March 2006 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Question about HP Compaq nx6125
by Tob_Sch＠gmx.de 27 Mar '06

27 Mar '06

Hi, I need some information about SUSE Linux running on following notebook with AMD Turion 64 ML-40: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/de/de/sm/WF06b/21259-282919-282919-282919-29… I read in the archives (21.09.2005 - 24.09.2005: "SuSE 9.3 slow on Turion64 (nx6125)") that there were problems on this notebook with older SUSE versions in the past. Did all the problems disappear with OpenSUSE 10.0? Is it working with SLES 9? What about USB 2.0 / Firewire / WLAN? What about the ATI-64-Bit-drivers for SUSE 10.0 and SLES 9? Are they running fast and stable? All detailed information is welcomed! Thank you all in advance! -- Echte DSL-Flatrate dauerhaft f�r 0,- Euro*! "Feel free" mit GMX DSL! http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl

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64bit notebook
by Hans du Plooy 26 Mar '06

26 Mar '06

Hi guys, I've been following this list for a bit while I planned my 64bit upgrade, never got around to it, unsubscribed, and eventually got myself a 64bit notebook - HP nx6125 Turion64 - very similar to many of the Acer Turion64 notebooks. I initially tried SUSE 10.0 64bit, but too many things just didn't work. Onboard broadcom wireless kind of worked with ndiswrapper, but unstable as hell and made the notebook hang from time to time. PCMCIA didn't work at all so I couldn't use my Netgear PCMCIA card either. Many other little insignificant (but collectively annoying) problems. I reckon that too many things weren't supported in the versions of various bits that came with SUSE, and trying to update everything I made more of a mess than anything else. After a month or so I reluctantly started building Gentoo 64bit, and after another two months of tinkering it's running really nicely now. In fact, I'm really loving the package management (apart from having to compile everything but that's not too much of a hassle on this machine). But I've had no luck in resolving two issues - onboard gigabit controller won't work and I have serious sound issues with dmix and multiple sounds streams. Skype doesn't work at all, for example. So I'm awaiting the next release of SUSE to try it out again. Does anybody have any experience with this notebook (or similar) on SUSE 64bit, maybe on the 10.1 pre-releases? I'll include hardware info, for good measure. Thanks Hans lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 01) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a3f 00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a36 00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a37 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge 00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SB400 - AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03) 02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) 02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller 02:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller 02:04.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller 02:04.4 Class 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller lshw: description: Notebook product: HP Compaq nx6125 (PY416EA#ABB) vendor: Hewlett-Packard version: F.0D serial: CND5460HDH width: 32 bits capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook uuid=16B1414E-2C57-DA11-1198-66990A46C529 *-core description: Motherboard product: 308B vendor: Hewlett-Packard physical id: 0 version: KBC Version 45.25 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Hewlett-Packard physical id: 0 version: 68DTT Ver. F.0D (11/22/2005) size: 128KB capacity: 960KB capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb ls120boot smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot *-cpu description: CPU product: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile ML-34 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile ML-34 slot: U10 size: 1800MHz capacity: 1800MHz width: 64 bits clock: 200MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cpufreq *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 5 slot: Internal L1 Cache size: 128KB capacity: 128KB capabilities: burst internal write-back unified *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 6 slot: Internal L2 Cache size: 1MB capacity: 1MB capabilities: burst external write-back unified *-memory description: System Memory physical id: a slot: System board or motherboard size: 1GB capacity: 2GB *-bank:0 description: SODIMM DDR Synchronous [empty] physical id: 0 slot: DIMM #1 *-bank:1 description: SODIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns) product: VS1GSDS400 vendor: 7F7F9E0000000000 physical id: 1 serial: 00000000 slot: DIMM #2 size: 1GB width: 64 bits clock: 400MHz (2.5ns) *-pci:0 description: Host bridge product: RS480 Host Bridge vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 100 bus info: pci@00:00.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: ATI Technologies Inc vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 1 bus info: pci@00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 5 bus info: pci@01:05.0 logical name: /dev/fb0 version: 00 size: 64MB width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: vga bus_master cap_list fb configuration: depth=16 driver=fglrx_pci frequency=75.69Hz mode=1024x768 visual=truecolor xres=1024 yres=768 resources: iomemory:c0000000-c3ffffff ioport:2000-20ff iomemory:c4400000-c440ffff irq:233 *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: ATI Technologies Inc vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 4 bus info: pci@00:04.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport-driver *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: ATI Technologies Inc vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 5 bus info: pci@00:05.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport-driver *-usb:0 description: USB Controller product: IXP SB400 USB Host Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 13 bus info: pci@00:13.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci_hcd resources: iomemory:c4800000-c4800fff irq:217 *-usbhost product: OHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r7-default ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@2 logical name: usb2 version: 2.06 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=4 speed=12.0MB/s *-usb UNCLAIMED description: Bluetooth wireless interface product: HP integrated Bluetooth module vendor: Broadcom physical id: 2 bus info: usb@2:2 version: 0.17 capabilities: bluetooth usb-1.10 configuration: maxpower=0mA speed=12.0MB/s *-usb:1 description: USB Controller product: IXP SB400 USB Host Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 13.1 bus info: pci@00:13.