<html><body><p><font size="2">From Derwin..</font><br><br><font size="2">By the way, I did some poking around via a search on google and found the following in an Ubuntu forum: </font><br><br><a href="https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1756211"><font size="2">https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1756211</font></a><br><br><font size="2">This thread talks about nvidia-xconfig not found and what they did to address it.</font><br><br><br><br><br><tt><font size="2">"Linuxppc-users" <linuxppc-users-bounces+wmb=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org> wrote on 07/13/2017 07:12:33 AM:<br><br>> From: "Franck Barillaud" <fbarilla@us.ibm.com></font></tt><br><tt><font size="2">> To: "Frank Novak" <fnovak@us.ibm.com></font></tt><br><tt><font size="2">> <br>> Frank, <br>> <br>> This is what is installed:<br>> <br>> fbarilla@fnode2-3:~/CURRENT/h2o-3$ dpkg -l | fgrep nvidia<br>> ii nvidia-361 361.119-0ubuntu1 <br>> ppc64el NVIDIA binary driver - version 361.119<br>> ii nvidia-361-dev 361.119-0ubuntu1 <br>> ppc64el NVIDIA binary Xorg driver development files<br>> <br>> <br>> Regards,<br>> Franck Barillaud<br>> STSM, CTO ISV Power Cloud Infrastructure<br>> Master Inventor<br>> Ext Phone: (512) 286-5242 Tie Line: 363-5242<br>> e-mail: fbarilla@us.ibm.com<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> From: Frank Novak/Watson/IBM<br>> To: Franck Barillaud/Austin/IBM@IBMUS<br>> Cc: linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org, "Linuxppc-<br>> users"<linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org>,<br>> Bill Buros <wburos@us.ibm.com><br>> Date: 07/13/2017 08:35 AM<br>> Subject: Re: [Linuxppc-users] MapD on Power<br>> <br>> <br>> Ok..<br>> <br>> Do you have the full driver from Nvidia installed? <br>> This is part of the NVidia driver package.. or at least has been...<br>> <br>> FWIW Googling shows this had been problem in past with not getting <br>> driver from Nvidia....<br>> "<br>> After trying every combination of nvidia packages around, I gave up <br>> and downloaded the driver from NVidia directly.<br>> <br>> One command, "./NVIDIA-Linux....run", and I was all set. <br>> "<br>> <br>> Cheers,<br>> Frank <br>> <br>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> Frank Novak ( ŵ·« nu¨°¡¢f¨¡n )<br>> STSM, SCEM Open Hypervisor<br>> IBM Linux Technology Center<br>> US: fnovak@us.ibm.com ; Notes: Frank Novak/Watson/IBM @IBMUS<br>> cell : 919-671-7966<br>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> From: Franck Barillaud/Austin/IBM<br>> To: "Frank Novak" <fnovak@us.ibm.com><br>> Cc: linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org, "Linuxppc-<br>> users"<linuxppc-users-bounces+fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org>,<br>> Bill Buros <wburos@us.ibm.com><br>> Date: 07/13/2017 09:22 AM<br>> Subject: Re: [Linuxppc-users] MapD on Power<br>> <br>> <br>> Frank,<br>> <br>> MapD uses an Xorg based rendering engine to display data in a Web <br>> browser. Without this functionality MapD is missing two important <br>> features (Scatter and PointMap display) <br>> <br>> <br>> Regards,<br>> Franck Barillaud<br>> STSM, CTO ISV Power Cloud Infrastructure<br>> Master Inventor<br>> Ext Phone: (512) 286-5242 Tie Line: 363-5242<br>> e-mail: fbarilla@us.ibm.com<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> From: "Frank Novak" <fnovak@us.ibm.com><br>> To: Bill Buros <wburos@us.ibm.com><br>> Cc: linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org<br>> Date: 07/12/2017 07:42 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [Linuxppc-users] MapD on Power<br>> Sent by: "Linuxppc-users" <linuxppc-users-bounces<br>> +fbarilla=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> "Linuxppc-users" <linuxppc-users-bounces<br>> +fnovak=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org> wrote on 07/12/2017 07:00:01 PM:<br>> <br>> > From: Bill Buros <wburos@us.ibm.com><br>> > To: linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org<br>> > Date: 07/12/2017 07:00 PM<br>> > Subject: Re: [Linuxppc-users] MapD on Power<br>> > Sent by: "Linuxppc-users" <linuxppc-users-bounces<br>> > +fnovak=us.ibm.com@lists.ozlabs.org><br>> > <br>> > We'll need to poke around for some answers...<br>> > <br>> > On 7/11/17 4:30 PM, Franck Barillaud wrote:<br>> > Part of the MapD configuration there is a step that builds the /etc/<br>> > X11/xorg.conf file:<br>> > <br>> > sudo nvidia-xconfig --use-display-device=none --enable-all-gpus --<br>> > preserve-busid <br>> > <br>> > On Power, the nvidia-xconfig command is not found ? We have all the<br>> > nvidia/CUDA drivers/libs installed. Where is the 'nvidia-xconfig' <br>> > supposed to come from ?<br>> color me confused, but what does x11 and xconfig have to do w/ using<br>> GPUs for things like MapD?<br>> <br>> > <br>> > Regards,<br>> > Franck Barillaud<br>> > STSM, CTO ISV Power Cloud Infrastructure<br>> > Master Inventor<br>> > Ext Phone: (512) 286-5242 Tie Line: 363-5242<br>> > e-mail: fbarilla@us.ibm.com<br>> > <br>> <br>> <br>> Cheers,<br>> Frank <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Linuxppc-users mailing list<br>> Linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org<br>> <a href="https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-users">https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-users</a><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Linuxppc-users mailing list<br>> Linuxppc-users@lists.ozlabs.org<br>> <a href="https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-users">https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-users</a><br></font></tt><BR>
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