NVidia Powermizer for Linux

Hi there!
I have been looking around the internet for the past few hours trying to find a pendent for powermizer under Linux, but I haven't really found an answer!
So my question is: how to save power with an nvidia 7600go under Linux?
thx
armin

I noticed the display of my dell xps m1210 with a go 7400 'shivers' sometimes,like a resyncing (e.g after idling, when I start a gpu-'intensive' application) and that when I use compiz, it is noticeably slower (but not much) for a second and then goes fluidly (after some 'gpu idling' too) so there may be some form of performance scaling active.
I can't reproduce neither behavior on my W7J with the same card though...
if you want, enable coolbits (look in nvidia's readme) and underclock with nvidia-settings.
IIRC you can easily automate it with nvidia-settings command line and some acpi scripting.
Last edited by lloeki (2007-04-16 14:39:24)

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So I was hoping someone here knows about that.

Checked that, couldn't find it in there. Though that doesn't mean overly much, the docs have always been missing a lot. That's why I was hoping someone here knows more about it.
Well yes, vsync does limit the number frames that are being put out to the refresh rate of the display. But that has it's glitches, for example if the frame rate drops for a moment below that given rate. That's what triple buffering is for but that has it's own downsides amongst losing one frame, losing video memory to the extra backbuffer and in some cases it still doesn't prevent tearing.
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[SOLVED] Build nvidia-173xx (173.14.31-7) for linux-ck-kx (3.4.1-2)

I need a bit of help here. For a few months I have been using the proprietary nvidia-173xx driver for my old NV34 / GeForce FX 5200 (I have a downgraded xorg-1.10 and a compatible nvidia-173xx-utils (173.14.31-1)).
I have four kernels, and I used to be able to build the nvidia-173xx module without problems for all four kernels.
However, after the recent upgrade from linux-ck-kx-3.3 to linux-ck-kx-3.4 I can no longer build the nvidia-173xx for this kernel (but it still builds fine for the three other kernels on my system).
Here is the error I receive:
$ makepkg -sfci
==> Making package: nvidia-173xx-ck-kx 173.14.31-7 (Wed Jun 6 10:46:18 EDT 2012)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Found NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.31-pkg0.run
-> Found generated.patch
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.31-pkg0.run ... Passed
generated.patch ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
==> Starting build()...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.31-pkg0
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 173.14.31....................................................................................................................................
patching file conftest.sh
Makefile:339: /lib/modules/3.4.1-2-ck/build//Rules.make: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/lib/modules/3.4.1-2-ck/build//Rules.make'. Stop.
make: *** [module] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
I don’t know what to make of this error ; I’ve looked in `/lib/modules/<kernel-versions…>…' but I don’t see any file named `Rules.make' in there…
Here are the files I use for building the modules (they are all slightly customized PKGBUILDs based on AUR/nvidia-173xx) :
core/linux               --> PKGBUILD  --> nvidia.install
core/linux-lts           --> PKGBUILD  --> nvidia.install
AUR/linux-lts-ck       --> PKGBUILD  --> nvidia.install
repo-ck/linux-ck-kx  --> PKGBUILD  --> nvidia.install
In this list, #1-3 still build without a hitch, only #4 throws the error I pasted above. Ideas? Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Montague (2012-06-07 21:53:12)

Well nevermind, I don’t know what I was doing wrong before, but with yesterday’s update of nvidia-173xx (patch not longer required) and nvidia-173xx-utils in the AUR, I was able to upgrade to X.org-1.12, and I re-built the nvidia module for all my kernels. I now have a fully current arch system, yay !
In case this is useful to anyone, here are the slightly modified PKGBUILD and nvidia.install that I used (based on natrio’s package in the AUR)

Need to compile nvidia driver for a custom kernel [SOLVED]

I compiled a custom kernel following this wiki page: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … rom_Source
I can boot into it just fine. I now want to compile an nvidia driver for use with it and followed the steps on this wiki page: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVI … tom_kernel
I run into a problem when makepkg trys to compile it. Here is the output:
$ cd ~/devel/abs/nvidia/
$ makepkg -c
==> Making package: nvidia-my 190.42-1 x86_64 (Thu Nov 5 17:42:29 EST 2009)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Found NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.42-pkg0.run in build dir
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.42-pkg0.run ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.42-pkg0
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 190.42..................................................................................................................................................
If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.
If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***
make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
Aborting...
The step it's choking on is (from the PKGBUILD), "make SYSSRC=/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build module || return 1"
What am I doing wrong?
My PKGBUILD:
pkgname=nvidia-my
pkgver=190.42
_kernver='2.6.32-rc6-MINE'
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="NVIDIA drivers for kernel26."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
[ "$CARCH" = "i686" ] && ARCH=x86
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && ARCH=x86_64
url="http://www.nvidia.com/"
depends=('kernel26>=2.6.31' 'kernel26<2.6.32' "nvidia-utils=${pkgver}")
conflicts=('nvidia-96xx' 'nvidia-173xx')
license=('custom')
install=nvidia.install
source=("http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-$ARCH/${pkgver}/NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0.run")
md5sums=('f94806feee87de756d14fe3e9bcaf05a')
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && md5sums=('ae431ff849ec01446e6724f9fcfe3bb4')
build() {
cd $srcdir
sh NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0.run --extract-only
cd NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0
cd usr/src/nv/
ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile
make SYSSRC=/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build module || return 1
mkdir -p $pkgdir/lib/modules/${_kernver}/kernel/drivers/video/
install -m644 nvidia.ko $pkgdir/lib/modules/${_kernver}/kernel/drivers/video/
sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION='.*'/KERNEL_VERSION='${_kernver}'/" $startdir/nvidia.install
My nvidia.install
post_install() {
KERNEL_VERSION='2.6.32-rc6-MINE'
depmod $KERNEL_VERSION
post_upgrade() {
post_install
rmmod nvidia || echo 'In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.'
post_remove() {
KERNEL_VERSION='2.6.32-rc6-MINE'
depmod $KERNEL_VERSION
Last edited by graysky (2009-11-07 10:54:33)

