Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread Jim Crilly
On 11/08/06 12:02:36AM +0100, Daniel Tryba wrote: > On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 05:38:50PM -0500, Jim Crilly wrote: > > I've been using the pre-built kernels since I got this AMD64 box without > > any hardware detection issues. If your soundcard disappears every couple of > > reboots I would be more su

Re: kernel without smp

2006-11-07 Thread sigi
Hi, On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 03:23:36PM -0500, Jim Crilly wrote: > On 11/07/06 03:07:47PM +0100, sigi wrote: > > > > So, only chance to build my own one to use my rt2570-module? > > > > Have you tried booting with the kernel parameters 'nosmp' or 'maxcpus=1'? No, I didn't... Thanks for this hi

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread Daniel Tryba
On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 05:38:50PM -0500, Jim Crilly wrote: > I've been using the pre-built kernels since I got this AMD64 box without > any hardware detection issues. If your soundcard disappears every couple of > reboots I would be more suspicious of the hardware than the kernel. This is contrad

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread Jim Crilly
On 11/07/06 11:07:56PM +0100, Daniel Tryba wrote: > Well, I personally have been trying debian kernels for a couple of > weeks. A machine that has been running Debian/unstable with custom > kernels for the last couple of years and always has been very stable, > now is not detecting the soundcard ev

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread Daniel Tryba
On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 04:39:00PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > My system locks up when I run "ifconfig eth1 up" on the sk98lin module > but I only have 1Gb of ram. Maybe I should play with the bios > settings. I'd guess that it could be related to IOMMU settings, but that does only make s

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread Daniel Tryba
On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 04:34:18PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > 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 > >

Re: Uninstallable package linux-image-2.6.18-1-amd64

2006-11-07 Thread Alexander Samad
On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 03:30:57PM +0100, sigi wrote: > On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 06:12:30PM +1000, Glen M wrote: > > > > I'm unable to install this package, has anybody else had issues ? > > > > Here is a copy and paste of the error produce on attempting to install. > > > > ninja:/home/moorey# ap

Re: kernel without smp

2006-11-07 Thread Jim Crilly
On 11/07/06 03:07:47PM +0100, sigi wrote: > Hi, > > as I noticed today, for my wlan-card-module, I need a kernel without > smp-support enabled... This was the reason, my new rt2570-module always > locked my keyboard: the prebuilt debian kernel I'm using > (2.6.17-2-amd64) has smp enabled. >

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread Freddie Cash
On Tuesday 07 November 2006 10:32 am, John Hannfield wrote: > Actually, Joost or others, do you know what difference the memCLK BIOS > setting has? > > With "MTRR" set to discreet, and "Memhole Mapping" set to software > control my system boots fine, and I can see 4GB RAM. However, I then > install

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread John Hannfield
Actually, Joost or others, do you know what difference the memCLK BIOS setting has?With "MTRR" set to discreet, and "Memhole Mapping" set to software controlmy system boots fine, and I can see 4GB RAM. However, I then install xen then it won't boot. It fails activating the second core of the CPU. 

Re: when will nvidai-glx and nvidia-kernel-source hit etch? {Scanned}

2006-11-07 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi, Do 'apt-get install nvidia-kernel-source nvidia-kernel-common', then run module assistant (m-a) as already suggest on this list. I've done it several times, and it worked. i tried to run m-a but the compilation ended with an error - it complained that debian kernel (2.6.16-2-amd64-generic)

Re: when will nvidai-glx and nvidia-kernel-source hit etch? {Scanned}

2006-11-07 Thread Török Edvin
On 10/24/06, Jo Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 21:15 -0500, Henry Hollenberg wrote: > andy:/etc/apt# apt-get install nvidia-graphics-drivers > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > E: Couldn't find package nvidia-graphics-drivers There's no

Re: kernel without smp

2006-11-07 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
sigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > as I noticed today, for my wlan-card-module, I need a kernel without > smp-support enabled... This was the reason, my new rt2570-module always > locked my keyboard: the prebuilt debian kernel I'm using > (2.6.17-2-amd64) has smp enabled. > > Now, to

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Giacomo Mulas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Jo Shields wrote: > >> address. 64-bit OSen don't have that limitation, but many BIOSes assume >> that there's only one OS on the market (32-bit XP) so keep the memory >> configuration with a hole at 4GiB. > > I wish this were always

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
vitko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> 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 messa

Re: Uninstallable package linux-image-2.6.18-1-amd64

2006-11-07 Thread sigi
On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 06:12:30PM +1000, Glen M wrote: > > I'm unable to install this package, has anybody else had issues ? > > Here is a copy and paste of the error produce on attempting to install. > > ninja:/home/moorey# apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-1-amd64 [...] I had the same pro

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread Giacomo Mulas
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Jo Shields wrote: address. 64-bit OSen don't have that limitation, but many BIOSes assume that there's only one OS on the market (32-bit XP) so keep the memory configuration with a hole at 4GiB. I wish this were always true. I tried to get rid of the memory hole, but then m

kernel without smp

2006-11-07 Thread sigi
Hi, as I noticed today, for my wlan-card-module, I need a kernel without smp-support enabled... This was the reason, my new rt2570-module always locked my keyboard: the prebuilt debian kernel I'm using (2.6.17-2-amd64) has smp enabled. Now, to resolve the problem, do I have to build my own k

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread Jo Shields
On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 17:54 +0100, A J Stiles wrote: > On Monday 06 November 2006 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 t

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread Austin Denyer
Lennart Sorensen wrote: > 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-p

Re: AMD64-generic doesn't see all 4GB RAM?

2006-11-07 Thread John Hannfield
Thanks Joost + JanIt was the Tyan BIOS memory mapping problem as you said.I had already turned the MTRR to discreet mapping, but it did notoccur to me to change the "Software Memory Hole" to software controlled, rather than disabled. Once I did that, the system happily reports the 4GBof memory.Than

Uninstallable package linux-image-2.6.18-1-amd64

2006-11-07 Thread Glen M
Hi, I'm unable to install this package, has anybody else had issues ? Here is a copy and paste of the error produce on attempting to install. ninja:/home/moorey# apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-1-amd64 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done linux-image-2.6.18-1-amd64