SL7.2 Live DVDkde would not boot [3]

[Yasha Karant]

Just in case this helps, first, the HP description of the hardware, and 
then, the Ubuntu description (note that the machine is "Ubuntu 
certified" that seems to be correct in that
64 bit Ubuntu did boot and an Xwindows GUI window manager was 
operational).  Again, any assistance would be most appreciated.


Yasha Karant

HP:

http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-15-Notebook-PC-series/8499302/model/8857403/document/c04773160#AbT1

Hardware
*Product Name*

15-ab153nr
*Product Number*

N5R26UA
*Microprocessor*

1.8GHz up to 3.2gHz AMD Quad-Core A10-8700P APU
*Microprocessor Cache*

2MB L2 Cache
*Memory*

8GB DDR3L SDRAM (1 DIMM)
*Video Graphics*

AMD Radeon R6 graphics with up to 4352MB total graphics memory
*Display*

15.6-inch diagonal HD BrightView WLED-backlit display (1366x768)
*Hard Drive*

1TB 5400RPM hard drive
*Multimedia Drive*

SuperMulti DVD burner
*Network Card*

Integrated 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet LAN
*Wireless Connectivity*

1x1 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth
*Sound*

B&O PLAY with dual speakers
*Keyboard*

Full-size island-style keyboard with numeric keypad
*Pointing Device*

HP Imagepad with multi-touch gesture support
*External Ports*

1 multi-format SD media card reader
2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0, 1 supporting USB Boost
1 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
1 HDMI
1 RJ-45 (LAN)
1 Headphone-out/microphone-in combo jack
**


Ubuntu:

http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201307-13902/


   Hardware summary

This system was tested with these key components:

Processor   

AMD processor AMD A4-5000 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics 



Video   

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini [Radeon HD 8330] 



Ethernet

Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast 
Ethernet controller 



Wireless

Atheros Communications AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter 




   Hardware details

Accelerometer   

Unknown ST LIS3LV02DL Accelerometer 



Audio   

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini HDMI/DP Audio 



Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller 



Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller 



Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller 



Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini HDMI/DP Audio 



Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Unknown 



BIOS

Insyde B.0C 



Board   

Hewlett-Packard 216F 



Capture 

Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd (Foxlink) None 



Cardreader  

Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader 



Cdrom   

Advanced Silicon S.A. hp DVDRAM GU70N 



Unknown hp DVDRAM GU70N 



Chassis 

Hewlett-Packard Notebook 



Disk

Advanced Silicon S.A. ST320LT012-9WS14C 



Unknown ST320LT012-9WS14C 



Keyboard

Advanced Silicon S.A. AT Translated Set 2 keyboard 



Unknown AT Translated Set 2 keyboard 



Network 

Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast 
Ethernet controller 

SL7.2 Live DVDkde would not boot [2]

[Yasha Karant]

I just verified that the SL7.2 Live DVDkde DVD I burned does boot on my 
SL 7.1 HP laptop -- very slow, but it does boot and bring up KDE.  
During the failed boot process, there was a specific file mentioned to 
post as a "bug report", rdsosreport.txt .  This file also is long, but 
it appears here for reference.  Any ideas how to fix this? Would a USB 
stick boot work?  The machine currently has MS Win 10, but if we decide 
to keep it, I would reformat the drive as a Linux only machine, with MS 
Win running as a guest under VirtualBox or the like. At the end of the 
output below appears Warning: /dev/disk/by-label/SL-72-x86_64-LiveDVDkde 
does not exist ,   This is correct; a manual inspection of 
/dev/disk-by-label/ shows windows, etc., but no SL file.


Any assistance would be most appreciated.

