Re: [Emc-users] I Think I need a new Graphics Cards. Which one?
On Tuesday, September 21, 2010 12:24:59 am Don Stanley did opine: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > > And then Don Stanley wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > > >> >And then Don Stanley wrote: > > >>> > > Hi All; > > >>> > > I will have to plead the Shultz Defense. > > >>> > > > > >>> > > The Mill processors I am converting to EMC2 are > > >>> > > > > >>> > > Athlon 64 processor 3700+ or better with the following > > >>> > > > > >>> > > slots: > > >>> > >PCI > > >>> > >PCI-EX1 > > >>> > >PCI-EX16 > > >>> > >MGP (Mach speed graphics port). > > >>> > > > > >>> > > I am currently using left over dual monitor video cards > > >>> > > which worked fine for the old CNC package. Apparently > > >>> > > EMC2 wants better. > > >>> > > > > >>> > > Any suggestions for a Graphics Card that will make EMC2 > > >>> > > and these systems happy to do the job, and get my latency > > >>> > > test out of the ruts. > > >>> > > > > >>> > > Moving the Latency Display during the test looks like this. > > >>> > > > > >>> > >Max Intrvl(ns) Max > > >>> > >Jitr(ns) Lst > > >> > > > >> > Intrvl(ns) > > >> > > > >>> > > Servo Thread (1.0ms)1692524 214782996XXX > > >>> > > Base Thread (25us)82717 47208 > > >>> > > 24XXX > > >>> > > > > >>> > >Thanks again for your many helps > > >>> > > > > >>> > >Don > > >> > > > >> > Don: > > >> > > > >> > Jon Elson's advice is good, as always, and may well fix your > > >> > problem without further ado, but with more details about your > > >> > system we might come up with more specific ideas. > > >> > > > >> > For m/b and video cards, what are the makes and models? Amounts > > >> > of > > > > memory? > > > > >> > Keep in mind that it is not EMC2 per se but the underlying > > >> > Ubuntu distribution provides your video drivers. The > > >> > motherboard has its own part to play because of the intimacy > > >> > between its BIOS and the rest of the system hardware. RTAI has > > >> > to be happy with all this so that EMC2 > > > > can > > > > >> > control your mill properly. > > >> > > > >> > For this old fogey, the phrase "Shultz defense" brings to mind > > > > "Hogan's > > > > >> > Heroes" and Sergeant Schultz. Is this what you meant? > > >> > > > >> > Regards, > > >> > Kent > > > > > > Hi Jon, Kent and Jake; > > > I haven't tried Jon's suggestion yet; Sunday etc. > > > > > > The processor is a single core and the RAM is 1GB. > > > The Motherboard is a "mach speed MK8-939A". > > > The Video card is an Applied Graphics Products > > > > > > Jeronimo J2/N. Copyright 1995 Etna Corp. > > > > > > I have forgotten how to find the Video memory size in > > > Windows and never knew for Linux/Unix. > > > The BIOS on these systems doesn't display anything > > > until after the long RAM test. Don't know if these > > > Video cards even try to display on board memory. > > > > > > I am using ubuntu 8.04 and EMC2 2.3.4.1. > > > I tested ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD on these systems. The load > > > went fine but when it was time for the video all I got was > > > a blank screen, although ubuntu 8.04 works fine. > > > The 10.04 works fine on other older systems. Weird huh? > > > > > > Yes. I didn't know how to spell Schultz and the > > > > > > spell checker was confused with the missing "c". > > > > > > Thanks for any and all suggestions. > > > > > > Don > > > > Now we're cooking, Don. > > > > I did a little web searching with your info. > > > > 1. I found a thumbnail description of the "mach speed MK8-939A" > > motherboard at http://www.machspeed.com/specs/viper/MK8-939A.html > > Unfortunately, this description doesn't identify the bios, but it's > > better than nothing. Off hand, I'd say this m/b will work ok with the > > latest EMC2 distribution based on Ubuntu 10.04 but you may need to > > explore the BIOS settings. > > Sorry; I intended to include the BIOS is; > "Phoenix-Award workstation BIOS v6.00PG" > copyright 1984-2003. > Part of my brain goes dead after 3:00 AM. > > 2. the "Applied Graphics Products Jeronimo J2/N" video card is probably > > > an "Appian..." for which I found a thumbnail description at > > > > http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/graphics-cards/A-B/APPIAN-TECHNOLOGY-CGA-V > > GA-TARGA-XVGA-JERONIMO-J2-N-29.html > > > > According to this description, the board is based on a Cirrus Logic GD > > 5462 graphics chip. You should be able to confirm this by executing > > "lspci" at a command line prompt and looking for a line in the output > > that starts "nn:nn.n VGA compatible controller" It's an old but > > still serviceable chip. [editorial note - before I could send this > > message I saw Gene Heskett's response.
