Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] How is this possible? (Solved]

2021-05-05 Thread Gerard Arthus 
Good points here.

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On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 5:00 PM Lou Picciano  wrote:

> Gentlemen:
>
> This conversation is interesting from a number of perspectives, and none
> of them related to OI (in my case, though they could be at some point…)
>
> Comments about bad sync connections, lousy DVI adapters, etc. got my ears
> perked up. With kids forced back home last year, I’d rarely done so much
> intensive build/install/re-configure cycles in recent memory. Decided to do
> all this on an ‘easy(?)’, bullet-proof, well-tested(?) OS. Yup, Ubuntu*.
> Well, turns out Ubuntu is not quite so bullet-proof. And, among the
> problems which included variable boot results, weird boot loader setup,
> crazy confusion about latest Wifi hardware, etc. were the worst of all:
> those related to VIDEO cards and adapters. biggest single symptom was a
> frequent complete inability for the video adapter to ’sense’ the monitor
> resolution(s).
>
> Real pain in the ass.
>
> Always productive here, even if sometimes in serendipitous ways.
>
> * (I avoid MS like The Black Death.)
>
> > On Apr 16, 2021, at 6:50 PM, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss <
> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> wrote:
> >
> > To summarize:
> >
> > I swapped PSUs and graphics cards including putting the card from #3 in
> #4
> >
> > I booted from the 2020.10 hard disk and Live Image
> >
> > I swapped the KVM cables and ports
> >
> > I tried the other PCIe slot that will take the graphics card.
> >
> > I put a scope on the 5 V and 12 V rails.
> >
> > After all that agony I finally tracked it down. A couple of junk DVI-VGA
> adapters! Somehow in my search for the cause of the kernel panics I failed
> to notice that the display resolution was wrong when I was running 2020.10
> in #4
> >
> > After all this I'm exhausted. But I've never lost a battle with a piece
> of computer HW and was not about to start. I'd like to shoot these, but
> that would require more trouble than they are worth. So I am going to crush
> them with a 20 ton hydraulic press. If there were someone I disliked
> enough, I'd give them away.
> >
> > The moral of this sad tale is, "Don't put untested parts in your spares
> bin!" I bought these to have some spares on hand, but did not test them
> when i received them. They were still in the bags. I damaged my old one for
> #4 while shifting HW.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I still have the kernel panics to deal with :-(
> >
> > Reg
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] How is this possible? (Solved]

2021-05-05 Thread Lou Picciano 
Gentlemen:

This conversation is interesting from a number of perspectives, and none of 
them related to OI (in my case, though they could be at some point…)

Comments about bad sync connections, lousy DVI adapters, etc. got my ears 
perked up. With kids forced back home last year, I’d rarely done so much 
intensive build/install/re-configure cycles in recent memory. Decided to do all 
this on an ‘easy(?)’, bullet-proof, well-tested(?) OS. Yup, Ubuntu*. Well, 
turns out Ubuntu is not quite so bullet-proof. And, among the problems which 
included variable boot results, weird boot loader setup, crazy confusion about 
latest Wifi hardware, etc. were the worst of all: those related to VIDEO cards 
and adapters. biggest single symptom was a frequent complete inability for the 
video adapter to ’sense’ the monitor resolution(s).

Real pain in the ass.

Always productive here, even if sometimes in serendipitous ways.

* (I avoid MS like The Black Death.) 

> On Apr 16, 2021, at 6:50 PM, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss 
>  wrote:
> 
> To summarize:
> 
> I swapped PSUs and graphics cards including putting the card from #3 in #4
> 
> I booted from the 2020.10 hard disk and Live Image
> 
> I swapped the KVM cables and ports
> 
> I tried the other PCIe slot that will take the graphics card. 
> 
> I put a scope on the 5 V and 12 V rails.
> 
> After all that agony I finally tracked it down. A couple of junk DVI-VGA 
> adapters! Somehow in my search for the cause of the kernel panics I failed to 
> notice that the display resolution was wrong when I was running 2020.10 in #4
> 
> After all this I'm exhausted. But I've never lost a battle with a piece of 
> computer HW and was not about to start. I'd like to shoot these, but that 
> would require more trouble than they are worth. So I am going to crush them 
> with a 20 ton hydraulic press. If there were someone I disliked enough, I'd 
> give them away.
> 
> The moral of this sad tale is, "Don't put untested parts in your spares bin!" 
> I bought these to have some spares on hand, but did not test them when i 
> received them. They were still in the bags. I damaged my old one for #4 while 
> shifting HW.
> 
> Unfortunately, I still have the kernel panics to deal with :-( 
> 
> Reg  
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> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] How is this possible? (Solved]

2021-04-16 Thread Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss 
 To summarize:

I swapped PSUs and graphics cards including putting the card from #3 in #4

I booted from the 2020.10 hard disk and Live Image

I swapped the KVM cables and ports

I tried the other PCIe slot that will take the graphics card. 

I put a scope on the 5 V and 12 V rails.

After all that agony I finally tracked it down. A couple of junk DVI-VGA 
adapters! Somehow in my search for the cause of the kernel panics I failed to 
notice that the display resolution was wrong when I was running 2020.10 in #4

After all this I'm exhausted. But I've never lost a battle with a piece of 
computer HW and was not about to start. I'd like to shoot these, but that would 
require more trouble than they are worth. So I am going to crush them with a 20 
ton hydraulic press. If there were someone I disliked enough, I'd give them 
away.

The moral of this sad tale is, "Don't put untested parts in your spares bin!" I 
bought these to have some spares on hand, but did not test them when i received 
them. They were still in the bags. I damaged my old one for #4 while shifting 
HW.

Unfortunately, I still have the kernel panics to deal with :-( 

Reg  
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