July 2003 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Fwd: [suse-amd64] Portland compiler
by Jeremy T. Fox 20 Jul '03

20 Jul '03

Here's another question about SATA compilers. I do not know the answer. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Andrew Cotterill (EPoX UK)" <andy(a)epox.org> > Date: Sun Jul 20, 2003 4:15:35 AM US/Pacific > To: "'Jeremy T. Fox'" <jeremytfox(a)mac.com> > Subject: RE: [suse-amd64] Portland compiler > > Jeremy, > > Good day to you. > > Wondered if you knew whether the 8.2 BETA 9 supports VIA's 8237 inbuilt > SATA controller (since SuSe must assume this will be on 80% of boards). > > Sorry to ask you directly, but not sure of how to actually post a > question to the list. > > If you could assist me with that also I'd be most greatful. > > > > Andrew Cotterill > Senior Technical Engineer > http://www.epox.org > > Please provide original Text if replying. > > _____ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > > This Email is confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not > the intended recipient, please notify the sender IMMEDIATELY; you > should > not copy the email or use it for any purpose or disclose its contents > to > any other person. GENERAL STATEMENT: Any statements made, or intentions > expressed in this communication may not necessarily reflect the view of > Actron Electronics. Be advised that no content herein may be held > binding upon Actron Electronics or any associated company unless > confirmed by the issuance of a formal contractual document or Purchase > Order.E&OE. All specifications subject to change without prior notice. > > _____ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy T. Fox [mailto:jeremytfox@mac.com] > Sent: 20 July 2003 12:13 > To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] Portland compiler > > > On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 12:21 AM, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > >> I just checked and noticed that Absoft (never heard of them before) >> has indeed a AMD64 64-bit Fortran compiler. I didn't check NAG, > > NAG has one on > > http://www.nag.co.uk/scripts/AvailLis.pl?product=NP > > NPL6A42NA > AMD-64 Linux64 > NAGWare f95 Compiler > 4.2 > N/App. > gcc 3.2.1 > > Jeremy > >

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Re: [suse-amd64] gcc3.3 buggy
by Yoriaki FUJIMORI 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

I see that gcc-3.3 no longer accept multi-line string literals. I withdraw my subject that `gcc3.3 buggy.' Thanks for your information. yoriaki fujimori

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Re: [suse-amd64] Scilab-2.7 in SuSE8.2beta9 for AMD64
by Yoriaki FUJIMORI 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

I guess that as a basis for scientific computing, there is a small difference between SuSE and RH distributions. A main point will come to the development environment and libraries, especially malloc(). Yoriaki Fujimori

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gcc3.3 buggy
by Yoriaki FUJIMORI 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

This is not specific with SuSE, but gcc-3.3 seems to be buggy in the sense it fails in compiling euler-1.60.6. This happens also on 32bit RH8.0 and SuSE8.1 with gcc-3.3, while with gcc-3.2 no problem. Funny. yoriaki fujimori

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Scilab-2.7 in SuSE8.2beta9 for AMD64
by Yoriaki FUJIMORI 18 Jul '03

18 Jul '03

Dear listers, Two months ago I got a Rioworks' server mb with 240 cpus. I have run Linux on it, TurboLinux8, GinGin64 from RedHat, and now I am testing SuSE8.2beta9. I am interested in math packages, such as octave, scilab, R, etc. on large memory platform. My quick question is: (1) Scilab-2.7 included in this beta seems to me awfully buggy. Once I invoke it, it starts eating memory and would not stop until virtual memory is exausted. Has anyone of you got the same experience? Thank you for your attention. Yoriaki Fujimori

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SuSE AMD64 XP Pro Equivalent
by Jeremy T. Fox 12 Jul '03

12 Jul '03

The recent discussion of Enterprise Server vs. 8.2 Beta has got me thinking. Here are my needs as a user. I want an AMD64 operating system for a dual processor workstation. I want a stable platform that is compatible with the 32-bit closed source software my university has site licensed, such as Stata and Matlab. I do not want some experimental platform with new thread libraries (aka RH9) that breaks compatibility with closed source software. I do not need to pay for a "server". Basically, what I want is XP Pro for AMD64 Linux. :) Enterprise Server is apparently tested and supported and more likely to work with 32-bit closed source programs like Stata and Matlab (has anyone tried this?). But it cost $747 for 2 processors! Meantime, 8.2 Beta is, well, a beta for a free product that has who knows what compatibility with these programs. I'm willing to pay some amount of money for an OS that works without too much hassle, but not $747. Is there a product for me? What would the people on this list suggest? By the way, does either ES or 8.2 Beta support SATA drives right out of the box? Jeremy

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Updates
by Bjorn Tore Sund 12 Jul '03

12 Jul '03

I just found Anas' announcement to the Beowulf email bounce, and the suse82-beta download is running as I write. Good show, SuSE! But as I browse through the download directory I wonder: will there be an update service on this distribution? Or will I need to choose between patching manually and buying SLES? Thanks, Bjørn -- Bjørn Tore Sund Phone: (+47) 555-84894 Stupidity is like a System administrator Fax: (+47) 555-89672 fractal; universal and Math. Department Mobile: (+47) 918 68075 infinitely repetitive. University of Bergen VIP: 81724 teknisk(a)mi.uib.no Email: bjornts(a)mi.uib.no http://www.mi.uib.no/

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Hello List and one question
by Thorsten Wolf 10 Jul '03

10 Jul '03

Hello Everyone. I don't know how many people are on this list, but I'd like to say hi. My question, while downloading the 8.2 Beta 9 Iso Files.... I know the basic difference between SLES 8 and Suse Linux 8.2 Pro. Which one is better to be used on a dual Opteron based system? The SLES because it's officially supported? or the Beta9 because it's more recent and maybe has more optimizations for the X86-64 platform? Sincerely, -- Thorsten Wolf mailto:t_wolf@gmx.de

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SuSE Linux 8.2 beta available for download
by Andreas Jaeger 09 Jul '03

09 Jul '03

We just put a news item in German www.suse.de announcing a full SuSE Linux 8.2 beta distribution available via one of our ftp mirrors or directly from ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86-64/8.2-beta/. I'll forward the english news item tomorrow. SuSE Linux 8.2 beta 9 for AMD64 is a complete distribution - of beta quality but working quite fine in most aspects. Known issues are: - The installer does not support Far East languages - Gnome is buggy. The problems with Gnome is that calling functions with variable argument is done in a broken way (putting an int on the stack will leave the upper 32-bit undefined and therefore you should not read an int back as a long - but this is what parts of Gnome). Note that KDE works fine. Note that this is a beta distribution without any support - but if you have problems, feel free to discuss them here, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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New kernels uploaded
by Andreas Jaeger 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

I've just uploaded our current development kernels to ftp.suse.com/pub/people/aj/Kernel-AMD64 (this is the -242 kernel). Note that I have given these kernels only limited testing, so use them at your own risk! Changes in the kernel include (corresponding to the last version in that dir): - fixed ipsec configuration - printing of CPU number of silent MCE - support for the NUMA interface even in the SMP kernel If you encounter any problems, please mail on this list. Thanks, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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