Yasha Karant

+ cat /lib/dracut/dracut-033-360.el7_2
dracut-033-360.el7_2
+ cat /proc/cmdline
initrd=initrd0.img root=live:CDLABEL=SL-72-x86_64-LiveDVDkde 
rootfstype=auto ro rd.live.image quiet  rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0  
BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz0

+ '[' -f /etc/cmdline ']'
+ for _i in '/etc/cmdline.d/*.conf'
+ '[' -f '/etc/cmdline.d/*.conf' ']'
+ break
+ cat /proc/self/mountinfo
1 1 0:1 / / rw shared:1 - rootfs rootfs rw
18 1 0:17 / /sys rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:2 - sysfs sysfs rw
19 1 0:3 / /proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:7 - proc proc rw
20 1 0:5 / /dev rw,nosuid shared:8 - devtmpfs devtmpfs 
rw,size=3745572k,nr_inodes=936393,mode=755
21 18 0:16 / /sys/kernel/security rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 
shared:3 - securityfs securityfs rw

22 20 0:18 / /dev/shm rw,nosuid,nodev shared:9 - tmpfs tmpfs rw
23 20 0:11 / /dev/pts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime shared:10 - devpts 
devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000

24 1 0:19 / /run rw,nosuid,nodev shared:11 - tmpfs tmpfs rw,mode=755
25 18 0:20 / /sys/fs/cgroup ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec shared:4 - tmpfs 
tmpfs ro,mode=755
26 25 0:21 / /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 
shared:5 - cgroup cgroup 
rw,xattr,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd
27 18 0:22 / /sys/fs/pstore rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:6 - 
pstore pstore rw
28 25 0:23 / /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 
shared:12 - cgroup cgroup rw,cpuset
29 25 0:24 / /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 
shared:13 - cgroup cgroup rw,hugetlb
30 25 0:25 / /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 
shared:14 - cgroup cgroup rw,cpuacct,cpu
31 25 0:26 / /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 
shared:15 - cgroup cgroup rw,net_cls
32 25 0:27 / /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 
shared:16 - cgroup cgroup rw,perf_event
33 25 0:28 / /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 
shared:17 - cgroup cgroup rw,blkio
34 25 0:29 / /sys/fs/cgroup/devices rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 
shared:18 - cgroup cgroup rw,devices
35 25 0:30 / /sys/fs/cgroup/memory rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 
shared:19 - cgroup cgroup rw,memory
36 25 0:31 / /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 
shared:20 - cgroup cgroup rw,freezer
37 1 0:32 / /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rw,relatime shared:21 - rpc_pipefs 
rpc_pipefs rw

59 18 0:33 / /sys/kernel/config rw,relatime shared:22 - configfs configfs rw
+ cat /proc/mounts
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
devtmpfs /dev devtmpfs rw,nosuid,size=3745572k,nr_inodes=936393,mode=755 0 0
securityfs /sys/kernel/security securityfs 
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0

tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts 
rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 0 0

tmpfs /run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755 0 0
tmpfs /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd cgroup 
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd 
0 0

pstore /sys/fs/pstore pstore rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset cgroup 
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb cgroup 
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct cgroup 
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuacct,cpu 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls cgroup 
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event cgroup 
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event 0 0

cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/devices cgroup 
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/memory cgroup 
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer cgroup 
rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer 0 0

rpc_pipefs /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw,relatime 0 0
configfs /sys/kernel/config configfs rw,relatime 0 0
+ blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="SYSTEM" UUID="5E84-4728" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI 
system par

Re: Identical disks, different # sectors

[Konstantin Olchanski]

>product: WDC WD1003FBYX-0
>version: 1V02
>serial: WD-WCAW35919858
> 
>product: WDC WD1003FBYX-0
>version: 1V02
>serial: WD-WCAW33395036


These do appear to be identical disks - same product, same series (sn 
WD-WCAWxxx), same fireware.

(Sometimes very different WDC disks have the same "product" name - but the 
serial number
will have different series, i.e. WD-WCAWxxx vs WD-CAZAxxx).

For more information, can you post the full output of "smartctl -a /dev/sdX" 
for both disks?

Also if you have "too many disks" connected to the machine it is possible you 
printed
the information from the wrong two disks.

To check against that, post the full output of "smartctl -a /dev/sdX" for 
*every* disk.


K.O.




