Re: [newbie] smp kernel
On October 17, 2004 08:41 am, Marek Pawinski wrote: > Dan Gordon wrote: > > On October 17, 2004 01:06 am, Marek Pawinski wrote: > >>I am having a lot of segfaulting, my kernel, update kernel > >> uninstalls itself and after a day or two my rpms i download seem > >> to go bad with a smp kernel on ML OE, did you have these problems > >> ? Can i run a normal kernel on a Hyper Threading machine ? > >> > >>Marek > > > > I had the same problems with Mandrake 10, now im running Mandrake > > 10.1 and smp is working very well. > > Yes a normal kernel should work just fine for you. What version of > > Mandrake are you running ? > > > > Regards, > > Dan Gordon > > I tried ML 10.0 Official at first and then i tried ML 10.1 Community > with the same results. I will try the normal kernel, can i leave HT > enabled in the BIOS still though with the normal kernel ? > Yes just select normal kernel instead of smp when you get lilo prompt. Regards, Dan Gordon -- 09:01:42 up 10:31, 2 users, load average: 0.06, 0.12, 0.05 Sun Oct 17 09:01:42 EDT 2004 At the end of your life there'll be a good rest, and no further activities are scheduled. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] smp kernel
Dan Gordon wrote: On October 17, 2004 01:06 am, Marek Pawinski wrote: I am having a lot of segfaulting, my kernel, update kernel uninstalls itself and after a day or two my rpms i download seem to go bad with a smp kernel on ML OE, did you have these problems ? Can i run a normal kernel on a Hyper Threading machine ? Marek I had the same problems with Mandrake 10, now im running Mandrake 10.1 and smp is working very well. Yes a normal kernel should work just fine for you. What version of Mandrake are you running ? Regards, Dan Gordon I tried ML 10.0 Official at first and then i tried ML 10.1 Community with the same results. I will try the normal kernel, can i leave HT enabled in the BIOS still though with the normal kernel ? Marek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] smp kernel
On October 17, 2004 01:06 am, Marek Pawinski wrote: > > I am having a lot of segfaulting, my kernel, update kernel uninstalls > itself and after a day or two my rpms i download seem to go bad with > a smp kernel on ML OE, did you have these problems ? Can i run a > normal kernel on a Hyper Threading machine ? > > Marek I had the same problems with Mandrake 10, now im running Mandrake 10.1 and smp is working very well. Yes a normal kernel should work just fine for you. What version of Mandrake are you running ? Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Oct 17 08:27:49 EDT 2004 08:27:49 up 9:57, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00 On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks. -- H. Allen Smith, "Let the Crabgrass Grow" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] smp kernel
Wow. I'm running the SMP kernel on my 2.8GHz P4 laptop and it works great. I don't have much experience with it so far, but I haven't had a single problem with it. You should be able to install the single proc kernel even on a multi-threaded machine though. On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 07:06:07 +0200, Marek Pawinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Gordon wrote: > > Hello list, > > A long time ago right about the time Mandrake 10 comunity came out > > someone asked me to let them know how the smp kernel was running for > > me. Well all I can say is it was not good for me. 75% of the time > > applications were segfaulting on me so I went with a regular kernel. > > Now I have installed Mandrake 10.1 yesterday and the default kernel it > > installed was 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp > > and I am happy to report it is running very well, I am very impressed > > with how things are working and want to say way to go Mandrake. > > Keep up the good work. > > > > Regards, > > Dan Gordon > I am having a lot of segfaulting, my kernel, update kernel uninstalls > itself and after a day or two my rpms i download seem to go bad with a > smp kernel on ML OE, did you have these problems ? Can i run a normal > kernel on a Hyper Threading machine ? > -- David Johnson http://www.edave.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] smp kernel
Dan Gordon wrote: Hello list, A long time ago right about the time Mandrake 10 comunity came out someone asked me to let them know how the smp kernel was running for me. Well all I can say is it was not good for me. 75% of the time applications were segfaulting on me so I went with a regular kernel. Now I have installed Mandrake 10.1 yesterday and the default kernel it installed was 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp and I am happy to report it is running very well, I am very impressed with how things are working and want to say way to go Mandrake. Keep up the good work. Regards, Dan Gordon I am having a lot of segfaulting, my kernel, update kernel uninstalls itself and after a day or two my rpms i download seem to go bad with a smp kernel on ML OE, did you have these problems ? Can i run a normal kernel on a Hyper Threading machine ? Marek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] smp kernel
Hello list, A long time ago right about the time Mandrake 10 comunity came out someone asked me to let them know how the smp kernel was running for me. Well all I can say is it was not good for me. 75% of the time applications were segfaulting on me so I went with a regular kernel. Now I have installed Mandrake 10.1 yesterday and the default kernel it installed was 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp and I am happy to report it is running very well, I am very impressed with how things are working and want to say way to go Mandrake. Keep up the good work. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sat Oct 16 22:54:02 EDT 2004 22:54:02 up 23 min, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.03 I know engineers. They love to change things. - Dr. McCoy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] smp
I am using MDK 7.2 on an Abit BP6 motherboard with dual Celeron. cat /proc/cpuinfo Lists both processors identically. Does this mean that SMP is enabled and working? If not, how do I verify smp? What does "1101 bogomips" mean. Thanks in advance! Lee
[newbie] SMP on IBM PC Server 330?
I have an IBM PC Server 330 with 2 Pentium Pro 200 processors. I installed Mandrake 7.2 on this machine initially, and showed two processors on bootup. I reinstalled to get raid1 working, and I must have done something different - I no longer see the two processors active. Is Mandrake supposed to autodetect the 2nd processor, or do I need to be installing a certain way? I didn't see any configuration details that mentioned SMP during the GUI install. Thank you. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: [newbie] SMP support in 7.2 ?
