headless Dell servers, Matrox
Jeff Berry <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:15:28 +0000
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Good afternoon,
I'm hoping this is a good place to seek some guidance. We've got a set of =
Dell rack servers that we run headless. We'd been using CentOS 7 and were =
able to get OpenGL running via vnc or x2go. We are upgrading our cluster t=
o Ubuntu 24, and now the OpenGL is not running. After running around in ci=
rcles and chasing down various leads, I suspect the problem is that mesa no=
longer supports the Matrox cards which the Dell racks are using. (If some=
one has a better idea, I'd love to hear it!) I can get OpenGL sort of wor=
king if I stick a bunch of old GL and Mesa libs in a directory and set tha=
t up using LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but that's not ideal. (And doesn't really work=
very well.)
The docs (https://docs.mesa3d.org/systems.html) say that Matrox is depreca=
ted but ' If anyone's interested though, the code can be found in the Git r=
epo.'
My questions are roughly:
1) am I off base in thinking this is probably the issue?
a) if so, what else should I be looking at?
2) has anyone had a similar issue and tried to get the Matrox drivers =
built for later versions of Mesa
a) if so, any pointers?
3) more generally, are there pointers or docs on where to get the code=
and how to integrate it? git is not something I use much, and although I =
had poke at it, I've not got a good idea of where to get the code.
Hoping that someone can point me in the right direction ...
Kind regards,
Jeff Berry, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I'm hoping this is a good place to seek some guidanc=
e. We've got a set of Dell rack servers that we run headless. W=
e'd been using CentOS 7 and were able to get OpenGL running via vnc or x2go=
. We are upgrading our cluster to Ubuntu 24,
and now the OpenGL is not running. After running around in circles a=
nd chasing down various leads, I suspect the problem is that mesa no longer=
supports the Matrox cards which the Dell racks are using. (If someon=
e has a better idea, I'd love to hear it!)
I can get OpenGL sort of working if I stick a bunch of old GL and Me=
sa libs in a directory and set that up using LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but that's no=
t ideal. (And doesn't really work very well.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">The docs (<a href=3D"https://docs.mesa3d.org/systems=
.html">https://docs.mesa3d.org/systems.html</a>) say that Matrox is d=
eprecated but ' If anyone’s interested though, the code can be found =
in the Git repo.'
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">My questions are roughly:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 leve=
l1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style=3D"mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style=
=3D"font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>am I off base in thinking this is probably the issu=
e?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0=
pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<![if !supportLists]><span style=3D"mso-list:Ignore">a)<span style=3D"font:=
7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>if so, what else should I be looking at?<o:p></o:p>=
</p>
<p class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 leve=
l1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style=3D"mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style=
=3D"font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>has anyone had a similar issue and tried to get the=
Matrox drivers built for later versions of Mesa<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0=
pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style=3D"mso-list:Ignore">a)<span style=3D"font:=
7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>if so, any pointers?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 leve=
l1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style=3D"mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style=
=3D"font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>more generally, are there pointers or docs on where=
to get the code and how to integrate it? git is not something I use =
much, and although I had poke at it, I've not got a good idea of where to g=
et the code.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hoping that someone can point me in the right direct=
ion ...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Jeff Berry, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit<o:=
p></o:p></p>
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