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci_hcd resources: iomemory:c4801000-c4801fff irq:217 *-usbhost product: OHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r7-default ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@3 logical name: usb3 version: 2.06 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=4 speed=12.0MB/s *-usb:0 UNCLAIMED description: Generic USB device product: Fingerprint Sensor vendor: AuthenTec, Inc. physical id: 1 bus info: usb@3:1 version: 6.21 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: maxpower=100mA speed=12.0MB/s *-usb:1 description: Mouse product: Optical USB Mouse vendor: Logitech physical id: 3 bus info: usb@3:3 version: 3.40 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=1.5MB/s *-usb:2 description: USB Controller product: IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 13.2 bus info: pci@00:13.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd resources: iomemory:c4802000-c4802fff irq:217 *-usbhost product: EHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r7-default ehci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1 logical name: usb1 version: 2.06 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=8 speed=480.0MB/s *-serial UNCLAIMED description: SMBus product: IXP SB400 SMBus Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 14 bus info: pci@00:14.0 version: 11 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: cap_list resources: ioport:8200-820f iomemory:c4803000-c48033ff *-ide description: IDE interface product: Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 14.1 bus info: pci@00:14.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ATIIXP_IDE resources: ioport:3010-301f irq:209 *-ide:0 description: IDE Channel 0 physical id: 0 bus info: ide@0 logical name: ide0 clock: 66MHz *-disk description: ATA Disk product: ST9808211A vendor: Seagate physical id: 0 bus info: ide(a)0.0 logical name: /dev/hda version: 3.02 serial: 3LF2LL6S size: 74GB capacity: 74GB capabilities: ata dma lba iordy smart security pm apm partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: apm=off mode=udma5 smart=on *-volume:0 description: HPFS/NTFS partition physical id: 1 bus info: ide(a)0.0,1 logical name: /dev/hda1 capacity: 12GB capabilities: primary *-volume:1 description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: 2 bus info: ide(a)0.0,2 logical name: /dev/hda2 capacity: 2052MB capabilities: primary nofs *-volume:2 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 3 bus info: ide(a)0.0,3 logical name: /dev/hda3 capacity: 12GB capabilities: primary *-volume:3 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 4 bus info: ide(a)0.0,4 logical name: /dev/hda4 capacity: 48GB capabilities: primary bootable *-ide:1 description: IDE Channel 1 physical id: 1 bus info: ide@1 logical name: ide1 clock: 66MHz *-cdrom description: DVD writer product: MATSHITAUJ-840D physical id: 0 bus info: ide(a)1.0 logical name: /dev/hdc version: 1.02 capabilities: packet atapi cdrom removable nonmagnetic dma lba iordy audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r *-disc physical id: 0 logical name: /dev/hdc *-isa UNCLAIMED description: ISA bridge product: IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 14.3 bus info: pci@00:14.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: isa bus_master *-pci:3 description: PCI bridge product: IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 14.4 bus info: pci@00:14.4 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master vga_palette *-network:0 UNCLAIMED description: Ethernet controller product: NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 1 bus info: pci@02:01.0 version: 03 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list resources: iomemory:c4000000-c400ffff irq:10 *-network:1 description: Wireless interface product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@02:02.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 02 serial: 00:14:a5:2a:04:28 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper ip=10.0.1.100 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g resources: iomemory:c4010000-c4011fff irq:225 *-pcmcia description: CardBus bridge product: PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: 4 bus info: pci@02:04.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus resources: iomemory:c4012000-c4012fff irq:177 *-firewire UNCLAIMED description: FireWire (IEEE 1394) product: OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: 4.2 bus info: pci@02:04.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master cap_list resources: iomemory:c4013000-c40137ff iomemory:c4014000-c4017fff irq:9 *-storage UNCLAIMED description: Mass storage controller product: PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: 4.3 bus info: pci@02:04.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: storage bus_master cap_list resources: iomemory:c4018000-c4019fff irq:9 *-system UNCLAIMED description: Generic system peripheral product: PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: 4.4 bus info: pci@02:04.4 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list resources: iomemory:c401a000-c401a0ff iomemory:c401b000-c401b0ff iomemory:c401c000-c401c0ff irq:9 *-multimedia description: Multimedia audio controller product: IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 14.5 bus info: pci@00:14.5 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ATI IXP AC97 controller resources: iomemory:c4804000-c48040ff irq:233 *-communication description: Modem product: ATI SB400 - AC'97 Modem Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 14.6 bus info: pci@00:14.6 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: generic bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ATI IXP MC97 controller resources: iomemory:c4805000-c48050ff irq:233 *-pci:1 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 101 bus info: pci@00:18.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:2 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 102 bus info: pci@00:18.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:3 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 103 bus info: pci@00:18.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:4 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 104 bus info: pci@00:18.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz

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gEDA on 64-bit SuSE 10
by Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas 26 Mar '06

26 Mar '06

Hello all. I was wondering, has anybody been able to install gEDA on 64-bit SuSE 10? gEDA is an open-source electronic-design package which is similar to the commercial Viewlogic package (now part of Mentor Graphics). For those interested, here is its web site: http://geda.seul.org/ . It is available in 32-bits only, but since it can be compiled from source, I would think it should be possible to install on my 64-bit SuSE since SuSE is a biarch distribution. But, as the say, the devil always lies in the details... There seem to be several ways to install gEDA. One of them, purported to be the easiest, is to download an ISO, burn it on a CD, and then run the installer from the CD. More details about this here: http://geda.seul.org/download.html . Since the ISO image contains a lot of libraries I know for sure are already installed on my system, I did not choose that route. I downloaded the necessary zipped tarballs from http://geda.seul.org/devel/20060123/gaf-20060123-relnotes.html, unzipped them, and ran make. I don't think I had any problems with the existence of prerequisite libraries, but make complained about C preprocessor sanity: ------SNIP------- ... checking whether ln -s works... yes checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check See `config.log' for more details. make: *** [libgeda-20060123/config.h] Error 1 ------SNIP------ The 'config.log' file was no more informative. I suspect the trouble is caused by the fact that lib64 is accessed instead of the 32-bit lib. There is a gEDA installation wiki at http://geda.seul.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=geda:installation, which does discuss SuSE 9.3 and 10 but, unfortunately, says nothing about 64 bits. (If I get this installation to work, I may enter that into the wiki. :) ) gEDA is a major milestone in the open-source movement. It is a whole suite encompassing schematic capture, board layout, Gerber-file generation, SPICE circuit simulator, and even open-source Verilog (called Icarus). Chances are if one package (e.g. schematic capture) installs, all others will install also since they all have common dependencies. I did some googling, but I saw nothing about his specific error. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Gus Fantanas -- Running 64-bit Linux on AMD64

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suse and AMD on laptop
by lambert 25 Mar '06

25 Mar '06

hello, I want to buy a laptop. As I saw if i buy a centrino machine I will not have too much problem with my suse 10 because with centrino you got the same chipset for video, wifi, lan , sound independently of the manufacturer I am interesting buy AMD Turion which is good as Pentium in term of performances, and almost the same for power consumption. But It seem that this way is more hard because i can got a lot of video, lan , wifi card , depend on laptop manufacturer I have look at the two site : http://www.tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ I didn't found answer on theses , one reason is laptop change very often and new models are not on. one other reason is even with the "same" card, the bios on machine can influence the behavior with linux. On Dell or HP web site no mention for linux compatibility .. everywhere : we recommend Windows XP !! On Suse web site i can't find now the hardware database which seem to desapear with Novell ? So what is the synthetic answer to that question : which (actual) laptop with Turion can be use with suse 10 without to much hardware problems ? regards

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motherboard recommendation - slightly off topic :-)
by Jonathan Brooks 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

Hi, I wonder if anyone has any experience with MSI motherboards? In particular, the MSI K8N SLI-FI for AMD64 chips (nforce4, socket 939). What pecking order do you put for motherboard manufacturers? Asus Abit Gigabyte Epox MSI ECS Foxconn ????????? Cheers, Jon. --

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rpmonly
by Andi Kleen 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

Some people here might find the following script useful: ftp://ftp.firstfloor.org/pub/ak/shell/rpmonly Typical usage would be: # rpmonly /usr/lib -i libsomething.i386.rpm ... rpmonly is a smaller wrapper around rpm that allows easy installation of only specific paths in rpms. This is useful when you want to install 32bit libraries from some 32bit RPM to fulfil some dependency. For many libraries there are the needed *-32bit compat rpms in the 64bit distribution, but not for everything and then it is useful to fetch them from the 32bit distribution. But usually the 32bit rpms come with other files that would conflict with the already installed 64bit rpms. The solution is to only get the files you want from the 32bit rpms. rpm supports this with the --exludepath function. The problem is that there is no --includepath and exluding all the paths you don't want by hand can be cumbersome in a large rpm. rpmonly auto generates the necessary options. Drawback is that you might end up with multiple rpms with the same name in your rpm database (32bit and 64bit) which can cause some confusion. So if there is already a compat rpm in the distribution better use that. -Andi

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Suse in a chroot?
by Sune Mølgaard 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hi all. I currently run ubuntu, but am considering switching du to the following quote from http://www.lb.shuttle.de/apastron/boincDown.shtml "An employee of AMD told me recently, that they have delivered 64 bit libraries for their AMD64 CPUs just to Sun, Suse and RedHat, so you can expect to work the 64 bit clients very fast on Solaris 10, Suse Linux and RHEL (RedHat Enterprise only) systems of the more recent versions; it explains, why it is slow on the lib lacking GNU/Linux systems like Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu. Please use the 32 bit client therefore on those systems or if you suspect, you share this issue too anyway." Furthermore, I would like to try the pathscale ekopath compiler, that is available for Suse 9. However, I would like to try things out first without having to make a complete switch, so I ask, if anyone has any experience installing and running Suse in a chroot environment like debian/ubuntu's dchroot. Best regards, Sune Mølgaard

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MSI K8N Neo4 SLI Platinium woes
by lanas 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

