CentOS 7 Xfce motherboard/Nvidia issues?

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CentOS 7 Xfce motherboard/Nvidia issues?

Post by LordTroy » 2018/11/09 04:51:12

In previous attempts to follow the instructions found on various online resources and many cumbersome downloads of extra and usually unneeded dependencies and files which defeat the purpose of the minimal OS install and minimal DE for gaming functionality, i have drawn some conclusion that the PCIe 2.0 slots on my M7A38-EM where my GTX 560 DS SSC is located are not reading correctly (despite the memory banks on the card feeling warm/hot to the touch) i was curious if this was a conflict withe the radeon integrated chipset and the Nvidia card potentially or is there much more going on here where I'm not able to attain the needed information?

clarification:
Nvidia drivers upon install failed to recognize the card. when forced, failed install and upon reboot system completely crashed beyond recovery.
default driver easily blacklisted using multiple different methods but made little to no difference.
Nvidia card not detectable.
attempts made to fix from total wipe of system, 15-20.
could ASUS' primitave crossfire technologies be hurting me? hmm...

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Re: CentOS 7 Xfce motherboard/Nvidia issues?

Post by tunk » 2018/11/09 11:05:51

Maybe there's some settings about the integrated GPU in the bios?
Does lspci show the nvidia card?

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Re: CentOS 7 Xfce motherboard/Nvidia issues?

Post by TrevorH » 2018/11/09 11:10:47

If the device does not show up in the output from the lspci command then it's not installed properly (i.e. there is a hardware problem).
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Re: CentOS 7 Xfce motherboard/Nvidia issues?

Post by LordTroy » 2018/11/09 11:26:23

@tunk @TrevorH lspci readout.

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# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. AMD RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS780 [Radeon HD 3200]
01:05.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS780 HDMI Audio [Radeon 3000/3100 / HD 3200/3300]
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host Controller
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)

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Re: CentOS 7 Xfce motherboard/Nvidia issues?

Post by TrevorH » 2018/11/09 11:49:41

So the only video adapter showing up in that list is the onboard AMD one. You might check BIOS settings to see if there is something there that tells it to ignore any additional VGA card and force it to use the onboard one, otherwise try reseating the card in the slot and see if that improves matters. Sometimes it's just an extra 0.5mm extra push needed but you also need to be careful not to apply too much pressure.
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Re: CentOS 7 Xfce motherboard/Nvidia issues?

Post by LordTroy » 2018/11/09 12:25:42

previous attempts included pulling the card completely out, reseating, running with card in/out made no difference. i wasn't using lspci for the other attempts to know any specifics but i was leaving my TV hooked to the HDMI outlet on the card and was checking to see if anything i was doing was changing anything on the fly. it is currently only running on the onboard chip no matter what I have tried with reguards to getting the NVidia card working or to atleast register.

as i mentioned in OP, the memory on the VGA card in the PCIe 2.0 slot IS getting hot (cannot tell the chipset as that thing is liquid cooled beyond what it needs..) so there is power running through it. i was thinking along the lines of the crossfire technology from 10+ years ago being the culprit by "hijacking" the card as the crossfire runs as a virtual SLI bridge to "boost" graphics by running the VGA card in conjunction with the integrate card. problem being, i'm not seeing any performance boost on the graphics and my VGA other than getting hot isn't even being recognized. any attempts being made to force the nvidia drivers to install has crashed my system forcing another clean install.

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Re: CentOS 7 Xfce motherboard/Nvidia issues?

Post by LordTroy » 2018/11/11 13:08:19

Is this an issue perhaps bumblebee could fix?

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Re: CentOS 7 Xfce motherboard/Nvidia issues?

Post by TrevorH » 2018/11/11 14:14:32

If it doesn't appear in lspci then nothing can fix it. It's a hardware problem.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
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Re: CentOS 7 Xfce motherboard/Nvidia issues?

Post by LordTroy » 2018/11/13 00:17:20

hardware is good though....maybe i'm missing a bus driver? card works fine with windows, works good in more than one PC... card is fine, motherboard is fine.. for some reason, linux doesn't like it.. i had the same issues with fedora and never got it working.

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Re: CentOS 7 Xfce motherboard/Nvidia issues?

Post by TrevorH » 2018/11/13 00:49:36

It works in that exact same machine with another o/s?
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
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