February 2006 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [suse-amd64] compile problems for Nat'l Instruments software - help, anyone?
by Jonathan Puthoff 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Yes, I did those things, but it sounds like the NIKAL kernel module just won't work on my 64-bit system. I was hoping to get around it, but I may be stuck. . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Markus Koßmann <mkossmann_nospam(a)schlundmail.de> Date: Thursday, February 9, 2006 0:14 am Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] compile problems for Nat'l Instruments software - help, anyone? To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com Cc: Jonathan Puthoff <jputhoff(a)wisc.edu> > Am Mittwoch, 8. Februar 2006 17:11 schrieb Jonathan Puthoff: > > Hello all! I am new here (and pretty new to Linux, for that > matter) and > > was referred here for some assistance. > > > > Recently I built an AMD Sempron machine for my lab and installed > SuSE> 10.0 x86_64. I want to install and run National Instruments > software> (LabVIEW, NIDAQmx) to control my DAQ PCI card. There is > a problem, > > however, with the compiling of the NI-KAL kernel module, upon > which the > > rest of the installation seems to depend. The "./configure" > script that > > I need to run prior to my "make" checks for a file called > > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/asm_offsets.h and returns an "kernel not > > configured correctly" error. > asm_offsets.h is a generated file. > Did you do a > > cd /usr/src/linux > make cloneconfig > make prepare-all > > to prepare the kernel sources for external module compilation ? >

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tcp checksum errors
by Matt Hurd 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Dear List, We've had a problem with a tcp app communicating with an external system. On diagnosis tcpdump is showing a chksum error on the packets that go out that don't get received. This is Suse 10.0 - 2.6.13-15.8-smp x86_64 The socket layer in the app, ::send and ::write, report no errors. We've confirmed such errors as reported by tcpdump are occurring reasonably frequently without too much consequence on intel e1000, intel e100, broadcom, nvidia ck804. (tyan, shuttle and iwill mainboards). Problem has been hidden we think as the apps seem to recover or not loose the pkts. The only discernable difference is there is a firewall on the route between the systems where the packets don't get through, but we're grasping at straws. We can duplicate the error conditions with scp and telnet (if the chksum error is real). We are seeing no problems with a couple of systems on their pci card based realtek 8169 cards. Same systems have issues with their mainboard adaptors. Smells like a problem. It could be tcpdump / libpcap misreporting but the lost packets indicate a problem. We don't lose packets that have a good chksum but we do occaisonally see packets survive that are marked as bad chksum... On similar hardware CentOS 4.2 with 2.6.9-22.ELsmp doesn't report similar errors. Just installed the same CentOS on a system reporting the errors and it no longer has such errors. We saw some notes about issues with APIC with various adaptors, tried booting with no apic and same errors. Any thoughts? Matt. matthurd(a)acm.org

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Segmentation faults on Opteron System
by Christian Hopfensitz 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

I have a strange problem with my smp-system. Hardware config: Tyan s2895 mobo, 2x Opteron 270 Dual-Core CPU, 16GB ECC Reg. RAM We use this Workstation for CFD-Analyses. When I start 4 Jobs on 4 CPUs, at least 2 jobs die (segmentation fault). One job works fine. A parallel run using mpich as MPI aborts (Error message says that it has recieved a SIGABORT signal form a CPU / SIGSEGV). The strage thing: If I remove 8GB of RAM, the system works stable. Neither an update from Suse 9 to Suse 10 nor a manual compiled kernel with the current stable version helped. A memtest86+ showed no errors (running 5 days), so I think that a bad RAM module is not hte reason. Furthermore, a cpu-stress test with cpuburn-in worked well (24 hours running without any errors). Might be a problem with the memory managment? Any hints how I can resolve my problem? Christian

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upgrade problem
by chu＠tes-mail.jpl.nasa.gov 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Hi Folks, We are still running an old version of SuSE SLES 8/x86_64. Recently, we found that Oracle update to 10g we're trying to install needed a more recent version. This system hasn't been updated for over a year, and I need to know if the update procedure is still the same: Bring up YOU Let it connect to the download site (http://sdb2.suse.de/download) Log in and let it do an automatic update It downloads and installs an update for Yast2 update utility, and the utility crashes. Now when I try to do the complete install, it fails at the log-in, everytime. It's as if the upgrade to Yast2 broke it. The log-in screen shows the same username and password as what had worked before, but I keep getting log-in failures. Is there a config file that Yast uses to do its things, like logging me into the download site? I need to undo what the upgrade process did, and try to do a manual update of everything else. Also, is there a way to manually download the update files, install them, without using the Yast2 GUI? thanks, eyc

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Problem with SRAT tables
by Francisco Jesús Martínez Serrano 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

