Hi all, While I wasn''t able to get NVidia drivers and the Xen kernel to play nice about 4 months ago, I was wondering if any one has? I''ve a need to run XP and Linux together on the same workstation and really don''t want to use VMware player. - Brian _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I double that! I too have an IBM T61 with an NVidia card who couln not get Xen working. Shaffin. On 3/12/09, Brian Krusic <brian@krusic.com> wrote:> Hi all, > > While I wasn''t able to get NVidia drivers and the Xen kernel to play > nice about 4 months ago, I was wondering if any one has? > > I''ve a need to run XP and Linux together on the same workstation and > really don''t want to use VMware player. > > - Brian > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >-- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Shaffin Bhanji <shaffin.bhanji@gmail.com> wrote:> I double that! I too have an IBM T61 with an NVidia card who couln not > get Xen working. > > Shaffin. > > > On 3/12/09, Brian Krusic <brian@krusic.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> While I wasn''t able to get NVidia drivers and the Xen kernel to play >> nice about 4 months ago, I was wondering if any one has? >> >> I''ve a need to run XP and Linux together on the same workstation and >> really don''t want to use VMware player. >> >> - Brian >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >Hi, I have been running nvidia binary drivers on my Xen workstation for several months, I could not get them to work with the Xensource 2.6.18 kernel and I wanted a newer kernel for better hardware support so I made my own 2.6.27 dom0 kernel by rebasing the opensuse Xen patches so that they can be applied to vanilla without other opensuse patches, then I used the IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=y option to install the drivers. If you happen to be running Gentoo I have a ebuild and xen-patches tarball you can use to install the kernel, and I can give you instructions on how to emerge the nvidia drivers and also how to build the kernel module. I originally had a 256mb 9500GT but I had problems with the system locking up, so I changed to a 512mb 8600GT which works perfectly driving two Samsung SM2493HM 24" TFT''s at 1920x1200, I''ve kept the Nvidia drivers up to date and am now running 180.35. I also had some very strange problems with the second display having lots of horizontal lines across it, and when I moved the mouse to it the cursor lagged terribly, setting swiotlb=255 solved that. You can even use framebuffer console with nvidia binary drivers if you use uvesafb, here is my full grub stanza: kernel /xen-3.3.1.gz iommu=1 com1=115200,8n1 console=vga,com1 noirqbalance watchdog dom0_vcpus_pin module /vmlinuz-2.6.27-xen-r5.test root=/dev/sda2 swiotlb=256 console=xvc0 console=tty1 pciback.hide=(02:01.0)(02:01.1)(02:01.2) video=uvesafb:1920x1200-16,mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent,theme:gentoo quiet module /fbsplash-initrd I am not using Xinerama, the two displays are separate x screens, so I cannot move windows between them, thats not a problem for me but be aware I''ve not tested Xinerama. Andy _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
holy guacomoly! thanks andrew! - Brian On Mar 12, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Andrew Lyon wrote:> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Shaffin Bhanji > <shaffin.bhanji@gmail.com> wrote: >> I double that! I too have an IBM T61 with an NVidia card who couln >> not >> get Xen working. >> >> Shaffin. >> >> >> On 3/12/09, Brian Krusic <brian@krusic.com> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> While I wasn''t able to get NVidia drivers and the Xen kernel to play >>> nice about 4 months ago, I was wondering if any one has? >>> >>> I''ve a need to run XP and Linux together on the same workstation and >>> really don''t want to use VMware player. >>> >>> - Brian >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Xen-users mailing list >>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >>> >> >> -- >> Sent from my mobile device >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >> > > > Hi, > > I have been running nvidia binary drivers on my Xen workstation for > several months, I could not get them to work with the Xensource 2.6.18 > kernel and I wanted a newer kernel for better hardware support so I > made my own 2.6.27 dom0 kernel by rebasing the opensuse Xen patches so > that they can be applied to vanilla without other opensuse patches, > then I used the IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=y option to install the drivers. > > If you happen to be running Gentoo I have a ebuild and xen-patches > tarball you can use to install the kernel, and I can give you > instructions on how to emerge the nvidia drivers and also how to build > the kernel module. > > I originally had a 256mb 9500GT but I had problems with the system > locking up, so I changed to a 512mb 8600GT which works perfectly > driving two Samsung SM2493HM 24" TFT''s at 1920x1200, I''ve kept the > Nvidia drivers up to date and am now running 180.35. > > I also had some very strange problems with the second display having > lots of horizontal lines across it, and when I moved the mouse to it > the cursor lagged terribly, setting swiotlb=255 solved that. > > You can even use framebuffer console with nvidia binary drivers if you > use uvesafb, here is my full grub stanza: > > kernel /xen-3.3.1.gz iommu=1 com1=115200,8n1 console=vga,com1 > noirqbalance watchdog dom0_vcpus_pin > > module /vmlinuz-2.6.27-xen-r5.test root=/dev/sda2 swiotlb=256 > console=xvc0 console=tty1 pciback.hide=(02:01.0)(02:01.1)(02:01.2) > video=uvesafb:1920x1200-16,mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent,theme:gentoo > quiet > > module /fbsplash-initrd > > I am not using Xinerama, the two displays are separate x screens, so I > cannot move windows between them, thats not a problem for me but be > aware I''ve not tested Xinerama. > > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Brian Krusic schrieb:> Hi all, > > While I wasn''t able to get NVidia drivers and the Xen kernel to play > nice about 4 months ago, I was wondering if any one has? > > I''ve a need to run XP and Linux together on the same workstation and > really don''t want to use VMware player. > > - Brianhave here nvidia + xen running on 2 hosts with debian lenny. Notebook and Desktop PC. You can find a howto in nvidia forum. Greetz _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users