Yes, Mandrake 7.2 will install with SMP support when a clean install is done ... just did it today on the Epox dual board On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, you wrote: > > hello, > i'm new to linux,and about to build a dual cpu machine.Can mandrake 7.2 > currently see and use 2 processors by default?.I was very surprised when i > read that smp is not enabled in some distros (corel linux).I couldn't find > any info at Mandrake's site. If not,is there an "easy" workaround? I don't > think i can venture into recompiling the kernel at this point,so i'm > looking for a distro that supports dual processors withoutmy intervention, > > thanks in advance, > > Cem Content-Type: text/html; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description:
[newbie] SMP support in 7.2 ?
hello, i'm new to linux,and about to build a dual cpu machine.Can mandrake 7.2 currently see and use 2 processors by default?.I was very surprised when i read that smp is not enabled in some distros (corel linux).I couldn't find any info at Mandrake's site. If not,is there an "easy" workaround? I don't think i can venture into recompiling the kernel at this point,so i'm looking for a distro that supports dual processors withoutmy intervention, thanks in advance, Cem
Re: [newbie] SMP
open /proc/cpuinfo, if you're running with 2 processors, it'll give specifications for cpu0 and cpu1. If you're NOT using both processors, and want to be. Use the mkbootdisk command to make a bookdisk of the SMP kernel located in /lib/modules. If you're running Mandrake 7.2, the command to make an SMP bootdisk is this: mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.2.17-21mdksmp Tyler On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:16:50 US/Pacific > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] SMP > > How can I find out if I'm running SMP Kernal or not??? > >
[newbie] SMP
How can I find out if I'm running SMP Kernal or not???
RE: [newbie] SMP impossible on MDK 7.1
I'm running 7.1 just fine in SMP mode (though not using hacked Celerons...) Linux Version 2.2.15-4mdksecure, Compiled #1 SMP Wed May 10 14:16:48 CEST 2000 Two 450MHz Intel Pentium II Processors, 511M RAM, 1789.14 Bogomips Total dualcpu.netrslts.com This is an "out of the box" installation. So, make of it what you will... -JMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-Original Message- |From: E.B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 7:15 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] SMP impossible on MDK 7.1 | | |I've installed MDK 7.1 on my Abit BP6 (2 celerons 450 Mhz) with 128 Mb and |the installation went fine. Now, when I boot and pick up 'Linux' with Grub |(which is the option to boot on kernel with SMP support) I got this : | |Mounting proc filesystem OK |Configuring kernel parameters OK |Oops: 0002 |CPU: 1 |EIP: 0010: [] |EFLAGS: 00010246 |etc. | |Kernel panic: Attempt to kill the idle task | | |I tried several times to boot using the smp support, got always the same |message. I even tried to reinstall, didn't change nothing. |And the funny thing is when I pick up the 'Linux-up' in Grub which is the |kernel without SMP (and then a single processor recognized) it works fine. |Of course, the two processors work fine (I checked with Win2K) and Mandrake |did detect the two processors since it installed on its own the smp support |and configured Grub for both smp and non smp kernels. |So what the hell is going on ? |Any idea ? | |Thanks | |Eric | | |
[newbie] SMP impossible on MDK 7.1
I've installed MDK 7.1 on my Abit BP6 (2 celerons 450 Mhz) with 128 Mb and the installation went fine. Now, when I boot and pick up 'Linux' with Grub (which is the option to boot on kernel with SMP support) I got this : Mounting proc filesystem OK Configuring kernel parameters OK Oops: 0002 CPU: 1 EIP: 0010: [] EFLAGS: 00010246 etc. Kernel panic: Attempt to kill the idle task I tried several times to boot using the smp support, got always the same message. I even tried to reinstall, didn't change nothing. And the funny thing is when I pick up the 'Linux-up' in Grub which is the kernel without SMP (and then a single processor recognized) it works fine. Of course, the two processors work fine (I checked with Win2K) and Mandrake did detect the two processors since it installed on its own the smp support and configured Grub for both smp and non smp kernels. So what the hell is going on ? Any idea ? Thanks Eric
Re: [newbie] SMP Support
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Christopher wrote: )I hear that a lot, that its supposed to auto-detect for SMP - but in my )case, it never hashuh. Dunno if its my hardware, other operating )systems such as BeOS and Winblows NT detect both CPUs without a hitch. Ah )wellh. i agree. as i said previously, i've tried it with a clean gigabyte dual-board a few times. it didn't matter a fig whether i had a single or dual cpu or whether the dip switches were set for single or dual mode operation. it just wouldn't install the smp kernel. but you can set it in lilo very easily. look in lilo.conf. still, it's a pain. )~Christopher ) )> ~Christopher )> )> Yes, 7.0 will detect the SMP automatically during installation and )> install an SMP kernel. No worries there. )> )> 7.0 doesn't, out of the box, work the with UDMA/66 interfaces on the BP6 )> board though. It'll make a boot disk during installation for you, but )> it won't let you install on those drives. A bit annoying, since the )> patches for the HPT366 interface have been available since the 6.1 )> days... )> )> -- )> Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I )> Network Administrator )> Advance Packaging Corporation )> [EMAIL PROTECTED] )> ) /pete --- Pete Koning [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administrator Ph:(905)528-4936 Hamilton-Wentworth CommunityNetFx:(905)528-7578 ---
Re: [newbie] SMP Support
I hear that a lot, that its supposed to auto-detect for SMP - but in my case, it never hashuh. Dunno if its my hardware, other operating systems such as BeOS and Winblows NT detect both CPUs without a hitch. Ah wellh. ~Christopher > ~Christopher > > Yes, 7.0 will detect the SMP automatically during installation and > install an SMP kernel. No worries there. > > 7.0 doesn't, out of the box, work the with UDMA/66 interfaces on the BP6 > board though. It'll make a boot disk during installation for you, but > it won't let you install on those drives. A bit annoying, since the > patches for the HPT366 interface have been available since the 6.1 > days... > > -- > Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I > Network Administrator > Advance Packaging Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
[expert] Re: [newbie] SMP Support
Steve, I have just recently upgraded to a BP6 Motherboard and installed Mandrake 7.0, followed the instructions at this web site: http://netllama.ipfox.com/stepbystep.htm under the 'ULTRA66' section, installed without a hitch on a drive connected to the UDMA/66, no problem :) It did detect SMP and installed the proper kernel, detected my SoundBlaster Live! and USR External 56K modem also. Christopher wrote: > > Howdy people, first off - Mandrake is my fav distro and I've tried quite a > few - bravo! Now, to my prob. Does the installer for Mandrake (I have 7.0) > detect for SMP support or is that something I add after installation? My > hardware is a Abit BP6 with two 500 mhz Celerons, 128 megs of RAM, VooDoo 3 > 3000 AGP, ect. If it would work in SMP mode, I'd be very very happy :-) > Thnx! > > ~Christopher Yes, 7.0 will detect the SMP automatically during installation and install an SMP kernel. No worries there. 7.0 doesn't, out of the box, work the with UDMA/66 interfaces on the BP6 board though. It'll make a boot disk during installation for you, but it won't let you install on those drives. A bit annoying, since the patches for the HPT366 interface have been available since the 6.1 days... - -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tom Wike UNIX System Administration FDAO Productivity Infrastructure Texas Instruments, Inc. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regular Mail: 7839 Churchill Way Phone: (972) 917-1252 M/S 3984 Fax:(972) 917-3891 Dallas, TX 75251 Cell PH:(972) 740-7748 E-Mail my Cell Phone: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or: http://www.mobile.att.net/mc/pager_show.cgi --
Re: [newbie] SMP Support
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Steve Philp wrote: )Christopher wrote: )> )> Howdy people, first off - Mandrake is my fav distro and I've tried quite a )> few - bravo! Now, to my prob. Does the installer for Mandrake (I have 7.0) )> detect for SMP support or is that something I add after installation? My )> hardware is a Abit BP6 with two 500 mhz Celerons, 128 megs of RAM, VooDoo 3 )> 3000 AGP, ect. If it would work in SMP mode, I'd be very very happy :-) )> Thnx! )> )> ~Christopher ) )Yes, 7.0 will detect the SMP automatically during installation and )install an SMP kernel. No worries there. hmmm. that's not my experience. on two installs to clean gigabyte smp boards i got the "standard kernel" and not the smp kernel. it's easy enough to configure after the fact though: look in lilo.conf and set the appropriate image, then run lilo. )7.0 doesn't, out of the box, work the with UDMA/66 interfaces on the BP6 )board though. It'll make a boot disk during installation for you, but )it won't let you install on those drives. A bit annoying, since the )patches for the HPT366 interface have been available since the 6.1 )days... ) )-- )Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I )Network Administrator )Advance Packaging Corporation )[EMAIL PROTECTED] ) /pete --- Pete Koning [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administrator Ph:(905)528-4936 Hamilton-Wentworth CommunityNetFx:(905)528-7578 ---
Re: [newbie] SMP Support
Christopher wrote: > > Howdy people, first off - Mandrake is my fav distro and I've tried quite a > few - bravo! Now, to my prob. Does the installer for Mandrake (I have 7.0) > detect for SMP support or is that something I add after installation? My > hardware is a Abit BP6 with two 500 mhz Celerons, 128 megs of RAM, VooDoo 3 > 3000 AGP, ect. If it would work in SMP mode, I'd be very very happy :-) > Thnx! > > ~Christopher Yes, 7.0 will detect the SMP automatically during installation and install an SMP kernel. No worries there. 7.0 doesn't, out of the box, work the with UDMA/66 interfaces on the BP6 board though. It'll make a boot disk during installation for you, but it won't let you install on those drives. A bit annoying, since the patches for the HPT366 interface have been available since the 6.1 days... -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] SMP not detecting
If you installed over a previous installation format the whole shit, I had the same prob. And if ya turned on MPS 1.4 then change it to the default 1.1 in yer bios. By the linux rules regarding SMP, the CPU's are so cl, I have to change the Clock when I dual boot into windows, or the cpu's just get too warm, though I could use CPUidle, but :) Cya!
[newbie] SMP not detecting
I have Mandrake 7.0 and my friends computer (same as mine, dual 550/BP6) detects the 2 cpus just fine on install, but mine didn't. How can I go about making this work, and why didn't it detect it on install? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
[newbie] smp
does Mandrake7 automatically detect dual processors and install a smp kernal ?
[newbie] SMP Kernel
I'm running a dual pent 200 mmx on a Tyan mobo. NT doesn't like the mobo
and win95/98 doesn't use multi-proc so this could be the first time since
1994 that the second processor will be used!
BIOS recognizes the 2 processors during start-up. When I compile the kernel
("make config") I choose SMP=Y APM=N MTRR=Y. So far thoses are the only
items I should key into. When I installed MDK6.5 I chose YES for installing
SMP. If anyone has any other things to try let me know!
Thanks.
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RE: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules
-Original Message- From: Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 6:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: | Hi, Gary, | | Yes, I do have a dual Pentium II machine. smp was working fine when I | was running mandrake 5.3 kernel 2.2.9. I think much of my difficulties | here are due to my unfamiliarity with recompiling kernels from rpms. I | had always compiled kernels from tar.gz. On the mandrake 6.1 | installation cd, there are several kernel rpms, like kernel, | kernel-source, kernel-headers, etc. Which of these packages are needed | for compiling an smp kernel? From the mandrake web site documentation, | it seems like kernel-source and kernel-headers are all that you need. | But then what about kernel-smp and kernel-smp-fb? I tried recompiling FYI - the kernel-smp and the kernel-smp-fb are installable kernels which have been compiled for you. You install the rpm, then edit /etc/lilo.conf, then run /sbin/lilo to write the boot loader to the HD. If you need better documentation on lilo, it has been covered in great detail and should be available in the archives. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | an smp kernel with all of these packages installed, and still no success | getting a bootable smp 2.2.13-7mdk kernel. For all of the people at | mandrakesoft, is there a tar.gz of 2.2.13-7mdk? Right now, a tar.gz of | the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel source is more to be desired than gold by me. | Thanks, | | | | Hidong | | | Gary K Stinnett Jr wrote: | > | > Do you have a multi-processor motherboard? | > The smp kernel is for mult-processor systems. "Thanks M Thompson at Hot Mail" | > | > I had a problem with installing a driver for my sound card, I know this is | > completely different to your problem, because my linux box was using the smp | > kernel. | > | > After I did away with that and used the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel I did not have a | > problem. | > | > Later, | > | > Gary | > | > Warren Doney wrote: | > | > > Hidong Kim wrote: | > > > | > > > Hi, Axalon, | > > > | > > > I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel is still hanging | > > > during boot at "Finding module dependencies". Should it be 'depmod -a | > > > 2.2.13-7mdk' or 'depmod -a 2.2.13'? Thanks, | > > > | > > | > > move your old modules from (top level) /lib/modules to a new folder | > > /lib/oldmodules (I just used KFM) | > > or whatever before you make modules-->lnstall-->depmod etc. Before you | > > reboot, put a working version of older kernel moudules in /lib/modules | > > so you can boot with an older kernel if anything goes wrong. I.E. I made | > > sure I had a bootdisk+modules for 2.2.13-7 before I rebooted my newly | > > compiled 2.2.13-22. I don't think it would work with 2 lots of the same | > > version e.g. 13-22 + 13-22 (havent tried it though). For me, depmod | > > still | > > spits out unresolved stuff, but I can boot o.k. off my new kernel. | > > I think I hosed out some suff from the src tree when I did a make | > > mrproper or a make clean somewhere, Wish I'd moved the RPM from /tmp | > > | > > Warren.
Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: | Hi, Gary, | | Yes, I do have a dual Pentium II machine. smp was working fine when I | was running mandrake 5.3 kernel 2.2.9. I think much of my difficulties | here are due to my unfamiliarity with recompiling kernels from rpms. I | had always compiled kernels from tar.gz. On the mandrake 6.1 | installation cd, there are several kernel rpms, like kernel, | kernel-source, kernel-headers, etc. Which of these packages are needed | for compiling an smp kernel? From the mandrake web site documentation, | it seems like kernel-source and kernel-headers are all that you need. | But then what about kernel-smp and kernel-smp-fb? I tried recompiling FYI - the kernel-smp and the kernel-smp-fb are installable kernels which have been compiled for you. You install the rpm, then edit /etc/lilo.conf, then run /sbin/lilo to write the boot loader to the HD. If you need better documentation on lilo, it has been covered in great detail and should be available in the archives. HTH, Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | an smp kernel with all of these packages installed, and still no success | getting a bootable smp 2.2.13-7mdk kernel. For all of the people at | mandrakesoft, is there a tar.gz of 2.2.13-7mdk? Right now, a tar.gz of | the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel source is more to be desired than gold by me. | Thanks, | | | | Hidong | | | Gary K Stinnett Jr wrote: | > | > Do you have a multi-processor motherboard? | > The smp kernel is for mult-processor systems. "Thanks M Thompson at Hot Mail" | > | > I had a problem with installing a driver for my sound card, I know this is | > completely different to your problem, because my linux box was using the smp | > kernel. | > | > After I did away with that and used the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel I did not have a | > problem. | > | > Later, | > | > Gary | > | > Warren Doney wrote: | > | > > Hidong Kim wrote: | > > > | > > > Hi, Axalon, | > > > | > > > I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel is still hanging | > > > during boot at "Finding module dependencies". Should it be 'depmod -a | > > > 2.2.13-7mdk' or 'depmod -a 2.2.13'? Thanks, | > > > | > > | > > move your old modules from (top level) /lib/modules to a new folder | > > /lib/oldmodules (I just used KFM) | > > or whatever before you make modules-->lnstall-->depmod etc. Before you | > > reboot, put a working version of older kernel moudules in /lib/modules | > > so you can boot with an older kernel if anything goes wrong. I.E. I made | > > sure I had a bootdisk+modules for 2.2.13-7 before I rebooted my newly | > > compiled 2.2.13-22. I don't think it would work with 2 lots of the same | > > version e.g. 13-22 + 13-22 (havent tried it though). For me, depmod | > > still | > > spits out unresolved stuff, but I can boot o.k. off my new kernel. | > > I think I hosed out some suff from the src tree when I did a make | > > mrproper or a make clean somewhere, Wish I'd moved the RPM from /tmp | > > | > > Warren.
Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: : Hi, Warren, : : Thanks for the reply. There's one thing I don't quite understand, see : below: : : : : Warren Doney wrote: : > : > Hidong Kim wrote: : > > : > > Hi, Axalon, : > > : > > I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel is still hanging : > > during boot at "Finding module dependencies". Should it be 'depmod -a : > > 2.2.13-7mdk' or 'depmod -a 2.2.13'? Thanks, : > > : > : > move your old modules from (top level) /lib/modules to a new folder : > /lib/oldmodules (I just used KFM) : > or whatever before you make modules-->lnstall-->depmod etc. Before you : > reboot, put a working version of older kernel moudules in /lib/modules : > so you can boot with an older kernel if anything goes wrong. : : Can't I just boot off of an older kernel on a boot floppy in case of : emergency? If I put working versions of older kernel modules in : /lib/modules, won't that overwrite the modules that were just created? : UM, I don't Know for sure, but it worked for me, modules were in 2 seperate folders, 2.2.13-7 & 2.2.13-22, If you don't have the modules for the older kernels, it might hang at finding dependancys. Warren.
Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules
Hi, Gary, Yes, I do have a dual Pentium II machine. smp was working fine when I was running mandrake 5.3 kernel 2.2.9. I think much of my difficulties here are due to my unfamiliarity with recompiling kernels from rpms. I had always compiled kernels from tar.gz. On the mandrake 6.1 installation cd, there are several kernel rpms, like kernel, kernel-source, kernel-headers, etc. Which of these packages are needed for compiling an smp kernel? From the mandrake web site documentation, it seems like kernel-source and kernel-headers are all that you need. But then what about kernel-smp and kernel-smp-fb? I tried recompiling an smp kernel with all of these packages installed, and still no success getting a bootable smp 2.2.13-7mdk kernel. For all of the people at mandrakesoft, is there a tar.gz of 2.2.13-7mdk? Right now, a tar.gz of the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel source is more to be desired than gold by me. Thanks, Hidong Gary K Stinnett Jr wrote: > > Do you have a multi-processor motherboard? > The smp kernel is for mult-processor systems. "Thanks M Thompson at Hot Mail" > > I had a problem with installing a driver for my sound card, I know this is > completely different to your problem, because my linux box was using the smp > kernel. > > After I did away with that and used the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel I did not have a > problem. > > Later, > > Gary > > Warren Doney wrote: > > > Hidong Kim wrote: > > > > > > Hi, Axalon, > > > > > > I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel is still hanging > > > during boot at "Finding module dependencies". Should it be 'depmod -a > > > 2.2.13-7mdk' or 'depmod -a 2.2.13'? Thanks, > > > > > > > move your old modules from (top level) /lib/modules to a new folder > > /lib/oldmodules (I just used KFM) > > or whatever before you make modules-->lnstall-->depmod etc. Before you > > reboot, put a working version of older kernel moudules in /lib/modules > > so you can boot with an older kernel if anything goes wrong. I.E. I made > > sure I had a bootdisk+modules for 2.2.13-7 before I rebooted my newly > > compiled 2.2.13-22. I don't think it would work with 2 lots of the same > > version e.g. 13-22 + 13-22 (havent tried it though). For me, depmod > > still > > spits out unresolved stuff, but I can boot o.k. off my new kernel. > > I think I hosed out some suff from the src tree when I did a make > > mrproper or a make clean somewhere, Wish I'd moved the RPM from /tmp > > > > Warren.
Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules
Do you have a multi-processor motherboard? The smp kernel is for mult-processor systems. "Thanks M Thompson at Hot Mail" I had a problem with installing a driver for my sound card, I know this is completely different to your problem, because my linux box was using the smp kernel. After I did away with that and used the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel I did not have a problem. Later, Gary Warren Doney wrote: > Hidong Kim wrote: > > > > Hi, Axalon, > > > > I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel is still hanging > > during boot at "Finding module dependencies". Should it be 'depmod -a > > 2.2.13-7mdk' or 'depmod -a 2.2.13'? Thanks, > > > > move your old modules from (top level) /lib/modules to a new folder > /lib/oldmodules (I just used KFM) > or whatever before you make modules-->lnstall-->depmod etc. Before you > reboot, put a working version of older kernel moudules in /lib/modules > so you can boot with an older kernel if anything goes wrong. I.E. I made > sure I had a bootdisk+modules for 2.2.13-7 before I rebooted my newly > compiled 2.2.13-22. I don't think it would work with 2 lots of the same > version e.g. 13-22 + 13-22 (havent tried it though). For me, depmod > still > spits out unresolved stuff, but I can boot o.k. off my new kernel. > I think I hosed out some suff from the src tree when I did a make > mrproper or a make clean somewhere, Wish I'd moved the RPM from /tmp > > Warren.
Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules
Hi, Warren, Thanks for the reply. There's one thing I don't quite understand, see below: Warren Doney wrote: > > Hidong Kim wrote: > > > > Hi, Axalon, > > > > I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel is still hanging > > during boot at "Finding module dependencies". Should it be 'depmod -a > > 2.2.13-7mdk' or 'depmod -a 2.2.13'? Thanks, > > > > move your old modules from (top level) /lib/modules to a new folder > /lib/oldmodules (I just used KFM) > or whatever before you make modules-->lnstall-->depmod etc. Before you > reboot, put a working version of older kernel moudules in /lib/modules > so you can boot with an older kernel if anything goes wrong. Can't I just boot off of an older kernel on a boot floppy in case of emergency? If I put working versions of older kernel modules in /lib/modules, won't that overwrite the modules that were just created? Thanks, Hidong I.E. I made > sure I had a bootdisk+modules for 2.2.13-7 before I rebooted my newly > compiled 2.2.13-22. I don't think it would work with 2 lots of the same > version e.g. 13-22 + 13-22 (havent tried it though). For me, depmod > still > spits out unresolved stuff, but I can boot o.k. off my new kernel. > I think I hosed out some suff from the src tree when I did a make > mrproper or a make clean somewhere, Wish I'd moved the RPM from /tmp > > Warren.
Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules
Hidong Kim wrote: > > Hi, Axalon, > > I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel is still hanging > during boot at "Finding module dependencies". Should it be 'depmod -a > 2.2.13-7mdk' or 'depmod -a 2.2.13'? Thanks, > move your old modules from (top level) /lib/modules to a new folder /lib/oldmodules (I just used KFM) or whatever before you make modules-->lnstall-->depmod etc. Before you reboot, put a working version of older kernel moudules in /lib/modules so you can boot with an older kernel if anything goes wrong. I.E. I made sure I had a bootdisk+modules for 2.2.13-7 before I rebooted my newly compiled 2.2.13-22. I don't think it would work with 2 lots of the same version e.g. 13-22 + 13-22 (havent tried it though). For me, depmod still spits out unresolved stuff, but I can boot o.k. off my new kernel. I think I hosed out some suff from the src tree when I did a make mrproper or a make clean somewhere, Wish I'd moved the RPM from /tmp Warren.
Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules
Hi, Axalon, I tried the 'depmod -a', but the 2.2.13-7mdk smp kernel is still hanging during boot at "Finding module dependencies". Should it be 'depmod -a 2.2.13-7mdk' or 'depmod -a 2.2.13'? Thanks, Hidong Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: > > > John Aldrich wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Are there any known problems with kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and smp? I > > > > recompiled the smp kernel using the kernel-source and kernel-headers > > > > RPMs from the Mandrake 6.1 installation CD, and now the machine won't > > > > boot. It hangs at "Finding module dependencies". A up 2.2.13-7mdk > > > > kernel boots fine. Thanks, > > > > > > > You need to run "depmod -a" to re-do the module dependancies for the > > > new kernel and install 'em in the config files. > > > John > > > > > > Hi, John, > > > > Thanks for the reply. When do I do 'depmod -a'? Here's the sequence of > > commands I use to compile a kernel: > > > > 1. make mrproper > > 2. make xconfig > > 3. make dep > > 4. make bzImage > > 5. make modules > > 6. make modules_install > > depmod -a 'new_kernel_version' > > > 7. copy new bzImage to floppy and /boot > > > > Where does 'depmod -a' fit into this sequence? Thanks, > > > > > > > > Hidong > > > > -- > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ > --Axalon
Re: [newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules
John Aldrich wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Hidong Kim wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Are there any known problems with kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and smp? I > > recompiled the smp kernel using the kernel-source and kernel-headers > > RPMs from the Mandrake 6.1 installation CD, and now the machine won't > > boot. It hangs at "Finding module dependencies". A up 2.2.13-7mdk > > kernel boots fine. Thanks, > > > You need to run "depmod -a" to re-do the module dependancies for the > new kernel and install 'em in the config files. > John Hi, John, Thanks for the reply. When do I do 'depmod -a'? Here's the sequence of commands I use to compile a kernel: 1. make mrproper 2. make xconfig 3. make dep 4. make bzImage 5. make modules 6. make modules_install 7. copy new bzImage to floppy and /boot Where does 'depmod -a' fit into this sequence? Thanks, Hidong
[newbie] smp kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and modules
Hi, Are there any known problems with kernel 2.2.13-7mdk and smp? I recompiled the smp kernel using the kernel-source and kernel-headers RPMs from the Mandrake 6.1 installation CD, and now the machine won't boot. It hangs at "Finding module dependencies". A up 2.2.13-7mdk kernel boots fine. Thanks, Hidong
Re: [newbie] SMP question
Robert Weider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Does anyone know which kernal do I need to upgrade to >via rpm upgrade or compile to support a smp system? >TIA >Robert > >__ >Do You Yahoo!? >Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. >Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com I'm not 100% sure, but doesn't the kernel that comes with the new Mandrake release support SMP. Try installing the kernel headers and source RPM that come with the Mandrake 6.1 distribution. From your command line: cd /usr/src/linux make xconfig >From here you should be able to choose the options you want in your kernel. I believe you will find an SMP option. Then: make dep make bzImage make modules make modules_install make install Make sure to change your lilo.conf file to include your new and old kernel just in case your new compilation of the kernel doesn't work. Good Luck. SA -- Do you do Linux? :) Get your FREE @linuxstart.com email address at: http://www.linuxstart.com
Re: [newbie] SMP question
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, you wrote: > Does anyone know which kernal do I need to upgrade to > via rpm upgrade or compile to support a smp system? > TIA > Robert > an SMP kernel, obviously. :-) They are marked as "kernel--smp.mdk.i586.rpm" or something similar. It's pretty obvious which RPMs are smp kernels already. Also, ANY kernel you hand-compile is capable of SMP. It's one of the config options which come up during the config/menuconfig/xconfig John
[newbie] SMP question
>>> "Robert" == Robert Weider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Robert> Does anyone know which kernal do I need to upgrade to via Robert> rpm upgrade or compile to support a smp system? TIA This is a shot in the dark, but how about kernel-smp-2.2.13-7mdk.i586.rpm or kernel-smp-fb-2.2.13-7mdk.i586.rpm at rpmfind.net:/linux/Mandrake/6.1/Mandrake/RPMS you might want to grab the kernel-headers-2.2.13-7mdk.i586.rpm and kernel-source-2.2.13-7mdk.i586.rpm from the same site. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.14-1mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Dec 12 Third Sunday of Advent "Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around." - [G.K. Chesterton, in Orthodoxy, 1908]
[newbie] SMP question
Does anyone know which kernal do I need to upgrade to via rpm upgrade or compile to support a smp system? TIA Robert __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] smp questions
pete moss wrote: > > i have in mind doing some system hardware upgrades, one of the things > that i am thinking about upgrading is my processor. i currently have a > PII 350. my motherboard can support up to a 450. i am also considering > getting a smp motherboard and a second chip. is there a good cheap > motherboard that supports this, as well as agp, isa, and pci? do the > two processors need to be the same speed? also, is there a better place > to compare prices than cnet.com? > > tia > :P BP6 with dual celeron 300's is what I use
Re: [newbie] smp questions
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Singer XJ Wang wrote: > For a Duel Processing System, I recommend the Asus P2B-D or P2B-DS > Mothboard. It uses an Intel 440BX Chipset, UDMA-33 Connectors, 4xDIMM > Sockets [up to 1 Gig]. AGP, blah. The DS also has an U2W [80MB/s] SCSI > Connectors build on. > > Why am I recommending this? > > Well, at this lab in the university here we run the following: > Duel PIII-500's > Asus P2B-D > 12GIG UDMA HDDs (Quantum) > > and we use LINUX RedHat (sorry, Mandrake but Guassian98 requires RedHat) > and this Gaussian98 program runs up to two weeks for one execution for us > and it wil keep both procesors loaded at 100% 99% of that time and during > our 2 month of use with that thing, we have had no problems > Sorry about the bellow TOP Dump, accident. Flamers - Yeah, I know the P2Bs are expensive, but they are wort it. > PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND > 5879 wang 17 0 19512 19M 19288 R 0 99.9 3.7 36:27 > l703.exe > 5971 wang 17 0 19508 19M 19284 R 0 99.2 3.7 1:25 > l703.exe > 5972 root 1 0 1036 1036 836 R 0 0.7 0.2 0:00 top > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: > > > Seth Gibson wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > > > two processors need to be the same speed? also, is there a better place > > > > to compare prices than cnet.com? > > > I would give pricewatch.com a shot. They have smp boards for as low as 69 but > > > that might not necessarily be your best bet. If you're looking for a certain > > > board i'd check pricewatch for it tho. Good Luck! > > > > Yes SMP processors must be the same speed. > > Jeanette > > > >
Re: [newbie] smp questions
Seth Gibson wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > two processors need to be the same speed? also, is there a better place > > to compare prices than cnet.com? > I would give pricewatch.com a shot. They have smp boards for as low as 69 but > that might not necessarily be your best bet. If you're looking for a certain > board i'd check pricewatch for it tho. Good Luck! Yes SMP processors must be the same speed. Jeanette
Re: [newbie] smp questions
I would also add to the other coments here that cheap is not good. I have a friend here who swears by the prices of PCChips boards, and then swears at them when he comes to set them up!!! My personal recommendation is ABIT, they work very well, and don't use jumpers. The setup is virtually automatic, so is very easy. And they usually support AGP, PCI, and ISA, although newer boards have less ISA slots than most people would like. Oh, and they are an overclockers dream, as you can tweak speeds and voltage settings through the GUI. It only takes a quick reset on the motherboard if you totally screw things up. And they are only usually 10-20 pounds dearer than the cheaper ones. I believe the processors can be different speeds, but the faster one will be brought down to the speed of the slower one, so it's a bit pointless. I can't recommend any prices matching places, as I've always found something that is apparently cheap, gone to one of the supposedly more expensive websites, and found they've matched the price with free delivery! There's no better way than actually doing the legwork and checking out what they have directly. - Original Message - From: pete moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 4:07 AM Subject: [newbie] smp questions i have in mind doing some system hardware upgrades, one of the things that i am thinking about upgrading is my processor. i currently have a PII 350. my motherboard can support up to a 450. i am also considering getting a smp motherboard and a second chip. is there a good cheap motherboard that supports this, as well as agp, isa, and pci? do the two processors need to be the same speed? also, is there a better place to compare prices than cnet.com? tia :P
Re: [newbie] smp questions
without a more info about your setup it is hard to say a whole lot. Do some research on the motherboard you own, check out the manufacturer's specs and see what processors they say they support (types and speeds). If you want to do SMP buying a "cheap" motherboard is probably not a smart idea. Again, do some research and find a board that others are reporting success with. Yes, you want to have the same processors on the board (some even say that getting processors from the same production batch give you better performance). Check out http://www.tomshardware.com I like to compare prices at http://www.pricewatch.com > i have in mind doing some system hardware upgrades, one of the things > that i am thinking about upgrading is my processor. i currently have a > PII 350. my motherboard can support up to a 450. i am also considering > getting a smp motherboard and a second chip. is there a good cheap > motherboard that supports this, as well as agp, isa, and pci? do the > two processors need to be the same speed? also, is there a better place > to compare prices than cnet.com? > > tia > :P
Re: [newbie] smp questions
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote: > two processors need to be the same speed? also, is there a better place > to compare prices than cnet.com? I would give pricewatch.com a shot. They have smp boards for as low as 69 but that might not necessarily be your best bet. If you're looking for a certain board i'd check pricewatch for it tho. Good Luck!
[newbie] smp questions
i have in mind doing some system hardware upgrades, one of the things that i am thinking about upgrading is my processor. i currently have a PII 350. my motherboard can support up to a 450. i am also considering getting a smp motherboard and a second chip. is there a good cheap motherboard that supports this, as well as agp, isa, and pci? do the two processors need to be the same speed? also, is there a better place to compare prices than cnet.com? tia :P
RE: [newbie] SMP + OT DSL Question
From: Ronald A. Yacketta I found it on the linuxmandrake site . mshirley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 10/28/99 12:54:51 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) Subject: RE: [newbie] SMP + OT DSL Question Incedentally, where's this BP6 SMP article that started this thread? My next computer's gonna be a BP6/300A setup. -Original Message- From: Seth Gibson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 11:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] SMP + OT DSL Question On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: > From: Ronald A. Yacketta > sorry if I sound stupid here, but BP6??? > The ABit mobo that supports dual celerons. . .anybody else heard the rumor that intel is going to start diasbling SMP capability in PPGA Celerons too? I read that somewhere. . .Hopefully AMD wont follow that path with the Athlon Selects. . . Now for the OT DSL Question(: Im getting DSL with a static IP and im running a DSL box into a NIC. So basically do i just need to configure eth0 for normal operation and then connect the DSL box to the NIC? Thanks all! -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) Aggression Takes Its Toll.
RE: [newbie] SMP + OT DSL Question
Incedentally, where's this BP6 SMP article that started this thread? My next computer's gonna be a BP6/300A setup. -Original Message- From: Seth Gibson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 11:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] SMP + OT DSL Question On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: > From: Ronald A. Yacketta > sorry if I sound stupid here, but BP6??? > The ABit mobo that supports dual celerons. . .anybody else heard the rumor that intel is going to start diasbling SMP capability in PPGA Celerons too? I read that somewhere. . .Hopefully AMD wont follow that path with the Athlon Selects. . . Now for the OT DSL Question(: Im getting DSL with a static IP and im running a DSL box into a NIC. So basically do i just need to configure eth0 for normal operation and then connect the DSL box to the NIC? Thanks all! -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) Aggression Takes Its Toll.