Hello,
I'm kind of a noob and am trying to get follow the directions from the Nvidia wiki on installing on a custom kernel. I'm trying to use the abs method to install on kernel26rt version 2.6.33rt. I followed directions exactly and am getting an error that I didn't find on any other posts. Can you please take a look? Here is my terminal:
[jsadural@jlinux nvidia]$ makepkg -ci
==> Making package: nvidia-2633rt 270.30-3 (Wed Mar 30 08:53:08 PDT 2011)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Downloading NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run...
--2011-03-30 08:53:08-- ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux … mpat32.run
=> “NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run.part”
Resolving download.nvidia.com... 69.31.121.43
Connecting to download.nvidia.com|69.31.121.43|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /XFree86/Linux-x86_64/270.30 ... done.
==> SIZE NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run ... 30037601
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run ... done.
Length: 30037601 (29M) (unauthoritative)
100%[======================================>] 30,037,601 696K/s in 42s
2011-03-30 08:53:50 (696 KB/s) - “NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run.part” saved [30037601]
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
==> Starting build()...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 270.30........................................................................................................................
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel
cc -Wp,-MD,/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/.nv.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.5.2/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.33-rt/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -include include/generated/autoconf.h -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm -fconserve-stack -I/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel -Wall -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"270.30\" -Wno-unused-function -mcmodel=kernel -mno-red-zone -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.o /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.6.33-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h:573:0,
from include/linux/poll.h:13,
from /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv-linux.h:84,
from /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:13:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.33-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h: In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.33-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:35:6: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
In file included from /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:13:0:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv-linux.h: At top level:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv-linux.h:251:35: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘nv_spinlock_t’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv-linux.h:1436:5: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘nv_spinlock_t’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_alloc_file_private’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:1993:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘semaphore_init’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:1994:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘waitqueue’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:1995:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘atomic_spin_lock_init’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:1995:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_kern_poll’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:2790:30: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘waitqueue’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:2793:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘atomic_spin_lock_irqsave’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:2793:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:2804:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘atomic_spin_unlock_irqrestore’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:2804:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_kern_close_registry’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:3595:18: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘off’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:3611:22: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘off’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_kern_write_registry’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:3703:51: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘off’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:3710:45: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘off’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:3720:9: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘off’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_post_event’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4330:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4347:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘waitqueue’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4348:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_get_event’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4362:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4365:9: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4390:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
make[3]: *** [/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
thanks,
jason

Nvidia module for custom kernel

Hi all. I've compiled a custom kernel using abs according to the instructions on the wiki, but I'm having a hard time installing the nvidia module using the instructions on the Nvidia page of the wiki. The install always aborts complaining of not being able to find the kernel source. I do have the kernel-headers installed:
[root@myhost greg]# pacman -Ss linux-headers
core/linux-headers 3.1.5-1 [installed]
Header files and scripts for building modules for linux kernel
I've also edited the nvidia.install and PKGBUILD files to point to the correct version file:
[greg@myhost ~]$ cat /lib/modules/3.1.5-1-test/extramodules/version
3.1.5-1-test
I've really searched hard, but can find no remedy. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

From what I can see, the only installable package that was built is linux-test-3.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz. That's with the PKGBUILD file supplied from /var/abs/core/linux as per the wiki.
Last edited by pressman57 (2011-12-18 21:50:00)

Hardware Acceleration for Linux with FireFox 4

'''Is this just a myth?'''
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit and FireFox 4 stable with a GT 240 and the latest nvidia binary driver. I have this set up as a HTPC through HDMI cable and have audio as well through the HDMI. It works wonderfully! I can watch x.264 and my intel celeron 2.8 GHz doesn't even get out of bed thanks to hardware acceleration.
Now, that is NOT the case while on the web... It is a tall order to watch HD quality flash (although with the [http://demos.hacks.mozilla.org/openweb/HWACCEL/ mozilla hardware stress test] I get 45 FPS). It seems to be that hardware acceleration is still very much in its infancy in the linux environment with firefox 4.
After searching through many threads I have come to find some useless information.
''MOZ_ACCELERATED=1 MOZ_GLX_IGNORE_BLACKLIST=1 firefox'' - does nothing
''layers.acceleration.force-enabled=true'' - does nothing
There seems to be an issue with firefox not recognising the installed graphics card. On Windows machines, the about:support page will report all the graphic card information in the Graphics section in addition to '''GPU Accelerated Windows 0/1''' or '''1/1'''. This seems to NOT be the case in linux. Why? Why doesn't firefox discover the installed graphics card?
Now, if I have missed a memo or been a total newb in this attempt to take advantage of Accelerated Hardware in FireFox 4 for linux '''PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME''' as to what I need to do. If I have done all the things needed to achieve hardware acceleration and it is just not possible, than the good 'ol folks at mozilla should be a little more transparent when they proudly proclaim that they have released a hardware accelerated browser.
If anyone can shed some light on this predicament please post. If anyone has hit the same wall as I have please post... rant... w/e...

MulTirow Bookmarks Toolbar For FireFox 4 Here >> http://userstyles.org/styles/29428
STEP 1: INSTALL ADDON >> https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/2108?src=external-installbox
STEP 2: GOTO >> http://userstyles.org/styles/29428 + CLICK "INSTALL WITH STYLISH"
STEP 3: RESTART FIREFOX 4

