gvid: ATI Radeon 7000 not supported on this hardware

[Tom Satinet]

Hello,

when i type 'dmesg', as i me wont... I get this error message all the time. The boxes in question are RP3440's. I dont actually want to use the graphics card, but i wonder how to configure this to get rid of the error message....

[Luk Vandenbussche]

Hi Tom,

Remove the gvid driver from your kernel

# kmsystem -c N gvid
# kmsystem -c N gvid_core
# kmsystem -c N drmfgl
# kmsystem -c N drmfglrx
# kmsystem -c N gvid_info
# kmsystem -c N gvid_him_fglrx
# kmsystem -c N gvid_him_cons
# cd /stand/build
# mk_kernel -s /stand/system -o /stand/vmunix
# cd /
# /sbin/shutdown -ry now

See also
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=964011

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

You can't just put off the rack hardware in an HP-9000.

Use only parts listed for the box at http://partsurfer.hp.com

One reason HP-9000 servers are so reliable is that they limit the universe of hardware they will work with.

SEP

[Tom Satinet]

these boxes were supplied from a reseller from hp. we would never install hardware ourselves. warranty alert!


not sure why the did that. wierd eh?

[Luk Vandenbussche]

Tom,

This kernal parameter is added by default.
When you remove it like i described the error will be gone.

Try it

[Tom Satinet]

okay but i wont be running 'shutdown -ry now' on a live server :-D

[Muthukumar_5]

Yes. If you update kernel then reboot is needed always. :( May be allocate some time to do it.

--
Muthu

[Tom Satinet]

yes i know....

I'll do it at night sometime.

[Marlou Everson]

Patch PHKL_31241 is also supposed to fix this problem. I have not tried it yet but it was listed as a fix in Document 8606378019. Of course, it still requires a reboot.

Marlou

( SR:8606378019 CR:JAGaf38277 )
The gvid graphics driver does not support Radeon 7000
graphics devices on series 800 systems. Previously, the
driver would log the message "gvid: ATI Radeon 7000 not
supported on this hardware" each time it was requested to
claim an unclaimed Radeon 7000.

Resolution:
The gvid graphics driver will no longer log the above
message. Also, the patch postinstall script will no
longer add gvid to the HP-UX kernel on series 800 systems
containing only a Radeon 7000 graphics device.