Re: [Emc-users] I Think I need a new Graphics Cards. Which one?
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > And then Don Stanley wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > > > >> >And then Don Stanley wrote: > >>> > > Hi All; > >>> > > I will have to plead the Shultz Defense. > >>> > > > >>> > > The Mill processors I am converting to EMC2 are > >>> > > Athlon 64 processor 3700+ or better with the following > >>> > > slots: > >>> > >PCI > >>> > >PCI-EX1 > >>> > >PCI-EX16 > >>> > >MGP (Mach speed graphics port). > >>> > > I am currently using left over dual monitor video cards > >>> > > which worked fine for the old CNC package. Apparently > >>> > > EMC2 wants better. > >>> > > > >>> > > Any suggestions for a Graphics Card that will make EMC2 > >>> > > and these systems happy to do the job, and get my latency > >>> > > test out of the ruts. > >>> > > > >>> > > Moving the Latency Display during the test looks like this. > >>> > >Max Intrvl(ns) Max Jitr(ns) Lst > >> > Intrvl(ns) > >>> > > Servo Thread (1.0ms)1692524 214782996XXX > >>> > > Base Thread (25us)82717 47208 24XXX > >>> > > > >>> > >Thanks again for your many helps > >>> > >Don > >>> > > > >> > Don: > >> > > >> > Jon Elson's advice is good, as always, and may well fix your problem > >> > without further ado, but with more details about your system we might > >> > come up with more specific ideas. > >> > > >> > For m/b and video cards, what are the makes and models? Amounts of > memory? > >> > > >> > Keep in mind that it is not EMC2 per se but the underlying Ubuntu > >> > distribution provides your video drivers. The motherboard has its own > >> > part to play because of the intimacy between its BIOS and the rest of > >> > the system hardware. RTAI has to be happy with all this so that EMC2 > can > >> > control your mill properly. > >> > > >> > For this old fogey, the phrase "Shultz defense" brings to mind > "Hogan's > >> > Heroes" and Sergeant Schultz. Is this what you meant? > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > Kent > >> > > > Hi Jon, Kent and Jake; > > I haven't tried Jon's suggestion yet; Sunday etc. > > > > The processor is a single core and the RAM is 1GB. > > The Motherboard is a "mach speed MK8-939A". > > The Video card is an Applied Graphics Products > > Jeronimo J2/N. Copyright 1995 Etna Corp. > > I have forgotten how to find the Video memory size in > > Windows and never knew for Linux/Unix. > > The BIOS on these systems doesn't display anything > > until after the long RAM test. Don't know if these > > Video cards even try to display on board memory. > > > > I am using ubuntu 8.04 and EMC2 2.3.4.1. > > I tested ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD on these systems. The load > > went fine but when it was time for the video all I got was > > a blank screen, although ubuntu 8.04 works fine. > > The 10.04 works fine on other older systems. Weird huh? > > > > Yes. I didn't know how to spell Schultz and the > > spell checker was confused with the missing "c". > > > > Thanks for any and all suggestions. > > Don > > > Now we're cooking, Don. > > I did a little web searching with your info. > > 1. I found a thumbnail description of the "mach speed MK8-939A" > motherboard at http://www.machspeed.com/specs/viper/MK8-939A.html > Unfortunately, this description doesn't identify the bios, but it's > better than nothing. Off hand, I'd say this m/b will work ok with the > latest EMC2 distribution based on Ubuntu 10.04 but you may need to > explore the BIOS settings. > Sorry; I intended to include the BIOS is; "Phoenix-Award workstation BIOS v6.00PG" copyright 1984-2003. Part of my brain goes dead after 3:00 AM. 2. the "Applied Graphics Products Jeronimo J2/N" video card is probably > an "Appian..." for which I found a thumbnail description at > > http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/graphics-cards/A-B/APPIAN-TECHNOLOGY-CGA-VGA-TARGA-XVGA-JERONIMO-J2-N-29.html > > According to this description, the board is based on a Cirrus Logic GD > 5462 graphics chip. You should be able to confirm this by executing > "lspci" at a command line prompt and looking for a line in the output > that starts "nn:nn.n VGA compatible controller" It's an old but > still serviceable chip. [editorial note - before I could send this > message I saw Gene Heskett's response. Maybe I should retract > "serviceable".] > > You can look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf to see what driver is being loaded > (in mine, for example, under section "Device" it says 'Driver "intel"'). > I would expect the svga driver would work for you. My xorg.conf is as follows: Section "Device" Identifier"Configured Video Device" Boardname"vesa" Busid"PCI:0:10:0" Driver"vesa" Screen0 > If you look down the > responses to the query in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=47368 > you'll see som
Re: [Emc-users] I Think I need a new Graphics Cards. Which one?
