I've been whining about how the kernel updates no longer worked with the NVidia driver I had been using. Well YAY! Finally the driver was updated and when I installed it and restarted, my system came up with the latest kernel and a nice Nvidia-driven UI. :) Very happy about that. Now I need to release that old kernel and stick with the later 6.5 kernels.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Part 4
So a MASSIVE update was waiting for me today.
Unfortunately the massive update included a new kernel and that new kernel broke my UI because I use an NVidia driver. I ended up allowing the update but booted into the old kernel which was still there, then I applied a zypper lock to it so it would not go away in the future.
The old kernel works perfectly fine. The whole "Oh it's NVidia's fault - they suck!" argument is becoming quite tiresome since the NVidia drivers worked fine until a new kernel was introduced by OpenSUSE. So... whatever. NVidia released their sources too if I am not mistaken, over a year ago now. How is that progressing, kernel devs? Wayland devs? Bueller? Anyone?
So, be prepared if you have an NVidia card, OpenSUSE will most likely break it.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
My 2020 Build
I had originally planned on a new build mid-2019, but due to vacations, and other things that seemed like a very bad idea, money-wise.
Every couple of years I build out a new PC. Usually that PC has all-new, better hardware but this year I am backing off that just a little because, well, I've always wanted a thread ripper and the Gen 1 thread rippers are are dirt cheap now.
I plan on dual booting Windows 10 and Linux, probably going to stick with Elementary OS for now. I've gotten used to it and learned a few tricks to configure the things you want, even if they are not available in the store.
By the weekend all of the components will have arrived and I should be able to begin building. It is possible one component may not arrive until Monday, so I may have to postpone it a little.
Without further ado:
...and that is it. I will also carry over my other 2 hard drives since they already have all my data on them, no sense in copying when I can just pull the drives. I will leave the current system and m.2 drives in the old PC, it will still be 100% usable.
Every couple of years I build out a new PC. Usually that PC has all-new, better hardware but this year I am backing off that just a little because, well, I've always wanted a thread ripper and the Gen 1 thread rippers are are dirt cheap now.
I plan on dual booting Windows 10 and Linux, probably going to stick with Elementary OS for now. I've gotten used to it and learned a few tricks to configure the things you want, even if they are not available in the store.
By the weekend all of the components will have arrived and I should be able to begin building. It is possible one component may not arrive until Monday, so I may have to postpone it a little.
Without further ado:
Item What it is------------------------------- -----------------
Thermaltake V21 Cube Computer caseCorsair RM850x Power SupplyASRock X399M Taichi Socket TR4 MotherboardAMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 12 Core/24 Thread CPUG.Skill Ripjaw V, 32GB RAM (Memory)Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super Graphics CardIntel 660P 1 TB M.2 SSDCrucial MX500 2 TB SATA SSDNoctua NS-U14S CPU CoolerNoctua 140MM Fan Extra Case FanSeagate Barracude 2 TB Hard drive
...and that is it. I will also carry over my other 2 hard drives since they already have all my data on them, no sense in copying when I can just pull the drives. I will leave the current system and m.2 drives in the old PC, it will still be 100% usable.
Thursday, January 3, 2019
GNOME 3 on Fedora
One thing I found interesting on Fedora is that the window buttons (minimize/maximize) are missing, like on Pop!_OS. On Manjaro and Ubuntu they are present.
Nothing important, I just noticed it today when I was trying to minimize Thunderbird... GNOME Tweaks allows me to enable a minimize button so I did. I just find that convenient.
HAD A FREEZE! BOOOOOOOO! It was completely random and all that was running was a Chrome window, not even a video. Although there might have been an Ad video running, so there is that.
Since then I have applied TWO Fedora kernel updates so... we shall see if it happens again. But it is so random... it might not happen now for days.
This seems to be an issue with every version of linux I have tried. Some are worse than others. I've run memory tests and my memory is fine. Disks are all healthy. Power supply is steady (it is a platinum-badged power supply so it should be decent).