[SOLVED] Can't make nvidia load with linux-CK

Hi there, i have installed linux-CK on mi Pentium 4 2180, with Nvidia GT-640
repo-ck/linux-ck-p4 4.0.4-3 (ck-p4) [instalado]
repo-ck/nvidia-ck 352.09-2 (ck-generic) [instalado]
I can't start X server
[ 27.604]
X.Org X Server 1.17.1
Release Date: 2015-02-10
[ 27.604] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 27.605] Build Operating System: Linux 3.19.2-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 27.605] Current Operating System: Linux localhost 4.0.4-3-ck #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 22 07:57:51 EDT 2015 x86_64
[ 27.606] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux-ck root=UUID=315b03d5-45b2-437b-9818-9a190cce10b4 rw quiet elevator=bfq
[ 27.607] Build Date: 14 April 2015 10:34:18AM
[ 27.607]
[ 27.607] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
[ 27.608] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 27.608] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 27.611] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May 25 21:52:53 2015
[ 27.611] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 27.612] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 27.612] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[ 27.612] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 27.612] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 27.612] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[ 27.612] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 27.612] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 27.612] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 27.612] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 27.612] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 27.612] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 27.612] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 27.612] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 27.612] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 27.612] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 27.612] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 27.612] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/OTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[ 27.612] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 27.612] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 27.612] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 27.612] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 27.612] (II) Loader magic: 0x815d80
[ 27.612] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 27.613] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 27.613] X.Org Video Driver: 19.0
[ 27.613] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
[ 27.613] X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[ 27.615] (II) systemd-logind: took control of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/c1
[ 27.617] (--) PCI:*(0:4:0:0) 10de:1282:1043:8462 rev 161, Mem @ 0xe4000000/16777216, 0xe8000000/134217728, 0xe6000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e800/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 27.617] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 27.617] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 27.618] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 27.644] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 27.644] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 27.644] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 27.644] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 352.09 Tue May 12 14:17:34 PDT 2015
[ 27.644] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 27.644] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 27.645] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 27.645] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 27.645] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 27.645] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 352.09 Tue May 12 13:54:27 PDT 2015
[ 27.645] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 27.645] (++) using VT number 1
[ 27.645] (--) controlling tty is VT number 1, auto-enabling KeepTty
[ 27.645] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 27.645] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 27.646] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 27.646] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 27.646] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 1.0.0
[ 27.646] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 27.646] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 27.646] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 27.646] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 27.647] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 27.647] compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 1.0.0
[ 27.647] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 27.647] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 27.647] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 27.647] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 27.763] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[ 27.763] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages and
[ 27.763] (EE) NVIDIA: consult the NVIDIA README for details.
[ 27.763] (EE) No devices detected.
[ 27.763] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 27.763] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 27.763] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 27.763] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 27.763] (EE)
I read this but as it graysky says it was that he made a change that "excluded certain arches from the update", i don't know what is the problem here
by the way, it's my first post
thanks
Last edited by acutm (2015-05-26 15:10:02)

ok, should I choose generic ? i read that p4 isn't x86_64, but maybe i'm wrong
linux-ck y headers Grupo x86_64 i686
linux-ck ck-generic Si Si
linux-ck-p4 ck-p4 No Si
nvidia-ck ck-generic Si Si
nvidia-ck-p4 ck-p4 No Si
Source

Photshop for Linux? It is time...

Hi
I really hope this is not a stupid question, but are there any future plans to release a version of Photoshop for Linux?
Why I ask is that the only reason a lot of us keep Windows is to run Photoshop.
Running it inside Linux Wine is very unstable and the fonts are almost unreadable.

I understand the time you wasted to write this post, you are correct with all the different libraries that would needed to be created with working with different distros however you do not understand that a company would be working direct with the community of the distros to diffuse this problem. No biggy! You say 98% pirated, Wake up to reality man it's 2011, man back long time ago when they brought out the megaphone, Vinyl's oh the Vinyl's recorder, Tapes, oh the tape recorder, stupid companies all had your theory omg everything will be pirated, all sales will drop. you waste your breathe complaining how much effort it would require to make the port but it's not hard, Like any software it can be ported just like any other software can. Adobe is being purchased anyway so your complaining has gone down the drain Just my 2 cents.
YOU do not understand. Work with the "community of distros to diffuse this problem?"   OK. First thing, the distros ARE the problem. The fact that there are 8 zillion distros each shipping different flavours of linux is the whole fragmentation issue in the first place.   The mere fact that you don't understand that is another problem. Linux users don't realize that they've been shooting themselves in the foot for 16 years, instead they blame the boogeyman Microsoft. Would you want to go into a business with a bunch of cognitively dissonant idealists? Would you bet your company's slim profit margin on them? A bunch of people in that other thread don't even understand the difference between revenues and profits.   Revenue is completely irrelevant, profit is what matters. This is econ 101 stuff. Did you note how Chris said "I don't see that there is even an understanding of the problems here". He means you. The fact that you think having 800 distros is a good thing. They all come with the same software but are different in all the ways that matter to software developers. Things are made much much more difficult than they need to be, for no real advantages at all.
Second thing, working with the community never produces anything positive. You clearly have a very different view of the linux software development community, than the reality of the situtation.   There is a ton of infighting and people with huge egos. Everyone thinks they know the right way to do things, and generally when there's a disagreement the standard response is "well screw you! I'll just fork you or go start my own project!" This furthers the fragmentation issue, and makes companies loathe to get into Linux development.    Look at Miguel de Icaza, that guy founded GNOME (one of the biggest free software projects), he has given more to the community than probably anyone else on earth, and he can't go 2 days without someone picking a fight with him. He is constantly at odds with Richard Stallman and others. This is just one example, the KDE and Gnome guys don't get along. Nobody agrees on what sound or graphics stacks to use. X11 has been rotting for 25 years with minimal development. The Linux Standards Base has been around for 10 years and done exactly zero. You say this is okay because it gives users more choice, but these are stupid choices that nobody wants to make (choose your sound stack? sounds like fun), especially not developers. Adobe can make a choice too, they can choose it's not worth it getting into bed with Linux.
What problems has the community solved thus far? Linux can't even ship a standardized desktop stack, there are bugs that have been around forever, there are core subsystems that have been neglected for years. Stuff that Adobe NEEDS to ship PS for linux, like fonts and colours.   You think Adobe wants to start submitting patches to the kernel and glibc and KDE and stuff? They want to deal with a bunch of touchy developers who have a proven track record of failure and willful ignorance, a history of opposition to commercial software, who can't get along with each other, and have no monetary incentive to listen to Adobe (nor any incentive to include their fixes)?      The open source and Linux community has very very few successes, even stuff like openoffice and firefox were originally commercial software (staroffice and netscape, respectively) that was given to the community by generous companies.
Furthermore, distros have a history of BREAKING other peoples' software. Look at flash. Adobe gives flash to the linux community (when they have no financial incentive to do so, very altruistic), distros break it with patches and library/API mismatches, everyone starts saying blah adobe sucks they hate linux, etc etc.   Look at the debian SSL debacle.   A maintainer with no software developer expertise effectively crippled SSH security for everyone who uses Debian, because his debugger was giving him warnings and he commented out code until it went away. Yeah, I totally want to give these people more software.
Look at ATI. The 'community' begs them for years to release an open source driver so they can hack on it. What happens? ATI releases their driver sources, "The community" produces a lousy driver, ATI gets a bad rep for not working nice with linux and everyone says go use NVIDIA cards and their stable (closed source) drivers. Getting into Linux is lose/lose.
People in that other thread say they are willing to do anything to get photoshop on Linux. This is a boldfaced lie. What if I said the only way to get PS on Linux is to eliminate all distros and build a standardized Linux from a set of core libraries that are guaranteed to retain certain APIs.   The Linux community would whine and complain that they need 'choice' and 'competition'.   Like I said, you can have your choice but you will not have Photoshop, other commercial software, or marketshare worth talking about.   Clearly you will not do whatever it takes. This is REALITY, not magical free software land where the rules of capitalism do not apply.   You cannot selectively ignore evidence that you disagree with and expect people to take you seriously.
It's willful ignorance to pretend that Linux PS would not be extensively pirated. Chris mentionned he speaks regularly to other companies that produce linux software, and he said that they confirm Adobe's marketing studies.   I would bet dollars to donuts the guys who write linux software witness overwhelming piracy rates.   Piracy is a big big problem in general, and the fact that you scoff it off speaks to your ignorance of market realities. If people are stealing your software it cuts into your bottom line and causes legitimate users to have to pay more to cover the costs of development. It's called the free rider problem.   Software development already has razor thin margins as it is. Why do you think there are so many more console games than PC games these days, and PC is almost an afterthought as a port? The money is in console development, and one of the biggest reasons is piracy. If you ask anyone from industry they will agree. If you ask anyone from the linux community they will pull backwards arguments out of their butts. Who do I trust here?   And do I want to sell products to people who think that piracy is OK and no big deal?
You say it's 2011, but you are stuck in 1997, when Linux was last relevant.   You and most other Linux users live in a different reality than the rest of us. You probably don't even have a good reason for using linux anyway but you use it because either: a) you want to be special and unique based on what software you use or b) you hate microsoft for vague reasons.   Wake up, and get over it. Windows is actually a really really good OS.   If you're not using MS because of the price, you think Adobe should sell their 1000$ software suite to people too stingy to drop 150$ for windows? Yeah. Good luck with that.
If you think Android will save Linux, dream on. Google takes what they want from Linux and ignores the rest. Like the ENTIRE DESKTOP STACK. Smart move, because the entire desktop userland for linux is in a terrible state. Android apps will not run on linux, and won't ever. Most people who use android don't care about Linux, if they've even heard of it at all. In fact google submitted their changes for android back to the kernel community (as they are obligated to under the GPL) and nobody did anything with it. It didn't get integrated into the kernel, the patches just rotted until they fell out of the kernel source tree. Oh yeah, and the main dev for GlibC started whining about google not helping the community enough. They followed the GPL, what more do you want? More more more more more!
I have no idea if Adobe is being bought out and I guarantee you Chris can't comment on it (company policy), but a bit of googling shows that the most recent activity for such things is a potential buyout from Microsoft.   So MS is going to port PS to Linux once they buy Adobe?   Even if it's another company, do you think the first thing they will do is embark on an unprofitable venture?   OK, then whoever buys Adobe will go the way of Sun Microsystems.
On top of all this, Adobe is not the most important software to improve Linux adoption. If you guys really want more people to Linux (which, be honest, is your ultimate motivation here), you should go bother Apple to port iTunes. I don't care for that software personally, but it is by far the biggest obstacle to Linux adoption. Get iTunes ported and you might have some crack at becoming a real player in the OS world.

