On 02/25/2015 06:22 AM, EXT-Askew, R W wrote:
Hi All
I installed SL 7.0 in a system that contains a nVidia GK208 (NV108)
chip set. This installation does come up but the only display sizes
are 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480.
The nouveau package that was installed as part of the installation is
“xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.10-5.el7.x86_64.rpm”.
The system message file contains;
kernel: nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] BOOT0 : 0x108390a1
kernel: nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] Chipset: GK208 (NV108)
kernel: nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] Family : NVE0
kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking PRAMIN for image...
kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... signature not found
kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking PROM for image...
kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... signature not found
kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking ACPI for image...
kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... signature not found
kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking PCIROM for image...
kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... appears to be valid
kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] using image from PCIROM
kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] BIT signature found
kernel: nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] version 80.28.82.00.01
kernel: nouveau E[ VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 0xa303[ ]: unknown opcode 0x07
kernel: nouveau E[ DEVINIT][0000:01:00.0] init failed, -22
kernel: nouveau E[ DRM] failed to create 0x80000080, -22
kernel: nouveau: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -22
I have looked around on the internet and it looks as though version
1.0.11-1 will support this chipset. I have not been able to locate a
“.el7.” version but there is a fedora version
“xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.11-1.fc21.x86_64.rpm”
Does anyone know where I can get an “.el7” version of 1.0.11-1 or has
anyone tried the Fedora version?
Thanks
Bill Askew
I am guessing that the above Nvidia chip set is (fully) supported by the
proprietary Nvidia Linux driver:
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/82252/en-us
Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver
Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver
Version: 346.47
Release Date: 2015.2.24
Operating System: Linux 64-bit
Language: English (US)
File Size: 73.00 MB
I have this working on my SL7 X86-64 workstation. The stock driver
(noveau) needs to be fully disabled.
typescript:
[ykarant@jb344 ~]$ su
Password:
[root@jb344 ykarant]# rpm -e xorg-x11-drivers xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
[root@jb344 ykarant]# vi /etc/default/grub
[root@jb344 ykarant]# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-9e59d688ec394445aa63626075677bcc
Found initrd image:
/boot/initramfs-0-rescue-9e59d688ec394445aa63626075677bcc.img
done
[root@jb344 ykarant]# vi /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
[root@jb344 ykarant]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
[root@jb344 ykarant]#sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.32.run
The NVIDIA...run is a script that runs and does all of the necessary steps.
reboot the system.
End "instructions"
Note that this was not done under X11 or a window manager, but from within a
plain ANSI terminal screen (e.g.,
CTRL-F4 to get the "fourth" terminal.
After that, a reboot will (eventually) show the Nvidia splash screen and then a
regular GUI (window manager)
login. I am currently using MATE because I do not like either the current
Gnome nor the current KDE.
Hope this helps.
Yasha Karant
