Nvidia drivers ask 15+ times to click ok - kde

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I reinstalled ‘opensuse 15.5’. It recently automatically installed the nvidia drivers. On the software update tray icon. It asked for me to sign a license 15+ times. I finally had to uninstall the drivers and use mesa no-sign required.

Is this a bug? Is there another way to bypass the sign requirement?

Thanks.

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Not a bug.
You can use zypper in commad prompt with options to auto-answer.

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Well, I know how to do that. But on this install opensuse, not sure if this was an update or start install by the task bar, this tried to install automatically. I never used zypper, nothing on my system needs nvidia drivers. On any future updates, this won’t happen on the task bar? Once I do this via zypper.

I’m not signing away any data transfer rights to nvidia. True?

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Check situation with YaST.
If you have no Nvidia GPU, then you don’t need Nvidia drivers.
For non-Nvidia hardware the only needed Mesa 3D nouveau package is libdrm_nouveau2.

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I have a nvidia card, but I usually don’t install it, nothing that uses it. I use the mesa drivers.

I may have amd cpu that has built-in graphics. The win10 system shows it.

Not sure which drivers i’m using. I think it’s mesa.

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Post

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to be sure.

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Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU116M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free: 520.xx+
status: current (as of 2022-10) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2192 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
alternate: intel dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x978f built: 2020 res: 1920x1080
hz: 144 dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46")
diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.5 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
direct render: Yes

Hmm, there seem to be a lot of vulnerabilities in this cpu. Don’t know anything about that, for another topic.

I have app called ‘universal sandbox’, fun app. Do I have a reason to switch to either the intel GPU or the nvidia GPU? If so, which one? There are only two, I see. mesa uses the intel right?

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ILL as a laptop with dual graphics.
Why not install Nvidia drivers?

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Well, for years, I just didn’t install them and everything worked.

I install nvidia drivers and have to sign away legal rights. Also, I have nothing that uses them. The mesa drivers graphics speed is good enough.

Thanks to all, I know how to install nvidia drivers manually.