GTX 460 drivers for Linux

Hello,
I've been searching for the Linux drivers for the NVIDIA GTX 460 card and I can't seem to find them. There are no certified or beta drives on Nvidia's website for Linux x32 or x64. Anyone know if they exist? Some people on Google say they do, and vice versa.
I have 2x 460s on SLI.
- Jon

Cows wrote:They are already in the repos cause it's not on the site?
256.35-1 is in the repos.

Compiling nvidia driver for custom kernel

I have a Toshiba M200 tablet PC running Arch Linux (which I love, btw) and it's running fine, including the tablet.
There's an irritating bug with suspend-to-ram (suspend-to-disk doesn't work with the nvidia driver) where the tablet pen stops working after resume.
There's a patch slated to be in some future kernel, but I compiled my own with that patch included. It boots fine and all seems to be well with it.
However, I need to compile the nvidia driver for it, since the binary does not work. So I copy /var/abs/extra/nvidia and modify the PKGBUILD and nvidia.install files per the instructions on this wiki page, and run makepkg -i -c .
I get a big error message early on, saying
If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.
If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***
I've checked everything I can think of.
$ uname -r
2.6.25-tablet
ls -l /usr/src shows linux-2.6.25-tablet, and linux is a symlink to it. /lib/modules/2.6.25-tablet/build is also symlinked to the right kernel source tree.
So I'm out of ideas for why the nvidia makefile can't seem to find the kernel source.
Thanks in advance.

@klixon:
I think that may be the root of the trouble: I compiled the kernel on my desktop (C2D 2.8) rather than my wussy laptop (1.6 Centrino). It installed and ran fine and all that, but I only have the kernel source tree that was included in the package, not the one that really compiled the code. Would simply copying it suffice, or should I rebuild the kernel on my laptop? Also, the PKGBUILD is included below.
@shazeal:
I believe this is a subset of the problem I describe above?
The PKGBUILD, somewhat customized from the nvidia ABS. I don't think any of the changes are overly shocking.
I've tried dozens of different modifications of it now. The simplest one is just appending '-tablet' to pkgname and _kernver.
# $Id: PKGBUILD 1567 2008-05-13 10:11:25Z thomas $
# Maintainer : Thomas Baechler <[email protected]>
pkgname=nvidia-tablet
pkgver=169.12
_kernver='2.6.25-tablet'
pkgrel=4
pkgdesc="NVIDIA drivers for kernel26."
arch=('i686')
ARCH=x86
url="http://www.nvidia.com/"
depends=('kernel2625-tablet' 'nvidia-utils')
conflicts=('nvidia-96xx' 'nvidia-71xx' 'nvidia-legacy')
license=('custom')
install=nvidia.install
source=(http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-$ARCH/${pkgver}/NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0.run
NVIDIA_kernel-169.12-2286310.diff)
md5sums=('e7aaca79c846e34cfe8111040bfee2d0'
'a6b6d9d7ff0306343be3fa40e72337fd')
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && md5sums=('843a1e8bc1923ba2e4b60f6fab31ad3b'
'a6b6d9d7ff0306343be3fa40e72337fd')
build()
# Extract
cd $startdir/src/
sh NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0.run --extract-only
cd NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0
# Any extra patches are applied in here...
patch -Np0 -i ../NVIDIA_kernel-169.12-2286310.diff || return 1
cd usr/src/nv/
ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile
make SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux module || return 1
# install kernel module
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/kernel/drivers/video/
install -m644 nvidia.ko $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/kernel/drivers/video/
sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION='.*'/KERNEL_VERSION='${_kernver}'/" $startdir/*.install

