On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 9:50 AM Josef Reidinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > Those unsupported software installers must follow instructions specific to > > those > > drivers to succeed. To add nomodeset or nouveau.modeset=0 will be part of > > those > > instructions. YaST shouldn't be presuming users will be adding non-FOSS > > software > > to the detriment of those who keep their installations pure and their gratis > > forum and mailing list supporters. > > > > Ideally, something will be done so that nomodeset is uncommonly suggested or > > required for installation to succeed. > > Hmm, so installation really require it? I never face it on any virtual or > real hardware installation I did. It looks wrong to me to require nomodeset > for installation. So X server won't start there without it?
I am aware of at least one issue with kernel nouveau driver that crashed during installation. There was later update that fixed it, but installation still required blacklisting it. With high probability nomodeset is too big hammer and blacklisting nouveau had been enough. https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101711 https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1074126 https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1074068 just several random hits from bugzilla. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
