NOTE: I was unable to reproduce the problem whereby the nvidia module cannot be removed. In my testing, that only occurred if the display manager was running. If you have any further information regarding how to reproduce that (for instance, the specific Linux distribution used), then please let me know.
On 3/27/20 2:38 PM, SMcDuffee wrote: > Hi Jason > > Hmm yes you're right. vglrun of glxinfo does show nvidia with the > correct card and driver version. gears runs crazy slow let alone > anything else. I'll look into that HardDPMS setting. Thanks > > Sean > > On Friday, March 27, 2020 at 1:56:40 PM UTC-4, Jason Edgecombe wrote: > > Hi Sean, > > First, some tips that might get your Nvidia setup to work: > > Check to see if you're actually using the nvidia card by running > "vglrun glxinfo | grep -i opengl" in a terminal from within the > VNC session. If that says Nvidia, then you're using the Nvidia card. > I had an issue with my Nvidia cards only an abysmal 1 frame per > second. I found a fix by setting "HardDPMS" to false in the Device > section of the Xorg.conf file. > > Here is the bash snippet that I use to fix my servers, but you'll > need to modify to your xorg.conf path to fir your situation. > grep -qs HardDPMS /etc/X11/xorg.1.conf || sed -i '/Identifier > "Device0"/i \ \ \ Option "HardDPMS" "false"' > /etc/X11/xorg.1.conf > > As for removing the nvidia module, have you tried blacklisting the > kernel modules and rebuilding your initrd? > > Thanks, > Jason > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jason Edgecombe | Linux Administrator > UNC Charlotte | The William States Lee College of Engineering > 9201 University City Blvd. | Charlotte, NC 28223-0001 > Phone: 704-687-1943 > [email protected] <javascript:> | http://engr.uncc.edu | Facebook > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission or a > person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, > any disclosure, copying, distribution, or other use of any of the > information in this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this transmission in error, please notify me > immediately by reply e-mail or by telephone at > 704-687-1943. Thank you. > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 10:46 AM SMcDuffee <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi > > I'm trying to use VirtualGl on a server which I connect to > through VNC. VGL doesn't seem to be configuring itself to use > my nvidia GPU and it looks like it's because I need to rmmod > nvidia out of the kernel but I can't get it to happen. I've > killed the display manager and also tried booting into a root > recovery mode btu I can't get it to work. nvidia-drm can be > removed but uvm and modeset I can't remove. Can anybody > help? I've tried looking around for info on this but nothing > has worked. When I VNC in and use vgl it runs very slow and > looks like it's using a software implementation - not my > card. Thanks for any help. > > Sean > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "VirtualGL User Discussion/Support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from > it, send an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/948d92b2-7ee9-4e22-b543-688a7819d87d%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/948d92b2-7ee9-4e22-b543-688a7819d87d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VirtualGL User Discussion/Support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/a821b3b1-b90e-456a-9305-0333cabeb32e%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/a821b3b1-b90e-456a-9305-0333cabeb32e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VirtualGL User Discussion/Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/virtualgl-users/06cc2a5d-1c67-ecf0-3ff9-ebe7b07c0c31%40virtualgl.org.
