ID #1067

How to install qxl driver in OpenSuse 12.1

To install the qxl driver on OpenSuse 12.1, follow these steps-

  1. Make sure you have these packages installed on system.
    If not, open Start menu | search for Yast | select Yast |
    <enter password when prompted>
    Select Software Management
  2. Search for the following packages and mark them to install.
        gcc

        xorg-x11-server-sdk
  3. Download spice-protocol latest stable package from http://spicespace.org/download.html
  4. Open Terminal/Konsole and change to the downloads directory.
  5. Become root using command
    su
    <enter password>
  6. Extract archieve using command
    tar -xvf spice-protocol-package-name
  7. Change to extracted directory -
    cd spice-protocol-source-directory
  8. Enter these commands one after other-
        ./configure
        make
        make install
  9. Download latest qxl driver from http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/
    Check for filename like xf86-video-qxl-X.X.X.tar.bz2
  10. Extract the archieve using command
    tar -xvf xf86-video-qxl-X.X.X.tar.bz2
  11. Change to the extracted directory
    cd xf86-video-qxl-X.X.X
  12. Enter these commands one by one
    ./configure
    make
    make install
  13. now shutdown your OpenSuse machine to configure it to use Spice.
  14. Follow the tutorial to enable the spice client for your machine.

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