July 2002 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Suse 7.3 and ESS modem
by Juan Francisco Torres Chacón 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

HI Has anyone been able to install a ESS Modem (winmodem) in SuSE 7.3 using 2.4.10 kernel? -------------------------------------------------------- Juan Francisco Torres Ch.

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SuSE 7.3, Board Asus P4T-E and Floppy
by Juan Francisco Torres Chacón 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

I am trying to install SUSE 7.3 on a brand new Asus P4T-E Board with a Intel P4 1.8 Processor and 256 RAM Every time I try to install Suse, i get this message from kernel: floppy drive:fd0 is 1.4MB floppy0:no floppy controller found I get this even if I try to install from CD or from Floppy (interesting i can boot from a the Suse Boot disk if kernel doesnt recognize it) After installation , /dev/fd0 doesnt exist. Board configuration seems ok, and floppy works Great under DOS and Windows.... I even use "linux disableapic" option to boot PLEASE help -------------------------------------------------------- Juan Francisco Torres Ch.

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compile glibc with the gs option
by Yongzhi Zhang 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

Hi, I want to build glibc with an option to use the GS segment register to address certain pthread-specific state, just as the default glibc build in RedHat. Anyone has an idea how to do it in SuSe 8.0? thanks in advance. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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Re: [SLE] NFS upload speed decreases after 40mb copied.
by suse_ground_zero 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

On Tuesday 02 July 2002 19:13, suse_ground_zero wrote: well I got the same pb. on 7.3 i didn't try NFS on 8.0 yet ... kinda hard to update an online machine. Pls let me know when and how it is solved.

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Coping with System Hanging
by Chris Roberts 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

Until recently I had never had a problem of SuSE 7.2 hanging. Just now ALL the display entities dissapeared, leaving an unframed console pane. Keyboard, mouse - everything else was totally disabled. I was e.g. able to successfully "ping" the system from my networked WinME box, but that was all. Eventually I pushed the h/w reset button and (fortunately) the disk recovered. I have (while generally playing around) had a disk NOT recover this way - and needed to reinstall SuSE, so all this was not without a little trepidation. This was apparently a *rare* occurence, but are there any useful ways to prepare for this kind of thing - allow telnet from my WinME system perhaps? Fwiw, the only (major) changes I have made recently have been to trim the swap file from 256MB to 128MB. (I have 128MB of RAM. Can SuSE effectively use more than 128MB for a swap file and *should* it be bigger?) I do also admit to trimming the /boot partition from 24MB to 16MB (1 cylinder) for NO real good reason. I had e.g. found out that SuSE objects if it's less than 12MB. Could these explain the above - Maybe I should desist from fiddling? :-) Chris

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Re: [Linux-usb-users] ScanLogic USB/IDE case
by Peter B Van Campen 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

John & List == Hi, I also have this same problem. I have SuSE 8.0 2.4.18smp kernel on a 2 P-III system. I get the same "Can't locate module block-major-11" message.. Stephen J. Gowdy of this list assisted me; he pointed out that the module block-major-11 is 'scsi cd-rom support' and my (your) kernel needs this module to support the USB Mass Storage device The module name is sr_mod and you can see if it is loaded with lsmod.. I am beginning to suspect that the SuSE 2.4.18 kerenl that the installation process loads is 'broken' ; I have emailed support at SuSE but have not heard back. Modprobe sr_mod does NOT work and I haveen't been able find out how to get this prob resolved. If you find out please let me know! Can anyone on the list help? Thanks and good luck ....... PeterB On Tuesday 02 July 2002 02:37, John Schrader wrote: > Hello, > > I tried to get a ScanLogic USB/IDE case to work under Linux (SuSE 8.0, > kernel 2.4.18), but without luck until now. > > After connecting it, /proc/bus/usb/devices contains this information > for the device: > > T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 > D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 > P: Vendor=04ce ProdID=0002 Rev= 2.60 > S: Manufacturer=ScanLogic USBIDE > S: Product=ScanLogic USBIDE > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=(none) > E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl= 0ms > E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl= 0ms > > and /var/log/messages says (output formatted manually): > > 19:37:27 pharaoh kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, > assigned device number 3 > 19:37:27 pharaoh kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x4ce/0x2) > is not claimed by any active driver. > 19:37:28 pharaoh kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... > 19:37:28 pharaoh kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage > 19:37:28 pharaoh kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage > devices > 19:37:46 pharaoh kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 3 > 19:37:47 pharaoh kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, > assigned device number 4 > 19:37:48 pharaoh modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-11 > 19:37:49 pharaoh last message repeated 15 times > 19:37:49 pharaoh kernel: resize_dma_pool: unknown device type -1 > 19:37:51 pharaoh kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 292 > 19:37:51 pharaoh kernel: scsi: device set offline - not ready or > command retry failed after bus reset: > host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 > 19:37:51 pharaoh insmod: Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers- > -/usb/storage/usb-storage.o > 19:37:51 pharaoh insmod: Symbol version prefix '' > 19:37:51 pharaoh kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity > not assured > 19:37:51 pharaoh kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 3 > 19:37:51 pharaoh kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. > 19:37:51 pharaoh kernel: usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000480, flags 0, > urb c80eade0, burb c80eac60 > 19:37:51 pharaoh last message repeated 5 times > 19:37:51 pharaoh kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass > Storage devices > 19:37:51 pharaoh /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[24688]: cannot open > /proc/bus/usb/001/003, No such file or directory (2) > 19:37:51 pharaoh /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[24720]: Can't ignore signal > CHLD, forcing to default. > 19:37:53 pharaoh modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-11 > 19:37:54 pharaoh last message repeated 15 times > 19:37:54 pharaoh /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[24688]: Can't ignore signal > CHLD, forcing to default. > > The module usb-storage seems to hang after this. > > Are there any chances to get this working? Any hints? > > Thanks, > > John

