Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On Sun, 2020-05-03 at 16:35 +0200, AV wrote: > > Well, Fedora installs the Intel driver as a matter of course. I > > suppose I could try keeping the intel modules from loading into the > > kernel, though I don't know exactly which ones those are. But I can > > look it up. Maybe that will force things to the NVIDIA driver if it > > doesn't crash graphics altogether. But I'm going to have to image > > the disk before I start doing that kind of stuff. > > > I don't have any setups with an Nvidia gpu at the moment but the last > timeI had anything to do with it (about a year ago) I had installed > Ubuntu onsomebody else's laptop with hybrid graphics and Ubuntu > standard offers toinstall the Nvidia driver (Deb/Ubuntu package). > Everything worked perfectlyand there was an Nvidia tool with a gui > installed so that you could tunethe settings AND "disable" the Intel > gpu (presumably to save power).(I do not know what this means exactly > given the possibly complicatednature of the hardware connections).Does > the RPMfusion Nvidia driver not come with such a tool.If it does you > might be able to tune the Nvidia to do the things (CUDA) you want. > AV It's called nvidia-settings. poc ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 16:54 -0400, William Oliver wrote: > On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:48 -0300, George N. White III wrote:On Sat, > 2 May 2020 at 15:08, William Oliver wrote: > > > I am running Fedora 31 on an HP Envy 17t laptop with a NVIDIA > > > MX250 gpu. I have installed the NVIDIA driver downloaded from > > > NVIDA, and it seems to have installed just fine. I have > > > installed CUDA, as far as I can tell. > > > > > > > > > I am trying to use the GPU rendering capabilities of Blender, a > > > 3D modeling package. However, the package does not believe there > > > is a CUDA compatible GPU installed. > > > > > > I *think* it's because I'm actually running the Intel VGA > > > controller. > > > > Are you using an Intel driver? > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics discusses pros > > and cons of various drivers with Intel graphics. > > There are firmware options that may affect "Optimus". Blender > > forums and the Nvidia Developer (registration required) sites are > > more likely to be helpful, but you will need to translate > > Debian/Ubuntu to Fedora. > > Well, Fedora installs the Intel driver as a matter of course. I > suppose I could try keeping the intel modules from loading into the > kernel, though I don't know exactly which ones those are. But I can > look it up. Maybe that will force things to the NVIDIA driver if it > doesn't crash graphics altogether. But I'm going to have to image > the disk before I start doing that kind of stuff. > I don't have any setups with an Nvidia gpu at the moment but the last timeI had anything to do with it (about a year ago) I had installed Ubuntu onsomebody else's laptop with hybrid graphics and Ubuntu standard offers toinstall the Nvidia driver (Deb/Ubuntu package). Everything worked perfectlyand there was an Nvidia tool with a gui installed so that you could tunethe settings AND "disable" the Intel gpu (presumably to save power).(I do not know what this means exactly given the possibly complicatednature of the hardware connections).Does the RPMfusion Nvidia driver not come with such a tool.If it does you might be able to tune the Nvidia to do the things (CUDA) you want. AV > > > > > > > > > > > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 2020-05-03 17:49, William Oliver wrote: > On Sun, 2020-05-03 at 07:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 2020-05-03 07:54, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> I suppose, for testing, I'll download from the blender site and try >>> it? >> Well, I just download the tar file, extracted and ran. >> >> And, it detected my GPU just fine. >> >> GeForce GTX 660 (Display) >> >> So, it would seem the disable CUDA was intentional on Fedora >> Project's part. >> >> > > Well, I just rendered a scene or two and turning the GPU on didn't > really speed up rendering subjectively (though I haven't done a real > timing yet). It may be broken. I'd been reading about these huge > speedups with the NVIDIA GPU, and I was excited to see if it was true > when I got my new laptop. It was disappointing. But I'll switch over > to the Blender groups for followup for that. I don't use blender. However, I am enrolled in several boinc projects which use CUDA. Additionally, I use other video transformation software which uses H.264 (NVEnc) encoding. One thing to check to ensure you're using the GPU is to check the temperature. When my system is pretty idle "nvidia-settings -q gpucoretemp -t" reports around 45°C . When the GPU is being used by either of the above it runs around 66°C or more. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On Sun, 2020-05-03 at 07:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-03 07:54, Ed Greshko wrote: > > I suppose, for testing, I'll download from the blender site and try > > it? > > Well, I just download the tar file, extracted and ran. > > And, it detected my GPU just fine. > > GeForce GTX 660 (Display) > > So, it would seem the disable CUDA was intentional on Fedora > Project's part. > > Well, I just rendered a scene or two and turning the GPU on didn't really speed up rendering subjectively (though I haven't done a real timing yet). It may be broken. I'd been reading about these huge speedups with the NVIDIA GPU, and I was excited to see if it was true when I got my new laptop. It was disappointing. But I'll switch over to the Blender groups for followup for that. billo ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 2020-05-03 09:22, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/2/20 5:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 2020-05-03 07:58, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> On 2020-05-03 07:54, Ed Greshko wrote: I suppose, for testing, I'll download from the blender site and try it? >>> Well, I just download the tar file, extracted and ran. >>> >>> And, it detected my GPU just fine. >>> >>> GeForce GTX 660 (Display) >>> >>> So, it would seem the disable CUDA was intentional on Fedora Project's part. >>> >> >> Oh, interesting, I just downloaded blender-2.82a-3.fc32.src.rpm and unpacked >> it and ran blender >> from its blender-2.82a-linux64 directory and it too detected my GPU. > > The source rpm has binaries in it? > Ahooosss cd to the wrong directory. I attribute the error to a gout flare. No, no binaries. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 5/2/20 5:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-05-03 07:58, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-05-03 07:54, Ed Greshko wrote: I suppose, for testing, I'll download from the blender site and try it? Well, I just download the tar file, extracted and ran. And, it detected my GPU just fine. GeForce GTX 660 (Display) So, it would seem the disable CUDA was intentional on Fedora Project's part. Oh, interesting, I just downloaded blender-2.82a-3.fc32.src.rpm and unpacked it and ran blender from its blender-2.82a-linux64 directory and it too detected my GPU. The source rpm has binaries in it? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 2020-05-03 07:58, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-03 07:54, Ed Greshko wrote: >> I suppose, for testing, I'll download from the blender site and try it? > Well, I just download the tar file, extracted and ran. > > And, it detected my GPU just fine. > > GeForce GTX 660 (Display) > > So, it would seem the disable CUDA was intentional on Fedora Project's part. > Oh, interesting, I just downloaded blender-2.82a-3.fc32.src.rpm and unpacked it and ran blender from its blender-2.82a-linux64 directory and it too detected my GPU. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 2020-05-03 07:14, Samuel Sieb wrote: > Is CUDA the NVidia specific one? I guess I'm thinking of opencl. Yes, CUDA is nVidia. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 2020-05-03 07:54, Ed Greshko wrote: > I suppose, for testing, I'll download from the blender site and try it? Well, I just download the tar file, extracted and ran. And, it detected my GPU just fine. GeForce GTX 660 (Display) So, it would seem the disable CUDA was intentional on Fedora Project's part. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 2020-05-03 07:15, William Oliver wrote: > On Sun, 2020-05-03 at 06:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Do you know if nouveau supports cuda? I seem to recall that it >> doesn't >> Maybe cuda support is disabled by in the Fedora package for that >> reason? >> >> >> > That shouldn't be an issue. By default, GPU use is turned off. You > have to go to Preferences and turn it on, and you have a number of > options (None,CUDA, OptiX, OpenCL). Well, I have the rpmfusion NVIDIA driver installed and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs-440.82-1.fc32.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-440.82-1.fc32.x86_64 The preferences state: No compatible GPU's found for path tracing. Cycles will render on CPU. > Blender 2.82 (the one in Fedora) was released in Feb, 2.82a was only > released in mid-March, and 2.83 is coming out soon -- the beta was > released yesterday. Version 2.9 is in alpha for June. I've never been > a maintainer, but life is short, and for these packages that have new > incremental versions coming out all the time it would be a pain. If I > were a maintainer, I'd consider waiting until 2.83. It's easy to > download the binary... > I suppose, for testing, I'll download from the blender site and try it? -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 5/2/20 4:15 PM, William Oliver wrote: On Sun, 2020-05-03 at 06:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: Do you know if nouveau supports cuda? I seem to recall that it doesn't Maybe cuda support is disabled by in the Fedora package for that reason? That shouldn't be an issue. By default, GPU use is turned off. You have to go to Preferences