On Monday, September 20, 2010 09:58:05 am Kent A. Reed did opine: [...] > Now we're cooking, Don. > > I did a little web searching with your info. > > 1. I found a thumbnail description of the "mach speed MK8-939A" > motherboard at http://www.machspeed.com/specs/viper/MK8-939A.html > Unfortunately, this description doesn't identify the bios, but it's > better than nothing. Off hand, I'd say this m/b will work ok with the > latest EMC2 distribution based on Ubuntu 10.04 but you may need to > explore the BIOS settings. > > 2. the "Applied Graphics Products Jeronimo J2/N" video card is probably > an "Appian..." for which I found a thumbnail description at > http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/graphics-cards/A-B/APPIAN-TECHNOLOGY-CGA-VGA > -TARGA-XVGA-JERONIMO-J2-N-29.html That looks like the one I have. > According to this description, the board is based on a Cirrus Logic GD > 5462 graphics chip. You should be able to confirm this by executing > "lspci" at a command line prompt and looking for a line in the output > that starts "nn:nn.n VGA compatible controller" It's an old but > still serviceable chip. [editorial note - before I could send this > message I saw Gene Heskett's response. Maybe I should retract > "serviceable".] TBT guys, I didn't attempt to get it up to full 1600x1200 resolution. The vesa driver, running blind, picked a 'safe' 640x400'. The rest of the box was pretty slow too, a 1Ghz Athlon & 384 megs of non interlaced ram. I found an ATI card that wouldn't run in this box that ran much better than the Appian did in that box, but have not actually tried to move motors with it yet. The box is so big I haven't figured out where I could hang it on my bandsaw, whereas that little intel D510 and a small monitor could hang on the back of the blade channel if I could get around it easily. In my next incarnation, please give me more real estate for a bigger shop... > You can look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf to see what driver is being loaded > (in mine, for example, under section "Device" it says 'Driver "intel"'). > I would expect the svga driver would work for you. If you look down the > responses to the query in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=47368 > you'll see some useful advice about using the command "dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xorg" to reconfigure the X server or alternatively forcing the > kernel to load the cirrusfb driver at startup. > > Don't sweat the spelling of Schultz. Many years ago I was a military > brat living in Germany. Now, I can't write S and H without putting a C > in between them. The hard part was figuring out the reference to > "Hogan's Heros." As Jon says, "I know nothing! NOTHING" > > Hope this helps. > > Regards, > Kent -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 'Tis the dream of each programmer, Before his life is done, To write three lines of APL, And make the damn things run. -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] I Think I need a new Graphics Cards. Which one?
