Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (470 mails)

[edward winston <ewinston@xxxxxxx>]

I have been using SuSE 9.1 on a Dual Opteron system, and I have run into a
few problems with some applications.  I just want to see if these are issues
experienced by others or if its something in my setup.

GAIM :
   * cannot connect to yahoo

OpenOffice :
   * Locks the system hard.  Requires a reboot
   * This is not the version that SuSE ships, but one that i had downloaded
     and installed on an nfs share.  I can try to install the SuSE supplied
     version on a local drive if that helps.

Java Applications :
   * Lock the system hard, Requires a reboot
   * Using the latest sun JDK (1.4.2_04) and also the Blackdown 32 bit
     versions cause the same thing.  It works fin for a while and then the
     system locks up and i have to press reset.
   * Applications tried :
     - eclipse M9
     - oXygen XML Editor 4.0
   * small java programs that i have written work fine, but then they are
     not long running.

FVWM :
   * I was not able to move the windows of some java applications (
     again eclipse) nor of OpenOffice.  I tried the SuSE supplied 
     version, the latest 2.5.10 version and finally got things
     back to normal with the 2.4.18 version.

I have also installed the 32bit verson on my laptop and i haven't seen any of
these problems.  I know probably none of these are SuSE specific, but just
want to see if other have encountered this and if they have solved the
problem.

My system specs :
   MSI K8T Master FAR mb
   2 Opteron 240s
   2G memory
   1 SATA drive (system installed here)
   1 IDE DVD-RW
   2 IDE HD (work area)
   nVidia graphics card

The system is not a dual boot.  Also, the SATA drive shows up as /dev/hda. 
Should it be /dev/hda or /dev/sda?  I haven't had any problems with the drive
aside froma lot of annoying messages in the log file :

hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }

But i see these for all drive but the DVD-RW and from what i have read it
appears i can ignore these.

Thanks,
edward