[Bug 638633] New: The SUSE repo of NVIDIA proprietary drivers doesn't configure module search path properly
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633#c0 Summary: The SUSE repo of NVIDIA proprietary drivers doesn't configure module search path properly Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Final Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: X11 3rd Party Driver AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: rob.fortune@live.com QAContact: sndirsch@novell.com Found By: Other Blocker: --- Following the advice of: http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html To install using NVIDIA repo their SUSE packages GLX failed to load and the reason is because they didn't change the "Files" section of Xorg configuration so it looks for their GLX driver first. They install their driver in: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/updates/extensions But do nothing to make Xorg look there before it picks up the default GLX renderer from: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so Unless you manually configure your "Files" section GLX won't load because /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so is part of xorg-x11-server-7.5_1.8.0-10.3.1.i586 -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633#c1 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2010-09-10 21:28:15 UTC --- And what's that? (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/updates,/usr/lib/xorg/modules" The module search path is hardcoded in the Xserver due to patch p_default-module-path.diff in obs://X11:XOrg/xorg-x11-server -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633#c2 --- Comment #2 from Rob Fortune <rob.fortune@live.com> 2010-09-11 03:50:49 UTC --- I had a custom files section so that it searched my locally compiled modules first. This meant your patch didn't add the path. Since the package didn't account for it, it's not invalid. Much easier than fixing it properly though isn't it. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633#c3 --- Comment #3 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2010-09-11 06:31:28 UTC --- (In reply to comment #2)
I had a custom files section so that it searched my locally compiled modules first. This meant your patch didn't add the path. Since the package didn't account for it, it's not invalid. Much easier than fixing it properly though isn't it.
Well, in that situation you need to adjust your files section. BTW, you're first person running into this issue since SUSE/Novell is providing these RPMs (how many years now used by how many thousand users?). I would call this a corner case. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633#c4 --- Comment #4 from Rob Fortune <rob.fortune@live.com> 2010-09-11 13:27:41 UTC --- I agree it's a corner case and not worth fixing. Yesterday I was a little perturbed by hardware which was supposed to be working but didn't fit where it should (in the physical sense, it didn't fit). A day, a dremel and a junior hacksaw later I can see the light :) Most people won't have been using their files section, it will only have been people who had Xorg -configure been done manually and know what they are doing, I only had the files section myself to force load a version of legacyintel that didn't crash every 5 minutes. My NVIDIA is brand new. I still disagree on it being "Invalid". "wontfix" would have been a better resolution but it doesn't really matter. I'm not sure you can even fit a corner around the case. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638633#c5 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|INVALID |WONTFIX --- Comment #5 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2010-09-11 13:34:55 UTC --- As you wish. I'm sure there would be people complain about the NVIDIA driver RPMs touching their xorg.conf to adjust module path in files section ... -- 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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