I was checking the performance of numademo stream test on a system I have stumbled upon (Iwill H8501 8way 8-GB in 16 512MB dimms). The results were pretty low (around 1600MB/s on all tests), so I proceeded to check weather node interleaving was disabled in the BIOS. Everything was set up with factory defaults (node interleave OFF, bank interleaving ON). Checking the kernel log (SuSE w kernel 2.6.13-15.8-smp x86_64), I found this: SRAT: Node 0 PXM 0 0-ffffffffffffffff SRAT: Node 1 PXM 1 0-ffffffffffffffff SRAT: Node 2 PXM 2 0-ffffffffffffffff SRAT: Node 3 PXM 3 0-ffffffffffffffff SRAT: Node 4 PXM 4 0-ffffffffffffffff SRAT: Node 5 PXM 5 0-ffffffffffffffff SRAT: Node 6 PXM 6 0-ffffffffffffffff SRAT: Node 7 PXM 7 0-ffffffffffffffff SRAT: pxm 0 overlap 0-9fc00 with node 1(0-ffffffffffffffff) SRAT: SRAT not used. I'm no expert, but I guess that means it assigns all memory, from byte 0 till 2^64 to each node. Not surprisingly acpi_numa_memory_affinity_init in srat.c finds it to overlap and proceeds to ignore the information. The question is: is this the problem (we also experience random crashes when running a 2GB+ simulation) causing low memory performance? How can I solve it? I can provide logs and do tests as requested. Thanks!

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RE: [suse-amd64] Can't boot cause of acpi (i guess)
by Gustavo Dutra 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

> > Suddently i can't boot in my system. I haven't changed or > ypgraded anything. > I am not sure what's wrong but during boot if i press > ctrl+alt+f10 i see messages like these > linux kernel: ACPI-0283: *** Warning: Error evaluating _PSS > Try change /etc/sysconfig/powersave/cpufreq into userspace > > I can't boot if suring grub menu i press f2 and write > acpi=off, because it freezes. > > I tried changimg wthe cpufreq like the message said (using > rescue system) but no lack. > > I also tried forcing reinstall the kernel from the cd's (also > using update system etc), but also no lack. > > Although you say you did not update any kde packages, it seems related to the last kde update, more precisely kdebase3-kdm 3.5.1-27... Please check if you recently installed this update... There is a solution posted in suse-linux-e list. Good luck.

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Can't boot cause of acpi (i guess)
by Μάριος Κ. 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

Suddently i can't boot in my system. I haven't changed or ypgraded anything. I am not sure what's wrong but during boot if i press ctrl+alt+f10 i see messages like these linux kernel: ACPI-0283: *** Warning: Error evaluating _PSS Try change /etc/sysconfig/powersave/cpufreq into userspace I can't boot if suring grub menu i press f2 and write acpi=off, because it freezes. I tried changimg wthe cpufreq like the message said (using rescue system) but no lack. I also tried forcing reinstall the kernel from the cd's (also using update system etc), but also no lack. ___________________________________________________________ Χρησιμοποιείτε Yahoo!; Βαρεθήκατε τα ενοχλητικά μηνύματα (spam); Το Yahoo! Mail διαθέτει την καλύτερη δυνατή προστασία κατά των ενοχλητικών μηνυμάτων http://login.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intl=gr

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Network attached storage
by Sheo Shanker Prasad 26 Feb '06

26 Feb '06

I need to install a network attached storage, preferable the storage drive connected to Linksys Network Link (model NSLU2). I use SuSE 9.3 (professional or workstation version). I am already using a network attached printer. However, I have no idea about how to make a network attached storage work in SuSE9.3. I will therefore appreciate it if some one could advise me how to do this. Best regards. Sheo (Sheo S. Prasad) Creative Research Enterprises 6354 Camino del Lago Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA Voice Phone: (+1) 925 426-9341 Fax Phone: (+1) 925 426-9417 e-mail: ssp(a)CreativeResearch.org

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SuSe 9.3/10 installed kernel bug.
by Brad Dameron 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

It appears there is a bug with the initial SuSe 9.3/10 kernel's. It is related to the AMD Opteron dual-core processors. When it tries to initialize the CPU's it kernel panic's and locks up the machine. I had to install some Opteron 250 single core's, do the install, and update the kernel to the latest. Then re-install the dual-core CPU's to make use of them. Hardware configuration is as follows: Tyan S2892 2 - 280 Opteron's 8 - 2GB DDR400 1 - LSI MegaRaid 320-2e Is there a new ISO or boot CD that is available with the latest kernel or even a kernel that works with these CPU's? Or is there documentation on how to make my own with the latest kernel? We use SuSe 9.3 on all our server's and have our software ported/tested specifically for the lib's on this version. Thank you, Brad Dameron SeaTab Software

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Apparmor with Suse Linux 10.0 OSS x86_64
by guru shashi 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Greetings, I have recently installed Suse Linux 10.0 OOS (x68_64) and but the release notes stated that "this version ships with a Novell Apparmor". This is a 5 CD version of SL-10.0. Has anybody faced a similar problem? I was quite surprised to see that these packages are not included. Also found out by googleing that the Apparmor rpms are named as (but could not find either of these through Yast/Control Center -> Software Management -> RPM search). subdomain-docs-1.2-8_imnx_sus e.noarch.rpm subdomain-leaf-cert-1.2-4.noarch.rpm subdomain-profiles- 1.2-13_imnx_suse.noarch.rpm subdomain-utils-1.2-21_imnx_suse.noarch.rpm Eagerly waiting to install and test how apparmor works. Please do let me know where I could these rpm's? TIA, Guru

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