September 2004 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use
by Johan Nielsen 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Would be nice to have around for all considering buying stuff. Single / dual / X-cpu systems Mainboard RAM Chipset All the info you'd like to add Plz let me/others know how you dealt with problems if you had any (And yes ... I'll probably buy a AMD64/Opteron myself in the near future) Johan

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Re: [suse-amd64] screen out of sync
by Matt T. 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Please answer to the list suse-amd64(a)suse.com, and not to me personally. Others might have a better answer, and you might not make it through my spam filter. On Thursday 23 September 2004 15:27, Luis Jose Maia Amoreira wrote: > Hi, thanks for your suggestion. > I also already tried the manual instalation procedure. Now I have a nice > text screen, without any white stripes, but still my X screen's resolution > degrades to 1024x768. Well, you need to set the resolution. As far as I remember nvidia asks you to run sax2 at the end of the process. One thing you do there (in sax2) is to adjust the resolution. Start sax2, click on "color and resolution". On the next screen click on "properties". Then click the tab "Resolutions..." Select your resolution. If it is not there, then click the tab "Experts" and add it there. Worked fine for me to add 1200x800 for my notebook. (It does not set the resolution for the console, of course) > The nvidia driver is the 6111 version, but my kernel > is still 2.6.5-7. I'm willing to try a kotd, Try setting your resolution *first*, before you attack the kernel. You have to do this anyway, with any kernel. Only if the problem comes back (I understand you do not have it any more currently) after you did set the correct resolution, then it seems to be time to try the later kernels. > but (sigh, this is > embarrassing) I can't find a kernel download link in SuSe's site or in YOU! > So, I don't know how to get a new kernel. Can you help me please? There was a link here on this list, I think posted by one of the friendly SuSE guys here on the list. ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/x86_64/HEAD/ But again, you might not need it :-) HTH, Matt > TIA, > Ze > > On Wednesday 22 September 2004 15:26, Matt T. wrote: > > Check which version of the nvidia driver YOU did install for you? If it > > is not 6111 (but older, such as 6106 etc.) then I recommend to manually > > download and install the nvidia driver version 6111 (or later, if there > > is a new one.) > > > > The problem went away for me when I did that. > > > > However I have not tested it with a kernel version < 2.6.7. Now I'm using > > one of SuSE's kotd, which are 2.6.8 kernels. > > > > You need to have the kernel sources installed for the kernel you are > > using in order to manually install (compile) the nvidia driver. > > > > On the nvidia site there is a readme for the manual install of the driver > > on SuSE, I did follow it, it was easy, and it worked fine. > > > > HTH, > > Matt

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Re: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use
by Matthew Wild 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Johan Nielsen wrote: > > Would be nice to have around for all considering buying stuff. > Dual Opteron 240 Tyan K8S Pro (S2882) 8GB DDR333 AMD8113 Suse 9.1 installed on small IDE Running Postgresql on EVMS managed mirrored SATA drives. Qlogic 2340 HBA connected to HP MSA1000 RAID array via SAN switch. Single Opteron 144 Tyan K8S (S2850) 2GB DDR333 AMD8113 SuSE 9.1 Both have been running OK for a while now. Needed to keep up with BIOS updates early on, but seems to have stabilised at the moment. Benchmarking Postgres on the Dual Opteron box seems to be 2-3 times quicker than the production server (Compaq ES45, dual 1GHz Alpha, 9GB RAM, 4TB RAID array through SAN switch, running Tru64 5.1). Though this may just be that the ES45 is also running some large Matlab processes. Been reasonably happy, though I can't get the Tyan System Management Daughter Cards to do anything useful under Linux. Also the Qlogic HBA seems to work under some kernels and not under others. Will probably be looking at a small cluster of duals or some quads soon. Matthew -- Matthew Wild Tel.: +44 (0)1235 445173 M.Wild(a)rl.ac.uk URL http://www.wdc.rl.ac.uk/ World Data Centre - Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Chilton Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX

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Re: [suse-amd64] a positive impression
by streets＠actrix.co.nz 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Mine is virtually the same as Dabe Murphy's Shuttle XPC SN85G4 (Small Form Factor) Athlon64 3200+ CPU nVidia nForce3 150 chipset (Flawless!) 250GB Seagate (I think) SATA HDD ATI Radeon 9600 (avoid ATI like the plague, it is load of garbage without the driver support) 2x512MB DDR400 RAM DVD+/-RW 5 in 1 card reader also standard, but a bit wobbly about recognising the card. Since 9.1 it has mounted manually reasonably reliably (but not 100%) Brother HL-1430 printer goes fine, and the USB does recognise this. It doesn't report running hot. I use SuSE 9.1 Professional. I started with 9.0 - had so much trouble with the SATA that I went and bought XP, and proceeded to have exactly the same problem. In the end I solved the SATA on 9.0 first, so XP has never been loaded and I've never missed it. There is No FDD on these machines. 9.1 has worked a treat and I love my little black beast except for the ATI card which will be replaced with a Radeon when sufficient cash and momentum develop. I use it for programming multiagent models using Eclipse (love it) and RePast, for writing my PhD using OpenOffice. Most of the time I use it for avoiding these two activities via Civilisation CTP and Creatures. Due to the PhD thing, it's pure standalone. No internet, no network connection at the moment, and no YOU. I really like using Linux and have had generally good experiences with SUSE. Sue Street

