On 2022-05-13 21:35, Felix Miata wrote:
Carlos E. R. composed on 2022-05-13 21:09 (UTC+0200):
Nouveau is always installed. It may not be loaded, which is different.
Absolutely untrue. First, there is more than one Nouveau:
1-kernel device driver
2-DDX display driver
The DDX is provided by the optional package, xf86-video-nouveau. IIRC, on installation it's necessary to answer yes to a license question before it will be installed. On a minimalist installation that lacks the meta package xorg-x11-driver-video it would only be installed via specific manual selection, after a positive response to the license question. Thus it's easy for NVidia users expecting to use proprietary drivers to omit nouveau drivers instead of needing to remove and/or blacklist them.
The nouveau kernel device driver is not included in kernel-default in supported Leap versions. Instead, it is provided by the optional package kernel-default-extra.
Well, on an initial install, I go by automatics, and all that is installed. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Elesar, using openSUSE Leap 15.3)