[CentOS] Anybody running cadence on CentOS 6 ?

Thu Jan 10 09:32:57 UTC 2013
Roberto Nunnari <roberto.nunnari at supsi.ch>

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