March 2004 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

xload on Suse 9.0
by Jeremy Sonander 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

Hi, When I run xload on my dual Opteron Suse 9.0 64 bit Linux machine, it shows an average of 5 load units when both processors are idle according to gkrellm. I dont need xload, but its upsetting Suns Gridware (www.sun.com/gridware), which is not issueing any jobs to this machine since it thinks its already overloaded. Any thoughts on how I might fix the load calculating mechanism? Thanks, Jeremy.

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2.6.4 SATA DMA Errors
by Jason Vertrees 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

Hey guys, I've got the 2.6.4 kernel installed on SuSe 9.0. Every now and then my machine freezes for about 3-10 seconds with a concomitant error message in dmesg: hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x24 hda: DMA interrupt recovery hda: lost interrupt This is repeated for each freeze. The drive is a Samsung SATA 160GB on a MSI K8T800 Master2 FAR motherboard. Ideas? Thanks, -- Jason P.S. Sorry for any duplicate messages! -- Jason Vertrees BSCB Graduate Student @ UTMB, Galveston javertre(a)utmb.edu :: http://www.bscb.utmb.edu

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[suse-amd64] pthread program put a core. why?
by eshsf＠mbj.nifty.com 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

I made a pthread program, and executed after compiled it. It was core dump At the last. $> gcc -m64 loadtest.c -o loadtest -lpthread $> ./loadtest ret = 0 ret = 1 : [snip] : ret = 253 ret = 254 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $> gdb ./loadtest ./core.11662 GNU gdb 5.3.92 Copyright 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-suse-linux"... Core was generated by `./loadtest'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. Reading symbols from /lib64/libpthread.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libpthread.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib64/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 #0 0x0000002a95561897 in _dl_fini () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (gdb) bt full #0 0x0000002a95561897 in _dl_fini () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 No symbol table info available. #1 0x0000002a95834c8b in exit () from /lib64/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0x0000002a9581fca5 in __libc_start_main () from /lib64/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #3 0x000000000040051a in _start () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/elf/start.S:96 No locals. But, It is not core dump if it compile at -m32 option. $> gcc -m32 loadtest.c -o loadtest -lpthread $> ./loadtest ret = 0 : [snip] : ret = 254 $> $> gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.1/specs Configured with: ../configure --enable-threads=posix --prefix=/usr --with-local-prefix=/usr/local --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --libdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc,java,ada --disable-checking --enable-libgcj --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-system-zlib --enable-shared --enable-__cxa_atexit x86_64-suse-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux) $> uname -mvrip 2.6.4 #8 SMP Fri Mar 12 10:38:40 JST 2004 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 (I updated to Kernel 2.6.4) $> cat loadtest.c #include <pthread.h> #include <signal.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdio.h> static void* thread(int *arg) { int i,j,k; for(i=k=0; i<0x7FF;i++) for(j=0; j<0x7FF; j++) k=i+j; pthread_exit(arg); } int main(void) { int i, **ret; pthread_t p[255]; for(i=0; i<255; i++){ pthread_create(&p[i], NULL, (void *(*)(void *))thread, &i); } for(i=0; i<255; i++){ pthread_join(p[i], (void **)ret); printf("ret = %d\n", **ret); } return(0); } [SYSTEM] SUSE LINUX professional 9.0 64bit version for AMD64 CPU Opteron 246 * 2 Mem 2GB Thanks. eshsf

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Re: [suse-amd64] problems with software RAID on 2.6.3 and 2.6.4.
by Andrew Halliwell 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

And verily, didst ah announce to the hordes: >From ah Tue Mar 16 10:10:04 2004 Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] problems with software RAID on 2.6.3 and 2.6.4. To: eresrch(a)eskimo.com (Mike Rosing) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:10:04 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.4.58.0403151002200.4587(a)eskimo.com> from "Mike Rosing" at Mar 15, 2004 10:08:08 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] Content-Length: 919 And verily, didst Mike Rosing announce to the hordes: > > On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Andrew Halliwell wrote: > > > Thanks for the idea, but... > > Alas, as I suspected, no logs. > > As the root filesystem isn't getting mounted, it can't mount /var for log > > writing either. > > What modules do you need for raid to work? I have avoided learning that > on purpose :-) My bet is that you need to tell the initrd to create a > different ram module set than you have now. It's not going to be easy to > figure it out. Can you use the interactive boot, or don't you even get > that far? The softRAID's compiled into the kernel (after it failed the first time, I though maybe it wasn't loading the modules correctly, and removed the need) Mounting the root fs is one of the first things the kernel does after initial hardware setup before any scripts (and init) get run, so yeah, it's before the interactive boot part.