And then Don Stanley wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > >> >And then Don Stanley wrote: >>> > > Hi All; >>> > > I will have to plead the Shultz Defense. >>> > > >>> > > The Mill processors I am converting to EMC2 are >>> > > Athlon 64 processor 3700+ or better with the following >>> > > slots: >>> > >PCI >>> > >PCI-EX1 >>> > >PCI-EX16 >>> > >MGP (Mach speed graphics port). >>> > > I am currently using left over dual monitor video cards >>> > > which worked fine for the old CNC package. Apparently >>> > > EMC2 wants better. >>> > > >>> > > Any suggestions for a Graphics Card that will make EMC2 >>> > > and these systems happy to do the job, and get my latency >>> > > test out of the ruts. >>> > > >>> > > Moving the Latency Display during the test looks like this. >>> > >Max Intrvl(ns) Max Jitr(ns) Lst >> > Intrvl(ns) >>> > > Servo Thread (1.0ms)1692524 214782996XXX >>> > > Base Thread (25us)82717 47208 24XXX >>> > > >>> > >Thanks again for your many helps >>> > >Don >>> > > >> > Don: >> > >> > Jon Elson's advice is good, as always, and may well fix your problem >> > without further ado, but with more details about your system we might >> > come up with more specific ideas. >> > >> > For m/b and video cards, what are the makes and models? Amounts of memory? >> > >> > Keep in mind that it is not EMC2 per se but the underlying Ubuntu >> > distribution provides your video drivers. The motherboard has its own >> > part to play because of the intimacy between its BIOS and the rest of >> > the system hardware. RTAI has to be happy with all this so that EMC2 can >> > control your mill properly. >> > >> > For this old fogey, the phrase "Shultz defense" brings to mind "Hogan's >> > Heroes" and Sergeant Schultz. Is this what you meant? >> > >> > Regards, >> > Kent >> > > Hi Jon, Kent and Jake; > I haven't tried Jon's suggestion yet; Sunday etc. > > The processor is a single core and the RAM is 1GB. > The Motherboard is a "mach speed MK8-939A". > The Video card is an Applied Graphics Products > Jeronimo J2/N. Copyright 1995 Etna Corp. > I have forgotten how to find the Video memory size in > Windows and never knew for Linux/Unix. > The BIOS on these systems doesn't display anything > until after the long RAM test. Don't know if these > Video cards even try to display on board memory. > > I am using ubuntu 8.04 and EMC2 2.3.4.1. > I tested ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD on these systems. The load > went fine but when it was time for the video all I got was > a blank screen, although ubuntu 8.04 works fine. > The 10.04 works fine on other older systems. Weird huh? > > Yes. I didn't know how to spell Schultz and the > spell checker was confused with the missing "c". > > Thanks for any and all suggestions. > Don > Now we're cooking, Don. I did a little web searching with your info. 1. I found a thumbnail description of the "mach speed MK8-939A" motherboard at http://www.machspeed.com/specs/viper/MK8-939A.html Unfortunately, this description doesn't identify the bios, but it's better than nothing. Off hand, I'd say this m/b will work ok with the latest EMC2 distribution based on Ubuntu 10.04 but you may need to explore the BIOS settings. 2. the "Applied Graphics Products Jeronimo J2/N" video card is probably an "Appian..." for which I found a thumbnail description at http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/graphics-cards/A-B/APPIAN-TECHNOLOGY-CGA-VGA-TARGA-XVGA-JERONIMO-J2-N-29.html According to this description, the board is based on a Cirrus Logic GD 5462 graphics chip. You should be able to confirm this by executing "lspci" at a command line prompt and looking for a line in the output that starts "nn:nn.n VGA compatible controller" It's an old but still serviceable chip. [editorial note - before I could send this message I saw Gene Heskett's response. Maybe I should retract "serviceable".] You can look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf to see what driver is being loaded (in mine, for example, under section "Device" it says 'Driver "intel"'). I would expect the svga driver would work for you. If you look down the responses to the query in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=47368 you'll see some useful advice about using the command "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" to reconfigure the X server or alternatively forcing the kernel to load the cirrusfb driver at startup. Don't sweat the spelling of Schultz. Many years ago I was a military brat living in Germany. Now, I can't write S and H without putting a C in between them. The hard part was figuring out the reference to "Hogan's Heros." As Jon says, "I know nothing! NOTHING" Hope this helps. Regards, Kent -- Start uncovering the ma
Re: [Emc-users] I Think I need a new Graphics Cards. Which one?
