February 2004 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Leaving 32 bit RPMs out of Supplementary updates causes conflicts
by Paul C. Leopardi 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Hi, I tried to upgrade to KDE 3.2 by adding the directory suse.de/suse/x86_64/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.0/yast-source/ from an internatiional mirror to my list of software source media in YaST. Install/Remove software starts OK, but I have noticed that the KDE 3.2 directories for amd64 are missing updates to 32 bit library RPMs. This causes conflicts similar to the one listed below. Is there any reason why the 32 bit files are missing from KDE 3.2? #### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2004-02-20 23:13:58 #### qt3-devel 3.3.0-43 conflict Required by: qt3-devel-tools requires qt3-devel = 3.3.0- qt3-man requires qt3-devel = 3.3.0- Conflicts with: qt3-devel-32bit requires qt3-devel = 3.2.1- Conflict Resolution: ( ) Do Not Update qt3-devel ( ) Remove All 3 Conflicting Packages Delete qt3-devel-32bit Delete qt3-devel-tools Delete qt3-man ( ) Ignore Conflict and Risk System Inconsistencies #### YaST2 conflicts list END ### Also, I have seen a similar conflict when installing Marble Blast from SuSE Wine Rack. In that case, the installation complained that it could not find a particular 32 bit library,libopenal.so.0(), when I had libopenal.so.0() (64bit) installed. I ignored the conflict and Marble Blast works, but I'm still worried about the conflict. Best regards

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Lyx Math Fonts & Symbols
by Jason Vertrees 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

I've been looking around for solutions as to why Lyx (1.3.2-123 64-bit) won't display the math Symbols other than the "Operators." in the math panel. I've read around and tried the 'fc-cache -fv,' (since 'ldd `which lyx`' shows the "libfontconfig.so.1") trick with the new math fonts in ~/.fonts and also with them in /usr/share/fonts and /usr/share/lyx/fonts. That didn't work. Also, I tried lyx -dbg 4194303 and even lyx -sysdir /usr/share/lyx -dbg 4194303 since when I add the '-dbg 4194303' flag and I choose a panel with invisible symbols I get Looking for math XPM called "symbol name here" outputted from debug. So, I traced down that debug statement in the source code and made sure that the path it's looking for is accessible and the XPMs exist there. That still doesn't work. Google seems to have low precision when dealing with my search strings for this problem. Recall's high, but since the three letter 'lyx' is always ignored the contextual neighbors set the search vector: so Google's not been much help. I also tried the xft trick, but that doesn't seem to apply on my system since I don't even have the mkfontdir and other utils the older X uses. If I knew what the problem was, I could probably find a way to fix it. But, I can't tell if it's a QT problem a LyX problem or what. Ideas? TIA! P.S. My system info for reference: SuSe 9.0 64-Bit (from DVD and 9.0 Patch CD + SATA) Dual Opteron 240 1 GB RAM SATA + EIDE HDs XFree86 version 4.3.0.1 -- Jason Vertrees BSCB Graduate Student @ UTMB, Galveston javertre(a)utmb.edu :: http://www.bscb.utmb.edu

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meminfo Tyan 2880/6GB
by Santiago Flores 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Hello, I have a Tyan 2880 with dual 244s running 2.4.21-60-smp, with 8.2b9. It has 6GB of memory installed. Meminfo (including top) is reporting: linux:~ # cat /proc/meminfo total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 5963087872 830513152 5132574720 0 171417600 446242816 Swap: 6448578560 0 6448578560 MemTotal: 5823328 kB MemFree: 5012280 kB MemShared: 0 kB Buffers: 167400 kB Cached: 435784 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 115144 kB Inactive: 488112 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 5823328 kB LowFree: 5012280 kB SwapTotal: 6297440 kB SwapFree: 6297440 kB BigFree: 0 kB Since installing memory about 4GB I have to boot with iommu=force. Also, the machine hung after being up for two days without any error (that I have been able to find so far). The BIOS version is 2.02 (latest). Any ideas on what is happening with the memory and how I can fix/take care of the reporting error? I think that it may be related to the hang as the machine was stable for 6mths+ with 4GB of RAM. Thanks, Santiago -- Santiago Flores Sr. Systems Administrator Iqdirection.com santiago(a)iqdirection.com 480-560-3151