NVIDIA driver for optimus capable cards and UEFI

Has anyone have had any luck installing the nvidia (proprietary) driver for laptop with nvidia card like the Y series?
I can't boot the laptop after installing the Nvidia driver. After installing the driver, I get an error saying "device not found" and drops to a shell mode.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Yes, I did make this thread, but a month ago. Since then I have it resolved, and I even have it tagged as resolved. Back then, I had a lot of problem making it work. But that was a month ago.
And yes, I admit now that there are still issues with the driver. But as I've said at least twice already, the issues exist because native support NVIDIA provides is still relatively new. And yes, people are still experiencing problems because, I'll say it again for the third time, native support is still relatively new and therefore can be buggy.
I think it's totally off pace to make factual statements based on one's experience. You're not paying attention to what you're reading and you're very quick to jump to conclusions. NVIDIA most certainly doesn't say that it doesn't support Optimus on linux based OSes. There are minimum required kernel and xrandr versions, and that's pretty much it. They even tell you how to install it on their website:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/319.12/README/randr14.html
There can be/are issues after you install it, and as I mentioned before, I summarized in another thread as to how I got around a lot of the issues I had. Click my username and view it.
Finally, every other person and their grandmother is using Ubuntu these days, so there is a lot of support out there for it. I'd imagine that for the latest version of Ubuntu, someone out there has posted a step-by-step guide as to how to install the nvidia driver on an optimus card. The major issue is with older kernels or I'd imagine BSD, etc.

What is the difference between 11i for LInux (VS) 11i for Windows

Hi,
I have downloaded 11i E-Business suit for Windows and
Installed it successfuly.
I am having problem with windows plateform regarding listner, connection manager, service host, rpc all these stopping/terminating by itself and system rebooting.
I would like to install 11i on Linux.
Q1. Which files I need to download again?
Q2. Is there any script I need to run for LInux?
I have run adautostg.pl and it hasnot given me any error for start cd but when it came to appl_top it said as "This is for windows, continue any way" and I said yes. so it made stage.
I can't run setup as user Oracle as it is not allowed to write on disk, can u also give me suggestion about that?
I am installing 11i on single node.
Q3. I can use the same files of windows for linux as
I saw some .sh shell commands and
startcd/rapidwiz/adautostg.pl is also used in
unix/linux.
Warm Regards,
Rashid.

I have run installation of 11i for windows on Linux plateform and now I would like to share it with u all.
1. I run adautostg.pl by using command $perl adautostg.pl and it has staged all the startcd disks without any error.
2. when it came to other cdies it has prompted me as "this file if for windows; continue any way" and I pressed ok and it has staged all the files without any furthur error.
3. After it, I have made the necessary adjustments to run rapidwiz command and it run successfully. Now it has copied all the 113 files successfuly.It has run adrun9i.sh and is giving me error on process 5. (at 20% of installation) that it cannot run files
adcctclean.sql INSTE8
adclobconv.sql INSTE8
adclobtmp.sql INSTE8
adcmclean.sql INSTE8
adcrdb.sh INSTE8
adcrdbrdlg.sh INSTE8
adcrobj.sh INSTE8_APPLY
adcrobj.sql INSTE8
addbccnv.sql INSTE8
addbprf.sh INSTE8
addbprf.sql INSTE8
addbupdgsm.sql INSTE8
adlicnse.sql INSTE8
adsvdb.sh INSTE8
adsvdcnv.sh INSTE8
adsvdlsn.sh INSTE8
adupdlib.sql INSTE8
afdbprf.sh INSTE8_PRF
afdbprf.sql INSTE8
afmkinit.sh INSTE8_SETUP
Directory: /mnt/hda7/proddb/9.2.0/appsutil/install
adlnkoh.sh INSTE8
Directory: /mnt/hda7/proddb/9.2.0/appsutil/scripts/PROD_localhost
adautocfg.sh INSTE8
adchknls.pl INSTE8_SETUP
addbctl.sh INSTE8
addlnctl.sh INSTE8
adpreclone.pl INSTE8
adstopdb.sql INSTE8
adstrtdb.sql INSTE8
config.c INSTE8
successfuly. I think these files are required for linux installation and are found in linux cdies "RDBMS".
If someone can send me these 11i files for linux at [email protected] I will proceed furthur and will let u know what will happend next in experiment :)

Oracle Workflow 2.6 with Oracle 8.1.7 for linux

Is Oracle Workflow Server 2.6 available for Linux as a
standalone product against an Oracle 8.1.7 database?
Oracle Workflow does not seem to be included in the Integration
Server option with the 8.1.7 installation.
I've only found the Oracle Workflow Server included with the 9i
database. Will this work with 8.1.7 as well or does it require
9i db?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Josi Antonio

Is Oracle Workflow Server 2.6 available for Linux as a
standalone product against an Oracle 8.1.7 database?
Oracle Workflow does not seem to be included in the Integration
Server option with the 8.1.7 installation.
I've only found the Oracle Workflow Server included with the 9i
database. Will this work with 8.1.7 as well or does it require
9i db?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Josi Antonio

