From: malcolmlewis@cableone.net.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 10:54:00 +0200   
   "Carlos E.R."  wrote:   
      
   > On 04/06/2019 03.28, Aragorn wrote:   
   > > On 03.06.2019 at 17:25, Andreas Quast scribbled:   
   > >   
   > >> Am Sat, 01 Jun 2019 09:05:53 -0800 schrieb Sidney_Kotic:   
   > >>   
   > >>> About 6 months ago I tried to get Leap 15.0 loaded on this   
   > >>> computer.  It wouldn't bring up the WiFi.  The final determination   
   > >>> was that I should try the 15.1 beta.  I did, and it worked.  But   
   > >>> during the installation it specifically told me not to use the   
   > >>> drivers (some variation of nouveau, it's been to long to remember   
   > >>> exactly) for the video card (NVIDIA GP108) because it was buggy   
   > >>> and prone to crashes.  I tried it several times anyhow and it was   
   > >>> flaky.  I can't remember now if it recommended I lock it, or it   
   > >>> asked if it could lock it, but it's been locked ever since.   
   > >>   
   > >> I had similar problems with majaro updating from 5.0 to 5.1. Tryed   
   > >> successfully with boot parameter "nomodeset" in grub. I was told,   
   > >> that there is no stable 3400nvidia-driver with 5.1. So I returned   
   > >> to 5.0. aq   
   > >   
   > > Yes, as of kernel 5.1, the NVIDIA 340 driver is broken.  All   
   > > distributions are having to deal with that issue, and NVIDIA has   
   > > already announced that the 340 driver will be phased out later   
   > > this year.   
   > >   
   > > I'm glad I have an Intel GPU. ;)   
   >   
   > I'm having to phase out my main machine, and the next will be AMD.   
   >   
   > Currently, I can not install fgfs (the flight simulator game) because   
   > it is incompatible with a missing feature on the nvidia rpms for my   
   > "old" nvidia card. The Nvidia rpm maintainer said he seriously   
   > considered not publishing the G03 rpms for Leap 15.* till someone   
   > else solved the issue. Thus, I will switch to AMD graphics.   
   >   
   > Then there are the patches to solve the Intel security problems.   
   > Thus, I will switch to AMD CPU.   
   >   
   > And finally, I need more RAM, and my MB is maxed...   
   >   
   > Sigh. :-/   
   >   
   >   
   > My laptops have Intel graphics.   
   >   
   Hi   
   I'm still running the 340.107 driver here on Tumbleweed with the 5.1.4   
   kernel... just patched it to create a NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.107-custom.run   
   file.   
      
   Laptops here are AMD and the old MacBook has intel...   
      
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