Some openSUSE-12.2 beta2 hardware compatibility checks

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#1

I booted my Asus P6T Deluxe V2 (w/Wintel Core i7 920) to the 64-bit openSUSE-12.2 beta2 (build 0451) KDE liveCD for a basic hardware compatibility test with this beta2 version of openSUSE. Thus far it appears to work with my hardware.

Sound worked.

I had internet access via our home LAN.

Graphics worked at the expected 1920x1200 resolution.

I plugged in a USB stick and it hot plugged auto-mounted and a could copy files to/from.

I installed rpm-build and then rebuilt the packman inxi from the rpm .src file and ran it to give the following on my functioning hardware:


linux@linux:~> inxi -F
System:    Host: linux.site Kernel: 3.4.2-1-desktop x86_64 (64 bit) 
           Desktop KDE 4.8.4 Distro: openSUSE 12.2 Beta 2 (x86_64) VERSION = 12.2 CODENAME = Mantis
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P6T DELUXE V2 version: Rev 1.xx Bios: American Megatrends version: 1108 date: 09/21/2010
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7 CPU 920 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 1600.00 MHz 3: 1600.00 MHz 4: 1600.00 MHz 5: 2668.00 MHz 6: 1600.00 MHz 7: 2668.00 MHz 8: 1600.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT200 [GeForce GTX 260] 
           X.Org: 1.12.2 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,nv,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1200@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVA0 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3
Audio:     Card-1: Intel 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25
           Card-2: Logitech HD Webcam C910 driver: USB Audio
Network:   Card-1: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2 
           IF: eth1 state: down speed: 65535 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:24:8c:7e:ee:38
           Card-2: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:24:8c:7e:ee:39
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1500.3GB (-) 1: /dev/sda ST31500341AS 1500.3GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 6.4G used: 2.9G (45%) fs: rootfs ID: / size: 6.4G used: 2.9G (45%) fs: ext3 
           ID: swap-1 size: 6.82GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 58.5C mobo: 55.0C gpu: 0.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 2481 psu: 0 sys-1: 0 sys-2: 0 sys-3: 0 
Info:      Processes: 175 Uptime: 0:12 Memory: 1185.9/5972.5MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.24

I did not test any applications on this liveCD boot. This was only intended at this time to be a basic hardware compatibility check.

#2

I booted my Dell Studio 1537 laptop (w/intel P8400 cpu) to the 64-bit openSUSE-12.2 beta2 (build 0451) KDE liveCD for a basic hardware compatibility test with this beta2 version of openSUSE. Thus far it appears to work with my Dell laptop’s hardware.

Sound worked.

I had internet access via our home LAN using the wireless in this laptop (Intel wifi link 5300).

Graphics worked at the expected 1440x900 resolution.

I plugged in a USB stick and it hot plugged auto-mounted and a could copy files to/from.

I installed rpm-build and then rebuilt the packman inxi from the rpm .src file and ran it to give the following on my functioning hardware:


linux@linux:~> inxi -F
System:    Host: linux.site Kernel: 3.4.2-1-desktop x86_64 (64 bit) 
           Desktop KDE 4.8.4 Distro: openSUSE 12.2 Beta 2 (x86_64) VERSION = 12.2 CODENAME = Mantis
Machine:   System: Dell (portable) product: Studio 1537 version: A09
           Mobo: Dell model: 0P132H version: A09 Bios: Dell version: A09 date: 05/27/2009
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU P8400 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 2266.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 [Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series] 
           X.Org: 1.12.2 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) FAILED: radeonhd Resolution: 1440x900@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV620 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3
Audio:     Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 3400 Series] driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.25
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 
           IF: eth0 state: down speed: 4294967295 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:21:70:85:8d:be
           Card-2: Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 driver: iwlwifi 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:16:ea:ed:80:76
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (-) 1: /dev/sda ST9250421ASG 250.1GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 5.0G used: 2.9G (57%) fs: rootfs ID: / size: 5.0G used: 2.9G (57%) fs: ext3 
           ID: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0C mobo: 45.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 163 Uptime: 0:12 Memory: 1203.9/3927.8MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.24

Again I did not test any applications on this liveCD boot. Once again this was only intended at this time to be a basic hardware compatibility check.

