Just started to install 232 new updates but these include some Nvidia proprietary 3D software which I do not need and is reported to be a possible problem with KDE desktop. When I entered ‘n’ to drop the Nvidia driver the whole update process stopped.
Does this mean that all the 232 new updates are associated with Nvidia or are other updates included which I should have? How do I sort this out?
Otherwise very pleased with Tumbleweed so far. No more problems than with 15.1 in my experience. (Typo in title, should be drivers!!!)
As root I have run zypper dup and selected ‘y’ which gave me the following message;
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In order to install 'Mesa-dri-nouveau', you must agree to terms of the following license agreement:
WARNING: Nouveau DRI/3D driver selected.
This driver is considered experimental and is known to have issues with
applications that use certain 3D acceleration features of modern
NVIDIA hardware.
Symptoms include application crashes or lockups & crashes of your system's
graphical environment. Older Hardware and less demanding applications may work
just fine and do benefit from the Hardware acceleration features this driver
offers over software emulation.
Use of this driver is especially not recommended for use with the KDE Desktop
Environment or Qt-based Applications.
The hardware vendor potentially offers alternative drivers.
Please click "Accept" if you accept the risks that may come with the
installation of this driver. Choose "Cancel" to prevent installation
of the driver and use software emulation instead.
(Press 'q' to exit the pager.)
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If I then quit the pager I get the following:-
AJBR-W530:~ # zypper dup
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command.
Computing distribution upgrade...
The following 4 NEW packages are going to be installed:
kernel-default-5.2.10-1.2 libgsl25 libnftables1 libprotobuf-lite20
The following 4 packages are going to be REMOVED:
hardlink libgsl23 libnftables0 libprotobuf-lite19
The following 231 packages are going to be upgraded:
Mesa Mesa-dri Mesa-dri-nouveau Mesa-gallium Mesa-libEGL1 Mesa-libGL1 Mesa-libglapi0
Mesa-libva MozillaFirefox MozillaFirefox-translations-common PackageKit
PackageKit-backend-zypp PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin PackageKit-gtk3-module
PackageKit-lang akonadi-notes-lang cifs-utils cpp9 curl e2fsprogs elfutils
elfutils-lang enblend-enfuse ffmpeg-4 gawk gstreamer-plugins-bad
gstreamer-plugins-bad-lang gstreamer-plugins-base gstreamer-plugins-base-lang
gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-good-gtk gstreamer-plugins-good-lang ipset
iputils libGraphicsMagick-Q16-3 libGraphicsMagick3-config libIlmImf-2_3-24
libKF5AkonadiNotes5 libKF5CalendarCore5 libQt5WebKit5 libQt5WebKit5-imports
libQt5WebKitWidgets5 libSDL_image-1_2-0 libabw-0_1-1 libasm1 libavcodec57 libavcodec58
libavdevice57 libavdevice58 libavfilter6 libavfilter7 libavformat57 libavformat58
libavresample3 libavresample4 libavutil55 libavutil56 libbabl-0_1-0 libblkid1
libcdrdeflt1_0 libcom_err2 libcurl4 libdeflt1_0 libdw1 libebl-plugins libelf1
libext2fs2 libfaad2 libfdisk1 libfile1_0 libfind3_0 libgbm1 libgcc_s1 libgdata-lang
libgdata22 libgfortran5 libgnutls30 libgomp1 libgpg-error0 libgslcblas0
libgstadaptivedemux-1_0-0 libgstallocators-1_0-0 libgstapp-1_0-0 libgstaudio-1_0-0
libgstbadaudio-1_0-0 libgstbasecamerabinsrc-1_0-0 libgstcodecparsers-1_0-0
libgstfft-1_0-0 libgstgl-1_0-0 libgstisoff-1_0-0 libgstmpegts-1_0-0
libgstpbutils-1_0-0 libgstphotography-1_0-0 libgstriff-1_0-0 libgstrtp-1_0-0
libgstrtsp-1_0-0 libgstsctp-1_0-0 libgstsdp-1_0-0 libgsttag-1_0-0
libgsturidownloader-1_0-0 libgstvideo-1_0-0 libgstwayland-1_0-0 libgstwebrtc-1_0-0
libinput-udev libinput10 libipset13 libkpathsea6 libmfx libmfx1 libmount1 libmpcdec6
libmpg123-0 libneon27 libnftnl11 libnghttp2-14 libobjc4 libopencv4_1 liborcus-0_15-0
libpackagekit-glib2-18 libpgm-5_2-0 libpostproc54 libpostproc55 libprotobuf-c1
libpython2_7-1_0 libquadmath0 librmt1_0 librscg1_0 librtmp1 libscg1_0 libscgcmd1_0
libschily2_0 libsmartcols1 libstdc++6 libstdc++6-pp-gcc9 libstorage-ng-lang
libstorage-ng-ruby libstorage-ng1 libswresample2 libswresample3 libswscale4
libswscale5 libteamdctl0 libuuid1 libva-drm2 libva-glx2 libva-wayland2 libva-x11-2
libva2 libvdpau_nouveau libvisio-0_1-1 libvlc5 libvlccore9 libx264-155 libx265-176
