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graysky
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 Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:29 am Post subject: anyone have dual nvidia video cards? |
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I'm working with Jordi Sanfeliu, the author of monitorix, to add some graphs for nvidia cards including: GPU usage, VRAM, usage, and GPU temp. I'm looking for someone with dual videocards (must be nvidia) to run the nvidia-smi (included in the nvidia-utils package) and post the output.
Example from my single video card system:
| Code: | $ nvidia-smi -a
==============NVSMI LOG==============
Timestamp : Thu Dec 9 17:29:12 2010
Driver Version : 260.19.21
GPU 0:
Product Name : GeForce 8400 GS
PCI Device/Vendor ID : 6e410de
PCI Location ID : 0:1:0
Board Serial : 2648101198649
Display : Connected
Temperature : 45 C
Utilization
GPU : 0%
Memory : 8% |
Thanks in advance! |
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BitJam
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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I've got two Nvidia cards and two slots that *should* handle them both but I only have one card installed ATM.
IIRC, I had some severe problems with another distro when I had both cards both cards plugged in. Send me a PM to remind me if I don't post results within 24 hours. I'll check back here first to see if someone else beat me before opening up the case. |
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BitJam
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry for the delay. I was swamped yesterday. Thanks for the ping. It helped. Here it is: | Code: | $ nvidia-smi -a
==============NVSMI LOG==============
Timestamp : Sat Dec 11 10:56:08 2010
GPU 0:
Product Name : GeForce 210
PCI ID : a6510de
Temperature : 53 C
GPU 1:
Product Name : GeForce 8400 GS
PCI ID : 6e410de
Temperature : 55 C |
My nvidia-smi is from the nvidia-drivers-256.53 package. PLMK if there is anything else I can help you with.
BTW: the problem I ran into was in both a Debian based distro and in Gentoo. The "Slim" graphical log-in manager would rudely reboot my computer (i.e. crash) whenever I exited my window manager. Removing the 2nd graphics card made the problem go away. I have since stopped using Slim in Gentoo. I need to remember to remove the card before I boot into the distro that still uses Slim. In Gentoo I moved the Gnome's gdm. |
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graysky
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| BitJam wrote: | Sorry for the delay. I was swamped yesterday. Thanks for the ping. It helped. Here it is: | Code: | $ nvidia-smi -a
==============NVSMI LOG==============
Timestamp : Sat Dec 11 10:56:08 2010
GPU 0:
Product Name : GeForce 210
PCI ID : a6510de
Temperature : 53 C
GPU 1:
Product Name : GeForce 8400 GS
PCI ID : 6e410de
Temperature : 55 C |
My nvidia-smi is from the nvidia-drivers-256.53 package. PLMK if there is anything else I can help you with.
BTW: the problem I ran into was in both a Debian based distro and in Gentoo. The "Slim" graphical log-in manager would rudely reboot my computer (i.e. crash) whenever I exited my window manager. Removing the 2nd graphics card made the problem go away. I have since stopped using Slim in Gentoo. I need to remember to remove the card before I boot into the distro that still uses Slim. In Gentoo I moved the Gnome's gdm. |
Thanks for the output. Odd that it seems to have cut off the RAM and GPU usage (see my post). I'm using 260.19.21 which might account for the difference? |
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BitJam
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| graysky wrote: | | Thanks for the output. Odd that it seems to have cut off the RAM and GPU usage (see my post). I'm using 260.19.21 which might account for the difference? |
I noticed that too which is why I posted my nvidia-drivers version. The last time I checked nvidia-drivers >= 260.0.0 caused the GVim editor to fail. This was not acceptable to me so I've been staying with 256.53. It's hard for me to function without GVim. It is built into a lot of the functionality of my desktop. I see version 260.19.26 is now in Portage. I haven't tried that yet. I'll give it a go after I reach a good stopping point and can shut everything down. |
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BitJam
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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I upgraded to nvidia-drivers-260.19.26 and GVim is still working which is marvelous. Here is the new output: | Code: | nvidia-smi -a
==============NVSMI LOG==============
Timestamp : Sat Dec 11 14:25:29 2010
Driver Version : 260.19.26
GPU 0:
Product Name : GeForce 210
PCI Device/Vendor ID : a6510de
PCI Location ID : 0:1:0
Board Serial : 6195056689
Display : Connected
Temperature : 54 C
Utilization
GPU : 0%
Memory : 13%
GPU 1:
Product Name : GeForce 8400 GS
PCI Device/Vendor ID : 6e410de
PCI Location ID : 0:2:0
Board Serial : 599284888371
Display : Not connected
Temperature : 57 C
Utilization
GPU : 0%
Memory : 0% |
Running XBMC at 1920x1080 increased utilization to: | Code: | GPU : 67%
Memory : 60% |
Then having it use VDPAU to show a 1920x1080 movie sent it to: | Code: | GPU : 58%
Memory : 68% |
This nvidia-smi utility is really great. I'll be using it frequently. I've wanted to know how much VDPAU was taxing my GPU card. I'm also glad I was able to upgrade the drivers without borking GVim. It's possible you helped me more than I helped you. |
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graysky
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| Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your help and I'm glad you're updated now  You should check out monitorix (current 1.52). Jordi is working the next release now that will include nvidia GPU load, VRAM, and temps. See the news section of his page. |
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