@Scott_S again your booting from the wrong kernel… “6.12.0-160000.5” check the boot menu and look for “6.12.0-160000.7”
Did you realize that I had reinstalled the entire os? Apparently the kernel is the reason I couldn’t reach the desktop. Before rebooting I checked Myrlyn and found the one you wanted and installed it. Rebooted the computer and ended up in text mode again.
Now what you want me to do is is reboot using the new kernel, where I will end up in text mode again, log in at the prompt, type in " `zypper in -f nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-default" and reboot right?
@Scott_S So in text mode, login as root user, check your at kernel 6.12.0-160000.7?
Then yes, zypper in -f nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-default it should rebuild the kernel module as well?
If still an issue after reboot, then also run zypper dup --from NVIDIA:repo-non-free --allow-vendor-change
It essentially told me there was no such repo both times with a LOT of information in red. So no success. Do you have to do this every time you upgrade the kernel with Nvidia?
@Scott_S so what does zypper lr -d show?
I checked my command to see that It was right when I came back. All seems to be in order and I did do "zypper install openSUSE-repos-Leap-NVIDIA” and install the driver after reinstalling the OS and the repository is still in Myrlyn.
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1 | Leap | Leap 16.0 | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | hd:/install?device=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-_Patriot_Memory_07082785AF1C7467-0:0-part2 |
2 | NVIDIA:repo-non-free | repo-non-free (16.0) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/16.0 | NVIDIA
3 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss | repo-non-oss (16.0) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/non-oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
4 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss-debug | repo-non-oss-debug (16.0) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/non-oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
5 | openSUSE:repo-openh264 | repo-openh264 (16.0) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Leap_16 | openSUSE
6 | openSUSE:repo-oss | repo-oss (16.0) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
7 | openSUSE:repo-oss-debug | repo-oss-debug (16.0) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
8 | openSUSE:repo-oss-source | repo-oss-source (16.0) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss | openSUSE
scott@localhost:~>
@Scott_S so zypper dup --from 2 --allow-vendor-change
Ok. I suppose I should tell you that I deleted just “nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-default” with myrlyn and it rebooted into 6.12.0-160000.7 successfully, so I entered the commands you gave me on the desktop one at a time, where it did work. Obviously I had to delete the driver twice and reboot twice to be able to enter them at the same time the second time. Neither time worked.
Is there any thing else you want me to do here or is it just boot into text mode wit .7 and type this new command.
Thank you for sticking with me like this.
@Scott_S Not sure what you mean by not working. On install there should have been a number of packages installed as well as the driver being built?
If not run;
zypper in -f nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-default
zypper dup --from 2 --allow-vendor-change
Yeah on dup i get nothing to do. And on OS install there was no nvidia driver.
Didn’t work.I’m back on .5
.7 and nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-default don’t like each other.
inxi -GSaz
System:
Kernel: 6.12.0-160000.7-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 13.4.0 clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.0-160000.7-default
root=UUID=e2911003-8a7b-490a-89b4-de68d08f1200 intel_iommu=on
mitigations=auto quiet security=selinux selinux=1 ia32_emulation=1
rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau
Desktop: GNOME v: 48.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.50 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 48.0 Distro: openSUSE Leap 16.0
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e92 class-ID: 0380
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117GLM [Quadro T400 Mobile] driver: nvidia
v: 580.105.08 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+ status: current
(as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: DP-4
empty: DP-5,DP-6 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1fb2 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 compositor: gnome-shell
driver: N/A display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-4 res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: nvidia
wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.105.08
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA T400/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 1.95 GiB display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 3 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA T400 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1fb2
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel UHD
Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:3e92
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
nvidia-smi
Tue Dec 2 21:18:58 2025
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.105.08 Driver Version: 580.105.08 CUDA Version: 13.0 |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA T400 On | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A |
| 38% 38C P8 N/A / 31W | 223MiB / 2048MiB | 1% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 1518 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 174MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 1675 G /usr/bin/Xwayland 2MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2162 C+G ptyxis 35MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
I’m afraid I don’t understand what all of that says.
I’m also afraid that I’m very sick and have to go to bed. I appreciate your help and maybe we can pick this back up tomorrow?
@Scott_S That’s just showing you it does work 
Sure, catch up tomorrow 
Hey guys. I’m back. Malcom…you around? Anyway I downloaded and burned a new iso and reinstalled 16 one more time. So here I sit again at 1024 in .5, no gpu driver installed and no other changes to the system.
What do you think I should do first?
I noticed on bootup that there was something about a nouveau driver and a chipset not being recognized.
@Scott_S so first thing to do it update the system with zypper -vvv up, reboot, then run zypper inr, again reboot and post the output from inxi -GSaz
Edit: yes, your Nvidia GPU is not supported in the Leap 16.0 kernel, but it should recognize the open or proprietary driver when installed…
Can I do that from my desktop here?
Sure, I would suggest popping out to a tty with ctrl+alt+F1 and login as root and run systemctl isolate multi-user.target then zypper commands.