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Via K8T800 and nvidia graphics
by Peter Rundberg 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Hi, Has anyone got a VIA K8T800 chipset based mainboard (mine is an ASUS K8V SE) to work with nvidia based graphics (the closed source nvidia driver). The problem seems to lie with the 2.4 kernel as I can get it to work with a 2.6 kernel. I have tried with the latest SuSE kernel 2.4.21-201. If I can I want to run with a SuSE supplied kernel because of the easy upgrading. The Nvidia driver module loads fine but when I start X everything goes black. I can not switch out from X (crtl-alt F1 and so on), but the machine is accessible through ssh. This is a quite common chipset, so I would guess that someone has experienced the same problem. Best regards, Peter

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problems with software RAID on 2.6.3 and 2.6.4.
by Andrew Halliwell 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

I recently installed a system using RAID 1 via the SuSE install procedure. On 2.4.21-193, everything's fine, but after compiling 2.6.3 (and then 2.6.4 to see if that'd fix it), it sees the md devices and attempts to activate them, but fails to mount the root FS. I was wondering what's changed in 2.6 to cause this, and if there's a workaround? (Can't give much more info cos it all scrolls off the screen too fast and once the kernel's paniced with "Failed to mount the root fs", I can't scroll back to see if there's a specific complaint.) Thanks.

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RE: [suse-amd64] Compiling error
by Black, Alain 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

Hello, Since the rxvt is looking for a gcc_s_32 library ( I'm assuming that this means that the library is 32-bit ) I would have to ask what version of gcc you have installed. For Oracle to work I needed to install gcc_295 ( old_gcc ) from Disk1 of the installation media. Then I had to change the users path to include /opt/gcc295/bin at the beginning so that at compile time the correct binaries and libraries would be found. Good luck, -Alain. -----Original Message----- From: Quy NGUYEN DAI [mailto:quy.nguyendai@gdtech.net] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 3:34 AM To: suse-amd64 Subject: [suse-amd64] Compiling error Hi, I'm trying to compile "rxvt-unicode" from tarball and I have this error: [snip] make[1]: Entering directory `/scratch/tmp/rxvt-unicode-2.3/src' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc -O2 rxvt.o librxvt.la -lsupc++ -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lX11 -o rxvt gcc -O2 rxvt.o -o rxvt ./.libs/librxvt.a -lgcc_s_32 -lgcc_s_32 /usr/lib/libsupc++.a -lm -lgcc_s_32 -lc -lgcc_s_32 -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lX11 /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.1/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin /ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libgcc_s_32.so when searching for -lgcc_s_32 /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.1/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin /ld: cannot find -lgcc_s_32 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [rxvt] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/scratch/tmp/rxvt-unicode-2.3/src' make: *** [all] Error 1 Anyone has ideas for help me ? Thanks, Q. NGUYEN DAI -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Compiling error
by Quy NGUYEN DAI 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

Hi, I'm trying to compile "rxvt-unicode" from tarball and I have this error: [snip] make[1]: Entering directory `/scratch/tmp/rxvt-unicode-2.3/src' /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc -O2 rxvt.o librxvt.la -lsupc++ -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lX11 -o rxvt gcc -O2 rxvt.o -o rxvt ./.libs/librxvt.a -lgcc_s_32 -lgcc_s_32 /usr/lib/libsupc++.a -lm -lgcc_s_32 -lc -lgcc_s_32 -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lX11 /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.1/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libgcc_s_32.so when searching for -lgcc_s_32 /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.1/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s_32 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [rxvt] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/scratch/tmp/rxvt-unicode-2.3/src' make: *** [all] Error 1 Anyone has ideas for help me ? Thanks, Q. NGUYEN DAI

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Update via proxy: howto config Yast2
by Quy NGUYEN DAI 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

Hi, Our suse 9.0 amd64 box has only access to Internet via http/ftp proxy (Squid server). How to config YaST2 with proxy in order to do update please? Thanks, Q. NGUYEN DAI

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SATA: 9.0 patch CD does not work for me
by einar 13 Mar '04

13 Mar '04

Hello, I am building a brand new box (K8T master with a VIA SATA controller and one Opteron) and since I saw that SuSE provides a patch CD with the SATA drivers I bought two SATA drives (Samsung). I downloaded the iso image of the patch CD and burned it. Now, I can boot with the 9.0 patch CD and I can pick my menu point from the bootloader (installation). Yast starts nicely and I can pick my language. However, on the next step, Yast searches eternally for the harddisk controllers! The hourglas is milling around but nothing happens. If I pick a different menu point (driver modules instead of installation) and check which drivers are loaded then there are some sata drivers. Still, the installer hangs. Be aware that I have no IDE disk in this box! Yes, I could buy one and probably compile a kernel with the right modules but this is somehow a lot of work and it does not feel like a clean solution. Besides, I would have to stand the jokes of my wife, who is an NT administrator :-) Well, I think I need a bit of help... regards, einar

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