February 2005 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

install fails with "/dev/ram2: unknown fs type"
by Rene Salmon 17 Apr '05

17 Apr '05

Hi list, I have a strange problem. I have an IBM e325 server with two opteron chips on it. We installed SUSE 9.1 on this machine with out any problems and it works great. We just purchased SLES 9 and now we are trying to install SLES 9 on the machine but the install fails. The machine boots and starts the install and gets to the point where it start to load the RAM disk with this message on the screen. "Loading data into Ram disk 57950 KB" Then on the console I see this message Loading image "/var/adm/mount/boot/root" /dev/ram2: unknown fs type mount: /dev/ram2: no such device and right after this I get put on the "Main Menu" of the install program and can not continue from here. Any ideas why Suse 9.1 installs with no problems but SLES 9 does not? We are really happy with SuSe 9.1 but we have to switch to SLES 9 in order to get support from IBM. Thank you for any help on this. Rene

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MSI K8N Neo Platinum -- USB hotplugging
by Martin Schröder 07 Apr '05

07 Apr '05

Hi, we have two machines with MSI K8N Neo Platinum mainboards and USB hotplugging doesn't work. Has anybody got it working with 9.2? Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, ms(a)artcom-gmbh.de ArtCom GmbH, Lise-Meitner-Str 5, 28359 Bremen, Germany Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 http://www.artcom-gmbh.de

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Illegal format hash table (ispell with german, french, spanish, ...)
by Reiner Steib 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

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[Announce] 9.2 AMD64 Install CD with New Kernel
by Andreas Jaeger 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

I'm currently uploading to ftp.suse.com (will soon be also on its mirrors) at: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/aj/PatchCD The ISO is called: SuSE-9.2-PatchCD-1-RC3-CD1.iso If you have experienced installation problems with our 9.2 DVD, then download this CD and boot from it. It will ask you then for "CD1", and just insert the DVD at that point. During installation it will load packages from CD1 several times... This PatchCD has two advantages: * Installation with a new kernel. If you had problems installing with the DVD, please try it this way. * All the updated packages are installed directly. You can also download the CD and start "PatchCD" in YaST to only install the updated packages. Note the packages and the kernel are from before Christmas, so we have some more updates out since then... Hope this helps, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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AW: [suse-amd64] mjpegtools
by Graf, Markus 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

Hi Mike the answer is : recompile with -fPIC put this option (-fPIC) in every Makefile of this project as a CFLAG . In german you find the docu http://www.pseudonym.org/schauen.html, than look for mjpeg on this page. CU Markus > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Michael Steinhauser [mailto:mistr.rot@web.de] > Gesendet am: Montag, 4. Oktober 2004 21:04 > An: Mike.Philipp(a)passau.netsurf.de > Cc: suse-amd64(a)suse.com > Betreff: Re: [suse-amd64] mjpegtools > > Mike Philipp wrote: > > >Hi All, > > > >could anyone compile and link mjpegtools-1.6.2 on the AMD! > >I've tried it for three days now, but it doesn't work. > >Does anybody has a src.rpm or an already compiled x86_64 > >(with mpeg2enc)??? > > > >Thanx in advance > > Mike > > > > > > > Hi, > I tried it too and asked at mjpeg-users list. > Here are the postings: > I tried to install mjpegtools 1.6.2 on Suse 9.1 x86_64. I ran > configure > with --enable-libsuffix=64 and got no errors. > When I typed make, the following error was reportet: > /snap > > lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.3/crtendS.o > /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.3/../../../../lib64/crtn.o > -Wl,-soname -Wl,libmplex2-1.6.so.0 -o .libs/libmplex2-1.6.so.0.2.2 > /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.3/../../../../x86_64- > suse-linux/bin/ld: > ../utils/libmjpegutils.a(mjpeg_logging.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 can > not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC > ../utils/libmjpegutils.a: could not read symbols: Bad value > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[2]: *** [libmplex2.la] Fehler 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory > `/SHARE/Linux/RPMS/SRC/mjpegtools-1.6.2/mplex' > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/SHARE/Linux/RPMS/SRC/mjpegtools-1.6.2' > make: *** [all] Fehler 2 > > Can anyone help? > > the answer: > > Hi, > > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 10:18, Michael Steinhauser wrote: > > >> I tried to install mjpegtools 1.6.2 on Suse 9.1 x86_64. > > > > > [..] > > >> ../utils/libmjpegutils.a(mjpeg_logging.o): relocation > R_X86_64_32 can > >> not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC > >> ../utils/libmjpegutils.a: could not read symbols: Bad value > > > > > > This should be corrected in CVS for some time already. > > Ronald > > So i downloaded the latest CVS-version, did a ./configure > --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-libsuffix=64 > --sysconfdir=/etc --with-x --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include > --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib64 --with-gnu-ld > --without-libquicktime --with-gtk-prefix=/opt/gnome and it > compiled with no errors. After a checkinstall, where i had to > change some settings (version was there to often) i had a > installable rpm. It installed without errors, but i did not > try it till now. > > > > > > > -- > Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe > For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com > >

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SCSI Problem on Tyan S2882 Motherboard
by A N Saravanaraj 17 Mar '05

17 Mar '05

Hello Everybody, I have been running SuSe 9.1 pro (installed all latest updates) for AMD64 on my S2882 motherboard with two opteron processors for a long time (8-months) without any major problem. The system hard drive is an ide drive. I have a promise sx6000 external raid array attached to the on-board SCSI on chanel A and a VXA2 tape drive on chanel B. Last thursday night the machine ran into trouble with the scsi part. The scsi devices were not accessible and the kernel put out the following in the messages file. Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: scsi0: At time of recovery, card was not paused Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dump Card State Begins <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: scsi0: Dumping Card State at program address 0x11 Mode 0x33 Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: Card was paused Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: HS_MAILBOX[0x0] INTCTL[0x80]:(SWTMINTMASK) SEQINTSTAT[0x0] Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: SAVED_MODE[0x11] DFFSTAT[0x33]:(CURRFIFO_NONE|FIFO0FREE|FIFO1FREE) Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: SCSISIGI[0x0]:(P_DATAOUT) SCSIPHASE[0x0] SCSIBUS[0x0] Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: LASTPHASE[0x1]:(P_DATAOUT|P_BUSFREE) SCSISEQ0[0x0] Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: SCSISEQ1[0x12]:(ENAUTOATNP|ENRSELI) SEQCTL0[0x0] SEQINTCTL[0x0] Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: SEQ_FLAGS[0xc0]:(NO_CDB_SENT|NOT_IDENTIFIED) SEQ_FLAGS2[0x0] Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: SSTAT0[0x0] SSTAT1[0x8]:(BUSFREE) SSTAT2[0x0] SSTAT3[0x0] Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: PERRDIAG[0x0] SIMODE1[0xa4]:(ENSCSIPERR|ENSCSIRST|ENSELTIMO) Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: LQISTAT0[0x0] LQISTAT1[0x0] LQISTAT2[0x0] LQOSTAT0[0x0] Feb 26 04:08:35 raid1lac kernel: LQOSTAT1[0x0] LQOSTAT2[0x0] .................. .............. ........ The system works fine after I reboot the computer and the raid array. I am not sure wether the scsi card is going bad or is it the raid array going bad. Could anybody tell me what is exactly happening here or how I should go about figuring our what has went bad. Thank You -Raj

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9.2 & Asus A8V-E deluxe install
by Carl Zeilon 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

I'm trying to install 9.2 x86_64 into my new machine. It's configured with a single SATA drive & the BIOS is set to treat it as an IDE drive. I also have a NV6600GT PCI express video card. I'm attempting a network FTP install. The install always hangs just as YAST is activated. I see the floppy drive light come on for a moment, the system speaker beeps once, & then blank screen. The virtual consoles (ctl/alt/F1-F6) work & show the YAST started message. Ctl/alt/del reboots the machine as well so the machine is not hung, just the installation. I've tried the 32 bit as well with the exact same result. Knoppix runs OK with the hard drive mounted properly and all, so I don't think it's an issue with the hard drive configuration or my Samsung LCD. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

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nvidia driver?
by David Lazanja 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Cheers, I have an NVidia GeForceFX 5200 / 256MB AGP card. It's identified as NVidia 0x0322 (nv) by Yast->Graphics Card and Monitor (sax2). I'm using SuSE 9.2. The open source driver, nv, works great. I downloaded and installed the nvidia driver with YOU. It works but there is one problem. It will not use the 1280x1024 native resolution of my 17" flat panel. When I tried to reconfigure the card, it allowed me to select the 1280x1024 resolution (and all lower resolutions were chosen as well). However, when I restart the X server I can only get 1280x960. This of course doesn't look so hot and a flat panel that natively does 1280x1024. The nv driver correctly uses the 1280x1024 res. Instead of configuring with sax2, I also tried to use the original xorg.conf file for the nv driver and replace "nv" by "nvidia". That still didn't correct the resolution problem. I wanted to know if anybody else had a similar situation with nvidia and if there's a simple quick fix. Thanks David -- # Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics # Columbia University

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PearPC
by Edwin Heath 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hi all, Anyone out there tried using PearPC? I would like to be able to compile 32 bit binaries for it on my 9.2 AMD64 box, I tried all sorts of combinations but the best I could get was a segfault :( using: espresso:/home/eheath/Downloads/pearpc-0.3.1 # CFLAGS=-m32 espresso:/home/eheath/Downloads/pearpc-0.3.1 # export CFLAGS espresso:/home/eheath/Downloads/pearpc-0.3.1 # echo $CFLAGS -m32 espresso:/home/eheath/Downloads/pearpc-0.3.1 # linux32 ./configure --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-cpu=jitc_x86 --enable-ui=sdl make make install It runs pretty well if I copy a 32 bit binary from a 32 bit box but I'm having issues with networking and want to try a few different builds from CVS. Any pointers would be much appreciated. Cheers Ed

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32 bit libavc on 64 bit SuSE?
by Alex Angerhofer 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hi List, I am trying to get mainactor to behave on on my SuSE 9.2 64 bit system. The only missing link I have is now libavc1394. It is installed per default in its 64 bit form. Mainactor is a 32 bit application and will need to have access to the 32 bit form of libavc. My question is this: If I pull the rpm from the 32 bit SuSE version and install it on top of my system, will it work? Will other things break? Best regards, Alex.

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Re: [suse-amd64] Netzwerk on Board - Information
by Juergen Schindler 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hi, here are some more information about my computer: The motherboard is a: Gigabyte GA-K8NS with nForce3 250 chipset, Ethernet 10/100 on board (ICS 1883 LAN PHY chip). > ich habe mir einen neuen AMD64-Rechner gekauft mit einem Gigabyte-Motherboard. > Die Suse 64er-Version (9.2.) läuft zwar generell aber mit großen Einschränkungen. > > - Mein Board wird nicht unterstützt und damit fällt auch die Netzwerkkarte aus. Which board? > > - Meine Grafikkarte ATI Radeon 9200 mag Suse auch nicht. What does 'does not like' mean? Suse doesn't recognize this card as Fedora does. > Könnte jemand einem absoluten Linux-Neuling weiterhelfen? If you give some more information.... This would be great TIA Juergen > Vielen Dank im Voraus > > Jürgen > Stefan -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 Mail: sf(a)suse.de D-90409 Nuernberg Phone: +49-911-740 53 - 559 GPG fingerprint = B226 E3DA 37B0 2170 7403 D19C 18AF E579 9161 4BBC -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Netzwerk on Board
by jschindler＠genion.de 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hallo, ich habe mir einen neuen AMD64-Rechner gekauft mit einem Gigabyte-Motherboard. Die Suse 64er-Version (9.2.) läuft zwar generell aber mit großen Einschränkungen. - Mein Board wird nicht unterstützt und damit fällt auch die Netzwerkkarte aus. - Meine Grafikkarte ATI Radeon 9200 mag Suse auch nicht. Könnte jemand einem absoluten Linux-Neuling weiterhelfen? Vielen Dank im Voraus Jürgen

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Yast2 online update differs from command line online_update?
by Miroslav Ruda 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hello, I was checking command line online_update tool and I have found that list of proposed updates is different from list proposed by yast2. Using online_update -dsV |grep "^I" I have got pretty long (~50lines) list of installable patches, including several on security level, for example: I iptables (Security): IP Paketfilter-Administration However, when I use Yast2 and online update tool there, after last update I see only four optional patches (wireless drivers). For example, for iptables I see version 1.2.11-4.2 and I'm not able to find version 1.2.11-4.3 proposed by online_update tool. On the other hand, command line online_update propose also to install fetchmsttfonts.sh (Optional): Download Microsoft(r) TrueType Core Fonts which I just installed using yast2! I'm using Suse 9.2 (x86_64), updated from 9.1 using ftp edition. Both tools are using the same ftp server, online_update reports: Types of patches to be installed: security recommended patchlevel Server URL: ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de//pub/linux/suse/suse Server Name: User-Defined Location Directory File: Path 0: ./i386/update/9.2/patches Any idea? -- Mirek Ruda

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red-carpet and 64 bit SuSE
by Robert Cunningham 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Does anybody have any working Red-Carpet update sites for 64-bit SuSe 9.2? I have the Standard ones from Open-carpet and Ximian and nothing is updated except for red-carpet itself. I tried doing a Google Search and came up empty BoB C

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ACPI and ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
by Torsten Foertsch 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

Hi, I have got 9.2 running on a ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe board. Everything works fine but /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature reports ALWAYS: temperature: 40 C My hardware vendor says that cannot be correct. Is there a way to get the correct value? Do other owners of that board also see this behaviour? Thanks, Torsten

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RE: [suse-amd64] ACPI and ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
by Phil Betts 25 Feb '05

25 Feb '05

On Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:01 AM, Torsten Foertsch wrote: > I have got 9.2 running on a ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe board. Everything > works fine but /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature reports > ALWAYS: > > temperature: 40 C > > My hardware vendor says that cannot be correct. Is there a way to > get the correct value? > > Do other owners of that board also see this behaviour? Hmm, I had a look at home last night, but there isn't a thermal_zone in my /proc/acpi :(. Did your installation automatically configure this, did you have to manually load the thermal module, or have I just missed a section in Yast? I'll investigate the thermal_zone over the weekend and report back. I notice that CPU throttling works nicely, so I'd be amazed if the temperature really is a constant 40 C. Phil ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************

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Re: Re: [suse-amd64] AMD 64 and MPlayer
by Arne 25 Feb '05

25 Feb '05

On 23.2 2005 23:36, Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote: > >mplayer does not support libsuffix option... You are right, my mistake. > >You need to do the following (nasty) hack. Yes, it is a nasty hack. Don't --with-x11libdir=/usr/X11/lib64 work either? It is supported by the configure script. Btw, KMPlayer is a nice gui for mplayer (and with that one I had to use the libsuffix option ;-) > >mv /usr/X11/lib /usr/X11/lib32 >ln -s /usr/X11/lib64 /usr/X11/lib > >configure and make. > > >unlink /usr/X11/lib >ln -s /usr/X11/lib32 /usr/X11/lib > > >This works for a number of programs that are not aware of dual library >layouts... It's ugly but generally works fine. > > >On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 22:34 +0200, Arne wrote: >> Maybe using configure with --enable-libsuffix=64 might work >> >> /Arne >> >> On 21.2 2005 00:11, David Gillis wrote: >> >> > >> >I am trying to compile MPlayer using the --enable-gui on an HP Pavillion >> >with an AMD 64 processor. When I do ./configure --enable-gui the >> >configure fails with >> > >> >Checking for GUI ... yes >> > >> >Error: X11 support required for GUI compilation. >> > >> >I do have the devel rpms installed I think. Below is the part of my log >> >file that shows the no. What am I missing. MPlayer compiles and works >> >fine without the gui. >> > >> >David >> > >> >########################################## >> > >> >============ Checking for X11 headers presence ============ >> >Result is: yes (using /usr/X11/include) >> >########################################## >> > >> >============ Checking for X11 libs presence ============ >> >Result is: yes (using /usr/X11R6/lib) >> >########################################## >> > >> >============ Checking for X11 ============ >> > >> >#include <X11/Xlib.h> >> >#include <X11/Xutil.h> >> >int main(void) { (void) XCreateWindow(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0); return 0; } >> > >> >cc /tmp/mplayer-conf-25663-32290.c -o /tmp/mplayer-conf-4934-32290.o >> >-I/usr/X11/include -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXext -lX11 -lnsl >> >>/usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld >: >> > >> >skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so when searching for -lXext >> >>/usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld >: >> > >> >skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.a when searching for -lXext >> >>/usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld >: >> > >> >cannot find -lXext >> >collect2: ld returned 1 exit status >> > >> >ldd /tmp/mplayer-conf-4934-32290.o >> >ldd: /tmp/mplayer-conf-4934-32290.o: No such file or directory >> > >> >Result is: no >> >########################################## >> > >> >-- >> >Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe >> >For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com >> > >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Gratis svenskprÃ¥kig e-post och fÃ¶rmÃ¥nliga textmeddelanden >> http://webmail.surfnet.fi >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -- >> Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe >> For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Gratis svenskpråkig e-post och förmånliga textmeddelanden http://webmail.surfnet.fi ------------------------------------------------------------------