On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 07:10:41PM +, Thomas Leavitt wrote:
> General Linux question, y'all seem very helpful generally, hope this is o.k.
> 
> I noticed that a disk in an mdadm software RAID10 array had been 
> automatically removed. I pulled it, popped in a new disk that is the EXACT 
> same model as several disks already in the system and the array... ran fdisk 
> on it, created a partition, put a disk label on it, then tried to add it, and 
> got "not large enough to join array" as an error message. It seems like the 
> new disk is one sector smaller. Am I just out of luck with this disk, because 
> the firmware has decided to nuke one sector? Makes buying spares, and having 
> them on hand, pretty dicey if such is the case. Have two on order at the 
> moment.
> 
> This is the second time I've been led a merry go round simply trying to 
> replace a disk in this array, it is seriously souring me on mdadm and 
> software RAID in general (not that I was a big fan of it anyway).
> 
> Any suggestions? This is part of a dual clustered system, two RAID10 arrays 
> in a glusterfs, so one missing drive isn't a crisis, but obviously less than 
> ideal.
> 
> Regards,
> Thomas Leavitt
> 
> [root@system1 ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb1
> 
> Disk /dev/sdb1: 1000.2 GB, 1000203837440 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x
> 
> [root@system1 ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdk1
> 
> Disk /dev/sdk1: 1000.2 GB, 1000202241024 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121600 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x
> 
> 
> lshw
> description: ATA Disk
>product: WDC WD1003FBYX-0
>vendor: Western Digital
>physical id: 0.b.0
>bus info: scsi@0:0.11.0
>logical name: /dev/sdb
>version: 1V02
>serial: WD-WCAW35919858
>size: 931GiB (1TB)
>capacity: 931GiB (1TB)
> 
> description: ATA Disk
>product: WDC WD1003FBYX-0
>vendor: Western Digital
>physical id: 0.e.0
>bus info: scsi@0:0.14.0
>logical name: /dev/sdk
>version: 1V02
>serial: WD-WCAW33395036
>size: 931GiB (1TB)
>capacity: 931GiB (1TB)
> 
> [root@sapphire ~]# mdadm --manage /dev/md3 --add /dev/sdk1
> mdadm: /dev/sdk1 not large enough to join array
> 
> --
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Re: MAC file sharing

[Bruce Ferrell]

On 4/1/16 4:26 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:

Hi All,

What is you all's favorite way to share files with a MAC network?
NFS?  Samba?

Many thanks,
-T

OS X (modern versions anyway) has what is technically called CIFS built 
in and is compatible with Windows/Samba

MAC file sharing

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

What is you all's favorite way to share files with a MAC network?
NFS?  Samba?

Many thanks,
-T

--
~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
~~

Re: fglrx problem

[Stephen_Isard]

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 09:23:56 +0200, Karel Lang AFD  wrote:

>Hi,
>i don't know why you were doing the kernel/vga driver update, but if
>there wasn't a particular bug you were fixing, i would downgrade the
>kernel/driver/X server back to previous, working versions..
>

Yes, I have dropped back to elrepo's version 14.12-1 and X is working again.  
I'd prefer to stay current, as long as my card is still supported by the 
proprietary driver, but that doesn't seem to be a choice here.

Stephen Isard

Re: Need bootable no install SL 7 DVD

[Yasha Karant]

On 04/01/2016 12:34 PM, olli hauer wrote:

On 2016-04-01 21:07, Yasha Karant wrote:

My spouse's laptop appears to be failing in hardware -- there are repeated 
errors coming from the SL 6 boot screen including what appears to be a failing 
hard drive (but this could also be the mother board disk controller).

As we cannot afford a linux certified laptop, and I plan to upgrade her to a machine that 
is provisioned for 64 bit operation, we will need to find a commodity laptop at a big box 
merchandiser (typically under $500).  However, all of these machines will have MS Win 
preinstalled.  In the past, if we are considering the purchase of such a machine, I have 
inserted a bootable standalone with Xwindows and network SL DVD -- if all of the hardware 
is recognized (that is, drivers exist), we will consider the machine.  If the machine has 
proprietary MS Win hardware (drivers not part of the "stock" SL distribution), 
we look elsewhere.

Is SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDkde.iso 

 the correct image to burn to a DVD to be able to perform the above test (bootable, runs, 
but does not install anything on the existing hard drive)?  I prefer KDE to Gnome 3, but 
could burn the gnome variant (SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDgnome.iso 
).
 Will this test the WNIC as well as the video and audio cards in the machine?  Are there 
any predefined login/password accounts on the above ISO images, and if so, what account and 
password?  Typically, there were none.

Yasha Karant


I read there is a linux edition from the 'Inspiron 15 3000', but I haven't had 
it in my own hands.
Maybe you can find some dedicated linux report.

