On 2017-07-20 08:22, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 20/07/17 13:02, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-07-20 04:15, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 19/07/17 21:39, Carlos E. R. wrote: ...
Earlier today I booted into Leap 42.3 and then did the "zypper three-step dance" routine -- the very first thing I do when I first switch on the computer. To my surprise 'zypper patch' came up with wanting to install kernel 4.4.76 when the damn thing is not showing in Yast as I had labouriously deleted the damn thing! I also looked in /boot and found that both '@initrd' and '@vmlinuz' were _still_ symlinked to kernel 4.4.76 -- but grub.cfg showed that initrd had kernel 4.12.2 to use. Dependency by another package.
To cut a long story short: the person-in-the-woodpile was a file which appeared in Leap 42.3 (but is not in Leap 42.2) and is the cause of this hassle of zypper/Yast wanting to re-install kernel 4.4.76. The file is drm-kmp-default. Ahhhh!
When you try and install kernel 4.12.x using Yast and deleting kernel 4.4.x, you will get a dependency error(s) and one of them will contain a reference to drm-kmp-default. Select to DELETE this file and this will stop 4.4.x from being re-installed.
As I said, this applies only Leap 42.3 and does NOT apply to Leap 42.2. Well, that rpm is quite important. I'm not sure of the consequences. There was some talk about it and nvidia, but at this time of the night (5 AM) I don't remember what and I'm not going to look it up ;-)
And then, I could be totally mistaken.
Somebody knows?
Me, goes to bed.
Well, with Leap 42.3 being released in 5 days time and with me getting a bunch of updates to 42.3 earlier today and you claiming that this drm-kmp-default file as being important for nvidia devices then someone needs to "put the pedal to the metal" to get drk-kmp-default adjusted before the files for Leap 42.3 go into the "production stage" :-) .
But most people are staying with kernel 4.4, the rpm is designed for it. You are testing a different kernel, so you found a problem. I think you should mention this in a bugzilla. Or ask in the factory mail list.
Having said that, I find no difference in the behaviour of my Leap 42.3 with that file removed. (But, pounds to peanuts, the thing will bite me on the bum the next time I restart the computer! :-D.)
It seems that some people installing the NVidia driver may need to remove this package, but on the other hand, people using Intel may need it. So a problem for hybrids is looming. Have a look at: Subject: [opensuse-factory] Leap 42.3 and drm-kmp-default packages Subject: [opensuse-factory] [Resolved] Leap 42.3 kernel 4.4.71x and problem installing the Nvidia driver Subject: Big conflict oops (was: [opensuse-factory] Leap 42.3 Build 0289 released!) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)