SL 7.0 does not appear to provide complete support for the nVidia GK208 (NV108) chip set.

2015-02-25 Thread EXT-Askew, R W
Hi All

I installed SL 7.0 in a system that contains a nVidia GK208 (NV108) chip set.  
This installation does come up but the only display sizes are 1024x768, 800x600 
and 640x480.
The nouveau package that was installed as part of the installation is 
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.10-5.el7.x86_64.rpm.
The system message file contains;

kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][:01:00.0] BOOT0  : 0x108390a1
kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][:01:00.0] Chipset: GK208 (NV108)
kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][:01:00.0] Family : NVE0
kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking PRAMIN for image...
kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... signature not found
kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking PROM for image...
kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... signature not found
kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking ACPI for image...
kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... signature not found
kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking PCIROM for image...
kernel: nouveau :01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... appears to be valid
kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] using image from PCIROM
kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] BIT signature found
kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] version 80.28.82.00.01
kernel: nouveau E[   VBIOS][:01:00.0] 0xa303[ ]: unknown opcode 0x07
kernel: nouveau E[ DEVINIT][:01:00.0] init failed, -22
kernel: nouveau E[ DRM] failed to create 0x8080, -22
kernel: nouveau: probe of :01:00.0 failed with error -22

I have looked around on the internet and it looks as though version 1.0.11-1 
will support this chipset.  I have not been able to locate a .el7. version 
but there is a fedora version xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.11-1.fc21.x86_64.rpm

Does anyone know where I can get an .el7 version of 1.0.11-1 or has anyone 
tried the Fedora version?

Thanks

Bill Askew


Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] SL 7.0 does not appear to provide complete support for the nVidia GK208 (NV108) chip set.

2015-02-25 Thread Pat Riehecky


On 02/25/2015 08:22 AM, EXT-Askew, R W wrote:


Hi All

I installed SL 7.0 in a system that contains a nVidia GK208 (NV108) 
chip set.  This installation does come up but the only display sizes 
are 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480.


The nouveau package that was installed as part of the installation is 
“xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.10-5.el7.x86_64.rpm”.


The system message file contains;

kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][:01:00.0] BOOT0  : 0x108390a1

kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][:01:00.0] Chipset: GK208 (NV108)

kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][:01:00.0] Family : NVE0

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking PRAMIN for image...

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... signature not found

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking PROM for image...

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... signature not found

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking ACPI for image...

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... signature not found

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking PCIROM for image...

kernel: nouveau :01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... appears to be valid

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] using image from PCIROM

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] BIT signature found

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] version 80.28.82.00.01

kernel: nouveau E[   VBIOS][:01:00.0] 0xa303[ ]: unknown opcode 0x07

kernel: nouveau E[ DEVINIT][:01:00.0] init failed, -22

kernel: nouveau E[ DRM] failed to create 0x8080, -22

kernel: nouveau: probe of :01:00.0 failed with error -22

I have looked around on the internet and it looks as though version 
1.0.11-1 will support this chipset.  I have not been able to locate a 
“.el7.” version but there is a fedora version 
“xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.11-1.fc21.x86_64.rpm”


Does anyone know where I can get an “.el7” version of 1.0.11-1 or has 
anyone tried the Fedora version?


Thanks

Bill Askew



You may wish to look into the nvidia drivers provided by the elrepo 
project (yum install yum-conf-elrepo on an SL6/7 system).


Pat

--
Pat Riehecky
Scientific Linux developer

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
www.fnal.gov
www.scientificlinux.org



Re: SL 7.0 does not appear to provide complete support for the nVidia GK208 (NV108) chip set.

2015-02-25 Thread Yasha Karant

On 02/25/2015 06:22 AM, EXT-Askew, R W wrote:


Hi All

I installed SL 7.0 in a system that contains a nVidia GK208 (NV108) 
chip set.  This installation does come up but the only display sizes 
are 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480.


The nouveau package that was installed as part of the installation is 
“xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.10-5.el7.x86_64.rpm”.


