'Re: [vtk-developers] [dashboard maintainers]To make TestGPUInfo'

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Subject: Re: [vtk-developers] [dashboard maintainers]To make TestGPUInfo
From: Dave Partyka <dave.partyka () kitware ! com>
Date: 2010-02-18 22:38:37
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Direct X SDK is now installed on Amber10.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Francois Bertel <
francois.bertel@kitware.com> wrote:

> To dashboard maintainers,
> 
> in order to make TestGPUInfo work properly and return something like:
> 
> "
> There is 1 GPU(s).
> GPU 0:
> dedicated VRAM=512 MB
> dedicated RAM=0 MB
> shared RAM=0 MB
> "
> 
> instead of
> 
> "There is 0 GPU(s)."
> 
> 
> 
> 1. With a Windows machine, you need to install the DirectX SDK.
> 
> It have been tested on VTKEdge with the DirectX SDK from August 2008:
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ea4894b5-e98d-44f6-842d-e32147237638&DisplayLang=en
>  
> And you can find the latest Direct X SDK from February 2010 here:
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2c7da5fb-ffbb-4af6-8c66-651cbd28ca15
>  
> 
> 2. With a Linux machine with an nVidia card, with an nVidia
> proprietary driver, you need to install the NVCtrl library (It gives
> access to the NV-CONTROL X extension) and set  VTK_USE_NVCONTROL to ON
> in your dashboard script:
> 
> * If it is already installed on your system, you can find the library
> libXNVCtrl.a in /usr/lib/ and the header files NVCtrlLib.h and
> NVCtrl.h in /usr/include/NVCtrl/. On Ubuntu, those files are provided
> by the package "nvidia-settings".
> * You can also get them from the source package of nvidia-settings
> from ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/. With the
> source package, all the relevant files are in src/libXNVCtrl/. Make
> sure to download a version of nvidia-settings equal or greater to
> 177.82 to avoid any license issue. (on August 25 2008, nVidia
> acknowledged that there is a mistake in the license of the NVCtrl
> library prior to 177.82, it should be MIT-X11 / BSD instead of GPL,
> only the nvidia-settings application is covered by the GPL, not the
> NVCtrl library:
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1756087&postcount=8 )
> 
> 3. There is nothing special to change on Macs.
> 
> What I just wrote is pretty much what it is the VTKEdge FAQ as the
> GPUInfo feature was moved from VTKEdge to VTK:
> http://vtkedge.org/Wiki/VTKEdge:FAQ#Compile_time
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> François Bertel, PhD  | Kitware Inc. Suite 204
> 1 (518) 371 3971 x113 | 28 Corporate Drive
> > Clifton Park NY 12065, USA
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Direct X SDK is now installed on Amber10. <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb \
18, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Francois Bertel &lt;<a \
href="mailto:francois.bertel@kitware.com">francois.bertel@kitware.com</a>&gt; \
wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">To dashboard maintainers, 
in order to make TestGPUInfo work properly and return something like: 
 
&quot; 
There is 1 GPU(s). 
 GPU 0: 
 dedicated VRAM=512 MB 
 dedicated RAM=0 MB 
 shared RAM=0 MB 
&quot; 
 
instead of 
 
&quot;There is 0 GPU(s).&quot; 
 
 
 
1. With a Windows machine, you need to install the DirectX SDK. 
 
It have been tested on VTKEdge with the DirectX SDK from August 2008: 
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ea4894b5-e98d-44f6-842d-e32147237638&amp;DisplayLang=en" \
target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ea4894b5-e98d-44f6-842d-e32147237638&amp;DisplayLang=en</a>

<br>
And you can find the latest Direct X SDK from February 2010 here:<br>
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=2c7da5fb-ffbb-4af6-8c66-651cbd28ca15" \
target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=2c7da5fb-ffbb-4af6-8c66-651cbd28ca15</a><br>

<br>
<br>
2. With a Linux machine with an nVidia card, with an nVidia<br>
proprietary driver, you need to install the NVCtrl library (It gives<br>
access to the NV-CONTROL X extension) and set  VTK_USE_NVCONTROL to ON<br>
in your dashboard script:<br>
<br>
 * If it is already installed on your system, you can find the library<br>
libXNVCtrl.a in /usr/lib/ and the header files NVCtrlLib.h and<br>
NVCtrl.h in /usr/include/NVCtrl/. On Ubuntu, those files are provided<br>
by the package &quot;nvidia-settings&quot;.<br>
 * You can also get them from the source package of nvidia-settings<br>
from <a href="ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/" \
target="_blank">ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/</a>. With the<br> \
source package, all the relevant files are in src/libXNVCtrl/. Make<br> sure to \
download a version of nvidia-settings equal or greater to<br> 177.82 to avoid any \
license issue. (on August 25 2008, nVidia<br> acknowledged that there is a mistake in \
the license of the NVCtrl<br> library prior to 177.82, it should be MIT-X11 / BSD \
instead of GPL,<br> only the nvidia-settings application is covered by the GPL, not \
the<br> NVCtrl library:<br>
<a href="http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1756087&amp;postcount=8" \
target="_blank">http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1756087&amp;postcount=8</a> \
)<br> <br>
3. There is nothing special to change on Macs.<br>
<br>
What I just wrote is pretty much what it is the VTKEdge FAQ as the<br>
GPUInfo feature was moved from VTKEdge to VTK:<br>
<a href="http://vtkedge.org/Wiki/VTKEdge:FAQ#Compile_time" \
target="_blank">http://vtkedge.org/Wiki/VTKEdge:FAQ#Compile_time</a><br> <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
François Bertel, PhD  | Kitware Inc. Suite 204<br>
1 (518) 371 3971 x113 | 28 Corporate Drive<br>
                      | Clifton Park NY 12065, USA<br>
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