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RE: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 6 4-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use
by Kevin.Wilson＠comtrol.com 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

SuSE 9.1 Professional AMD Opteron 240 1.4GHz 64-bit Retail CPUs Tyan Tiger K8W S2875ANRF Dual Opteron Server Board PC2700 333MHz DDR ECC RAM - (4GB Total) Maxtor 6Y200M0 200GB 7200RPM 8MB SERIAL ATA HDs - (4) ATI Radeon 9200SE 64MB DDR 8x AGP w/ TV-Out Tagan TG480-U01 480w pwr supply. Topower TP134SAB Hot-swap SATA module. 3ware 9500S-8 Escalade SATA Controller. The only hassle I had was with the 3ware controller and the obvious problems suse has with its setup program (update disk portion) for loading modules on SMP systems at installation time. This is partly 3ware's fault because they could not get their module in the kernel source tree in time for the 9.1 release. The sata raid controller could not be used for a fresh install. I had to use an IDE disk to hold the OS then add the newly compiled module manually. The kernel-syms package had to be loaded for the 3ware module code to compile properly. The only thing I have left is to tear everything down and install clean to test if the 3ware module can handle a kernel update from YaST without breaking. Other than what's mentioned above I have had *no* problems but the machine is not in a production environment yet and isn't doing anything other than sitting there spinning its wheels. The machine will end up being a productin database server running postgresql, mysql and maxdb so once those are on and I start running some tests I should learn more. -----Original Message----- From: Johan Nielsen [mailto:yep@osterbo-net.dk] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:25 PM To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use Would be nice to have around for all considering buying stuff. Single / dual / X-cpu systems Mainboard RAM Chipset All the info you'd like to add Plz let me/others know how you dealt with problems if you had any (And yes ... I'll probably buy a AMD64/Opteron myself in the near future) Johan -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Thanks for posting to the little POLL
by Johan Nielsen 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

[suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use Keep them comming This is hopefully good info when shopping 64bit the next time around for others than me. Johan PS: The "POLL" wasn't inteded to spam the maillist Johan

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Re: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use
by chu＠tes-mail.jpl.nasa.gov 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

>Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:03:45 -0700 >From: Erich Boleyn <erich(a)uruk.org> > >I have 4 systems: > > -- Dual Opteron 244 > Tyan Thunder K8W (S2885) dual MB > 8 GB ECC RAM > > -- Opteron 248 (one socket populated) > Tyan Thunder K8S Pro (S2880) dual MB > 2 GB ECC RAM > > -- Opteron 248 > ASUS SK8V > 2 GB ECC RAM > >The first 2 run Linux-64, and the third one dual boots Linux-64 and >Windows XP SP2. And the 4th one is...? eyc

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problem with 5 in 1 Cardbus in Compaq R3240US
by Anirban Biswas 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

Hi I have a Compaq R3240US laptop. I am running SuSe 9.1 64 bit on it. Most of the hardware are working fine but I am unable to access the 5 in 1 Card Reader (CardBus). I found that a driver named yanta is assigned to work with the Card bus ,but now I do not know how to access the Card reader. My guess is I have to mount it ,(like USA device or camera) , but how to do that. Please Help me TIA Anirban Biswas. -- If Bill Gates is the Devil then Linus Torvalds must be the Messiah.

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Re: [suse-amd64] screen out of sync
by Luis Jose Maia Amoreira 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

Hi again. Thanks for your help. I tried using YOU to install the nvidia driver. Let me explain how it didn't work. My monitor has a resolution of 1400x1050, and this is how I like to work. But after I finish the YOU procedure for the instalation of the nvidia driver, the resolution was set to the lower value of 1024x768. Besides, the text console, even if it wasn't out of sync, was not satisfactory, it showed many regularly spaced white stripes. Wen I set the resolution up again to 1400x1050, I got again the syncing problems. Any comments appreciated, Ze ______________________________________________________________ Departamento de F�sica http://www.dfisica.ubi.pt Universidade da Beira Interior http://www.ubi.pt ______________________________________________________________

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Re: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use
by T.Evers＠gom.com 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

Running 3 Machines with Dual-Opteron 244 on Tyan Thunder K8W (S2885), AMD81xx Chipset 4 and 8 GB Ram, Nvidia Quadro4 380 XGL and Quadro4 980 XGL all Suse 9.1-64bit, kernel.org Kernel 2.6.7 wich makes AGP available. and expecting 2 more today.;-) (and at home: Single Athlon64 3000+ on ASrock K8S8X (Sis 755 Chipset), 1 GB DDR400 NVidia GeForce4 Ti4200 Still Running SuSE9.1-32bit, kernel.org Kernel for AGP as well.) -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Dipl.-Ing. Tim Evers GOM mbH Braunschweig, Deutschland (www.gom.com) Johan Nielsen <yep(a)osterbo-net.dk> 21/09/2004 19:25 To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com cc: Subject: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use Would be nice to have around for all considering buying stuff. Single / dual / X-cpu systems Mainboard RAM Chipset All the info you'd like to add Plz let me/others know how you dealt with problems if you had any (And yes ... I'll probably buy a AMD64/Opteron myself in the near future) Johan -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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