Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (218 mails)

[Mark Chernault <marchern@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Eric.  The problem seems to go away with acpi=off.

The only oddity was that if I pass acpi=off to the default SuSE kernel 
after installation it freezes after a message about probing PCI 
hardware.  Let it sit there for 15 minutes before rebooting, no 
change.
...
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20050211
ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)

Compiled a custom kernel from the SuSE kernel source, without an 
initrd, and with acpi=off and it boots fine.  Boots fine from the 
rescue image with acpi=off, and from the installation image with 
acpi=off.

On Monday 11 July 2005 07:40, Eric Whiting wrote:
> We have at least 10 of these boxes.
>
> All that run SUSE had this same issue. Mandrake boxes run fine. 
> Our fix was acpi=off which seemed to help.
>
> The pauses seemed to be sometimes related to disk access -- 
> Adaptec AIC7902 with Seagate ST373307LW
>
> Yes this appears to be a kernel problem that needs to be looked at.
>
> eric
>
> Bernard Lineham wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >We have two of the same workstations (W1100z) and we are seeing
> > exactly the same problem as described in Mark's e-mail under Suse
> > 9.3.  The problem also occurs under Novell Linux Desktop.  I can
> > also add Fedora Core 4 and Ubuntu 5.04 to the list of distros
> > that work properly.  This is definitely a compatibility issue
> > with Suse only.
> >
> >Suse is the distribution of choice at our institution and this
> > problem is proving to be very frustrating.  I would welcome any
> > suggestions as to how we might work around it.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Bernard
> >
> >---Previous Messages---
> >
> >I got a similar problem with the keyboard. I believe it was
> > related to a timing issue, caused by some problems with the
> > interrupts. For instance, time was not linear on this machine, it
> > keeps jumping back and forth all the time. Very odd behavior, the
> > OS was really confused. With APIC disabled in the BIOS and some
> > kernel updates, it got better...
> >
> >...Luc...
> >leluc@xxxxxxx
> >
> >On Jul 8, 2005, at 2:11 PM, Mark Chernault wrote:
> >>Hardware:
> >>4 different Sun Java Workstation W1100z (Opteron 150, 1GB RAM)
> >>4 x Sun USB keyboard
> >>4 x Sun USB mouse
> >>
> >>Problem occurs with:
> >>SuSE Professional 9.1 64bit
> >>SuSE Professional 9.3 32bit
> >>SuSE Professional 9.3 64bit
> >>
> >>Problem does not occur with:
> >>Sun Java Desktop
> >>Gentoo
> >>OpenBSD
> >>
> >>Problem Description:
> >>
> >>Keyboard - While holding down any key, that character will repeat
> >> on the screen about 30-160 times until it pauses for a second
> >> before displaying several of the same character at once, and
> >> will then continue to repeat until the next pause. This occurs
> >> on the console, in xterms, remotely, in different shells, and in
> >> different editors. It also occurs while typing normally.
> >>
> >>Mouse - While in X, moving the mouse in circles for about
> >> 10s-60s, the mouse will pause for a second and then jump to
> >> where it thinks it should be. If I continously move the mouse in
> >> circles it will pause just about every minute.
> >>
> >>I've only had the problem occur in SuSE Professional, 9.1 64bit,
> >> 9.3 32bit, 9.3 64bit. I didn't encounter the problem in the Sun
> >> Java Desktop, gentoo or in OpenBSD. The problem occurs using the
> >> latest SuSE kernel, as well as with kernel 2.6.13-rc1. We
> >> currently have 4 W1100z's that have SuSE 9.3 Pro 64bit on them,
> >> and all 4 exhibit the same problem.
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance for any help. If you need more information let
> >> me know.
> >>
> >>-Mark
> >>-----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>----- ----------------------------------------------

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Mark Chernault <marchern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Technical Assistant, COG, CS Dept., NMSU