From 16ecd84b561ca4f7f6da122352558bd930b18d31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lucius Hu Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:53:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] nvidia.rst: Added a section on slow boot times (#1130) This closes https://github.com/clearlinux/clear-linux-documentation/issues/1101 --- source/tutorials/nvidia.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/tutorials/nvidia.rst b/source/tutorials/nvidia.rst index 0f9d27fc..73345c82 100644 --- a/source/tutorials/nvidia.rst +++ b/source/tutorials/nvidia.rst @@ -446,6 +446,26 @@ Try disabling other graphics devices, including integrated graphics, in your system's EFI/BIOS. +Slow boot times +=============== + + +There have been reports of slow boot times with NVIDIA drivers installed. +Normally, when GDM detects NVIDIA proprietary drivers, it will disable Wayland +and enable X11. Should GDM fail to disbale Wayland, it may results in slow boot +times, according to `this GitHub reprot +`_. + +To manually disable Wayland: + +.. code-block:: bash + + sudo tee /etc/gdm/custom.conf > /dev/null <<'EOF' + [daemon] + WaylandEnable=false + EOF + + Brightness control ==================