Oracle8i for Linux Release announcement

I received a copy of this Oracle marketing announcement today:
The Linux tidal wave continues and Oracle is right at the
forefront. We have
been experiencing tremendous demand on Linux since Oracle8 was
announced for
that platform last October. Over 50,000 developers have
downloaded Oracle8
for Linux from Oracle Technology Network (OTN) since March, with
the first
20,000 coming in just the first 10 days! We now have over 800
paying
customers with over half the orders coming from enterprise
accounts and most
of the remainder orders from mid-sized businesses.
This week Oracle is announcing the shipping of Oracle8i for
Linux. Already,
20,000 developers have registered for early access. With new
internet
technologies like Java and XML built right into Oracle8i for
Linux, this
release promises to be the hottest yet.
Read on for more information about:
- What are we announcing?
- What are the key messages?
- What is the pricing for Oracle8i on Linux?
- Why does Oracle care about Linux?
- Who are Oracle's major Linux Partners?
- Which products are available on Linux?
- Who is driving the Oracle on Linux effort and what are we
doing?
- Where to find more information about Oracle on Linux?
What are we announcing?
Oracle is announcing today that it has been receiving extremely
strong demand
for its Linux based products over the past quarter and is also
shipping
Oracle8i for Linux to manufacturing.
What are the key messages?
Linux represents the ultimate commodity operating system -- its
fast, reliable
and almost free! Businesses can now spend their time focusing on
the higher
value software they buy to run their businesses (such as
databases and applications).
With over 800 customers paying for Oracle on Linux, Linux is
progressing from
its roots as a student and developer operating system to a viable
deployment
environment in large business.
Oracle has the best database on Linux. With over 50,000 people
using Oracle8
and over 20,000 people registered through Oracle Technology
Network (OTN) for
Oracle8i, Oracle is the overwhelming choice for the Linux
operating system.
What is the pricing for Oracle8i on Linux?
Pricing of Oracle8i on Linux follows the standard Oracle price
list (see
http://appsweb.us.oracle.com/amapp/). Linux may be a freeware
operating
system, but Oracle on Linux is not free. Oracle does offer
developer licenses
through Oracle Technology Network (OTN) which allows developers
to use Oracle
software for non-commercial use.
Why does Oracle care about Linux?
Linux is hot! It is rapidly becoming the preferred platform for
small ISP's
and is used extensively by many of the internet's largest portal
sites. For
Oracle, Linux is the fastest growing operating system, growing at
three times
that of WindowsNT. Oracle on Linux presents customers a viable
low-cost, yet
highly stable alternative to WindowsNT. That said, with 46% of
the NT market,
Oracle is also the best selling database on NT!
Oracle now has over 800 customers on Linux. This statistic alone
strongly
contradicts the common perception that Linux is solely used by
students and
developers. Linux has already established a foothold in many
Fortune 100
companies and although deployments are still currently small
compared to NT
and Solaris, they are accelerating rapidly.
Which products are available on Linux?
Currently available on Linux are:
- Oracle8.0.5 Standard and Enterprise Edition
- Oracle8i Release 8.1.5
- Oracle Application Server 4.0.7 (40 Bit)
- Oracle Application Server 3.0.2 (40 Bit)
- Oracle WebDB 2.0.5.6.1
Who are Oracle's major Linux Partners?
Redhat Software - Linux distributors. Oracle has also made an
equity
investment in RedHat. (http://www.redhat.com)
Caldera System - Linux distributors. Novell spin-off, focus
primarily on
enterprise customers. (http://www.caldera.com)
Turbolinux - Linux distributor. Has a mostly Asia presence.
(http://www.turbolinux.com)
VA Linux Systems - Hardware vendor, making Linux systems.
(http://www.linux.com)
Linuxcare - Linux support provider. (http://www.linuxcare.com)
Who is driving the Oracle on Linux effort?
There are two teams within Oracle working closely to drive the
Oracle strategy
and goals on Linux: Internet Platform Marketing and the Linux SBU
(Strategic
Business Unit).
Where to find more information about Oracle on Linux?
Internal: http://worldwide-marketing.us.oracle.com/iPlatform
External: http://platforms.oracle.com/linux
http://technet.oracle.com
Email [email protected]
Contacts: Hongwei Lu ([email protected])
David Lee ([email protected])
Press Release
ORACLE CAPITALIZES ON ENTERPRISE DEMAND FOR LINUX OFFERINGS WITH
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF ORACLE8i ON LINUX
Early Adopters Programs Draws Nearly 20,000 Developers
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 19, 1999--Oracle Corporation, the
number one
choice for e-business, today announced dramatic growth and demand
for Oracle
on Linux with strong adoption in both enterprise and general
business markets.
Oracle also announced the general availability of Oracle8i on
Linux, after a
successful early adopter's program.
Since Oracle Corp. announced Oracle8 on Linux, there have been
over 50,000
downloads from Oracle Technology Network
(http://technet.oracle.com/ ). Now,
after the announcement of Oracle8i, there have been nearly 20,000
registrants
for early access in the first few weeks. Outside the development
community,
Oracle has also seen overwhelming customer adoption with an
excess of 800
paying customers today -- over half of these orders from
enterprise accounts
and the remainder from small to mid-sized businesses and
organizations.
"Until the availability of Oracle database on Linux, we either
had to rely on
NT or use one of the shareware database servers available for
Linux," says
Jonathan August, President and CEO of Internection, Inc., a
company providing
customized Internet services solutions to businesses, including
web hosting
and e-commerce solutions. "Neither solution provided us the
security,
performance, manageability or reliability required by our
customers. Oracle
brings enterprise credibility and robustness to our products. As
a result,
we've gained access to customers ranging from small businesses to
Fortune 100
enterprises like Prudential and Pfizer. Our total revenue since
the addition
of Oracle on Linux has increased by 250%."
"Oracle on Linux combines enterprise level reliability,
scalability and
performance with a free, robust and well-supported operating
system," says
Nick Marden, technical director of e-commerce, Xoom.com, and
e-commerce
service provider. "It enables Xoom.com to better understand our
members'
needs and respond to them quickly. Oracle on Linux represents an
extraordinary value and it gets the job done."
"Oracle is committed to bringing superior technology to the Linux
community,"
says Chuck Rozwat, senior vice president of Server Technologies
at Oracle.
"Oracle8i on Linux comes with both Java and XML built right in.
Together they
offer the most cost-effective way to deploy scalable Internet
applications."
Oracle8i is the first and only database specifically designed for
the
Internet. Oracle8i extends Oracle's long-standing technology
leadership in
the areas of data management, transaction processing and data
warehousing to
the new medium of the Internet. Oracle8i is the centerpiece of
Oracle's
Internet Platform, which also includes Oracle Application Server
and Oracle's
Internet development tools.
Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software
for information
management, and the world's second largest software company.
With annual
revenues of more than $8.8 billion, the company offers its
database,
application server, tools and application products, along with
related
consulting, education and support services, in more than 145
countries around
the world.
For more information about Oracle, please call 650/506-7000.
Oracle's World
Wide Web address is (URL) http://www.oracle.com/.
Trademarks
Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8i is a trademark or
registered
trademark of Oracle corporation. Other names may be trademarks
of their
respective owners.
Oracle Worldwide Marketing
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Yeah, I got a couple of those....but if you go to Oracle, there
is nothing about it, and nothing new on the OTN download...
We can hope...
DAVID
Jamie Kinney (guest) wrote:
: I received a copy of this Oracle marketing announcement today:
: The Linux tidal wave continues and Oracle is right at the