On Monday, September 20, 2010 05:49:37 am Don Stanley did opine: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > > And then Don Stanley wrote: > > > Hi All; > > > I will have to plead the Shultz Defense. > > > > > > The Mill processors I am converting to EMC2 are > > > > > > Athlon 64 processor 3700+ or better with the following > > > > > > slots: > > > PCI > > > PCI-EX1 > > > PCI-EX16 > > > MGP (Mach speed graphics port). > > > > > > I am currently using left over dual monitor video cards > > > which worked fine for the old CNC package. Apparently > > > EMC2 wants better. > > > > > > Any suggestions for a Graphics Card that will make EMC2 > > > and these systems happy to do the job, and get my latency > > > test out of the ruts. > > > > > > Moving the Latency Display during the test looks like this. > > > > > > Max Intrvl(ns) Max Jitr(ns) Lst > > > > Intrvl(ns) > > > > > Servo Thread (1.0ms)1692524 214782996XXX > > > Base Thread (25us)82717 47208 24XXX > > > > > > Thanks again for your many helps > > > > > > Don > > > > Don: > > > > Jon Elson's advice is good, as always, and may well fix your problem > > without further ado, but with more details about your system we might > > come up with more specific ideas. > > > > For m/b and video cards, what are the makes and models? Amounts of > > memory? > > > > Keep in mind that it is not EMC2 per se but the underlying Ubuntu > > distribution provides your video drivers. The motherboard has its own > > part to play because of the intimacy between its BIOS and the rest of > > the system hardware. RTAI has to be happy with all this so that EMC2 > > can control your mill properly. > > > > For this old fogey, the phrase "Shultz defense" brings to mind > > "Hogan's Heroes" and Sergeant Schultz. Is this what you meant? > > > > Regards, > > Kent > > Hi Jon, Kent and Jake; > I haven't tried Jon's suggestion yet; Sunday etc. > > The processor is a single core and the RAM is 1GB. > The Motherboard is a "mach speed MK8-939A". I too use one of their boards but had to disable the onboard video. > The Video card is an Applied Graphics Products > Jeronimo J2/N. Copyright 1995 Etna Corp. I have a jeronimo, appian way 2 port board, even the vesa performance is poorly under linux. > I have forgotten how to find the Video memory size in > Windows and never knew for Linux/Unix. > The BIOS on these systems doesn't display anything > until after the long RAM test. Don't know if these > Video cards even try to display on board memory. > > I am using ubuntu 8.04 and EMC2 2.3.4.1. > I tested ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD on these systems. The load > went fine but when it was time for the video all I got was > a blank screen, although ubuntu 8.04 works fine. > The 10.04 works fine on other older systems. Weird huh? > > Yes. I didn't know how to spell Schultz and the > spell checker was confused with the missing "c". > > Thanks for any and all suggestions. > Don > > > -- > > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > > ___ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The state of innocence contains the germs of all future sin. -- Alexandre Arnoux, "Etudes et caprices" -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] I Think I need a new Graphics Cards. Which one?
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > And then Don Stanley wrote: > > Hi All; > > I will have to plead the Shultz Defense. > > > > The Mill processors I am converting to EMC2 are > > Athlon 64 processor 3700+ or better with the following > > slots: > > PCI > > PCI-EX1 > > PCI-EX16 > > MGP (Mach speed graphics port). > > I am currently using left over dual monitor video cards > > which worked fine for the old CNC package. Apparently > > EMC2 wants better. > > > > Any suggestions for a Graphics Card that will make EMC2 > > and these systems happy to do the job, and get my latency > > test out of the ruts. > > > > Moving the Latency Display during the test looks like this. > > Max Intrvl(ns) Max Jitr(ns) Lst > Intrvl(ns) > > Servo Thread (1.0ms)1692524 214782996XXX > > Base Thread (25us)82717 47208 24XXX > > > > Thanks again for your many helps > > Don > > > Don: > > Jon Elson's advice is good, as always, and may well fix your problem > without further ado, but with more details about your system we might > come up with more specific ideas. > > For m/b and video cards, what are the makes and models? Amounts of memory? > > Keep in mind that it is not EMC2 per se but the underlying Ubuntu > distribution provides your video drivers. The motherboard has its own > part to play because of the intimacy between its BIOS and the rest of > the system hardware. RTAI has to be happy with all this so that EMC2 can > control your mill properly. > > For this old fogey, the phrase "Shultz defense" brings to mind "Hogan's > Heroes" and Sergeant Schultz. Is this what you meant? > > Regards, > Kent > Hi Jon, Kent and Jake; I haven't tried Jon's suggestion yet; Sunday etc. The processor is a single core and the RAM is 1GB. The Motherboard is a "mach speed MK8-939A". The Video card is an Applied Graphics Products Jeronimo J2/N. Copyright 1995 Etna Corp. I have forgotten how to find the Video memory size in Windows and never knew for Linux/Unix. The BIOS on these systems doesn't display anything until after the long RAM test. Don't know if these Video cards even try to display on board memory. I am using ubuntu 8.04 and EMC2 2.3.4.1. I tested ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD on these systems. The load went fine but when it was time for the video all I got was a blank screen, although ubuntu 8.04 works fine. The 10.04 works fine on other older systems. Weird huh? Yes. I didn't know how to spell Schultz and the spell checker was confused with the missing "c". Thanks for any and all suggestions. Don > > > -- > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] I Think I need a new Graphics Cards. Which one?