and turn it on, and you have a number of options (None,CUDA, OptiX, OpenCL). The issue is that to enable those options, you might have to link to the NVidia proprietary libraries which would not be allowed. Blender 2.82 (the one in Fedora) was released in Feb, 2.82a was only released in mid-March, and 2.83 is coming out soon -- the beta was released yesterday. Version 2.9 is in alpha for June. I've never been a maintainer, but life is short, and for these packages that have new incremental versions coming out all the time it would be a pain. If I were a maintainer, I'd consider waiting until 2.83. It's easy to download the binary... Generally, new versions are not a big deal. Just update the version in the spec and rebuild. It might just need a build config option adjusted to turn on the capability. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On Sun, 2020-05-03 at 06:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > Do you know if nouveau supports cuda? I seem to recall that it > doesn't > Maybe cuda support is disabled by in the Fedora package for that > reason? > > > That shouldn't be an issue. By default, GPU use is turned off. You have to go to Preferences and turn it on, and you have a number of options (None,CUDA, OptiX, OpenCL). Blender 2.82 (the one in Fedora) was released in Feb, 2.82a was only released in mid-March, and 2.83 is coming out soon -- the beta was released yesterday. Version 2.9 is in alpha for June. I've never been a maintainer, but life is short, and for these packages that have new incremental versions coming out all the time it would be a pain. If I were a maintainer, I'd consider waiting until 2.83. It's easy to download the binary... billo ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 5/2/20 3:58 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 2020-05-03 06:44, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/2/20 3:20 PM, William Oliver wrote: On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:22 -0400, William Oliver wrote: I was afraid of that. I guess I'll reinstall my Windows image and see if I can set it from there. billo In case anybody cares, this is a blender issue not a Fedora or HP issue. The version of blender you get from dnf/yum install does not recognize the GPU. The version (2.82a) you can download directly from the blender community does. I don't know if it's a version issue or if the canned package isn't compiled with CUDA support. In any case the 2.82a I downloaded directly untars with a binary the recognizes the GeForce M250 card. You could file a bug in the Fedora bugzilla to see if the maintainer can add that support. Do you know if nouveau supports cuda? I seem to recall that it doesn't Maybe cuda support is disabled by in the Fedora package for that reason? Is CUDA the NVidia specific one? I guess I'm thinking of opencl. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 2020-05-03 06:44, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/2/20 3:20 PM, William Oliver wrote: >> On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:22 -0400, William Oliver wrote: >>> >>> I was afraid of that. I guess I'll reinstall my Windows image and >>> see >>> if I can set it from there. >>> >>> billo >>> >> >> In case anybody cares, this is a blender issue not a Fedora or HP >> issue. The version of blender you get from dnf/yum install does not >> recognize the GPU. The version (2.82a) you can download directly from >> the blender community does. I don't know if it's a version issue or if >> the canned package isn't compiled with CUDA support. In any case the >> 2.82a I downloaded directly untars with a binary the recognizes the >> GeForce M250 card. > > You could file a bug in the Fedora bugzilla to see if the maintainer can add > that support. > Do you know if nouveau supports cuda? I seem to recall that it doesn't Maybe cuda support is disabled by in the Fedora package for that reason? -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: [Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 5/2/20 3:20 PM, William Oliver wrote: On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:22 -0400, William Oliver wrote: I was afraid of that. I guess I'll reinstall my Windows image and see if I can set it from there. billo In case anybody cares, this is a blender issue not a Fedora or HP issue. The version of blender you get from dnf/yum install does not recognize the GPU. The version (2.82a) you can download directly from the blender community does. I don't know if it's a version issue or if the canned package isn't compiled with CUDA support. In any case the 2.82a I downloaded directly untars with a binary the recognizes the GeForce M250 card. You could file a bug in the Fedora bugzilla to see if the maintainer can add that support. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
