Hello All, I am getting past the grub menu. I found more information, though. Apparently, the default SuSE 9.3 kernel does not handle some aspect of the multiple core cpus well. If you boot with maxcpus=1, it will boot properly. http://www.beowulf.org/archive/2005-July/013273.html claims that, once you get it booted, you need to compile rc3 of kernel 2.6.12. This seems odd though; 2.6.12-rc3 came out in April, but the message was posted this month. He may be referring to 2.6.13-rc3, the current release candidate. At any rate, SuSE released an updated kernel package set in June, so I am going to try those packages once my reinstall concludes. -Adam On Wednesday, July 27, 2005, at 11:53AM, Mike Leo <mleo963@yahoo.com> wrote:

can you try one of SUse's LIve CD's?

Also, are you getting a lilo/grub menu or does the "error" occur before that?

--- Adam Keck <ghostis@mac.com> wrote:

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Hello All,

I am trying to install SuSE 9.3 on a dual dual-core Opteron system. I can boot into the installation kernel and do an installation, but when the system reboots it boots to a black screen with a ~2 inch horizontal green line in the upper left-hand corner. I am not sure where to start troubleshooting this, since I do not have much error output.

The things I know so far:

o Knoppix 3.9 boots fine and runs off CD. o SuSE 9.2's installation kernel boots to the same state. o My install of 9.3 was a basic "click next" install. o http://www.beowulf.org/archive/2005-July/013234.html indicates there may be some issue with the initrd, but does not say what the guy did. My impression is that I am not even getting that far, though.

Any help/hints/direction would be much appreciated.

Thanks very much!

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Hi All, I am having much better luck with the SuSE kernel-smp-2.6.11.4-21.8 kernel. The dual core machine boots normally (i.e. without maxcpus=1) and /proc/cpuinfo shows the four cores. Unfortunately, the SuSE's (9.3) particular iteration of the forcedeth module seems to be having trouble with the networking bits of the nforce4 SLI chipset. Rather than dipping into the SuSE kernel-of-the-day development builds, I think I am going to drop in an Intel NIC in order to move forward. I will send an update when we put the machine through its paces. -Adam p.s. I just found a shrink-wrapped Maxell Mammoth cleaning tape and an upwrapped unused Compaq DLT IV tape in a moving bin. I don't need them anymore. I will let the DLT IV go for 15.00 and the cleaning tape go for 5.00. Email me off list if you are interested. I can bring them to the Sept. meeting. On Jul 27, 2005, at 7:06 PM, Andy Stewart wrote:

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HI Adam et al,

As you may recall, I had a lot of trouble with SuSE and lockups on my dual Opteron system until I upgraded to a stock 2.6.12 kernel (not the SuSE supplied kernel). I haven't tried any kernel version beyond that because what I have actually works and is reliable. I'd be curious to know what kernel version you use and what result you have with it.

Later,

Andy

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