[OpenIndiana-discuss] geforce 6600 troubles

[Goetz T. Fischer]

i also tried the driver from solaris 10 but it crashed:

[   112.047] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[   112.048] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/amd64/libglx.so
[   112.090] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[   112.090]    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[   112.090]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[   112.090] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  304.69  Tue Nov 27 13:42:05 PST 2012
[   112.124] (EE) Dynamic loader error: ld.so.1: Xorg: fatal: relocation error: file 
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/amd64/libglx.so: symbol LoadExtension: referenced symbol not found
[   112.125] (EE) 
[   112.125] (EE) Backtrace:
[   112.125] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0xb0) [0x505ae2]
[   112.125] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/Xorg (OsSigHandler+0x73) [0x50e4c6]
[   112.125] (EE) 2: /lib/amd64/libc.so.1 (__sighndlr+0x6) [0x7fffaf3d21b6]
[   112.125] (EE) 3: /lib/amd64/libc.so.1 (call_user_handler+0x1d1) [0x7fffaf3c4d91]
[   112.126] (EE) 4: /lib/amd64/ld.so.1 (_lwp_kill+0xa) [0x7fffaf5f1f8a]
[   112.126] (EE) 5: /lib/amd64/ld.so.1 (elf_bndr+0x45f) [0x7fffaf5de51f]
[   112.126] (EE) 6: /lib/amd64/ld.so.1 (_elf_rtbndr+0x40) [0x7fffaf5c1440]
[   112.126] (EE) 7: ?? [0x7fffaf560990]
[   112.126] (EE) 
[   112.126] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[   112.127] (EE) Caught signal 3 (Quit). Server aborting


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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