#3

I booted my wife’s desktop PC (Asus P7H55-M motherboard (w/intel Core i7 860)) to the 64-bit openSUSE-12.2 beta2 (build 0451) KDE liveCD for a basic hardware compatibility test with this beta2 version of openSUSE. Thus far it appears to work with my hardware.

Sound worked.

I had internet access via our home LAN.

Graphics worked at the expected 1280x1024 resolution (my wife’s ancient TFT monitor limits the resolution).

I plugged in a USB stick and it hot plugged auto-mounted and a could copy files to/from.

I installed rpm-build and then rebuilt the packman inxi from the rpm .src file and ran it to give the following on her PC’s functioning hardware:


linux@linux:~> inxi -F
System:    Host: linux.site Kernel: 3.4.2-1-desktop x86_64 (64 bit) 
           Desktop KDE 4.8.4 Distro: openSUSE 12.2 Beta 2 (x86_64) VERSION = 12.2 CODENAME = Mantis
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P7H55-M version: Rev X.0x Bios: American Megatrends version: 1002 date: 08/09/2010
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7 CPU 860 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1200.00 MHz 2: 1200.00 MHz 3: 1200.00 MHz 4: 1200.00 MHz 5: 2801.00 MHz 6: 1200.00 MHz 7: 2801.00 MHz 8: 2801.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] 
           X.Org: 1.12.2 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,nv,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3
Audio:     Card-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25
           Card-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 20:cf:30:ac:00:0c
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1064.3GB (2.7% used) 1: /dev/sda ST3500630A 500.1GB 
           2: /dev/sdb Hitachi_HDS72105 500.1GB 3: USB /dev/sdc DT_HyperX_3.0 64.1GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 6.4G used: 2.9G (45%) fs: rootfs ID: / size: 6.4G used: 2.9G (45%) fs: ext3 
           ID: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.5C mobo: 33.0C gpu: 42.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 1622 sys-1: 1814 
Info:      Processes: 187 Uptime: 0:10 Memory: 1242.3/5945.4MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.24

Again, I did not test any applications on this liveCD boot. This was only intended at this time to be a basic hardware compatibility check with her desktop PC hardware.

#4

Hi oldcpu
I have the latest version on OBS of inxi;
http://software.opensuse.org/package/inxi?search_term=inxi

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 3.0.34-0.7-default
up 17:23, 2 users, load average: 0.49, 0.48, 0.40
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU

#5

I booted my ancient MSI KT3 Ultra motherboard (w/32-bit AMD-1100+ cpu) to the 32-bit openSUSE-12.2 beta2 (build 0451) KDE liveCD for a basic hardware compatibility test with this beta2 version of openSUSE. While ancient, this PC does have 2GB RAM which makes booting liveCDs a bit more feasible.

The 12.2 beta2 nouveau driver appears to have problems with this PC’s AGP FX5200 graphics hardware. I note the latest Tumbleweed nouveau driver does NOT have such problems with the same hardware.

I could not boot to a proper GUI with a nominal GUI. KDE would start to load, … I would see 4 of the 5 the ‘KDE starting icons’ (hard drive, wrench/screw-driver, globe, mini-desktop, but NOT the large KDE symbol). At this point I would get a black screen with a white mouse cursor. And eventually I would hear the start up sound, indicating the desktop booted (but still the black screen). It thus appears the nouveau driver on 12.2 beta2 does not work with this hardware. Again, as noted, the nouveau driver in Tumbleweed works fine on this hardware.

In the end, I was forced to boot with the ‘nomodeset’ boot code which successfully booted with the VESA graphic driver at a resolution of 1024x768. The VESA driver was a surprise, as I had anticipated the FBDEV driver. Still, it was far less than the 1600x1200 that this hardware is capable of booting (and which I get with Tumbleweed using the nouveau driver).

Sound worked.

I had internet access via our home LAN (wired). I did not test the wireless.

I plugged in a USB stick and it hot plugged auto-mounted and a could copy files to/from.