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Booting up FIC K8-800T
by Mike Rosing 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Finally!! I've had a very frustrating 3 weeks trying to get this AMD64 system to boot with either Suse or Mandrake. I have now got Suse booted on a system with just 2 IDE drives - the SATA is disabled. The process was difficult because the system dies even with acpi disabled - it still loads the module cpufreqd which is supposed to control the processor frequency. Once this module loaded successfully, the system would freeze. Editing the file /etc/sysconfig/powermanagement did not work. I ended up editing the file /etc/rc.d/cpufreqd - adding the line "exit 5" as the first line - and now my system boots! Time for sleep I guess, but I *will* get sata to work! I am very disappointed in suse's support on this, but I guess if I'm going to be on the bleeding edge I get to bleed. I just got 2.6.3 which is now 2 days old, supposedly there is a fix for the via 8237 chip set in there that makes sata drives look like hd's. Back in a day or so and I'll let you all know about that sleepless night... Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike

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[suse-amd64] sata_sil module hangs on boot if 3 or more SATA disks are attached
by Axel Schneider 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

If I connect 3 or more SATA disks to my Sil3114 controller, sata_sil module hangs on boot with a DMA timeout error. With 2 disks everything works fine. What can I do with my 2 useless SATA disks? Axel.

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Compiling a52dec and transcode in SuSE 9
by David Liontooth 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Greetings -- I'm trying to compile transcode for x86_64 in SuSE 9.0. I'm using it for dv files, so I believe I need the a52dec package, which provides PCM support. Unfortunately this package does not appear to be available for the x86_64 platform in SuSE. I got the tarball for a52dec-0.7.4 and it compiles fine -- among other things, the ./configure scripts shows the following: checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes In transcode, liba52 is the default audio decoder, and it is detected after I installed it: liba52 audio plugin (>=0.7.3) | default decoder yes | yes However, transcode won't compile with it -- /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.1/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/liba52.a(parse.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/local/lib/liba52.a: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [a52_decore.la] Error 1 I'm a dolt at this stuff; how do I recompile with -fPIC? I realize it's a gcc flag, but I compile by typing "make". Do I recompile a52dec or transcode? Of course, if anyone knows of a SuSE x86_64 version of a52dec and/or transcode, that would be even better. Appreciate your help on this -- transcoding video was a major reason for my buying the machine. Cheers, David

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Does SuSE for AMD64 include everything for 32-bit install
by Scott Fish 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Hi list, This might seem an obvious question... hopefully with an obvious answer! Does the AMD64 edition include in the distribution everything you need to make a plain 32-bit SuSE 9.0 install, or, if you want to run both, do you have to buy the regular edition *and* the AMD64 version? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

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Emachines m6805
by Michael Katz 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Has anyone had any luck installed SuSE 9 64-bit on the eMachines m6805? I was unable to get installed SuSE 9 Pro installed. It ran through the initial stage ok but on reboot it was extremely slow and refused to bind an IP. Before I plunk down the $ on the 64-bit version Id like to now if I should expect the same results. At this time the only dist. I could get installed trouble free was Fedora. Thanks for any help Mike Katz

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Re: [suse-amd64] Installation of Suse 9 for AMD64
by francisco.vegas＠ksb.com 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Hy, >> I'am back to report my experiences by installing Suse 9 AMD64 on >> my K8V deluxe with two 1614c drives system ... >What exactly are you doing? With which disk are you booting? Per first, I'am booting from the ISO CD ... OK, a little summary from my experiences from the last few weeks ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. I booted with the Original Suse DVD ... Result: No installation possible with SATA Decision: Prepare the new ISO CD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. I booted with the new ISO CD with idle=poll Result: I achieved YAST but no recognition of SATA Decision: Try this rcLinux menu and select SATA driver -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. I select the VIA SATA Driver from rcLinux and boot Result: Now YAST did recognize my drives, but going on in the installation process with the SUSE proposal is not possible. Also manual config of the drive leads to the same message. This message indicates, that there is a modification needed before the install process can go on ... Decision: Any ideas ... ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don´t know if the problem is in partitioning my drive. As I formerly said: I've got two Samsung Spinpoint 1614c 160 GB SATA drives. Both are partitioned in each two partitions. C: WinXP NTFS ~75 GB F: empty FAT32 ~75 GB G: empty FAT32 ~75 GB H: empty FAT32 ~75 GB As you may see, I obviously have no problem in reserving a whole drive for Linux. I also have no technical explanation, but I think changing the partition data will not solve my problem ... What do you think ? Any comments will be appreciated !!!!! Regards Francisco

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GigaRAID ATA 133 ITE IT8712F Controller and S-ATA RAID
by JM Luna 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Hi! Suse installation doesn't recognize hard disks on "GigaRAID ATA 133 ITE IT8712F Controller" without RAID configurated (only one hard disk) :( On the other hand, even with PatchCD recognize S-ATA (Sil3112) hard disks, doesn't recognize RAID 0 on it, hard disks separated only and I can't create or resize partitions. WinXP works perfectly with that. Any solution? Regards.

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