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I blew that 1 any way which adapter are you using?
There is also an on and off button on the adapter.
I'm also ready for the scolding now. Also if your adapter is connected to the pci slot you have to enable in bios.
Thank you for your reply.
Well, I actually did find anything about GPU in the BIOS (dell optiplex 960).
I use the PE4H ver 2.4.
I do not see any on and off button on the adapter. Do you mean the PE4H?
I use the SWEX which is on.
Some LEDs of the PE4 and the HP4A are on and the fan of the card works.
By the way, what do you mean by "Please don't scold me again for zero-reply".
Did you do that already?
Have you checked to see if dmesg recognizes device?
When are you powering device?
I would assume that ph4awoud be recognized in bios,so you have to get it working.
Check pci epress setting in bios
I've just check out again the BIOS ans found that it was set to automatically disables the integrated graphics' VGA output. I disabled this option, and nor dmesg shows
Code:
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!
well, from this site, this message in not relevant.
So, this message may showed up before but I did not notice it.
It's when I try to load the nvidia module for the first time.
Then it only shows
Code:
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!
Which sounds weird to me.
The PCI Express is enable since it appears in lspci output.
lspci doesnt show the card? Then you wont get the drivers installed.
BTW, other things that could go wrong are if you are using slackware 13.0 or earlier (the drivers in 13.0 will not support the card) and if you are not using the nVidia card for video. But I think that the system not being able to see the card is the problem.
lspci doesn't see it.
I'm not able to load the module nvidia.ko.
By the way I tried both packages from SlackBuild and nvidia.com and got the same issue.
I got something like "No such device".
I'm using Slackware64 13.1.
I actually don't want to use the card for video but for expensive calculations.
It seems the one for HP4A is for windows only.
Also, I'm not sure that's the same device as mine.
Where I bought it, it's not mention that it require a driver or a firmware.
It's maybe the case in fact .... good point.
I'm also wondering whether the HP4A require additional power like the PE4H ....
from this page it seems my issue comes from my linux kernel configuration.
So I did a
Code:
zgrep -i nvidia /proc/config.gz
and get
Code:
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA=m
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_I2C=y
# CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT=y
CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_MBP_NVIDIA=m
also
Code:
egrep -i '(riva|nvidia)' /usr/src/linux/.config
gives me
Code:
CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY=y
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA=m
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_I2C=y
# CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT=y
CONFIG_FB_RIVA=m
CONFIG_FB_RIVA_I2C=y
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FB_RIVA_BACKLIGHT=y
CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_MBP_NVIDIA=m
I did not touch linuc kernel since several years so if you guys can guide me on what to change in my kernel config and how to build it that would be great.
I'm running Slackware64 13.1 (2.6.33.4).
Below is the output of lspci, just in case.
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 03)
00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PT IDER Controller (rev 03)
00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Serial KT Controller (rev 03)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JDO (ICH10DO) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
post output of dmesg & lsusb to see if HP4A is recognized.
HP4A has to be recognized first, if there is no path created then you will not be able to load graphics card module.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 413c:2106 Dell Computer Corp. Dell QuietKey Keyboard
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc.
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
I'm sorry, but I don't see why lsusb would be helpful here.
It seems there is a confusion so I've attached a picture of what looks like my system where
PE4H is connected to the card and HP4A to the express PCI slot.
I do not use any USB connexion, that's what I put the output of lspci.
Here is the output of "dmesg | egrep -i '(PCI|pci)'"
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