Hi, SL5.4 with nVidia 185.18.36 on NV286 & FX370 . See http://www.mail-archive.com/scientific-linux-users@listserv.fnal.gov/msg05399.html for the gory details...
Cheers, Sergio On 27 Apr 2010, at 23:17, Mark Stodola wrote: > Sergio, > > I haven't noticed any memory leaks, but I also haven't been actively hunting > them down. There don't seem to be any signs of dwindling performance before > this happens. Most times, it is just idling overnight. At most, there is a > small amount of network traffic on an isolated LAN of no more than 5 or so > devices, mostly Win XP or SL5.2 systems (often running off a custom livecd > based on Urs' scripts). > > What card/config/drivers are you running? > > Cheers, > Mark > > Sergio Ballestrero wrote: >> Hello Mark, >> we are having problems with X11 slowly leaking memory, which then leads to a >> system crash. Do you see anything similar? >> My attempts at using valgrind have been inconclusive (if not confusing) up >> to now... >> >> Cheers, >> Sergio >> >> On 27 Apr 2010, at 22:54, Mark Stodola wrote: >> >> >>> Hey everyone, >>> >>> I currently have deployed a number of SL 5.2 i386 machines. Due to the >>> circumstances, I'm not in a position to upgrade them to the latest 5.x with >>> ease. Lately I've been having trouble with systems locking up hard that >>> are running an nvidia card using the 190.42 or 195.36.15 proprietary >>> drivers. Dual monitors connected via DVI, twinview. >>> >>> I've tried a GeForce 9600GT as well as a Quadro NVS 290 with varying >>> success. The Quadro seems to have lasted about a month before locking, >>> while the 9600GT is much more often, daily/weekly. I'm running the stock >>> 5.2 kernel (2.6.18-92.1.6.el5) and Xorg (xorg-x11-server >>> 1.1.1-48.41.el5_2.1). The systems are generally idle when it happens. I'm >>> having no luck capturing log data or kdump data. >>> >>> The strange part is, having identical hardware in several locations, only >>> some experience the issue. >>> >>> Hardware: >>> Intel DG43NB motherboards (bios revision doesn't seem to matter at this >>> point, running 98,99,104, or 105) >>> ^- hardware revision is the same for all of them: AAE34877-402 >>> Areca ARC-1200 SATA RAID card (latest firmware, 1.48), running 2 320G >>> seagates >>> Additional PCI-e NIC, Intel PRO/1000, running e1000e v0.4.1.12-NAPI >>> Single stick, 1GB DDR2 (800) memory >>> PS/2 Keyboard/mouse >>> >>> I'm curious if anyone else has run into similar problems such as this, and >>> if they have found a solution. I'm looking at trying the 185.18.31 >>> drivers, which seem to be "certified" for linux by a few software vendors, >>> according to nvidia's website. >>> >>> What driver versions and/or card make/models are people using successfully? >>> Any help or pointers are greatly appreciated. >>> >>> As I said, not all of them are misbehaving, and I have several with the >>> same config minus the video card running fine on SL5.2 and Windows XP Pro >>> (SP3). >>> >>> Getting desperate, >>> Mark >>> >>> -- >>> Mr. Mark V. Stodola >>> Digital Systems Engineer >>> >>> National Electrostatics Corp. >>> P.O. Box 620310 >>> Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA >>> Phone: (608) 831-7600 >>> Fax: (608) 831-9591 >>> >> >> > > > -- > Mr. Mark V. Stodola > Digital Systems Engineer > > National Electrostatics Corp. > P.O. Box 620310 > Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA > Phone: (608) 831-7600 > Fax: (608) 831-9591 > -- Sergio Ballestrero - http://physics.uj.ac.za/psiwiki/Ballestrero University of Johannesburg, Physics Department ATLAS TDAQ sysadmin group - Office:75240 OnCall:164851
