Suse 9.3 + DFI LanParty Ultra-D, and dual core 4200+
greetings, I'm building a new dual-core AMD system with the following spec: AMD dual-core CPU (4200+) with 1GB of RAM, DFI Ultra-D nforce-4 socket-939 MB with the latest BIOS flashed (June 23) Seagate 160GB SATA BenQ DVDRW Chaintech 5200TC video card (PCIx) With the latest BIOS, dual-core CPU is recognized at POST. MEMtest ran without any problem. I tried to perform FTP installation of Suse 9.3 using the boot.iso. The beginning of the installation went without any problems: I was able to select the packages, etc., and it grabbed the files from my NFS sever, etc. all is fine at this point. However, upon the *1st* reboot of the SUSE installation process, the screen just hang (black) after GRUB boot-loader. I had to perform a hard-reboot. So my question is: does the standard kernel on the Suse 9.3 installation CD support dual-core CPU? I suspect it doesn't and what what causes the black screen. any help is very much appreciated,
hi all, got some more information. If I use "fail-safe" login, I can see what's shown on the console: as soon as it passes GRUB, I get the following erroe message: code: 89 c1 44 29 c1 81 f9 ff e0 f5 05 7f 06 89 f8 29 f0 3d ff e0 console shuts up <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! This is with the standard kernel on the original 9.3 installation. I believe the kernel version is 2.6.11.4-20a-smp any help on how to get the system up and running is very much appreciated,
From: "Elvis Chen"
To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] Suse 9.3 + DFI LanParty Ultra-D, and dual core 4200+ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:26:05 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [64.4.51.220] X-Originating-Email: [chene77@hotmail.com] X-Sender: chene77@hotmail.com Received: from lists.suse.com ([195.135.221.131]) by mc1-f36.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:25:55 -0700 Received: (qmail 25703 invoked by alias); 22 Jul 2005 20:26:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 25682 invoked from network); 22 Jul 2005 20:26:09 -0000 X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jEHjJx36Oi8+Z3TmmkSEdPt4iogl2abg+M= Mailing-List: contact suse-amd64-help@suse.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: mailto:suse-amd64@suse.com List-Help: mailto:suse-amd64-help@suse.com List-Unsubscribe: mailto:suse-amd64-unsubscribe-chene77=hotmail.com@suse.com List-Subscribe: mailto:suse-amd64-subscribe@suse.com X-Mailinglist: suse-amd64 X-MIME-Notice: attachments may have been removed from this message Delivered-To: mailing list suse-amd64@suse.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jul 2005 20:26:05.0473 (UTC) FILETIME=[96045910:01C58EFB] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at Relay1.suse.de X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 tagged_above=-20.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DNS_FROM_RFC_POST, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER, RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET X-Spam-Level: Return-Path: suse-amd64-return-6538-chene77=hotmail.com@suse.com greetings,
I'm building a new dual-core AMD system with the following spec:
AMD dual-core CPU (4200+) with 1GB of RAM, DFI Ultra-D nforce-4 socket-939 MB with the latest BIOS flashed (June 23) Seagate 160GB SATA BenQ DVDRW Chaintech 5200TC video card (PCIx)
With the latest BIOS, dual-core CPU is recognized at POST. MEMtest ran without any problem.
I tried to perform FTP installation of Suse 9.3 using the boot.iso. The beginning of the installation went without any problems: I was able to select the packages, etc., and it grabbed the files from my NFS sever, etc. all is fine at this point.
However, upon the *1st* reboot of the SUSE installation process, the screen just hang (black) after GRUB boot-loader. I had to perform a hard-reboot.