Still not sure then if it really is a kernel thing (scheduler issue of some sort) or something with my NVIDIA 1080 card... drivers... no idea. Annoying though.
Heck, maybe it has nothing to do with graphics or kernel at all, maybe it is my network driver. Streamed videos also hit up the network... so...
Nothing important, I just noticed it today when I was trying to minimize Thunderbird... GNOME Tweaks allows me to enable a minimize button so I did. I just find that convenient.
HAD A FREEZE! BOOOOOOOO! It was completely random and all that was running was a Chrome window, not even a video. Although there might have been an Ad video running, so there is that.
Since then I have applied TWO Fedora kernel updates so... we shall see if it happens again. But it is so random... it might not happen now for days.
This seems to be an issue with every version of linux I have tried. Some are worse than others. I've run memory tests and my memory is fine. Disks are all healthy. Power supply is steady (it is a platinum-badged power supply so it should be decent).
Still not sure then if it really is a kernel thing (scheduler issue of some sort) or something with my NVIDIA 1080 card... drivers... no idea. Annoying though.
Heck, maybe it has nothing to do with graphics or kernel at all, maybe it is my network driver. Streamed videos also hit up the network... so...
Flip Flopped to Fedora...
So, because I like a challenge, I decided to install Fedora 29.
Fedora is an excellent linux distribution but, they tend to eschew non-free software and drivers. This means it can be a pain to install something like the NVIDIA drivers (like I had to do) and to get rid of Nouveau. It isn't impossible, and in reality it is actually quite easy... just takes a little while to do and includes booting into a non-UI mode, etc.
[edit: I should note that you must install the 32 bit NVIDIA drivers.]
I want to offer a word of warning for people though, if you are going to install STEAM on your Fedora box, PLEASE DO SO BEFORE you install your NVIDIA drivers. Theoretically it will save you much pain.
For whatever reason, if you try to install Steam after installing the proprietary drivers it will not run. I spent hours trying to figure out a work around to no avail. The "touted" solution is to uninstall NVIDIA and reinstall Nouveau, and then reinstall Steam. Again followed by installing the NVIDIA driver.
A royal pain.
There IS however a much simpler way of getting around all that. Fedora comes with FLATPAK installed. Flatpak is a way of installing applications in a stand-alone fashion, so one installation package can run on any version of linux (for the most part). All you really need to do is enable the flatpak repository (https://flatpak.org/setup/Fedora/) and then it will show up in your software store. Once it is there, simply install it.
Now, it will LIKELY fail the first time you start Steam. If it does, open a terminal and "sudo flatpak update". Then start Steam again. It *should* work.
MUCH easier than the alternative. I was also able to update to the latest BETA version of steam and also to run Proton. Good stuff!
----
So one of reasons I decided to try Fedora again was because I had remembered that of all the distros, when I had to manually install the NVIDIA driver as you do with Fedora, I did not see the screen freezes with You Tube videos and other types of video. I do not know why that is, nor do I know if it is a "truth" or I have just not encountered a freeze on Fedora yet as it IS a random occurrence anyway.
Well, one thing I forgot to do and I am irked with myself for it, is I forgot to copy off my Borderlands saves before I installed and I wiped it out. I am hoping I was saving to Steam cloud. Guess I will find out tomorrow. Now I am going to bed.
Fedora is an excellent linux distribution but, they tend to eschew non-free software and drivers. This means it can be a pain to install something like the NVIDIA drivers (like I had to do) and to get rid of Nouveau. It isn't impossible, and in reality it is actually quite easy... just takes a little while to do and includes booting into a non-UI mode, etc.
[edit: I should note that you must install the 32 bit NVIDIA drivers.]
I want to offer a word of warning for people though, if you are going to install STEAM on your Fedora box, PLEASE DO SO BEFORE you install your NVIDIA drivers. Theoretically it will save you much pain.
