Hello, 2012/6/25 MG <marc...@xs4all.nl>: >> I'm running Debian on a 2003 hp workstation zx6000 with two >> 1.5GHz McKinley CPUs > > Those are "Madison" processors actually, but I assume you > run the "McKinley" kernel?
Yes, I'm running the McKinley kernel. >> 24GB RAM, three stock 15000rpm SCSI U320 73GB HDDs and >> stock ATI FireGL X1 256MB AGP Pro graphics adapter. > > Nice, did you recently upgrade the memory? These are great > systems, it's a shame that Linux isn't optimal in its > current shape and we definitely need to change that! I didn't got my zx6000 with so much memory. I had the opportunity to max it out at a very good price, so yes, I updated it, but not recently. Maybe two years ago? > I recently also got the advice from an (ex-?)Gentoo developer > that it's best, or recommended actually, to *remove*(!) the > iLO/MP card (with the Radeon 7000 on-board), for the obvious > EFI-inadequate reasons... I may just try that and see if I > get more luck. Just to see if DRM/DRI, or any other worth- > while progress in terms of getting a good, solid, up-to-date > Linux IA-64 environment up and running. From there on I can > slowly start experimenting with combinations of iLO/MP cards > included and excluded, per different graphics adapter > combination. I'll also start documenting my steps more. This may be a track to follow. I don't have a MP card in my zx6000 and seem to experience less issues than you ;-) >> 3D hardware acceleration (through r300g driver) can be rock stable >> nowadays... or not at all. That is, the exact same binary (e.g. >> Quake III) can run flawlessly for hours or randomly triggers high >> CPU usage within minutes or seconds (with lot of IB schedule error >> messages recorded in the logs), leaving system barely usable. I should add that, since the switch to Mesa 8.0, 3D hardware acceleration is once again badly broken :-( While simple GL applications like glxgears run flawlessly, Quake III demo freezes the system within seconds, monitor enters in sleep mode and a hard reset finally occurs. With orphan inodes deleted at next boot... > By the way, unrelated (to the subject at hand), but purely out of > curiosity: Did you manage to install the SPs for XP IA-64? That > might be rather worthwhile for you, with your maxed out memory. > (Else I think there's a memory limit of 16 Gbytes.) Yes, my Windows install is "up to date" (support was killed in 2004 IIRC), though the 16GB limit is still there. > Your dedication is very much appreciated! Maybe we should set up a > site like LinuxAlpha has, or rather its Wiki section. Have you ever > seen it? I really love the sense of community there. Especially the > parts where people, those involved, share which systems they have and > so forth. I think this may do wonders for Linux IA-64, so that people > out there see that there are people running Linux, or making attempts > thereto, and proudly so. (I'm not sure if I brought this up before.) There is such a website: The Gelato Community --- Linux on Itanium (http://www.gelato.org) but it seems unmaintained nowadays and the old forums have disappeared. I remember some interesting discussions there with David Mosberger or Bjorn Helgaas, circa 2007... Emeric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ia64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caa9xbm5-m+0veuz667jesqmyufaymvz8usqd2mc3nkyioyd...@mail.gmail.com