She needs a laptop *NOW*.  At a local Office Depot (a USA office supply 
big box chain), I have found:


HP Pavilion Laptop Computer With 15.6" Screen & 6th Gen AMD Quad-Core 
A10 Processor, Windows® 10, 15-ab153nr Item # 473975


Item #  473975
OfficeMax # 25099857
Manufacturer #  N5R26UA#ABA

processor speed 1.8 GHz
processor brand AMD
maximum memory capacity 8 GB
optical drive   SuperMulti DVD burner
hard drive type hard drive
Product Condition   new
wired connectivity  10/100 Ethernet
manufacturerHewlett-Packard
screen size 15.6 inches
integrated speakers Yes
video hardware 	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics with up to 4352MB total graphics 
memory


peripherals includednone
gaming PC   no
front camera/webcam Yes
wireless connectivity   802.11b/g/n; Bluetooth
Operating Systems   Windows 10
modem   no modem
weight  4.89 lb
brand name  HP
memory type DDR3L SDRAM
processor type  A10
2 in 1  no
maximum battery life7.5 hours
hard drive capacity 1 TB
screen resolution   1366 x 768
numeric keypad  yes
memory card reader  Yes
memory  8 GB
eco-label/standard  ENERGY STAR; EPEAT Silver
processor model Quad-Core A10-8700P APU
ports 	2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0; 1 USB 2.0; 1 HDMI; 1 RJ-45 (LAN); 1 
headphone-out/microphone-in combination jack

warranty length 1-year limited
model name  Pavilion 15-ab153nr
audio hardware  B&O PLAY with dual speakers
Touchscreen no



Although this is a consumer machine (mine is a HP but 
commercial/industrial/semi-"mil-spec", and fully supports SL), she does 
not need to use it the way I need to.
I am assuming another 3 to 5 years.  Other than a bit small in RAM for 
full 64 bit operation, it should work -- and still has a RJ-45 802.3 
jack for wired use.  From what I can tell, all of
the hardware has SL 7 intrinsic drivers.  Unless I know the box is 
"linux certified" (my HP was), the only way I can check a consumer 
commodity machine is to boot and verify that all of the hardware is 
"seen" and "works".


How does one defeat UEFI for testing purposes in store?

Yasha Karant

Re: Need bootable no install SL 7 DVD

[olli hauer]

On 2016-04-01 21:07, Yasha Karant wrote:
> My spouse's laptop appears to be failing in hardware -- there are repeated 
> errors coming from the SL 6 boot screen including what appears to be a 
> failing hard drive (but this could also be the mother board disk controller).
> 
> As we cannot afford a linux certified laptop, and I plan to upgrade her to a 
> machine that is provisioned for 64 bit operation, we will need to find a 
> commodity laptop at a big box merchandiser (typically under $500).  However, 
> all of these machines will have MS Win preinstalled.  In the past, if we are 
> considering the purchase of such a machine, I have inserted a bootable 
> standalone with Xwindows and network SL DVD -- if all of the hardware is 
> recognized (that is, drivers exist), we will consider the machine.  If the 
> machine has proprietary MS Win hardware (drivers not part of the "stock" SL 
> distribution), we look elsewhere.
> 
> Is SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDkde.iso 
> 
>  the correct image to burn to a DVD to be able to perform the above test 
> (bootable, runs, but does not install anything on the existing hard drive)?  
> I prefer KDE to Gnome 3, but could burn the gnome variant 
> (SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDgnome.iso 
> ).
>  Will this test the WNIC as well as the video and audio cards in the machine? 
>  Are there any predefined login/password accounts on the above ISO images, 
> and if so, what account and password?  Typically, there were none.
> 
> Yasha Karant
> 

I read there is a linux edition from the 'Inspiron 15 3000', but I haven't had 
it in my own hands.
Maybe you can find some dedicated linux report.