So my question is: does the standard kernel on the Suse 9.3 installation CD support dual-core CPU? I suspect it doesn't and what what causes the black screen.
any help is very much appreciated,
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hi all, I should also add that I've successfully installed FreeBSD (7_current) and also Gentoo 2005 on this exact hardware without anyproblem. Both BSD and Gentoo were compiled from source. I would still prefer to install Suse 9.3 on this machine, since I already have about 5 other machines with Suse 9.3 in the lab (easier to maintain). Any help on install Suse 9.3 on a dual-core AMD CPU is very much appreciated,
Elvis Chen wrote:
hi all,
got some more information. If I use "fail-safe" login, I can see what's shown on the console: as soon as it passes GRUB, I get the following erroe message:
code: 89 c1 44 29 c1 81 f9 ff e0 f5 05 7f 06 89 f8 29 f0 3d ff e0
console shuts up <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
This is with the standard kernel on the original 9.3 installation. I believe the kernel version is 2.6.11.4-20a-smp
any help on how to get the system up and running is very much appreciated,
This does not help much. Try to boot without splash and vga boot options and no "fail-safe" options. Also add early_printk=vga (or if you can connect a serial null modem cable, try early_printk=serial,ttyS0,57600 and console=ttyS0,57600 as boot parameters and do a screen ttyS0 57600 on the other machine connected to the serial cable before you boot. You can then copy & paste the whole kernel panic). With early_printk you should see where the kernel hangs. Try to grab as much of the output until then as possible. You may want to photograph the panic if you cannot set up a serial connection. Thomas P.S.: You should first try a YOU update kernel if you haven't done so yet.
From: Thomas Renninger
To: Elvis Chen CC: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] Suse 9.3 + DFI LanParty Ultra-D, and dual core 4200+ Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:53:32 +0200 P.S.: You should first try a YOU update kernel if you haven't done so yet.
hi, The machine hangs during the *1st reboot* of the installation process. I never got as far as completing the installation (i.e. no root password was entered, no additional users were added, etc). So I was not able to perform YOU update. The boot CD was created using the boot.iso/9.3-x86-64-Network-Installation.iso. Since I was subsequently able to install both FreeBSD/Gentoo on this machine, I think the problem lies on the default kernel that the boot.iso installs. Perhaps all I need is an updated boot.iso? Is there a way to "update" the installation CD? tia,
* Elvis Chen
From: Thomas Renninger
To: Elvis Chen CC: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] Suse 9.3 + DFI LanParty Ultra-D, and dual core 4200+ Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:53:32 +0200 P.S.: You should first try a YOU update kernel if you haven't done so yet. hi,
The machine hangs during the *1st reboot* of the installation process. I never got as far as completing the installation (i.e. no root password was entered, no additional users were added, etc). So I was not able to perform YOU update.
The boot CD was created using the boot.iso/9.3-x86-64-Network-Installation.iso.
Since I was subsequently able to install both FreeBSD/Gentoo on this machine, I think the problem lies on the default kernel that the boot.iso installs. Perhaps all I need is an updated boot.iso? Is there a way to "update" the installation CD?
No, during installation the SMP-kernel gets installed, this one doesn't work. The only way to be able to download and install the updated smp-kernel is to select the 'kernel-default' during installation (deselect kernel-smp), Then you can _download_ (YOU won't let you choose the SMP-kernel AFAIK) the updated smp-kernel and install it.
tia,
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From: Stefan Fent
To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] Suse 9.3 + DFI LanParty Ultra-D, and dual core 4200+ Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:06:47 +0200 The machine hangs during the *1st reboot* of the installation process. I never got as far as completing the installation (i.e. no root password was entered, no additional users were added, etc). So I was not able to perform YOU update.
The boot CD was created using the boot.iso/9.3-x86-64-Network-Installation.iso.
No, during installation the SMP-kernel gets installed, this one doesn't work. The only way to be able to download and install the updated smp-kernel is to select the 'kernel-default' during installation (deselect kernel-smp), Then you can _download_ (YOU won't let you choose the SMP-kernel AFAIK) the updated smp-kernel and install it.
Thank you for the suggestion. I have managed to install Suse 9.3 on AMD dual-core CPU using the suggestions above: 1) perform minimal installation (not needed, but quick), and manually un-check smp kernel and install the default-kernel instead, 2) proceed with the installation. Once finished, install the newest SMP kernel (from the update) directory. I also had to install irqbalance as it was needed by the SMP kernel. Once I reboot, the kernel sees 2 CPUs as expected: dual [4:39pm]>cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 43 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 1808.363 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht pni syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy bogomips : 4374.52 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp cpu cores : 2 processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 43 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 1808.363 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht pni syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy bogomips : 3579.15 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp cpu cores : 2 again, thank you for the help.
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Elvis Chen
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Stefan Fent
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Thomas Renninger