Verifying whether Nvidia Optimus setup was done correctly (470xx legacy driver)

It was my understanding that on Nvidia you don’t use the Nvidia X server settings otherwise it writes an /etc/X11/xorg.conf that is not the one needed. Normally there is no xorg.conf but another /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf :thinking:

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I don’t have neither of those. My understanding while reading Arch wiki article was that I don’t need such config file if everything seems to function properly.
Should I generate one with the help of nvidia-xconfig?

No, you don’t need it if everything works fine, and you don’t want to adjust specific settings.
My setup on Dell laptop

$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108GLM [Quadro P520] driver: nvidia v: 525.78.01
  Device-3: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.7
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915,nvidia resolution:
    1: 2560x1440 2: 1600x900
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.3 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)

$ ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
00-keyboard.conf

$ ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf
ls: cannot access '/etc/X11/xorg.conf': No such file or directory
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