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== Some recommendations for the NixOS NVIDIA usage ==
For a Gnome user it is useful to add the svicheroo-control application in the package section of the configuration.nix and enable  svicheroo-control service.
If there are a kernel-panic, hanging or freezing of the system on poweroff or rebooting with the NVIDIA 550 version driver, as it known https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/series-550-freezes-laptop/284772 , it is necessary to use the beta version of the NVIDIA driver package.


== Non-NixOS section ==
== Non-NixOS section ==


The section currently suggests using NixGL.
The section cutrrently suggests using NixGL.
In my limited experience, a more "convenient" option has been to symlink (e.g. via systemd-tmpfiles) the host's driver libraries to `/run/opengl-driver/lib` which is already in all executable's RPATHs, but I don't know how robust that is when it comes to libc. At least a mention of `/run/opengl-driver/lib` and RPATHs existing would be quite appropriate on this page.
In my limited experience, a more "convenient" option has been to symlink (e.g. via systemd-tmpfiles) the host's driver libraries to `/run/opengl-driver/lib` which is already in all executable's RPATHs, but I don't know how robust that is when it comes to libc. At least a mention of `/run/opengl-driver/lib` and RPATHs existing would be quite appropriate on this page.


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