1GB memory gives problematic installation of SuSE 8.1
Having more than 768MB of RAM makes the screen go blank during a graphical install, forcing me to do a textual install. I've got a Radeon 9500 Pro, which is not recognized by sax2 (it's a brand new card), but trying to configure the graphics as a VESA card using framebuffer gives following error from sax : Could not open /dev/apm_bios (device not found). Similar problem for a GeForce 4 card. Found a solution in Mandrake Forums : use mem=768MB http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Splatt_Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=5576&forum=9 The ati driver (from ATI) is still flaky in 3D mode, though. Cheers Sigfred PS A bit miffed having a kernel denoted 2.4.19-4GB that can't even handle 1GB. This 'Could not open /dev/apm_bios' really threw me off track, thinking it could be bios problems with my motherboard (though Redhat handels it quite well) due to it beeing brand new.
* Sigfred Haversen (functor@myrealbox.com) [030406 12:38]: ->Having more than 768MB of RAM makes the screen go blank during a graphical ->install, forcing me to do a textual install. I've got a Radeon 9500 Pro, which ->is not recognized by sax2 (it's a brand new card), but trying to configure the ->graphics as a VESA card using framebuffer gives following error from sax : ->Could not open /dev/apm_bios (device not found). Similar problem for a GeForce ->4 card. -> ->Found a solution in Mandrake Forums : use mem=768MB -> ->http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Splatt_Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=5576&forum=9 -> ->The ati driver (from ATI) is still flaky in 3D mode, though. -> ->Cheers ->Sigfred -> ->PS A bit miffed having a kernel denoted 2.4.19-4GB that can't even handle 1GB. ->This 'Could not open /dev/apm_bios' really threw me off track, thinking it ->could be bios problems with my motherboard (though Redhat handels it quite ->well) due to it beeing brand new. Well, if your talking about RH 9.0 then yes it's got much newer versions of a lot of the packages including X and the kernel, but I'd bet it's not the amount of RAM that you have that's making the screen go all wanky. It's the Radeon card. I have and have had 1.5G of ram in my machine since 7.3 was current and I didn't have any issues that were caused by the amount of memory. I would say that the first thing to look at is the Radeon card and the second may be that your motherboard has a setting that's making it puke...but I doubt it. I'd say it's the brand new unsupported card. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org Tell me what you believe.. I'll tell you what you should see.
On Sunday 06 April 2003 21:47, Ben Rosenberg wrote: <snip>
Well, if your talking about RH 9.0 then yes it's got much newer versions of a lot of the packages including X and the kernel, but I'd bet it's not the amount of RAM that you have that's making the screen go all wanky. It's the Radeon card. I have and have had 1.5G of ram in my machine since 7.3 was current and I didn't have any issues that were caused by the amount of memory. I would say that the first thing to look at is the Radeon card and the second may be that your motherboard has a setting that's making it puke...but I doubt it. I'd say it's the brand new unsupported card.
I had the same problem with Geforce 4 4800SE (that I changed card into a Radeon one). The motherboard is Asus P4G8X Deluxe using the Intel E7205 chipset, and that one is new, though. Latest Manrake gives a kernel panic, but a textual install, and then configuring X lets me use Xfree86 driver (radeon) for 2D. No 3D since ATI has not released drivers for Xfree86 4.3 SuSE 8.1 gives a blank screen, but no kernel panic. Knoppix 3.2 gives a blank screen, but after a while the screen reappears. Latest Redhat works fines using Xfree86 driver, while the previos one I used the driver form ATI (which works well) Cheers Sigfred
* Sigfred Haversen <functor@myrealbox.com> (Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 10:05:02PM +0200)
On Sunday 06 April 2003 21:47, Ben Rosenberg wrote: <snip>
Well, if your talking about RH 9.0 then yes it's got much newer versions of a lot of the packages including X and the kernel, but I'd bet it's not the amount of RAM that you have that's making the screen go all wanky. It's the Radeon card. I have and have had 1.5G of ram in my machine since 7.3 was current and I didn't have any issues that were caused by the amount of memory. I would say that the first thing to look at is the Radeon card and the second may be that your motherboard has a setting that's making it puke...but I doubt it. I'd say it's the brand new unsupported card.
I had the same problem with Geforce 4 4800SE (that I changed card into a Radeon one).
The motherboard is Asus P4G8X Deluxe using the Intel E7205 chipset, and that one is new, though.
Latest Manrake gives a kernel panic, but a textual install, and then configuring X lets me use Xfree86 driver (radeon) for 2D. No 3D since ATI has not released drivers for Xfree86 4.3
SuSE 8.1 gives a blank screen, but no kernel panic.
Knoppix 3.2 gives a blank screen, but after a while the screen reappears.
Latest Redhat works fines using Xfree86 driver, while the previos one I used the driver form ATI (which works well)
Cheers Sigfred
the vesafb device, that's being used for the graphical install cannot handle the latest cards. Solutions: - do a textual install - swap the card for an older one during install - wait for 8.2 I once found that the gfx install failed, and I had a black screen, but doing the Ctrl-Fx dance finally brounght me to another virtualk terminal (Ctrl-F2 -> tty2 I think) on which a text based installer was happily waiting for my keypresses .. Next time round on a similar machine, i just got a black screen and had to go for textmode install though ... Kind regards, -- Gerhard den Hollander Phone :+31-10.280.1515 Global IT Support manager Direct:+31-10.280.1539 Jason Geosystems BV Fax :+31-10.280.1511 (When calling please note: we are in GMT+1) gdenhollander@jasongeo.com POBox 1573 visit us at http://www.jasongeo.com 3000 BN Rotterdam JASON.......#1 in Reservoir Characterization The Netherlands This e-mail and any attachment is/are intended solely for the named addressee(s) and may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, we request that you do not disseminate, forward, distribute or copy this e-mail message. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and destroy the original message.
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