Hello Benji Thanks for your reply. I added ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.2/ to my yast sources.
The 1.0-9631 driver is there , which I need for this PC on which I am writing the e-mail. For my other in the PC I need the 1.0-7184 driver and that is not available in the above repository. Best regards, Simon Benji Weber schrieb: > On 5/4/07, Simon Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dear openSUSE developers/packagers >> >> Ubuntu 7.04 now has 3 NVIDIA drivers in restricted modules: >> >> nvidia-glx-legacy (1.0-7184) >> nvidia-glx (1.0-9631) #Last version to support Geforce 2 MX 400 >> amongst others >> nvidia-glx-new (1.0-9755) >> >> >> It would be nice to have the same 3 drivers in the openSUSE 10.2 >> non-oss repository. > > Nvidia host these packages themselves in the repository at > ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.2/ . Add this to yast -> > installation sources -> add -> specify URL, and install the packages. > >> For my graphic card the 1.0-9631 is the correct driver. >> >> >> For the moment I have to install the driver manually using the NVIDIA >> installer script. In the recent months there have been 3 >> kernel-updates and I have to manually reinstall the driver every time >> the kernel is updated. > > Use the packages from the above repository, then it won't break on > kernel updates. > >> If the above drivers were in opensSUSE's repository, then the driver >> would automatically be upgraded when the kernel is updated. > > This happens with nvidia's repository. > > They will not be distributed by openSUSE/Novell as the drivers violate > the Linux kernel developers' copyright, so openSUSE/Novell would be a > party to copyright infringement. > > _ > Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
