On 02/25/2015 06:22 AM, EXT-Askew, R W wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I installed SL 7.0 in a system that contains a nVidia GK208 (NV108) 
> chip set.  This installation does come up but the only display sizes 
> are 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480.
>
> The nouveau package that was installed as part of the installation is 
> “xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.10-5.el7.x86_64.rpm”.
>
> The system message file contains;
>
> kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] BOOT0  : 0x108390a1
>
> kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] Chipset: GK208 (NV108)
>
> kernel: nouveau  [  DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] Family : NVE0
>
> kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking PRAMIN for image...
>
> kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... signature not found
>
> kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking PROM for image...
>
> kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... signature not found
>
> kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking ACPI for image...
>
> kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... signature not found
>
> kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] checking PCIROM for image...
>
> kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
>
> kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] ... appears to be valid
>
> kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] using image from PCIROM
>
> kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] BIT signature found
>
> kernel: nouveau  [   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] version 80.28.82.00.01
>
> kernel: nouveau E[   VBIOS][0000:01:00.0] 0xa303[ ]: unknown opcode 0x07
>
> kernel: nouveau E[ DEVINIT][0000:01:00.0] init failed, -22
>
> kernel: nouveau E[     DRM] failed to create 0x80000080, -22
>
> kernel: nouveau: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -22
>
> I have looked around on the internet and it looks as though version 
> 1.0.11-1 will support this chipset.  I have not been able to locate a 
> “.el7.” version but there is a fedora version 
> “xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.11-1.fc21.x86_64.rpm”
>
> Does anyone know where I can get an “.el7” version of 1.0.11-1 or has 
> anyone tried the Fedora version?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill Askew
>
I am guessing that the above Nvidia chip set is (fully) supported by the 
proprietary Nvidia Linux driver:

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/82252/en-us

Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver



    Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver

Version: 	346.47
Release Date: 	2015.2.24
Operating System: 	Linux 64-bit
Language: 	English (US)
File Size: 	73.00 MB

	


I have this working on my SL7 X86-64 workstation.  The stock driver 
(noveau) needs to be fully disabled.

typescript:

[ykarant@jb344 ~]$ su
Password:
[root@jb344 ykarant]# rpm -e xorg-x11-drivers xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
[root@jb344 ykarant]# vi /etc/default/grub
[root@jb344 ykarant]# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-9e59d688ec394445aa63626075677bcc
Found initrd image:
/boot/initramfs-0-rescue-9e59d688ec394445aa63626075677bcc.img
done
[root@jb344 ykarant]# vi /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
[root@jb344 ykarant]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
[root@jb344 ykarant]#sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.32.run

The NVIDIA...run is a script that runs and does all of the necessary steps.

reboot the system.

End "instructions"

Note that this was not done under X11 or a window manager, but from within a plain ANSI terminal screen (e.g.,
CTRL-F4 to get the "fourth" terminal.

After that, a reboot will (eventually) show the Nvidia splash screen and then a regular GUI (window manager)
login.  I am currently using MATE because I do not like either the current Gnome nor the current KDE.

Hope this helps.

Yasha Karant