nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/default.nix
Ambroz Bizjak f26153754a nixos/xserver: Implement configuration of NVIDIA Optimus via PRIME
This adds configuration options which automate the configuration of NVIDIA Optimus using PRIME. This allows using the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Optimus laptops, in order to render using the NVIDIA GPU while outputting to displays connected only to the integrated Intel GPU. It also adds an option for enabling kernel modesetting for the NVIDIA driver (via a kernel command line flag); this is particularly useful together with Optimus/PRIME because it fixes tearing on PRIME-connected screens.

The user still needs to enable the Optimus/PRIME feature and specify the bus IDs of the Intel and NVIDIA GPUs, but this is still much easier for users and more reliable. The implementation handles both the X configuration file as well as getting display managers to run certain necessary `xrandr` commands just after X has started.

Configuration of commands run after X startup is done using a new configuration option `services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands`. Support for this option is implemented for LightDM, GDM and SDDM; all of these have been tested with this feature including logging into a Plasma session.

Note: support of `setupCommands` for GDM is implemented by making GDM run the session executable via a wrapper; the wrapper will run the `setupCommands` before execing. This seemed like the simplest and most reliable approach, and solves running these commands both for GDM's X server and user X servers (GDM starts separate X servers for itself and user sessions). An alternative approach would be with autostart files but that seems harder to set up and less reliable.

Note that some simple features for X configuration file generation (in `xserver.nix`) are added which are used in the implementation:
- `services.xserver.extraConfig`: Allows adding arbitrary new sections. This is used to add the Device section for the Intel GPU.
- `deviceSection` and `screenSection` within `services.xserver.drivers`. This allows the nvidia configuration module to add additional contents into the `Device` and `Screen` sections of the "nvidia" driver, and not into such sections for other drivers that may be enabled.
2018-07-09 18:46:13 +02:00

