Graphics; Bmc Configuration - Silicon Graphics Virtu VN200 Hardware User's Manual

System Procedures

Graphics

BMC Configuration

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The following list describes basic troubleshooting tips that you can use to isolate graphics
problems.
• Each time X starts a log file is generated in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Common
problems that occur after editing the xorg.conf file can be solved by examining
this file.
• Look for visual artifacts on display device:
• Vertical or horizontal stripes
• Pixel drop-outs
• Missing colors
• Run graphics demos to verify performance characteristics of the graphics hardware.
• Run the glxinfo command to verify that direct rendering (DRI) is enabled and the
OpenGL vendor string is set to NVIDIA Corporation; this confirms the graphics
board is using the NVIDIA driver and not the default RHEL/SLES driver
• Run the nvidia-bug-report.sh script to verify that the NVIDIA driver installed
correctly
• If necessary, reinstall the graphics drivers; after reinstalling, run the ldconfig
command
• Use the nvidia-xconfig command to generate a new xorg.conf file
• Swap the graphics card, display device, and display cables to isolate failures
The following list describes basic troubleshooting tips that you can use to isolate BMC
configuration problems.
• By default, the SGI Virtu VN200 system enables serial-over-LAN (SOL)
functionality via serial port B.
• To configure SOL manually, enable serial-console redirection in BIOS, then
configure the BMC LAN to assign a static IP address (XE) or configure the BMC as a
DHCP client (ICE) via one of the following methods:
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