Hi all.
So.. as the problem with the video driver and CentOS 5 seems to be hard to solve, I'll try to migrate to CentOS 6.
I'd like to ask if anybody is successfully running cadence and plugins on CentOS 6 and if it is running as well as it was on CentOS 5.. If any, what problems may I see running cadence on CentOS 6 ?
Thank you very much! Robi
On 09.01.2013 17:58, Roberto Nunnari wrote:
Hi all.
So.. as the problem with the video driver and CentOS 5 seems to be hard to solve, I'll try to migrate to CentOS 6.
I'd like to ask if anybody is successfully running cadence and plugins on CentOS 6 and if it is running as well as it was on CentOS 5.. If any, what problems may I see running cadence on CentOS 6 ?
Thank you very much! Robi
I don't know this program, can you be more specific please? Where can we download it from, which plugins are you running with it etc?
On 1/9/2013 10:25 AM, Nux! wrote:
I don't know this program, can you be more specific please? Where can we download it from, which plugins are you running with it etc?
Cadence is a vendor of Electronic Design Automation software, the sort of stuff that costs $50K/year/seat for license and support.
On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Roberto Nunnari wrote:
Hi all.
So.. as the problem with the video driver and CentOS 5 seems to be hard to solve, I'll try to migrate to CentOS 6.
I'd like to ask if anybody is successfully running cadence and plugins on CentOS 6 and if it is running as well as it was on CentOS 5.. If any, what problems may I see running cadence on CentOS 6 ?
We are running Cadence on Scientific Linux 6. Do note that there are "multiple" Cadence products. Which specifically are you having issues with?
-Connie Sieh Fermilab
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On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Connie Sieh wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Roberto Nunnari wrote:
Hi all.
So.. as the problem with the video driver and CentOS 5 seems to be hard to solve, I'll try to migrate to CentOS 6.
I'd like to ask if anybody is successfully running cadence and plugins on CentOS 6 and if it is running as well as it was on CentOS 5.. If any, what problems may I see running cadence on CentOS 6 ?
We are running Cadence on Scientific Linux 6. Do note that there are "multiple" Cadence products. Which specifically are you having issues with?
Never mind. It is running on SL 5 .
Can you add "real" graphics hardware such as a Nvidia card.
-Connie Sieh
-Connie Sieh Fermilab
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On 1/9/2013 12:54, Connie Sieh wrote:
Can you add "real" graphics hardware such as a Nvidia card.
Seconded. Why in the world are you trying to run high-end CAD software with chipset graphics? A $200 nVidia board is a round-off error compared to the price paid for the software license and support.
If you were only doing 2D stuff, I'd say it might be fine, but your complaint about glxgears tells me you want real-time 3D. So, get a real 3D board.
Assuming by "Cadence" you mean one of the Allegro PCB design products, Cadence has a document that makes this requirement explicit:
Quoting from page 15: "A dedicated graphics card with hardware OpenGL support and a minimum of 128MB dedicated (not shared) video RAM and a 128-bit bus interface. (256MB or more is recommended.) We also recommend that the card be workstation certified. (We do not recommend motherboard-based graphics solutions.)"
Congratulations. Now you don't have to upgrade the OS. :)
----- Original Message ----- | On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Connie Sieh wrote: | | > On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Roberto Nunnari wrote: | > | >> Hi all. | >> | >> So.. as the problem with the video driver and CentOS 5 seems to be | >> hard | >> to solve, I'll try to migrate to CentOS 6. | >> | >> I'd like to ask if anybody is successfully running cadence and | >> plugins | >> on CentOS 6 and if it is running as well as it was on CentOS 5.. | >> If any, what problems may I see running cadence on CentOS 6 ? | > | > We are running Cadence on Scientific Linux 6. Do note that there | > are | > "multiple" Cadence products. Which specifically are you having | > issues | > with? | | Never mind. It is running on SL 5 . | | Can you add "real" graphics hardware such as a Nvidia card. | | -Connie Sieh
Yes we are. On Quadro and enthusiast class equipment. CentOS 5 works fine, but we haven't done any sufficient CentOS 6 testing because other software vendors in Engineering are still not certified for the platform. What kind of problems are you having? Perhaps some of our findings will still apply.
