March 2004 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RE: [suse-amd64] DVD authoring for SLES8
by daniel.kidger＠quadrics.com 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

> -----Original Message----- > From: Thorsten Kukuk [mailto:kukuk@suse.de] > Sent: 30 March 2004 07:09 > To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] DVD authoring for SLES8 > > > On Mon, Mar 29, Stephen Williams wrote: > > > I know SuSE is going DVD (witness SuSE 9 available only on DVD) > ^^^^^^ > We don't have such a product. I think you are speaking about > "SuSE Linux 9.1"? The box products don't have only one digit and > the Enterprise Server does not have two (means Enterprise Server 8.0 > does also not exist). So why do I get: $cat /etc/SuSE-release SuSE Linux 9.0 (x86-64) VERSION = 9.0 and $cat /etc/SuSE-release SuSE SLES-8 (AMD64) VERSION = 8.1 ? Daniel. -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Dan Kidger, Quadrics Ltd. daniel.kidger(a)quadrics.com One Bridewell St., Bristol, BS1 2AA, UK 0117 915 5505 ----------------------- www.quadrics.com --------------------

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[suse-amd64[ DVD authoring for SLES9+] ]
by Benjamin Hamilton 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

Yes, how does one make a boot dvd with rpms? >I'm going to be running out and buying a DVD writer, so I'll be >looking for tools to write DVD disks. I really just need to write >lots of backup data, so write-once is ideal. But it is not clear >to me what software tools I should use, and where to find them. >Any reports from the field? Premade packages for AMD64/SLES8? > >I found (via google) dvd+rw-tools-5.14.4.7.4, but there are a >lot of warnings that don't give me warm fuzzies. > >I know SuSE is going DVD (witness SuSE 9 available only on DVD) >so I'm aware I need the player anyhow. > >-- >Steve Williams "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. >steve at XXXXXXXXXX But I have promises to keep, >http://www.XXXXXXXXXX and lines to code before I sleep, >http://www.picturel.com And lines to code before I sleep." > > >-- >Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe >For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar FREE! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/

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DVD authoring for SLES8
by Stephen Williams 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

I'm going to be running out and buying a DVD writer, so I'll be looking for tools to write DVD disks. I really just need to write lots of backup data, so write-once is ideal. But it is not clear to me what software tools I should use, and where to find them. Any reports from the field? Premade packages for AMD64/SLES8? I found (via google) dvd+rw-tools-5.14.4.7.4, but there are a lot of warnings that don't give me warm fuzzies. I know SuSE is going DVD (witness SuSE 9 available only on DVD) so I'm aware I need the player anyhow. -- Steve Williams "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. steve at XXXXXXXXXX But I have promises to keep, http://www.XXXXXXXXXX and lines to code before I sleep, http://www.picturel.com And lines to code before I sleep."

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CPU 0: Silent Northbridge MCE
by Eros Albertazzi 28 Mar '04

28 Mar '04

On my Dual Opteron w/ SUSE 9, kernel 2.4.21-201 I have several message Anything to worry about? Regards. CPU 0: Silent Northbridge MCE Northbridge status 9431410000000a13 ECC syndrome bits 62 extended error ecc error link number 0 dram scrub error corrected ecc error error address valid error enable previous error lost error address 000000007c820af0 -- Eros Albertazzi CNR-IMM, Sez. Bologna Via P.Gobetti 101 I-40129 Bologna, Italy Tel:(+39)-051-639 9179 Fax:(+39)-051-639 9216

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Serial line login via mgetty and pppd-server
by Lothar Hansche 27 Mar '04

27 Mar '04

Hello, I cannot login with modem connection to my SuSE 9.0 AMD 64 from a SuSE 8.1 system and other systems???, I don't know. The chat-script failed. I get the login prompt and can send the password and than fails the procedure, minicom cannot login also. The modem devices are "/dev/ttyS0" or/and "/dev/ttyUSB0". The way in return direction (9.0 --> 8.1) works for chat and pppd. I tested it with setuid-bit for pppd, but no success. If I login in a opened xterm via $ su - ppploginname than pppd server starts. If I login on ASCII console (Alt-Ctrl-F1) then pppd cannot start properly. No answer for pppd on stdout. Has anybody the same problem? Is there a bug in mgetty or/and pppd? My system is. username@mond64:~> uname -a Linux mond64 2.4.21-193-default #1 Thu Jan 22 16:49:48 UTC 2004 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux username@mond64:~> The connection to the internet service provider works also. The direct connect without modem I didn't test. Gruss Lothar Hansche, Berlin

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Re: [suse-amd64] Playing DVDs on AMD64 system
by Henk Slager 27 Mar '04

27 Mar '04

On Friday 26 March 2004 05:48, Mitch Martinez wrote: > I've been away for a while, but still working the problem. Since the > last post, I've tried the latest from nvidia, 5332, still no joy, I get > a black screen with a white bar on the bottom. My kernel is straight out > of the box, 2.4.21-209-default and is 64bit. I'm using the procedures at > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_1.0-4499.html. I've > looked for a 2.6 kernel but unable to find it for X86-64. (Maybe you can > help me here). I guess I'm frustrated because before the "suggested" > xfree86 update the nvidia driver worked... And lastly I'm including the > nvidia installer log... Any help is appreciated, thanks - use the howto for 5332 when using/installing 5332 ! [CUT] > cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat > -Wchar-subscripts -Wp > arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -mno-red-zone > -MD -D_ > _KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -mcmodel=kernel -DNTRM > -D_GNU_SOURC > E -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 > -DNV_MIN > OR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5332 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX > -DNV_INT64_OK - > DNV_64_BITS -DNVCPU_X86_64 -DREMAP_PAGE_RANGE_4 -I. > -I/lib/modules/2.4.21 > -209-default/build/include -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error nv.c > In file included from > /lib/modules/2.4.21-209-default/build/include/linux/po > ll.h:11, > from nv-linux.h:64, > from nv.c:14: > /lib/modules/2.4.21-209-default/build/include/asm/uaccess.h: In > function `__ > copy_from_user': > /lib/modules/2.4.21-209-default/build/include/asm/uaccess.h:257: > warning: po > inter of type `void *' used in arithmetic [CUT] It's a wild guess, but the black screen with top white bar might be the result of the pointer arithmetic warning above, especially in combination with assembly (but I do not know the contents of the .h files). It looks like the display contents copy is done from a more or less random memory location. 2.6 kernel: use the same driver; you might run into problems with modversions.h. This took me far too much kernel reconfig/recompile time, but this helped me getting to work: http://minion.de/files/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-5332.README http://minion.de/nvidia.html Success, Henk

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NVidia GeForce 5200 + Gigabit Mobo
by Bob Fischer 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

I described in January how my Gigabit k8T-whatever motherboard would hang all the time on the Linux 2.4.21 kernel that came with SuSE 9.0. So I built my own 2.6.1 kernel, which is very stable. Sure, it doesn't quite go with SuSE 9.0 and I had to manually configure all my devices --- but that's better than crashing all the time. With all the talk of 3-D graphics cards, I tried installing an nVidia GeForce 5200 video card. It works in 2-D out of the box of course, but the 3-D had to be downloaded from nVidia. The nVidia driver, will compile itself for your specific kernel. Unfortunately, the driver only works on the following kernels: 2.4.x for i386 or x86_64 2.6.x for i386 ONLY It informed me that it didn't work for my 2.6.1 kernel. Maybe the 2.4.21 kernel has had some bugfixes that would make it work with my mobo. I downloaded the latest (2.4.21-209) and tried it. No luck... it hung after about 20 minutes during a period of high disk activity, just like in the good 'ole days before 2.6.1 I guess I'll just have to wait until the 2.6 kernel is officially supported by SuSE 9.1, and nVidia has brought out drivers for it. -- Bob

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Re: [suse-amd64] SLES 8 / Service Packs, unixODBC
by chu＠tes-mail.jpl.nasa.gov 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

"Werner, Sascha" <s.werner(a)rieker.net> wrote: > Hi! > > Sorry for the stupid questions... > > Where can I find the Service Pack 3 for United Linux 1.0? On the SuSE > websites, I'm just able to locate SP2. Along the same line, how do I run YOU? Is that a separate rpm? I'm really new at this, and am just starting to learn. thanks for any assistance. eyc

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Kernel-Parameter mem did not work properly
by gerd sander 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Hallo! I'm using a Asus SK8V mainboard and an opteron 146. We put 4G of RAM into it and got the well known trouble with I/O-addresses mapped into high memory: If a programm consume more memory as 3.5G the system froze and we have to switch it of. Now there is a BIOS switch to remap the memory block just below 4G and move it above. They write I could use ALL 4G when my OS will support APE. As I don't know what APE is, I don't know want I can expect on my< mainboard. But beside this I even should have roughly 3.8G or 3.5G available. So I told the kernel with mem=3800M (also tried 3.8G, 3800000M, 3.5G, etc.) only to use the secure memory. But I only get 3G (shown by top) and also after that my little test-programm starts swapping. Is there anybody having an idea which can help me. Regards Gerd Sander

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effective memory in Opteron system
by ascotti＠email.unc.edu 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Hi, I have recently purchased a quad-opteron. The MB is a Quartet manufactured by Celestica. The system has 8 GB of RAM (8 dimms, 2 GB per node). The puzzling thing is that only 7.5 GB show up, both during the BIOS startup, and by the OS (SLES 8). Playing around with the dimms, I have found that up to 3 GB everything looks normal. Adding a fourth dimm to the system results in an effective memory of 3.5 GB. Adding extra modules increase the count by 1GB as expected. The dimms are good, and nothing changes by switching dimms or populating the nodes differently. The vendor tells me that this is a known "feature" of the AMD chipset, even for Athlons. I looked up the thing, and found nothing. I am curious to see if this is just a problem with the Opteron chipset, or a more general problem. 0.5 GB seems a lot to disappear... Thank you Alberto Scotti

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