit out of game mode and actually see what I was clicking on lol
Since all game mode images boot to game mode by default
Seems like it's working fine now. only gripe is that game mode still starts on my laptop screen but since I can at least see now I can get to desktop quickly
I'll see when I unplug later if anything else broke
alright
Alright, everything works just fine in handheld still. Thanks for your assistance.