[Bug 860495] New: nVidia 1-click install (SDB:NVIDIA drivers) does not work properly - 3 bugs.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860495 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860495#c0 Summary: nVidia 1-click install (SDB:NVIDIA drivers) does not work properly - 3 bugs. Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE.org Version: unspecified Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 13.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Wiki AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: gordon@dickens.com QAContact: adrian@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:26.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/26.0 I have found 3 bugs in the nVidia 1-click install webpage (SDB:NVIDIA drivers) at: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers Bug #1 The package to be installed by the .ymp file for the "NVIDIA legacy cards" radio button does not work. It specifies a package name of x11-video-nvidia which does not exist in the repo. Bug #2 The "NVIDIA current cards" radio button installs the x11-video-nvidiaG03 package which is currently driver version 331.38, however that package is actually for many legacy cards. As an example, I am running a 6 year old laptop with a nVidia Quadro FX 3600M card which uses driver version 331.38 as specified here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/72250/en-us So, at the very least, the "NVIDIA current cards" radio button is mislabled. Bug #3 The x11-video-nvidiaG03 package pulls the wrong kernel module dependency when installed with zypper or yast. I am running the "kernel-desktop" kernel, however, the installer selected the nVidia package for the "kernel-default" kernel. In other words, the installer selected the nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-default package when it should have selected the nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop package. Therefore, upon rebooting the nVidia driver did not work until I manually removed the nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-default package and installed the nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop package instead. Summary Bug #1 - The "NVIDIA legacy cards" button does not work at all. Bug #2 - The "NVIDIA current cards" button is mislabeled. Bug #3 - The 1-click install of driver version 331.38 (currently labeled "NVIDIA current cards") does not work because of a kernel dependency issue. Solution for Bug#3 - If nVidia specifies driver version 331.38 for your video card then you need to install the x11-video-nvidiaG03 package and make sure to override the installer and include the following dependencies: nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop (instead of nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-default) nvidia-computeG03 nvidia-glG03 I was then able to install the correct nVidia driver for my video card and everything now works properly. As an FYI, I am running OpenSUSE 13.1 (x86_64) on a Dell Precision M6300 laptop with the nVidia Quadro FX 3600M video card. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Attempt 1-click install of "NVIDIA legacy cards" button or "NVIDIA current cards" button. Actual Results: "NVIDIA legacy cards" button will install the repo but then fails to install its driver which is misnamed "x11-video-nvidia" driver. "NVIDIA current cards" button will successfully install driver version 331.38, "x11-video-nvidiaG03", however, it then installs the wrong kernel dependency for installations running kernel-desktop. "NVIDIA current cards" is mislabeled since it also is designated by nVidia for use with very old video cards. Expected Results: I expect 1-click install to correctly install the right driver. I recommend that the installation bugs be fixed and the page be redesigned as follows. Instead of having the four buttons reading "NVIDIA current cards", "NVIDIA recent cards", "GeForce FX cards (5xxx)" and "NVIDIA legacy cards", I recommend that you simply have three buttons labeled with the current driver versions as follows: version 173.14.39, version 304.117 and version 331.38. Then add a link to the nVidia website page which has a form for determining the correct driver version for each nVidia video card hardware product: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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