On 18/09/10 07:49, Don Stanley wrote: > Hi All; > I will have to plead the Shultz Defense. > > The Mill processors I am converting to EMC2 are > Athlon 64 processor 3700+ or better with the following > slots: > PCI > PCI-EX1 > PCI-EX16 > MGP (Mach speed graphics port). > I am currently using left over dual monitor video cards > which worked fine for the old CNC package. Apparently > EMC2 wants better. > > Any suggestions for a Graphics Card that will make EMC2 > and these systems happy to do the job, and get my latency > test out of the ruts. > > Moving the Latency Display during the test looks like this. > Max Intrvl(ns) Max Jitr(ns) Lst Intrvl(ns) > Servo Thread (1.0ms)1692524 214782996XXX > Base Thread (25us)82717 47208 24XXX > > Thanks again for your many helps > Don > If they are dual core machines I'd test out the 10.04 release on them with a nvidia card and the binary driver. not guatanteed to work, but I've had decent success with it on Intel XEON machines. The only hitch I noticed was a single latency spike when starting an OpenGL window, IE starting EMC causes one latency spike, or starting glxgears, once its running however its fine. -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] I Think I need a new Graphics Cards. Which one?
Kent A. Reed wrote: > > For this old fogey, the phrase "Shultz defense" brings to mind "Hogan's > Heroes" and Sergeant Schultz. Is this what you meant I was puzzled by that reference, but that's GOT to be it! That high-pitched "I know nothing! NOTHING" Jon -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] I Think I need a new Graphics Cards. Which one?
And then Don Stanley wrote: > Hi All; > I will have to plead the Shultz Defense. > > The Mill processors I am converting to EMC2 are > Athlon 64 processor 3700+ or better with the following > slots: > PCI > PCI-EX1 > PCI-EX16 > MGP (Mach speed graphics port). > I am currently using left over dual monitor video cards > which worked fine for the old CNC package. Apparently > EMC2 wants better. > > Any suggestions for a Graphics Card that will make EMC2 > and these systems happy to do the job, and get my latency > test out of the ruts. > > Moving the Latency Display during the test looks like this. > Max Intrvl(ns) Max Jitr(ns) Lst Intrvl(ns) > Servo Thread (1.0ms)1692524 214782996XXX > Base Thread (25us)82717 47208 24XXX > > Thanks again for your many helps > Don > Don: Jon Elson's advice is good, as always, and may well fix your problem without further ado, but with more details about your system we might come up with more specific ideas. For m/b and video cards, what are the makes and models? Amounts of memory? Keep in mind that it is not EMC2 per se but the underlying Ubuntu distribution provides your video drivers. The motherboard has its own part to play because of the intimacy between its BIOS and the rest of the system hardware. RTAI has to be happy with all this so that EMC2 can control your mill properly. For this old fogey, the phrase "Shultz defense" brings to mind "Hogan's Heroes" and Sergeant Schultz. Is this what you meant? Regards, Kent -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] I Think I need a new Graphics Cards. Which one?
Don Stanley wrote: > Hi All; > I will have to plead the Shultz Defense. > > The Mill processors I am converting to EMC2 are > Athlon 64 processor 3700+ or better with the following > slots: > PCI > PCI-EX1 > PCI-EX16 > MGP (Mach speed graphics port). > I am currently using left over dual monitor video cards > which worked fine for the old CNC package. Apparently > EMC2 wants better. > > Any suggestions for a Graphics Card that will make EMC2 > and these systems happy to do the job, and get my latency > test out of the ruts. > > Moving the Latency Display during the test looks like this. > Max Intrvl(ns) Max Jitr(ns) Lst Intrvl(ns) > Servo Thread (1.0ms)1692524 214782996XXX > Base Thread (25us)82717 47208 24XXX > > You may be able to turn off some driver acceleration features of the video driver to improve this. The driver may be doing a lot of DMA to main memory when using the acceleration features. If that isn't an available setting to adjust, then you may be able to switch to a generic VGA driver, which assumes no hardware assist, for the same effect. Jon -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] I Think I need a new Graphics Cards. Which one?
Hi All; I will have to plead the Shultz Defense. The Mill processors I am converting to EMC2 are Athlon 64 processor 3700+ or better with the following slots: PCI PCI-EX1 PCI-EX16 MGP (Mach speed graphics port). I am currently using left over dual monitor video cards which worked fine for the old CNC package. Apparently EMC2 wants better. Any suggestions for a Graphics Card that will make EMC2 and these systems happy to do the job, and get my latency test out of the ruts. Moving the Latency Display during the test looks like this. Max Intrvl(ns) Max Jitr(ns) Lst Intrvl(ns) Servo Thread (1.0ms)1692524 214782996XXX Base Thread (25us)82717 47208 24XXX Thanks again for your many helps Don -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
