On 2014-04-27 11:40 (GMT-0400) James Knott composed:
Dylan wrote:
I'm cleaning out some Nvidia stuff from my computer. The two remaining packages are libdrm_nouveau2 and libdrm_nouveau2-32bit. When I try to remove them, I get a warning that removing them will break dependencies for Mesa. Will this be a problem?
Yes, Mesa is an essential graphics rendering library, x11 depends on it.
Even when there's no longer NVidia video on the system? I first built my current install on an old motherboard that had an NVidia card. I recently moved to a new mom board with built in Intel video. I thought Nouveau was an open source driver for NVidia video.
The dependency can only be according to specification, not reality. Without an NVidia gfxchip in the system, there can be no valid reason to call anything it contains. OTOH, because of the dependency, removing it will last only until the next round of Mesa updates, when it will be reinstalled to meet the pointless bandwidth-wasting dependency. If you want to be anal about saving space, you'll want to remove the xf86-video- drivers for other chips you'll never use, such as ark, mach64, siliconmotion, voodoo and more, plus the meta driver package that "depends" on them, xorg-x11-driver-video. Same likely goes for input drivers wacom, synaptics and joystick. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org