Recommended update for suse-prime

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2351-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for suse-prime fixes the following issues:

Update from version 0.7.7 to version 0.7.14

  • Avoid endless loop when nvidia modules cannot be unloaded. (bsc#1173632)
  • Fixes user_logout_waiter for gdm autologin.
  • Prevents intermittent 1s - 1.5s freezes on Turing GPU's in nvidia mode.

  • Improved documentation:

  • fixed requirements for DynamicPowerManagement to power off NVIDIA GPU (Turing GPU or later is needed!)

  • Better explain power-off/powersave option of NVIDIA GPU
  • Improved documentation about the requirements for NVIDIA's PRIME render offload support; it needs Xserver of Leap 15.2 or later
  • Fixed syntax in command
  • Use full path in invoking prime-select
  • Blacklist ipmi_msghandler, ipmi_devintf kernel modules

Make sure these kernel modules are not loaded. Otherwise it may not be possible to turn off NVIDIA GPU.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP2-2020-2351=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 (noarch)
    • suse-prime-0.7.14-3.3.1

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