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Problem

On hybrid Intel + NVIDIA Omarchy laptops, Flea opens a mapped window that never paints (it looks like a black/empty file manager).

Hyprland composites on the GPU that owns the connected panel. Qt's Vulkan RHI opens physical device 0, which is often the iGPU. The compositor cannot import that buffer.

This was reproduced on an ASUS ROG with Raptor Lake UHD + RTX 4080 Max-Q: Hyprland's primary DRM device is NVIDIA (DP-1 / eDP-1 on card1), while QRhi logged:

Physical device 0: 'Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S)'    using this physical device
Physical device 1: 'NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU'

Forcing VK_ICD_FILENAMES to nvidia_icd.json draws the listing. Forcing the NVIDIA ICD on every NVIDIA laptop would blank classic Optimus, where the compositor sits on Intel.

Why not QT_VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_INDEX

vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices on this box lists NVIDIA then Intel. QRhi lists Intel then NVIDIA. An index from Flea's probe would point Qt at the other GPU.

Fix

The existing Vulkan probe now also reads each device's PCI id and matches it against /sys/class/drm connectors whose status is connected.

When Vulkan lists both a display GPU and one that owns no connector, Flea sets VK_DRIVER_FILES and VK_ICD_FILENAMES to the ICD whose library_path belongs to the display GPU, and says so once on stderr.

  • Operator-set VK_DRIVER_FILES / VK_ICD_FILENAMES are left alone (empty is absent).
  • A box whose every Vulkan device owns a connected connector is unchanged.
  • intel_hasvk is skipped when the modern Intel ICD is the display GPU.

Tests

  • Unit tests for DRM connector parsing, ICD JSON library_path, vendor matching, and the hybrid vs Optimus vs single-GPU pin rule.
  • tests/modes.sh asserts the automatic renderer still starts on Vulkan, pins an ICD on a hybrid box, preserves an explicit ICD list, and still falls back to OpenGL when the loader cannot create an instance (issue Vulkan-only startup leaves invisible processes on GPUs without Vulkan support #14).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved Vulkan device selection on hybrid graphics systems to prefer the GPU connected to an active display.
    • Preserved explicitly configured Vulkan driver settings.
    • Avoided overriding default driver selection when all GPUs can provide display output or no display connectors are detected.
    • Improved compatibility with incomplete device enumeration and varied Vulkan or display configurations.
  • Documentation

    • Updated operator guidance covering Vulkan device selection, configuration overrides, and diagnostic messages.

Hybrid Intel + NVIDIA boxes enumerate both GPUs. Qt's RHI opens device 0,
which is often the iGPU, while Hyprland is compositing on the dGPU. The
window maps and never paints.

vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices order is not QRhi's order on this box, so an
index pin would name the wrong device. When Vulkan lists a GPU that owns
no connected DRM connector, restrict VK_DRIVER_FILES to the display GPU's
ICD instead. Classic Optimus, where the panel is on Intel, keeps Intel.
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The Vulkan probe now handles partial device enumeration, resolves display GPU PCI IDs, and selects the display GPU ICD for hybrid systems. Qt startup applies the selection unless an operator provides ICD variables. Tests and Rule 5 document the behavior.

Changes

Vulkan display ICD selection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Vulkan probing and ICD selection
src/vulkan.rs
The probe accepts VK_INCOMPLETE, uses aligned property storage, handles empty configuration variables, and skips hardware checks only when Vulkan or DRM displays are absent.
Qt Vulkan startup integration
src/gui.rs
Explicit and automatic Vulkan startup paths call pin_display_icd. Existing VK_DRIVER_FILES and VK_ICD_FILENAMES values remain unchanged.
Mode validation and documentation
tests/modes.sh, AGENTS.md
Tests cover hybrid systems, systems where all devices provide displays, and explicit ICD variables. Rule 5 documents the selection behavior and exceptions.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant qs_command
  participant vulkan_usable
  participant display_icd
  participant DRM_sysfs
  participant VulkanLoader
  qs_command->>vulkan_usable: enumerate Vulkan devices
  vulkan_usable-->>qs_command: return device PCI properties
  qs_command->>display_icd: resolve display GPU ICD
  display_icd->>DRM_sysfs: read connected connectors
  DRM_sysfs-->>display_icd: return display GPU identifiers
  display_icd-->>qs_command: return ICD path
  qs_command->>VulkanLoader: set VK_DRIVER_FILES and VK_ICD_FILENAMES
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In `@src/vulkan.rs`:
- Around line 160-162: Update the vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices result check to
accept both VK_SUCCESS and VK_INCOMPLETE, preserving the populated handles and
filled count; only return the existing error for other result codes.
- Around line 192-196: Update icd_search_dirs() to use userfile::env_dir for
XDG_CONFIG_HOME and HOME, treating empty environment variables as unset and
preserving the fallback to $HOME/.config/vulkan/icd.d. Ensure no relative
vulkan/icd.d path is added when XDG_CONFIG_HOME is empty.
- Around line 357-363: Update the Vulkan hardware test around usable and
display_pci_ids to return early when no DRM connectors are present, then skip
only the explicit usable outcomes indicating a missing loader or no Vulkan
devices. Keep successful enumeration assertions intact and allow instance,
extension, enumeration, and Vulkan/display mismatch errors to remain fatal.
- Around line 169-170: Align the buffer used by the GetPhysicalDeviceProperties
call to 8 bytes while preserving its existing byte size and raw-pointer API.
Update the local buffer declaration near get(handle, buf.as_mut_ptr()) so the
driver’s typed VkPhysicalDeviceProperties write is performed on suitably aligned
storage.

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vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices can return VK_INCOMPLETE after the count
grows; those handles are still valid. Treating that as failure dropped
hybrid boxes to OpenGL.

The properties buffer is now 8-byte aligned, empty XDG_CONFIG_HOME is
absent the way userfile::env_dir already treats it, and the live PCI
test skips a headless box instead of panicking.
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