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added -nn parameter to lspci so it displays device ID (textual ID might not show it)
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$ nix-shell -p pciutils --run "lspci | grep VGA"<br/>
$ nix-shell -p pciutils --run "lspci -nn | grep VGA"<br/>
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 46a6 (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-UP3 GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:46a8] (rev 0c)
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In this example, "46a6" is the device ID. You can then add this to your configuration and reboot:  
In this example, "46a8" is the device ID. You can then add this to your configuration and reboot:  


<pre>boot.kernelParams = [ "i915.force_probe=46a6" ];</pre>
<pre>boot.kernelParams = [ "i915.force_probe=46a8" ];</pre>

Revision as of 20:10, 23 December 2022

Video acceleration

To enable hardware (GPU) accelerated video decoding and encoding you need to add additional entries in hardware.opengl.extraPackages (see "accelerated video playback").

12th Gen (Alder Lake)

X Server may fail to start with the newer 12th generation, Alder Lake, iRISxe integrated graphics chips. If this is the case, you can give the kernel a hint as to what driver to use. First confirm the graphic chip's device ID by running in a terminal:

$ nix-shell -p pciutils --run "lspci -nn | grep VGA"<br/>
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-UP3 GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:46a8] (rev 0c)

In this example, "46a8" is the device ID. You can then add this to your configuration and reboot:

boot.kernelParams = [ "i915.force_probe=46a8" ];