The system message file contains;

kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][:01:00.0] BOOT0  : 0x108390a1

kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][:01:00.0] Chipset: GK208 (NV108)

kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][:01:00.0] Family : NVE0

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking PRAMIN for image...

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... signature not found

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking PROM for image...

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... signature not found

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking ACPI for image...

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... signature not found

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] checking PCIROM for image...

kernel: nouveau :01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] ... appears to be valid

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] using image from PCIROM

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] BIT signature found

kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][:01:00.0] version 80.28.82.00.01

kernel: nouveau E[   VBIOS][:01:00.0] 0xa303[ ]: unknown opcode 0x07

kernel: nouveau E[ DEVINIT][:01:00.0] init failed, -22

kernel: nouveau E[ DRM] failed to create 0x8080, -22

kernel: nouveau: probe of :01:00.0 failed with error -22

I have looked around on the internet and it looks as though version 
1.0.11-1 will support this chipset.  I have not been able to locate a 
“.el7.” version but there is a fedora version 
“xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.11-1.fc21.x86_64.rpm”


Does anyone know where I can get an “.el7” version of 1.0.11-1 or has 
anyone tried the Fedora version?


Thanks

Bill Askew

I am guessing that the above Nvidia chip set is (fully) supported by the 
proprietary Nvidia Linux driver:


http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/82252/en-us

Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver



   Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver

Version:346.47
Release Date:   2015.2.24
Operating System:   Linux 64-bit
Language:   English (US)
File Size:  73.00 MB




I have this working on my SL7 X86-64 workstation.  The stock driver 
(noveau) needs to be fully disabled.


typescript:

[ykarant@jb344 ~]$ su
Password:
[root@jb344 ykarant]# rpm -e xorg-x11-drivers xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
[root@jb344 ykarant]# vi /etc/default/grub
[root@jb344 ykarant]# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-9e59d688ec394445aa63626075677bcc
Found initrd image:
/boot/initramfs-0-rescue-9e59d688ec394445aa63626075677bcc.img
done
[root@jb344 ykarant]# vi /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
[root@jb344 ykarant]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
[root@jb344 ykarant]#sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.32.run

The NVIDIA...run is a script that runs and does all of the necessary steps.

reboot the system.

End instructions

Note that this was not done under X11 or a window manager, but from within a 
plain ANSI terminal screen (e.g.,
CTRL-F4 to get the fourth terminal.

After that, a reboot will (eventually) show the Nvidia splash screen and then a 
regular GUI (window manager)
login.  I am currently using MATE because I do not like either the current 
Gnome nor the current KDE.

Hope this helps.

Yasha Karant


Re: SL 7.0 does not appear to provide complete support for the nVidia GK208 (NV108) chip set.

2015-02-25 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:14 PM, Yasha Karant ykar...@csusb.edu wrote:
 On 02/25/2015 06:22 AM, EXT-Askew, R W wrote:

 I installed SL 7.0 in a system that contains a nVidia GK208 (NV108) chip
 set.  This installation does come up but the only display sizes are
 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480.

 Does anyone know where I can get an “.el7” version of 1.0.11-1 or has
 anyone tried the Fedora version?

 Bill Askew

 I am guessing that the above Nvidia chip set is (fully) supported by the
 proprietary Nvidia Linux driver:

The easiest way to find the right driver version is to install
nvidia-detect [1] from ELRepo and run it. For example:

$ nvidia-detect -v
Probing for supported NVIDIA devices...
[10de:0fc1] NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GT 640]
This device requires the current 346.47 NVIDIA driver kmod-nvidia

 I have this working on my SL7 X86-64 workstation.  The stock driver (noveau)
 needs to be fully disabled.

If you use ELRepo's kmod-nvidia package [2], you do not need to do any
of this manually. It will disable nouveau for you. Just set up ELRepo
as Pat suggested and run 'yum install kmod-nvidia'.

Akemi

[1] http://elrepo.org/tiki/nvidia-detect
[2] http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia