Re: Confused: nvidia on AMD64???
On 18:46 Thu 22 Dec , Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: Hi, I just put a NVidia GeForce FX 5200 into my machine (my Matrox 550 will not work properly with Xinerama after the update to x.org). I followed several howto's (even from the people that wrote it worked, e.g. Stefan Salewski's NVidia driver successfully installed! and his link http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html) but I cannot apt-get the nvidia-kernel-source from any of the mentioned repositories. Is it possible to compile the module on a AMD64 system? Where can I apt-get the packages mentioned in howto above for AMD64? I got the sources for the latest nvidia-graphics-drivers 1.0.8174 from: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/ They compile on my amd64 and work OK with the latest kernel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: many lost ticks, clock drifts problems also with debian smp kernel?
On 01:22 Sat 10 Dec , Andrew Sharp wrote: On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 06:39:26AM -0500, mikepolniak wrote: On 10:36 Fri 09 Dec , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- I have tried the pci=routeirq, acpi=off, noapic, nolapic, no_timer_check, no_tsc... bootparams without any real succes, my system clock keeps on drifting away faster and faster after the system has been up for some time. My question to the list is : Are the debian amd64-k8-smp kernels also subject to this problem? This is a kernel problem with SMP having unsynced TSC's running at different freqs, supposedly fixed in kernel 2.6.14. Before 2.6.14 i needed to boot with pci=noacpi and clock=pmtmr to solve the 'lost 'ticks'. A Debian kernel won't change anything. assuming you have a similar config (e.g. HPET_TIMER=y PM_TIMER=y). You may want to post this on the LKML. This must be specific to some chipsets as I do not have this problem on my SMP system running Debian kernel 2.6.12-whatever. This shows up when running dual cpu's under heavy load (compiling, encoding etc) for an extended time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: many lost ticks, clock drifts problems also with debian smp kernel?
On 10:36 Fri 09 Dec , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a machine with an AMD64 x2 4800+ mounted on an asus A8V Deluxe. I have experienced massive clock drift problems with smp kernels from the fedora core 4 x86_64 distribution, also with the newer 2.6.14.3 kernel from kernel.org: -- dmesg : Losing some ticks... checking if CPU frequency changed. warning: many lost ticks. Your time source seems to be instable or some driver is hogging interupts rip 0x435036 --- I have tried the pci=routeirq, acpi=off, noapic, nolapic, no_timer_check, no_tsc... bootparams without any real succes, my system clock keeps on drifting away faster and faster after the system has been up for some time. My question to the list is : Are the debian amd64-k8-smp kernels also subject to this problem? This is a kernel problem with SMP having unsynced TSC's running at different freqs, supposedly fixed in kernel 2.6.14. Before 2.6.14 i needed to boot with pci=noacpi and clock=pmtmr to solve the 'lost 'ticks'. A Debian kernel won't change anything. assuming you have a similar config (e.g. HPET_TIMER=y PM_TIMER=y). You may want to post this on the LKML. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: recommended scsi card for Debian/AMD64/Sarge
On 16:21 Mon 28 Nov , Freels, James D. wrote: I have an existing Debian/Amd64/Sarge system which includes sata hard drives, but has a tape drive connected to a separate Adaptec 29160N Ultra160 SCSI adapter scsi card dedicated to that task. I am using the 2.6.14 kernel with the new aic7xxx driver. I have reported here my problems with this setup and I am considering replacing this scsi card with one that will do the job without errors. what scsi card is recommended to work for this arch ? I don't need blinding speed since the tape drive at best will due 80 MB/s burst speed. I just need one that will work without error. What are other Debian/Amd64 scsi users using ? I have been using a LSI U160 card and the SYM53C8XX drivers for over a year with my Fujitsu scsi drive (68 pin). Works good and card is inexpensive. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox won't start unless mozilla is open?
On 11:02 Fri 28 Oct , Lance wrote: Hey all, I am running a combination of SID and SARGE. Ever since I installed the AMD64 system I have had problems with Firefox 1.0.7 and Thunderbird 1.0.7. At first it would take 5-24 attempts to open Firefox before I could evenually get it open. I would have to keep killing it with pkill firefox-bin before the next attempt. I finally discovered that if I opened Mozilla up first then I would have a better chance of opening firefox afterwards. For example, my machine has been up for 3 days without a reboot and hence, firefox has been open for a while. I closed firefox and tried to reopen it. Nothing happened until I opened Mozilla and then Firefox opened immediately! I had this similar problem because firefox can not connect to the xserver. http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/08/msg00489.html So you might want to test it by running xhost + then start firefox. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: JRE
On 16:23 Thu 27 Oct , lee_martin wrote: Hi friends, I'm pretty sure I've seen a JRE somewhere, I'm almost positive it was from Sun, but I can't seem to find it there now..Could someone please be so kind as to educate me please on the whereabouts of this package please. I d/l from here: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian/pool/non-free/j/j2se1.4-amd64/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Net boot install CD not working
On 18:14 Wed 26 Oct , Rupert Heesom wrote: I'm trying to reinstall Debian amd64, but I can't find a CD that will actually install properly. I've tried the 24th October (2 days ago) version of the netboot iso. http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian-installer/2005-10-24/netboot/mini.iso I also tried the monolith version from the same date. Same result. It failed on the core system install! Is there any STABLE install ISO that works these days? I installed amd64 recently with 'debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso' from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/etch_d-i/amd64/current/ You might have better luck with this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems with custom kernel: no init?
On 04:58 Mon 24 Oct , Sam Quigley wrote: Hi, I'm making the transition back to Debian after a few years using Gentoo, and I'm having a problem getting my custom-built kernel to boot. Basically, the problem is that with my custom kernels (2.6.13.4 and 2.6.13-ck8), everything goes fine until the point where init is supposed to take over -- at that point, nothing happens. No error message, no panic, no nothing. The last few things displayed onscreen are some messages about my mouse being recognized, and that /selinux/ wasn't found -- which are the same as the messages I get when booting (successfully) with a Debian stock kernel. Looking at the dmesg from your Debian kernel 2.6.12-1-amd64-k8 shows: devfs: 2004-01-31 Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) devfs: boot_options: 0x0 The new custom kernel config does not have DEVFS (its deprecated) and since you were using Gentoo you probably used UDEV. In any case its a good idea to use UDEV for creating /dev nodes. So boot the Debian kernel and apt-get install udev. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: howto install my nvidia card
On 01:24 Sat 22 Oct , debianista.deb wrote: hello I want to know if someone have one tutorial of installation nvidia card ?? please I read the how-to of debianam64 but I couldn't do that ;( Try this how-to: http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Intel EM64T vs. Opteron
On 00:06 Fri 14 Oct , mike wrote: Hi all, I recently (re-)subscribed to the mailing list, I have a couple specific questions, and can't seem to find any good data about it, and would like to tap people who probably have some real-world experience with it. First off, I am a user of Debian-amd64 right now - and I love it. I run it on Opterons. It screams. I have a chance soon to switch out my servers, and going the Intel route I would be able to get a lot more bang for my buck. The website says that EM64T works fine with Debian-amd64, I just want to make sure there's no gotchas, compared to using it on an Opteron-based system. Basically, I'd be looking at an Intel 830D (3.0ghz, dual-core, EM64T) processor-based system, with 1 gig of ram and SATA HD vs. a single-core Opteron 1.8ghz (or a dual-processor NOT dual-core Opteron 1.8ghz) system, same HD and same RAM. Has anyone had the opportunity to benchmark this, or have any real experience with changing the underlying platform? I can build an 830D based system with dual-cores for cheaper than a single-core Opteron box right now (I have some discounts) but if the performance isn't as good as it seems it should be, or there's some odd things that must be done to get EM64T to work properly under Debian-amd64, I'd like to know that before committing to the hardware choice :) Just a heads up about the big drop in Opteron pricing: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26927 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: eth0 down after upgrade
On 22:38 Tue 11 Oct , Craig Hagerman wrote: On 10/11/05, Tobias Krais [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sounds interesting, but please tell me more. One hint in advance. Use the new driver for your Ralink wireless card. Then ra0 changes to eth1. Now, please paste /etc/network/interfaces. The Ralink driver is already the newest. (Hasn't been updated since sometime in 2004) /etc/network/interfaces -- ... ## The loopback network interface ### auto lo iface lo inet loopback ### The primary network interface ### #iface eth0 inet dhcp iface eth0 inet static address 220.42.128.76 netmask 255.255.252.0 gateway 220.42.131.254 ### The wireless network interface ### iface ra0 inet dhcp wireless-essid YahooBB auto ra0 ... NOTE - Until recently I had only the dhcp line in the above. I rebooted into windows, did an ipconfig and then entered that exact information in (above) as static ip information. (Yeah, I know the netmask is non-standard and the gateway is 131 instead of 128 ... but that is what the working configuation under windows displayed.) Also, I added the line auto eth0 to the above, but after a restart it has disappeared. Do you use a router or just a DSL modem? It is a DSL modem with both wireless and ethernet. No separate router. Can you manually start your eth0 device? Try (supposing your network is 192.168.1.0: ifconfig ra0 down ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.5 up route add default gw 192.168.1.1 and then ping your router. Nope. This didn't work. I have tried: ifconfig eth0 up /etc/init.d/networking restart I have tried to activate / deactivate either of the eth0 or ra0 interfaces via the GUI. I have rebooted a few times as well. Nothing has had any effect other than sometimes turning OFF the wireless. edit your /etc/network/interfaces to use dhcp this will reset /etc/resolv.conf and get your interfaces up auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: update time
On 14:53 Fri 07 Oct , Jacob Bresciani wrote: On Oct 7, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Ernest jw ter Kuile wrote: On Friday 07 October 2005 02:25, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi, I looked in the archives and to update my console clock the command is 'ntupdate' however this doesn't work. Can anyone tell me the command? This is a bit unclear. do you have the command or not ? it should be located in /usr/sbin, so trying it out as user will usually fail. If you find it, try as root : # ntpdate pool.ntp.org This will try to read the time on a server over using UDP with port 123, so that port should be opened outbound in your firewall. if you install the debian package, ntpdate will do this during each boot. So if you are like most people and reboot regularly, your system should stay quite on time. Cheers, Ernest. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or just cron it to happen on a regular basis (hourly...). I for one don't reboot unless there is a kernel upgrade/patch and my clocks need to stay sync'ed for Kerberos to function properly. And an FYI [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ sudo apt-get install ntpdate Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package ntpdate is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package ntpdate has no installation candidate my sources are as follows: deb http://amd64.debian.net/debian-amd64/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ testing main contrib non-free I got ntpdate from the _stable_ tree a few days ago. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