Hi, MSI K8N Neo4 SLI Platinium woes: more details. The sequence in time is like this, in brief: - bought the board, assemble the machine. - network does not work well, have to fix things manually at each boot - YaST update last week (included kernel update) - network works fine for the internet (second network port does not work but I didn't knew) - Did the NForce update yesterday - Now back at square one, have to fix things manually after each boot, only one port works (now I know because I need it). So here's the story: I've downloaded yesterday the latest NForce drivers directly from Nvdia. These are the sound and network drivers. Before that I did the YaST online update last week. After the YaST update the network always started right. I just booted the machine then I could immediately use the internet without doing something else to fix the network. So yesterday I downloaded the latest NForce drivers. After installing, I shut down the machine. This morning the network does not work. It does not work like this: In any case I do not touch the network cable. It always stays plugged at the same port. Before the Nforce update eth1 was used. Now eth0 works and eth1 does not. I thought they were two distinct network ports. So now, when the machine boots, both ports are up and running, bot have the same MAC address. I have to manually shutdown eth1 (ifconfig eth1 down) and make the default gateway through eth0 (route add default gw 192.168.1.1) for the internet to work. Before the YaST update (that included a kernel update) it was the other way around: eth0 did not work and eth1 did. And the network cable always stayed in the same plug. That's for networking. Then there's sound. The nvmixer refuses to work with "set volume failed" on all controls. I can only get stereo sound. Now, should I got to Creative to get mobo drivers for the sound ? Or replacements for ALSA ? I thought ALSA did all. And then USB. I was 'tolerating' the machine like this for some time because I like the speed, especially with its 4 GB of RAM and smp (recently updated) kernel, but yesterday I had to conenct another device additional to the usual internet router and I saw that I simply cannot use the two network ports on the mobo. They are both at the same MAC and IP address. Can I change randomly the addresses in YaST network card configuration ? Let's try it. I've uninstalled the network card so now it offers two choices: - Micro-Star CK804 Ethernet Controller YaST-suggested driver: forcedeth - Micro-Star International Marvell 88E8053 Gigabit Ethernet Controller YaST-suggested driver: sk98lin None mention nvnet. So I try this: In YaST I change the last digit of the MAC address of the first one and I enter 'nvnet' for the driver. For the Marvell Gigabit I keep the same MAC and I enter 'nvnet'. I close YaST, I restart it, and fine, both have kept their settings... But ifconfig shows both at the same IP and MAC address ! And the network does work. So I try again, this time keeping the suggested drivers. Again, ifconfig shows both at the same IP and MAC address and I have to kill eth1 and add a default route to use the internet. It's getting close to be like some kind of a Windows config nightmare. I've had Linux network problems in the past in different systems (I used to build Linux From Scratch and I plan t eventually build one for AMD X86_64) and always I read the documentations available, understood the principles, and fixed the problem. Now, maybe I can kill eth1 and add the route in a bootscript... (if I'm cynical enough). At the moment I'm surely not thinking about using the second network port unless I unplug the network cable and replace it with another for the device I want to add. It's a bit bad, because time is short, and I need to connect to this other device (a spare Linksys router) to upload OpenWRT to it (direct network conenction is needed for flashing operating system in this embedded device) and eventually spend lots of time to demonstrate the possibility of remote debugging an embedded device. That's for work and it can influence the development of an important project. So I need both the internet conenction and a direct connection to the other device. How nice, I have a mobo with two ethernet ports ! OK, I'm dramtizing a bit here and I can unplug the regular internet router and plug the device and get on with the work without being able to surf the internet for informations on embedded Linux remote debugging at the same time I try that on the device. Then I can go and walk to another machine, surf the internet for infos, print them on a printer, and bring them back to the AMD X2 machine with only one network port out of two working. I can do that and that's probably what I will do. In the long run I don't want to work like that in 2006. In 1990 with Windows 3.1 that would've been all right, but not now. So until further notice I really think of scrapping that mobo and changing it for one whose all components work with Linux (SuSE 10.0 at least). One upon everyone agrees that it is a fabulous Linux mobo for X2 CPUs. One that everyone says that everything is working fine. Surely such a mobo must exist and participants of this forum must have a pretty good idea what it is exactly. Isn't it ? On the other hand, if anyone here has exactly a MSI Neo4 K8N SLI Platinium, could you share some tips ? All suggestions appreciated, thanks !

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How to change date of end of daylight savings time?
by Paul C. Leopardi 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

Hi all, Because of the Commonwealth Games, governments in Australia have changed the date for the end of daylight savings time from 2006-03-26 to 2006-04-02. See eg. http://www.abc.net.au/backyard/timezone.htm http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/fragview/inforce/act+71+2005+sch.1+0+N As a result, the date currently in eg. /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Sydney is no longer correct. See below. How do I change all affected files to the correct date? Best regards, Paul Leopardi linfinit:/usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia # zdump -v -c 2007 Australia/Sydney | grep 2006 Australia/Sydney Sat Mar 25 15:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Mar 26 02:59:59 2006 EST isdst=1 gmtoff=39600 Australia/Sydney Sat Mar 25 16:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Mar 26 02:00:00 2006 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=36000 Australia/Sydney Sat Oct 28 15:59:59 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 29 01:59:59 2006 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=36000 Australia/Sydney Sat Oct 28 16:00:00 2006 UTC = Sun Oct 29 03:00:00 2006 EST isdst=1 gmtoff=39600

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MSI K8N Neo4 SLI Platinium: sound, network, USB
by lanas 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

Hi, Can someone re-assure me that sound, network and USB can work as supposed to on a MSI K8N Neo4 SLI Platinium modo using SuSE 10.0 in X86_64 smp mode ? On my setup: - only one network jack out of two works. - only stereo speakers are working (plus subwoofer) instead of 5.1 - last time I've checked USB it couldn't see a functional and formatted USB key. At this point I'd just like to know that these can work fully. How to make them fully is another matter and I can take the time needed once I know it's possible. I'm considering changing the mobo. Thanks.

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