Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] local ips packages

[Thorsten Heit]

Hi,

> The package files should be contained under /var/pkg/download as long as 

> the pkg property "flush-content-cache-on-success" isn't set to "false"; 
> see "pkg property".

s/"false"/"true"

mea culpa... :-)


Thorsten

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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] local ips packages

[Thorsten Heit]

Hi,

> I ahve just set up my netbook withoi148. All good but have downloaded
> and installed a lot of packages from various IPS repos.
> 
> Now I am setting up my desktop and would like the same packages. Using
> the package manager export function does make life a little easier but
> the packages still need to be downloaded.
> 
> My question is are those packages still present on the netbook such that
> I can easily transfer them over and use a local repo to install them on
> the desktop.

The package files should be contained under /var/pkg/download as long as 
the pkg property "flush-content-cache-on-success" isn't set to "false"; 
see "pkg property".


HTH

Thorsten

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

[ken mays]

Ken G,

Quadro NVS 290 is a bit cheaper which is near the price point of the GeForce GT 
430 - but NVS 295 is nice as well as suggesed. 

I've updated the HCL based on low cost server cards.

Ken Mays






--- On Thu, 2/10/11, Ken Gunderson  wrote:

> From: Ken Gunderson 
> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice
> To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" 
> Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 7:50 PM
> 
> On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 05:55 -0800, ken mays wrote:
> > To Ken Gunderson,
> > 
> > The Quadro 600 works fine.
> > 
> > If you want a basic low-cost graphics card, you can
> use the GeForce GT 430 or NVIDIA 9600 GT which is available
> in most stores today for about $50-$80 USD. I suggest the
> Nvidia 9600 GT if you're a casual 3D user (i.e. gaming or
> otherwise), or the GT 430 if you need something more 'low
> profile'...
> > 
> > I'll update the HCL to reflect 'cheaper' cards.
> 
> Lol, latest update now includes the Quadro 6000 and some
> other not so
> inexpensive models. Hope you're not paying for this stuff
> out of your
> own pocket ;-P
> 
> > To Guy, 
> > 
> > Colin Ellis is reviewing the issues with DRI/DMA
> support for the Illumos team. A patch fix is available
> through Oracle's X team for the reported bug/CR 7001754 (not
> officially committed yet to resolve bug so I'll say 'no' for
> the record).
> > 
> > Sidenote: I've tested the Nvidia drivers up to
> v260.19.36 with OI 148.
> > With the default drivers included, you can go as
> high-end as the Quadro 6000.
> 
> Does anyone else think it might be nice to have an
> additional, separate
> list for cards supported by the default drivers?
> 
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice

[Ken Gunderson]

On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 05:55 -0800, ken mays wrote:
> To Ken Gunderson,
> 
> The Quadro 600 works fine.
> 
> If you want a basic low-cost graphics card, you can use the GeForce GT 430 or 
> NVIDIA 9600 GT which is available in most stores today for about $50-$80 USD. 
> I suggest the Nvidia 9600 GT if you're a casual 3D user (i.e. gaming or 
> otherwise), or the GT 430 if you need something more 'low profile'...
> 
> I'll update the HCL to reflect 'cheaper' cards.

Lol, latest update now includes the Quadro 6000 and some other not so
inexpensive models. Hope you're not paying for this stuff out of your
own pocket ;-P

> To Guy, 
> 
> Colin Ellis is reviewing the issues with DRI/DMA support for the Illumos 
> team. A patch fix is available through Oracle's X team for the reported 
> bug/CR 7001754 (not officially committed yet to resolve bug so I'll say 'no' 
> for the record).
> 
> Sidenote: I've tested the Nvidia drivers up to v260.19.36 with OI 148.
> With the default drivers included, you can go as high-end as the Quadro 6000.

Does anyone else think it might be nice to have an additional, separate
list for cards supported by the default drivers?

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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [power management] S3 suspend failure on resume.

