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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] Qtwebengine & nouveau - aagghhhh -
From:       Ken Schneider <suse-list3 () bout-tyme ! net>
Date:       2016-09-30 15:32:13
Message-ID: 6fe06fdf-b0a0-e77e-b09a-85e6a75d6d91 () bout-tyme ! net
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On 09/29/2016 02:35 PM, ianseeks wrote:
> On Thursday, 29 September 2016 08:08:34 BST Felix Miata wrote:
>> ianseeks composed on 2016-09-29 12:05 (UTC+0100):
>>> To save my sanity, is there a way, in tumbleweed, to either
>>> 1. Restore kdepim to 5.2.x to get rid of reliance on qtwebengine
>>> 2. Install nvidia and lock kernel/nvidia from updates?
>>
>> # zypper al kernel-d*
>> # zypper al nvidiadriverpackagenamewhateveritisthatIneveruse
>>
>>> 3. Any other solution that still uses kmail/kontact.
>>>
>>> For me, kmail stays alive for a few seconds or upto a minute or two. If i
>>> can get kmail up long enough to write/reply to an email, its doesn't
>>> crash. It all seems to be happening when clicking on a new folder or
>>> email to read and sometimes it just crashes when left alone for a while.
>>>
>>> This bug report seems to point to a threading issue - https://
>>> bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=997171
>>
>> Try driver #3. Purge both nvidia and nouveau drivers from your installation,
>> and ensure kernel cmdline does not include anything to defeat KMS. The
>> result is the modesetting driver integral to the X server should be used
>> automatically unless your nvidia gfxchip is too new or too old.
>>
>> cf.
>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Debian-Abandon-In
>> tel-DDX
>
> I've got a feeling its too old, GT218 (Geforce 210)
>
> Thanks for the info, i'll look into it
>

I shop for cards on closeout, that way I can get a newer card for less 
then 1/4 of the original price. But then I don't play games that require 
high end graphics.

-- 
Ken
linux since 1994
S.u.S.E./openSUSE since 1996
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