Is nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-meta necessary

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Updating nvidia drivers was not possible because
nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-meta
is still at 595.71, whereas other packages woild go to 595.80.

It was proposed to deinstall nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-meta.
Would that be safe? is the package really not needed?

zypper se -si nvidia

S  | Name                                      | Type  | Version                                | Arch   | Repository
---+-------------------------------------------+-------+----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------
i  | kernel-firmware-nvidia                    | Paket | 20250516-160000.2.2                    | noarch | repo-oss (16.0)
i  | libnvidia-cfg                             | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.13.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | libnvidia-egl-gbm1                        | Paket | 1.1.3-lp160.10.1                       | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | libnvidia-egl-wayland1                    | Paket | 1.1.22-lp160.56.1                      | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | libnvidia-egl-x111                        | Paket | 1.0.5-lp160.24.1                       | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | libnvidia-gpucomp                         | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.13.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | libnvidia-ml                              | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.13.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | nvidia-common-G07                         | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.13.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | nvidia-compute-G07                        | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.13.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | nvidia-compute-utils-G07                  | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.13.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | nvidia-gl-G07                             | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.13.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | nvidia-libXNVCtrl                         | Paket | 595.80-lp160.2.1                       | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | nvidia-modprobe                           | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.2.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-default | Paket | 595.71.05_k6.12.0_160000.29-160000.1.1 | x86_64 | repo-oss (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-meta    | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.19.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | nvidia-persistenced                       | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.2.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-settings                           | Paket | 595.80-lp160.2.1                       | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | nvidia-userspace-meta-G07                 | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.18.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | nvidia-video-G07                          | Paket | 595.71.05-lp160.13.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-xconfig                            | Paket | 595.80-lp160.2.1                       | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | openSUSE-repos-Leap-NVIDIA                | Paket | 20260218.3c95c01-lp160.1.1             | x86_64 | repo-oss (16.0)
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nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-meta ensures that all needed packages have matching versions. It is not strictly needed, but without it you have to check manually that every package matches.
But nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-meta-595.71.05-lp160.19.1 should allow upgrading to the 595.80 series if all needed 595.80 packages exist, so can you show the complete command and error?

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That is what happens on Tumbleweed, but on Leap dependencies are different so a bug report might be needed.
Sorry, I don’t have matching HW so I cannot test for sure.

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FWIW, I removed the nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-meta package and locked, then could update, but this was awhile back…

S  | Name                                      | Type    | Version                             | Arch   | Repository
---+-------------------------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------+--------+---------------------
i  | kernel-firmware-nvidia                    | package | 20250516-160000.2.2                 | noarch | repo-oss (16.0)
i+ | libnvidia-cfg                             | package | 595.80-lp160.7.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | libnvidia-egl-gbm1                        | package | 1.1.3-lp160.10.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | libnvidia-egl-wayland1                    | package | 1.1.22-lp160.56.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | libnvidia-egl-x111                        | package | 1.0.5-lp160.24.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | libnvidia-gpucomp                         | package | 595.80-lp160.7.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | libnvidia-ml                              | package | 595.80-lp160.7.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-common-G07                         | package | 595.80-lp160.7.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-compute-G07                        | package | 595.80-lp160.7.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-compute-utils-G07                  | package | 595.80-lp160.7.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-gl-G07                             | package | 595.80-lp160.7.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-modprobe                           | package | 595.80-lp160.2.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-default | package | 595.80_k6.12.0_160000.33-160000.1.1 | x86_64 | repo-oss (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-persistenced                       | package | 595.80-lp160.2.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-userspace-meta-G07                 | package | 595.80-lp160.19.1                   | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-video-G07                          | package | 595.80-lp160.7.1                    | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i  | openSUSE-repos-Leap-NVIDIA                | package | 20260218.3c95c01-lp160.1.1          | x86_64 | repo-oss (16.0)
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nvidia packages in myrlyn

nvidiamyrlyn
nvidiamyrlyn1188×448 151 KB

conflict:

nvidiaconflict
nvidiaconflict1648×346 79.7 KB

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The nvidia-*-kmp-meta packages are the bracket that are holding a matching set of nvidia* packages together via dependencies. IIRC you technically can install your NVidia setup without it, but chances are that this will end up in a non-functional setup, falling back to the Nouveau driver instead because the NVidia kernel module failed to load.

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@shundhammer It’s just plain broken…

zypper in nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-meta

Problem: 1: the to be installed nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-meta-595.71.05-lp160.19.1.x86_64 conflicts with 'nvidia-open-signed-kmp > 595.71.05' provided by the installed nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-default-595.80_k6.12.0_160000.33-160000.1.1.x86_64
 Solution 1: Following actions will be done:
  downgrade of nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-default-595.80_k6.12.0_160000.33-160000.1.1.x86_64 to nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-default-595.71.05_k6.12.0_160000.29-160000.1.1.x86_64
  downgrade of nvidia-userspace-meta-G07-595.80-lp160.19.1.x86_64 to nvidia-userspace-meta-G07-595.71.05-lp160.18.1.x86_64
  downgrade of libnvidia-cfg-595.80-lp160.7.1.x86_64 to libnvidia-cfg-595.71.05-lp160.13.1.x86_64
  downgrade of libnvidia-ml-595.80-lp160.7.1.x86_64 to libnvidia-ml-595.71.05-lp160.13.1.x86_64
  downgrade of nvidia-common-G07-595.80-lp160.7.1.x86_64 to nvidia-common-G07-595.71.05-lp160.13.1.x86_64
  downgrade of nvidia-compute-G07-595.80-lp160.7.1.x86_64 to nvidia-compute-G07-595.71.05-lp160.13.1.x86_64
  downgrade of nvidia-compute-utils-G07-595.80-lp160.7.1.x86_64 to nvidia-compute-utils-G07-595.71.05-lp160.13.1.x86_64
  downgrade of nvidia-gl-G07-595.80-lp160.7.1.x86_64 to nvidia-gl-G07-595.71.05-lp160.13.1.x86_64
  downgrade of nvidia-video-G07-595.80-lp160.7.1.x86_64 to nvidia-video-G07-595.71.05-lp160.13.1.x86_64
  downgrade of nvidia-modprobe-595.80-lp160.2.1.x86_64 to nvidia-modprobe-595.71.05-lp160.2.1.x86_64
  downgrade of nvidia-persistenced-595.80-lp160.2.1.x86_64 to nvidia-persistenced-595.71.05-lp160.2.1.x86_64
 Solution 2: do not install nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-kmp-meta-595.71.05-lp160.19.1.x86_64
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Looks like it is solved, the meta package is now upgraded tot 595.80 as well.

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