AMD 64 Installation

[dibl]

Re: AMD 64 Installation

I re-read the thread, and I don't see that you've ever run the memtest on your new RAM. Before giving up on the motherboard, it wouldn't hurt to let that memory test run for a couple of hours, just to be sure that's not the cause of problems.

[RonL]

Re: AMD 64 Installation

This is just bizarre! When hardware or software remapping of memory is enabled in bios, the sata DVD player is no longer recognized. Kubuntu is functioning except for the fact that the DVD player is not functioning. When neither option is enabled Kubuntu and the bios show 2.8 gig. When SW remapping is enabled, Kubuntu and bios show 3.1 gig available. When HW remapping is enabled kubuntu and bios show 3.9 gig available. When the bios is changed to boot from the DVD it will start up when SW and HW remapping are disabled. When either option is enabled the computer will start to load the system from the DVD and then freeze. It seems that enabling SW or HW remapping in bios breaks the sata DVD. Kubuntu itself seems to function, but will not recognize the DVD player. Very strange. Seems to be a glitch in the motherboard or the DVD player is defective. I'm going to switch out the DVD player and see what happens.

[RonL]

Re: AMD 64 Installation

I have HW remapping of memory enabled. Kinfocenter shows 3.86 gig of memory. it also shows that all the DVD parameters on the DVD drive are disabled. Kubuntu seems to be working properly ( I'm writing this on the system). Kinfocenter shows that the system recognizes audio cd's but caffeine will not play an audio cd. It seems the DVD is totally corrupted when memory options are enabled.

[dibl]

Re: AMD 64 Installation

Bummer!

I think I'll stick with my IDE/PATA CD/DVD drive for awhile -- sounds like the SATA driver isn't quite ready to deal with one. :P

[myNigga]

Re: AMD 64 Installation

At least for removable media, yes. SATA harddisks seem to work correctly.
Need some more searches and check if other users are having this problem. But it looks like the dvd drive itself is not the problem.

[RonL]

Re: AMD 64 Installation

I replaced the sata DVD recorder with an IDE DVD recorder. It functions perfectly with memory remapping enabled. Memory shows as 3.86 gig of actual memory. Movies play again in Kaffeine. Asus was little help in solving the problem. I will never buy another Asus board.
When I originally assembled the computer I spent a lot of time dressing the cables. Dressed them all neatly and tied them all off in a number of places. When I replaced the DVD drive I had to snip a number of ties. I broke the lead off of the speaker. I replaced it with another speaker I had. Both leads broke off of that one. I had no others so I put it back together without one. I will never buy another motherboard that does not have an on board buzzer. They were putting them on the boards for awhile. What does it save, maybe a nickel, to eliminate it?

[dibl]

Re: AMD 64 Installation

I think all new motherboards have a buzzer (some kind of really cheap little speaker), so you can hear it POST. I personally went with an Intel motherboard, with their HDA sound system, on the theory that the extra cost would be justified by avoiding a lot of hassle with Linux problems. So far, so good .... 8)

[RonL]

Re: AMD 64 Installation

This is a fairly new board and it does not have the onboard buzzer. Again, I will never buy another board that does not have this feature. Seems as though it is just as easy to put an on board buzzer as it is to put a connector for the silly ass speaker.
I just booted from the installation disk and ran the disc check feature. This time it ran to the end and told me that the disk had no errors.
I'm thinking of doing a complete reinstall. Most of my previous installs were on machines that I built with scsi controllers. These gave you the option of doing a low level format and media check during the boot cycle. Whenever I did an install of an OS i would first reformat the disks for a fresh format. It doesn't seem like there is a way to reformat sata drives. If I reinstall over the current install will it reformat the drive?

[myNigga]

Re: AMD 64 Installation

Only if you ask to reformat. BTW. the format process used by partitioners is the traditional "high level", that is, the program will logically format it to a given file system, if you want a low level format, you can use a Linux tool for it.

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/DISK_DEVICE

Assuming your disk to be low level formatted is hda, replace DISK_DEVICE with hda.
After that, you will need to repartition the disk, its state will be like brand new.
Needless to say absolutely everything in your disk will be wasted. "dd" asks no confirmation, so backup your stuff.

[RonL]

Re: AMD 64 Installation

This is just driving me crazy. I reinstalled Feisty AMD64. Went well. Installed the updates with Adept. Went well. When I log on to Kubuntu with my user name I put in my password and log in. When I want to install something a second screen comes up saying that I need to log in as root. I put in the same password and I am given root privileges. I attempted to add the Medibuntu sources to Adept so that I could install dvdcss2 and the related packages as I had when I had first installed. Adept went a little goofy and the sources did not go in properly. Adept freezes when you try to open it. Opened a command line in a screen and ran apt-get update. Screen tells me that it cannot run because line 44 in /etc/apt/sources.list is incorrect. Opened the file up and saw where the problem was. Edited it and tried to save. Cannot save. Apparently I don't have root privileges unless the particular program being used asks me to put in my password again. I tried to set it up so that I could log in as root. Couldn't figure it out for the life of me.

[dibl]

Re: AMD 64 Installation

When I want to install something a second screen comes up saying that I need to log in as root.

You say "log in" as root, but all it is asking for is your Super User password,(same as you gave yourself when you installed) right? If so, that is normal behavior.

The Medibuntu source repository can be added with 2 commands pasted into Konsole from their web site. However, if you accidentally borked it, just use (as Super User) your text editor to open the sources file and delete that offending line 44, like so:

kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list

scroll down to the borked line, and delete it, and "save". Then try again with Medibuntu -- just copy and paste the two lines that they provide into Konsole, hit "Enter" after each one, and it should modify your sources list correctly. Afterward, in Adept, press "Fetch Updates" and your list of packages will include the Medibuntu packages.

Hope this helps!