[C C]

 
As a follow up to my own message I did some more testing; I thought posting the 
results might spur some ideas:
 
I set up a serial console and using a test I found on the old opensolaris 
mailing list

   /usr/sbin/pmconfig
 /usr/sbin/modload -p misc/cpr
 
(
 
    echo 'cpr_debug/W 3;'
    echo 'pm_debug/W 0x8000;'
 
) | mdb -wk
  
/usr/sbin/sync; /usr/sbin/sync; /usr/sbin/sync
 
/usr/sbin/uadmin 3 22
 
the system sleeps and resumes perfectly fine. There are no errors or warnings 
output to console, every device sleeps and wakes just fine.
 
When I go to the realworld and use 3 20 to actually shut down power the same 
issues as my previous message. The system suspends without any problems all the 
debug output to console is positive and it suspends cleanly. After waking the 
system never comes back and nothing gets output to the console. It seems some 
how related to the actual power up sequence. 
I'd really like to work to get this fixed as I think the home nas server market 
is important for OI as a project.
Thanks again for any thoughts!C
 
 

> From: l...@live.ca
> To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 18:12:34 -0500
> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [power management] S3 suspend failure on 
> resume.
>
>
>
>
> Hi
>
>
> I'm having some issues with getting my system to resume from s3 suspend on 
> the latest oi image 148. The system is a intel pentium dual core running on 
> an nforce 610i based board. BIOS is set to allow s3 and it works under other 
> operating systems.  When I suspend the system via sys-suspend, gnome or 
> uadmin 3 20  it suspends fine and  "System is being suspended" is written to 
> the dmesg log. When I go to resume the system via either the button or a 
> mouse click it does power up, fans and drives spin up, LEDs come on but the 
> display never comes back and neither does the nic if I attempt to ssh in it 
> just times out.  The only way back to a working system is the hardware reset 
> button or holding the power button down until it powers off. Upon rebooting 
> there is nothing of note in /var/adm/messages after the System is being 
> suspended line the next is the regular bootup line.
>
>  I've tried with  and without x running with the same result. If I issue 
> uadmin 3 22 "suspend to ram but don't power off and resume normally" 
> everything works perfectly the system suspends and resumes without error. So 
> I can only guess it has something to do with the power up sequence but I have 
> no idea how to troubleshoot this further or even to open a ticket as I don't 
> have any logs or data about the failure. If anyone has any guidance about how 
> to further troubleshoot this  or collect some data for a bug report I'd 
> really appreciate it!
>
>
> Thanks
> C
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice

[Ken Gunderson]

On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 09:00 -0800, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> On 02/09/11 21:52, Ken Gunderson wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I've been happy with:
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0024NL1E0
> 
> in a system built around a Tyan S2865-family motherboard(which may well 
> qualify as an "older system" now).  Passive cooling.  Drives two 24" 
> LCD's quite happily.
> 
> That model fits in a pcie x16 slot.  i believe there's also a pcie x1 
> slot version if you really don't need performance...

Thanks for the pointer.  The 295 also made my short list and the passive
cooling is a plus.  The Quadro 600 seems like a lot more card for not
very much more money, however, and since Ken reports first hand that the
600 is nice and quiet, seemed like the way to go.  Now that I have first
hand report of the 295, I'll give it a bit more thought and
consideration, as even though the 600 is quiet, the box runs pretty much
24x7 and no moving parts to wear out is a plus.

PCIE2 cards downgrade to PCIE1 (and vice versa), you just loose the
extra bandwidth.  At least that's the theory w.r.t. the spec.  I've yet
to actually try it.

Oh yeah, and an S2865 based system is exactly what it will be calling
home. Only single 24" LCD at present.  

Thanks again to all-- Ken

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[OpenIndiana-discuss] Pkgbuild with IPS and SVR4 packages

[Gary Mills]

I now have a spec file for the ISC DHCP server that permits me to
build an IPS package under Solaris 11 x86 or SVR4 packages under
Solaris 10 SPARC and x86.  I'm quite impressed with `pkgbuild'.
This effort has raised a few questions in my mind.

First of all, I discovered that I can't build a Solaris 11 package
under Solaris 10 because a few things have changed between these
versions.  These include the manifest location, the run path, and the
shared library versions.  As well, the dependancies change from SVR4
package names to IPS package names.  Is there any way around these
problems?

