Nvidia driver

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On the openSUSE Nvidia page https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers under the instructions for YaST installation (number 6) it tells me “Choose the appropriate driver: x11-video-nvidiaG02, x11-video-nvidiaG03 or x11-video-nvidiaG04”. But YaST does not show the x11-video-nvidiaG02 as being available. Searches with Google find it but only for 42.3.

I had trouble installing it under 42.3 (https://forums.opensuse.org/search.php?searchid=3640812) and settled for nouveau, but under Leap 15 the nouveau driver causes all kinds of flickers.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Try uninstalling “Mesa-dri-nouveau” (if it is installed). And see whether that helps.

The G02 driver probably reached its end-of-life.

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Try removing xf86-video-nouveau, which if no part of any NVidia proprietary driver is installed, should cause automagic use of the default DDX driver, modesetting, on restart of X or reboot.

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Thank you for the speedy responses.

Uninstalling Mesa-dri-nouveau had no effect. But removing xf86-video-nouveau did. The flickering stopped while using web browsers. I am eager to test video playing as soon as I update all the software on this new installation. I had never heard of the default DDX driver. Is this something new for Leap 15?

Thanks again.

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It became upstream default with server 1.17.0, which was after 13.2 but before 42.1. Newness goes farther back than I know, first appearing AFAICT as xf86-video-modesetting in 12.3.

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Some reports says that it is possible to use G02 drivers from Leap 42.3 with a Leap 15.
They will compile and work well.