August 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

(fwd) Re: [SLE] NFS mount not working
by Michael W Cocke 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 22:03:22 +0100, Dylan <dylan(a)dylan.me.uk> wrote: >On Friday 30 Jul 2004 16:31 pm, Jesse Pretorius wrote: ><SNIP> >> >> > Which filesystem are you using on the server? >> >> ReiserFS > >I'm sorry to say this may well lie at the root of your problem. No >matter how much the reiserfs proponents may protest otherwise the fs is >not fully compatible with nfs. Oh My GOD! Is this an opinion or authoritative? No. I'm not trolling or joking. I decided (on the last rebuild, relatively recently) to try Reiser on my primary file server. Mike- -- If you're not confused, you're not trying hard enough. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments,

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Unofficial mirror site...
by Peli 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

Dear All, The folder ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/suse/i386/9.1/ has the 9.1 installation media and with the link ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/suse/ theoretically online update would be possible... Does anyone have idea, why none of the above works? The server is not listed as official mirror, but the folder/paths/files are correct. Is something missing from it's config files, so the admins running it should do activelly something to let others use their resources? (=theoretical question, being in Europe there are plenty of working SUSE mirrors, even in Austria there is another one running...) Thanks, Peli

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TCP WindowSize
by Diego Ramos 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

Hi, I have a SuSE 9.1 server and I would like to configure this server to have a TCP Windows Size of 1.5MBytes. Where I can configure this??? Thanks, Diego

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Abit NF7-S2 and SuSE Linux
by Bernd Laser 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

Hi all, I recently tried an Abit NF7-S2 with SuSE Linux 9.1 and 9.0 getting only problems. I got lockups, IDE-DMA failures or both for different BIOS settings. Does anybody successfully run 9.0 or 9.1 on this board? If so, I'd consider it a HW failure... Thanks in advance. -- -- Bernd Laser Schumannstraße 34 22083 Hamburg bernd.laser(a)gmx.net www.bernd-laser.de

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Re: [SLE] 9.1 Yast Online Kernel Update HANGS on ASUS A7N8X-E
by johnswolter＠provide.net 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

In reply: > > I do not receive any error message, the system just > stops. > > So, what's the last (few) message(s) of the boot process > that you see on the > screen when it stalls? Checking file systems... fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) --then it covers each partition, all is reported as ok, --after the last partition no further messages. As I stated I placed 'echo' statements to see how far progress was made through the /etc/init.d/boot.localfs script. Stops at line 114, see prior EMails. Prior to this output all appears to be the same as the non-Updated install. > > > I found where it was stopping by adding 'echo' > statements > > to the boot.localfs script. I found where to start by > > searching the boot.* scripts for the console messages. > I > > learned to understand the boot process by reading the > > manual and reading /etc/init.d/README. > > > > I did that because SUSE does not appear to me have a > form > > and a way to interact with SUSE. > > What about sending an e-mail to support(a)suse.com or > > http://portal.suse.com/PM/page/supportRequest.pm > > (you need a valid portal account for the latter). Or > > http://www.suse.de/feedback > > in order to send technical feedback to our developers? >

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ntp time server
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

Living in a country where time is not (always) important I still sometimes want to know the exact time I live in. I have worked on the ntp.conf and have put three timeserver in the config file. After using ntptimeset I now know that my time is off by 1807.1719510 seconds. Nice to know but now what? I have read through the ntp document until I did not understood anything more and still do not know how to adjust my time automagically. Could somebody assist me?

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Apologies for Double Post (re: Hyper-Threading)
by Randall R Schulz 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

Hi, I apologize for the double posting of my question about getting Hyper-Threading to work on my new hardware. The second message includes a bit more information and omits the P.S., since I've now subscribed to SuSE-linux-e. (The long delay in the first post showing up led me to conclude that only subscribers were allowed to post.) Randall Schulz

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Hyper-Threading: Is It There?
by Randall R Schulz 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