-- 
olli

Re: Need bootable no install SL 7 DVD

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On Apr 1, 2016 13:07, "Yasha Karant"  wrote:
>
> My spouse's laptop appears to be failing in hardware -- there are
repeated errors coming from the SL 6 boot screen including what appears to
be a failing hard drive (but this could also be the mother board disk
controller).
>
> As we cannot afford a linux certified laptop, and I plan to upgrade her
to a machine that is provisioned for 64 bit operation, we will need to find
a commodity laptop at a big box merchandiser (typically under $500).
However, all of these machines will have MS Win preinstalled.  In the past,
if we are considering the purchase of such a machine, I have inserted a
bootable standalone with Xwindows and network SL DVD -- if all of the
hardware is recognized (that is, drivers exist), we will consider the
machine.  If the machine has proprietary MS Win hardware (drivers not part
of the "stock" SL distribution), we look elsewhere.
>

Any of the live images should do this. However there may be 2 things to
deal with

1 many laptops no longer come with CD-ROM or DVD drives anymore.

2 most systems come with eufi secure boot turned on

The first problem can be dealt with a USB key built from the test image.
The second problem requires the image to be eufi aware and signed. Or that
you get the BIOS to turn off secure boot.

For sub 500/laptops I have had good luck with Asus and Linux. If you watch
the ars technic bargain web page you can sometimes score a very nice Dell
in that range also. (The Dell Linux developer laptop was at that range 2
weeks ago) good lucl

> Is SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDkde.iso the correct image to burn to a
DVD to be able to perform the above test (bootable, runs, but does not
install anything on the existing hard drive)?  I prefer KDE to Gnome 3, but
could burn the gnome variant (SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDgnome.iso).
Will this test the WNIC as well as the video and audio cards in the
machine?  Are there any predefined login/password accounts on the above ISO
images, and if so, what account and password?  Typically, there were none.
>
> Yasha Karant

Need bootable no install SL 7 DVD

[Yasha Karant]

My spouse's laptop appears to be failing in hardware -- there are 
repeated errors coming from the SL 6 boot screen including what appears 
to be a failing hard drive (but this could also be the mother board disk 
controller).


As we cannot afford a linux certified laptop, and I plan to upgrade her 
to a machine that is provisioned for 64 bit operation, we will need to 
find a commodity laptop at a big box merchandiser (typically under 
$500).  However, all of these machines will have MS Win preinstalled.  
In the past, if we are considering the purchase of such a machine, I 
have inserted a bootable standalone with Xwindows and network SL DVD -- 
if all of the hardware is recognized (that is, drivers exist), we will 
consider the machine.  If the machine has proprietary MS Win hardware 
(drivers not part of the "stock" SL distribution), we look elsewhere.


Is SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDkde.iso 
 
the correct image to burn to a DVD to be able to perform the above test 
(bootable, runs, but does not install anything on the existing hard 
drive)?  I prefer KDE to Gnome 3, but could burn the gnome variant 
(SL-72-x86_64-2016-02-03-LiveDVDgnome.iso 
). 
Will this test the WNIC as well as the video and audio cards in the 
machine?  Are there any predefined login/password accounts on the above 
ISO images, and if so, what account and password?  Typically, there were 
none.


Yasha Karant

Re: fglrx problem

[Karel Lang AFD]

Hi,
i don't know why you were doing the kernel/vga driver update, but if 
there wasn't a particular bug you were fixing, i would downgrade the 
kernel/driver/X server back to previous, working versions..


--
*Karel Lang*
*Unix/Linux Administration*
l...@afd.cz | +420 731 13 40 40
AUFEER DESIGN, s.r.o. | www.aufeerdesign.cz


On 03/31/2016 08:18 PM, Stephen Isard wrote:

I have a Dell Optiplex 980 with a Radeon HD 6450 card which was working
fine with the elrepo fglrx-x11-drv and kmod-fglrx packages until I
recently upgraded to kernel 2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64 and fglrx
versions 15.12-1.  Now when I move a window on the screen, the content
isn't erased from the old location, leaving a trail of ghosts behind.
This happens with more than one window manager (fvwm, icewm, fluxbox),
so I think its an X problem, rather than a window manager bug.

The guys at elrepo were very responsive, but they didn't have the
problem on their own machines, and it's not really their software - it
is closed source from ATI - and they have run out of guesses for what to
try.  I have tried installing ATI's own rpm and that behaves the same
way.  I've filed a bug on the unofficial ATI bugzilla, but don't have
great hopes there.  I'm wondering whether anyone here has ever seen
symptoms like these.  Using the radeon driver gets me a mostly usable
system, but there is some stuff that says it won't work without glx.

Stephen Isard