James A. Peltier wrote:
----- Original Message ----- | On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Connie Sieh wrote: | | > On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Roberto Nunnari wrote: | > | >> Hi all. | >> | >> So.. as the problem with the video driver and CentOS 5 seems to be | >> hard | >> to solve, I'll try to migrate to CentOS 6. | >> | >> I'd like to ask if anybody is successfully running cadence and | >> plugins | >> on CentOS 6 and if it is running as well as it was on CentOS 5.. | >> If any, what problems may I see running cadence on CentOS 6 ? | > | > We are running Cadence on Scientific Linux 6. Do note that there | > are | > "multiple" Cadence products. Which specifically are you having | > issues | > with? | | Never mind. It is running on SL 5 . | | Can you add "real" graphics hardware such as a Nvidia card. | | -Connie Sieh
Yes we are. On Quadro and enthusiast class equipment. CentOS 5 works fine, but we haven't done any sufficient CentOS 6 testing because other software vendors in Engineering are still not certified for the platform. What kind of problems are you having? Perhaps some of our findings will still apply.
YES! Thank you very much to all! Following your advice, I just plugged in a dedicated video card, added proprietary drivers, and now it works fine on CentOS 5! This list is wonderful!! :-)
Best regards. Robi
On 01/10/2013 10:32 AM, Roberto Nunnari wrote:
Yes we are. On Quadro and enthusiast class equipment. CentOS 5 works fine, but we haven't done any sufficient CentOS 6 testing because other software vendors in Engineering are still not certified for the platform. What kind of problems are you having? Perhaps some of our findings will still apply.
YES! Thank you very much to all! Following your advice, I just plugged in a dedicated video card, added proprietary drivers, and now it works fine on CentOS 5! This list is wonderful!!:-)
We use Mentor (also an very expensive software toolset) and I have had a lot of issues getting the drivers work correctly (Ati, Nvidia). The price for the graphic adapter was not an issue at all. Finding one that works correctly with the software is another story. The newest Ati driver worked only once! After every session the workstation had to be rebooted to get it to work again.
I went over to Cento6 just a couple of weeks ago. Most workstations now work with the standard Nouveau driver. No problem seen yet. The only annoying problem is that sometimes an application windows stays "empty". Simply resizing the window fixes it. for me it's hard to say what causes. The software needs backing-store on the X server being enabled. I underdstand this is old technology and I suspect this is now causing problems. But the bottomline for us is that CentOS6 seems to be easier with the built-in drivers compared to CentOS5.
Theo Band wrote:
On 01/10/2013 10:32 AM, Roberto Nunnari wrote:
Yes we are. On Quadro and enthusiast class equipment. CentOS 5 works fine, but we haven't done any sufficient CentOS 6 testing because other software vendors in Engineering are still not certified for the platform. What kind of problems are you having? Perhaps some of our findings will still apply.
YES! Thank you very much to all! Following your advice, I just plugged in a dedicated video card, added proprietary drivers, and now it works fine on CentOS 5! This list is wonderful!!:-)
We use Mentor (also an very expensive software toolset) and I have had a lot of issues getting the drivers work correctly (Ati, Nvidia). The price for the graphic adapter was not an issue at all. Finding one that works correctly with the software is another story. The newest Ati driver worked only once! After every session the workstation had to be rebooted to get it to work again.
I went over to Cento6 just a couple of weeks ago. Most workstations now work with the standard Nouveau driver. No problem seen yet. The only annoying problem is that sometimes an application windows stays "empty". Simply resizing the window fixes it. for me it's hard to say what causes. The software needs backing-store on the X server being enabled. I underdstand this is old technology and I suspect this is now causing problems. But the bottomline for us is that CentOS6 seems to be easier with the built-in drivers compared to CentOS5.
I see.. good to know that things work even better on the newer version of CentOS!
I gave the pc (CentOS 5 and with a temporary old ATI card) to the final user and now I'm waiting for his feedback..
Thank you. Robi
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