From 9a61a9ff034b8c398b3efaea02278b4a0475ac60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmet <emmet@librephoenix.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:43:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] intel improvements

---
 hosts/duskfall/configuration.nix          |  1 +
 hosts/duskfall/hardware-configuration.nix | 11 ++++++++++-
 hosts/zenith/configuration.nix            |  1 +
 hosts/zenith/hardware-configuration.nix   | 11 ++++++++++-
 modules/user/hyprland/default.nix         |  3 ++-
 5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hosts/duskfall/configuration.nix b/hosts/duskfall/configuration.nix
index bd7ad2ac..2adf470c 100644
--- a/hosts/duskfall/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/duskfall/configuration.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
       libwacom
     ];
     services.xserver.wacom.enable = true;
+    services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "i915" ];
 
   };
   
diff --git a/hosts/duskfall/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/duskfall/hardware-configuration.nix
index 1c83f7da..fe0733fc 100644
--- a/hosts/duskfall/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/duskfall/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
     extraPackages = with pkgs; [
       intel-media-driver
       intel-vaapi-driver
+      vaapiIntel
+      vaapiVdpau
       libvdpau-va-gl
     ];
     extraPackages32 = with pkgs.driversi686Linux; [
@@ -27,8 +29,15 @@
     ];
   };
 
+  environment.sessionVariables = {
+    LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "iHD";
+  };
+
+  powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = "performance";
+  services.thermald.enable = true;
+
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "nvme" "usbhid" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" "rtsx_pci_sdmmc" ];
-  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "i915" ];
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
 
diff --git a/hosts/zenith/configuration.nix b/hosts/zenith/configuration.nix
index d5271fb5..54b099b9 100644
--- a/hosts/zenith/configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/zenith/configuration.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
       libwacom
     ];
     services.xserver.wacom.enable = true;
+    services.xserver.videoDrivers = [ "i915" ];
 
   };
   
diff --git a/hosts/zenith/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/zenith/hardware-configuration.nix
index 05e544a2..83d435a0 100644
--- a/hosts/zenith/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/zenith/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     ];
 
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "thunderbolt" "vmd" "ahci" "nvme" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" ];
-  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "i915" ];
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = with config.boot.kernelPackages; [ zenpower ];
 
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     extraPackages = with pkgs; [
       intel-media-driver
       intel-vaapi-driver
+      vaapiIntel
+      vaapiVdpau
       libvdpau-va-gl
     ];
     extraPackages32 = with pkgs.driversi686Linux; [
@@ -32,6 +34,13 @@
     ];
   };
 
+  environment.sessionVariables = {
+    LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "iHD";
+  };
+
+  powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = "performance";
+  services.thermald.enable = true;
+
   fileSystems."/" =
     { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/548f7030-af4c-412a-b2ed-d842337aa336";
       fsType = "ext4";
diff --git a/modules/user/hyprland/default.nix b/modules/user/hyprland/default.nix
index f46dc003..2704cb3f 100644
--- a/modules/user/hyprland/default.nix
+++ b/modules/user/hyprland/default.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ in
           enable_swallow = true;
           swallow_regex = "(scratch_term)|(Alacritty)|(kitty)";
           font_family = font;
+          vfr = true;
         };
 
         bezier = [
@@ -522,7 +523,7 @@ modules:
   center:
     - Workspaces
   right:
-    - [Clock, Privacy, Settings, Tray]
+    - [Clock, Settings, Tray]
 appLauncherCmd: "nwggrid-wrapper" # optional, default None
 truncateTitleAfterLength: 150 # optional, default 150
 workspaces: