Slackware 10 amd64 and 2.6 kernel

phoenixus · 01-02-2005, 03:19 PM

Hi,

I am after a bit of confirmation and advice.

I have an Asus K8N-E Deluxe nForce3 motherboard with an Athlon64 3200+
and an NVIDIA GeFroce 4 Ti4800

I dont use either the raid or SATA on the board it has 2 IDE drivers connected.

I have quite a headache installing on this machine. A default install of Slackware with the 2.4.26 kernel is fine even after running swaret to upgrade to 'current'

However, trying to compile and install any 2.6 kernel I get various errors.

Usually the NIC gives up if I try to transfer a file over 1mb in size and only a reboot will bring it back. NETDEV WATCHDOG timeout in dmesg.

I did get around this problem and could transfer as many files of any size. But now when in Gnome, X freezes either after a little while of hardly any use or after about 10 secs of an AVI and uses 99% cpu - I can still ssh into the machine.

Now my query is, those people who have their machines running slackware fine on amd64 hardware and specifically this setup. What do their kernel config's look like.

Of specific interest - can you set the processor to K8/Hammer/Opteron etc without it becomming a 64bit kernel? Or do you just have to compile it as 486.

Also do you compile the on-CPU AGP for the AMD64.

As you may have guessed I just want a 32bit slackware system setup - I have dual boot with ubuntu amd64 to try out 64bit.

Any help would be gratefully received.

hkctr · 01-02-2005, 03:44 PM

I compiled my kernel as an Athlon XP and haven't had any of the problems you mentioned. It will compile as a 32bit kernel.

phoenixus · 01-03-2005, 01:58 PM

I have started fresh again.

2.6.10 kernel with CPU as K7 Athlon

still having the same problems.

Cannot enable DMA on hda or hdb (I get a working from ReiserFS that DMA is not enabled)

dmesg shows :

Code:

Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: Maxtor 4D060H3, ATA DISK drive
hdb: Maxtor 6E040L0, ATA DISK drive
Probing IDE interface ide1...
hdc: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1402, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: _NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Probing IDE interface ide2...
ide2: Wait for ready failed before probe !
Probing IDE interface ide3...
ide3: Wait for ready failed before probe !
Probing IDE interface ide4...
ide4: Wait for ready failed before probe !
Probing IDE interface ide5...
ide5: Wait for ready failed before probe !
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15


SNIP (included here are sundry entries for USB / ALSA / and Network Cards)


NFORCE3-250: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:08.0
NFORCE3-250: chipset revision 162
NFORCE3-250: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround.
NFORCE3-250: 0000:00:08.0 (rev a2) UDMA133 controller
NFORCE3-250: port 0x01f0 already claimed by ide0
NFORCE3-250: port 0x0170 already claimed by ide1
NFORCE3-250: neither IDE port enabled (BIOS)

This looks like it may be important; I checked with another Linux Machine (running UBUNTU) and it looks differend no failed entries and it has the chipset straitafter the "Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2" line

Not at home at the moment but wanted to see if anyone had any ideas before I get home and do more digging

y2k · 01-03-2005, 07:55 PM

Let me get this right! You have a 64bit CPU and you want to install an 32bit OS!!! Don't you think it is a little waste here. Why not go for a 64bit Linux distro because there are a few out there that you can choose (Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu, Novell SUSE, MandrakeLinux, and Fedora Core 3, just to name a few) UNLESS you have to have Slackware running on your machine...

y2k

phoenixus · 01-03-2005, 08:26 PM

I have resolved the IDE issue - it appears it was because they were compiled as modules.

However the network still fails and the X server is still and issue and there are no entires in Xorg.0.log syslog or dmesg to explain any of it.

As mentioned previously I know the hardware works apart from being fine in 2.4.26 on the command line I have WinXP Pro and Ubuntu (2.6.8.1-4-amd64-generic kernel ) running fine.

I think slackware is great, and I would love to get it working in 32bit on this hardware but it seems to be a lost cause. I have eliminated practically everything in the system as hardware glitch.

I am thinking now that I may have wasted enough time on it and will carry on with the 64bit Ubuntu just so I can get back to actually doing some work :P

I have set up the thread to mail me if any replies. If anyone has any ideas or has a similar problem let me know.

Here is the lspci -v for reference - if anyone wants the 2.6.10 or 2.6.9 kernel configs that I tried just drop me a line or reply in here.

Code:

 
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e1 (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 813f
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
	Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
	Capabilities: [44] #08 [01c0]
	Capabilities: [c0] AGP version 3.0

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e0 (rev a2)
	Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 813f
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e4 (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 813f
	Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel
	I/O ports at 5080 [size=32]
	I/O ports at 5000 [size=64]
	I/O ports at 5040 [size=64]
	Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 813f
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
	Memory at febfd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 813f
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
	Memory at febfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e8 (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 813f
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
	Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: [44] #0a [2098]
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ea (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 812a
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
	I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
	I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]
	Memory at febfb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e5 (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 813f
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
	I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
	Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e3 (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
	Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 813f
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
	I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
	I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
	I/O ports at d000 [size=16]
	I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
	Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e2 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 16
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=10
	Memory behind bridge: fc800000-fe8fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: dc700000-ec6fffff

00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ed (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=128
	I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000cfff
	Memory behind bridge: fe900000-feafffff

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
	Flags: fast devsel
	Capabilities: [80] #08 [2101]

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
	Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
	Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
	Flags: fast devsel

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4800] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 9000
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
	Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
	Expansion ROM at fe8e0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0

02:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
	Subsystem: Creative Labs CT4760 SBLive!
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
	I/O ports at c800 [size=32]
	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

02:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07)
	Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
	I/O ports at cc00 [size=8]
	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 model NC100 (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Accton Technology Corporation: Unknown device 1216
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
	I/O ports at c400 [size=256]
	Memory at feaffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Expansion ROM at feac0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

02:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
	Subsystem: Unknown device 7fc8:d008
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
	Memory at feaff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
	I/O ports at c000 [size=128]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

02:0c.0 RAID bus controller: CMD Technology Inc: Unknown device 3114 (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 8136
	Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
	I/O ports at bc00 [size=8]
	I/O ports at b800 [size=4]
	I/O ports at b400 [size=8]
	I/O ports at b000 [size=4]
	I/O ports at ac00 [size=16]
	Memory at feaff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Expansion ROM at fea00000 [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

Cheers

/me wanders of in the distance practicing prononcing Ubuntu