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# This module declares the options to define a *display manager*, the
# program responsible for handling X logins (such as xdm, gdb, or
# SLiM). The display manager allows the user to select a *session
# type*. When the user logs in, the display manager starts the
# *session script* ("xsession" below) to launch the selected session
# type. The session type defines two things: the *desktop manager*
# (e.g., KDE, Gnome or a plain xterm), and optionally the *window
# manager* (e.g. kwin or twm).
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
with lib;
let
cfg = config.services.xserver;
xorg = pkgs.xorg;
fontconfig = config.fonts.fontconfig;
xresourcesXft = pkgs.writeText "Xresources-Xft" ''
${optionalString (fontconfig.dpi != 0) ''Xft.dpi: ${toString fontconfig.dpi}''}
Xft.antialias: ${if fontconfig.antialias then "1" else "0"}
Xft.rgba: ${fontconfig.subpixel.rgba}
Xft.lcdfilter: lcd${fontconfig.subpixel.lcdfilter}
Xft.hinting: ${if fontconfig.hinting.enable then "1" else "0"}
Xft.autohint: ${if fontconfig.hinting.autohint then "1" else "0"}
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
'';
# file provided by services.xserver.displayManager.session.script
xsession = wm: dm: pkgs.writeScript "xsession"
''
#! ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
# Expected parameters:
# $1 = <desktop-manager>+<window-manager>
# Actual parameters (FIXME):
# SDDM is calling this script like the following:
# $1 = /nix/store/xxx-xsession (= $0)
# $2 = <desktop-manager>+<window-manager>
# SLiM is using the following parameter:
# $1 = /nix/store/xxx-xsession <desktop-manager>+<window-manager>
# LightDM keeps the double quotes:
# $1 = /nix/store/xxx-xsession "<desktop-manager>+<window-manager>"
# The fake/auto display manager doesn't use any parameters and GDM is
# broken.
# If you want to "debug" this script don't print the parameters to stdout
# or stderr because this script will be executed multiple times and the
# output won't be visible in the log when the script is executed for the
# first time (e.g. append them to a file instead)!
# All of the above cases are handled by the following hack (FIXME).
# Since this line is *very important* for *all display managers* it is
# very important to test changes to the following line with all display
# managers:
if [ "''${1:0:1}" = "/" ]; then eval exec "$1" "$2" ; fi
# Now it should be safe to assume that the script was called with the
# expected parameters.
. /etc/profile
cd "$HOME"
# The first argument of this script is the session type.
sessionType="$1"
if [ "$sessionType" = default ]; then sessionType=""; fi
${optionalString cfg.startDbusSession ''
if test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
exec ${pkgs.dbus.dbus-launch} --exit-with-session "$0" "$sessionType"
fi
''}
${optionalString cfg.displayManager.job.logToJournal ''
if [ -z "$_DID_SYSTEMD_CAT" ]; then
export _DID_SYSTEMD_CAT=1
exec ${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemd-cat -t xsession "$0" "$sessionType"
fi
''}
${optionalString cfg.displayManager.job.logToFile ''
exec &> >(tee ~/.xsession-errors)
''}
# Start PulseAudio if enabled.
${optionalString (config.hardware.pulseaudio.enable) ''
${optionalString (!config.hardware.pulseaudio.systemWide)
"${config.hardware.pulseaudio.package.out}/bin/pulseaudio --start"
}
# Publish access credentials in the root window.
${config.hardware.pulseaudio.package.out}/bin/pactl load-module module-x11-publish "display=$DISPLAY"
''}
# Tell systemd about our $DISPLAY and $XAUTHORITY.
# This is needed by the ssh-agent unit.
#
# Also tell systemd about the dbus session bus address.
# This is required by user units using the session bus.
${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl --user import-environment DISPLAY XAUTHORITY DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
# Load X defaults.
${xorg.xrdb}/bin/xrdb -merge ${xresourcesXft}
if test -e ~/.Xresources; then
${xorg.xrdb}/bin/xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
elif test -e ~/.Xdefaults; then
${xorg.xrdb}/bin/xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults
fi
# Speed up application start by 50-150ms according to
# http://kdemonkey.blogspot.nl/2008/04/magic-trick.html
rm -rf "$HOME/.compose-cache"
mkdir "$HOME/.compose-cache"
# Work around KDE errors when a user first logs in and
# .local/share doesn't exist yet.
mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/share"
unset _DID_SYSTEMD_CAT
${cfg.displayManager.sessionCommands}
# Allow the user to execute commands at the beginning of the X session.
if test -f ~/.xprofile; then
source ~/.xprofile
fi
# Start systemd user services for graphical sessions
${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl --user start graphical-session.target
# Allow the user to setup a custom session type.
if test -x ~/.xsession; then
exec ~/.xsession
else
if test "$sessionType" = "custom"; then
sessionType="" # fall-thru if there is no ~/.xsession
fi
fi
# The session type is "<desktop-manager>+<window-manager>", so
# extract those (see:
# http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/pe#substring_removal).
windowManager="''${sessionType##*+}"
