March 2006 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

RPM building
by Brent Wood 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Hi, I'm using SUSE as the basis for an Open Source GIS workstation, on an AMD64 platform. To date, I have been compiling the requisite packages from source, but I'm now looking to build RPM's and make these available. The software involved includes Postgres, Postgis, GEOS, Proj4, GDAL (OGR), QGIS, and a few other utilities and libraries. I'm not a programmer/developer, and am after advice or a mentor to help me with this. Is this list an appropriate place, or is there somewhere better? Thanks, Brent Wood

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64bit install problems
by Nick Smith 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

i have an HP dv8135nr and for some reason the 64bit dvd install isnt working. I have selected safe mode and it still just goes to a black screen and doesnt go any further. it does have an ATI xpresss 200M graphics card in it. could that be the problem? i really would like to make use of this 64bit cpu, and SUSE has gotten the farthest out of everything distro ive tried to install on this thing, but it still hasnt even gotten to the install part yet..... are there any other things i can tell the kernel at boot to maybe get past this. or how about a text based install? but if the GUI doesnt work in the install it probably wont work after the install, so thats no good either. thanks for any help Nick

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Re: [suse-amd64] (Possible solutions to sound mixing, Broadcom wifi, and PCMCIA. Was: 64bit notebook)
by Adam Vazquez Kb2Jpd 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

ndiswrapper is a temporary solution to using undocumented hardware, not an end-all and be-all by any means. If Linux is to continue successfully, two avenues should be pursued. One is that easier programming tools for taking advantage of such unknown sftware should be written. By making programming easier to do, we draw more into OSS. Another tool would be a good decompiler and resourcer so that more unknown code can de deciphered and opened up to Open Source. Second is that this moronic tone of OSS vs. Closed source code should be discouraged and stopped in its tracks. One of the strengths of Linux and OSS is the support by its users and proponents. Albeit there is a definite learning curve to OSS and Linux, there should be more of an effort to reduce the learning effort. Adam SuSE 10 -----Original Message----- From: Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan(a)gmx.de> Subj: Re: [suse-amd64] (Possible solutions to sound mixing, Broadcom wifi, and PCMCIA. Was: 64bit notebook) Date: Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:06 am Size: 787 bytes To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com cc: Hans du Plooy <hansdp-lists(a)sagacit.com> On Tuesday 14 March 2006 07:03, Hans du Plooy wrote: > I'm not concerned as long as it works. People who just everything to > be free and oss are hindering Linux's growth. My problem with the > Broadcom is not so much the linux support - it works with > ndiswrapper, but only as good as it does in Windows, which isn't > fantastic at all. I wonder how people can write sentences like this in a sequence, without realizing what they write ;-). The problem of closed source software isn't just that it is CSS, but that it's bad software, and you can't change it. Bad driver support is hindering Linux' growths, and bad CSS drivers are part of the bad driver support problem. -- Bernd Paysan "If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself" http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/

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Crontab
by Joseph Loo 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

I have SUSE 10.0. I tried using the crontab and was successfully able to put in my periodic program. When I susbsequently try to edit the crontab for a user, the crontab file shows it is empty. Looking at the /tmp file, you can see the temporary crontab file, and it has the appropriate data in it. It seems that the crontab editor is picking the wrong file. It seems to work okay with a 32 bit version of the OS but the 64 bit operation is not functioning. Is there a new upgrade or an option I need to make the crontab command work properly? -- Joseph Loo jloo(a)acm.org

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How does multilib work on SuSE systems?
by Simon Stelling 12 Mar '06

12 Mar '06

Hi all, I'm a member of the Gentoo/AMD64 team which is working hard on getting true multilib support. The problem is that we have some issues with colliding files, and therefore I thought it would be wise to look how other distros solve these problems. So, if you could answer the few following questions I would be very thankful :) 1. Take a package that provides both libraries and binaries. Install it both 64bit and 32bit. How are the conflicting files in /usr/bin (well, anything in PATH) handled? Do you simply end up with having whatever was first/latest installed or is 64bit preferred over 32bit or vice versa? 2. What happens when you try to uninstall said package 64bit-wise? Are the binaries in /usr/bin left there or removed? 3. Same as question 2 but regarding 32bit -- Kind Regards, Simon Stelling Gentoo/AMD64 Developer

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Asterisk crash
by Constantine 'Gus' Fantanas 12 Mar '06

