At Fri, 4 Dec 2015 11:42:18 -0500 xorg@lists.x.org wrote: > > If you ready for some fun, CentOS 7 is out and into its third revision. > > Did I miss the discussion about the drivers from NVIDIA? I am using them > with new and old hardware(different machines). > A bit tricky to get working and there are different drivers for legacy > cards and newer cards.
The drivers from NVIDIA are not supported for Xen-based systems. I am using Xen for virtualization, so the drivers from NVIDIA are not an option. Appearently the kernel and Xorg that sh > > I had trouble with the nouveau driver but it may have been me or may > have been an early version. The nouveau driver is not available for CentOS 5 -- the kernel and Xorg libraries are too old. > > CentOS 7 runs well but it does have a lot of changes to the tools that > one got used to in CentOS 5 and 6. *I* am not ready for that big a change. It would probably be too disruptive for my work flow. I *may* install CentOS 7 as a VM at some point. > It is supposed to be a better workstation OS. > > I am still running 5 and 6 on some production machines. > I am not using my units as workstations but like to have the GUI working > well in case I have some maintenance activities that are easier in the GUI. > > Ron > > On 04/12/2015 10:30 AM, Robert Heller wrote: > > At Fri, 4 Dec 2015 12:32:59 +1000 Dave Airlie <airl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 4 December 2015 at 12:27, Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote: > >>> At Thu, 3 Dec 2015 16:27:22 -0500 Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Robert Heller composed on 2015-12-03 16:00 (UTC-0500): > >>>> > >>>>> I use a distro with long term support. > >>>> Not without a price. What you have is hardware technology that is more > >>>> advanced than the foundation on which that support is built. A GeForce > >>>> 8200 > >>>> needs either the FOSS nouveau driver, which seems to be missing from > >>>> CentOS > >>>> 5, or the proprietary NVidia driver. VESA is a low technology fallback > >>>> driver > >>>> wholly incapable of properly supporting widescreen displays. AFAICT, > >>>> there's > >>>> no amount of xorg.conf or xrandr twiddling you can do to overcome the > >>>> shortcomings of a fallback driver. > >>> The video chipset has been working fine with the CentOS software, with a > >>> 4:3 > >>> monitor. The (available) proprietary NVidia driver won't work with a Xen > >>> kernel. > >> The graphics card BIOS contains the modes that vesa can use. It doesn't > >> have > >> widescreen modes in it. The below 3 choices are yours. > >> > >> CentOS6 should drive things better in theory. > > I guess I will have to upgade to CentOS 6... > > > >> Dave. > >>>>> *I* have better things to do than > >>>>> spend all of my time dealing with incompatible updates every few months. > >>>> You have 3 choices that I can see: > >>>> > >>>> 1-upgrade software to the technology level of your hardware (nouveau > >>>> driver, > >>>> likely requiring KMS kernel) > >>>> > >>>> 2-backlevel your video hardware (either supported gfxcard, or supported > >>>> 4:3 > >>>> or 5:4 aspect display) > >>>> > >>>> 3-suffer a standard aspect video mode on your widescreen display > >>> -- > >>> Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > >>> Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > >>> http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services > >>> hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support > >>> Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > >>> Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > >>> Your subscription address: %(user_address)s > >> _______________________________________________ > >> xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support > >> Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > >> Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > >> Your subscription address: %(user_address)s > >> > >> > >> > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
