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

Thu Feb 10 12:36:20 UTC 2011

  I believe Illumos do know about it, see

https://www.illumos.org/issues/367

and Albert Lee pointed out to me the defect.solaris bug report (#15751) 
last October when I hit the problem.

Guy

On 02/10/11 11:47 AM, Deano wrote:
> OI will be using the illumos kernel soon, so we don't necessary rely on
> Oracle fixing the kernel bug.
> If illumos know about it, we can look at fixing it.
>
> OI + illumos != Solaris 11 :D
>
> Bye,
> Deano
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Woolley [mailto:guy.woolley at btinternet.com]
> Sent: 10 February 2011 11:16
> To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions&  Advice
>
>    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:-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
> 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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