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[Discuss] GPU detection/ordering



On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 10:58:01 -0500
Gregory Galperin <grg at csail.mit.edu> wrote:

> is this useful?  specifically intel/nvidia rather than amd/nvidia but
> might be applicable (esp if you're using x11):
> 
>       https://en.opensuse.org/SDB%3ANVIDIA_SUSE_Prime
> 
> "Make sure you have no /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and no configuration
> files with "ServerLayout", "Device" or "Screen" sections in the
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d directory. (Clean installation fulfills that.)"
> 
> # prime-select boot offload

This is where I started, though new Tumblweed installs use switcheroo
instead of suse-prime/optimus-prime, Bumblebee and friends. I did try
some things with prime-select but it didn't work... but I'm pretty sure
I didn't try boot offload. Will try that this afternoon.

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