Carlton Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 openSUSE 12.1 has been released. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Been running it since early this morning Link to post Share on other sites
duanester Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 been running it for the past few hours Link to post Share on other sites
caintry_boy Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Thanks Carlton, getting it now!! Link to post Share on other sites
nickgr5 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) Yup, I'm using it already. Running KDE of course. http://software.opensuse.org/121/en Edited November 17, 2011 by nickgr5 Link to post Share on other sites
duanester Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 the nvidia repo isn't ready "i think" keep getting network proxy dialog requesting root pass "disappears" after a few seconds on it's own. dual booting with kubuntu, didn't install grub from suse "kubuntu grub loader has 8 or so selections for suse that are the same" but overall, fast as lightning Link to post Share on other sites
terry1966 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 how many used btrfs instead of ext4 when they installed? testing xfce at the moment, minimal bells and whistles, so not for people who like all the effects with other desktops but it is nice and fast. Link to post Share on other sites
numerounoyankeefan Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 duane, open a terminal in kubuntu, and run: sudo update-grub Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 the nvidia repo isn't ready "i think" Nvidia Repository is now available. Link to post Share on other sites
John 44 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 The nvidia repo is ready now though the drivers are not selected and installed automatically like they used to be. Added now populated nvidia repo. I did "uname -r" to see that I was running the 3.1.0-1.2-desktop kernel. In Yast software, I searched for nvidia and selected x11-video-nvidiaG02. YaST automatically added nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop and nvidia-computeG02. I then accepted and rebooted and the nvidia driver was running ok. I did NOT do any blacklisting or adding nomodeset to menu.lst. This worked this simply for my GTX 470 card but I suspect I'll need an xorg.conf for my GTX 430 like I always have. I have no idea why this same GTX 470 does only 8000fps in 12.1 when it does 20,000+ in 11.4. [email protected]:~> uname -r 3.1.0-1.2-desktop [email protected]:~> glxinfo | grep OpenGL OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 470/PCI/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09 OpenGL extensions: [email protected]:~> glxgears *** NOTE: Don't use glxgears as a benchmark. OpenGL implementations are not optimized for frame rates >> 60fps, thus these numbers are meaningless when compared between vendors. 47318 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9463.511 FPS 47596 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9519.126 FPS 47763 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9552.426 FPS 47445 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9488.926 FPS XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0" after 47 requests (47 known processed) with 0 events remaining. [email protected]:~> glxinfo | grep direct direct rendering: Yes GL_ARB_draw_indirect, GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex, GL_EXT_Cg_shader, GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test, GL_EXT_direct_state_access, [email protected]:~> Link to post Share on other sites
John 44 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I've posted so little lately. What happened to the edit button? I meant 9000+ fps above. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 (edited) NOTE: Don't use glxgears as a benchmark. OpenGL implementations are not optimized for frame rates >> 60fps, thus these numbers are meaningless when compared between vendors. Edited November 19, 2011 by Bruce Link to post Share on other sites
John 44 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I know that Bruce as always. I still wonder why it's so much slower in 12.1. I have desktop effects turned off. Link to post Share on other sites
John 44 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Oh, I see. The edit button is still there but so faint I didn't see it. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 these numbers are meaningless! glxgears is pretty much meaningless beyond 60fps, so the numbers mean absolutely nothing at all and are not a accurate measurement. Use a real benchmark if you want to test your video cards performance, glxgears is not a benchmark, and to be honest they should have removed it years ago. I am not even a fan of so called "real benchmarks" because they are synthetic and do not reflect real world performance. The only accurate way to measure such things is to measure fps, or rendering capability in the application or game you use. Link to post Share on other sites
duanester Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 run unigine, it’ll give you real numbers. yes, test with different driver versions. Link to post Share on other sites
duanester Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 The nvidia repo is ready now though the drivers are not selected and installed automatically like they used to be. Added now populated nvidia repo. I did "uname -r" to see that I was running the 3.1.0-1.2-desktop kernel. In Yast software, I searched for nvidia and selected x11-video-nvidiaG02. YaST automatically added nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop and nvidia-computeG02. I then accepted and rebooted and the nvidia driver was running ok. john that provides the 32bit version. anyway, for folks that want nvidia's driver, just do zypper dup in terminal, but be sure all your needed repos are selected! Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 What provides the 32 bit version? There is certainly no need to to do zypper dup just to install nvidia drivers. Johns description was spot on whether using 32 or 64 bit version. Link to post Share on other sites
duanester Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 searched x11-video-nvidiaG02 yast showed the 32bit driver. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 well that would be because you are either using 32 bit version or you didn't check versions. My system shows x_86_64 installed and i586 not installed. Link to post Share on other sites
duanester Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 (edited) the issue may be because i installed from the kde dvd. edit: the cd Edited November 20, 2011 by duanester Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 What issue? You mean because you chose to install the 32 bit version? Thats not an issue it's a choice Link to post Share on other sites
duanester Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 something is wrong, i may have found a bug. i decided to install nvidia's driver from run level 3, and got a prompt to install nvidia's 32bit compatibility layer, yet i have a 64bit os Uploaded with ImageShack.us Link to post Share on other sites
duanester Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 duane, open a terminal in kubuntu, and run: sudo update-grub just did it [sudo] password for duane: Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64) on /dev/sda3 done ddev:~$ the thing is, updating grub from kubuntu was the first thing i did, in order for opensuse to show in the boot menu. i will see if updating grub a second time does anything, thanks Link to post Share on other sites
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