September 2003 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [suse-amd64] New kernels uploaded...
by Dan 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

I agree with you about that. I got the errors after I've upgraded modutils and initrd using the SuSE rpms. The 2.6 kernel used is from kernel.org and was patched with the x86-64-specific patch. I have another system running SLES 2.6.0-test4 updated modutils using module-init-tools-0.9.14-pre2. Could this mean SuSE moutils and initrd not working with 2.6 kernel from kernel.org? Thanks a lot, Dan --- Gerd Knorr <kraxel(a)bytesex.org> wrote: > > The invalid format error in 2.6 is still a > mystery. > > Sounds like missing updates. The modules in 2.6 > work in a completely > different way compared to 2.4, you need updated > modutils and mkinitrd > packages because of that. The 2.4 versions can't > handle 2.6 kernel > modules at all. > > Look here: > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/kraxel/README > > Gerd > > PS: -test4 rpms available now. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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RE: [suse-amd64] Using More than 4GB of RAM
by Miller, Daniel J. 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

One of our systems uses the K8D master with 6 * 1GB DIMMs and SuSE EL 8.2. We've had it for close to 2 months and haven't had any trouble with it. We did update the bios when it was first installed (to correct misleading temperature readings seen in the early versions of this board). Could you have a bad DIMM? Dan -----Original Message----- From: Louie Athanasiadis [mailto:la@uow.edu.au] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 6:54 PM To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-amd64] Using More than 4GB of RAM When the 6 * 1GB chips are installed and the system booted, the first splash screen (for selecting boot options) with the vertical progress bars comes up. After this screen times out a message flashes up and the screen goes blank and the boot process has hung. With 4 *1GB chips installed the system goes through the same process except that after the screen goes blank, for a short period later a graphic screen comes up showing the kernel loading progress. Regards Louie -----Original Message----- From: david.obrien(a)amd.com [mailto:david.obrien@amd.com] Sent: Tuesday, 9 September 2003 3:08 AM To: la(a)uow.edu.au Cc: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-amd64] Using More than 4GB of RAM > I have upgraded my kernel to the latest 2.4.19 SMP > kernel available form > SuSE. I noted in one of the readme files that the 4GB memory > problems had > been corrected. I have a dual Processor MSI K8D Master System > Board, which > still does not operate when each of the 6 memory slots has a 1GB chip > installed. This there a problem with my BIOS settings, or is > there still a > problem with the Kernel? What problems have you experienced with >4GB RAM? Please post details. There is also a remaining problem that booting "Linux Safe mode" does not work. -- David -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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New kernels uploaded...
by Andreas Jaeger 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

I've uploaded both 2.4.19 and 2.4.21 kernels to ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86-64/supplementary/Kernel/ They should be their in an hour or so. The 2.4.19 one is a kernel with the latest security fixes and enhancements while the 2.4.21 is newer but not that well tested. Have fun, 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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RE: [suse-amd64] Using More than 4GB of RAM
by david.obrien＠amd.com 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

> I have upgraded my kernel to the latest 2.4.19 SMP > kernel available form > SuSE. I noted in one of the readme files that the 4GB memory > problems had > been corrected. I have a dual Processor MSI K8D Master System > Board, which > still does not operate when each of the 6 memory slots has a 1GB chip > installed. This there a problem with my BIOS settings, or is > there still a > problem with the Kernel? What problems have you experienced with >4GB RAM? Please post details. There is also a remaining problem that booting "Linux Safe mode" does not work. -- David

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RE: [suse-amd64] Using More than 4GB of RAM
by david.obrien＠amd.com 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

> > What problems have you experienced with >4GB RAM? Please > post details. > > There is also a remaining problem that booting "Linux Safe > mode" does not work. > > That's mainly because a lot of boxes need ACPI to boot and Safe Mode > turns it off. HUH?!?!? I've spent hours finding that SLES requires ACPI to be turned *OFF* for many motherboards I've tried it on (and having to edit the Grub menu list on many customer's systems to add "acpi=off". I haven't found a single one that would not boot with "acpi=off". Asus SK8N, MSI-9131, AMD Melody, AMD Solo, AMD Serenade, AMD Quartet. Which Opteron boards are you finding require ACPI to be on? -- David

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Using More than 4GB of RAM
by Louie Athanasiadis 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Hello, I have upgraded my kernel to the latest 2.4.19 SMP kernel available form SuSE. I noted in one of the readme files that the 4GB memory problems had been corrected. I have a dual Processor MSI K8D Master System Board, which still does not operate when each of the 6 memory slots has a 1GB chip installed. This there a problem with my BIOS settings, or is there still a problem with the Kernel? Regards Louie

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Re: [suse-amd64] Getting XPrint RPM working on Suse x86-64
by David Schweiger 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> schrieb am 03.09.03 07:08:14: > > "David Schweiger" <dvschweiger(a)web.de> writes: > > > Can someone look at http://xprint.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=4553 and check what is going wrong there? The same source RPM works on various platforms including x86-32, SPARC, PPC, S390, IA64 but somehow it does not like x86-64 ;-( > > Looking at this commandline: > > gcc -O -ansi -pedantic -I../../include -I../../exports/include/X11 -I../.. > -I../../exports/include -Dlinux LinuxMachineDefines -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L > -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D__USE_XOPEN -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE > -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO -DCPP_PROGRAM="\"/lib/cpp\"" -c -o imake.o imake.c > > Note the "LinuxMachineDefines" this is interpreted by GCC as a file > and you cannot give two files as the error message states. > > So, the probleme seems to be that LinuxMachineDefines is not properly > defined. Crawling around in the XFree86 sources revealed that they have special support for x86-64 (follow x86_64Architecture in xc/config/cf). Can someone figure out who wrote this part? I hope the same person or someone from suse-amd64 can provide a patch for the XPrint CVS. ______________________________________________________________________________ 38xTestsieger - WEB.DE FreeMail - Deutschlands beste E-Mail zum Patent angemeldetem 3-Wege-Spam-Schutz- http://f.web.de/?mc=021130

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X86-64 versions of Java and Oracle9i for AMD64 ?
by Christian Røsnes 07 Sep '03

07 Sep '03

Hello list, A couple of questions: 1) Has a x86-64 java release for x86-64 Linux been released yet? If not, does anyone know when it might be released ? 2) Has anyone tried running Oracle 9.0.2.3 (Developer's release for AMD64) on the Suse 8.2 beta (AMD64) ? Any known problems ? If possible, I'd like to test the 64 bits versions of these two applications, if not I'll have stick to the respective 32-bits for testing and developing purposes. I do not yet have access to an Opteron server, so I have not had the chance to check question 2 out myself. Thanks, Christian

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Getting XPrint RPM working on Suse x86-64
by David Schweiger 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Can someone look at http://xprint.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=4553 and check what is going wrong there? The same source RPM works on various platforms including x86-32, SPARC, PPC, S390, IA64 but somehow it does not like x86-64 ;-( ______________________________________________________________________________ 38xTestsieger - WEB.DE FreeMail - Deutschlands beste E-Mail! Kommunizieren Sie sicher und ganz privat- http://f.web.de/?mc=021134

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RE: [suse-amd64] Installing directly to SATA drive on Asus SK8N
by david.obrien＠amd.com 02 Sep '03

02 Sep '03

> > just subscribed to the list. I got an opteron 144 on an Asus SK8N mobo > > this week with a 120Gb seagate SATA drive. > > > > Can SuSE 8.2 be installed directly to the drive ? I can't get it to > > recognise it at all, but am not sure which drivers to use? Or should I > > just install to a default IDE drive and use the SATA drive seperately? > > No, AFAIR it cannot - there's no open source driver for the SATA > controller. > Andreas FreeBSD has one: atapci0: <Promise PDC20378 SATA150 controller> port 0xdc00-0xdc7f,0xdfa0-0xdfaf,0xdf00-0xdf3f mem 0xfc9c0000-0xfc9dffff,0xfc9ef000-0xfc9effff irq 10 at device 8.0 on pci1 It could be ported to Linux. > -- > 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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