Some IPS packages contain both SPARC and x86 executables.  Is there
a way to build these with pkgbuild?

Do SPARC and x86 IPS packages reside in the same repository, or should
there be separate repositories for the two architectures?

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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Finding current runlevel?

[Deano]

Can confirm on OI148, Sun version returns the correct result, gnu doesn't.

Bye,
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Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Finding current runlevel?

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On 10/02/11 15:35, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
>> Trying who -r on openindiana 147/148 seems to fail. I have tested this
>> on three machines plus a VM so far, all on 148, but one was rebooted
>> to an old BE with 147 just to see if there were any differences, which
>> there wasn't. The output I get is
>>
>> . run-level 3 Feb 10 13:36 3 0 S
> 
> Sorry - that was wrong (or right). The above is what I get form an old
opensolaris install. From OI, I get this
> 
>  run-level2011-02-10 13:43

This seems to be a "bug" in GNU "who" implementation.

Running this in Solaris 10, I get:

"""
[root@stargate-host /]# /usr/bin/who -r (NATIVE SUN VERSION)
   .   run-level 3  Jan 18 20:33 3  0  S

[root@stargate-host /]# /usr/local/bin/who -r   (GNU VERSION)
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Finding current runlevel?

[Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk]

> This seems to be a "bug" in GNU "who" implementation.
> 
> Running this in Solaris 10, I get:
> 
> """
> [root@stargate-host /]# /usr/bin/who -r (NATIVE SUN VERSION)
> . run-level 3 Jan 18 20:33 3 0 S
> 
> [root@stargate-host /]# /usr/local/bin/who -r (GNU VERSION)
> run-level Jan 18 20:33
> """

Seems you're right

rsk@prv-backup:~$ /usr/bin/who -r
   .   run-level 3  Feb 10 13:36 3  0  S
rsk@prv-backup:~$ who -r
 run-level2011-02-10 13:36
rsk@prv-backup:~$ which who
/usr/gnu/bin/who
rsk@prv-backup:~$ 

So where should I report this bug?

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[OpenIndiana-discuss] local ips packages

[hairryharry]

Hi,

I ahve just set up my netbook withoi148. All good but have downloaded
and installed a lot of packages from various IPS repos.

Now I am setting up my desktop and would like the same packages. Using
the package manager export function does make life a little easier but
the packages still need to be downloaded.

My question is are those packages still present on the netbook such that
I can easily transfer them over and use a local repo to install them on
the desktop.

This would save time although I do have unlimited but slow broad band.

Thanks,

Mike


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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Finding current runlevel?

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>> Trying who -r on openindiana 147/148 seems to fail. I have tested this
>> on three machines plus a VM so far, all on 148, but one was rebooted
>> to an old BE with 147 just to see if there were any differences, which
>> there wasn't. The output I get is
>>
>> . run-level 3 Feb 10 13:36 3 0 S
> 
> Sorry - that was wrong (or right). The above is what I get form an old 
> opensolaris install. From OI, I get this
> 
>  run-level2011-02-10 13:43

This seems to be a "bug" in GNU "who" implementation.

Running this in Solaris 10, I get:

"""
[root@stargate-host /]# /usr/bin/who -r (NATIVE SUN VERSION)
   .   run-level 3  Jan 18 20:33 3  0  S

[root@stargate-host /]# /usr/local/bin/who -r   (GNU VERSION)
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice

[Bill Sommerfeld]

On 02/09/11 21:52, Ken Gunderson wrote:

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.


I've been happy with:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0024NL1E0

in a system built around a Tyan S2865-family motherboard(which may well 
qualify as an "older system" now).  Passive cooling.  Drives two 24" 
LCD's quite happily.


That model fits in a pcie x16 slot.  i believe there's also a pcie x1 
slot version if you really don't need performance...


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

[Guy Woolley]

 Thanks very much for the information

Cheers

Guy

On 02/10/11 01:55 PM, ken mays wrote:

To Ken Gunderson,

The Quadro 600 works fine.

