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

[Guy Woolley]

  According to the defect.solaris report it's a bug in the solaris 11 
kernel so it's up to Oracle/Nvidia - don't hold your breath

Guy

On 02/10/11 11:11 AM, Deano wrote:
> 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:-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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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.
>>
>>
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