# Prime render offload **URL:** \ **Category:** Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware\ **Created:** [April 7, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175 "2020-04-07T21:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/his_turdness/32/5615_2.png) [@His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/His_Turdness)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/41 "2020-04-23T17:30:12Z")
Linux is really in the stone ages when it comes to this. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/42 "2020-04-23T17:38:49Z")
Wellā€¦i know some people have been able to set this up that have the hardware. I donā€™t and i havenā€™t done it so Iā€™m not much help. It also depends on what you are trying to do. There are a few different set ups? ---
**Author:** ![His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/his_turdness/32/5615_2.png) [@His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/His_Turdness)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/43 "2020-04-23T17:44:58Z")
Yes. But itā€™s incredibly difficult. So much mixed information out there. Usually the guides just arenā€™t idiot-proof, which they should be. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/44 "2020-04-23T17:55:50Z")
No i agree itā€™s incredibly difficult. Most people do no understand this stuff to begin with. So itā€™s out of the question for the average user. Arch really doesnā€™t articulate exactly how to do something from start to finish in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![hesxenon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/hesxenon/32/3367_2.png) [@hesxenon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/hesxenon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/45 "2020-04-23T22:14:37Z")
@ricklinux well no, having it in one configurations means having exactly the configuration with the two devices, in which case Iā€™m not able to see anything on the external monitor. Maybe it would be possible to configure Xorg somehow to ā€œrecognizeā€ an external screen in addition to the internal one, but I donā€™t know how. Iā€™m also not able to see any outputs other than eDP-1 in xrandr with this configuration which seems to be the output for the internal display? @His_Turdness for the most part I find the documentation for arch excellent, and more often than not I learn new things that are required for XYZ. However on such broad topics like the Xorg yeah, I do agree. Maybe you know some ā€œXorg for dummiesā€ tutorial that you could share? ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/46 "2020-04-23T22:33:33Z")
Maybe some more infoā€¦ > **[Get To Know Linux: Understanding xorg.conf - gHacks Tech News](https://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/04/get-to-know-linux-understanding-xorgconf/)** > > For most Linux users the xorg.conf file is one of those files that makes many Linux users cringe with fear upon the threat of having to configure. There is a reason for ā€¦ [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg) ---
**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/47 "2020-04-23T22:55:31Z")
@hesxenon Maybe this is what you want? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OlIXQRpfJQ4/maxresdefault.jpg "NVIDIA Optimus Setup - Arch, Manjaro, EndeavourOS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlIXQRpfJQ4) ---
**Author:** ![librewish](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/librewish/32/114559_2.png) [@librewish](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/librewish)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/48 "2020-04-24T15:03:35Z")
just in case you want to use the nvidia render offloading with a gui tool [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=nd&K=garuda&outdated=&SB=l&SO=d&PP=50&do\_Search=Go](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=nd&K=garuda&outdated=&SB=l&SO=d&PP=50&do_Search=Go) well i have ported manjaroā€™s setting manager and mhwd to work with arch ---
**Author:** ![Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bryanpwo/32/130600_2.png) [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/49 "2020-04-24T15:06:17Z")
How much MAnjaro dependencies will it bring in the mix? Just out of curiousity. ---
**Author:** ![librewish](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/librewish/32/114559_2.png) [@librewish](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/librewish)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/50 "2020-04-24T15:06:45Z")
check the aur link all deps are listed there ---
**Author:** ![Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bryanpwo/32/130600_2.png) [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/51 "2020-04-24T15:10:41Z")
So what happens when thereā€™s a systemd or kernel update on Arch which hasnā€™t reached on Manjaro? Again, Iā€™m just asking out of curiousity. ---
**Author:** ![librewish](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/librewish/32/114559_2.png) [@librewish](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/librewish)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/52 "2020-04-24T15:11:29Z")
the package has nothing to do with manjaro it works with arch directly if you install it from aur ---
**Author:** ![Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bryanpwo/32/130600_2.png) [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/53 "2020-04-24T15:12:22Z")
But it has mhwd dependancies, which is Manjaro specific. ---
**Author:** ![librewish](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/librewish/32/114559_2.png) [@librewish](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/librewish)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/54 "2020-04-24T15:13:02Z")
mhwd is ported to arch and its in aur now so again nothing related to manjaro ---
**Author:** ![Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bryanpwo/32/130600_2.png) [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/55 "2020-04-24T15:14:33Z")
Okay, thanks for the explanation. ---
**Author:** ![His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/his_turdness/32/5615_2.png) [@His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/His_Turdness)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/56 "2020-04-25T02:39:27Z")
My solution is to avoid xorg. Iā€™m using wayland and life is so much easier. ---
**Author:** ![His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/his_turdness/32/5615_2.png) [@His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/His_Turdness)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/57 "2020-04-25T02:44:00Z")
What does that do exactly and which version to pick? ---
**Author:** ![librewish](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/librewish/32/114559_2.png) [@librewish](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/librewish)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/58 "2020-04-25T02:47:43Z")
[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/garuda-settings-manager-git/](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/garuda-settings-manager-git/) just install this and all other are its dependancies. then you can just goto garuda-settings-manager \> hardware configuration and run autoinstall proprietory drivers. ---
**Author:** ![His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/his_turdness/32/5615_2.png) [@His\_Turdness](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/His_Turdness)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175/59 "2020-06-03T03:17:28Z")
This is working for meā€¦ finally. My VM is hogging the GPU at boot, so I have to release them for the host and then switch to hybrid or nvidia graphics, but it works. I ignored the ā€œdelete all xorg.conf filesā€ part. Seems to be working just fine. Next up trying to get this to work with Wayland. I canā€™t get rid of screen tearing on xorg. Edit: It was working for me. Not sure what I did to break it, maybe trying to get my audio to default to built-in digital, but now I canā€™t no longer get hybrid graphics working. Going to reinstall all nvidia drivers, remove and reinstall everything optimus-related and cross my fingers. Manā€¦ I hate xorg. [Previous page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/prime-render-offload/4175.md?page=2)