Not exactly sure how or what happened...but did manage to "fix" my tksurfer
display problem.
Since others on the list had reported similar problems, I thought I'd post what I did to "fix" the
problem. Since I'm not a Linux guru, my "fix" is probably just a "bandaid"...but it did
work...and hopefully the info provides some assistance to others.
Just to note the following particulars of my system:
RHEL5 (DELL Precision 690n box went live April 16, 2008)
Linux_x86_64 architecture
2 kernels:
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 May 9 13:50 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5-x86_64
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 May 27 15:02 2.6.18-92.el5-x86_64
NVIDIA Quadro Fx 3450/4000 SDI
Driver Version 1.0-9746
"Friendly" software also installed on the same box=fslv404
MATLAB r2008a is also installed (currently running -lgi on bert...I'll update on the
outcome of this "friendliness" test)
As of yesterday, had several possible scenarios outlined:
1) rpm -e dell-nvidia-rhel5-169.12-1dkms.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh dell-nvidia-9746-7dkms.x86_64.rpm
--> should return to a well-behaved (albeit "older") nvidia
driver...same as "out of the box"
2) restore original "out of the box" settings for entire system via
/usr/var/dell/reinstall.sh
--> should return ALL system settings to original "out of the box"...good for
freesurfer and fsl apps but not so good for matlab...
3) boot into older kernel (I apparently have a total of 2 listed in
/usr/src/kernels)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] kernels]# ls -l
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 May 9 13:50 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5-x86_64
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 May 27 15:02 2.6.18-92.el5-x86_64
I attempted (1) first. However, the driver was not well-behaved for bert
(tkmedit or tksurfer).
I attempted (3) second. However, no change in behavior.
While tarballing to prepare for (3)...since everything worked perfectly fine right
out of the box -- before Matlab and before any package updates...I found my
*original* /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (from April 16) and cp it into
/etc/X11/xorg.conf & rebooted.
RESULTS:
Was *very* happy to see tksurfer & tkmedit behave properly for bert.
Proper behavior for tksurfer & tkmedit was observed in both kernels (after the
xorg.conf file replacement).
Still waiting to see if matlab behaves for bert's -lgi.
I diff'd the "original" xorg.conf with the "broken" one and the following lines
were returned:
Hope this helps others find their "bandaid" solution to get them up and running
again.
Cheers,
Jenifer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] X11]# diff xorg.conf.backup.OLD xorg.conf.backup
1,4c1,2
<
< # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
< # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Fri Dec 15 10:40:27 PST
2006
< # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
---
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Fri Dec 15 10:40:57 PST
2006
7,10c5,8
< Identifier "Default Layout"
< Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
< InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
< InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
---
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
13a12,13
RgbPath "/usr/lib64/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
17c17,21
< Load "glx"
---
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
21c25
< Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "yes"
---
Option "Xinerama" "0"
25d28
<
27,32c30,35
< Identifier "Mouse0"
< Driver "mouse"
< Option "Protocol" "auto"
< Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
< Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
< Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
---
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
36,39c39,43
< Identifier "Keyboard0"
< Driver "kbd"
< Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
< Option "XkbLayout" "us"
---
# generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
43,49c47,53
< Identifier "Monitor0"
< VendorName "Unknown"
< ModelName "Unknown"
< ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
< HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
< VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
< Option "DPMS"
---
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "DELL 2007WFP"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option "DPMS"
53,55c57,60
< Identifier "Videocard0"
< Driver "nvidia"
< BoardName "NVIDIA PCI-Express Quadro FX 3450"
---
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI"
59,71c64,72
< Identifier "Screen0"
< Device "Videocard0"
< Monitor "Monitor0"
< DefaultDepth 16
< SubSection "Display"
< Viewport 0 0
< Depth 24
< EndSubSection
< SubSection "Display"
< Viewport 0 0
< Depth 16
< Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
< EndSubSection
---
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
Option "metamodes" "1024x768 +0+0; 1600x1024 +0+0; 800x600 +0+0; 640x480
+0+0; 1280x1024 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
[EMAIL PROTECTED] X11]#
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