installation of bbswitch by default?
Hi, I noticed that bbswitch and bbswitch kernel modules seem to get installed by default, even if no bumblebee/optimus chipset is present (Tumbleweed) Whats the rationale behind? Feels more like a bug.... Cheers Axel
On 07.11.2021 20:03, Axel Braun wrote:
Hi,
I noticed that bbswitch and bbswitch kernel modules seem to get installed by default, even if no bumblebee/optimus chipset is present (Tumbleweed)
Whats the rationale behind?
zypper search --recommends-pkg is your friend.
Feels more like a bug....
For any default choice there will always be someone who does not agree with this particular choice. bbswitch is about power saving so it sounds logical that it is recommends by tlp. If you do not need it, you can override it. Do you have suggestion how to reliably detect bumblebee/optimus chipset?
On 07.11.2021 20:35, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
On 07.11.2021 20:03, Axel Braun wrote:
Hi,
I noticed that bbswitch and bbswitch kernel modules seem to get installed by default, even if no bumblebee/optimus chipset is present (Tumbleweed)
Whats the rationale behind?
zypper search --recommends-pkg is your friend.
Feels more like a bug....
For any default choice there will always be someone who does not agree with this particular choice. bbswitch is about power saving so it sounds logical that it is recommends by tlp.
Actually changelog is rather strange
Thu Jun 17 11:59:16 UTC 2021 - Stanislav Brabec
Am Sonntag, 7. November 2021, 18:35:52 CET schrieb Andrei Borzenkov:
On 07.11.2021 20:03, Axel Braun wrote:
Hi,
I noticed that bbswitch and bbswitch kernel modules seem to get installed by default, even if no bumblebee/optimus chipset is present (Tumbleweed)
Whats the rationale behind?
zypper search --recommends-pkg is your friend.
tlp - https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/900571 brought the change
Feels more like a bug....
For any default choice there will always be someone who does not agree with this particular choice. bbswitch is about power saving so it sounds logical that it is recommends by tlp. If you do not need it, you can override it.
Sure. I have more laptops that dont need it, and just one whch does.
Do you have suggestion how to reliably detect bumblebee/optimus chipset?
No. Just implicit - see if prime-select is installed ;-) Cheers Axel
On Sun, Nov 07, 2021 at 07:41:48PM +0100, Axel Braun wrote:
Am Sonntag, 7. November 2021, 18:35:52 CET schrieb Andrei Borzenkov:
On 07.11.2021 20:03, Axel Braun wrote:
Hi,
I noticed that bbswitch and bbswitch kernel modules seem to get installed by default, even if no bumblebee/optimus chipset is present (Tumbleweed)
Whats the rationale behind?
zypper search --recommends-pkg is your friend.
tlp - https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/900571 brought the change
Feels more like a bug....
For any default choice there will always be someone who does not agree with this particular choice. bbswitch is about power saving so it sounds logical that it is recommends by tlp. If you do not need it, you can override it.
Sure. I have more laptops that dont need it, and just one whch does.
Do you have suggestion how to reliably detect bumblebee/optimus chipset?
No. Just implicit - see if prime-select is installed ;-)
Well, suse-prime no longer has a "Recommends" for bbswitch. I was forced to remove it. See https://github.com/openSUSE/SUSEPrime/issues/70 for more details. So I wouldn't recommend to install it on any system automatically. I suggest to open a bugreport ... Thanks, Stefan Public Key available ------------------------------------------------------ Stefan Dirsch (Res. & Dev.) SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH Tel: 0911-740 53 0 Maxfeldstraße 5 FAX: 0911-740 53 479 D-90409 Nürnberg http://www.suse.de Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------- (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg) Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev ----------------------------------------------------------------
Am 07.11.21 um 20:12 schrieb Stefan Dirsch:
On Sun, Nov 07, 2021 at 07:41:48PM +0100, Axel Braun wrote:
Am Sonntag, 7. November 2021, 18:35:52 CET schrieb Andrei Borzenkov:
On 07.11.2021 20:03, Axel Braun wrote:
Hi,
I noticed that bbswitch and bbswitch kernel modules seem to get installed by default, even if no bumblebee/optimus chipset is present (Tumbleweed)
Whats the rationale behind?
zypper search --recommends-pkg is your friend.
tlp - https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/900571 brought the change
Feels more like a bug....
For any default choice there will always be someone who does not agree with this particular choice. bbswitch is about power saving so it sounds logical that it is recommends by tlp. If you do not need it, you can override it.
Sure. I have more laptops that dont need it, and just one whch does.
Do you have suggestion how to reliably detect bumblebee/optimus chipset?
No. Just implicit - see if prime-select is installed ;-)
Well, suse-prime no longer has a "Recommends" for bbswitch. I was forced to remove it. See
https://github.com/openSUSE/SUSEPrime/issues/70
for more details.
So I wouldn't recommend to install it on any system automatically. I suggest to open a bugreport ... I have already opened a bug report some time ago: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1190631
Regards, Frank
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