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Problem with Obex over Bluetooth
by Detlef Grittner 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

I have installed a 32bit and a 64bit (AMD) Version of SuSE 9.2 on different machines. On both I have a working bluetooth connection. But if I send calendar entries as .vcs file to the 32bit machine a dialog pops up on KDE and asks me where to save the .vcs file. On the 64bit machine I don't get this dialog, although the sending devices tells me the file has been transferred. My problem is, that I can't find the file on the 64bit system. Where has it gone? Detlef

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Re: [suse-amd64] .X.err file in /root (followup)
by jerry bookter 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

--- Andi Kleen <ak(a)suse.de> wrote: > I would take a quick look with less -n before you > delete (note the -n which > will make it much faster to open) and if you notice > some repeated > pattern in there you can report it back to the list. > > -Andi > Hi Andi-- After a reboot last night the file deleted itself. It's now up to only about 40K. There were indeed repeating patterns in it: ---------------------------------------------------------------- X Window System Version 6.8.1 Release Date: 17 September 2004 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.1 Build Operating System: SuSE Linux [ELF] SuSE Current Operating System: Linux SuSE 2.6.8-24-default #1 Wed Oct 6 09:16:23 UTC 2004 x86_64 Build Date: 09 November 2004 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Feb 24 03:45:09 2005 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (II) Initializing extension GLX Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID, removing from list! xset: bad font path element (#145), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#145), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#145), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#145), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax kbuildsycoca running... SetClientVersion: 0 8 ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:563:(snd_pcm_hw_start) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed: Broken pipe ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:563:(snd_pcm_hw_start) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed: Broken pipe ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:563:(snd_pcm_hw_start) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed: Broken pipe Audio File Library: could not open file '/opt/kde3/share/sounds/EW_Startup_1.wav' [error 3] kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0x82c080 ): KAccel object already contains an action name "del" kdesktop: ERROR: : couldn't create slave : Unable to create io-slave: klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'devices'. kdesktop: kmix: ERROR: snd_ctl_open err=No such device kmix: ERROR: snd_ctl_open err=No such device /opt/MozillaFirefox/lib64/firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libmozjs.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3 Major opcode: 20 Minor opcode: 0 Resource id: 0x1400043 (Gecko:5931): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (get_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed The above pattern was repeated dozens and dozens of times. Then this appears: connect: Connection timed out SetClientVersion: 0 8 SetGrabKeysState - disabled connect: Connection refused connect: Connection timed out SetGrabKeysState - enabled kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: PKCS7_content_free kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_conf kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_noconf kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: PKCS7_content_free kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_conf kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_noconf QGArray::find: Index 0 out of range Then back to more repitition of the first pattern: (Gecko:5931): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (get_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed Any ideas? Thanks! :)

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Audacity
by David 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Has anyone sucessfully compiled Audacity 1.2.3 using 64 bit OS. I would appreciate tips. I have not had success. David

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Playing DVDs on AMD64 system
by larry_prikockis＠natureserve.org 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Has anyone managed to get any DVD playing software running properly under SuSE 9 for the AMD64? I've got an ASUS K8V Deluxe MB and an NVIDIA GF5200FX video card, for what that's worth. I've been trying, with little success, to compile a working version of the 'Ogle' DVD player, but am running into all sorts of dependency issues with RPMs, and missing library issues compiling from source. If someone else has gotten this working, I'd be interested in hearing exactly what RPMs/source files you used and what steps you followed. Thanks in advance ----------------------------------------- Real programmers confuse Christmas and Halloween because DEC 25 = OCT 31

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Giant honking great big .x.err file in /root
by jerry bookter 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Hi folks-- I've been noticing my system acting funny lately. Last night apps started closing themselves, requiring a reboot. Sometimes cntrl-al-del won't work; after closing down X the same debug information flashes past on the screen endlessly, as if the machine can't quite manage shutting down all processes. Reach for the reset button..... However the system comes back up and functions fine for a while. Tonight VMware started complaining it was out of disk space, though I have about 70Gb allocated to / and should be nowhere near out of room on the drive. So I poked around and lo & behold I found a file named .x.err that was 33.6Gb(!) Obviously I've got something seriously wrong with X... I just freed up about 13Gb in / by moving some stuff over to one of my FAT32 partitions, but I'm afraid to even try to open this huge file. Is it safe to delete it, then wait a day or so to open it when it recreates itself? Then I can post what it says and work on getting X fixed. I'm tempted to just reinstall from the ground up, but I hate to have to go through all the tweaking and configuring of my setup again. So, is it safe to delete this file? TIA.....!

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Empty Files appearing all over file system
by Joel Wiramu Pauling 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

I first noticed this a day or so after install of suse 9.2 amd64, and now 2 months down the track I have noticed the same thing happening all over my filesystem. It only occurs on my 64bit workstation, my 32bit laptop is fine. What it is is an empty file with the name simply '2' appearing this appears in home directorys, / /vol and a seemingly random assortment of places... Deleting the offending file removes it but it comes back after a while... I've tried looking through logs etc and stat on the files they always have one of the systems users creation uid and group. But are created at seeminly random times. Anyone know what service/program thing that may be causing this behaviour?

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Re: [suse-amd64] AMD 64 and MPlayer
by Arne 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Maybe using configure with --enable-libsuffix=64 might work /Arne On 21.2 2005 00:11, David Gillis wrote: > >I am trying to compile MPlayer using the --enable-gui on an HP Pavillion >with an AMD 64 processor. When I do ./configure --enable-gui the >configure fails with > >Checking for GUI ... yes > >Error: X11 support required for GUI compilation. > >I do have the devel rpms installed I think. Below is the part of my log >file that shows the no. What am I missing. MPlayer compiles and works >fine without the gui. > >David > >########################################## > >============ Checking for X11 headers presence ============ >Result is: yes (using /usr/X11/include) >########################################## > >============ Checking for X11 libs presence ============ >Result is: yes (using /usr/X11R6/lib) >########################################## > >============ Checking for X11 ============ > >#include <X11/Xlib.h> >#include <X11/Xutil.h> >int main(void) { (void) XCreateWindow(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0); return 0; } > >cc /tmp/mplayer-conf-25663-32290.c -o /tmp/mplayer-conf-4934-32290.o >-I/usr/X11/include -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXext -lX11 -lnsl >/usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: > >skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so when searching for -lXext >/usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: > >skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.a when searching for -lXext >/usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: > >cannot find -lXext >collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > >ldd /tmp/mplayer-conf-4934-32290.o >ldd: /tmp/mplayer-conf-4934-32290.o: No such file or directory > >Result is: no >########################################## > >-- >Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe >For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Gratis svenskpråkig e-post och förmånliga textmeddelanden http://webmail.surfnet.fi ------------------------------------------------------------------

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hotplug SATA drives
by Rene Salmon 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Hi list, Can some one point me to a how to or have any experience doing this? I added a new hotplugable drive to our SATA disk array. The disk array assigned the disk a new LUN. The LUN assigned to new drive is LUN 1. So as far as hardware is concerned everything is working fine with the hot-plug. Now on the Linux server I need Linux to rescan the SCSI bus and pick up this new device so here is what I did, /root# echo "scsi-qlascan" > /proc/scsi/qla2xxx/1 This got the qla2xxx device driver to scan the SCSI bus for new LUN/drives. Here is the syslog message for this. Feb 22 14:02:41 kernel: qla2300 0000:03:03.0: Scheduling rescan for new luns.. Also if I cat the /proc/scsi/qla2xxx/1 i see that the qla2xxx driver did detect the new LUN LUN 1. /root# cat /proc/scsi/qla2xxx/1 SCSI LUN Information: (Id:Lun) * - indicates lun is not registered with the OS. ( 0: 0): Total reqs 4015, Pending reqs 0, flags 0x0, 0:0:00 00 ( 0: 1): Total reqs 0, Pending reqs 0, flags 0x0*, 0:0:00 00 Now I do not know what the next step is. How to I get Linux to assign a /dev/sdXXX to this new LUN? Any ideas? Thank you for any help on this. Rene

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Re: [announce] 9.2 AMD64 Install CD with New Kernel
by Laboratory for Micro Enterprise 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Andreas I'm trying to install 9.2 AMD64 on a new Asus A8N SLI Deluxe system with SATA HD and PCI-E NVidia GeForce 6600 graphics card. Using your 'Install CD with New Kernel', the boot process gets as far as 'unpacked extension disk', beeps, the screen goes blank and the system locks up - virtual consoles don't respond. I then tried a 9.2 32-bit install from the distribution CDs. This worked ok up to first boot of the newly installed system, when again the screen went blank and the system locked up. I repeated the install, this time configuring run level 3 as the default instead of 5. That gave me console access to the system. Suspecting a graphic card driver problem, I edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf to make 'vga' the default device instead of 'nv'. Then init 5 gave me X and a gleaming new desktop. This confirmed the 'nv' driver problem I've seen reported. The question now is how to proceed with the 64-bit install? It appears that 64-bit YaST doesn't use the 'vga' driver when it starts up (as 32-bit YaST evidently does), but instead uses the defective 'nv' driver. Is there a way of changing this unfortunate behaviour? NVidia provides a driver which is supposed to work ok, but I can't get to a point where I can install it. MfG John Storrs

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front panel usb ports
by Joe Georger 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Here's a strange one.... I have a couple of usb thumbdrives by Memorex. Thunder K8W, dual Opteron 246's, Suse 9.2, Lian Li case Thumbdrive(s) initially worked on front panel usb. Now I plug them in and nothing happens. No cpu activity and certainly do not get mounted. Nothing in dmesg or /proc/bus/usb/devices. I cannot manually mount them (...not a valid block device). But they do work if I use a rear port. Is it me or am I missing something?

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User Mode Linux installation + amd64
by Joel Wiramu Pauling 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Hi everyone. Suse 9.2 amd64 in yast 2 there is a UML install option. I sucessfully went through the wizard, and was waiting for somthing to happen, I got an xterm poping up, but it just complained about not finding port-helper (which is in /usr/lib64/uml/). At this point I did a ps ax, and found no less than 3 instances of ./linux (presuming the uml kernel). I couldn't kill them all, so I rebooted. On reboot I tried to start the uml environment through /etc/init.d/uml start... but kept on getting "skipped" messages. Is there somthing im doing wrong or is the UML toolset included with 9.2 broken? Kind regards Joel W

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Re: [suse-amd64] vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Matt: I've allready tryied to add memory addresses reported by windows to the config.opts but no luck. One strange thing is happening, all my PCMCIA 16 bit cards are working: Compaq wl110, compact flash adapter and Thoshiba 2GB HD card but none of the 32 bit like a serial ata, USB 2.0, firewire and a conceptronic c54c, or vodafone 3g card are detected by the pcmcia subsystem. Ok, I will give a look to pcimcia Forums. >>> "Matt T." <Matt(a)boons.net> 21/02/2005 17:57:13 >>> On Monday 21 February 2005 03:11, jm macip wrote: > ** High Priority ** > > The only significant messages I get form dmesg are: > Feb 20 21:05:04 JMA64 kernel: psargs-0352: *** Error: Looking up > [Z005] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND > Feb 20 21:05:04 JMA64 kernel: search_node 0000010037e05c30 start_node > 0000010037e05c30 return_node 0000000000000000 sorry, doesn't ring a bell here. I haven't worked with PCMCIA to USB bridges yet, so I do not exactly know what to expect. I'm just guessing now, but what you could do is to make the memory and port ranges smaller. For a start, reduce it to the values you took from winXP only. Nothing else. Or you could load the module used by pcmcia for the usb bridge manually. I don't know how it's called now, I'm not at the notebook now. Look up the name of the module in the /etc/pcmcia/config file. (This is the way I get the Axen / Sagem GPRS card to work.) Then the next step would be to have a look at the PCMCIA mailing list and see if you find something there. May be the developers can guide you through debugging. This is not just said like that, I did find there the info which enabled me to get the Sierra Wireless aircard working on my amd64 notebook. Nice challenge. Good luck! Matt > > >>>Matt T. <Matt(a)boons.net> 02/20/05 8:52 pm >>> > > On Monday 21 February 2005 01:07, jm macip wrote: > >Yes, I have corrected config.opts and also added the memory areas > >reported by Windows. I also added the PCI bridge memory area. > >In windows the card is reported as a OPTi 82c861 PCI to USB open Host > >Controller using memory D04FE000-D04FEFFF, should I add this mem area > > to > > >config.opts? > > Why not, give it a try. > > After what Pascal reported about his card using memory and ports > different > from what lspci reported it would not surprise me. > > However please be aware that we could help you much better if you would > answer > more clearly about what you find in /var/log/messages or as dmesg > output. > Did you see my questions? > > If there would be indeed No messages, as you said earlier, then PCMCIA > would > not even start to try to talk to the card, and then adjusting the memory > and > port range would not help, the PCMCIA code would not get started. > > I have a modem card, when I insert it, then kde freezes. Until I take it > out > again. After that kde works fine again. When I close down the memory / > port > ranges then it does not get recognized, but PCMCIA starts and gives some > output. May be I just have not found the winning port / memory range for > it. > > This just to demonstrate you that PCMCIA can work for some cards, and > for > others not (yet). In order to understand if you have such a not working > card, > your clear report of /var/log/messages or as dmesg output might be > helpful. > > Also, have you seen my post that I need to kill and restart cardmanager > before > any card gets recognized. (I did not test yet if that is true for older > kernels, or only for the latest ones which I have installed currently. > As far > as I remember it was not like that for the kernels current 2 or 3 months > ago. > > HTH, > Matt > > >Thanks in advanve. > >Josep Maria Macip > > > >>>>Matt T. <Matt(a)Boons.net> 20/02/2005 16:46 >>> > > > >On Sunday 20 February 2005 03:09, jm macip wrote: > >>I'm sure PCMCIA is working > > > >PCMCIA on AMD64 might be working for some cards, but may be not for > >all. > > > >I understand that you already corrected your config.opts file using the > >output > >of lspci, correct? > > > >However if one card works that does not mean that all can work. Every > >card > >uses a different memory range / port range to talk to your system. I > >assume > >that some cannot use the memory / port range offered by amd64 64bit > >systems. > > > >Also different cards / different functions use different parts of the > >PCMCIA > >code. network cards and modem cards use different modules of the PCMCIA > > > >package. Some parts might work better than the others. > > > >>>>>Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 20:49 >>> > >> > >>jm macip <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > >>>No messages! card is not recognized! > > > >Nothing in /var/log/messages? Nothing at all? Nothing about anonymous > > > >memory? Nothing about unable to access memory? > > > >Ususally there is something showing that PCMCIA understood there is > >something > >to do for it, it wakes up, checks, and if it does not recognize what is > >going > >on there usually is a message. And as far as I've seen, if a card does > >not > >get identified, the PCMCIA code seems to try the memory_cs module, > >which does > >the output listed above. > > > >Also, type dmesg in a konsole window, after you inserted the card. > >Look at > >the last lines of the output. There should be something. Is it? > > > >>Really nothing at all? Search the archives of this list, could be > > > >the > > > >>PCMCIA issue we discussed several times, > > > >yes, not all cards could get to work, and some need dirty workarounds > >(as > >postet here this and last month) > > > >>Andreas > > [snip] > > >>>>>>Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 15:15 >>> > >>> > >>>jm macip <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > >>>>Hi all: > >>>>I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to > > > >make > > > >>>it > >>> > >>>>work. > >>>>I have followed the steps stated in this how-to > >>>>http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 > >>>> > >>>>but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it > > > >is > > > >>>>currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) > >>> > >>>What is the output of /var/log/messages? > >>> > >>>Andreas > > > >HTH, > >Matt > > -- > Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe > For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Re: [suse-amd64] cannot load kernel mod snd-emu10k1]
by melissad 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

