On 03/09/2016 11:37 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-03-09 17:52, Terrance Eck wrote:
I'm surprised that the install software does not include the nvidia repository as an option. This should not have to be a secondary step in the process of installing Opensuse.
You must be new around here, as it is an often asked question :-)))
Answer: it is not possible, for legal reasons. They have to be hosted outside of openSUSE.
More info: <https://en.opensuse.org/Restricted_formats>
Well, that's not the issue here, Carlos. There are already other scripts supplied to fetch thing from other sites. /usr/sbin/install_acx100_firmware /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware /usr/sbin/install_intersil_firmware In the past there have been scripts that fetch MS True Type Fonts, etc and a few other things that necessarily resided on external sites. Terry is not asking for the proprietary drivers to be packaged by Opensuse simply to have the process of fetching them to be automated in some way, and perhaps the need to do so detected at install time, and the offer to run the installer script presented to the user. Opensuse doesn't want to reward Nvidia's recalcitrance. I get that. But Opensuse ought to support new users in a more friendly way. Its not exactly like Nvidia is easy to avoid these days. Terry has already exhibited a lot more tolerance of an unfriendly install system than most new users. I would have nuked the install and moved to a different distro a week ago. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done.