June 2005 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

suse 9.3 - nfs or ftp - freeze
by Burkhard Carstens 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

Hello, I have suse 9.3 on Athlon64 box and see strange system freezes. System is running as nfs- and ftp-server (vsftpd) when I connect from another machine with lftp, I can change into the directory, do ls -al etc. but as soon as I fire a "mirror -vv" the server freezes hard! Cursor stops blinking, unable to switch tty, no ssh access, no ctrl-alt-del etc... Alt-SysRq-b is the "softest" way to get out of this. The funny thing is: if I ssh into the box before starting the ftp-session, everything is fine! Same problem with NFS! Tried it again and again and again ... absolutely reproducible! Disabled acpi 2.0 / apm / apic in BIOS, even stopped rcpowersaved, because I found some article about this ... but no luck. So I setup a second box with exactly the same hardware configuration (just slightly different PSU, but still 550W) and yes: I get the same behavior. Any idea ? I really appreciate any of your help! Best regards, Burkhard

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memory errors
by suse amd 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

Hi Folks, This motherboard has dual opteron machines and 4 memory banks per cpu and the memory bank is populated as 1GB dimm and 2GB dimm next. The error messages from syslog are the following. Is it possible to tell which dimm of cpu 1 is bad. physical access to the machine is not there. thank you, regards suse Jun 3 21:55:48 localhost kernel: CPU 1: Silent Northbridge MCE Jun 3 21:55:48 localhost kernel: Northbridge status d447c000e0080a13 Jun 3 21:55:48 localhost kernel: ECC syndrome bits e00f Jun 3 21:55:48 localhost kernel: extended error chipkill ecc error Jun 3 21:55:48 localhost kernel: link number 0 Jun 3 21:55:48 localhost kernel: corrected ecc error Jun 3 21:55:48 localhost kernel: error address valid Jun 3 21:55:48 localhost kernel: error enable Jun 3 21:55:48 localhost kernel: error overflow Jun 3 21:55:48 localhost kernel: previous error lost Jun 3 21:55:48 localhost kernel: error address 00000002359feb20 Jun 4 00:28:46 localhost kernel: CPU 1: Silent Northbridge MCE Jun 4 00:28:46 localhost kernel: Northbridge status d417c000ed080a13 Jun 4 00:28:46 localhost kernel: ECC syndrome bits ed2f Jun 4 00:28:46 localhost kernel: extended error chipkill ecc error Jun 4 00:28:46 localhost kernel: link number 0 Jun 4 00:28:46 localhost kernel: corrected ecc error Jun 4 00:28:46 localhost kernel: error address valid Jun 4 00:28:46 localhost kernel: error enable Jun 4 00:28:46 localhost kernel: error overflow Jun 4 00:28:46 localhost kernel: previous error lost Jun 4 00:28:46 localhost kernel: error address 000000024ef3fd20 Jun 4 01:49:17 localhost kernel: CPU 1: Silent Northbridge MCE Jun 4 01:49:17 localhost kernel: Northbridge status d447c000e0080a13 Jun 4 01:49:17 localhost kernel: ECC syndrome bits e00f Jun 4 01:49:17 localhost kernel: extended error chipkill ecc error Jun 4 01:49:17 localhost kernel: link number 0 Jun 4 01:49:17 localhost kernel: corrected ecc error Jun 4 01:49:17 localhost kernel: error address valid Jun 4 01:49:17 localhost kernel: error enable Jun 4 01:49:17 localhost kernel: error overflow Jun 4 01:49:17 localhost kernel: previous error lost Jun 4 01:49:17 localhost kernel: error address 000000027917fba0 Jun 4 10:44:16 localhost kernel: CPU 1: Silent Northbridge MCE Jun 4 10:44:16 localhost kernel: Northbridge status d447c000e0080a13 Jun 4 10:44:16 localhost kernel: ECC syndrome bits e00f Jun 4 10:44:16 localhost kernel: extended error chipkill ecc error Jun 4 10:44:16 localhost kernel: link number 0 Jun 4 10:44:16 localhost kernel: corrected ecc error Jun 4 10:44:16 localhost kernel: error address valid Jun 4 10:44:16 localhost kernel: error enable Jun 4 10:44:16 localhost kernel: error overflow Jun 4 10:44:16 localhost kernel: previous error lost Jun 4 10:44:16 localhost kernel: error address 000000020dc7e8e0 Jun 6 10:38:11 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [suse-amd64] Howto build 32bit apps on amd64 suse 9.3?
by Michael Marion 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

On 6 Jun, Black, Alain wrote: > Would it work if you ran "linux32 bash" and then ran the make from that > environment? Then it would believe the machine is an i686 (if I > remember correctly). Yeah, that tends to help. I've used that, in conjunction with CC="gcc -m32" before. I had to create a few custom -32bit rpms for work and did them that way. -- Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Staff Engineer-http://www.qualcomm.com Roz: "Maybe Frasier picked up something from contact with me." Niles: "He wouldn't be the first one t.... oh, I'm too depressed." --Frasier

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RE: [suse-amd64] Howto build 32bit apps on amd64 suse 9.3?
by Black, Alain 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Would it work if you ran "linux32 bash" and then ran the make from that environment? Then it would believe the machine is an i686 (if I remember correctly). -----Original Message----- From: Fred van Zwieten [mailto:suse-amd64@dezwietjes.nl] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:54 PM To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] Howto build 32bit apps on amd64 suse 9.3? lothlorien:/home/fred # ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2005-05-19 16:20 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 -> libXext.so.6.4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 57064 2005-03-22 18:33 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.4 lothlorien:/home/fred # ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXext* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 115314 2005-03-22 18:25 /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXext.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2005-05-19 16:28 /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXext.so -> libXext.so.6.4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2005-05-19 16:18 /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXext.so.6 -> libXext.so.6.4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 71112 2005-03-22 18:30 /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXext.so.6.4 Libraries are in both 32 and 64 X11 lib paths. Links seems ok ldconfig -v | less shows LD sees both 32 and 64 bit libs. I use: CC="gcc -m32" ./configure --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib I Get: checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... no checking for libXext... no configure: error: We need a working libXext to proceed. Since configure can't find it itself, we stop here assuming that make wouldn't find them either. Regards, Fred On Monday 06 June 2005 21:37, Sid Boyce wrote: > Fred van Zwieten wrote: > > Doesn't help, Sid. I found this in config.log: > > > > configure:26988: gcc -m32 -o conftest -ansi -W -Wall -Wchar-subscripts > > -Wshadow -Wpointer-a > > rith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 > > -D_BSD_SOURCE -O2 -Wformat- > > security -Wmissing-format-attribute -L/usr/X11R6/lib conftest.c -lXext > > -lX11 >&5 > > /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.5/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux / > >bin/ld: cannot fin > > d -lXext > > > > Can you make any sense of it? > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 76022 2005-03-22 17:28 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.a > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2005-04-19 16:26 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so > -> libXext.so.6.4* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2005-04-19 14:05 > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 -> libXext.so.6.4* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 57064 2005-03-22 17:33 > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.4* > I've seen this problem where the link for libXext.so was missing, but > that should be installed as standard and I've checked.... > # file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.4 > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.4: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel > 80386, version 1 (SYSV), stripped > Run "ldconfig -v|less" and check for that library. I can't see why it's > not finding it. > Regards > Sid. > -- > Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot > Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist > Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Globus 4.0 on SuSE Linux for x86-64
by Mikhail Kuzminsky 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Sorry, do somebody have any experience w/installation (and work) of GTK 4.0.0 on SuSE Linux Professional 9.x ? In particular, binary installer for x86-64 was prepared for SLES9, and I don't know about possibility to use it on SuSE Linux (9.0 and 9.1 are especially interesting for me). Should I install from source in this case ? Mikhail Kuzminsky Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Moscow

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Problem with keyboard
by Luc Renambot 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

I have an Opteron machine running 9.3 with a weird keyboard behavior. It's a Tyan 2895 K8WE (the dual PCI-express one) with 2x Opteron 250 on it, and 4GB of RAM. As soon as I start X (KDE), the keyboard starts behaving erratic: if I press one key, I get a several times the same character. Very annoying. It behaves fine in the console mode (without X). I played around with BIOS settings (key repeat and delay), and the X11 settings. Still the same. It does it both with a PS2 and a USB keyboard. Anybody have seen anything like this ? ...Luc... Luc Renambot luc(a)evl.uic.edu Electronic Visualization Lab (M/ C 152) EVL Phone (312) 996-3002 University of Illinois at Chicago EVL FAX (312) 413-7585 851 S. Morgan St. Room 1120 SEO http://www.evl.uic.edu/luc Chicago, IL 60607-7053

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Swapfile larger 2 GB ?
by Michael Arndt 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Hello * i need to use a swapfile larger 2 GB on amd64. I have read an earlier posting of Andi, that this is possible. Since i still get only 2 GB Swap signatures when calling mkswap my questions: Do i have to enforce a size > 2 GB manually when calling mkswap or do i have to use a patched mkswap ? For those curios, why i don't use multiple swap partitions: i'd like to do suspend to disk on a laptop with 2 GB Mem so i need a littler bit more than those 2 GB continuos swap. TIA Micha

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ARTSDSP NOW WORKS!!!!
by Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Hello all. I am happy to announce that I just installed the newest arts rpms from the apt-get repositories and now 'artsdsp skype &' works like a charm! No error messages about unloadable libraries. As a test, I fired up amaroK and then placed a call through skype to my cellphone. The sound mixing worked as it should. (Yes, I was careful to isolate the sources of my voice by unplugging the microphone from my laptop or --exclusive or-- covering the microphone of my cellphone to make sure sound worked as it should.) The fact artsdsp on my 64-bit SuSE 9.3 system now works with 32-bit software (I am quite certain amaroK has been compiled by SuSE as 64 -bit and absolutely positive skype is 32-bit) may have considerable impact --positive one!-- on the multimedia capabilities of SuSE. Per Bjoern Jacke's recommendation, I will continue my experiments with aoss and report the results. :) I also subscribe to another board about my 64-bit AMD laptop (Presario R3000-series, which I need for its number crunching on-the-go capabilities), so I keep a keen eye on problems encountered by people running other Linux distributions on this laptop. Furthermore, I have a friend who sets up SMP Opteron boards. From the information I have gathered from these two sources, I believe that when it comes to AMD64 (single- or multi-processor), SuSE wins hands down! :) CF

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Re: [suse-amd64] QUESTIONS FOR THE GURUS
by Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

Bjoern, Thank you for your response. I have a couple of questions, stated after the end of your message below: Bjoern JACKE wrote: > On 2005-05-25 at 00:15 -0600 Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas sent off: >> (2) aRTS and artsdsp (both presumably 64-bit) seem to handle 64-bit >> programs fine. However, 32-bit programs like skype (www.skype.com >> --distributed as a 32-bit binary) and flash player seem to want to >> monopolize the sound card (skype is still not aRTS-compatible, even on > > artsd is a pain anyway and quite obsolete on systems where you have > ALSA available. ALSA can share a soundcard to multiple applications > (32bit/64bit mixture should not matter here). A nice workaround I use > which will also make any proprietary stuff like flash plugin etc. > share the sound device instead of blocking it: > > Create .asoundrc in your $HOME: > # ~/.asoundrc > pcm.dsp0 { > type plug > slave.pcm "dmix" > } > ctl.mixer0 { > type hw > card 0 > } > > and write something like > > export LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD:/usr/lib/libaoss.so > > in /etc/profile.locale > > That will override all old oss sound function with ALSA ones. With the > ALSA configuration using dmix you can then use multiple sound streams, > programs using artsd will still work as artsd is now also using alsa > and dmix but in this setup it's better to tell programs to use ALSA or > oss directly. You will then also get rid of the typical sound delay > you have with programs using artsd if you have more than one sound > source. > > Bjoern (1) Do you mean '/etc/profile.local' (not '/etc/profile/locale')? (2) There is '/usr/lib/libaoss.so' and '/usr/lib64/libaoss.so' in my 64-bit SuSE 9.3 . Should both be used? (3) Where can I find some decent documentation about ALSA? SuSE's manual is not very clear (highly unusual for SuSE --I usually pay full price just for their excellent manuals!) and the documentation in alsa.opensrc.org leaves a lot of gaps in my opinion. TIA.

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RE: [suse-amd64] M$ Virtual Server 2005
by Ken Gramm 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

I don't know about 9.3 on an AMD64, but I had 9.2 running on the demo version of MS's Virtual Server 2005. I was running it on a 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 workstation with a Gig of RAM. My host OS was Windows XP sp2. It worked great. Full network support and everything. I even had SuSE update itself with YOU. Of course, since I was testing it out for future server considerations, I didn't try running SuSE in full graphical mode. But the original install screen was the graphical version. So I assumed that it would have worked. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: einar_linux [mailto:einar_linux@swissonline.ch] > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 1:13 PM > Cc: suse-amd64(a)suse.com > Subject: [suse-amd64] M$ Virtual Server 2005 > > > Hello, > > I tried to install Suse 9.3 on Microsoft's Virtual Server > 2005 (hosted > on Win 2003 server) and I failed. Did anyone ever tried this > successfully? (Or am I the only one foolish enought to...) > > Somehow there are linux virtualization technologies not supporting > Windows and there is windows virtualization technology not supporting > linux. Having a technology available that could convince both > worlds to > run on one server would help... > > regards, > > einar > > > > -- > Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe > For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com > >

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