New install and update to the new kernel. Have a SoundBlaster external Audigy NX connected via USB. Have turned of the ASUS SK8N sound codec in BIOS. The Audigy is on and works in Windows. In YaST, have deleted the SK8N native sound board and tried to add the Audigy. Error msg = "The kernel module snd-emu10k1 for sound support could not be loaded. This can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRG parameters." I had a SB external working under SuSE 9 32. Does anyone have any ideas that might help? melissa

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updating to kernel 2.6.5-7.111
by James D. Parra 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

Hello, Installed 9.1 64 bit via ftp and updated to the latest kernel version, 2.6.5-7.145smp, but the 3Ware driver, 3w-9xxx, that loaded perfectly into kernel 2.6.5-7.111smp, now fails. How can I get and load the kernel 2.6.5-7.111smp and not the latest kernel? Thank you, James

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64 bit 9.2 ftp download
by James D. Parra 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

Hello, Does a 64 bit boot.iso exist for 9.2 yet? If so, can someone point me to a mirror. Thank you, James

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RE: [suse-amd64] adding a module for new hardware- 2.6.5-7.145-s mp kernel
by James D. Parra 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

Thank you for the reply. The driver was downloaded from the 3ware site. It worked perfectly on the 2.6.5-7.111-smp kernel and the original default kernel that installed under 9.1 x86_64. How do I compile it to match this newer kernel? Thanks again. James -----Original Message----- From: Andi Kleen [mailto:ak@suse.de] Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 4:24 PM To: James D. Parra Cc: SuSE AMD64 (E-mail) Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] adding a module for new hardware- 2.6.5-7.145-smp kernel > Any ideas on how to remedy this? You need to recompile the driver to match your kernel. -Andi -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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adding a module for new hardware- 2.6.5-7.145-smp kernel
by James D. Parra 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

Hello, I have added the 3w-9xxx.ko driver to many computers (SuSE 9.1) with the 2.6.5-7.111-smp kernel flawlessly, however when I try to add it the 2.6.5-7.145-smp kernel I get the following error: 3w_9xxx: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted. 3w_9xxx: unsupported module, tainting kernel. Unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffa01dc000 RIP: <ffffffff8015afcc>{sys_init_module+3388} PML4 103027 PGD 105027 PMD 1ff9e5067 PTE 0 Oops: 0002 [1] SMP CPU 0 Pid: 8155, comm: insmod Tainted: GF U (2.6.5-7.145-smp SLES9_SP1_BRANCH-200501270919290000) RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8015afcc>] <ffffffff8015afcc>{sys_init_module+3388} RSP: 0018:00000101616a1d88 EFLAGS: 00010207 RAX: ffffffffa01dbf00 RBX: ffffff00008e1298 RCX: ffffffffa01db080 RDX: 000000000000001e RSI: ffffff00008e71ec RDI: ffffffffa01d9dc4 RBP: ffffffffa01d96a0 R08: 0000000000000019 R09: ffffffffa01dd000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000101000253a8 R12: 0000000000000019 R13: 7fffffffffffffff R14: ffffffff803d5000 R15: 0000000000000002 FS: 0000002a9588d6e0(0000) GS:ffffffff80553680(0000) knlGS:000000005569e080 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: ffffffffa01dc000 CR3: 0000000000101000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Process insmod (pid: 8155, threadinfo 00000101616a0000, task 00000101fe3d43c0) Stack: 000000000008e1ec 8000000000106025 0000010001003950 00000100fafaeb80 00000100c1ebec58 0000000000000246 00000101fe3d43c0 ffffffff8013cb40 00000101616a1dc8 00000101616a1dc8 Call Trace:<ffffffff8013cb40>{autoremove_wake_function+0} <ffffffff801a5b11>{dput+33} <ffffffff8018bc5e>{__fput+270} <ffffffff801878de>{filp_close+126} <ffffffff801879e5>{sys_close+229} <ffffffff801106d4>{system_call+124} Code: c7 80 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 83 e8 80 83 fa 3f 76 eb 65 RIP <ffffffff8015afcc>{sys_init_module+3388} RSP <00000101616a1d88> CR2: ffffffffa01dc000 Any ideas on how to remedy this? Thank you in advance, James

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RE: [suse-amd64] DVD-R Compatability question
by Ric Tibbetts 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Alain; No, the Sony is good old ide. On Mon Feb 21 12:24 , "Black, Alain" sent: >Ric, > >Is the Sony DVD burner also SATA? > >-Alain > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ric Tibbetts [ric(a)chadera.net','','','')">ric(a)chadera.net] >Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 11:49 AM >To: Cristian Rodriguez >Cc: suse-amd64(a)suse.com >Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] DVD-R Compatability question > >Those drivers are installed. The kernel just doesn't see the drive. >So I cheated. > >I pulled the Plextor out of this machine, and stuck it in my wifes XP >machine. Win XP sees it just fine. >Then I pulled the Sony 16x Double layer DVD burner out of hers, and put >it in mine. >Linux likes the Sony. > >This closes this saga. It just was not worth the hassle. ;) >Besides, the Sony is better anyway. >It would have been nice to uncover the mysteries of the Plextor, but not > >this time. > >I'm more concerned about the printing problem. > > >Thank you for the assist. I'll be getting back to you with more info on >the printer later. > > >-Ric > >Cristian Rodriguez wrote: > >>yes..your DVD Burner its not recognized by the kernel..mmm.. >> >>install the "propietary" nvidia Nforce drivers and tell us the >results. >> >>http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_amd64_1.0-0292 >> >>bye >> >> >>On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:47:56 -0300, Cristian Rodriguez >>judas.iscariote(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>>please..complete output of >>> >>>#dmesg >>> >>>and # cat /var/log/boot.msg (attached >>> >>>bye >>> >>> >>>On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 22:15:49 -0500, Ric Tibbetts ric(a)chadera.net> >wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Greetings all. >>>>I've just built a new box, and installed Suse-AMD64. >>>>Needless to say, it has a couple of problems that I could use some >help >>>>with. >>>>I'll do this with a couple of threads, so I don't get them crossed >up. >>>> >>>>I'll start with the set-up >>>> >>>>Suse 9.2 AMD 64 >>>> >>>>AMD Athlon 64 3600+ >>>>ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe mobo >>>>1 GB Corsair XMS DDR 400 memory >>>>2x 12gb Maxtor 120gb SATA hd >>>>Sony CD-RW DVD ide (reader) >>>>Plextor PX-712SA DVD-RW SATA >>>>BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC >>>> >>>>Problem #1 >>>> >>>>I can't get it to recognoize the Plextor SATA DVD burner. At all. >>>>The box is multi boot, and I've burned DVDs with that drive in WinXP, >>>>but it doesn't even show up in hwinfo under Suse 9.2 >>>> >>>>I've checked the Hardware Compatability list from the Suse site, and >it >>>>was unclear about this drive. >>>>Does anyone here have any experience with the Plextor SATA DVD >Burner? >>>>(the PX-712sa to be specific)? >>>> >>>>I could really use some pointers on whether or not this drive is even >>>>supported. >>>> >>>>Thank you in advance (I'll approach the second problem in a different >>>>thread). >>>> >>>>-Ric >>>> >>>>-- >>>>Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe >>>>For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> > >-- >Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe >For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com >

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RE: [suse-amd64] DVD-R Compatability question
by Black, Alain 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Ric, Is the Sony DVD burner also SATA? -Alain -----Original Message----- From: Ric Tibbetts [mailto:ric@chadera.net] Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 11:49 AM To: Cristian Rodriguez Cc: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] DVD-R Compatability question Those drivers are installed. The kernel just doesn't see the drive. So I cheated. I pulled the Plextor out of this machine, and stuck it in my wifes XP machine. Win XP sees it just fine. Then I pulled the Sony 16x Double layer DVD burner out of hers, and put it in mine. Linux likes the Sony. This closes this saga. It just was not worth the hassle. ;) Besides, the Sony is better anyway. It would have been nice to uncover the mysteries of the Plextor, but not this time. I'm more concerned about the printing problem. Thank you for the assist. I'll be getting back to you with more info on the printer later. -Ric Cristian Rodriguez wrote: >yes..your DVD Burner its not recognized by the kernel..mmm.. > >install the "propietary" nvidia Nforce drivers and tell us the results. > >http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_amd64_1.0-0292 > >bye > > >On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:47:56 -0300, Cristian Rodriguez ><judas.iscariote(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >>please..complete output of >> >>#dmesg >> >>and # cat /var/log/boot.msg (attached >> >>bye >> >> >>On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 22:15:49 -0500, Ric Tibbetts <ric(a)chadera.net> wrote: >> >> >>>Greetings all. >>>I've just built a new box, and installed Suse-AMD64. >>>Needless to say, it has a couple of problems that I could use some help >>>with. >>>I'll do this with a couple of threads, so I don't get them crossed up. >>> >>>I'll start with the set-up >>> >>>Suse 9.2 AMD 64 >>> >>>AMD Athlon 64 3600+ >>>ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe mobo >>>1 GB Corsair XMS DDR 400 memory >>>2x 12gb Maxtor 120gb SATA hd >>>Sony CD-RW DVD ide (reader) >>>Plextor PX-712SA DVD-RW SATA >>>BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC >>> >>>Problem #1 >>> >>>I can't get it to recognoize the Plextor SATA DVD burner. At all. >>>The box is multi boot, and I've burned DVDs with that drive in WinXP, >>>but it doesn't even show up in hwinfo under Suse 9.2 >>> >>>I've checked the Hardware Compatability list from the Suse site, and it >>>was unclear about this drive. >>>Does anyone here have any experience with the Plextor SATA DVD Burner? >>>(the PX-712sa to be specific)? >>> >>>I could really use some pointers on whether or not this drive is even >>>supported. >>> >>>Thank you in advance (I'll approach the second problem in a different >>>thread). >>> >>>-Ric >>> >>>-- >>>Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe >>>For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Re: [suse-amd64] vodafone 3g card
by Matt T. 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

On Monday 21 February 2005 03:11, jm macip wrote: > ** High Priority ** > > The only significant messages I get form dmesg are: > Feb 20 21:05:04 JMA64 kernel: psargs-0352: *** Error: Looking up > [Z005] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND > Feb 20 21:05:04 JMA64 kernel: search_node 0000010037e05c30 start_node > 0000010037e05c30 return_node 0000000000000000 sorry, doesn't ring a bell here. I haven't worked with PCMCIA to USB bridges yet, so I do not exactly know what to expect. I'm just guessing now, but what you could do is to make the memory and port ranges smaller. For a start, reduce it to the values you took from winXP only. Nothing else. Or you could load the module used by pcmcia for the usb bridge manually. I don't know how it's called now, I'm not at the notebook now. Look up the name of the module in the /etc/pcmcia/config file. (This is the way I get the Axen / Sagem GPRS card to work.) Then the next step would be to have a look at the PCMCIA mailing list and see if you find something there. May be the developers can guide you through debugging. This is not just said like that, I did find there the info which enabled me to get the Sierra Wireless aircard working on my amd64 notebook. Nice challenge. Good luck! Matt > > >>>Matt T. <Matt(a)boons.net> 02/20/05 8:52 pm >>> > > On Monday 21 February 2005 01:07, jm macip wrote: > >Yes, I have corrected config.opts and also added the memory areas > >reported by Windows. I also added the PCI bridge memory area. > >In windows the card is reported as a OPTi 82c861 PCI to USB open Host > >Controller using memory D04FE000-D04FEFFF, should I add this mem area > > to > > >config.opts? > > Why not, give it a try. > > After what Pascal reported about his card using memory and ports > different > from what lspci reported it would not surprise me. > > However please be aware that we could help you much better if you would > answer > more clearly about what you find in /var/log/messages or as dmesg > output. > Did you see my questions? > > If there would be indeed No messages, as you said earlier, then PCMCIA > would > not even start to try to talk to the card, and then adjusting the memory > and > port range would not help, the PCMCIA code would not get started. > > I have a modem card, when I insert it, then kde freezes. Until I take it > out > again. After that kde works fine again. When I close down the memory / > port > ranges then it does not get recognized, but PCMCIA starts and gives some > output. May be I just have not found the winning port / memory range for > it. > > This just to demonstrate you that PCMCIA can work for some cards, and > for > others not (yet). In order to understand if you have such a not working > card, > your clear report of /var/log/messages or as dmesg output might be > helpful. > > Also, have you seen my post that I need to kill and restart cardmanager > before > any card gets recognized. (I did not test yet if that is true for older > kernels, or only for the latest ones which I have installed currently. > As far > as I remember it was not like that for the kernels current 2 or 3 months > ago. > > HTH, > Matt > > >Thanks in advanve. > >Josep Maria Macip > > > >>>>Matt T. <Matt(a)Boons.net> 20/02/2005 16:46 >>> > > > >On Sunday 20 February 2005 03:09, jm macip wrote: > >>I'm sure PCMCIA is working > > > >PCMCIA on AMD64 might be working for some cards, but may be not for > >all. > > > >I understand that you already corrected your config.opts file using the > >output > >of lspci, correct? > > > >However if one card works that does not mean that all can work. Every > >card > >uses a different memory range / port range to talk to your system. I > >assume > >that some cannot use the memory / port range offered by amd64 64bit > >systems. > > > >Also different cards / different functions use different parts of the > >PCMCIA > >code. network cards and modem cards use different modules of the PCMCIA > > > >package. Some parts might work better than the others. > > > >>>>>Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 20:49 >>> > >> > >>jm macip <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > >>>No messages! card is not recognized! > > > >Nothing in /var/log/messages? Nothing at all? Nothing about anonymous > > > >memory? Nothing about unable to access memory? > > > >Ususally there is something showing that PCMCIA understood there is > >something > >to do for it, it wakes up, checks, and if it does not recognize what is > >going > >on there usually is a message. And as far as I've seen, if a card does > >not > >get identified, the PCMCIA code seems to try the memory_cs module, > >which does > >the output listed above. > > > >Also, type dmesg in a konsole window, after you inserted the card. > >Look at > >the last lines of the output. There should be something. Is it? > > > >>Really nothing at all? Search the archives of this list, could be > > > >the > > > >>PCMCIA issue we discussed several times, > > > >yes, not all cards could get to work, and some need dirty workarounds > >(as > >postet here this and last month) > > > >>Andreas > > [snip] > > >>>>>>Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 15:15 >>> > >>> > >>>jm macip <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > >>>>Hi all: > >>>>I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to > > > >make > > > >>>it > >>> > >>>>work. > >>>>I have followed the steps stated in this how-to > >>>>http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 > >>>> > >>>>but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it > > > >is > > > >>>>currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) > >>> > >>>What is the output of /var/log/messages? > >>> > >>>Andreas > > > >HTH, > >Matt > > -- > Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe > For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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RE: [suse-amd64] [Announce] 9.2 AMD64 Install CD with New Kernel
by Ronald Lau 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hi! As far as I can tell, this patch CD fixes the issue with my nvidia sata controller (nForce 250) and built in ethernet. BUT, since I still havent been able to scratch enough cash to get a DVD drive, I still cannot install SuSe 9.2. Is there a way to make it use an FTP/NFS site/dir instead of the 9.2 DVD? I lready tried just setting the source to ftp, but that ignores the updates on the patch CD. Or am I missing/ignorant of something? Thanks for all your help. R. -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Jaeger To: suse-amd Sent: 2/11/2005 12:20 AM Subject: [suse-amd64] [Announce] 9.2 AMD64 Install CD with New Kernel I'm currently uploading to ftp.suse.com (will soon be also on its mirrors) at: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/aj/PatchCD The ISO is called: SuSE-9.2-PatchCD-1-RC3-CD1.iso If you have experienced installation problems with our 9.2 DVD, then download this CD and boot from it. It will ask you then for "CD1", and just insert the DVD at that point. During installation it will load packages from CD1 several times... This PatchCD has two advantages: * Installation with a new kernel. If you had problems installing with the DVD, please try it this way. * All the updated packages are installed directly. You can also download the CD and start "PatchCD" in YaST to only install the updated packages. Note the packages and the kernel are from before Christmas, so we have some more updates out since then... Hope this helps, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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USB Printer Problem
by Ric Tibbetts 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

