'nvidia-xconfig' deprecated status

Dhya dhya at bay.systems
Mon May 2 18:53:34 BST 2022


Hello, I wanted to write to let you know that I don't think package 
'nvidia-xconfig' should be marked as 'deprecated' and also that 
information about setting up Optimus Prime render offload in 
https://wiki.debian.org/NVIDIA%20Optimus is accurate.

I have a laptop with an Nvidia P5200 and also an Intel graphics card, 
and when the graphics mode is set to 'discreet' in the EFI settings, the 
correct way to set up an external monitor via Prime render offload is 
simply to:

sudo apt install nvidia-xconfig
sudo nvidia-xconfig --prime

and then reboot.

The output of the nvidia-xconfig states:

# Please run
#   xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
# and
#   xrandr --auto
# to enable.

The wiki page also states that it's necessary to run some xrandr commands.

However all that is actually necessary is to reboot.



Regards,



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