Hi, Following a recent hardware failure, I got a new CPU and motherboard. The motherboard is an Intel D865PERL running the latest (P19) BIOS. The CPU is: - P4 - 2.40A GHz - mPGA478 package - 533 MHz FSB - 1 MB L2 Cache Hwinfo tells me this: % hwinfo --cpu 01: None 00.0: 10103 CPU [Created at cpu.290] Unique ID: rdCR.j8NaKXDZtZ6 Hardware Class: cpu Arch: Intel Vendor: "GenuineIntel" Model: 15.3.3 "Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz" Features: fpu, vme, de, pse, tsc, msr, pae, mce, cx8, apic, sep, mtrr, pge, mca, cmov, pat, pse36, clflush, dts, acpi, mmx, fxsr, sse, sse2, ss, ht, tm, pbe, pni, monitor, ds_cpl, cid Clock: 2394 MHz Cache: 1024 kb Units/Processor: 1 Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown /proc/cpuinfo reads: % cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 3 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 2394.520 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe pni monitor ds_cpl cid bogomips : 4718.59 I'm running the latest kernel available via YOU: % uname -a Linux twain 2.6.5-7.95-smp #1 SMP Thu Jul 1 15:23:45 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Every indication I have suggests that I have fully HTT-supporting hardware and software, yet I cannot seem to confirm any performance advantage from HyperThreading. If I type "1" into "top", it says "Sorry, only one cpu detected". Is there some way for me to confirm that all the necessary pieces are in place and all the necessary configuration options properly chosen so I actually get the benefit of HyperThreading. Likewise, is there an empirical test I can perform that will show me the performance advantage of HTT? I finally dug around enough to find the following in /var/log/boot.msg: <6>CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops <6>CPU: L2 cache: 1024K <6>CPU: Hyper-Threading is disabled <7>CPU: After all inits, caps: bfebfbff 00000000 00000000 00000080 <6>Intel machine check architecture supported. <6>Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. <6>CPU#0: Intel P4/Xeon Extended MCE MSRs (12) available The third line is, of course, the telltale sign that I'm not getting HTT benefits. I should also point out that the rest of my system, including all PCI boards, hard drives and CD/DVD ROM and recorders as well as the cabinet and power supply are the same ones that were in the old, now-defunct system. The initial setup of SuSE Professional 9.1 did not install the SMP kernel, of course. After I got the new CPU and motherboard installed and running, I used YaST to install the kernel-smp package from the original distribution media and then used YOU to upgrade it via the Internet to 2.6.5-7.95-smp. One thing that confuses me is the repeated use of the phrase "Supporting Hyper-Threading Technology" or some such. That phrase, for example, is printed on the box of the CPU I'm using (right under the text "Pentium (r) 4 Processor"). Similarly, on the box in which the motherboard was shipped, the following statement appears (in 12 languages, no less): "HYPER-THREADING TECHNOLOGY: Using HT Technology with this desktop board requires an HT Technology-enabled processor, chipset, BIOS and operating system. See www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading for information." It seems kind of odd to say you need an HTT-enabled chipset and BIOS when those components are part of the product itself. In reviewing the past few months of the mailing list archives for posts pertaining to Hyper-Threading, I found some refences to enabling HTT support in the BIOS. I went through every BIOS configuration and information page (including the ones that are only accessible when some other option is suitable chosen) and could find no overt reference to Hyper-Threading. Can anybody help me understand this business better and find out unequivocally and unambiguously whether I am currently using HTT on my new system and if not, how to enable it? Thanks! Randall Schulz

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HD problem...
by James Hatridge 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

Hi all... I was given a used HD. The guy who gave it to me used a Norton program to write 0 and 1 all over the disk. He did this about 20 times (overkill I know, but it was his disk). Now the disk will not work. When I put it in my system the Bios can read the name and how large it is. But when I try to load Linux on it I get all kinds of errors. One error that jumped out at me was something about not being able to read the partition table. Is there anything I can do to restore this disk? BTW its a Fujitsu MPF3204AH, 20.4GB. Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ BayerWulf Linux System # 129656 The Recycled Beowulf Project Looking for throw-away or obsolete computers and parts to recycle into a Linux super computer WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/bulletin Viel Feind -- Viel Ehr' Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/collection

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Laptop LCD optimalization / Bytecode interpreter...
by Peli 01 Aug '04

01 Aug '04

Hi List, Yesterday I decided to give a try for the bytecode-interpreter, and recompiled the freetype2 package from SUSE's .src.rpm on my laptop, just to see the difference it causes on my LCD panel. I have an Acer TravelMate 803LMiB running SUSE 9.1, and use now 1024x768; mostly with KDE, where in Control-Center antialiasing is turned-on with no limitations. RGB sub-pixel hinting is active. I did the procedure, and installed the newly made .rpm, but didn't see too much difference. On the desktop and on the top of the windows maybe the letters got well readable, but e.g. in OpenOffice.org I saw almost no difference. Actually what I supposed to see? Temporally I turned the anti-aliasing and sub-pixel hinting OFF, but then even with or without the byte-code interpreter most of the text got horrible in this case. Could you suggest me please a link, or howto, where optimalization for laptops/LCDs can be found?! I would appreciate even some user-friend info, why the above stuff would be good, and which combination of antialiasing/sub-pixel hinting/bytecode interpreter/something else (?) should give the nearly "optimal" results. Would it depend of the resolution/color depth/3D I use for my desktop, and would it effect something "else" as well, or only the fonts/text? Thanks a lot; sorry for the newbie questions. Peli Ps. I know about the legal terms, but being I decided to completely reinstall the stuff on my laptop in the next few days; just wanted to see, what I miss then in the future. At present I would see not soo much; but maybe I did something wrong...

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