All; Okay, here's major problem #2. Hooked to the new computer is my old reliable printer, Epson Stylus Photo 785EPX (USB). The computer: Suse 9.2 AMD 64 AMD Athlon 64 3600+ ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe mobo 1 GB Corsair XMS DDR 400 memory 2x 12gb Maxtor 120gb SATA hd Sony CD-RW DVD ide (reader) Plextor PX-712SA DVD-RW SATA BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC The problem: The printer,.. doesn't. It just does nothing. I've tried it while booted in a different OS (the box is multi boot), and it works just fine, so the problem is not hardware related. If I use Yast2 to configure it, the printer is correctly identified, which means that it IS talking to the system. The printer also shows up correctly in hwinfo. But when I hit "test" .. nothing comes out. At all. I set loglevel in cups.conf to debug, and debug2 trying to capture an error message, but there's nothing. It simply doesn't print. I'm lost on this one. Printing has always been a simple configuration issue in the past. This one is just puzzling. I'd really appreciate a hand with this. Thanks in advance! -Ric

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AMD 64 and MPlayer
by David Gillis 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

I am trying to compile MPlayer using the --enable-gui on an HP Pavillion with an AMD 64 processor. When I do ./configure --enable-gui the configure fails with Checking for GUI ... yes Error: X11 support required for GUI compilation. I do have the devel rpms installed I think. Below is the part of my log file that shows the no. What am I missing. MPlayer compiles and works fine without the gui. David ########################################## ============ Checking for X11 headers presence ============ Result is: yes (using /usr/X11/include) ########################################## ============ Checking for X11 libs presence ============ Result is: yes (using /usr/X11R6/lib) ########################################## ============ Checking for X11 ============ #include <X11/Xlib.h> #include <X11/Xutil.h> int main(void) { (void) XCreateWindow(0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0); return 0; } cc /tmp/mplayer-conf-25663-32290.c -o /tmp/mplayer-conf-4934-32290.o -I/usr/X11/include -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXext -lX11 -lnsl /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so when searching for -lXext /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.a when searching for -lXext /usr/lib64/gcc-lib/x86_64-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext collect2: ld returned 1 exit status ldd /tmp/mplayer-conf-4934-32290.o ldd: /tmp/mplayer-conf-4934-32290.o: No such file or directory Result is: no ##########################################

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Re: [suse-amd64] vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

** High Priority ** The only significant messages I get form dmesg are: Feb 20 21:05:04 JMA64 kernel: psargs-0352: *** Error: Looking up [Z005] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND Feb 20 21:05:04 JMA64 kernel: search_node 0000010037e05c30 start_node 0000010037e05c30 return_node 0000000000000000 >>>Matt T. <Matt(a)boons.net> 02/20/05 8:52 pm >>> On Monday 21 February 2005 01:07, jm macip wrote: >Yes, I have corrected config.opts and also added the memory areas >reported by Windows. I also added the PCI bridge memory area. >In windows the card is reported as a OPTi 82c861 PCI to USB open Host >Controller using memory D04FE000-D04FEFFF, should I add this mem area to >config.opts? Why not, give it a try. After what Pascal reported about his card using memory and ports different from what lspci reported it would not surprise me. However please be aware that we could help you much better if you would answer more clearly about what you find in /var/log/messages or as dmesg output. Did you see my questions? If there would be indeed No messages, as you said earlier, then PCMCIA would not even start to try to talk to the card, and then adjusting the memory and port range would not help, the PCMCIA code would not get started. I have a modem card, when I insert it, then kde freezes. Until I take it out again. After that kde works fine again. When I close down the memory / port ranges then it does not get recognized, but PCMCIA starts and gives some output. May be I just have not found the winning port / memory range for it. This just to demonstrate you that PCMCIA can work for some cards, and for others not (yet). In order to understand if you have such a not working card, your clear report of /var/log/messages or as dmesg output might be helpful. Also, have you seen my post that I need to kill and restart cardmanager before any card gets recognized. (I did not test yet if that is true for older kernels, or only for the latest ones which I have installed currently. As far as I remember it was not like that for the kernels current 2 or 3 months ago. HTH, Matt >Thanks in advanve. >Josep Maria Macip > >>>>Matt T. <Matt(a)Boons.net> 20/02/2005 16:46 >>> > >On Sunday 20 February 2005 03:09, jm macip wrote: >>I'm sure PCMCIA is working > >PCMCIA on AMD64 might be working for some cards, but may be not for >all. > >I understand that you already corrected your config.opts file using the >output >of lspci, correct? > >However if one card works that does not mean that all can work. Every >card >uses a different memory range / port range to talk to your system. I >assume >that some cannot use the memory / port range offered by amd64 64bit >systems. > >Also different cards / different functions use different parts of the >PCMCIA >code. network cards and modem cards use different modules of the PCMCIA > >package. Some parts might work better than the others. > >>>>>Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 20:49 >>> >> >>jm macip <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: >>>No messages! card is not recognized! > >Nothing in /var/log/messages? Nothing at all? Nothing about anonymous > >memory? Nothing about unable to access memory? > >Ususally there is something showing that PCMCIA understood there is >something >to do for it, it wakes up, checks, and if it does not recognize what is >going >on there usually is a message. And as far as I've seen, if a card does >not >get identified, the PCMCIA code seems to try the memory_cs module, >which does >the output listed above. > >Also, type dmesg in a konsole window, after you inserted the card. >Look at >the last lines of the output. There should be something. Is it? > >>Really nothing at all? Search the archives of this list, could be > >the > >>PCMCIA issue we discussed several times, > >yes, not all cards could get to work, and some need dirty workarounds >(as >postet here this and last month) > >>Andreas > [snip] > >>>>>>Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 15:15 >>> >>> >>>jm macip <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: >>>>Hi all: >>>>I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to > >make > >>>it >>> >>>>work. >>>>I have followed the steps stated in this how-to >>>>http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 >>>> >>>>but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it > >is > >>>>currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) >>> >>>What is the output of /var/log/messages? >>> >>>Andreas > >HTH, >Matt > -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Re: [suse-amd64] vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

Yes, I have corrected config.opts and also added the memory areas reported by Windows. I also added the PCI bridge memory area. In windows the card is reported as a OPTi 82c861 PCI to USB open Host Controller using memory D04FE000-D04FEFFF, should I add this mem area to config.opts? Thanks in advanve. Josep Maria Macip >>> "Matt T." <Matt(a)Boons.net> 20/02/2005 16:46 >>> On Sunday 20 February 2005 03:09, jm macip wrote: > I'm sure PCMCIA is working > PCMCIA on AMD64 might be working for some cards, but may be not for all. I understand that you already corrected your config.opts file using the output of lspci, correct? However if one card works that does not mean that all can work. Every card uses a different memory range / port range to talk to your system. I assume that some cannot use the memory / port range offered by amd64 64bit systems. Also different cards / different functions use different parts of the PCMCIA code. network cards and modem cards use different modules of the PCMCIA package. Some parts might work better than the others. > >>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 20:49 >>> > > "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > > No messages! card is not recognized! Nothing in /var/log/messages? Nothing at all? Nothing about "anonymous memory"? Nothing about "unable to access memory"? Ususally there is something showing that PCMCIA understood there is something to do for it, it wakes up, checks, and if it does not recognize what is going on there usually is a message. And as far as I've seen, if a card does not get identified, the PCMCIA code seems to try the memory_cs module, which does the output listed above. Also, type "dmesg" in a konsole window, after you inserted the card. Look at the last lines of the output. There should be something. Is it? > > Really nothing at all? Search the archives of this list, could be the > PCMCIA issue we discussed several times, > yes, not all cards could get to work, and some need dirty workarounds (as postet here this and last month) > Andreas > Andreas, is SuSE working with the PCMCIA guys to get a better amd64 support in PCMCIA, or is SuSE doing something to have yast do a better configuration of config.opts at install time with SuSE 9.3? If SuSE does nothing I would try to find the time to report the issue to the PCMCIA code owners, but I'm probably too short of time for working it out. It would be great, and also great for SuSE, if amd64 and PCMCIA would work out of the box with SuSE 9.3, but I can understand if amd64 notebooks would be too small a market to invest time in it. Just let us know, please. > >>>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 15:15 >>> > > > > "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > >> Hi all: > >> I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to make > > > > it > > > >> work. > >> I have followed the steps stated in this how-to > >> http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 > >> but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it is > >> currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) > > > > What is the output of /var/log/messages? > > > > Andreas HTH, Matt -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Re: [suse-amd64] vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

I'm sure PCMCIA is working >>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 20:49 >>> "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > No messages! card is not recognized! Really nothing at all? Search the archives of this list, could be the PCMCIA issue we discussed several times, Andreas >>>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 15:15 >>> > "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > >> Hi all: >> I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to make > it >> work. >> I have followed the steps stated in this how-to >> http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 >> but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it is >> currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) > > What is the output of /var/log/messages? > > Andreas > -- > Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj > SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany > GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 > A126 Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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Load Discrepancies
by Ric Tibbetts 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

Okay, I'm getting an odd feeling. I'm finding discrepancies between load media. Here's the situation. Two machines. A P4 at work An AMD64 at home. A couple of weeks ago, I loaded both boxes via the internet available code (not the eval, but the full load). On both boxes, I had a problem printing. There was nothing wrong, and no errors, they just wouldn't print. Then I bought the boxed set of Suse 9.2 Professional. (I like to do my part to support my distro of choice). I grabbed the CDs and took them to work to load the P4. I loaded the AMD64 at home from the DVD. The box at work now prints just fine. The box at home doesn't. It exhibits the same behaviour as it did from the net load. I have also noticed differences in the packages included. Some seem missing from one media to the other (more oddness). So, I got the thought that maybe, there's an odd problem with the DVD version, and thought I'd try loading the CD version on my AMD64. When the load first started it issued the warning: "You are about to load a 32 bit operating system on a 64 bit machine" What's up with that?!?! I backed out of the install until I could research this a little further. Is it REALLY going to load the 32bit version, or can you select the 64bit version a little further into the load? I have to admit that these kind of discrepenacies between media from the same disro/version/BOX is disturbing. I'm looking for any insights anyone can offer on this. Has anyone else had the opportunity to load from all 3 sources, and found differences? Thanks in advance! -Ric

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Re: [suse-amd64] vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

No messages! card is not recognized! >>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 19/02/2005 15:15 >>> "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> writes: > Hi all: > I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to make it > work. > I have followed the steps stated in this how-to > http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 > but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it is > currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) What is the output of /var/log/messages? Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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wchar_t with 4 bytes?
by Detlef Grittner 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

I am using Unicode in a C++ program and found out that wchar_t uses 4 bytes instead of 2 bytes, which would be sufficient. Probably wchar_t is defined as int for 64 bit platforms, I haven't looked it up in the header file yet. Is there any chance to downsize wchar_t to unsigned short? Detlef

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DVD-R Compatability question
by Ric Tibbetts 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

Greetings all. I've just built a new box, and installed Suse-AMD64. Needless to say, it has a couple of problems that I could use some help with. I'll do this with a couple of threads, so I don't get them crossed up. I'll start with the set-up Suse 9.2 AMD 64 AMD Athlon 64 3600+ ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe mobo 1 GB Corsair XMS DDR 400 memory 2x 12gb Maxtor 120gb SATA hd Sony CD-RW DVD ide (reader) Plextor PX-712SA DVD-RW SATA BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC Problem #1 I can't get it to recognoize the Plextor SATA DVD burner. At all. The box is multi boot, and I've burned DVDs with that drive in WinXP, but it doesn't even show up in hwinfo under Suse 9.2 I've checked the Hardware Compatability list from the Suse site, and it was unclear about this drive. Does anyone here have any experience with the Plextor SATA DVD Burner? (the PX-712sa to be specific)? I could really use some pointers on whether or not this drive is even supported. Thank you in advance (I'll approach the second problem in a different thread). -Ric

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vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

Hi all: I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to make it work. I have followed the steps stated in this how-to http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it is currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) Any help will be apreciated1 Thanks in advance, Josep Maria Macip

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mplayer-32 under 9.2 - help!
by Wayne Brennan 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

I've been trying to get mplayer32bit working under 9.2 on an amd64. I found this on a previous thread: from Joergen Pihlflyckt: " I took the source for MPlayer, and compiled _both_ 32-bit and 64-bit executables :-) 32-bit is compiled like this: linux32 ./configure --as='as --32' --cc='cc -m32' make make install Then rename /usr/local/bin/mplayer to something like mplayer-32, and compile a 64-bit version like this: ./configure --with-x11libdir=/usr/X11R6/lib64 --enable-gui make make install " but I can't get the 32 bit to play any 32bit codecs, I run into a distorted screen. It also doesn't install the gui for X and when I try that it tells me that GTK is required (of course I only have the 64bit GTK stuff installed)... I do have all the codecs installed in /lib/codecs Yast is setup to install the Packman files and I can select the i686 version, but it won't isn't playing the 32bit encoded files either. I now see that I have messed up the number of installs ... /usr/bin/mplayer /usr/local/bin/mplayer Should I just delete all these and start again from source?

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vodafone 3g card
by jm macip 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

Hi all: I recently bought a Vodafone 3g pcmcia card but i'm unable to make it work. I have followed the steps stated in this how-to http://www.pharscape.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28 but I get stuck beacause cardctl doesn't identify the card. (it is currently working with my Wl-110 wireless card) Any help will be apreciated1 Thanks in advance, Josep Maria Macip

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plotters and graphical tables in Suse 9.2
by jose 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

When did we have the possibility using plotters and graphical tables in Suse 9.2? jose

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Suse 9.2 installation on external HD
by Jaydeep Majumder 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Hi everybody, I am having seriouy problem installing Suse 9.2(64-bit version). I have an external hard drive(a Seagate Barracuda 160 GB, 7200 RPM IDE HD put in a Nexstar USB hard dtive enclosure) connected to the USB port of my laptop(an AMD 64 system). My internal HD is not big enough, so this is why I am installing linux on an external HD. The problem is as follows : Once booted from the CD/DVD ROM drive, the suse 9.2 installation DVD gets stuck at a point showing the message "init.14 soft raid"; it gets stuck there forever. I have no RAID options on my laptop. If I disconnect the external HD, then there is no problem and Yast starts running immediately. I thought that since the external HD is not partitioned(I read it somewhere in linuxquestions.org forum), the installation CD can not read it. After I partitioned it from a linux environment running gentoo(80 GB with win95 FAT32 and 80GB with linux), I had the same problem. The installation gets stuck exactly at the same point. Next, I tried gentoo 2004.3 live CD; same thing here. It gets stuck at autoconfiguring the hardware section. Since external USB device appears as a SCSI emulated device to a linux system, I thought it's better to pass the 'noapic' option while booting. This time the gentoo live CD booted without hitch and the external HD was located at a strange place : /dev/ud/apart1 and /dev/ud/a/part2(I had two partitions). Encouraged with it, I booted the suse 9.2 DVD with 'noapic' option. This time I had no problem and Yast's graphical environment started quickly. But I found that the external disc is not detected. The only option I am left with is to partition my internal HD. This may have to do with the kernel. It loads the external HD as a removable USB device and apparently I can not install the OS there. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I spent the whole morning without any result. Thanks Jaydeep

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easyboot & Suse 9.2 Live
by Chen Su 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Hi, does anyone sucessfully integrate suse 9.2 Live-Eval to Easyboot for a multi-boot DVD? I was doing all right with suse 9.0, but failed with 9.2. Any experience to share? Thanks -- Best Wishes Chen

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Suse 9.2 amd64 and NFS service
by Ahmon Dancy 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

Has anyone successful used Suse 9.2 amd64 as an NFS server? My NFS clients are being denied access. rpc.mountd is doing new and interesting stuff with /proc/net/rpc/auth.unix.ip/channel and /proc/fs/nfsd/filehandle which seem to be the source of the problem. The export is /var/backups/oraback: # Log "authenticated mount request from..." message sendto(6, "<13>Feb 16 18:27:58 rpc.mountd: "..., 153, 0, NULL, 0) = 153 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_IGN}, NULL, 8) = 0 stat("/var/backups/oraback", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=472, ...}) = 0 stat("/var/backups/oraback", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=472, ...}) = 0 open("/proc/net/rpc/auth.unix.ip/channel", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = -1 EROFS (Read-only file system) open("/proc/fs/nfsd/filehandle", O_RDWR) = 7 fstat(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2a9556d000 write(7, "* /var/backups/oraback 64 \n", 27) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted) read(7, "", 4096) = 0 close(7) = 0 munmap(0x2a9556d000, 4096) = 0 write(5, "\200\0\0\34\'n\200\217\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32 select(1024, [3 4 5], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [5]) poll([{fd=5, events=POLLIN, revents=POLLIN}], 1, 35000) = 1 read(5, "", 4000) = 0 close(5) = 0 select(1024, [3 4], NULL, NULL, NULL notes: nfs-utils-1.0.6-113 kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.11

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kiobuf missing?
by Ed Sherman 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

I look in /proc/slabinfo and I don't see kiobuf. Is this normal for kernel 2.6 on SLES9? animal:~ # uname -a Linux animal 2.6.5-7.139-smp #1 SMP Fri Jan 14 15:41:33 UTC 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux animal:~ # cat /proc/slabinfo | grep kio kioctx 0 0 384 10 1 : tunables 54 27 8 : slabdata 0 0 0 kiocb 0 0 512 7 1 : tunables 54 27 8 : slabdata 0 0 0 Thanks, Ed

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SUSE 9.2 on Simics 2.0
by Robert Schiele 16 Feb '05

16 Feb '05

Hello. Did someone succeed in installing the 64 bit version of SUSE Linux 9.2 on Simics 2.0? For me linuxrc segfaults immediately after being started from the installation media. Is Simics just too broken for installing SUSE Linux 9.2 or is it just me being to stupid writing a working configuration file? Robert -- Robert Schiele Tel.: +49-621-181-2214 Dipl.-Wirtsch.informatiker mailto:rschiele@uni-mannheim.de

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DSL Problem
by Anirban Biswas 16 Feb '05

16 Feb '05

Hi I am connecting to internet using Bell South DSL. I use westell DSL modem given by Bell South to connect. I used yast to configure the DSL connection & it is working fine & getting started as soon as I log in , but getting disconnected after some time. I am giving the error log I am getting pppd[0]: No response to 4 echo-requests pppd[0]: Serial link appears to be disconnected. pppd[0]: restoring old default route to eth0 [192.168.1.254] pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500 pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500 pppd[0]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down finished (pid 7528), status = 0x0 Status is: disconnected pppd[0]: Connection terminated. pppd[0]: Connect time 44.5 minutes. pppd[0]: Sent 22001324 bytes, received 29648237 bytes. pppd[0]: Connect time 44.5 minutes. pppd[0]: Sent 22001324 bytes, received 29648237 bytes. pppd[0] died: Lack of LCP echo responses (exit code 15) My system is compaq laptop with AMD Athlon 64 bit processor & SuSe 9.2 64 bit. TIA Anirban Biswas. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't.

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Re: [suse-amd64] sun v20z dual 250 opteron - grub install error
by Mark A. Garcia 16 Feb '05

16 Feb '05

Erich Boleyn wrote: >"Mark A. Garcia" <suse-lists(a)hamletinc.com> wrote: > > >>Has anyone successfully installed 9.2 on the following piece of hardware: >> >>- Sun v20z >>- Dual 250 Opteron >> >>I recieved an install error when attempting to write the MBR and install >>grub config. >> >>Before I post the full length error, I figured I would see if anyone had >>success with an install on this particular set of equipment. >> >>If you installed 9.1 successfully, then that would be nice to know too. >> > >I didn't run an installer, but I booted an IDE disk with SuSE 9.1 that >had been partly updated to 9.2 on one of these with 2 Opteron 248's >installed (I'm sure that last part wouldn't have made a difference). > >Anyway, the IDE disk had the GRUB bootloader and it booted fine, for what >it's worth. Maybe your situation has something to do with the the SCSI >setup usually in these boxes. > I'm trying to remember, but does anyone know if there is an option to select a specific kernel version when going through the yast install? I know it is detecting the LSI chipset as it loads the module for the scsi controller (inserting the modules2 floppy) -.mag

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sun v20z dual 250 opteron - grub install error
by Mark A. Garcia 16 Feb '05

16 Feb '05

Has anyone successfully installed 9.2 on the following piece of hardware: - Sun v20z - Dual 250 Opteron I recieved an install error when attempting to write the MBR and install grub config. Before I post the full length error, I figured I would see if anyone had success with an install on this particular set of equipment. If you installed 9.1 successfully, then that would be nice to know too. Cheers, -.mag

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anybody tried Suse 9.2 Live-Eval to Easyboot
by Chen Su 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

I am trying to integrate Suse Linux 9.2 Live-Eval to Easyboot to build a multi-boot DVD including some other OSs, winXP, win2000 and etc. However, it failed after several trials. I can do Suse Linux 9.0 Live-Eval without any problems. Anyone has a successful experience with Suse Linux 9.2 Live-Eval. Thanks a lot -- Best Wishes Chen

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9.2 pro Installation fails on dual opteron
by Robert Brodén 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

Hi we've been runing SUSE 9.1 pro on a dual opteron HP proliant server (6Gb ram, 3 disk raid) but when we try to install 9.2 it fails misserable. No matter what i select (safe mode, no acpi, normal whatever) i get the same result, the server deadlocks with no video in the end of the kernal load, before showing the language select dialog(no way to talk to the server except for powercycling...) I really can't se why previously suported hardware suddenly isn't functional? Does enyone have any ideas upon how to get the 9.2 version installed?! Is it any use to try the enterprise server version or should we just switch back to ReadHat? (must have a stable & functional server within a week or so and the .local domain issue of 9.1 makes it unusable) Best regards // Robert

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RE: [suse-amd64] SLES 9 iso to boot CD
by Irwin Hutchinson 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

An iso imaqe is instructions for what goes on your CD, like the recipe for a cake. If you put the receipe into the oven, you get burned paper. You have to follow the instructions on the receipe and put the result into the oven. What you are doing probably makes an iso image of the iso image and so puts the iso image on the CD. There is an option in K3B for burning iso images, poke around the menus to find it. Irwin Hutchinson ih(a)albatrosus.com Senior Quality Technician, AlbatrosUS Corp., 20 Corporate Circle, Albany 12203 NY Irwin Hutchinson ih(a)albatrosus.com Senior Quality Technician, AlbatrosUS Corp., 20 Corporate Circle, Albany 12203 NY

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9.2: can't get xinetd to start
by rkimber＠ntlworld.com 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

Having done a fresh install of 9.2 (after having had to disbale USB in the bios), I now cannot get xinetd to start either using the runlevel editor or from the command line. Any suggestions? Thanks, - Richard. -- Richard Kimber http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/

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RE: [suse-amd64] recommendation wanted
by Phil Betts 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

On Friday, February 11, 2005 10:50 AM Torsten Foertsch wrote: > I am planning to buy a new computer. I thought of: > > - Mainboard ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe > - CPU Athlon64 3500+ (Winchester) > - RAM 2048MB > > The mainboard is a PCI express one. Will it work with suse 9.2? I've just put together the exact same spec. It works like a dream with 9.2. > > Now I am looking for a SATA RAID controller. I have heard much positive of > 3ware escalade 8506. But it is a PCI (without express) card. Will it work > with the board? There are 8 on-board SATA connectors, including RAID. The RAID controller is recognised by the kernel, but my two SATA drives are non-RAID (so far), so I can't say how good its RAID implementation is. If I were you, I'd hang onto my cash until you've tested the onboard RAID. If you find you need a full-blown RAID card, there are three normal PCI slots on the mobo, so you shouldn't have any problems getting it to work. > I have got an old AVMB1 PCI ISDN card. Will it work with the new > board? I don't see why not. I'm using all three PCI slots (SCSI card, audio and TV) with no compatibility problems. > What graphics card do you recommend? 3d is nice to have but not > necessary. I went for a Radeon (ASUS EAX800XT PCI-Express), passing up the opportunity to make use of SLI because I've had hardware failures with identical symptoms from three different generations of GeForce cards. The first time I put down to bad luck and replaced the board. The second time it failed inside the warranty period and was replaced with the next generation. The third time was the last straw. > Good linux compatibility is more important. It should support old VGA and LCD > displays. I'm using the ATI proprietary driver, but if you don't need accelerated 3D, you can get by with the xorg's radeon driver. Note that I had to upgrade to xorg-x11-6.8.2rc3-2.1.x86_64 and its friends. The version on the 9.2 DVD wouldn't work with the ATI driver. I've used it with a CRT from VGA resolution up to 1920x1440@75 and with two LCDs 1280x1024 and 1920x1200 (nice) using both VGA and DVI ports. I had no problems with any set-up. > I am trying to build a system with good disk- and network-IO-performance and > CPU performance. I'm pleased with all of them so far (even without switching to stripy RAID). I get the feeling that the components are nicely balanced, so that no one component is causing a bottleneck. All previous PCs I've used have tended towards becoming either CPU or disk bound, but with 2Gb RAM, there is plenty of scope for buffering to let the CPU ease the disk burden. For a system containing such new components, I'm amazed I've not had any real headaches. Finally, to give some idea of the performance: CPU: a raytracing landscape generator I'm writing (not 3D-accelerated, so very CPU intensive) used to take around 20s per frame on my 512Mb Athlon 2200+ ASUS V8X system. The same scene now takes a shade over 2 seconds per frame. Memory: AFAIR, running memtest reported a memory bandwidth of around 2Gb/s. Disk: It's hard to quantify disk performance because I've not come close to filling the memory yet so there's lots of cached data lying around. All I can really say is that installing a whole bunch of RPMs is a *lot* quicker than my old system (using the same SATA drives) Summary: go for it. HTH Phil -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************

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ASUS K8V SE Deluxe Cool & Quiet BIOS update SuSE 9.2
by Laurent GUERBY 13 Feb '05

13 Feb '05

Hi, Even if my current BIOS option "Cool&Quiet" is on, SuSE 9.2 kernel-default-2.6.8-24.11 reports otherwise: powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron processors (version 1.00.09b) powernow-k8: BIOS error - no PSB model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ I'm thinking of updating my BIOS which is currently: str1: "American Megatrends Inc." str2: "1001.005" str3: "02/09/2004" str1: "ASUSTeK Computer Inc." str2: "K8VSEDX" str3: "Rev 1.xx" str4: "MB-1234567890" to something more recent, on the ASUS site I found: File Type BIOS File Name K8vsedx5.zip File Size 422669 bytes Version 1005 Date 2004/12/22 Download 5501 Has anyone used this BIOS version, and does Cool & Quiet work on this motherboard with a recent enough BIOS? My AMD64 machine has no floppy, I assume I have to burn a CD or play with an USB key boot, any URL or steps to do so? Thanks in advance, Laurent

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Re: [suse-amd64] PCMCIA
by patheve2 13 Feb '05

13 Feb '05

Hello Matt I did a test by modifying the parameters of the port range in the config.opts. With the values given by "lspci -vv" (1) for the card bus, this is sure, the PCMCIA cards don't work. With the values given by WinXP (2) , they work. In details : (1) with lspci -vv : I/O window 0: 0000c000-0000c7ff I/O window 1: 0000c800-0000cfff ....... I/O window 0: 0000b000-0000b7ff I/O window 1: 0000b800-0000bfff These values put in the config.opts file : # d'apres lspci -vv, valeurs decomposees en 4 gammes include port 0xb000-0xb7ff include port 0xb800-0xbfff include port 0xc000-0xc7ff include port 0xc800-0xcfff (2) with Win XP, the values put in the config.opts file : # d'apres WinXP, valeurs decomposees en 4 gammes include port 0xcc00-0xccff include port 0xd000-0xd0ff include port 0xd400-0xd4ff include port 0xdc00-0xdcff For the two tested cases, the memory range is in the config.opts file the following : # d'apres WinXP : include memory 0xfa200000-0xfeafcfff These are the values given by Win XP such as : #include 0xfa200000-0xfa200fff #include 0xfb200000-0xfd1fffff #include 0xfd200000-0xfd200fff #include 0xfdaf5000-0xfeaf4fff #include 0xfeaf5000-0xfeaf5fff #include 0xfeaf6000-0xfeaf6fff #include 0xfeaf7000-0xfeaf7fff #include 0xfeafc000-0xfeafcfff If I use the values of the PCI bridge secondary=02 (include memory 0xf8a00000-0xfeafffff) or of the two Cardbus (include memory 0xf8a00000-0xfd1ff000) : it does not work. I know that this is very curious but I am sure now that this is the only way to get the PCMCIA card working. How to explain ? I don't know :-) ! Kind regards Pascal

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Re: [suse-amd64] ASUS K8V SE Deluxe Cool & Quiet BIOS update SuSE 9.2
by jm macip 12 Feb '05

12 Feb '05

Hi Laurent: Actually I have 3 Athlon 64 boxes,including my laptop, running fine with suse 9.2 with no errors. One of my motherboards is a K8V Deluxe with a 3200 Clawhammer CPU. I also have an acer Notebook Aspitr 1513lmi with an Nvidia chipset, before updating the bios I had several acpi and thermal problems problems. Maybe your cpu is a Newcastle core not very well recognized by the current BIOS so upgrade first!! it wouldn't do any harm if performed correctly! Normally the bios update should be performed from a rw media to allow you to save a backup of your current bios, so try with usb memory. (on hp web site there is a nice utility that allows you to format bootable usb keys. The other method is using windows if you have a dual boot system! hope it helps Josep Maria Macip >>>Laurent GUERBY <laurent(a)guerby.net> 02/11/05 8:07 pm >>> Hi, Even if my current BIOS option Cool&Quiet is on, SuSE 9.2 kernel-default-2.6.8-24.11 reports otherwise: powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron processors (version 1.00.09b) powernow-k8: BIOS error - no PSB model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ I'm thinking of updating my BIOS which is currently: str1: American Megatrends Inc. str2: 1001.005 str3: 02/09/2004 str1: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. str2: K8VSEDX str3: Rev 1.xx str4: MB-1234567890 to something more recent, on the ASUS site I found: File Type BIOS File Name K8vsedx5.zip File Size 422669 bytes Version 1005 Date 2004/12/22 Download 5501 Has anyone used this BIOS version, and does Cool & Quiet work on this motherboard with a recent enough BIOS? My AMD64 machine has no floppy, I assume I have to burn a CD or play with an USB key boot, any URL or steps to do so? Thanks in advance, Laurent -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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VMWare in SuSE 9.2 64bit
by Sam Arredondo 11 Feb '05

11 Feb '05

I'm having trouble configuring VMWare in SuSE 9.2 64bit. Installed the latest vmware fine but when I run vmware-config.pl to configure it, I get: Building the vmmon module. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config9/vmmon-only' make -C /usr/src/linux/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24' Makefile:465: .config: No such file or directory CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config9/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o /bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config9/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config9/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config9/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module. For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and "http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html". Execution aborted. Has anyone been successful? -- Sam Arredondo

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Re: [suse-amd64] Upgrade to 9.2 - please help
by rkimber＠ntlworld.com 11 Feb '05

11 Feb '05

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:44:08 -0600 Kevin Wilson <Kevin.Wilson(a)comtrol.com> wrote: > No you should be able to upgrade. Disable the usb in the bios and try > again, > it should let you get to the installer. Thanks. That was the solution, though I can't quite see why, since it said that activating USB devices was a "success". I guess I'm too naive to think that this might mean that something failed :) Anyway, after a re-install I'm almost back to normal. Gratefully, - Richard. -- Richard Kimber http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/

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recommendation wanted
by Torsten Foertsch 11 Feb '05

11 Feb '05

Hi, I am planning to buy a new computer. I thought of: - Mainboard ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe - CPU Athlon64 3500+ (Winchester) - RAM 2048MB The mainboard is a PCI express one. Will it work with suse 9.2? Now I am looking for a SATA RAID controller. I have heard much positive of 3ware escalade 8506. But it is a PCI (without express) card. Will it work with the board? What SATA RAID controllers can you recommend? I have got an old AVMB1 PCI ISDN card. Will it work with the new board? What graphics card do you recommend? 3d is nice to have but not necessary. Good linux compatibility is more important. It should support old VGA and LCD displays. I am trying to build a system with good disk- and network-IO-performance and CPU performance. Thanks, Torsten

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RE: [suse-amd64] Upgrade to 9.2 - please help
by Patrick Freeman 11 Feb '05

11 Feb '05

<big snip> I have a similar problem. I have a dual opteron s2882 with 16GB RAM which I am trying to install 9.2 on via a USB DVD drive. The boot loader comes up fine, but when I select any of the install options I get no video and a hang. Thanks Patrick W. Freeman Systems Specialist O: (949) 330-7699 DATAllegro, Inc ... Data at the speed of business

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suse 9.2 + amd64 + inel ipw2200 wireless
by Len Zaifman 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

I have a Eurocom/Clevo D470K athlon64 laptop with ipw2200 wireless builtin. I am running the latest Suse 9.2 Pro + IPW drivers available by YOU (see details below). using my pcmcia 802.11b card i can connect to wireless networks without issue. However, I cannot get the builtin ipw2200 to connect to the network. details Linux genetraveller 2.6.8-24.11-default #1 Fri Jan 14 13:01:26 UTC 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux lsmod | grep ipw ipw2200 120084 0 firmware_class 11264 1 ipw2200 ieee80211 32484 1 ipw2200 ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet addr:192.168.10.33 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 iwconfig eth0 eth0 unassociated ESSID:off/any Nickname:"genetraveller" Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:on I assigned the ip address to take dhcp out of the loop and allow no encrypted access so that I can verify the card can connect. Still no go. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Len Zaifman Systems Manager, Supercomputing Systems Centre for Computational Biology Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ont. M5G 1X8 leonardz(a)sickkids.ca (416)813-5513

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Upgrade to 9.2 - please help
by rkimber＠ntlworld.com 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

I'm trying to upgrade from 9.1 to 9.2, but have got stuck. Although there were a few minor-looking problems on the way (it would not install from the DVD and I had to start with CD1 and then insert the DVD when it complained about 32 vs 64 bit, and 6 packages failed to update: libgcj, libidu, libmikmod, screen, acroread, and java2-jre), the main installation seemed to complete properly. When it rebooted, however, it failed with a message saying that fsck had failed and that I should repair manually and reboot. However, e2fsk showed no errors when run manually on all partitions. Irritatingly, maintainance mode also crashes (at "Searching for info file ...") when run from the DVD and I've been using the CD. Where do I go from here? (I paid money for this .... ) Thanks, - Richard.

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RE: [suse-amd64] Problem with telnet on SLES8 x86-64 [SOLVED]
by Black, Alain 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

I found the solution. It appears that a patch that was applied through YOU added an extra line to /etc/pam.d/login which was causing the problem. bsiarc1:/etc/pam.d # cat login #%PAM-1.0 auth requisite pam_unix2.so nullok #set_secrpc auth required pam_securetty.so auth required pam_nologin.so #auth required pam_homecheck.so auth required pam_env.so auth required pam_mail.so account required pam_unix2.so password required pam_pwcheck.so nullok password required pam_unix2.so nullok use_first_pass use_authtok session required pam_unix2.so none # debug or trace session required pam_limits.so #AMB session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so <---- This is the line that I commented to make it work. bsiarc1:/etc/pam.d # -Alain. -----Original Message----- From: Black, Alain [mailto:ablack@bloodsystems.org] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:37 AM To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] Problem with telnet on SLES8 x86-64 I'm running SLES8 SP3 on a dual opteron system. We need to have telnet available for a couple of internal users (all root level login is done through ssh). We used to have telnet working, now however when we attempt to telnet to the machine we get the following error. Welcome to SuSE SLES 8 (powered by UnitedLinux 1.0) (AMD64) Kernel 2.4.21-212-smp (3). bsiarc1 login: p103saab Password: Module is unknown Connection to host lost. Is anyone familiar with this error or know where I should start looking? -Alain -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Problem with telnet on SLES8 x86-64
by Black, Alain 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

I'm running SLES8 SP3 on a dual opteron system. We need to have telnet available for a couple of internal users (all root level login is done through ssh). We used to have telnet working, now however when we attempt to telnet to the machine we get the following error. Welcome to SuSE SLES 8 (powered by UnitedLinux 1.0) (AMD64) Kernel 2.4.21-212-smp (3). bsiarc1 login: p103saab Password: Module is unknown Connection to host lost. Is anyone familiar with this error or know where I should start looking? -Alain

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Re: [suse-amd64] PCMCIA
by jm macip 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

Thanks a lot!!!!! You have been very helpfull!!! The second method you stated ( adding the PCI bridge memory map) worked great. I jut try killall cardmgr and cardmgr again and it Worked!!!! Now im able to see my Compaq Wl110 identified with cardctl info >>> <patheve2(a)tele2.fr> 10/02/2005 1:42 >>> Hello Josep, hello Matt Welcome in the team of the people who have some problems with PCMCIA and Linux 64 bits :-)) !!!! Well, as Matt wrote it, you can find in this mailing list some informations that can help you, in particular my two messages : http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-Jan/0204.html http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-Jan/0205.html in which there are a solution. But I can explain how I could get my cards working fine after several tests with the help of Matt and David Hinds the "father" of the PCMCIA kit for linux. So my laptop : an Asus of the L5D series, the first one of Asus with Athlon 64. It is built with nVidia chipsets. On it : Win XP Pro SP2, SuSE AMD64 9.0 (kernel 2.4.21) and SuSE AMD64 9.1 with kernel (a 2.6.8-24.10 one) and PCMCIA package of the SuSE AMD64 9.2. What are your PCMCIA cards you want to use ? My cards are a Com One modem card (Platinium 56k), a Netgear ethernet FA411 card and a Hayes modem card (Optima 288). Accordind to "lspci -vv", hereafter the data about the PCMCIA port : 0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ab) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 1854 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 168 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9 Region 0: Memory at fd200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: fba00000-fc5ff000 (prefetchable) Memory window 1: fc600000-fd1ff000 I/O window 0: 0000c000-0000c7ff I/O window 1: 0000c800-0000cfff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt- PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 0000:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ab) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 1854 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 168 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at fa200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: f8a00000-f95ff000 (prefetchable) Memory window 1: f9600000-fa1ff000 I/O window 0: 0000b000-0000b7ff I/O window 1: 0000b800-0000bfff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt+ PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 As you can see, it is different from your PCMCIA device ... but the problem seems the same :-). So with a full SuSE 9.2 AMD64, the basis is correct : kernel and PCMCIA package. At first, verify that your card is defined in the /etc/pcmcia/config file. If not, go to the next step, we will see after. Now, have a look on I/O windows and memory window above. These datas are required in the config.opts file in the /etc/pcmcia directory under this form : # range of port addresses : ##################### include port 0xb000-0xb7ff include port 0xb800-0xbfff include port 0xc000-0xc7ff include port 0xc800-0xcfff # range of memory addresses : ######################## include memory 0xf8a00000-0xfd1ff000 Take the min and max of the memory for defining one range and take all the ranges of port. Accordind to your "lspci -vv", it should give this : # range of port addresses : ##################### include port 0x3000-0x33ff include port 0x3400-0x37ff # range of memory addresses : ######################## include memory 0xd0200000-0xd03ff000 Copy the original config.opts and rename it, modify the config.opts by suppressing all datas concerning port and memory and add this above. Reboot your PC. Insert a card and see the results with "dmesg" and tell us what you get. I think you can see at this level an improvement :-). No ?? Then with "/sbin/cardctl info", see the character strings after "PRODID_1" and "PRODID_2". With this, make an entry in the /etc/pcmcia/config file. If you don't know how to do, tell it us. If an entry is already defined, forget this step. Go to the following. Now, see what give /sbin/lsmod. Are there some loaded modules such as "pcmcia_core", "yenta_socket", "ds" and the module depending on the type of PCMCIA card (for example : serial_cs if modem) ? If a modem card, see if you have in /dev directory a symbolic link modem --> ttySYx where x = 0, 1, 2, ... it depends. If yes, perharps the problem is solved. If modem card, try "wvdial". If OK messages, it seems good !!! If wrong, don't worry, try this : with /sbin/lspci -vv, find the datas about PCI bridge with secondary=02. In my cas, here what I get : 0000:00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR- Latency: 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=04, sec-latency=128 I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: f8a00000-feafffff Expansion ROM at 0000b000 [disabled] [size=12K] BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- Take the min and max of the memory behind brigde and put them in the config.opts file. Reboot your PC and see the results. Verify all the above steps after boot. Better or not ? If not, I thing that the solution should only come from .... Windows XP !!! Sorry :-). This is the first time that Win XP can help Linux !!!!! In my case, I took the datas given by Win XP for PCMCIA port and used them as following in the config.opts file : # range of port addresses : ##################### include port 0xcc00-0xccff include port 0xd000-0xd0ff include port 0xd400-0xd4ff include port 0xdc00-0xdcff # range of memory addresses : ######################## include memory 0xfa200000-0xfeafcfff As you can see, there is a significant differente between my previous and actual config.opts files. With such a file, under SuSE 9.0 and SuSE 9.1, I can use my Com One modem card (not the Hayes and I can't explain why) and the FA411 card. So, if Win XP is not installed on your laptop, well try do it in order to get the right date for PCMCIA port. If you can try a dual installation, Win XP and SuSE 9.2, the boot being managed by Win XP (lilo for linux on the boot partition). Perhaps with Grub. Well, it's up to you : try and tell us what you get. Regards Pascal ============================================= Message-Id: <s20936cc.003(a)mail.gsei.net> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:01:35 +0100 From: "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> Subject: [suse-amd64] PCMCIA I recentlly installed suse 9.2 pro 64 on my Acer Aspire 1513lmi laptop and I'm unable to get any pcmcia card working, it always says memory_cs not found. Any help will be apreciated. Thanks in advance. Josep Maria Macip -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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RE: [suse-amd64] Upgrade to 9.2 - please help
by Kevin Wilson 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

I upgraded from 9.1 to 9.2 using the x64 dvd on a AMD Opteron SMP machine with no problems at all, breezed right through it. (Since you gave us zero details about the target hardware) I suggest returning back to 9.1, ensure your CDs/DVDs are pure and that your are installing the correct format for your hardware config. -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Jaeger [mailto:aj@suse.de] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:33 AM To: rkimber(a)ntlworld.com Cc: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] Upgrade to 9.2 - please help rkimber(a)ntlworld.com writes: > I'm trying to upgrade from 9.1 to 9.2, but have got stuck. > > Although there were a few minor-looking problems on the way (it > would not install from the DVD and I had to start with CD1 and then Why would it not install from the DVD? It really should... > insert the DVD when it complained about 32 vs 64 bit, and 6 packages If you start from the CD, then you get a 32-bit system. > failed to update: libgcj, libidu, libmikmod, screen, acroread, and > java2-jre), the main installation seemed to complete properly. > > When it rebooted, however, it failed with a message saying that fsck > had failed and that I should repair manually and reboot. However, > e2fsk showed no errors when run manually on all partitions. > Irritatingly, maintainance mode also crashes (at "Searching for info > file ...") when run from the DVD and I've been using the CD. > > Where do I go from here? (I paid money for this .... ) And we worked hard to get it working on our test systems;-) Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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Re: [suse-amd64] PCMCIA
by patheve2 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

Hello Josep, hello Matt Welcome in the team of the people who have some problems with PCMCIA and Linux 64 bits :-)) !!!! Well, as Matt wrote it, you can find in this mailing list some informations that can help you, in particular my two messages : http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-Jan/0204.html http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-Jan/0205.html in which there are a solution. But I can explain how I could get my cards working fine after several tests with the help of Matt and David Hinds the "father" of the PCMCIA kit for linux. So my laptop : an Asus of the L5D series, the first one of Asus with Athlon 64. It is built with nVidia chipsets. On it : Win XP Pro SP2, SuSE AMD64 9.0 (kernel 2.4.21) and SuSE AMD64 9.1 with kernel (a 2.6.8-24.10 one) and PCMCIA package of the SuSE AMD64 9.2. What are your PCMCIA cards you want to use ? My cards are a Com One modem card (Platinium 56k), a Netgear ethernet FA411 card and a Hayes modem card (Optima 288). Accordind to "lspci -vv", hereafter the data about the PCMCIA port : 0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ab) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 1854 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 168 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9 Region 0: Memory at fd200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: fba00000-fc5ff000 (prefetchable) Memory window 1: fc600000-fd1ff000 I/O window 0: 0000c000-0000c7ff I/O window 1: 0000c800-0000cfff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt- PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 0000:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ab) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 1854 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 168 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at fa200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: f8a00000-f95ff000 (prefetchable) Memory window 1: f9600000-fa1ff000 I/O window 0: 0000b000-0000b7ff I/O window 1: 0000b800-0000bfff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt+ PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 As you can see, it is different from your PCMCIA device ... but the problem seems the same :-). So with a full SuSE 9.2 AMD64, the basis is correct : kernel and PCMCIA package. At first, verify that your card is defined in the /etc/pcmcia/config file. If not, go to the next step, we will see after. Now, have a look on I/O windows and memory window above. These datas are required in the config.opts file in the /etc/pcmcia directory under this form : # range of port addresses : ##################### include port 0xb000-0xb7ff include port 0xb800-0xbfff include port 0xc000-0xc7ff include port 0xc800-0xcfff # range of memory addresses : ######################## include memory 0xf8a00000-0xfd1ff000 Take the min and max of the memory for defining one range and take all the ranges of port. Accordind to your "lspci -vv", it should give this : # range of port addresses : ##################### include port 0x3000-0x33ff include port 0x3400-0x37ff # range of memory addresses : ######################## include memory 0xd0200000-0xd03ff000 Copy the original config.opts and rename it, modify the config.opts by suppressing all datas concerning port and memory and add this above. Reboot your PC. Insert a card and see the results with "dmesg" and tell us what you get. I think you can see at this level an improvement :-). No ?? Then with "/sbin/cardctl info", see the character strings after "PRODID_1" and "PRODID_2". With this, make an entry in the /etc/pcmcia/config file. If you don't know how to do, tell it us. If an entry is already defined, forget this step. Go to the following. Now, see what give /sbin/lsmod. Are there some loaded modules such as "pcmcia_core", "yenta_socket", "ds" and the module depending on the type of PCMCIA card (for example : serial_cs if modem) ? If a modem card, see if you have in /dev directory a symbolic link modem --> ttySYx where x = 0, 1, 2, ... it depends. If yes, perharps the problem is solved. If modem card, try "wvdial". If OK messages, it seems good !!! If wrong, don't worry, try this : with /sbin/lspci -vv, find the datas about PCI bridge with secondary=02. In my cas, here what I get : 0000:00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR- Latency: 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=04, sec-latency=128 I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: f8a00000-feafffff Expansion ROM at 0000b000 [disabled] [size=12K] BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- Take the min and max of the memory behind brigde and put them in the config.opts file. Reboot your PC and see the results. Verify all the above steps after boot. Better or not ? If not, I thing that the solution should only come from .... Windows XP !!! Sorry :-). This is the first time that Win XP can help Linux !!!!! In my case, I took the datas given by Win XP for PCMCIA port and used them as following in the config.opts file : # range of port addresses : ##################### include port 0xcc00-0xccff include port 0xd000-0xd0ff include port 0xd400-0xd4ff include port 0xdc00-0xdcff # range of memory addresses : ######################## include memory 0xfa200000-0xfeafcfff As you can see, there is a significant differente between my previous and actual config.opts files. With such a file, under SuSE 9.0 and SuSE 9.1, I can use my Com One modem card (not the Hayes and I can't explain why) and the FA411 card. So, if Win XP is not installed on your laptop, well try do it in order to get the right date for PCMCIA port. If you can try a dual installation, Win XP and SuSE 9.2, the boot being managed by Win XP (lilo for linux on the boot partition). Perhaps with Grub. Well, it's up to you : try and tell us what you get. Regards Pascal ============================================= Message-Id: <s20936cc.003(a)mail.gsei.net> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:01:35 +0100 From: "jm macip" <jmmacip(a)gsei.net> Subject: [suse-amd64] PCMCIA I recentlly installed suse 9.2 pro 64 on my Acer Aspire 1513lmi laptop and I'm unable to get any pcmcia card working, it always says memory_cs not found. Any help will be apreciated. Thanks in advance. Josep Maria Macip

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installing 32-bit Xine/Mplayer on 64-bit system
by Klaas Hofstra 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

In order to play .wmv files and other windows multimedia formats I've used the wincodec RPM on my 32-bit machine. I'd like to use those same windows codecs on my 64-bit machine. It is my understanding that 64-bit Mplayer/Xine can't use 32-bit dll files. Therefore, I've tried to install a 32-bit version of those players. I've tried to install a 32-bit version of Xine by selecting a 32-bit packman version of xine-ui and libxine using Yast (I added packman to Yast sources). The install went OK and all dependencies should have been OK. But when I tried to run xine it reported that the shared lib libcurl could not be found. A 64-bit version of libcurl is installed but I was unable to install a 32-bit version without removing the 64-bit version (using Yast). Next, I copied libcurl from a 32-bit system to /usr/lib on my 64-bit machine. When i started xine, my machine crashed, hardly the result I was looking for. Does anyone know a way to get the 32-bit codecs working on my 64-bit machine? Thanks in advance, Klaas P.S. Is there a way to search the list archives? Browsing the archives is just not very efficient...