: forefront. We have
: been experiencing tremendous demand on Linux since Oracle8 was
: announced for
: that platform last October. Over 50,000 developers have
: downloaded Oracle8
: for Linux from Oracle Technology Network (OTN) since March,
with
: the first
: 20,000 coming in just the first 10 days! We now have over 800
: paying
: customers with over half the orders coming from enterprise
: accounts and most
: of the remainder orders from mid-sized businesses.
: This week Oracle is announcing the shipping of Oracle8i for
: Linux. Already,
: 20,000 developers have registered for early access. With new
: internet
: technologies like Java and XML built right into Oracle8i for
: Linux, this
: release promises to be the hottest yet.
: Read on for more information about:
: - What are we announcing?
: - What are the key messages?
: - What is the pricing for Oracle8i on Linux?
: - Why does Oracle care about Linux?
: - Who are Oracle's major Linux Partners?
: - Which products are available on Linux?
: - Who is driving the Oracle on Linux effort and what are we
: doing?
: - Where to find more information about Oracle on Linux?
: What are we announcing?
: Oracle is announcing today that it has been receiving extremely
: strong demand
: for its Linux based products over the past quarter and is also
: shipping
: Oracle8i for Linux to manufacturing.
: What are the key messages?
: Linux represents the ultimate commodity operating system -- its
: fast, reliable
: and almost free! Businesses can now spend their time focusing
on
: the higher
: value software they buy to run their businesses (such as
: databases and applications).
: With over 800 customers paying for Oracle on Linux, Linux is
: progressing from
: its roots as a student and developer operating system to a
viable
: deployment
: environment in large business.
: Oracle has the best database on Linux. With over 50,000 people
: using Oracle8
: and over 20,000 people registered through Oracle Technology
: Network (OTN) for
: Oracle8i, Oracle is the overwhelming choice for the Linux
: operating system.
: What is the pricing for Oracle8i on Linux?
: Pricing of Oracle8i on Linux follows the standard Oracle price
: list (see
: http://appsweb.us.oracle.com/amapp/). Linux may be a freeware
: operating
: system, but Oracle on Linux is not free. Oracle does offer
: developer licenses
: through Oracle Technology Network (OTN) which allows developers
: to use Oracle
: software for non-commercial use.
: Why does Oracle care about Linux?
: Linux is hot! It is rapidly becoming the preferred platform
for
: small ISP's
: and is used extensively by many of the internet's largest
portal
: sites. For
: Oracle, Linux is the fastest growing operating system, growing
at
: three times
: that of WindowsNT. Oracle on Linux presents customers a viable
: low-cost, yet
: highly stable alternative to WindowsNT. That said, with 46% of
: the NT market,
: Oracle is also the best selling database on NT!
: Oracle now has over 800 customers on Linux. This statistic
alone
: strongly
: contradicts the common perception that Linux is solely used by
: students and
: developers. Linux has already established a foothold in many
: Fortune 100
: companies and although deployments are still currently small
: compared to NT
: and Solaris, they are accelerating rapidly.
: Which products are available on Linux?
: Currently available on Linux are:
: - Oracle8.0.5 Standard and Enterprise Edition
: - Oracle8i Release 8.1.5
: - Oracle Application Server 4.0.7 (40 Bit)
: - Oracle Application Server 3.0.2 (40 Bit)
: - Oracle WebDB 2.0.5.6.1
: Who are Oracle's major Linux Partners?
: Redhat Software - Linux distributors. Oracle has also made an
: equity
: investment in RedHat. (http://www.redhat.com)
: Caldera System - Linux distributors. Novell spin-off, focus
: primarily on
: enterprise customers. (http://www.caldera.com)
: Turbolinux - Linux distributor. Has a mostly Asia presence.
: (http://www.turbolinux.com)
: VA Linux Systems - Hardware vendor, making Linux systems.
: (http://www.linux.com)
: Linuxcare - Linux support provider. (http://www.linuxcare.com)
: Who is driving the Oracle on Linux effort?
: There are two teams within Oracle working closely to drive the
: Oracle strategy
: and goals on Linux: Internet Platform Marketing and the Linux
SBU
: (Strategic
: Business Unit).
: Where to find more information about Oracle on Linux?
: Internal: http://worldwide-marketing.us.oracle.com/iPlatform
: External: http://platforms.oracle.com/linux
: http://technet.oracle.com
: Email [email protected]
: Contacts: Hongwei Lu ([email protected])
: David Lee ([email protected])
: Press Release
: ORACLE CAPITALIZES ON ENTERPRISE DEMAND FOR LINUX OFFERINGS
WITH
: ANNOUNCEMENT
: OF ORACLE8i ON LINUX
: Early Adopters Programs Draws Nearly 20,000 Developers
: REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 19, 1999--Oracle Corporation, the
: number one
: choice for e-business, today announced dramatic growth and
demand
: for Oracle
: on Linux with strong adoption in both enterprise and general
: business markets.
: Oracle also announced the general availability of Oracle8i on
: Linux, after a
: successful early adopter's program.
: Since Oracle Corp. announced Oracle8 on Linux, there have been
: over 50,000
: downloads from Oracle Technology Network
: (http://technet.oracle.com/ ). Now,
: after the announcement of Oracle8i, there have been nearly
20,000
: registrants
: for early access in the first few weeks. Outside the
development
: community,
: Oracle has also seen overwhelming customer adoption with an
: excess of 800
: paying customers today -- over half of these orders from
: enterprise accounts
: and the remainder from small to mid-sized businesses and
: organizations.
: "Until the availability of Oracle database on Linux, we either
: had to rely on
: NT or use one of the shareware database servers available for
: Linux," says
: Jonathan August, President and CEO of Internection, Inc., a
: company providing
: customized Internet services solutions to businesses, including
: web hosting
: and e-commerce solutions. "Neither solution provided us the
: security,
: performance, manageability or reliability required by our
: customers. Oracle
: brings enterprise credibility and robustness to our products.
As
: a result,
: we've gained access to customers ranging from small businesses
to
: Fortune 100
: enterprises like Prudential and Pfizer. Our total revenue
since
: the addition
: of Oracle on Linux has increased by 250%."
: "Oracle on Linux combines enterprise level reliability,
: scalability and
: performance with a free, robust and well-supported operating
: system," says
: Nick Marden, technical director of e-commerce, Xoom.com, and
: e-commerce
: service provider. "It enables Xoom.com to better understand
our
: members'
: needs and respond to them quickly. Oracle on Linux represents
an
: extraordinary value and it gets the job done."
: "Oracle is committed to bringing superior technology to the
Linux
: community,"
: says Chuck Rozwat, senior vice president of Server Technologies
: at Oracle.
: "Oracle8i on Linux comes with both Java and XML built right in.
: Together they
: offer the most cost-effective way to deploy scalable Internet
: applications."
: Oracle8i is the first and only database specifically designed
for
: the
: Internet. Oracle8i extends Oracle's long-standing technology
: leadership in
: the areas of data management, transaction processing and data
: warehousing to
: the new medium of the Internet. Oracle8i is the centerpiece of
: Oracle's
: Internet Platform, which also includes Oracle Application
Server
: and Oracle's
: Internet development tools.
: Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software
: for information
: management, and the world's second largest software company.
: With annual
: revenues of more than $8.8 billion, the company offers its
: database,
: application server, tools and application products, along with
: related
: consulting, education and support services, in more than 145
: countries around
: the world.
: For more information about Oracle, please call 650/506-7000.
: Oracle's World
: Wide Web address is (URL) http://www.oracle.com/.
: Trademarks
: Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8i is a trademark or
: registered
: trademark of Oracle corporation. Other names may be trademarks
: of their
: respective owners.
: Oracle Worldwide Marketing
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Is there really a Cisco VPN client for Linux? _Really?_