: ''${windowManager:=${cfg.windowManager.default}}
desktopManager="''${sessionType%%+*}"
: ''${desktopManager:=${cfg.desktopManager.default}}
# Start the window manager.
case "$windowManager" in
${concatMapStrings (s: ''
(${s.name})
${s.start}
;;
'') wm}
(*) echo "$0: Window manager '$windowManager' not found.";;
esac
# Start the desktop manager.
case "$desktopManager" in
${concatMapStrings (s: ''
(${s.name})
${s.start}
;;
'') dm}
(*) echo "$0: Desktop manager '$desktopManager' not found.";;
esac
${optionalString cfg.updateDbusEnvironment ''
${lib.getBin pkgs.dbus}/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd --all
''}
test -n "$waitPID" && wait "$waitPID"
${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl --user stop graphical-session.target
exit 0
'';
# Desktop Entry Specification:
# - https://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/
# - https://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.html
mkDesktops = names: pkgs.runCommand "desktops"
{ # trivial derivation
preferLocalBuild = true;
allowSubstitutes = false;
}
''
mkdir -p "$out"
${concatMapStrings (n: ''
cat - > "$out/${n}.desktop" << EODESKTOP
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=XSession
TryExec=${cfg.displayManager.session.script}
Exec=${cfg.displayManager.session.script} "${n}"
X-GDM-BypassXsession=true
Name=${n}
Comment=
EODESKTOP
'') names}
'';
in
{
options = {
services.xserver.displayManager = {
xauthBin = mkOption {
internal = true;
default = "${xorg.xauth}/bin/xauth";
description = "Path to the <command>xauth</command> program used by display managers.";
};
xserverBin = mkOption {
type = types.path;
description = "Path to the X server used by display managers.";
};
xserverArgs = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [];
example = [ "-ac" "-logverbose" "-verbose" "-nolisten tcp" ];
description = "List of arguments for the X server.";
};
setupCommands = mkOption {
type = types.lines;
default = "";
description = ''
Shell commands executed just after the X server has started.
This option is only effective for display managers for which this feature
is supported; currently these are LightDM, GDM and SDDM.
'';
};
sessionCommands = mkOption {
type = types.lines;
default = "";
example =
''
xmessage "Hello World!" &
'';
description = "Shell commands executed just before the window or desktop manager is started.";
};
hiddenUsers = mkOption {
type = types.listOf types.str;
default = [ "nobody" ];
description = ''
A list of users which will not be shown in the display manager.
'';
};
session = mkOption {
default = [];
example = literalExample
''
[ { manage = "desktop";
name = "xterm";
start = '''
''${pkgs.xterm}/bin/xterm -ls &
waitPID=$!
''';
}
]
'';
description = ''
List of sessions supported with the command used to start each
session. Each session script can set the
<varname>waitPID</varname> shell variable to make this script
wait until the end of the user session. Each script is used
to define either a windows manager or a desktop manager. These
can be differentiated by setting the attribute
<varname>manage</varname> either to <literal>"window"</literal>
or <literal>"desktop"</literal>.
The list of desktop manager and window manager should appear
inside the display manager with the desktop manager name
followed by the window manager name.
'';
apply = list: rec {
wm = filter (s: s.manage == "window") list;
dm = filter (s: s.manage == "desktop") list;
names = flip concatMap dm
(d: map (w: d.name + optionalString (w.name != "none") ("+" + w.name))
(filter (w: d.name != "none" || w.name != "none") wm));
desktops = mkDesktops names;
script = xsession wm dm;
};
};
job = {
preStart = mkOption {
type = types.lines;
default = "";
example = "rm -f /var/log/my-display-manager.log";
description = "Script executed before the display manager is started.";
};
execCmd = mkOption {
type = types.str;
example = literalExample ''
"''${pkgs.slim}/bin/slim"
'';
description = "Command to start the display manager.";
};
environment = mkOption {
type = types.attrsOf types.unspecified;
default = {};
example = { SLIM_CFGFILE = "/etc/slim.conf"; };
description = "Additional environment variables needed by the display manager.";
};
logToFile = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether the display manager redirects the output of the
session script to <filename>~/.xsession-errors</filename>.
'';
};
logToJournal = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = true;
description = ''
Whether the display manager redirects the output of the
session script to the systemd journal.
'';
};
};
};
};
config = {
services.xserver.displayManager.xserverBin = "${xorg.xorgserver.out}/bin/X";
systemd.user.targets.graphical-session = {
unitConfig = {
RefuseManualStart = false;
StopWhenUnneeded = false;
};
};
};
imports = [
(mkRemovedOptionModule [ "services" "xserver" "displayManager" "desktopManagerHandlesLidAndPower" ]
"The option is no longer necessary because all display managers have already delegated lid management to systemd.")
];
}