[sles-beta] Results, testing on SLES11-SP3 GMC x86_64

[Klaus Gmeinwieser]

Hi all,

I did more extensive testing on the x86_64 GMC with Fujitsu and also for 
some HP hardware.

The installation on most system is smooth without any issues, 
Installation and running our Application (also with Japanese language 
settings!) works fine.

I also tested a subest of file transfer protocols without any issue 
(Will be continued...)

But I have seen two issues, which I would like to ask for:

We install the Infiniband packages (ibutils, oder, opensm + automatic 
dependencies) regardless if such a card is install in the system. On 
some systems I get messages on the "boot screen" which indicates the ib0 
and ib1 interface failed for configuration (correct, as no Infinibad 
adapter is installed). But also I have different servers - also without 
such an adapter - which did not log this kind of message. This also 
happens on SP2, I have also seen the message, but was not yet aware that 
it is sometime not present even if no card is built in. How is the 
creation of the files ifcfg-ib0/1 triggered by the YaST or package 
installer"? This would help for my analysis of this issue.

Next issue was for a test on a HP Rack installation:

No GUI after SLES11 SP3 x86_64 install when attached monitor to a KVM.
Hardware is a HP DL380p G8 server, HP LA2405wg monitor, HP IP Server 
Console Switch (KVM) AF616A. SLES10 SP4 x86 and SLES11 SP2 x86_64 work 
fine with same hardware. Install of SLES11 SP3 x86_64 completes, the 
monitor displays "Input out of range. Change settings to 1920x1200".

HP Support says this is OS problem and won't help. Note: There is no 
problem if this monitor is direct connected to the server. I use 
autoyast for install, but the same problem occurs if manual install is 
performed.

Server Details:
embedded graphics is Matrox G200 eH
driver is : XFree86 v4 Server Module: mga

Workarounds I've found are:
1) overwrite xorg.conf with xorg.conf.install, reset X, then use sax2 to 
select higher resolution (highest modeline in xorg.conf.install is 
800x600 - there are no modelines in xorg.conf)
2) put this monitor's vert and horiz sync info into <x11> tag of 
autoyast file - but this is not practical as automatic detection of the 
monitor is required to use one autoyast file for all monitors connected.

A SP3 upgrade on a working SP2 installation that had 1280x1024 
resolution (ML350p G8) works fine.  The failure is only with new 
installs of SP3 on this configuration.

Thanks to all for the good work!!

Regards
Klaus

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Klaus Gmeinwieser

email: klaus.gmeinwieser at oce.com
voice: +49 8121 72 4358

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