Re: [newbie] SMP
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: > From: Ronald A. Yacketta > > sorry if I sound stupid here, but BP6??? > Motherboard model John
Re: [newbie] SMP + OT DSL Question
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: > From: Ronald A. Yacketta > sorry if I sound stupid here, but BP6??? > The ABit mobo that supports dual celerons. . .anybody else heard the rumor that intel is going to start diasbling SMP capability in PPGA Celerons too? I read that somewhere. . .Hopefully AMD wont follow that path with the Athlon Selects. . . Now for the OT DSL Question(: Im getting DSL with a static IP and im running a DSL box into a NIC. So basically do i just need to configure eth0 for normal operation and then connect the DSL box to the NIC? Thanks all! -- Seth Gibson www.mp3.com/PSM0x2710 members.tripod.com/cybernetic_thunder (Under Construction) Aggression Takes Its Toll.
Re: [newbie] SMP
From: Ronald A. Yacketta sorry if I sound stupid here, but BP6??? Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 10/27/99 07:21:55 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) Subject: Re: [newbie] SMP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: Ronald A. Yacketta > > FYI: > that little article on mandrakes site regarding SMP (with dual celeron's) > is awsome! > I followed it to the "T" and it worked.. kick butt ;) Welcome to the BP6 club! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] SMP
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: Ronald A. Yacketta > > FYI: > that little article on mandrakes site regarding SMP (with dual celeron's) > is awsome! > I followed it to the "T" and it worked.. kick butt ;) Welcome to the BP6 club! -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] SMP troubles
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, you wrote: > Why do i get an error message everytime I try to recompile some program > that uses SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing)? For example, I am trying to > install VMware's Emulator on my Linux Machine (Mandrake 6.1, kernel > version 2.2.13-7mdk) and when I invoke their install script, it gives me > the following error message... > > - Begin Error - > > What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your > running kernel? > [/usr/src/linux/include]? <--- I accept the default and it shoudl be > correct... > > The directory of kernel headers (version 2.2.13-7mdk) does not match > your running kernel (version 2.2.13-7mdksmp). Consequently, even if the > compilation of the module was successful, the module would not load into > the running kernel. > Hmm...that's wierd... Are there any options, such as " -- nodeps" to make it work Dunno what the problem is. That's really wierd. Have you tried the SMP list? It's at [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can subscribe to it or just send a message (I'm subbed to it myself...) John
[newbie] SMP troubles
Why do i get an error message everytime I try to recompile some program that uses SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing)? For example, I am trying to install VMware's Emulator on my Linux Machine (Mandrake 6.1, kernel version 2.2.13-7mdk) and when I invoke their install script, it gives me the following error message... - Begin Error - What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]? <--- I accept the default and it shoudl be correct... The directory of kernel headers (version 2.2.13-7mdk) does not match your running kernel (version 2.2.13-7mdksmp). Consequently, even if the compilation of the module was successful, the module would not load into the running kernel. - End Eror - Did Mandrake drop the ball on this, or is there something I am missing. I have all the kernel source installed and it is in /usr/src/linux/include. Anybody else run into problems on an SMP machine? Help please. I would have posted this to VMware, but i have noticed the same problem with several packages while trying to build and SMP version. I ran into a similar problem while just trying to recompile a new kernel.. -- John
RE: [newbie] SMP kernel problems on PPro
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, you wrote: > > take the kernel-2.2-i686-smp.config from the kernel SRPM, change the > cpu to a Ppro and see if that works.. > Ahh...recompile. :-) I was kinda hoping to avoid that, but I guess it's inevitable *sigh* Oh, well. :-) Thanks... John
RE: [newbie] SMP kernel problems on PPro
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, you wrote: > > > > I've got dual PII's and have booted successfully with 2.2.9-19mdksmp, > > 2.2.9-27mdksmp, and 2.2.11 > > The system is: Micronics Helios board(440BX) + AHA2940UW. > > > > scott > > > Yeah...I figured it was probably fine for P II / P III, but PPro is > a different beast altogether. Although it may be more of a > motherboard problem. The motherboard is a Micronics W6-LI w/ 192 Megs > of RAM and only one IDE device (my boot drive.) > John take the kernel-2.2-i686-smp.config from the kernel SRPM, change the cpu to a Ppro and see if that works.. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
RE: [newbie] SMP kernel problems on PPro
John wrote: On 25-Aug-99 John Aldrich wrote: > My tech helped me fix one problem (booting from the IDE vs SCSI -- > turns out there was an option in BIOS I hadn't seen to tell the BIOS > which device to boot from.) > However, there's a more troubling and less easily fixed (afaik) > problem with the kernel: If I try to boot from the SMP kernel so I > can actually USE the second processor, it locks up trying to scan the > IDE bus. However, if I boot "linux-up" at the LILO prompt, it boots > just fine. > > Does anyone know if the newer kernel solves this problem? > Thanks... > John John, I've got dual PII's and have booted successfully with 2.2.9-19mdksmp, 2.2.9-27mdksmp, and 2.2.11 The system is: Micronics Helios board(440BX) + AHA2940UW. scott -- E-Mail: sw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 25-Aug-99 Time: 20:11:01 This message was sent by XFMail --
[newbie] SMP kernel problems on PPro
My tech helped me fix one problem (booting from the IDE vs SCSI -- turns out there was an option in BIOS I hadn't seen to tell the BIOS which device to boot from.) However, there's a more troubling and less easily fixed (afaik) problem with the kernel: If I try to boot from the SMP kernel so I can actually USE the second processor, it locks up trying to scan the IDE bus. However, if I boot "linux-up" at the LILO prompt, it boots just fine. Does anyone know if the newer kernel solves this problem? Thanks... John
Re: [newbie] smp questions
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: > Seth Gibson wrote: > > > > On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > > two processors need to be the same speed? also, is there a better place > > > to compare prices than cnet.com? > > I would give pricewatch.com a shot. They have smp boards for as low as 69 but > > that might not necessarily be your best bet. If you're looking for a certain > > board i'd check pricewatch for it tho. Good Luck! > > Yes SMP processors must be the same speed. > Jeanette Not so with the abit BP6
