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This allows you to pin the specific driver version being used in your NixOS installation.

You might want to do this if you are running the newest kernel, as the packaged drivers may fail to build otherwise<ref>https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/429624#issuecomment-3189861599</ref>.

== Troubleshooting ==

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<code>powerManagement.enable = true</code> can sometimes fix this, but is itself unstable and is known to cause suspend issues.

<code>hardware.nvidia.powerManagement.enable = true</code> can also sometimes fix this issue, it is ~~my default~~ <code>false</code>.

<code>hardware.nvidia.powerManagement.enable = true</code> can also sometimes fix this issue; it is <code>false</code> by default.

If you have a modern NVIDIA GPU (Turing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_(microarchitecture)#Products_using_Turing] or later), you may also want to investigate the <code>hardware.nvidia.powerManagement.finegrained</code> option: [https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/460.73.01/README/dynamicpowermanagement.html]

[https://discourse.nixos.org/t/suspend-resume-cycling-on-system-resume/32322/12 A potential fix] that Interrupts the gnome-shell in time so it’s not trying to access the graphics hardware. <ref>https://discourse.nixos.org/t/suspend-resume-cycling-on-system-resume/32322/12</ref> The entire purpose is to manually "pause" the GNOME Shell process just before the system sleeps and "un-pause" it just after the system wakes up.

=== Black screen or 'nothing works' on laptops ===

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 This allows you to pin the specific driver version being used in your NixOS installation.
+You might want to do this if you are running the newest kernel, as the packaged drivers may fail to build otherwise<ref>https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/429624#issuecomment-3189861599</ref>.
 == Troubleshooting ==
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 <code>powerManagement.enable = true</code> can sometimes fix this, but is itself unstable and is known to cause suspend issues.
-<code>hardware.nvidia.powerManagement.enable = true</code> can also sometimes fix this issue, it is my default <code>false</code>.
+<code>hardware.nvidia.powerManagement.enable = true</code> can also sometimes fix this issue; it is <code>false</code> by default.
 If you have a modern NVIDIA GPU (Turing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_(microarchitecture)#Products_using_Turing] or later), you may also want to investigate the <code>hardware.nvidia.powerManagement.finegrained</code> option: [https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/460.73.01/README/dynamicpowermanagement.html]
+[https://discourse.nixos.org/t/suspend-resume-cycling-on-system-resume/32322/12 A potential fix] that Interrupts the gnome-shell in time so it’s not trying to access the graphics hardware. <ref>https://discourse.nixos.org/t/suspend-resume-cycling-on-system-resume/32322/12</ref> The entire purpose is to manually "pause" the GNOME Shell process just before the system sleeps and "un-pause" it just after the system wakes up.
 === Black screen or 'nothing works' on laptops ===