Re: FGLRX and ATI XPRESS 200M
It's true... I read about it on another newsletter; but if i remove composite extension, when i run xserver i have a black screen. How i can do??? try to read /var/log/Xorg.0.log and post all errors. and your fisrt try should be with only Section Device Identifier ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Xpress 200M (RS480) Driver fglrx EndSection without all other options. bye! -- -gaspa- --- Powered by Debian GNU/Linux and Debian GNU/Hurd -- HomePage: iogaspa.altervista.org --- -Il lunedi'dell'arrampicatore: www.lunedi.org - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?
I have a dual core Opteron 265 running in a Tyan K8WE (S2877) motherboard with4 x 1GB RAM DDR modules. The BIOS displays the RAM as 4094 MB, but usinga fresh install of testing/unstable from the AMD64 etch net-installer, I can still only see 3.2 GB out of the 4GB RAM...I am using the amd64-generic kernel that net-install gave me.Do I need to be using a different kernel to get the full 4GB RAM?# uname -a Linux debian 2.6.16-2-amd64-generic #1 Sun Jul 16 01:12:23 CEST 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux# cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 3350660 kBMemFree: 3142864 kBBuffers: 7500 kBCached: 153792 kB SwapCached: 0 kBActive: 144088 kBInactive: 24644 kBHighTotal: 0 kBHighFree: 0 kBLowTotal: 3350660 kBLowFree: 3142864 kBSwapTotal: 23101376 kB SwapFree: 23101376 kBDirty: 228 kBWriteback: 0 kBMapped: 11700 kBSlab: 17896 kBCommitLimit: 24776704 kBCommitted_AS: 19272 kBPageTables: 960 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kBVmallocUsed: 11528 kBVmallocChunk: 34359726839 kB# cat /proc/cpuinfoprocessor : 0vendor_id : AuthenticAMDcpu family : 15model : 33 model name : Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 265stepping : 2cpu MHz : 1808.354cache size : 1024 KBfpu : yesfpu_exception : yescpuid level : 1wp : 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 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacybogomips : 3620.65 TLB size : 1024 4K pagesclflush size : 64cache_alignment : 64address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtualpower management: ts fid vid ttp-- John
Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?
John Hannfield wrote: I have a dual core Opteron 265 running in a Tyan K8WE (S2877) motherboard with 4 x 1GB RAM DDR modules. The BIOS displays the RAM as 4094 MB, but using a fresh install of testing/unstable from the AMD64 etch net-installer, I can still only see 3.2 GB out of the 4GB RAM... Couldn't it be kernel-space that would not be visible from user-space ? Regards -- Emmanuel Fleury | Office: 261 Associate Professor, | Phone: +33 (0)5 40 00 69 34 LaBRI, Domaine Universitaire | Fax: +33 (0)5 40 00 66 69 351, Cours de la Libération | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 33405 Talence Cedex, France | URL: http://www.labri.fr/~fleury -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Debian amd64 on an asus P5W DH Deluxe + E6600 : kernel on installer broken + bugs in d-i when changing kernel + modules
I am writing to you in emacs on a debian unstable install to an e6600/asusP5W-Deluxe... I tried several boot images, and I think the mini.iso of the unstable netboot was working, but I actually installed using the chroot method in the amd64 howto off of debian.org. ubuntu latest properly detects sata and sets up ok, so I installed that, then did the cdebootstrap into another mounted partition, set up the fstab and the network interfaces, and it comes right up, sata, ethernet... I then built a kernel and booted with it and it has been quite stable since. The ubuntu 6.0.5 LTS did seem to have problems, would lock up completely during some of the gl games... have not had the same problem with the debian install. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?
On 2006-11-06 John Hannfield wrote: I have a dual core Opteron 265 running in a Tyan K8WE (S2877) motherboard with 4 x 1GB RAM DDR modules. The BIOS displays the RAM as 4094 MB, but using a fresh install of testing/unstable from the AMD64 etch net-installer, I can still only see 3.2 GB out of the 4GB RAM... The is a kernel version called linux-image-2.6-amd64-k8-smp or so, try that. The -generic has maybe some options set that are not optimal for your system. bye, -christian- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?
