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

[Deano]

Any known issues, please add it into the HCL and also bug it. 

Somebody might be able to look at it at some point, and get it fixed, which
is good for everyone.

Thanks,
Deano
deano at cloudpixies.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Woolley [mailto:guy.woolley at btinternet.com] 
Sent: 10 February 2011 10:52
To: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice

  Yes - it's too bad; actually the GEForce 220 worked fine when I tried 
Solaris 10 but I just couldn't get the internet to work with the rge0 
driver (which is OK with  OSOL, OI) in my machine . It's pretty obvious 
that hardware for consumer PCs is very strongly directed at Windows (why 
wouldn't they ?); if it works for anything else that's a bonus.  The 
alternative seems to be the way that was once the only way - hardware 
and OS from the same manufacturer, and priced accordingly (look at Apple 
Mac)

Regards

Guy

On 02/10/11 10:25 AM, Edward Martinez wrote:
> 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:-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5
296653&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER& 
>>> cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals
>>>
>>>  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.
>
>

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