[suse-amd64] problems installing 9.1
Hi, I have a dual opteron rig and can't install suse 9.1 on it. It hangs every time.. I've tried it with acpi on, without acpi.. without acpi and DMA, have turned all the powersave functions in bios off. It still doesn't work. I managed to install it once and during the installation I moved the mouse everytime. But it hangs every time when running KDE3. can't use YOU to update because of the crashing of the machine. Have run several memory tests.. installed Windows XP and ran prime95 for hours, 3d05 for hours. No problem no crashes.. This is my rig: Dual AMD Opteron 244 Tyan Tiger K8W 2 GB Corsair Low Latency pc3200 Registered ECC (4* 512 Mb) Leadtek Winfast A360 256 MB (Nvidia FX5700) 4 * WD 360GD (raptor 10.000 RPM) Plextor 116A DVD-rom drive 360 Watt Chieftec 02B-BX-BX case 2 *92mm intake coolers 1 * 120mm outlet cooler Suse Professional DVD install 64-bit /boot on a separate partition. / on md0 (linux soft raid 5) 4 swap partitions Need help! Greetz, Erik Ester
On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 08:43:30PM +0100, Erik Ester wrote:
I have a dual opteron rig and can't install suse 9.1 on it. It hangs every time.. I've tried it with acpi on, without acpi.. without acpi and DMA, have turned all the powersave functions in bios off. It still doesn't work. I managed to install it once and during the installation I moved the mouse everytime. But it hangs every time when running KDE3. can't use YOU to update because of the crashing of the machine. Have run several memory tests.. installed Windows XP and ran prime95 for hours, 3d05 for hours. No problem no crashes..
It could still be bad memory. Linux uses memory from top down, Windows from bottom up. If the top memory is bad Windows might not notice for a long time. Run memtest86 for several hours. Also I would connect a serial console and boot with console=ttyS0,baudrate and then see if you can catch some post mortem output during the crash. -Andi
Thanks for the tips! Have Run memtest for several consecutive days now. Tried different settings each test lasted for a least 7 hours! Never found a problem.. it is strange that when testing there are no problems at all... stresstesting the machine under XP Pro doesn't give any failures.. still lost I guess... Could it be the vidcard driver? Because I remember that using the console only never causes a crash! Can't use YOU to update to the latest nvidia driver.. So haven't tried that.. going to do that.. I'll be back soon.. Kind regards, Erik Ester -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Andi Kleen [mailto:ak@suse.de] Verzonden: zondag 14 november 2004 21:53 Aan: Erik Ester CC: suse-amd64@suse.com Onderwerp: Re: [suse-amd64] problems installing 9.1 On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 08:43:30PM +0100, Erik Ester wrote:
I have a dual opteron rig and can't install suse 9.1 on it. It hangs every time.. I've tried it with acpi on, without acpi.. without acpi and DMA, have turned all the powersave functions in bios off. It still doesn't work. I managed to install it once and during the installation I moved the mouse everytime. But it hangs every time when running KDE3. can't use YOU to update because of the crashing of the machine. Have run several memory tests.. installed Windows XP and ran prime95 for hours, 3d05 for hours. No problem no crashes..
It could still be bad memory. Linux uses memory from top down, Windows from bottom up. If the top memory is bad Windows might not notice for a long time. Run memtest86 for several hours. Also I would connect a serial console and boot with console=ttyS0,baudrate and then see if you can catch some post mortem output during the crash. -Andi
Why don't you use YOU vie console mode? When the system boots press ctr+alt+F1, login as root and type yast2. Then from software choose the online update. It is the same as YOU, but without all the x-enviroment
Could it be the vidcard driver? Because I remember that using the console only never causes a crash! Can't use YOU to update to the latest nvidia driver.. So haven't tried that.. going to do that.. I'll be back soon..
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