On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 12:08 +, John Hannfield wrote: I have a dual core Opteron 265 running in a Tyan K8WE (S2877) motherboard with 4 x 1GB RAM DDR modules. The BIOS displays the RAM as 4094 MB, but using a fresh install of testing/unstable from the AMD64 etch net-installer, I can still only see 3.2 GB out of the 4GB RAM... I am using the amd64-generic kernel that net-install gave me. Do I need to be using a different kernel to get the full 4GB RAM? No, you have to set the right BIOS options if they are available on your motherboard. On my motherboard (Tyan S2885) I had to set the MTRR mapping from continuous to discrete and Software Memory Hole from disabled to enabled. -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 web: www.askesis.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Running 32-bit program accessing USB port on 64-bit Linux
I have installed AMD64 Linux (unofficial Sarge release). I have also installed libusb-0.1-4 package and ia32-libs package. However when I run a program I compiled on 32-bit Debian Linux (which works under this OS) I get the error: Error while loading shared libraries: libusb-0.1.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. It is there, but I guess it is 64-bit and not 32-bit. How do I install the libusb-0.1-4 package for 32-bit programs running under AMD64? Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Running 32-bit program accessing USB port on 64-bit Linux
I have installed AMD64 Linux (unofficial Sarge release). I have also installed libusb-0.1-4 package and ia32-libs package. However when I run a program I compiled on 32-bit Debian Linux (which works under this OS) I get the error: Error while loading shared libraries: libusb-0.1.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. It is there, but I guess it is 64-bit and not 32-bit. How do I install the libusb-0.1-4 package for 32-bit programs running under AMD64? Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 05:54:00PM +0100, A J Stiles wrote: There's your problem; you're still running the installer kernel. The installer kernel is only supposed to work well enough and for long enough for you to build yourself a new one. Install kernel-package, libncurses5-dev (menuconfig needs it); then you can just get sources from kernel.org, and compile them into a .deb package to install with dpkg -i. Note: unless you're *very* lucky, you *will* at some point turn off something you should have left on and your new kernel won't boot. Save all your config files, have a bootable CD handy, and learn how to use it to alter your LILO or GRUB configuration to boot the installer kernel. If you're still running a stock kernel, you're only using about half the power of Linux . There is almost never a reason to not run one of debian's prebuilt kernels. They work perfectly and optimally for probably 99% of users. The 3.2GB problem has to do with memory remapping which is a BIOS problem. The etch installer is quite good at installing the optimal kernel for the system. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bad mirror list in 3.1r3 netinst
On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 10:30:51PM -0700, dann frazier wrote: That was quick, thanks Kurt! Now, who can we poke about updating the installer images? I think we need to wait for sarge r5, there aren't any plans to make any for sarge r4. Afaik, r5 is planned for in about 2 months. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?
Lennart Sorensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 05:54:00PM +0100, A J Stiles wrote: There's your problem; you're still running the installer kernel. The installer kernel is only supposed to work well enough and for long enough for you to build yourself a new one. Install kernel-package, libncurses5-dev (menuconfig needs it); then you can just get sources from kernel.org, and compile them into a .deb package to install with dpkg -i. You can also just apt-get install linux-tree-2.6.x to get the source. Note: unless you're *very* lucky, you *will* at some point turn off something you should have left on and your new kernel won't boot. Save all your config files, have a bootable CD handy, and learn how to use it to alter your LILO or GRUB configuration to boot the installer kernel. Best to start off with the debian config and then remove stuff you definetly don't need. If you're still running a stock kernel, you're only using about half the power of Linux . There is almost never a reason to not run one of debian's prebuilt kernels. They work perfectly and optimally for probably 99% of users. I only know of two (in my eyes) valid reasons to build your own kernel: 1. you hate initrd since it too often doesn't work 2. you need/want some extra patch The stock kernels aren't slower and the disk space wasted for unneeded (for you) modules is irelevant on any modern harddisk. The times when you rebuild your kernel to get a slimmer one and save memory are long gone. And on amd64 there is no change in optimizations like on i386 with the 486, k6, k7, Pentium IV, ... settings. The 3.2GB problem has to do with memory remapping which is a BIOS problem. The etch installer is quite good at installing the optimal kernel for the system. Except the netinst iso which only has one kernel on the cd. You have to fetch one from the mirrors there. But you can say it still picks the optimal one, the only one present. :) MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: strange network problem
