Merge pull request #4491 from johnzfitch/fix/pascal-maxwell-nvidia-backend

Expanded Legacy NVIDIA GPU support with correct backend selection

install/config/hardware/nvidia.sh

@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ if [ -n "$NVIDIA" ]; then
   # Check which kernel is installed and set appropriate headers package
   KERNEL_HEADERS="$(pacman -Qqs '^linux(-zen|-lts|-hardened)?$' | head -1)-headers"
 
-  if echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "RTX [2-9][0-9]|GTX 16"; then
+  # Turing+ (GTX 16xx, RTX 20xx-50xx, Quadro RTX, datacenter A/H/T/L series) have GSP firmware
-    # Turing (16xx, 20xx), Ampere (30xx), Ada (40xx), and newer recommend the open-source kernel modules
+  if echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "GTX 16[0-9]{2}|RTX [2-5][0-9]{3}|Quadro RTX|RTX A[0-9]{4}|A[1-9][0-9]{2}|H[1-9][0-9]{2}|T4|L[0-9]+"; then
     PACKAGES=(nvidia-open-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils libva-nvidia-driver)
-  elif echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "GTX 9|GTX 10|Quadro P|MX1|MX2|MX3"; then
+    GPU_ARCH="turing_plus"
-    # Pascal (10xx, Quadro Pxxx, MX150, MX2xx, and MX3xx) and Maxwell (9xx, MX110, and MX130) use legacy branch that can only be installed from AUR
+  # Maxwell (GTX 9xx), Pascal (GT/GTX 10xx, Quadro P, MX series), Volta (Titan V, Tesla V100, Quadro GV100) lack GSP
+  elif echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "GTX (9[0-9]{2}|10[0-9]{2})|GT 10[0-9]{2}|Quadro [PM][0-9]{3,4}|Quadro GV100|MX *[0-9]+|Titan (X|Xp|V)|Tesla V100"; then
     PACKAGES=(nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils)
+    GPU_ARCH="maxwell_pascal_volta"
   fi
   # Bail if no supported GPU
   if [ -z "${PACKAGES+x}" ]; then
@@ -29,12 +31,23 @@ EOF
 MODULES+=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)
 EOF
 
-  # Add NVIDIA environment variables
+  # Add NVIDIA environment variables based on GPU architecture
-  cat >>$HOME/.config/hypr/envs.conf <<'EOF'
+  if [ "$GPU_ARCH" = "turing_plus" ]; then
+    # Turing+ (RTX 20xx, GTX 16xx, and newer) with GSP firmware support
+    cat >>"$HOME/.config/hypr/envs.conf" <<'EOF'
 
-# NVIDIA
+# NVIDIA (Turing+ with GSP firmware)
 env = NVD_BACKEND,direct
 env = LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME,nvidia
 env = __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME,nvidia
 EOF
+  elif [ "$GPU_ARCH" = "maxwell_pascal_volta" ]; then
+    # Maxwell/Pascal/Volta (GTX 9xx/10xx, GT 10xx, Quadro P/M/GV, MX series, Titan X/Xp/V) lack GSP firmware
+    cat >>"$HOME/.config/hypr/envs.conf" <<'EOF'
+
+# NVIDIA (Maxwell/Pascal/Volta without GSP firmware)
+env = NVD_BACKEND,egl
+env = __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME,nvidia
+EOF
+  fi
 fi

migrations/1770159912.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+echo "Fix NVIDIA environment variables for Maxwell/Pascal/Volta GPUs"
+
+# Detect if user has Maxwell/Pascal/Volta GPU (pre-Turing cards without GSP firmware)
+# Maxwell (GTX 9xx), Pascal (GT/GTX 10xx, Quadro P, MX series), Volta (Titan V, Tesla V100, Quadro GV100)
+NVIDIA="$(lspci | grep -i 'nvidia')"
+if echo "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "GTX (9[0-9]{2}|10[0-9]{2})|GT 10[0-9]{2}|Quadro [PM][0-9]{3,4}|Quadro GV100|MX *[0-9]+|Titan (X|Xp|V)|Tesla V100"; then
+  ENVS_CONF="$HOME/.config/hypr/envs.conf"
+
+  if [ -f "$ENVS_CONF" ]; then
+    # Check if file contains problematic variables
+    if grep -qE "env = (NVD_BACKEND,direct|LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME,nvidia)" "$ENVS_CONF"; then
+      echo "Removing incompatible NVIDIA environment variables for legacy GPU..."
+
+      # Create backup
+      cp "$ENVS_CONF" "$ENVS_CONF.bak.$(date +%s)"
+
+      # Remove all NVIDIA env lines and section headers (we re-add the correct ones below)
+      sed -i '/^env = \(NVD_BACKEND\|LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME\|__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME\),/d; /^# NVIDIA/d' "$ENVS_CONF"
+
+      # Add correct environment variables for legacy GPUs
+      cat >>"$ENVS_CONF" <<'EOF'
+
+# NVIDIA (Maxwell/Pascal/Volta without GSP firmware)
+env = NVD_BACKEND,egl
+env = __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME,nvidia
+EOF
+
+      echo "NVIDIA environment variables updated. A backup was saved to $ENVS_CONF.bak.*"
+      echo "Please restart Hyprland for changes to take effect."
+    fi
+  fi
+fi