killing Nvidia and Ati drivers ??????

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#1

From the mailing list opensuse-kernel@opensuse.org

[opensuse-kernel] Patch openSUSE Kernel for nouveau

for fulfilling https://features.opensuse.org/307588 it is needed that openSUSE Kernel gets patched with upstream patch:

commit d5f3c90d4f3ad6b054f9855b7b69137b97bda131
Author: Marcin Kościelnicki <koriakin@0x04.net>
Date: Thu Feb 25 00:54:02 2010 +0000
drm/nv50: Implement ctxprog/state generation.
This removes dependence on external firmware for NV50 generation cards.
If the generated ctxprogs don’t work for you for some reason, please
report it.
Signed-off-by: Marcin Kościelnicki <koriakin@0x04.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@redhat.com>

Seeing repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.2/x86_64

xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau-0.0.15_20100225_efd7a52-1.2.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau-debuginfo-0.0.15_20100225_efd7a52-1.2.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-driver-video-nouveau-debugsource-0.0.15_20100225_efd7a52-1.2.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20100216_79a0ab2-20.1.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-debuginfo-1.3.0_20100216_79a0ab2-20.1.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-debugsource-1.3.0_20100216_79a0ab2-20.1.x86_64.rpm

does this mean that were are forced to use the radeonhd and/or nouveau or that we can black list them or delete them from xorg drivers :
and normaly use the Ati catalist drivers and the Nvidia drivers ???

Much talk about nouveau but where is a Opengl driver thats equal or better then what the nouveau hackers can come up with ??? :frowning:

I myself dont need the nouveau driver its blacklisted
and 2.6.33 from this moment let me install the Nvidia driver.

#2

Per this guide: openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users - openSUSE Forums
is there not an rpm xorg-x11-driver-video ? That is where the “nv” driver is located.

#3

susegebr wrote:
> does this mean that were are forced to use the radeonhd and/or nouveau
> or that we can black list them or delete them from xorg drivers :
> and normaly use the Ati catalist drivers and the Nvidia drivers
> ???
>
> Much talk about nouveau but where is a Opengl driver thats equal or
> better then what the nouveau hackers can come up with ??? :frowning:

why not ask your questions on the mailing list where you got this
info???

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palladium

#4

AFAIK blacklisting nouveau is always possible. I tried nouveau and it’s incredibly fast. But no 3D support (yet).

#5

Oldcpu

there is a rpm : xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-106.1.x86_64.rpm
But wil there be a nv driver when 11.3 comes out thats my question

#6

If it is in xorg-x11-driver-video then it will likely be in 11.3. It may not be the default installed driver though.

#7

So there still will be a need to save your xorg.conf and your latest nvidia / radeon driver
and copy those to there places in 11.3 from backup
and install them again
And if xorg is altered in any way use xorg from your 11.2 dvd / cd