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:39:57AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: I thought it was usually that you had 230V between neatral and a live wire, and about 400V between a pair of live wires (out of the 3 available). That is what I remember being the standard setup in denmark at least. Here we have 2 phase to residential with 230V between them and 115V between one and neatral/ground. What countries ran the other way? That's possible in Europe because earth and ground are not the same thing. It ought to be possible here since earth and neatral should only become the same thing at the electrical panel. Here in NZ we have MENS, which stands for Multiple Earth Neutral System, where the neutral is earthed at various strategic places along the distribution network. Maybe a google could shed more light :-) -- Chris. == ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness. Letter to the LA Times Magazine, September 18, 2005. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MB Asus M2N32 SLI Deluxe WiFi Edition
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 06:11:07PM -0800, Bob Clarke wrote: Doug: I just read a posting you made to the debian-amd64 list, and had a question for you (as you mentioned you were on a dial-up). I've just put this same mobo (M2N32-SLI Del.) together in a new system, but for the life of me cannot get my dial-up modem to maintain a connection. It dials out, then drops the connection (or the server boots it off) just after validation. I can take the same boot HD and modem, throw them back on my old mobo, and without any changes I can get online. I've tried everything I can think of, disabling practically all options in the bios, etc. etc. Did you have any trouble when you put yours together? I wanted to keep this brief, but if you have any time to drop me a line I'd appreciate it. Thank you, Bob C. p.s.: where in Canada does porchlight operate? I'm west coast here. Hi Bob, Porchlight is Southern Ontario. Its only cliam to fame is 9.99/month unlimited if you pay a year in advanced. I'll tell you my setup and see if it helps you. Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2; AMD Athlon 64 3800+; Kingston 1 GB one-stick ram (I know a single stick can't do DDR2 but later I can spend the $100 and get a second stick and have 2 GB ram DDR2); Asus EN7300GT silent video card; Dual Seagate 7200rpm Barracuda 80 GB hard drives (software raid1/lvm) No modem yet (I've ordered a 3Com Courier external from eBay). Internet is via eth0 to my 486 with a solid reliable internal modem (ISA bus so can't migrate it). Since the reason for the new computer was that my PII died and my only functioning computer is a 486, I had no way to burn install media. I downloaded and put it on a Zip disk then booted the new computer with a LFS CD I found and used that to make a USB hd-media. I first tried the businesscard.iso but found that if the internet conked out there was no timeout or retry, the installer just sat there. There was no 'try again' button either. I downloaded the netinst.iso, split it in two and catted it together on the new system (its a 2 GB USB stick). Booted and ran the installer flawlessly telling it NOT to fetch packages from a mirror during the install. The netinst provides you with a very minimal system but you have an editor and aptitude. Aptitude handles a flaky internet connection very gracefully. In this way you avoid needing to use dialup during the install. Just make sure you verify the MD5SUMS of the images before you make up your install media. I also set the system clock from the bios to the approximate GMT time prior to install. Other bios stuff was pretty standard, I don't recall anything being non-default that would affect your dial-up problem. Where you using Etch Beta 3 after RC1 broke it? I used the daily-build version from October 27 and this was Etch amd64. Hope this helps. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?
I only know of two (in my eyes) valid reasons to build your own kernel: 1. you hate initrd since it too often doesn't work 2. you need/want some extra patch Two more reasons: 1) I don't like seeing errors / misdetected hardware in kernel messages. Far too many times I've seen loading drivers for hardware that was never there. As for kernel, I want it to be clean and do its work for the exact hardware I use, 2) The may be some hardware I don't want / need supported, typically multimedia devices on servers. The less code runs, the smaller possibility something can go wrong in unexpected places. Just my USB 0.02. Vit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