[Solved for blender] Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:22 -0400, William Oliver wrote: > > I was afraid of that. I guess I'll reinstall my Windows image and > see > if I can set it from there. > > billo > In case anybody cares, this is a blender issue not a Fedora or HP issue. The version of blender you get from dnf/yum install does not recognize the GPU. The version (2.82a) you can download directly from the blender community does. I don't know if it's a version issue or if the canned package isn't compiled with CUDA support. In any case the 2.82a I downloaded directly untars with a binary the recognizes the GeForce M250 card. As an aside, removing the NVIDIA site drivers and reinstalling the rpmfusion NVIDIA drivers is not hard. If you rerun the .bin file from NVIDIA with the option --uninstall, it uninstalls cleanly, and then the rpmfusion NVIDIA driver installs again without a hitch (and the nvidia- settings works again). I don't have to reinstall Windows (yayy!) billo ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 14:15 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > As I mentioned in the other thread, if you disable the Intel driver > and > you don't have a hardware mux, you're going to fallback to a very > slow > framebuffer for graphics. > ___ > I was afraid of that. I guess I'll reinstall my Windows image and see if I can set it from there. billo ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 5/2/20 1:54 PM, William Oliver wrote: On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:48 -0300, George N. White III wrote:On Sat, 2 Are you using an Intel driver? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics discusses pros and cons of various drivers with Intel graphics. There are firmware options that may affect "Optimus". Blender forums and the Nvidia Developer (registration required) sites are more likely to be helpful, but you will need to translate Debian/Ubuntu to Fedora. Well, Fedora installs the Intel driver as a matter of course. I suppose I could try keeping the intel modules from loading into the kernel, though I don't know exactly which ones those are. But I can look it up. Maybe that will force things to the NVIDIA driver if it doesn't crash graphics altogether. But I'm going to have to image the disk before I start doing that kind of stuff. As I mentioned in the other thread, if you disable the Intel driver and you don't have a hardware mux, you're going to fallback to a very slow framebuffer for graphics. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 13:00 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > Depending on how the hardware is setup, you might not be able to > disable > the Intel one. (See the other very long thread here that has been > discussing that same issue for an AMD setup.) Do you have a right- > click > option to run applications on the other GPU? Sigh. I was afraid of that. Yeah, I read part of that thread (I had inadvertently deleted the earlier part of it). I went on the HP site, and apparently there's some HP tool on Windows (at least for AMD cards) that you can use -- but of course I've wiped Windows from my box. I imaged the original disk, so I suppose I can put the Windows image back on and see if I can do it that way, but that's going to eat up a day doing backups and swapping disk images and stuff. > > > First, of course, graphics seems to work in general. Blender runs > > fine, > > but (for those of you who might use blender), when using the > > Cycles > > renderer, I can only render using the CPU. > > $lsmod | grep nvidia > > nvidia_drm 53248 0 > > nvidia_modeset 1118208 1 nvidia_drm > > nvidia 20504576 4 nvidia_modeset > > ipmi_msghandler 118784 1 nvidia > > drm_kms_helper237568 2 nvidia_drm,i915 > > drm 598016 13 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm,i915 > The driver is loaded. > > > The following is a little odd. This used to load, but while > > floundering > > about, I removed and reinstalled the Nvidia driver from NVIDIA. Now > > it > > won't load: > > > > $ nvidia-settings > > > > ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system > > This is a problem. If the settings app can't find the card, then > CUDA > likely won't be able to either. You probably have to fully clean > out > all the NVidia stuff and reinstall it properly. Bummer. > > > I assume the tainting stuff below is because I'm using the driver > > downloaded from NVIDIA. > > Yes. > You downloaded it from NVidia instead of using the rpmfusion > packages? > Cleaning it up will be extra fun then... Yeah. I'll probably just do a clean reinstall of F 31. The problem was that the rpmfusion packages started giving me errors loading the nvidia modules into the kernel when I did an update and upgraded the kernel. So I removed the rpmfusion packages and downloaded the NVIDIA package. Those modules loaded, but things are screwed up now. > ___ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 17:48 -0300, George N. White III wrote:On Sat, 2
May 2020 at 15:08, William Oliver wrote:
> > I am running Fedora 31 on an HP Envy 17t laptop with a NVIDIA MX250
> > gpu. I have installed the NVIDIA driver downloaded from NVIDA,
> > and it seems to have installed just fine. I have installed CUDA,
> > as far as I can tell.
