From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id gJ/aFEqSbF+cawAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:34:18 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id WE+7EEqSbF+5AQAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:34:18 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D463F940224 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:34:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:38396 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLQRz-0008Im-Op for larch@yhetil.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:34:15 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56034) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLQRq-0008Ie-HT for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:34:06 -0400 Received: from www3.webmail.pair.com ([66.39.3.34]:40190) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLQRn-00058c-18 for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:34:06 -0400 Received: from rc.webmail.pair.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www3.webmail.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45B8D3E0114; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:34:01 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:34:01 +0000 From: yasu@yasuaki.com To: Efraim Flashner Subject: Re: Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX In-Reply-To: References: <20200917195320.GI19874@E5400> <4DF19F29-B974-40BF-B093-EEA9E4DA1554@yasuaki.com> User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.4.8 Message-ID: <3776c2ee5e2994a82ff86f6db7bed0e4@yasuaki.com> X-Sender: yasu@yasuaki.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: none client-ip=66.39.3.34; envelope-from=yasu@yasuaki.com; helo=www3.webmail.pair.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/24 08:34:01 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Raghav Gururajan , help-guix@gnu.org Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.01 X-TUID: G9e7VukWMvZ2 Just to follow up, here's what I did: - Removed my original NVidia GTX 750 video card - Installed the new AMD RX580 video card - Added an unofficial Guix channel to use the "regular" Linux Kernel (instead of Linux-Libre) My new Guix experience is now a world apart from the old! - It does't freeze like every 30 minutes anymore... - It works like any other normal computer! (Great 2D/3D/video performance!) Cheers, Yasu yasu@guix ~$ guix system describe Generation 16 Sep 24 2020 20:27:04 (current) file name: /var/guix/profiles/system-16-link canonical file name: /gnu/store/9crwhnhyc6nwspd9j4m09sk1bb6r93j3-system label: GNU with Linux 5.8.10 bootloader: grub-efi root device: label: "my-root" kernel: /gnu/store/2z8smc1cn921gxqhb7m11byk6h3asf1k-linux-5.8.10/bzImage channels: guix: repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit: ff128dc6332fddfc65658a8462796fc7ecd1bdd2 nonguix: repository URL: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix branch: master commit: fc683132b1838cfdbe968b49e459dc12f4f41ef8 configuration file: /gnu/store/9f1vi852r032wd38hchm5g2sywxzfkj1-configuration.scm yasu@guix ~$ cat /gnu/store/9f1vi852r032wd38hchm5g2sywxzfkj1-configuration.scm ;; This is an operating system configuration template ;; for a "desktop" setup with GNOME and Xfce where the ;; root partition is encrypted with LUKS. (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss) (nongnu packages linux) ;; engine power (nongnu system linux-initrd)) ;; engine power (use-service-modules desktop xorg) (use-package-modules certs gnome) (operating-system (kernel linux) ;; engine power (initrd microcode-initrd) ;; engine power (firmware (list linux-firmware)) ;; engine power (host-name "guix") (timezone "Asia/Tokyo") (locale "en_US.utf8") ;; Choose US English keyboard layout. The "altgr-intl" ;; variant provides dead keys for accented characters. (keyboard-layout (keyboard-layout "us")) ;; Use the UEFI variant of GRUB with the EFI System ;; Partition mounted on /boot/efi. (bootloader (bootloader-configuration (bootloader grub-efi-bootloader) (target "/boot/efi") (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout))) ;; Specify a mapped device for the encrypted root partition. ;; The UUID is that returned by 'cryptsetup luksUUID'. ;; (mapped-devices ;; (list (mapped-device ;; (source (uuid "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc")) ;; (target "my-root") ;; (type luks-device-mapping)))) (file-systems (append (list (file-system (device (file-system-label "my-root")) (mount-point "/") (type "ext4") ;; (dependencies mapped-devices) ) (file-system (device (uuid "C2D0-0B91" 'fat)) (mount-point "/boot/efi") (type "vfat"))) %base-file-systems)) (users (cons (user-account (name "yasu") (comment "yasu") (group "users") (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev" "audio" "video"))) %base-user-accounts)) ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages. (packages (append (list ;; for HTTPS access nss-certs ;; for user mounts gvfs) %base-packages)) ;; Add GNOME and Xfce---we can choose at the log-in screen ;; by clicking the gear. Use the "desktop" services, which ;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with ;; NetworkManager, and more. (services (append (list ;; (service gnome-desktop-service-type) (service gnome-desktop-service-type) ;; (bluetooth-service) (set-xorg-configuration (xorg-configuration (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))) %desktop-services)) ;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS. (name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss)) root@guix ~# glxinfo | egrep -i 'device|memory' Device: Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10, DRM 3.38.0, 5.8.10, LLVM 10.0.0) (0x67df) Video memory: 8192MB https://www.amazon.co.jp/SAPPHIRE-RADEON-%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89-VD6907-SA-RX580-8GD5PL002/dp/B07PCCS63W/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&dchild=1&keywords=amd+580&qid=1600948539&sr=8-3 On 18.09.2020 10:27, Efraim Flashner wrote: > On September 17, 2020 9:00:54 PM UTC, Yasuaki Kudo > wrote: >> Thank you Efraim and Raghav but I forgot to mention that I need decent >> web browser experience of dual 60hz 4K (HDMI). >> >> While the reviews on amazon.jp do confirm Linux friendliness but they >> say it is way too slow for that, even with hardware acceleration >> enabled... 😅 >> > > Yeah, that does sound unfortunate. I would assume that another GPU > from that generation (something208) should work also but unfortunately > I don't have any experience with that. > >> >>> On Sep 18, 2020, at 04:54, Efraim Flashner >>> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 12:53:50PM +0000, Raghav Gururajan wrote: >>>> Hello Yasuaki Kudo! >>>> >>>> AFAIK, there is only one that is both free-software and AMD chip-set >>>> compatible. It's GeForce GT 710. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> RG. >>>> >>> >>> I can confirm the GeForce GT 710 works. I picked one up after I broke >>> the VGA port on my motherboard. >>> >>> -- >>> Efraim Flashner אפרים פלשנר >>> GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 >>> Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received >>> unencrypted