If you want a basic low-cost graphics card, you can use the GeForce GT 430 or 
NVIDIA 9600 GT which is available in most stores today for about $50-$80 USD. I 
suggest the Nvidia 9600 GT if you're a casual 3D user (i.e. gaming or 
otherwise), or the GT 430 if you need something more 'low profile'...

I'll update the HCL to reflect 'cheaper' cards.


To Guy,

Colin Ellis is reviewing the issues with DRI/DMA support for the Illumos team. 
A patch fix is available through Oracle's X team for the reported bug/CR 
7001754 (not officially committed yet to resolve bug so I'll say 'no' for the 
record).

Sidenote: I've tested the Nvidia drivers up to v260.19.36 with OI 148.
With the default drivers included, you can go as high-end as the Quadro 6000.

~ Ken Mays







--- On Thu, 2/10/11, Guy Woolley  wrote:


From: Guy Woolley
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions&  Advice
To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 3:57 AM
  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:-)




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

[ken mays]

--- On Thu, 2/10/11, Ken Gunderson  wrote:

> From: Ken Gunderson 
> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice
> To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" 
> Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 9:15 AM
> 

> On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 05:55 -0800, ken mays wrote:
> > To Ken Gunderson,
> > 
> > The Quadro 600 works fine.

> Thanks to all who replied. I think I'm going to grab a
> quadro 600,
> unless Ken comes back with unfavorable db reports. 
> 


The Quadro 600 card is as quite as a church mouse...or a tasmanian devil on a 
sunny day (hehe)

~ Ken Mays



  

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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Finding current runlevel?

[Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk]

- Original Message -
> Hi all
> 
> Trying who -r on openindiana 147/148 seems to fail. I have tested this
> on three machines plus a VM so far, all on 148, but one was rebooted
> to an old BE with 147 just to see if there were any differences, which
> there wasn't. The output I get is
> 
> . run-level 3 Feb 10 13:36 3 0 S

Sorry - that was wrong (or right). The above is what I get form an old 
opensolaris install. From OI, I get this

 run-level2011-02-10 13:43

Vennlige hilsener / Best regards

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[OpenIndiana-discuss] Finding current runlevel?

[Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk]

Hi all

Trying who -r on openindiana 147/148 seems to fail. I have tested this on three 
machines plus a VM so far, all on 148, but one was rebooted to an old BE with 
147 just to see if there were any differences, which there wasn't. The output I 
get is

   .   run-level 3  Feb 10 13:36 3  0  S

I have asked some people on IRC, and for some it seems to work. On the VM, I 
also tried to boot into 32bit mode, but no difference.

Btw, where should I report this bug? openindiana or illumos?

Vennlige hilsener / Best regards

roy
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relevante synonymer på norsk.

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

[Ken Gunderson]

On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 05:55 -0800, ken mays wrote:
> To Ken Gunderson,
> 
> The Quadro 600 works fine.

Thanks, Ken.  How's the noise on that unit in a quiet room/office
environment?  In my experience larger diameter fans running at lower
rpm's are preferable to smaller units spinning fast. nVidia specs as
under 23 db but you can never believe marketing :(  I give much higher
credence to actual end users :)

> If you want a basic low-cost graphics card, you can use the GeForce GT 430 or 
> NVIDIA 9600 GT which is available in most stores today for about $50-$80 USD. 
> I suggest the Nvidia 9600 GT if you're a casual 3D user (i.e. gaming or 
> otherwise), or the GT 430 if you need something more 'low profile'...

I'm personally okay with the under $200 price point

> I'll update the HCL to reflect 'cheaper' cards.

But it's good to have some under $100 cards on the list :)

Thanks to all who replied. I think I'm going to grab a quadro 600,
unless Ken comes back with unfavorable db reports. 

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

[ken mays]

To Ken Gunderson,

The Quadro 600 works fine.

If you want a basic low-cost graphics card, you can use the GeForce GT 430 or 
NVIDIA 9600 GT which is available in most stores today for about $50-$80 USD. I 
suggest the Nvidia 9600 GT if you're a casual 3D user (i.e. gaming or 
otherwise), or the GT 430 if you need something more 'low profile'...

I'll update the HCL to reflect 'cheaper' cards.