> >
> >
> > I am trying to use the GPU rendering capabilities of Blender, a 3D
> > modeling package. However, the package does not believe there is a
> > CUDA compatible GPU installed.
> >
> > I *think* it's because I'm actually running the Intel VGA
> > controller.
>
> Are you using an Intel driver?
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics discusses pros
> and cons of various drivers with Intel graphics.
> There are firmware options that may affect "Optimus". Blender forums
> and the Nvidia Developer (registration required) sites are more
> likely to be helpful, but you will need to translate Debian/Ubuntu to
> Fedora.
Well, Fedora installs the Intel driver as a matter of course. I
suppose I could try keeping the intel modules from loading into the
kernel, though I don't know exactly which ones those are. But I can
look it up. Maybe that will force things to the NVIDIA driver if it
doesn't crash graphics altogether. But I'm going to have to image the
disk before I start doing that kind of stuff.
Thanks.
> > So, if I'm right, my question is, how do I disable the Intel VGA
> > controller (or not make it the default) so it uses the NVIDIA
> > controller.
> >
> >
>
> Even experts find this stuff painful:
> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/NVIDIA-CUDA-GPU-computing-on-a-modern-laptop-629/
> ("modern" as of 2015, with Optimus technology).
>
>
>
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Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 15:08, William Oliver wrote:
> I am running Fedora 31 on an HP Envy 17t laptop with a NVIDIA MX250 gpu. I
> have installed the NVIDIA driver downloaded from NVIDA, and it seems to
> have installed just fine. I have installed CUDA, as far as I can tell.
>
>
> I am trying to use the GPU rendering capabilities of Blender, a 3D
> modeling package. However, the package does not believe there is a CUDA
> compatible GPU installed.
>
> I *think* it's because I'm actually running the Intel VGA controller.
>
Are you using an Intel driver?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics discusses pros and cons
of various drivers with Intel graphics.
There are firmware options that may affect "Optimus". Blender forums and
the Nvidia Developer (registration required) sites are more likely to be
helpful, but you will need to translate Debian/Ubuntu to Fedora.
>
> So, if I'm right, my question is, how do I disable the Intel VGA
> controller (or not make it the default) so it uses the NVIDIA controller.
>
>
Even experts find this stuff painful:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/NVIDIA-CUDA-GPU-computing-on-a-modern-laptop-629/
("modern" as of 2015, with Optimus technology).
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Re: How to turn of Intel VGA controller?
On 5/2/20 11:08 AM, William Oliver wrote: I am running Fedora 31 on an HP Envy 17t laptop with a NVIDIA MX250 gpu. I have installed the NVIDIA driver downloaded from NVIDA, and it seems to have installed just fine. I have installed CUDA, as far as I can tell. I am trying to use the GPU rendering capabilities of Blender, a 3D modeling package. However, the package does not believe there is a CUDA compatible GPU installed. I *think* it's because I'm actually running the Intel VGA controller. So, if I'm right, my question is, how do I disable the Intel VGA controller (or not make it the default) so it uses the NVIDIA controller. Depending on how the hardware is setup, you might not be able to disable the Intel one. (See the other very long thread here that has been discussing that same issue for an AMD setup.) Do you have a right-click option to run applications on the other GPU? First, of course, graphics seems to work in general. Blender runs fine, but (for those of you who might use blender), when using the Cycles renderer, I can only render using the CPU. $lsmod | grep nvidia nvidia_drm 53248 0 nvidia_modeset 1118208 1 nvidia_drm nvidia 20504576 4 nvidia_modeset ipmi_msghandler 118784 1 nvidia drm_kms_helper237568 2 nvidia_drm,i915 drm 598016 13 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm,i915 The driver is loaded. The following is a little odd. This used to load, but while floundering about, I removed and reinstalled the Nvidia driver from NVIDIA. Now it won't load: $ nvidia-settings ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system This is a problem. If the settings app can't find the card, then CUDA likely won't be able to either. You probably have to fully clean out all the NVidia stuff and reinstall it properly. I assume the tainting stuff below is because I'm using the driver downloaded from NVIDIA. Yes. You downloaded it from NVidia instead of using the rpmfusion packages? Cleaning it up will be extra fun then... ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
