SUSE 10.1 & PNY 1300 Quadro Card

[david300m]

Hello all,
I've been fighting to enable my PNY 1300 Graphics card in full-blown mode on SUSE 10.1, i.e. not the dummy NVIDIA mode by default after start up.

I followed the directions on NVIDIA's site as follows:
>Linux Display Driver - AMD64/EM64T

>Version: 1.0-8774
>Operating System: Linux AMD64/EM64T
>Release Date: August 24, 2006
>STEP 1: Review the NVIDIA Software License.
>You will need to accept this license prior to downloading any files.
>STEP 2: Download the Driver File
>Download - NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2.run
>SuSE users: please read the SuSE NVIDIA Installer HOWTO before >downloading the driver.

>STEP 3: Install
>Type "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2.run" to install the driver. >NVIDIA now provides a utility to assist you with configuration of your X >config file. Please see Chapter 3 of the README or run 'man nvidia-xconfig' >for details on usage. Instructions for those wishing to edit their X config file >by hand can also be found in the README.

Everything when well, no errors even when the sh program had to rebuild the kernal interface. I even ran 3Ddiag afterwards with no reported errors. After rebuilding and set to runlevel 5, the Samsung 912 screen is "blank" with the power light blinking. I can log into the system via network ssh, but no display.
I viewed the Xorg.0.log file and everything seems ok--no errors

You help is much appreciated, as I would like to keep this card, but I am running out of options. Not too happy with PNY showing Linux drivers in their respective specifications, but on other areas within their website, the claim not to support Linux installs. Also, for my platform, I'm running an Opteron processor with 8G of ram on a dual proc Tyan MB.

uname -r gives 2.6.16.13-4-smp
Thanks
david

david300m@yahoo.com

[david300m]

I stand corrected, there are warnings, hopefully someone can assist. Attached are the output files requested.

[Nigel J]

Had a quick look in the xorg.log file, not sure what the

(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 3, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x00000d4c, 0)

warnings are, but the symptoms you talk about could be something as simple as the display can't sync to the output from the card.
I imagine that the samsung display your attaching to is a flatpanel?
It might be that the refresh rate or resolution is too high for the display, try editing the xorg.conf file and modify the screen section to look something like this:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Device "Device[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024_60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

This should make the board come up with 1280x1024 resolution with a 60Hz refresh rate. Which hopefully will be within the monitors range (of course check the monitor resolution is capable of 1280x1024 and adjust accordingly).
Hopefully that will at least get you an image!
You may find that the resolution doesn't match your display and you could create a custom modeline to match your monitor, but this a bit advanced for the moment!

Another option is to use the Suse display configuring app called SaX2, it usually works well, but I've had some issues with it on my laptop that has a funky widescreen display.

[david300m]

Had a quick look in the xorg.log file, not sure what the

(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 3, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x00000d4c, 0)

warnings are, but the symptoms you talk about could be something as simple as the display can't sync to the output from the card.
I imagine that the samsung display your attaching to is a flatpanel?
It might be that the refresh rate or resolution is too high for the display, try editing the xorg.conf file and modify the screen section to look something like this:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Device "Device[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024_60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

This should make the board come up with 1280x1024 resolution with a 60Hz refresh rate. Which hopefully will be within the monitors range (of course check the monitor resolution is capable of 1280x1024 and adjust accordingly).
Hopefully that will at least get you an image!
You may find that the resolution doesn't match your display and you could create a custom modeline to match your monitor, but this a bit advanced for the moment!

Another option is to use the Suse display configuring app called SaX2, it usually works well, but I've had some issues with it on my laptop that has a funky widescreen display.

>> Will give it a try and let you know! Thankns for your suggestions.
Best wishes
david

[david300m]

>> Will give it a try and let you know! Thankns for your suggestions.
Best wishes
david

Unfortunately, no go. Head really scratching now. I called PNY support and at first they said they couldnt help, but then called back for additional information. We'll see. Fingers crossed. I've been too busy to spend time on digging deep into this problem. But thanks for your suggestions.
david

[chunkey]

NVRM: Xid (0005:00): 6, PE0000 1ffc ffffffff 00000200 ffffffff 00000000


this is really bad.

1) Did you already flashed the latest bios on your system/gfx card?
2) have you already tried to boot without the bootsplash & vesafb?
3) can yout try a few things like booting with "noacpi noapic pci=conf1 nosmp" paramterers?


btw, someone should move this thread to
Nvidia's Linux Forum (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14)