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FYI VMWare
by Brad Bourn 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

Hey all, I was approached by a rep from VMWare about employment. I LOVE my job and would never leave by my own choice. He asked me if I would mention that they are looking for some programmers. Since I see VMWare comming up in all of these lists I'm on, I didn't see a problem with forwarding his request. <quote> <snip> > > Actually I'm not trying to sell you anything, I'm just looking for > > referrals to any good 3D graphics systems programers. > > Vmware is looking to hire a few. <snip> > Yes, in fact I need to find an OpenGL systems developer, or at least a > graphics systems programmer with alot of OpenGL. <snip> Do you think you could maybe just mention on your discussion boards that vmware is looking for a systems level graphics programmer with Open GL experience? that would be cool, thanks, Brendan Moran Vmware, Inc. bmoran(a)vmware.com 650-475-5000 x706 www.vmware.com/news </quote> B-) P.S. Don't kill the messenger!

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SOLVED NIS client configuration problems on SuSE 9.1
by Lennart Börjeson 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

I've finally solved my NIS client configuration problems. Problem summary: YaST configuration of NIS client fails; ypbind never finds NIS server. Resolution: Invoke domainname <yp-domain> before YaST. Why this should be, I have no idea. The problem has been repeated on three SunFire V20z boxes on which I installed 9.1 with default settings. On all three ypbind failed to start during YaST configuration, unless I'd called domainname first. -- !++ ! Lennart Börjeson ! Partner, Developer ! Cinnober Financial Technology AB ! Industrigatan 2A ! S-112 46 STOCKHOLM ! Sverige/Sweden/Schweden/Suède ! mailto:Lennart.Borjeson@cinnober.com ! phone:+46-8-50304717 ! gsm:+46-70-3394717 ! fax:+46-8-50304701 ! http://www.cinnober.com !--

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Re: [suse-amd64] PCMCIA
by jm macip 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

I hav e checked the forums and I foud that dong lspci -vv io should find the mem addresses of my pcmcia controller, here it is what i get, can someone tell me what I have to put in config.opts? Thanks in advance Josep Maria Macip 0000:02:07.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controlle r (rev 02) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0059 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 168, cache line size 20 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: Memory at d0116000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: d0300000-d03ff000 (prefetchable) Memory window 1: d0200000-d02ff000 I/O window 0: 00003400-000037ff I/O window 1: 00003000-000033ff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset+ 16bInt+ PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 >>> "Matt T." <Matt(a)Boons.net> 09/02/05 3:55 >>> On Wednesday 09 February 2005 04:01, jm macip wrote: > I recentlly installed suse 9.2 pro 64 on my Acer Aspire 1513lmi laptop > and I'm unable to get any pcmcia card working, it always says memory_cs > not found. > Any help will be apreciated. > Thanks in advance. > Josep Maria Macip --------------------------------------------------- Andreas, you see, my assumption that PCMCIA does *never* work out of the box on amd64 notebooks seems to be confirmed once again, unfortunately. --------------------------------------------------- Hi JM, this problem is known. Please search the archive of this list for posts with "PCMCIA" somewhere in the subject line, there are explanations. In January I posted a summary, with some workarounds which I did find. In the second half of last year you find several posts with detailed instructions what to do. The main thing is to have a kernel > 2.6.7 (which you should have with 9.2 anyway, and to modify the config.opts file in /etc/pcmcia according to the output of lspci. The default values in config.opts are for 32bit hardware, and do not work with most (or all) amd64 notebooks. The very friendly and helpful guys from SuSE on this list do unfortunately not have the hardware to replicate this. They did give it to their notebook guys, to test it. But these do apparently think that it is normal that the users have to know that they need to modify config.opts on amd64 notebooks, no need to mention it, or to let yast do the modifications for you at install time. I'm not an expert here, I just learned it by googling and trial ad error, so I would appreciate if there is ANYONE who had PCMCIA on a amd64 notebook working out of the box with SuSE 9.0, 9.1 or 9.2, please answer here and describe your configuration a little. Andreas, I think there should be at least an entry in your support data base with instructions on how to do this modifications of config.opts. Also you should either get yast to do it at install time or work with the pcmcia code developers to get it into the standard config.opts JM, please be aware that even after modifying the config.opts many cards still do *not* work. Pascal got some to work by playing with different kernel and pcmcia versions, I got others to work by fooling pcmcia to load serial_cs instead of memory_cs (axen/sagem gprs card), or by modifying the lines value in the cis file of the card (sierra wireless 750 gprs card), all described in my January post. You see the error message of memory_cs in your case, but memory_cs does not exist anymore in 2.6. kernels, it is replaced and should never get called, The pcmcia config scripts still need some cleaning. Sorry, no time now for more, please look at the post in the archive of this list for details. HTH, Matt -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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USB flash disk freeze pc
by Marios K. 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

I have an amd 64 3000+ with MSI K8N Neo-54G M/B. I have suse 9.2 with all updates. The problem is when i use my use flash disk TwinMos 256 MB. When i plug it in my usb port suse autodetects and a konqueror shows it's contents. For about 2-3 minutes everything seems to be going ok. I can copy files in it, erase etc. But suddently with no special reason the PC freezes and nothing is working (even the num lock button stops function) and the only solution is hard reset. In my other pc (AMD 1600+, with MSI M/B) which is running debian with 2.6.8 kernel this situation never occurs. I have tried it on both usb 1.1 and usb 2.0 ports, and never had a problem. So, is this a SuSE thing , x86_64 or just a M/B problem? The AMD 64 system is dual boot, but i never really test my usb under windows ;) -- Marios K. <marios_hellas_23(a)yahoo.gr>

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PCMCIA
by jm macip 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

I recentlly installed suse 9.2 pro 64 on my Acer Aspire 1513lmi laptop and I'm unable to get any pcmcia card working, it always says memory_cs not found. Any help will be apreciated. Thanks in advance. Josep Maria Macip

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followup to USB issue
by Joe Landman 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

On an hp pavilion zv5000 unit (Athlon 64) running SuSE 9.2 (and dual boot into windows XP), I was having some USB issues. USB storage devices would be recognized without any problems, but USB mice would not. Well, that was almost correct. If, when dual booted into windows XP, I would close the lid, putting the unit into power save mode, and then wake it from that, reboot into linux, the USB mouse now works. Until I reboot linux that is. Then I have to iterate that procedure to get the USB mouse to work. It works reliably as a procedure, but it seems, well, somehow, not quite what we should be doing to get a working mouse. Note also, that FC3 has the same issue with this on this machine, so it is not distribution specific. I suspect that it has something to do with the state that the wake-up routines leave the USB ports in, as compared to a normal cold boot. I could provide lsusb in both states, and any other info that would make sense. Thanks. Joe -- Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman(a)scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com

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Problems after update
by Chad Whiting 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

Hello, I have a problem after updating yesterday with YOU. Now my machine will boot up but when xdm starts it goes to a black screen and stays, can't switch tty's, tried coming up in init 3 and sax2 does the same thing when started. Same result after reinstalling the Nvidia drivers. *$##*#&# :-) Everything has been fine the last few updates I've done. I am using an Nvidia Geforce 5700 I think pherhaps the kernel update is the culprit? anyone else have this problem? How can I fix this? All I got on the update was the usual message about rebooting the machine to be able to load up any needed drivers after the update. Please help. -- Chad W

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pthreads in SuSE Linux
by Mikhail Kuzminsky 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

I have some object module - machine.o (ELF 64 bit LSB relocatable) which is placed in ltcp-linda.a library and is used by some application which use Linda parallelization tools. nm -g says, that machine.o has unresolved references (U) to pthread_create, pthread_kill and few other pthreads modules. glibc-2.3.2-90 (SuSE 9.0) contains /lib64/libthread.so.0 which must contain the corresponding pthreads entries. This library is included, of course, in ld.so.cache. But if I try to compile and build the simplest Linda-based program (flc fhello.fl w/Portland pgf77 used) - I receive the messages that the references from machine.o (from ltcp-linda.a) to pthread_create, pthread_kill and pthread_sigmask are not resolved :-( Sorry, what should I do to resolve this references to pthreads routines ? May be I must build static pthreads library instead of dynamic *.so - library ? Yours Mikhail Kuzminsky Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Moscow

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Re: [suse-amd64] Acroread 5.010-4.1 Broken
by Janis Klava 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

It screws up when clicking on a pdf file in Konqueror, using the "open with" works fine. Janis On Tuesday 08 February 2005 13:22, you wrote: > Bit late but anyways, are you sure its not using Konquerer > and the embedded Acrobat reader. I've picked that up as a > problem. Try opening it standalone, or using "Open With" > command. > > gw01f > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 21:47:57 +0200 > > Janis Klava <jklava(a)lettux.lv> wrote: > > On Sunday 23 January 2005 21:32, Scott Leighton wrote: > > > On Sunday 23 January 2005 11:20 am, Scott Leighton > > > > wrote: > > > > On Sunday 23 January 2005 11:14 am, Janis Klava > > > > wrote: > > > > > After doing a YOU update, tried Acroread but it > > > > still does not work. I > > > > > > > had this same problem earlier, posting 10 Jan., > > > > "Adobe pdf viewer". > > > > > > > Opening a pdf file defaults to +260 magnification > > > > and about 1/4 of the > > > > > > > page is lost on the right hand margin. > > > > > > > > > > There is no vertical or horizontal scroll bar. > > > > > > > > > > My previous fix for this was to revert to Acroread > > > > 5.09-6 which worked > > > > > > > fine. > > > > > > > > > > I have again installed Acroread 5.09-6 and it > > > > works. > > > > > > You might try renaming the ~/.acrobat/prefs file > > > > to prefs.old and > > > > > > see if the newer version works ok then. > > > > > > > > I have no idea if that will work, but it might be > > > > worth a try. > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > I should add that acroread 5.010-4.1 is working fine > > > > here on > > > > > 9.2, no symptoms like you describe. > > > > > > Scott > > > > I am running a completely stock 9.2, only YOU updates and > > no outside > > programmes so I don't think that it is outside > > interference. System is > > Opteron on Tyan K8W so nothing outlandish there either. > > > > Janis > > > > > -- > > > POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier > > > http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ > > > Linux 2.6.8-24.10-default x86_64 > > > > -- > > Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe > > For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Problems after update
by Chad Whiting 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

Hello, Sorry, I am using the x86_64 version of SuSE 9.1 and this happened after doing the most recent update for this. -- Chad W

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VIA Sound problems after kernel upgrade
by Alexandre Moutinho Santos 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

I have another problem with my Asus A8V board and SuSE 9.2 x86-64: with the kernel version that comes in the DVD the sound card is detected correctly and everything works perfect. After upgrading the kernel, every time I boot my workstation I have to go to a console, restart alsasound and then restart the X server. Without this I have no sound - while booting have the message that says that the sound module is already installed.... Any solution for this? Alex

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Re: [suse-amd64] Problem after kernel upgrade
by Andi Kleen 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 11:35:56PM -0500, Bill Allen wrote: > I have the same problem. > How do you boot with barrier=off? At what point in the boot process can > you specify this? In the boot menu where you have choices like "memtest" or "fail-safe" there is a command line where you can enter arguments. Just enter it there. -Andi

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mysql stories for suse-amd64
by Mark A. Garcia 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Can anyone tell me stories about marrying mysql and suse-amd64? It'd be great to hear in some areas where folks have successfully used mysql binary distro or home-grown compiled versions of mysql, along with the hardware they have it running on. I'm not looking for performance touting. More over if anyone has a preferred ./configure options. I'm having a pickle of a time to get the mysql amd64 version to run stable on a debian pure64 install. My next venture is to see how well mysql on a suse-amd64 install runs. My hardware consists of dual opteron 250 8GB - sunfire v20z. Cheers, -.mag

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upgrading to 64bit
by tmp＠nitwit.de 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Hi! Did somebody successfully upgraded an running 32bit system to 64bit? If so, what's the smartest way to do this? Thanks a lot Timo

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nvidia driver upgrade- how?
by John 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

I am currently using the 1.0.6111 driver and 2.6.8-24.11-default #1 How do I go about upgrading to version 6629? I don't see any available updates in YaST2. John

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Re: [suse-amd64] Re: Illegal format hash table (ispell with german, french, spanish, ...)
by Bernd Paysan 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

On Monday 07 February 2005 10:56, Stefan Fent wrote: > > I installed the dicts packet (the sources for all those international > > ispell dictionaries) and recreated the buggy hashs with the 64 bit > > buildhash. These work fine. [...] > > Hmm - this seems to be a problem with ispell / aspell, > as it works when I use aspell: > > aspell -a -m -C -d deutsch > @(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.50.5) The recreated hashes work both with ispell and aspell, the original only with aspell. before: > ispell -a -m -C -d german Illegal format hash table > aspell -a -m -C -d german @(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.50.5) after: > ispell -a -m -C -d german @(#) International Ispell Version 3.2.06 08/01/01 > aspell -a -m -C -d german @(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.50.5) Is this convincing that the remedy is good? -- Bernd Paysan "If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself" http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/

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nvidia kernel mismatch?
by Pierre Patino 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

OK, I should have disabled auto-update kernel in YaST. The problem: When I boot the system, the screen goes blank right at the end of the boot sequence, just at the point where the graphical login screen should appear. I had to disable S17xdm from rc5.d (from a telnet session) in order be able to login from the console. I then was able to insert a different graphics card and configure it to the point where I could enable S17xdm again in order to log-in and write this email. So, the question is this: Did the kernel upgrade screw up NVidia's proprietary driver? I now have 2.6.5-7.145 whereas the last kernel that worked was 2.6.5-7.111.30. Am I barking up the wrong tree? TIA

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ATI 9800 and Suse 9.2 64
by Matthew Biggs 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Hi, Has anyone got an ATI 9800 graphics card working with SuSe 9.2 64 ? Thanks

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Re: [suse-amd64] Default enlightenment theme (BrushedMetal-Tigert) main menus are not readable
by Steven A. DuChene 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Argh! Should have proof read the post below a little closer before I sent it out. That one sentence should have read: In the BrushedMetal-Tigert theme for enlightenment which is the default that it comes up with after you install E, none of the root window menus are readable because of a font issue..... -----Original Message----- From: "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters(a)mindspring.com> Sent: Feb 6, 2005 8:17 PM To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] Default enlightenment theme (BrushedMetal-Tigert) main menus are not readable In the BrushedMetal-Tigert theme for enlightenment which is the default that it comes up with after you install E, none of the root window menus are not readable because of a font issue with the default menu font specified in: /usr/X11R6/share/enlightenment/themes/BrushedMetal-Tigert/menustyles/menustyles.cfg I tried changing the default menu font in the above file (since the one specified is not available on the SuSE-9.2 x86_64 system I just installed here) to one that was available but it made no change to the menus. That default font BTW specified in the above file is "-*-lucida-medium-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1" Also the way I was able to get enlightenment to be my default window manager was to do the following: export WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/X11R6/bin/enlightenment -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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Default enlightenment theme (BrushedMetal-Tigert) main menus are not readable
by Steven A. DuChene 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

In the BrushedMetal-Tigert theme for enlightenment which is the default that it comes up with after you install E, none of the root window menus are not readable because of a font issue with the default menu font specified in: /usr/X11R6/share/enlightenment/themes/BrushedMetal-Tigert/menustyles/menustyles.cfg I tried changing the default menu font in the above file (since the one specified is not available on the SuSE-9.2 x86_64 system I just installed here) to one that was available but it made no change to the menus. That default font BTW specified in the above file is "-*-lucida-medium-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1" Also the way I was able to get enlightenment to be my default window manager was to do the following: export WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/X11R6/bin/enlightenment

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Problems accessing updates
by bcch＠orange.net 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

Hi all, I am new to SuSE (9.2 DVD x86_64). I come from a Mandrake / PCLOS background. I am having what I suppose is a basic problem trying to install updates. I have set up the ftp site in YaST - Online Updates and it fetches the list of updates. Problem is I can't seem to install packages the are supposed to be in the x86_64 directory. Bacically what I am saying is I can't seem to install new x86_64 software from ftp sites. I must be making a simple mistake but this is the first time I have used the SuSE package manger / YaST. Could someone maybe let me know what I am doing wrong or point me to a FAQ for installing new packages? Thanks. John Watson.