For whatever reason, if you try to install Steam after installing the proprietary drivers it will not run. I spent hours trying to figure out a work around to no avail. The "touted" solution is to uninstall NVIDIA and reinstall Nouveau, and then reinstall Steam. Again followed by installing the NVIDIA driver.
A royal pain.
There IS however a much simpler way of getting around all that. Fedora comes with FLATPAK installed. Flatpak is a way of installing applications in a stand-alone fashion, so one installation package can run on any version of linux (for the most part). All you really need to do is enable the flatpak repository (https://flatpak.org/setup/Fedora/) and then it will show up in your software store. Once it is there, simply install it.
Now, it will LIKELY fail the first time you start Steam. If it does, open a terminal and "sudo flatpak update". Then start Steam again. It *should* work.
MUCH easier than the alternative. I was also able to update to the latest BETA version of steam and also to run Proton. Good stuff!
----
So one of reasons I decided to try Fedora again was because I had remembered that of all the distros, when I had to manually install the NVIDIA driver as you do with Fedora, I did not see the screen freezes with You Tube videos and other types of video. I do not know why that is, nor do I know if it is a "truth" or I have just not encountered a freeze on Fedora yet as it IS a random occurrence anyway.
Well, one thing I forgot to do and I am irked with myself for it, is I forgot to copy off my Borderlands saves before I installed and I wiped it out. I am hoping I was saving to Steam cloud. Guess I will find out tomorrow. Now I am going to bed.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Trigger has been pulled. New build on its way.
My new PC is on its way here in pieces. There have been a few changes from my original build specifications. Here is what I got:
Corsair Graphite 600TM
Asus Sabertooth 990FX
Gigabyte 770GTX w/4GB VRAM
Corsair HX850 PS
AMD FX-8350 CPU
Samsung 500GB SSD
GSkill 1866 RAM, 16GB (4GB x 4)
Seagate 1 TB HD x 2
Corsair H60 CPU Cooler
Cougar 120MM Case Fan x 2
Windows 8 Pro
The changes from the original build are the graphics card, the power supply (newer version of same PS), a single SSD instead of 2 in RAID, and I threw in one more fan.
I was also going to reuse my current Windows 8 DVD but... decided since I am passing my current computer down to my son it would be easier to simply create an account for him on this box, and reinstall all of my stuff fresh.
The most important change was probably the graphics card... the NVidia 770 is ... well, it's a souped up version of the 680, but much cheaper than the 680 and most other cards in its class. It is quite the bargain. Apparently Nvidia has decided to become a little more aggressive in their pricing and are pressing ATI not only with excellent performance but excellent value.
So the parts are on their way! I should (theoretically) have all the pieces by Friday, and can begin putting them together over the weekend. Very exciting!
Corsair Graphite 600TM
Asus Sabertooth 990FX
Gigabyte 770GTX w/4GB VRAM
Corsair HX850 PS
AMD FX-8350 CPU
Samsung 500GB SSD
GSkill 1866 RAM, 16GB (4GB x 4)
Seagate 1 TB HD x 2
Corsair H60 CPU Cooler
Cougar 120MM Case Fan x 2
Windows 8 Pro
The changes from the original build are the graphics card, the power supply (newer version of same PS), a single SSD instead of 2 in RAID, and I threw in one more fan.
I was also going to reuse my current Windows 8 DVD but... decided since I am passing my current computer down to my son it would be easier to simply create an account for him on this box, and reinstall all of my stuff fresh.
The most important change was probably the graphics card... the NVidia 770 is ... well, it's a souped up version of the 680, but much cheaper than the 680 and most other cards in its class. It is quite the bargain. Apparently Nvidia has decided to become a little more aggressive in their pricing and are pressing ATI not only with excellent performance but excellent value.
So the parts are on their way! I should (theoretically) have all the pieces by Friday, and can begin putting them together over the weekend. Very exciting!
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