12 Mar '06

Hello all. I am experimenting with VoIP and Asterisk on my 64-bit SuSE 10. Currently, when I try to start Asterisk, I get errors involving an udnefined symbol 'ast_moh_stop': ...........Mar 12 00:02:38 WARNING[18380]: loader.c:258 ast_load_resource: /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/app_dial.so: undefined symbol: ast_moh_stop Mar 12 00:02:38 WARNING[18380]: loader.c:440 load_modules: Loading module app_dial.so failed! Does anybody have an explanation and/or cure? TIA CF -- Running 64-bit Linux on AMD64

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amd64 Overheating on Suse 10 64 bit
by guru shashi 11 Mar '06

11 Mar '06

Hello, I have been using suse10 an acer amd64, turion laptop. Until recently not noticed that my laptop getting over heated. I am running an Suse 10.0 64-bit version on the box. Has anyone identified/noticed if things work better on 32-bit versions or the previous versions running on 64bit box. I am quite perplexed and helpless with this. Also the fan doesn't seem to run all the time (though when plugged in or when on powersave ) ... also just goes on and off during recharge. and i never run it for a strech of more than 4 to 6 hours. All suggestions are welcome. -- Thanx ... Guru

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RE: [suse-amd64] ASUS A8N-SLI Premium supported?
by Black, Alain 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Leftwich [mailto:suse@rtl.fmailbox.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 4:30 PM > To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com > Subject: RE: [suse-amd64] ASUS A8N-SLI Premium supported? > > > On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 14:22:05 -0700, "Black, Alain" > <ablack(a)bloodsystems.org> said: > > > > > When you say RAID, are you talking software or through the BIOS of an > > onboard controller? > > > > Software - I'm not expecting/requiring the m/b (pseudo)-raid to be > supported.(although that said, FreeBSD did pick up the nVidia raid 0+1 > out of > the box - it just can't use the full 4GB of ram w/o falling over. > > > > I would recommend using software RAID setup during installation. > > That was the plan, although that is where U64 failed. > > > > > I have put a similar system together, based on the same chipset, > > actually just the Fatality version (wasn't worth the extra money, IMO). > > Is it similar enough to include the full 4GB ram? [Black, Alain] My system is an AMDX2 4200+, software RAID 1 configured during install running SUSE 10.0

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RE: [suse-amd64] ASUS A8N-SLI Premium supported?
by Black, Alain 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Robert, When you say RAID, are you talking software or through the BIOS of an onboard controller? I would recommend using software RAID setup during installation. I have put a similar system together, based on the same chipset, actually just the Fatality version (wasn't worth the extra money, IMO). Everything that I used worked, including the sound. ;) I was doing software based mirroring between two drives. -Alain. P.S. Sorry for the top posting. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Leftwich [mailto:suse@rtl.fmailbox.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:09 PM > To: suse-amd64(a)suse.com > Subject: [suse-amd64] ASUS A8N-SLI Premium supported? > > I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, Athlon dual core 4800+ with 4GB ram + 4 > SATA2 > drives I need to setup as a server (basically postgres + apache/lighttpd). > Ideally the 4 drives would be RAID (right now anything with redundancy > would be > acceptable). I've installed FreeBSD on it but it doesn't support the full > 4GB > ram, Ubuntu64 supports the ram (tested using the LiveCD), but fails when > attempting to format the drives using any raid mode at all and fails to > boot if > installed in non-raid mode on one of the drives. > > Has anyone successfully installed Suse on the same setup? If so, does the > SMP > kernel take full advantage of the dual core? > > (Note that I don't care if sound or any other non-cli related h/w doesn't > work, > I just want a basic, reliable server that I can administer remotely). > > Thanks > > Robert > > -- > Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe > For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help(a)suse.com

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ASUS A8N-SLI Premium supported?
by Robert Leftwich 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, Athlon dual core 4800+ with 4GB ram + 4 SATA2 drives I need to setup as a server (basically postgres + apache/lighttpd). Ideally the 4 drives would be RAID (right now anything with redundancy would be acceptable). I've installed FreeBSD on it but it doesn't support the full 4GB ram, Ubuntu64 supports the ram (tested using the LiveCD), but fails when attempting to format the drives using any raid mode at all and fails to boot if installed in non-raid mode on one of the drives. Has anyone successfully installed Suse on the same setup? If so, does the SMP kernel take full advantage of the dual core? (Note that I don't care if sound or any other non-cli related h/w doesn't work, I just want a basic, reliable server that I can administer remotely). Thanks Robert

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