[OpenIndiana-discuss] geforce 6600 troubles

Mon May 15 21:22:07 UTC 2023

much thanks for the quick reply!
i repeated the procedure as described in the indiana docs and here is what i found in messages:

# fgrep -i nvidi messages
May 16 05:02:21 indi genunix: [ID 308332 kern.info] root on rpool1/ROOT/oi-nvidia fstype zfs
May 16 05:02:23 indi pcieb: [ID 586369 kern.info] PCIE-device: display at 0, nvidia0
May 16 05:02:23 indi npe: [ID 236367 kern.info] PCI Express-device: display at 0, nvidia0
May 16 05:02:23 indi genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] nvidia0 is /pci at 0,0/pci8086,29d1 at 1/display at 0
May 16 05:02:45 indi pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: nvidia255
May 16 05:02:45 indi genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] nvidia255 is /pseudo/nvidia at 255

further down:
May 16 05:03:02 indi console-kit-daemon[443]: [ID 702911 daemon.warning] WARNING: signal 
"open_session_request" (from "OpenSessionRequest") exported but not found in object class "CkSeat"
May 16 05:03:02 indi console-kit-daemon[443]: [ID 702911 daemon.warning] WARNING: signal 
"close_session_request" (from "CloseSessionRequest") exported but not found in object class "CkSeat"
May 16 05:03:26 indi console-kit-daemon[443]: [ID 702911 daemon.warning] WARNING: signal 
"open_session_request" (from "OpenSessionRequest") exported but not found in object class "CkSeat"
May 16 05:03:26 indi console-kit-daemon[443]: [ID 702911 daemon.warning] WARNING: signal 
"close_session_request" (from "CloseSessionRequest") exported but not found in object class "CkSeat"
May 16 05:03:28 indi svc.startd[9]: [ID 652011 daemon.warning] 
svc:/application/graphical-login/lightdm:default: Method "/lib/svc/method/svc-lightdm stop" failed with 
exit status 1.
May 16 05:03:28 indi last message repeated 2 times
May 16 05:03:28 indi svc.startd[9]: [ID 748625 daemon.error] application/graphical-login/lightdm:default 
failed: transitioned to maintenance (see 'svcs -xv' for details)
May 16 05:03:29 indi fmd: [ID 377184 daemon.error] SUNW-MSG-ID: SMF-8000-YX, TYPE: defect, VER: 1, 
SEVERITY: major

from Xorg.0.log the following seemed interesting:
[    95.817] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-0
further down ...
[    95.823] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 2048 x 768

that resolution is probably causing trouble. however, i attached the full log.

On Mon, 15 May 2023 19:08:33 +0200, Till Wegmüller wrote:
> The only thing I can think of is pkgrecv ing the solaris driver from the
> Solaris 10 install and using that as compat solution.
> 
> 
> The errors shown are just lightdm complaining we are using consolekit
> and not systemd. Which we wont use so it will keep complaining.
> 
> Your 6600 card seems a bit picky. Can you check X.org logs and see what
> it reports? Also please check /var/adm/messages for kernel related
> things. Or boot with verbose mode set to on (you can find that in the
> bootloader under menu 5 advanced options)
> 
> Hope this helps to narrow it down
> -Till
> 
> 
> On 15.05.23 02:37, Goetz T. Fischer wrote:
>> hello everyone,
>> 
>> i ran into a curious issue with a geforce 6600. since it's not supported by the shipped nvidia 
>> drivers,
>> i installed version 304.137 as described there: http://docs.openindiana.org/dev/graphics-stack/#nvidia
>> the procedure worked fine but the driver didn't although the 6600 is listed explicitly.
>> svc:/application/graphical-login/lightdm:default switched to maintenance and the log showed the
>> following errors:
>> 
>> ** (lightdm:744): WARNING **: 08:30:19.854: Failed to get list of logind seats:
>> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.login1 was not 
>> provided
>> by any .service files
>> ** (lightdm:744): WARNING **: 08:30:19.871: Error getting user list from org.freedesktop.Accounts:
>> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Accounts was not
>> provided by any .service files
>> lightdm: Got tty: '/dev/vt/7'
>> ** (process:758): WARNING **: 08:30:22.571: Error getting user list from org.freedesktop.Accounts:
>> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Accounts was not
>> provided by any .service files
>> ** (lightdm:744): WARNING **: 08:30:22.698: Error activating ConsoleKit session:
>> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.UnmappedError.CkSeatError.Code0: Activation is not supported for
>> this kind of seat
>> 
>> now to the curious part:
>> i also tried a different way. first i installed the older 173.14.39 and after a reboot i installed
>> version 304.137. both not using the method described in the docs but directly i.e. i just ran the 
>> files.
>> no extra bootenv or anything else. this time it worked at least partially: the nvidia control center
>> worked and i had more resolutions to choose from compared to vgatext. however, i could still not 
>> change
>> the refresh rate which made this endeavor quite pointless.
>> 
>> that's a pity because with solaris 10 and whatever nvidia driver it has, the card worked just fine. if
>> there're any secrets to getting the nvidia drivers work properly, i would be very interested in 
>> learning
>> about them.
>> 
>> thanks in advance for any help
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> R-A-C
>> Götz T. Fischer CertIT&Comp
>> +49(0)7225/98 98 79
>> g.fischer at r-a-c.de
>> r-a-c.de
>> 
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