I installed rpm-build and then rebuilt Malcolmlewis’s inxi from the rpm .src file (which was NOT necessary, but I wanted to confirm I could do a 32-bit rebuild of an rpm) and then ran inxi to give the following on my functioning hardware:


linux@linux:~> inxi -F
System:    Host: linux.site Kernel: 3.4.2-1-default i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: KDE 4.8.4 Distro: openSUSE 12.2 Beta 2 (i586) VERSION = 12.2 CODENAME = Mantis
Machine:   Mobo: MSI model: MS-6380E version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: 07.00T date: 04/02/01
CPU:       Single core AMD Athlon (-UP-) cache: 256 KB flags: (sse) clocked at 1149.976 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] 
           X.Org: 1.12.2 drivers: fbdev,vesa,nouveau (unloaded: nv) Resolution: 1024x768@0.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.3
Audio:     Card-1: Ensoniq 5880B [AudioPCI] driver: snd_ens1371 Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25
           Card-2: VIA VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller driver: snd_via82xx
Network:   Card-1: Atheros AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath5k 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:11:95:91:76:f5
           Card-2: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too 
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:50:fc:5f:ba:6d
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 484.5GB (0.0% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3320620A size: 320.1GB 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: Maxtor_6Y160P0 size: 163.9GB 3: USB id: /dev/sdc model: Cruzer_Titanium size: 0.5GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 3.7G used: 2.8G (76%) fs: ext3 ID: swap-1 size: 1.04GB used: 0.02GB (1%) fs: swap 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 118 Uptime: 0:33 Memory: 932.1/2017.7MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.5

I copied the FBDEV /var/log/Xorg.0.log file here: SUSE Paste

I copied the dmesg file here: SUSE Paste

I may reboot this PC again without ‘nomodeset’, and then when it fails, see if I can switch to a terminal and capture the Xorg.0.log file (and maybe the dmesg) and then manually mount a USB stick and copy those files to the USB stick, and then post them here (from another PC).

Before doing that, I note the nouveau driver has a rather checkered behaviour/history with this ancient FX5200 graphic hardware, so while not happy to see this not ‘just work’, I am also not surprised too much.

Again, I did not test any applications on this liveCD boot. This was only intended at this time to be a basic hardware compatibility check with her desktop PC hardware.

#6

That should read:

In my previous post I noted:

I rebooted the pc to the 32-bit openSUSE-12.2 beta2 KDE liveCD and did not use the ‘nomodeset’ . It booted to a black screen, and as I discovered the nouveau driver, with the proper resolution of 1680x1050 (best I can determine from the log files) but the screen is black !

I press <CTRL><ALT><F2> and logged in to a terminal.

I noted from ‘lspci -nnk’ the following:


01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] [10de:0322] (rev a1)
    Kernel driver in use: nouveau

That indicates the nouveau driver is loaded and running, despite this black screen.

I copied the Xorg.0.log file from the failed KDE boot here, which clearly shows the nouveau graphic driver loading at 1680x1050: SUSE Paste - Xorg.0.log file - I do not see any salient errors there.I

I copied the dmesg log file from the failed KDE boot : SUSE Paste - dmesg file I did not notice anything salient there, other perhaps than the warning:


   23.001089] ACPI Warning: 0x00000400-0x00000407 SystemIO conflicts with Region \SMOV 1 (20120320/utaddress-251)
   23.001108] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver

which I have seen before. BUT give the following .xsession-error entries, that gave me food for thought.

I copied the /home/linux/.xsession-errors log here: SUSE Paste - xsession-errors


kwin(2106) KWin::checkGLError: GL error ( PostPaint ):  "GL_INVALID_ENUM"
kded(1961) PowerDevilUPowerBackend::brightness: org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper.brightness failed
kded(1961) PowerDevilUPowerBackend::brightness: org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper.brightness failed
kded(1961) PowerDevil::Action::trigger: Unsatisfied policies, the action has been aborted 
.......
(process:2364): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
........
kded(1961) PowerDevilUPowerBackend::brightness: org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper.**brightness failed**
kded(1961) PowerDevil::Action::trigger: Unsatisfied policies, the action has been aborted
X Error: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) 10
  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
  Resource id:  0x4200017
kded(1961) PowerDevil::Action::trigger: Unsatisfied policies, the action has been aborted

Brightness failed ?? That set me thinking since the screen is fully black. Could that be a hint to the problem ? Possible a combined nouveau/KDE4 problem with power management ?