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# GPU on non-NixOS systems {#sec-usage-gpu-non-nixos} | ||
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To access the GPU, programs need access to OpenGL and Vulkan libraries. While | ||
this works transparently on NixOS, it does not on other Linux systems. A | ||
solution is provided by [NixGL](https://github.com/nix-community/nixGL), which | ||
can be integrated into Home Manager. | ||
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To enable the integration, import NixGL into your home configuration, either as | ||
a channel, or as a flake input passed via `extraSpecialArgs`. Then, set the | ||
`nixGL.packages` option to the package set provided by NixGL. | ||
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Once integration is enabled, it can be used in two ways: as Nix functions for | ||
wrapping programs installed via Home Manager, and as shell commands for running | ||
programs installed by other means (such as `nix shell`). In either case, there | ||
are several wrappers available. They can be broadly categorized | ||
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- by vendor: as Mesa (for Free drivers of all vendors) and Nvidia (for | ||
Nvidia-specific proprietary drivers). | ||
- by GPU selection: as primary and secondary (offloading). | ||
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For example, the `mesa` wrapper provides support for running programs on the | ||
primary GPU for Intel, AMD and Nouveau drivers, while the `mesaPrime` wrapper | ||
does the same for the secondary GPU. | ||
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**Note:** when using Nvidia wrappers together with flakes, your home | ||
configuration will not be pure and needs to be built using `home-manager switch | ||
--impure`. Otherwise, the build will fail, complaining about missing attribute | ||
`currentTime`. | ||
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Wrapper functions are available under `config.lib.nixGL.wrappers`. However, it | ||
can be more convenient to use the `config.lib.nixGL.wrap` alias, which can be | ||
configured to use any of the wrappers. It is intended to provide a customization | ||
point when the same home configuration is used across several machines with | ||
different hardware. There is also the `config.lib.nixGL.wrapOffload` alias for | ||
two-GPU systems. | ||
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Another convenience is that all wrapper functions are always available. However, | ||
when `nixGL.packages` option is unset, they are no-ops. This allows them to be | ||
used even when the home configuration is used on NixOS machines. The exception | ||
is the `prime-offload` script which ignores `nixGL.packages` and is installed | ||
into the environment whenever `nixGL.prime.installScript` is set. This script, | ||
which can be used to start a program on a secondary GPU, does not depend on | ||
NixGL and is useful on NixOS systems as well. | ||
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Below is an abbreviated example for an Optimus laptop that makes use of both | ||
Mesa and Nvidia wrappers, where the latter is used in dGPU offloading mode. It | ||
demonstrates how to wrap `mpv` to run on the integrated Intel GPU, wrap FreeCAD | ||
to run on the Nvidia dGPU, and how to install the wrapper scripts. It also wraps | ||
Xonotic to run on the dGPU, but uses the wrapper function directly for | ||
demonstration purposes. | ||
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```nix | ||
{ config, lib, pkgs, nixGL, ... }: | ||
{ | ||
nixGL.packages = nixGL.packages; | ||
nixGL.defaultWrapper = "mesa"; | ||
nixGL.offloadWrapper = "nvidiaPrime"; | ||
nixGL.installScripts = [ "mesa" "nvidiaPrime" ]; | ||
programs.mpv = { | ||
enable = true; | ||
package = config.lib.nixGL.wrap pkgs.mpv; | ||
}; | ||
home.packages = [ | ||
(config.lib.nixGL.wrapOffload pkgs.freecad) | ||
(config.lib.nixGL.wrappers.nvidiaPrime pkgs.xonotic) | ||
]; | ||
} | ||
``` |
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