So this allows the driver to load when an output is connected, but without additional configuration the screen is treated like an extension of the primary (like a giant virtual) and does weird things:

 
# This xorg.conf.d configuration snippet configures the X server to
# automatically load the nvidia X driver when it detects a device driven by the
# nvidia-drm.ko kernel module.  Please note that this only works on Linux kernels
# version 3.9 or higher with CONFIG_DRM enabled, and only if the nvidia-drm.ko
# kernel module is loaded before the X server is started.

Section "OutputClass"
    Identifier     "nvidia"
    MatchDriver    "nvidia-drm"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

If you follow this guide, then you lose powersaving and may as well just run regular PRIME mode since the driver is loaded when X starts (and also needs a screen plugged in unless you add `AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration`.

For whatever reason, `Inactive "nvidia"` isn't working for me, and the gpu-manager stuff in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d must be removed.

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Quoting: Luke_Nukem

Quoting: Pikolo

Quotesupport for displays connected to NVIDIA GPUs to act as PRIME display offload sinks, also known as "Reverse PRIME"

Does that mean Reverse Prime in On-Demand mode? As in HDMI ports will now work in On Demand mode and not require a restart? That would be amazing!

Sounds like it. I heart skipped a beat when I read that. Anyone have a guide to this type of thing?

Apparently works just by plugging in? I mean that's what I did and it works... But, I can't run my ultrawide at full resolution or it gets that old "your sync rate is completely out" look.

EDIT: also some weird stuff going on with the screens, it acts as if the external and internal screens are one big screen.

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Quoting: Pikolo

Quotesupport for displays connected to NVIDIA GPUs to act as PRIME display offload sinks, also known as "Reverse PRIME"

Does that mean Reverse Prime in On-Demand mode? As in HDMI ports will now work in On Demand mode and not require a restart? That would be amazing!

Sounds like it. I heart skipped a beat when I read that. Anyone have a guide to this type of thing?

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That pipe swing animation still bugs hell out of me. Nobody swings anything with a hand that close to the head/impact point - think about swinging a baseball bat, axe, or sledge-hammer.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuySo, does anyone else mentally pronounce "WSL" as "Wizzle"? Or maybe "weasel"?

Nah. I say "Wissel"..

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Some of us are tentatively awaiting the "extend" phase. I don't think it will happen, but there's that edge on most of us Linux folks who lived through the Gates, Ballmer, and SCO days - Microsoft was a company with very ruthless and shitty ethical standards when it came to the OS and who ruled the roost (see OS/2.

In all seriousness, do forgive those of us who are still skeptical of Microsoft - there are most certainly good reasons for it.

I used both OS/2 Warp and BeOS back in the day, alongside Linux (Gnome). Both of these OS blew Windows out of the water. In particular OS/2 vs Windows 3.1 was night and day - I'm still pretty fucking grumpy about the damage Microsoft caused to the world... what could have been.

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Argh. That bloody awful penguin looks out of place amongst all other logos. It needs a serious update.

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I fucking love this game! It's an incredible piece of work.

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Quoting: Cyba.Cowboy

Quoting: DragunovSo they chose a $2000 laptop that almost no one can afford to start on? That makes perfect sense.

This.

Besides, they should have started with the ASUS ZenBook Duo, which is the laptop I plan to upgrade to in the near future (no, not the monster that is the ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo - which is the laptop I want to buy, but absolutely cannot afford to buy!)... :P

Quoting: DragunovUsually when I install Linux on a Laptop most things already work out of the box. I've never bought an Asus before though.

I use an ASUS laptop now, have done for three-ish years, and I've mostly been happy with it... Everything "just works" on it and unlike pretty much every other laptop I've ever owned, this thing actually stays cool - even when pushing it pretty hard.

The only problem I've ever had with it is that the battery swelled up some point, warping the chassis and touchpad (not sure if it was from me leaning too hard on the palm-rest area or not)... But I don't use the latter and I wouldn't mind an excuse to upgrade.

Author of the rog-core here...

I started with what I have, which is the GX502GW, which I purchased after a lot of research to try and get the best bang for my bucks - I use a laptop for work, gaming, entertainment etc, for me it's a desktop replacement. If you want me to start on another laptop feel free to send it to me, or give me details.

The rest of this thread is leaving me with a headache.

Just recently got per-key LED effects up and running. Since this is all controlled by a daemon using dbus, it means that an app or script or anything can write an effect. So in essence you could write an app that changes the LEDs based on CPU or GPU temperature or make a music visualization, or even something controlled by a game (I'm attempting a GOL, Game of Life app now).

The ROG key will be customizable soon so that a press runs whatever you want as a command. And the majority of other buttons are now functional except for fan and screen-off.

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• Improve performance of large host-visible VkDeviceMemory allocations


• Fixed YCbCr copy of multi-plane images

One of these fixes seems to have bumped performance in Wreckfest a bit more over the last *.07 Doom specific patch. Getting perhaps half of Windows performance in that game now (where it was about 1/4 before, then maybe 2/5 with the D:E patch)

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