[AG-TECH] Announcing the release of a Fedora 12 install guide

[Jason Bell]

Colleagues

Just a warning and update message in regards to installing Fedora 12.  It has come to my attention that "getting the display to work" is actually a lot more problematic than first initially thought and tested.

As the updated page http://www.accessgrid.org/node/1923 says, there are a number of issues in regards to using either of the Nouveau or the nvidia display drivers.

Nouveau display driver issues:

*	Doesn't support "display port" devices, therefore many of the new video cards will not be supported;

*	Doesn't appear to support multiple video cards;


Nvidia display driver issues:

*	The enabling of additional video card causes the entire system to lock up

*	vnc doesn't "refresh display" other than the primary screen.

Now, I am not entirely sure if this is an xorg or video card driver issue, but that being said, I haven't found a way to enable 2 video cards that provides 4 displays that actually work.

Note that I have tested the same hardware on a Fedora 11 system and it works fine using the nvidia drivers....

Therefore, I would suggest that anyone looking to upgrade to Fedora 12 who will use multiple video cards, to hold off until hopefully the bug/issue is resolved.

Anyway, I will endeavour to keep everyone informed when any progress / updates have been found.

If anyone knows of a work around solution, I would love to hear from you, as my testing to date has resolved to finding no solution to this problem for the moment.

Thanks for your time,
Jason.

P.S, note that the display works okay on single or dual screens screen using a single video card.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Bell 
Sent: Wednesday, 16 December 2009 01:44 PM
To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: Announcing the release of a Fedora 12 install guide 

Colleagues

I am happy to announce the release of a Fedora 12 install guide for the Access Grid.

Some of the sections have undergone substantial redevelopment from previous install guides.

The install guide can be found at http://www.accessgrid.org/node/1911 which contains the following section:

    * Introduction
    * Single and Multi-Node Access Grids Notes
    * Installation of Fedora 12
    * Which windows manager to choose?
    * First time Login
    * Getting networking working
    * Updating to latest Software and Patches
    * Installation of the Access Grid Software
    * Security
    * Configuring AG Service Managers (Multi-Node Configuration Only)
    * Getting the Display to Work
    * Getting the Sound Working
    * Setup For Access Grid Toolkit 3.x
    * Installing Multicast Beacon
    * Installing Other Useful Software
    * Scheduling useful tasks
    * Configuring a Unicast Bridge
    * Configuring a 3.x Venue Server
    * Troubleshooting Tips
    * Handy Tips and Tricks
    * Conclusion

I hope to also develop the HDV/DV section shortly as well.

I welcome any comments and feedback that anyone might have (including any content issues).

Thanks for your time,
Jason.

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