> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:16:26 -0500 > From: Frank Middleton <[email protected]> > To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPU HCL - nVidia Questions & Advice > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > _snipped_ > My experience with a GT460 hasn't been too stellar. If you enable the > screensaver, after blanking the screen it starts outputting error > messages as fast as the logging device can write them. When it goes > to suspend it goes into the WAIT mode, writing log entries every 3 > seconds. Unfortunately it sometimes goes into WAIT even with the > screensaver disabled, but the screensaver method is quite repeatable. > > It seems to take a power cycle to get the card working again once this > has happened, so for now at least, a GT460 seems to be unusable :-(. >
feels really bad to hear that.. when nvidia seems the only remaining option for accelerated gfx adapter. (ATi..meh, Intel.. soon-to-be problem until new DRI/DRM is finished.) As Ken pointed out, GT430 seems to be safe for now. > Hopefully this will be fixed by 7001754, but I would treat any of the > higher end Nvidia cards with suspicion for now... but if I read correctly. 7001754 fix might not be in the open for quite a long time. John Martin said it's a kernel VM code regression and that means unless illumos people fix it, the bug will be around indefinitely for OI.. So finding a working accelerated graphics for OI is now more-or-less try your luck&bucks.. (HCL is result of others' try-your-luck after all.) Ivan. > > Cheers -- Frank > > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
