Xlibre on TumbleWeed

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Disclaimer ** I did this in a VM ** … while I think it should be fine on my daily driver I need to do a (backup/snapshot/etc) first which means I have to install snapper …

That being said it was pretty simple and only required a reboot of my VM (XFCE) … how it was done …

  1. I downloaded the relevant RPM’s from kkofler COPR (just the X86_64 no devel/source/debug) and unpacked them into a directory (Downloads/testdir) with dolphin
  2. This gave me 3 directories (testdir/etc, testdir/usr and testdir/var)
  3. I then did a cp -r to the actual /etc, /usr and /var on the VM
  4. Reboot the VM … my screenshot is the result

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This a list of the RPM’s I got from each directory:

xlibre-xf86-video-intel-3.0.0.2-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm
xlibre-server-Xspice-0.1.6.1-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm          xlibre-xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.18.1-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm
xlibre-xf86-drivers-25.0-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm              xlibre-xf86-video-openchrome-0.6.604^20230328git857d892-4.fc44.x86_64.rpm
xlibre-xf86-input-evdev-2.11.0.1-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm      xlibre-xf86-video-qxl-0.1.6.1-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm
xlibre-xf86-input-libinput-1.5.0.1-2.fc44.x86_64.rpm    xlibre-xf86-video-vmware-13.4.0.1-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm
xlibre-xf86-input-synaptics-1.10.0.1-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm  xlibre-xserver-common-25.0.0.8-2.fc44.x86_64.rpm
xlibre-xf86-input-wacom-1.2.3.2-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm       xlibre-xserver-Xephyr-25.0.0.8-2.fc44.x86_64.rpm
xlibre-xf86-video-amdgpu-23.0.0.4-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm     xlibre-xserver-Xnest-25.0.0.8-2.fc44.x86_64.rpm
xlibre-xf86-video-ati-22.0.0.2-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm        xlibre-xserver-Xorg-25.0.0.8-2.fc44.x86_64.rpm
xlibre-xf86-video-dummy-0.4.1.1-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm       xlibre-xserver-Xvfb-25.0.0.8-2.fc44.x86_64.rpm

Everything seems to work just fine except I can’t install my NVidia run file because “it’s a VM” … so if someone has an up-to-date machine sitting around that they don’t care about that they can play with and beat me to it I’d love to hear about it … :nerd_face:

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just did a zypper dup in my VM and got the 6.18 kernel … no runs, no drips, no errors

If anyone knows kkofler tell him THANK YOU and ask him if he would be so kind as to come to OBS and make a version for TumbleWeed :+1: :hugs: I would really appreciate it

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IMNSHO this is a waste of time, i.e. both trying it as well as the entire attempt, the naming (X was always “libre” as in “free”). I will not touch it with whatever length of a pole.

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Besides the valid comment from @knurpht, what does you make believe, that simply copying some random files into these directories, makes your system use xlibre? This is not how it works…

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I hear a lot of FUD and no facts … facts are I ran wayland for 3 years and was excited when I finally could … now not so much … X was slammed for being “outdated” at 25 years old … how old is wayland now? 20 years?

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Yes @hui it does … and I checked the files being called … and the screenshot that confirms it … what else you want me to do?

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@dart364 pstree will give a good indication of what processes are being used…

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thank you @malcolmlewis that’s a neat little program I hadn’t seen before … now it doesn’t specify which Xorg is running but it does show “spice” which I have never had on my host machine and specifically came with XLibre

spice-vdagent───3*[{spice-vdagent}]
        ├─spice-vdagentd───2*[{spice-vdagentd}]

and @knurpht if I want to “waste my time” it’s my time to waste … follow my instructions … try it for yourself … prove me wrong and I’ll admit it

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OK, let’s be blunt. If in my working days I would find a sysadmin/devops worker doing this, that’s the end of their job. It shows absolute lack of understanding and knowledge about how an OS works. FULL STOP.

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@dart364 that’s the VM connection for the likes of copy/paste capabilities between host and client. zypper if spice-vdagent

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Thank you for the info …

Which is exactly why I did it in a VM … so how do I prove myself wrong? I used locate Xorg etc … and did a ls -a then did the same afterwards and confirmed they had been overwritten … how is testing in a non-production VM a fireable offense? Give some command that will prove me wrong … I’ve already given evidence to prove myself right … correct?

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It is quite easy to do it yourself…
Simply google “Kkofler Fedora”. You will be surprised how easy it is to get in contact with him…

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Thank you @hui … I usually find it is difficult at best to get ahold of actual developers … they tend to lay low for obvious reasons

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With this version (25.0.0.1) I had to add not necessary with 25.0.0.16 or higher (Nvidia proprietary)

Section "ServerFlags"
  Option "IgnoreABI" "1"
EndSection

December 2025 Screenshots

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Hi, did you try this on tumbleweed and is it working? Which DE are you using to test?

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Yes on tumbleweed … I’ve run KDE, XFCE and IceWM. It’s been working fine since Dec 10. Currently trying to wrap my head around OBS and/or making my own local repo