Re: [opensuse] Nvidia vs ATI [OT: Sandy Bridge]

On 2011/07/19 19:49 (GMT+0300) Stan Goodman composed:

I.e. visit one of the two URLs that Felix lists, and store its content
in /etc/zypp/repo.d? Then, by analogy with what I did for the XOrg repo,
install a new repo in YaST -- what URL?


Someone should have suggested trying 1-click from http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=xorg-x11-driver-video&baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.4&lang=en&include_home=true&exclude_debug=true early in the thread. xorg-x11-driver-video-7.6-229.1.x86_64.rpm is listed there. 1-click gets you the requisite repo installed and enabled (if not already), then installs the package.


Tumbleweed's kernel-default-2.6.39.2-36.1.x86_64.rpm is at http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=kernel-default&baseproject=openSUSE%3A11.4&lang=en&include_home=true&exclude_debug=true too.





The difficulty you've run into has gotten way out of hand, likely complicated by that X desktop updater thingie I never use, but also the too many cooks syndrome, coupled with worry of irreparable screwup syndrome.

YaST uses the same repos as zypper, but they can get out of sync when you're changing repos and repo configurations, something an X restart would fix. Both use the basic repo configuration files stored in /etc/zypp/repos.d/. That's why I gave you what _I_ consider the "easy" method, copying that .repo file from the URL I gave you to that directory. Once it exists there, the next refresh by zypper (or YaST) will enable either to find and install xorg-x11-driver-video-7.6-229.1.x86_64.rpm.

One could install that driver rpm "manually" ('zypper in' or 'rpm -Uvh'), without doing any repo futzing, after fetching it manually via ftp or web browser from either of

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.4/x86_64/
or
http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.4/x86_64/
or
(any other comparable mirror)

The fully manual method may initially fail due to a missing dep, but tell you so, allowing you to fetch any such deps manually in same manner and try again by including all on the cmdline.

I use the gwdg repos, because I do it others' "hard way" via FTP with MC, and the openSUSE devs in their infinite wisdom have seen fit to make its own repos unavailable via FTP. To fetch the repo file, I would navigate to http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/X11:/XOrg/ in MC, where I would visibly see and put the highlight on X11:XOrg.repo, then tab to the opposite pane, where I would navigate to /etc/zypp/repos.d/. Then I would tab back to the gwdg pane, and press the F5 key and ENTER, thereby copying that file directly from gwdg to repos.d same as I would had I previously downloaded it to Desktop or elsewhere. At this point the latest stable X11 repo would be enabled, allowing zypper (or YaST) to install xorg-x11-driver-video-7.6-229.1.x86_64.rpm. I'd do 'zypper ref; zypper in -d xorg-x11-driver-video' to get it downloaded and verified to be the desired version, then 'zypper in xorg-x11-driver-video' to actually install it.

The process using MC would be the same for Tumbleweed and the 2.6.39 kernel it offers, starting with openSUSE:Tumbleweed.repo from http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/openSUSE:/Tumbleweed/standard/.

You could install the Tumbleweed kernel without enabling all of Tumbleweed a couple of different ways. One would be to enable the repo, then install only the kernel, then disable the repo and lock the kernel with 'zypper al kernel-<flavor>' (e.g. kernel-default if that's what you normally use). Alternatively you could just download its kernel from http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/openSUSE:/Tumbleweed/standard/x86_64/ and use zypper or rpm to install it.

For purposes of this thread, you should assume anything I write, and most if not all of what I've already posted, presumes X is not running and you are logged in as root on a tty. You should pick only one fork, YaST or zypper, and stick to it until your thread subject problem is solved. If you're going to use the YaST fork, you should probably ignore me until you've solved this using someone else's recipe. In spite of all we've written, getting what you need installed should not and need not be as complicated as it apparently seems to you.
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