To Guy, 

Colin Ellis is reviewing the issues with DRI/DMA support for the Illumos team. 
A patch fix is available through Oracle's X team for the reported bug/CR 
7001754 (not officially committed yet to resolve bug so I'll say 'no' for the 
record).

Sidenote: I've tested the Nvidia drivers up to v260.19.36 with OI 148.
With the default drivers included, you can go as high-end as the Quadro 6000.

~ Ken Mays







--- On Thu, 2/10/11, Guy Woolley  wrote:

> From: Guy Woolley 
> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice
> To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
> Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 3:57 AM
>  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=5296653&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&;
> cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals
> > 
> >  http://www.nvidia.com/object/solaris-display-256.44-driver.html
> > 
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice

[Guy Woolley]

 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.wool...@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
de...@cloudpixies.com

-Original Message-
From: Guy Woolley [mailto:guy.wool...@btinternet.com]
Sent: 10 February 2011 10:52
To: openindiana-discuss@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:-)






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296653&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&

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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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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The Illumos pkgsrc project

[Mads Worsøe Duun]

I have updated the project page, released a new version of the script, and
made a forum. It can all be found at http://www.illumos.org/projects/worsoe.

The Illumos Pkgsrc Project
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice

[Deano]

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.wool...@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
> de...@cloudpixies.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Guy Woolley [mailto:guy.wool...@btinternet.com]
> Sent: 10 February 2011 10:52
> To: openindiana-discuss@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 

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

[Thorsten Heit]

Hi,

> 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. 

I have a HP ProLiant ML350 G5 with a Quadro NVS 290 (PCIe 1x). As long as 
the system was running OpenSolaris (up to build 134), there were no 
problems and no need to install special drivers from NVidia's website - 
the system already contained them, although in slightly older versions. 
Recently I installed Solaris 11 Express that worked out of the box; no 
need to install the newer drivers available at NVidia's website, but they 
also work fine.


HTH

Thorsten

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

[Guy Woolley]

 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
de...@cloudpixies.com

-Original Message-
From: Guy Woolley [mailto:guy.wool...@btinternet.com]
Sent: 10 February 2011 10:52
To: openindiana-discuss@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:-)






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296653&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&

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

[Deano]

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
de...@cloudpixies.com

-Original Message-
From: Guy Woolley [mailto:guy.wool...@btinternet.com] 
Sent: 10 February 2011 10:52
To: openindiana-discuss@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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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice

[Guy Woolley]

 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=5296653&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&; 
cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals


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

[Edward Martinez]

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=5296653&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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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] info about Solaris and the new 4K-Sector-Disks (e.g. WDxxEARS)

[Piotr Jasiukajtis]

That PSARC is already included into OpenIndiana:
changeset:   9889:68d0fe4c716e
user:yu, larry liu - Sun Microsystems - Beijing China 

date:Wed Jun 17 19:20:05 2009 +0800
summary: PSARC 2008/769 Multiple disk sector size support.

I guess the issue here is little misunderstood by the community. 
Solaris/OpenSolaris/OpenIndiana is ready for 4k drives and it uses 4k if drive 
report that.
The case with WD EARS is the drive emulates 512b sectors (it reports 512b 
instead of 4k) while it's 4k native.

Take a look at related bug report: https://www.illumos.org/issues/453
and proposed solution: 
http://lists.illumos.org/pipermail/developer/2011-January/001218.html



On Feb 9, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Edward Martinez wrote:

> Some info:
> 
> 
> "Appears Oracle Oracle has addressed this problem in PSARC 2008/769 
> . This 
> seems to be a fairly generic and flexible solution, however it will only be 
> available in the next release of Solaris. It might be already integrated into 
> OpenSolaris"
> 
> http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2008/769/final_spec.txt
> 
> http://www.solarismen.de/archives/4-Solaris-and-the-new-4K-Sector-Disks-e.g.-WDxxEARS-Part-1.html
> http://www.solarismen.de/archives/5-Solaris-and-the-new-4K-Sector-Disks-e.g.-WDxxEARS-Part-2.html
> 
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice

[Guy Woolley]

 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=5296653&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&; 
cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals


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