libxvidcore4 libzimg2 mkisofs mpg123-openal mpg123-pulse mugshot nano nano-lang
nftables openSUSE-release openSUSE-release-ftp openssh openssh-askpass-gnome
openssh-helpers opensuse-welcome opensuse-welcome-lang pam-config python python-base
python-gtk python3-packaging python3-pyOpenSSL python3-rpm python3-setuptools remmina
remmina-lang remmina-plugin-rdp remmina-plugin-secret remmina-plugin-vnc
remmina-plugin-xdmcp rpm rpm-config-SUSE spax star sudo suse-module-tools susepaste
susepaste-screenshot texlive-lm-fonts typelib-1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0 util-linux
util-linux-lang util-linux-systemd viewres vlc vlc-codec-gstreamer vlc-codecs vlc-lang
vlc-noX vlc-qt vlc-vdpau xdm xfce4-screenshooter xfce4-screenshooter-lang
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin-lang yast2-alternatives
yast2-auth-client yast2-auth-server yast2-installation yast2-iscsi-client
yast2-journal yast2-online-update yast2-online-update-frontend yast2-pam yast2-proxy
yast2-ruby-bindings yast2-security yast2-services-manager yast2-storage-ng yast2-theme
yast2-theme-breeze yast2-theme-oxygen yast2-trans-en yast2-trans-en_GB yast2-update
yast2-vpn
The following product is going to be upgraded:
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190824-0 -> 20190829-0
The following package requires a system reboot:
kernel-default-5.2.10-1.2
231 packages to upgrade, 4 new, 4 to remove.
Overall download size: 266.2 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional
359.7 MiB will be used.
Note: System reboot required.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
Do you agree with the terms of the license? [yes/no] (no): ^CAJBR-W530:~ #
I cannot see the option ‘cancel’ and do not know what ‘v’ does so will wait your next advice on this.
Sorry I meant nouveau but the warnings about using this update with KDE desktop are real and as I do not want or need 3D how do I get around the problem. You have not made clear but here is the result of your last instruction;-
The Mesa-dri-nouveau needs to accept the license, so do :
zypper dup --auto-agree-with-licenses
231 packages to upgrade, 4 new, 4 to remove.
Overall download size: 266.2 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional
359.7 MiB will be used.
Note: System reboot required.
Continue? [y/n/v/…? shows all options] (y): y
Do you agree with the terms of the license? [yes/no] (no): ^CAJBR-W530:~ #
You have said yes to the Update (see the line before the last one) and now you have to accept the license of Mesa-dri-nouveau (the last line)…
If you have a NVIDIA GPU then you need either Nouveau or the NVIDA driver If you really really don’t want 3D accel then you must drop back to the fall back drivers which have poor resolution also.
We now know (from later posts in this thread), that you are referring to “Mesa-dri-nouveau”.
Step 1: Uninstall that, if it is currently installed. I suggest Yast Software Management for that.
Step 2: Lock that package so it will never be installed. I would usually do that with Yast software management.
After that, you should not again be bothered by prompts for this package.
I still do not understand what I am doing here. My original question was because I did not understand what to do about the serious warning concerning the potential problems I might have:-
WARNING: Nouveau DRI/3D driver selected
This driver is considered experimental and is known to have issues with
applications that use certain 3D acceleration features of modern
NVIDIA hardware.
It appears from the advice given later in this thread that I neither need nor want this driver.
Is this because I have an Nvidia GPU and am using the proprietary drivers?
If this is true and I just go ahead and install the Mesa-dri-nouveau will it be ignored because it is not required?
I still do not understand what I am doing here. My original question was because I did not understand what to do about the serious warning concerning the potential problems I might have:-
This is an Update of your installed Mesa-dri-nouveau.
See your zypper se -s mesa
My understanding is that if you do not install the Mesa-dri-nouveau driver, then OpenGL will be handled in software instead of the hardware acceleration. At one time I had an older Nvidia card, where it worked better when handled in software.
In your case, you are using the proprietary nvidia drivers, so it is all bypassed anyway.
