[lug] RHEL 6 Nouveau versus Nvidia for graphics

[Steven A Hart]

  More weirdness info:

HDMI hot plug event: Codec=3 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=0
HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
HDMI hot plug event: Codec=3 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=0
HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=0
HDMI hot plug event: Codec=3 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=1
HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=1
HDMI: detected monitor ASUS VE276
    at connection type HDMI
HDMI: available speakers: FL/FR
HDMI: supports coding type LPCM: channels = 2, rates = 44100 48000 
88200, bits = 16
HDMI hot plug event: Codec=3 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=1 ELD_Valid=0
HDMI status: Codec=3 Pin=5 Presence_Detect=0 ELD_Valid=0
NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 31, Ch 00000000, engmask 00000101, intr 10000000
NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU while in atomic or 
interrupt context
NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU while in atomic or 
interrupt context
NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 56, CMDre 00000000 00000088 0100cb05 00000007 
00000000
NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 56, CMDre 00000000 0000008c 00000000 00000005 
00000008
NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x27:0xffffffff:1190)
NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x27:0xffffffff:1190)
NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x27:0xffffffff:1190)
NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x27:0xffffffff:1190)
NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x27:0xffffffff:1190)
NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x27:0xffffffff:1190)
NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed


And the USB mouse keeps disconnecting and connecting over and over but 
only after the graphical weirdness starts up.

WTF......



On 01/20/2012 04:45 PM, Quentin Hartman wrote:
> In my experience, not on RHEL mind you, Nouveau "works", but is
> generally slower than the proprietary drivers. I also believe (though
> this may not be true) all the advanced CUDA and other processing
> capabilities of the card are unavailable without the official drivers.
>
> While I respect Nouveau from a philosophical standpoint, I've found
> that I've always been better off just using the official drivers. That
> said, it's been well over 2 years since I last played with them, so
> things may have changed quite a lot in that time.
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Steven A Hart<shart at colorado.edu>  wrote:
>> I loaded up a new RHEL 6 system and by default the Nouveau graphics took
>> control.  It looks accelerated but I'm worried about it handling higher end
>> graphics.  The system uses a decent NVIDIA card.  Is the Nouveau graphics
>> just as good, better, or worse than the drivers provided by NVIDIA?
>>
>> I'm not 100% familiar with the Nouveau graphics so thought someone here had
>> more experience with it.
>>
>> This is not a gaming system but the graphics requirements are similar to
>> that of a gaming system.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Steve
>> --
>> Steve Hart
>> Systems Administrator
>> Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
>> University of Colorado Boulder
>> Steven.Hart at colorado.edu
>> (303)492-8109
>>
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Steve Hart
Systems Administrator
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
University of Colorado Boulder
Steven.Hart at colorado.edu
(303)492-8109
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