Has anyone successfully installed NVIDIA driver to Optimus enabled laptops?

[marioroy]

There is a more recent announcement and tips.

The NVIDIA driver automation transitions to Wayland era

The refresh applies a new strategy in helping the NVIDIA driver installer succeed. Some time ago, dkms was fine including running kernel 6.0. Then, false-positives started appearing (lots of it > 190,000 lines). Ditto on Fedora Linux. Solution: The pre-installer script installs the lts2021 kernel for better success with the NVIDIA driver installation. Recently, x11-server and many other bundles are no longer installed during the OS installation. But the x11-server bundle is needed minimally …

Additional tips for Optimus-based laptops.

Integrated GPU is not (fully) used / Responsiveness issue

I am trying to set this up, and it is not always clear, what to do/ what is going on. Currently, X.org log says: (WW) Warning, couldn’t open module intel (EE) Failed to load module “intel” (module does not exist, 0) /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so is not present, swupd repair does nothing helpful; And the whole interface works with a little delay (compared to any other system), as if acceleration was turned off. Where to look? Even after switching to Nvidia GPU, lag is pr…

The two threads have everything covered.

In a nut-shell.

NVIDIA users using 3000+/4000+ series cannot install Clear Linux using the graphical installer. So, booting into text mode it is. There’s no way around it.

Not sure which Clear Linux release? Install 38640. Do not upgrade until GNOME 44 stabilizes. CL 38650 introduces graphical glitches and decrease in OpenGL performance.

Install the LTS kernel for the least amount of troubles. For example: Blender does not support CUDA 12.x. Moreover, the 520 driver will not build on Kernel 6.2. Go into the advanced screen/tab during the OS installation and select the LTS kernel. The NVIDIA 520 driver installation will then succeed.

For Optimus laptops, uncomment the two lines in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf after the driver installation before rebooting (described in the 2nd topic).