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Filesystems and Reinstallation
by Chris Roberts 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

With even modest disks providing huge amounts of storage space, linux is rarely pushed for space. For my Windows systems, I have tended to occasionally reinstall (automatically) and preserve any "source" etc. files on a separate partiton(s) - Mainly to get rid of accumulated Winjunk! :-) Clearly with linux, this is much less of a problem, but it might be a useful facility? I'm thinking e.g. of creating some additional partitions. It's my feeling the best immediate candidate would be /opt. I could put e.g. mozilla, java, Open Office (maybe), tomcat etc. on this. As an aside: Are there any other worthwhile candidates e.g. /usr? ... I'm less bothered about e.g. /var, since I'm only running a home system for my entertainment <G> I'm running SuSE 7.2 and will presumably(!) upgrade sometime. Perhaps the most important question(s) are: I already have a partition for /home. If I don't explicitly specify that it be formatted, will SuSE leave my files alone, if I reinstall? I think/hope so? I may(!) introduce a partition for e.g. /opt. If I don't explicitly specify that it be formatted, will SuSE just OVERWRITE it's own stuff and leave any ADDITIONAL files/packages I may have added alone, if I reinstall??? Finally, my knowledge of linux is not vast, but I suspect SOME installations do more complex things like "registering" stuff (? :-) I guess this means one need be a little selective over what one needs to reinstall and what one doesn't even if e.g. the files are apparently preserved intact on /opt etc.??? Thanks, Chris

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Beatifull picture while my SuSE is starting up.
by Prabu Subroto 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

Dear Collegues, I've updated my SuSE 7.2 to SuSE 8.0 . It succeeded. But I'm wondering why afterward My SuSE is a little bit different than if I install my SuSE 8 (not updating from previous version). It's different because normally my SuSE 8 can show a beautifull display with pictures and a window containing the process which done corresponding to starts up this operating system. But if I get SuSE 8 by updating from previous version (not installing) than I get no picture (the beautifull display) each time my SuSE starting up but I got only one small penguin picture on the left-top side of my monitor and under the penguin picture come the processes which being done during the starting up of my updated SuSE Linux. My question is : "How can I get the beautifull display on my updated SuSE Linux 8 ?" Thank you very much in advance. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com

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Re: [SLE] Beatifull picture while my SuSE is starting up.
by joep.verhaeg＠philips.com 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

Inverse the steps on http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/cstein_nosplash.html :-) Prabu Subroto <prabusubroto(a)yahoo.com> 2002-07-02 03:58 PM To: SuSE Mail List <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> cc: (bcc: Joep Verhaeg/EHV/CE/PHILIPS) Subject: [SLE] Beatifull picture while my SuSE is starting up. Classification: Dear Collegues, I've updated my SuSE 7.2 to SuSE 8.0 . It succeeded. But I'm wondering why afterward My SuSE is a little bit different than if I install my SuSE 8 (not updating from previous version). It's different because normally my SuSE 8 can show a beautifull display with pictures and a window containing the process which done corresponding to starts up this operating system. But if I get SuSE 8 by updating from previous version (not installing) than I get no picture (the beautifull display) each time my SuSE starting up but I got only one small penguin picture on the left-top side of my monitor and under the penguin picture come the processes which being done during the starting up of my updated SuSE Linux. My question is : "How can I get the beautifull display on my updated SuSE Linux 8 ?" Thank you very much in advance. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com

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SuSE 8 hangs on install (onboard pdc20265 ata100 controller) HELP!
by mario libraro 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

Hi, I've been looking around all internet trying to solve this problem but i haven't found a solution still. I'm trying to install suse 8.0 on a A7V mainboard with PDC20265 ATA100 onboard controller with a 20Gb ATA100 Maxtor drive. When the kernel starts I see: [snip...] PDC20265: not 100% native mode: will probe later PDC20265: (U)DMA Burst bit DISABLED Primary PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode PDC20265: Forcing Burst Bit 0x00 -> 0x01 ACTIVE ide2: BM-DMA at 0x8000-0x8007, BIOS settings: hde:DMA, hdf:pio ide3: BM-DMA at 0x8008-0x800f, BIOS settings: hdg:DMA, hdh:DMA [snip...] hde: MAXTOR 6L020J1, ATA DISK drive [snip...] hde: 40132503 sectors (20540 MB) w/1818KiB Cache, CHS=39813/16/63 [snip...] Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 [snip...] hde: [PTBL] [2498/255/63] hde1 --- HERE HANGS --- The kernel hangs hare. I tryed to change many bios values (such as load or not scsi bios) with no results.. The Maxtor drive works well under W2K.. Please help me! -- -- Mario Libraro Fulltrading S.p.A. ------------------------------------ Sede di Roma: | Via Dora, 7 | 00198 Roma (RM) | :P Tel +39 06 8845203| Fax +39 06 8845227| ------------------------------------ Sede di Bari: Centro Direzionale Il Baricentro 70010 Casamassima (BA) Tel +39 080 6970153 Fax +39 080 4572485 Tech Support: 199 714 879

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