[oi-dev] Change in video driver ABI

[Aurélien Larcher]

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Jean-Pierre André <
jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Aurélien Larcher wrote:
>
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>> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Jean-Pierre André
>> <jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr <mailto:jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     Aurélien Larcher wrote:
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>>         On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Jean-Pierre André
>>         <jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr
>>         <mailto:jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr>
>>         <mailto:jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr
>>         <mailto:jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr>>> wrote:
>>
>>              Aurélien Larcher wrote:
>>
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>>                  On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Jean-Pierre André
>>                  <jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr
>>         <mailto:jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr>
>>                  <mailto:jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr
>>         <mailto:jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr>>
>>                  <mailto:jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr
>>         <mailto:jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr>
>>                  <mailto:jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr
>>         <mailto:jean-pierre.andre at wanadoo.fr>>>> wrote:
>>
>>                       Jean-Pierre André wrote:
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>>              [...]
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>>                       Update : I see the following comment for
>>                  NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-304.135
>>                       "Added support for X.Org xserver ABI 23
>>         (xorg-server 1.19)"
>>
>>                       Is that the new ABI used by Xorg on OpenIndiana ?
>>
>>
>>                  One always needs to update to a driver version
>>         supported by the
>>                  current
>>                  Xorg.
>>                  We updated to 1.18 (ABI == 20) and soon we will update
>>         to 1.19
>>                  (ABI ==
>>                  23), so you should install the driver you mention.
>>
>>
>>              Ok, thanks. In the Nvidia changelog, I see that
>>              NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-304.131 has support for ABI 20,
>>              so I am to try this one.
>>
>>
>>         The support is backward compatible, so the latest will work as
>> well.
>>
>>
>>     So I tried :
>>     - NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-304.131
>>     - NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-304.132
>>     - NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-304.135
>>
>>     The first couple of them use ABI 20, and the last one
>>     uses ABI 23.
>>
>>     They run successfully with the initial BE, and they all
>>     fail the same way with the updated BE. When switching to
>>     graphics mode, I get a black screen with a winking cursor
>>     on the top left. The keyboard and mouse are probably not
>>     working (but I can connect through ssh to find out what
>>     is going on).
>>
>>     There are a lot of differences in the Xorg.log. Below are
>>     the main the differences for NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-304.135
>>     running on the working BE and on the updated BE (so the
>>     driver is the same, but Xorg is different).
>>
>>     I have put all the differences on
>>     http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/Xorg.5jun.zip
>>     <http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/Xorg.5jun.zip>
>>
>>     A lot of missing initializations, such as
>>
>>     < [] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
>>     < [] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
>>     < [] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
>>     < [] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
>>     < [] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
>>     (and 22 more similar lines)
>>
>>     Missing report about module tsol (it was expected to fail,
>>     but the point here is the loading was not even tried).
>>
>>     < [] Loading extension SolarisIA
>>     < [] (II) LoadModule: "xtsol"
>>     < [] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module xtsol
>>     < [] (II) UnloadModule: "xtsol"
>>     < [] (II) Unloading xtsol
>>     < [] (EE) Failed to load module "xtsol" (module does not exist, 0)
>>
>>     EDID information not taken into account :
>>
>>     < [] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the
>>     EDID for display
>>     < [] (**) NVIDIA(0):     device IQT L70S (CRT-0) (Using EDID
>>     frequencies has been
>>     < [] (**) NVIDIA(0):     enabled on all display devices.)
>>
>>     This looks much like some package is missing.
>>
>
> I was saying that because several xorg functions were
> not activated (initializations, processing of EDID), which
> could means they were not called.
>
> Anyway there are the same list of xorg packages in the
> working BE and the updated one.
>
>
>> Since the driver is binary, the only thing I can offer for now I to
>> provide a build of Xorg 1.19 that you could try out, ... but maybe it is
>> just that nvidia drivers are broken for your model.
>>
>
> I would not blame the driver, as all versions tried behave
> properly with the initial BE. Also I can imagine the
> interface between the driver and xorg has been tested on
> other configurations, so the issue must be elsewhere.
>

But the first BE is the one with Xorg 1.14.7 right?


>
> I am keeping the configuration as is until somebody has
> something else to suggest or you have an updated Xorg.
> No need to rush it out, I will use the working BE in the
> meantime.
>

OK. I will keep you posted when I have something ready.


>
> Thank you for your help.
>

You are welcome.


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> Jean-Pierre
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