Hello folks,
        I've finally after almost experiencing a brain aneurysm by trying to think too hard got my Cisco 881-SEC-K9 router properly configured for a multipoint IPSec VPN tunnel to my Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, so that hurdle is finally passed and I actually feel it was a very important milestone in my life somehow. I never thought I'd see the day I actually got my hands on a legitimate Cisco non-stink... erm.. I mean, non-linksys router. Now I just can't seem to find a 'client' VPN program for Linux. I'm currently running a Xen Hypervisor environment on openSUSE Linux because it's the only Linux distribution that completes all of my strenous requirements in a Linux server environment. It's also the most mature, and secure Linux on this planet, making it the most appreciable Linux distribution for my research needs. Using NetworkManager is not really an option for a basic Linux server environment, and OpenVPN is just too confusing to comprehend for my tiny little head. I've heard mention of some mysterious "Easy VPN" but after hours of digging online can't find any information about it, even the Cisco download link leads to a Page Not Found error. I do see a Linux VPN API for the AnyConnect program, but is that an actual VPN client, or just an API? It seems to want my money to download it but I don't have any money nor do I really know what it is because it's all secretive-like, closed source, and I can't even find a simple README file on it explaining what it is exactly. I'm just an out-of-work software developer trying to connect to my home router for personal use and I can't really afford to fork over a million and a half dollars for a single program that I'm only going to need to download once in my lifetime that should have been included with the router in the first place. I more than likely won't even be able to figure out how to use the program anyways because I don't know anything about VPN connections which is why I bought this router so I can try to figure it all out as part of the not-for-profit open source, volunteer research I'm presently trying to conduct. Is there some kind of evaluation or trial period for personal use? That would be really nice so I could at least figure out if I'm going to be able to figure it out or not. I hate throwing money away when it's in such short supply these days. There's really no alternative to a Cisco router. It's an absolute necessity for the things I'm trying to accomplish, so trying to settle for something else and going on with my life is not really an option. No, this is something I just need to face head on and get it over with.
<Rant>
       Maybe I have a little too much crazy in me for my own good, but I don't see why it should take so much money just to learn how to do something for personal reference, it's not really a skill I would ever use otherwise. Wouldn't it be great if Cisco made their VPN client open source and free to the public to use and modify, to improve on, to learn and to grow and bring the whole world closer together as a community? Even the source code to the old discontinued Cisco VPN client could be used as a valuable learning tool for some poor starving college student or Open Source Software developer somewhere trying to get by on Ramen Noodles and Ramen Noodle Sauce on Toast (don't tell me you never thought about it). Through the ripple effect, It would drastically improve sales over the course of time, because it would open the door to a whole new market where those who previously could not afford to participate now could. That's the true power of Open Source. It creates a more skilled work force for the future by openly contributing and sharing knowledge together. What if the next big internet technology and the solution to world tyranny - the solution to end all wars forever - were locked in the mind of an unemployed software developer who couldn't afford to upgrade their cisco router software or access the software they needed because it was closed source and required committing to an expensive service contract to download? That would be just terrible, wouldn't it? I guess there's no way to ever know for sure. I suppose I'd be just as happy if some kind soul out there could point me to an easy to use alternative to an always on VPN connection that runs in the background which doesn't require NetworkManager or having to spend days upon days digging through and trying to comprehend either some really poor or extremely complex documentation? I apologize for all the run on sentences posed as questions, but I've just got some serious mental burnout from all of this, being unemployed is some hard work folks. I could really use a vacation. Perhaps a camping trip to the coast is in order after I get this working, that sounds nice, doesn't it? Nothing like a good summer thunder storm on the ocean beach - far away from technology - to refresh the mind.
</Rant>

I do tend to talk too much and I don't mince any words either. What I am however, is really appreciative for the help. I know you hear that all the time, but you have no idea how much time and headache you just saved me. I think vpnc might be just what I've been looking for, unless someone can think of a client for Linux that I might be able to throw a little further. I'm very security minded now, after the backlash of Blackhat 2013, there's no telling which direction the internet might head next. Oh, you didn't hear? Well wether they realize it or not, DARPA basically declared war with other government agencies by releasing their own version of a spy program for civilians to use against the whoever -- possibly even the governmnet itself. They even went so far as to suggest it's private usage to blanket entire cities in information gathering. Civilians are a powerful foe, as they are not bound by the oath of office, any evidence they obtain is admissible in court, wether they know that or not. There's a very important reason for that. It's to prevent another civil war from ever happening, we shed enough blood the first time around less people forgot. It's something that can and will be avoided because our civilization has advanced beyond the need for bloodshed. The courts have to obey the majority rule, no matter what. For the first time in history, cyberwarfare can reach into the physical world to cause serious damage to physical structures like the nuclear facility incident in Iran. There's scarry bills trying to sneak through congress that are changing the landscape of technology forever for the entire world. We're at a pivotal point now where things can happen. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out over the next decade or so. No matter which way you look at it, just be preparerd to sell a whole lot of routers.

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