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Support the XDG Base Directory Specification #30

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Soapux opened this issue Aug 21, 2018 · 4 comments · May be fixed by #107
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Support the XDG Base Directory Specification #30

Soapux opened this issue Aug 21, 2018 · 4 comments · May be fixed by #107

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@Soapux
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Soapux commented Aug 21, 2018

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

Settings are currently stored at $HOME/.nvidia-settings-rc. Following the spec allows for a more organized home directory which makes doing backups easier. The new default location would be $XDG_CONFIG_HOME if set or default to $HOME/.config. Something like $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvidia/settings would work.

This doesn't have to do with nvidia-settings, but it would also be nice if the nvidia drivers followed the spec too. They currently use $HOME/.nv/GLCache for data that could be moved to probably $XDG_CACHE_HOME.
@tiritto
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tiritto commented Jul 4, 2020

Two years later, this issue still has not been resolved. Please, comply with the XDG standards. It's quite simple in implementation and yet it's such a great QoL improvement.

@zjeffer
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zjeffer commented Sep 24, 2020 •
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+1

A temporary workaround is to launch nvidia-settings with nvidia-settings --config="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/nvidia/settings (you can set an alias to do this). Also make sure the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/nvidia/ folder exists

But Nvidia should just comply with XDG standards.

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I'd also love for this to be implemented.

liff added a commit to liff/nvidia-settings that referenced this issue Sep 12, 2024
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Save the settings file under XDG_CONFIG_HOME by default
b2de1ae 
If the settings file does not exist in its legacy location in
`~/.nvidia-settings-rc`, store it in
`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvidia/settings-rc` instead.

Fixes NVIDIA#30 (at least partly?).
liff added a commit to liff/nvidia-settings that referenced this issue Sep 12, 2024
@liff
Save the settings file under XDG_CONFIG_HOME by default
64269c6 
If the settings file does not exist in its legacy location in
`~/.nvidia-settings-rc`, store it in
`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvidia/settings-rc` instead.

Fixes NVIDIA#30.
@liff liff linked a pull request Sep 12, 2024 that will close this issue
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liff commented Sep 12, 2024

#107 has a patch.

liff added a commit to liff/nvidia-settings that referenced this issue Sep 13, 2024
@liff
Save the settings file under XDG_CONFIG_HOME by default
538a367 
If the settings file does not exist in its legacy location in
`~/.nvidia-settings-rc`, store it in
`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvidia/settings-rc` instead.

Fixes NVIDIA#30.
liff added a commit to liff/nvidia-settings that referenced this issue Sep 13, 2024
@liff
Save the settings file under XDG_CONFIG_HOME by default
92fc719 
If the settings file does not exist in its legacy location in
`~/.nvidia-settings-rc`, store it in
`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvidia/settings-rc` instead.

Fixes NVIDIA#30.
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