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Second GPU does not show up in `lspci`

I switched the second GPU in one of our servers (Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS). But now lspci only gives one entry: $lspci | grep -i nvidia 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G94 [Quadro FX ...
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How does the Linux kernel handle shared IRQs?

According to what I've read so far, "when the kernel receives an interrupt, all the registered handlers are invoked." I understand that the registered handlers for each IRQ can be viewed via ...
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force re-negotiation of PCIe speed on Linux

I'm working with PCIe Gen 3 cards and from time to time they seem to fall back to PCIe 1 or 2 speeds (according to lspci and also observed by the throughput). When rebooting/power cycling the machine ...
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Reset a PCI Device in Linux

Is there a generic way to reset a PCI device in Linux from the command line? That is, cause the PCI bus to issue a reset command.
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sudo without password - security? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What specific vulnerabilities am I creating by disabling the sudo password? I'm involved yet again in the old argument on whether sudo without password is secure enough ...
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What determines whether an interrupt is IO-APIC-edge or IO-APIC-level?

Looking at the contents of /proc/interrupts on an x86 Linux, I see that some of the interrupts are IO-APIC-edge while others are IO-APIC-level. I wonder what determines the interrupt type, is it the ...