[OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice

[Edward Martinez]

On 02/10/11 00:57, Guy Woolley wrote:
>  Ken,
>        Have you seen this bug report ?
>> https://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=15751
>
> I haven't tried the 256.44 driver but my GEForce 220 certainly hasn't 
> worked on OI (or earlier Opensolaris)
> with earlier Nvidia drivers for it - John Martin's Comments seem to 
> suggest that neither Oracle nor Nvidia are very interested in a  
> problem in a fairly cheap consumer graphics card that works fine with 
> popular OS (it works fine for me under WinXP - I have a dual boot PC). 
> I expect Ken Mays knows better than I about the current situation.
>
>
>
> Best of luck
>
> Guy
>
> On 02/10/11 07:30 AM, Edward Martinez wrote:
>> On 02/09/11 21:52, Ken Gunderson wrote:
>>> Hello People:
>>>
>>> I need a new graphics card for an older system (PCIE-1.0). I don't 
>>> game,
>>> do graphics, rendering, etc. so don't need high end - just a good
>>> workstation unit that supports OpenGL, good color accuracy, and draws
>>> square squares :)  Occasional DVD's are probably about the most GPU
>>> intensive use the system sees. Noisy fans and failed fan bearings are a
>>> drag, so passive cooling is a plus, but not always a must as long as 
>>> the
>>> card doesn't make the box sound like a hovercraft.
>>>
>>> So I thought I'd consult that newly created HCL wiki and was pleased to
>>> note the Quadro 600 is "officially supported".  The Quadro 600's price
>>> point is attractive but otherwise I don't know much about it, as it's
>>> relatively new unit. So I've a question for Mr. Mays; is the 600 your
>>> daily driver, and if so, how do you like it?.
>>>
>>> Also, the nVidia 256.44 driver's support many, many cards, yet only 4
>>> models are listed.  I'm curios why this might be?  Shouldn't pretty 
>>> much
>>> any of the cards supported by those drivers work?  Or is this list just
>>> a sample of stuff that's actually been tested by the OI community?
>>>
>>> I'm not very familiar with nVidia's line and welcome suggestions.
>>>
>>> Thanks bunches.
>>>
>>     Hello,
>>
>>     I just order an nvidia Geforce GT 220 to use with OI, the onboard 
>> video is to weak for me, and it's listed on nvidia 's 256,44 driver  
>> supported
>>     list. I will let you know if it works soon:-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>  http://www.nvidia.com/object/solaris-display-256.44-driver.html
>>
>
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>
    Thanks Guy,

    I guess, i will have  to swap cards between my home systems.
    it appears it will be tougher to buy hardware for solaris then 
linux; not so long ago, i build an amd  dual core and   opensolaris 
2009, osol_snv134, solaris 10,  will not install because of a cpu bug.
    However Oracle linux, and other linux distros  run great on it.
    now it appears a bug in the solaris kernel is causing problems with 
these video cards.(geforce GT 220)
    i  would be bet Oracle does not give a hoot how solaris runs on my 
computer as long it runs great on SUN units.


-- 
Regards,
Edward