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Re: Re: Re: [suse-amd64] g++ 3.3.3 -m64 -O3
by Arne 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

On 6.2 2005 21:13, Eugene Chu wrote: > >Hi, > >You wrote: > >>Btw it's a big difference: 1.76 vs 9.81 for -O3 and -O0. > >What host are you running on? I have an Opteron 242 (1.6GHz) system, >and the best I could get with that code was 2.74 using -O. > >thanks, >eyc > Hi I am running a AMD Athlon64 2 GHz (3200) with 1 GB RAM (2x512 DDR400 with 2 3 2 5 latency if that matters) Welcome /Arne ------------------------------------------------------------------ Gratis svenskpråkig e-post och förmånliga textmeddelanden http://webmail.surfnet.fi ------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [suse-amd64] g++ 3.3.3 -m64 -O3
by Arne 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

On 6.2 2005 16:12, insane(a)fmi.uni-sofia.bg wrote: > >I tried to compile the following code with g++ 3.3.3 (g++ -m64 -O3): > >#include <vector> >#include <algorithm> >#include <ctime> >#include <cstdio> > >using namespace std; > >#define BENCH_TYPE double > >int main() >{ > vector<BENCH_TYPE> v; > printf("Generating 10M elements\n"); > for (int i = 0; i < 10000000; i++) > v.push_back((BENCH_TYPE)(rand()*0.5 + rand())); > > printf("generated\nSorting...\n"); > > clock_t start = clock(); > sort(v.begin(), v.end()); > clock_t end = clock(); > > printf("%f\n", (end - start)/((double)CLOCKS_PER_SEC)); > return 0; >} > >The resulting executable doesn't finish in a minute or so and I have to break >its execution. The funny thing is that the same code compiled with g++ -m64 >-O0 finishes in 8 sec or so. What's going on? Any ideas? >I have Suse 9.1 x86_64 with the latest updates of all installed packages. > >I wouldn't bother a lot about this test code, if it wasn't for a more serious >problem: I downloaded and installed the latest x86_64 build of the kernel >2.6.5-7.145-default and the nVidia graphics driver stopped working. I >manually downloaded the latest driver from the nVidia web site: >NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2.run and installed it and when I started X >it was painfully slow and I had to kill it. > >I don't know if the two problems are related. I would appreciate any help on >any of them. Thanks a lot. > >-- >Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe >For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com > > Maybe not so much help but NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2.run and your test code works fine on SuSE64 9.2, k2.6.8-24.11-default. Can't help you more, good luck! Btw it's a big difference: 1.76 vs 9.81 for -O3 and -O0. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Gratis svenskpråkig e-post och förmånliga textmeddelanden http://webmail.surfnet.fi ------------------------------------------------------------------

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How to turn off disk caching?
by Ed Sherman 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

We've recently started running Oracle 10g on SLES9 We were wondering why we are going into swap with 16G of ram and not much running on the machine except for Oracle. Some things we found are: > Subject: Re : Why does system show all 16 GB used and swap also in use > > Paul; > Turn off disk cacheing, make sure that you are using async I/O. > > HTH > Peter > Subject: Re : Why does system show all 16 GB used and swap also in use > > You're probably observing two phenomena here: > > 1. Linux will use as much memory as it can get for "disk > caching" (filesystem buffers, really). You can reduce > this dramatically using the BufferMem parameter, and > by using async I/O. (As already noted...) > 2. In most unixen, shared memory segments get counted multiple > times. The executable code for each process is loaded into > shared (sharable) memory, and the SGA is -- of course -- > shared also. The memory consumed for the "oracle" executable > and for the SGA are commonly reported for *all* processes > that are using them, even though each is present in memory > only once. I search the Internet and find that the buffermem parameter is supposed to be in /proc/sys/vm but I also heard that some extensive work has been done on the virtual memory system in kernel 2.6. I don't have a buffermem parameter to set. Does anyone know how to adjust/turn-off disk caching in SLES9 with the 2.6 kernel? Thanks, Ed

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g++ 3.3.3 -m64 -O3
by insane＠fmi.uni-sofia.bg 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

I tried to compile the following code with g++ 3.3.3 (g++ -m64 -O3): #include <vector> #include <algorithm> #include <ctime> #include <cstdio> using namespace std; #define BENCH_TYPE double int main() { vector<BENCH_TYPE> v; printf("Generating 10M elements\n"); for (int i = 0; i < 10000000; i++) v.push_back((BENCH_TYPE)(rand()*0.5 + rand())); printf("generated\nSorting...\n"); clock_t start = clock(); sort(v.begin(), v.end()); clock_t end = clock(); printf("%f\n", (end - start)/((double)CLOCKS_PER_SEC)); return 0; } The resulting executable doesn't finish in a minute or so and I have to break its execution. The funny thing is that the same code compiled with g++ -m64 -O0 finishes in 8 sec or so. What's going on? Any ideas? I have Suse 9.1 x86_64 with the latest updates of all installed packages. I wouldn't bother a lot about this test code, if it wasn't for a more serious problem: I downloaded and installed the latest x86_64 build of the kernel 2.6.5-7.145-default and the nVidia graphics driver stopped working. I manually downloaded the latest driver from the nVidia web site: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2.run and installed it and when I started X it was painfully slow and I had to kill it. I don't know if the two problems are related. I would appreciate any help on any of them. Thanks a lot.

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Problem after kernel upgrade
by Stacey Creamer 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

I did a kernel upgrade last night, using YOU and just accepting all of the suggested updates. Because the kernel fixes required a reboot, I did so, but now it does not come up to a login screen. I tried rebooting again and this time using fail-safe. The last line processed says ReiserFS: hde2: replayed 22 transactions in 7 seconds. Then it hangs with a rapidly blinking cursor. I have very little Linux experience. Can someone help me fix this? Thanks!

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Need help finding a supported SCSI card.
by Black, Alain 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

Greetings all, I've got an Dual Opteron SLES 8 SP3 installation to which I'm trying to add a tape library. The tape library (2 drive SDLT and one robot) is LVD VHDCI. I found the Adaptec AHA39160 which has 2 VHDCI but is listed as "problematic" in the SuSE HardWare Database. Adaptec makes an AHA29160-LP which has an external VHDCI connector, but it is not listed in the HWDB, however the AHA29160 is listed and supported, but it has different connectors, are those close enough to believe that the AHA29160-LP is also supported or would that be pushing my luck? What I'm looking for is a PCI/PCI-X SCSI card preferably with 2 external LVD VHDCI connectors, I have room for 2 cards if need be, that is fully supported. I also found an LSI Logic card which would meet my needs, but am either using the wrong vendor name or they are not listed in the HWDB. -Alain.

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Xchm compile help
by Wayne Brennan 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

I am having trouble compiling 'chmlib', ./configure doesn't return errors but a make returns many errors, including: src/chm_lib.c:174:2: #error "Please define the sized types for your platform in chm_lib.c" src/chm_lib.c:229: error: parse error before "Int16" src/chm_lib.c: In function `_unmarshal_int16': src/chm_lib.c:231: error: `pLenRemain' undeclared (first use in this function) ... I have seen a "compile with -m32" for 32 bit apps mentioned before, but I'm not sure how to fit this into any of my configure or make instructions.... I would also like to know how I can install a 32bit version of Firefox (to run flash plugin)... thanks for any help, Wayne

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RE: [suse-amd64] Need help finding a supported SCSI card.
by Black, Alain 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Thank you Kees, I was able to find the LSI Logic LSI22320-R which states in it's documentation that it supports SLES 8. I will go a head and order this card. -Alain -----Original Message----- From: Kees Hoekzema [mailto:kees@tweakers.net] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 11:32 AM To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Cc: Black, Alain Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] Need help finding a supported SCSI card. On Friday 04 February 2005 19:02, Black, Alain wrote: > I also found an LSI Logic card which would meet my needs, but am either > using the wrong vendor name or they are not listed in the HWDB. The LSI Logic cards I am using with suse all work fine. They are probably listed under 'megaraid' or something similar. -kees

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numbercruncher system configuration
by jens molle 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Hi List, i want to build a new numbercruncher for use with ansys software ( non-linear finite elements computation), amd 64 preferred. For the best price/performance ratio i think of a single processor machine ( ansys does scale poorly with nonlinear problems anyway) with 4 GB RAM. What systems can you recommend , are there any experiences with the new ASUS Board A8N-SLI ? thanks in advance --------------------------------- Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 250MB kostenlosem Speicher

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SATA, K8V Deluxe MB and SUSE 9.2
by Mitch Martinez 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Has any one had any luck in getting a ASUS K8V Deluxe MB and SUSE 9.2 to see an IDE drive on the built in SATA bus? I've been told that it's possible but I haven't been able to see one of my drives on the bus, I've looked for a scsi device (no luck), Here's my Sysinfo: MB: ASUS K8V Deluxe CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ MEM: 1540984 kB VID: G-Force FX5900 128 MB MON: ViewSonic P810 OS: SUSE 9.2 Pro CPU:

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Re: [suse-amd64] SUSE 9.2 FTP distribution and ISOs
by Andreas Jaeger 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

"Mikhail Kuzminsky" <kus(a)free.net> writes: > In message from Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> (Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:01:14 > +0100): >> >>I'm not sure whether you have read the following, so I want to >>announce it now: >>http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/downloads/suse_linux/index… >> >>We have released our FTP installation for both x86-64 (AMD64, EM64T) >>and x86 - and also an 3.5 GB installable ISO image that supports both >>x86-64 and x86. > Sorry, does this iso image correspond to special evaluation version > or personal version of SuSE Linux? More exactly, the question is about > differences w/SuSE 9.2 Professional. Is the difference (between this > iso image and Professional version) only in a set of applications > binary rpms (sendmail, HPC applications etc) ? The 3.5 GB ISO contains less than half the packages that the 9.2 Professional DVD contains (which is 8.5 GB). It supports both 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x86-64 platforms. A major difference to the 9.2 DVD is that development packages are completely missing. The ftp installation contains all the packages that are also on the 9.2 Professional DVD, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj(a)suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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Kernel BUG at direct_io:544
by Ahmon Dancy 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Has anyone seem this problem before? Kernel BUG at direct_io:544 invalid operand: 0000 [1] SMP CPU 1 Modules linked in: usbserial parport_pc lp parport edd freq_table thermal processor fan button battery ac autofs4 raw ipv6 evdev joydev sg st sr_mod ext3 jbd e100 mii tg3 ohci_hcd hw_random usbcore dm_snapshot dm_mod reiserfs 3w_9xxx sd_mod scsi_mod Pid: 6359, comm: oracle Tainted: MG (2.6.8-24.10-smp SL92_BRANCH-200412221154270000) RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8019fd55>] <ffffffff8019fd55>{dio_new_bio+197} RSP: 0018:00000100f1daf9a8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000020 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 000001007f6bab30 RDX: 0000000000000048 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00000100f8833380 RBP: 00000100f9f96400 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000000000f9 R10: 00000000094789d5 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000045889 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000045889 R15: 0000000000000009 FS: 0000002a97336e40(0000) GS:ffffffff804e2e80(0000) knlGS:000000005568e460 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 00000000007ebe50 CR3: 00000000f9f82000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Process oracle (pid: 6359, threadinfo 00000100f1dae000, task 00000100eac2c030) Stack: 00000100f9f96400 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffffffff8019ff82 0000000000000007 0000000000000000 00000100f9f96400 ffffffff801a0cb5 Call Trace:<ffffffff8019ff82>{dio_send_cur_page+114} <ffffffff801a0cb5>{__blockdev_direct_IO+2165} <ffffffffa003aa8c>{:reiserfs:reiserfs_direct_IO+76} <ffffffffa003ec40>{:reiserfs:reiserfs_get_blocks_direct_io+0} <ffffffff8015ac34>{generic_file_direct_IO+100} <ffffffff8015acfb>{generic_file_direct_write+123} <ffffffff8015b959>{generic_file_aio_write_nolock+713} <ffffffff8015ba9e>{generic_file_write_nolock+158} <ffffffffa005955f>{:reiserfs:do_journal_end+3199} <ffffffff80137a80>{autoremove_wake_function+0} <ffffffff8015bcf5>{generic_file_write+101} <ffffffffa0042548>{:reiserfs:reiserfs_file_write+488} <ffffffff8015a0d5>{filemap_nopage+405} <ffffffff801681fc>{do_no_page+1532} <ffffffff80169990>{handle_mm_fault+368} <ffffffff80362141>{__down_read+49} <ffffffff8021206d>{__up_read+29} <ffffffff801222e8>{do_page_fault+504} <ffffffff8017c455>{file_move+37} <ffffffff80179abe>{filp_open+62} <ffffffff8017bb93>{vfs_write+243} <ffffffff8017bcd3>{sys_write+83} <ffffffff8011074e>{system_call+126} Code: 0f 0b 13 d2 38 80 ff ff ff ff 20 02 bf d0 00 00 00 48 8b 9d RIP <ffffffff8019fd55>{dio_new_bio+197} RSP <00000100f1daf9a8>

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relocation truncated to fit: R_X86_64_PC32
by orecchio＠unime.it 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

I have a AMD OPTERON 64bit with SUSE LINUX SERVER 9.1. I tried to compile a software (tomoDD) in fortran with some subroutine also in C and I obtained this error message tomoDD.o(.text+0x65e): In function `MAIN__': : relocation truncated to fit: R_X86_64_PC32 contrl_ tomoDD.o(.text+0x5083): In function `MAIN__': : additional relocation overflows omitted from the output collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [tomoDD] Error 1 Any help will be greatfully received. thanks, Barbara

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Max Number of Sata Drives
by Joel Wiramu Pauling 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Hi not strictly a suse amd64 question, but i'm hoping someone on this list will be able to answer. Is the number of sata devices (and cards) stackable. I.e I have an onboard controller which supports 2 channel, can I then go and add another 4 channel sata controller card and use them all at the same time (i.e the as a striped 0 array onboard, + raid array on the 4 port card). Is there a limit to this setup, can I have say 2 4 port cards with a total of 10 drives (raided or not). Kind regards Joel W

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