Avoid NVIDIA 390.12 driver

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Just a quick not for NVIDIA users - especially if you have multi monitor setup. Avoid 390.12 driver that is currently in the repos. Wait till it gets updated to current 390.25 or later.
Why? It has a nasty regression that may cause your system to freeze. Nothing wron on OpenSUSE side - it’s the driver issue.

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Hm, what repos do you mean?
I can only see 384.111 in the official NVidia repo… :
http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/42.3/x86_64/

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Here it works with 2 Monitors without any trouble:

nvidia-settings -v && lsb-release -id

nvidia-settings:  version 390.12  (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-01)  Wed Dec 20 07:22:24 PST
2017
  The NVIDIA X Server Settings tool.

  This program is used to configure the NVIDIA Linux graphics driver.
  For more detail, please see the nvidia-settings(1) man page.

Distributor ID: openSUSE Leap
Description:    openSUSE Leap 42.3
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It’s not that the bug triggers immediately. It is something that may trigger. FOr me that was CHrome playing videos - it would work at first, then I’d notice a flicker on 2nd monitor, moving windows / cursor slows down and then system becomes completely unresponsive. CHeck release highlights for 390.25 driver:

  • Fixed a regression introduced in 390.12 that prevented displays from working normally when running multiple X screens with emulated overlays.
  • Fixed a regression introduced in 390.12 that caused occasional hangs and hard lockup messages in the system log when screen transformations are in use.
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@wolfi323: nvidia repo gives me this:
https://i.imgur.com/67yOfvW.jpg
edit: ok , now I see where it comes from - even though it shows in Nvidia repo tab, it is actually from CUDA repository.

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Ok, so apparently NVidia’s CUDA repository contains that version. Thanks for the clarification.

You could remove the “normal” NVidia repo then though if you use that… :wink: