| nvidia-glG04 | NVIDIA OpenGL libraries for OpenGL acceleration | package
To take advantage of OpenGL acceleration you must install an additional package, choosing the one that corresponds to the driver: If you are going to install CUDA later, then you must use nvidiaG05 version for compatibility (as of Jan 18, 2022). S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository | x11-video-nvidiaG06 | NVIDIA graphics driver for GeForce 700 series and newer | package | x11-video-nvidiaG05 | NVIDIA graphics driver for GeForce 600 series and newer | package | x11-video-nvidiaG04 | NVIDIA graphics driver for GeForce 400 series and newer | package The driver decides during startup whether it supports this GPU or not.Īlternatively, YaST Software or the following commands can be used to check the available packages: openSUSE provides unified Linux driver for all flavours: GeForce and Quadro, desktop and mobile.
This is not true for Linux drivers (more info here). Beware: Nvidia's site may declare shorter support period with the same chip for mobile graphics compared to desktop video cards. One way to determine the appropriate driver is to input your hardware information into Nvidia's driver search engine. This information is also available in the Display subsection at YaST Hardware Information.
Tumbleweed # zypper addrepo -refresh NVIDIA Zypper Leap # zypper addrepo -refresh ' $releasever' NVIDIA