https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=360344 User com.opensuse@bucksch.org added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=360344#c7 --- Comment #7 from Ben Bucksch <com.opensuse@bucksch.org> 2008-02-10 05:08:29 MST ---
I have essentially been changing from your kernel + your nvidia packages to the generic, self-combiled kernel with the generic nvidia package.
Reproduction: 1. Install openSuSE including SuSE kernel, and SuSE nvidia driver package 2. Modify your xorg.conf, to adapt it to your needs like multimon, mouse buttons etc. 3. <2 months pass> 4. Decide to compile your own kernel (e.g. because a new one 2.6.24 just came out, or because you want to make it faster or smaller, or because you need a specific driver, or because you feel like it) 5. nvidia module no longer works. You don't know what to do, so you get the driver from nvidia.com. That works nicely. 6. All works. 7. <2 months pass> 8. Kernel security update, maybe with other updates. You are alert enough to notice and remove the kernel to not overwrite yours. 9. This requires you to remove the nvidia package as well in the flow of the update. 10. nvidia package breaks your X11 config, you see completely garbled screen output on at least one screen. Don't tell me that installing my own kernel in the most obvious (but maybe not ideal) way is "not supported". -- 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.