Fix NVIDIA environment variables for Maxwell/Pascal/Volta GPUs

Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs lack GSP (GPU System Processor) firmware
required by NVD_BACKEND=direct. Applying direct backend unconditionally
causes Aquamarine v3.3.0+ to fail with "Unknown-1" displays and blank screens.

Changes:
- Add GPU generation detection (Turing+ vs Maxwell/Pascal/Volta)
- Turing+ (RTX 20xx+, GTX 16xx): NVD_BACKEND=direct + LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia
- Maxwell/Pascal/Volta: NVD_BACKEND=egl only (no GSP support)
- Both generations: __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia (universal)

Regex improvements:
- Fix Turing+ detection (was using Maxwell/Pascal pattern)
- GT series: GT 1030 now properly detected (was missed)
- Quadro: P/M series only (exclude Kepler K-series)
- Volta: Titan V, Tesla V100, Quadro GV100
- Modern datacenter: A100, H100, T4, L-series
- MX series: Fixed to match MX150/250/450 (was only MX1-9)

Migration script (1770159912.sh) fixes existing broken installations by:
- Detecting legacy NVIDIA GPUs on existing systems
- Rewriting incompatible NVD_BACKEND=direct entries to egl
- Creating automatic backups before modification

Testing:
Validated against GT 1030, GTX 960/1080, Quadro P620 (legacy egl backend)
and GTX 1650, RTX 3080 (modern direct backend).

Preserves existing Turing+ behavior exactly. No impact on non-NVIDIA systems.

Fixes hyprwm/Hyprland#7001
Fixes hyprwm/Hyprland#8519
Fixes hyprwm/Hyprland#6343
Fixes hyprwm/Hyprland#7812
This commit is contained in:
johnzfitch
2026-02-03 17:33:48 -08:00
parent 4b3e21445b
commit a8ce084460
2 changed files with 54 additions and 7 deletions

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@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ if [ -n "$NVIDIA" ]; then
# Check which kernel is installed and set appropriate headers package # Check which kernel is installed and set appropriate headers package
KERNEL_HEADERS="$(pacman -Qqs '^linux(-zen|-lts|-hardened)?$' | head -1)-headers" KERNEL_HEADERS="$(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 "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "GTX 16[0-9]{2}|RTX [2-5][0-9]{3}|Quadro RTX|RTX A[0-9]{4}|A[1-9][0-9]{2}|H[1-9][0-9]{2}|T4|L[0-9]+"; then
PACKAGES=(nvidia-open-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils libva-nvidia-driver) PACKAGES=(nvidia-open-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils libva-nvidia-driver)
elif echo "$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 "$NVIDIA" | grep -qE "GTX (9[0-9]{2}|10[0-9]{2})|GT 10[0-9]{2}|Quadro [PM][0-9]{3,4}|Quadro GV100|MX *[0-9]+|Titan (X|Xp|V)|Tesla V100"; then
PACKAGES=(nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils) PACKAGES=(nvidia-580xx-dkms nvidia-580xx-utils lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils)
GPU_ARCH="maxwell_pascal_volta"
fi fi
# Bail if no supported GPU # Bail if no supported GPU
if [ -z "${PACKAGES+x}" ]; then if [ -z "${PACKAGES+x}" ]; then
@@ -29,12 +31,23 @@ EOF
MODULES+=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm) MODULES+=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)
EOF EOF
# Add NVIDIA environment variables # Add NVIDIA environment variables based on GPU architecture
cat >>$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 = NVD_BACKEND,direct
env = LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME,nvidia env = LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME,nvidia
env = __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME,nvidia env = __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME,nvidia
EOF 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 fi

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@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
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 problematic lines and old NVIDIA section header
sed -i '/^env = NVD_BACKEND,direct$/d' "$ENVS_CONF"
sed -i '/^env = LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME,nvidia$/d' "$ENVS_CONF"
sed -i '/^# 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