[SLE] 9.1 Pro on an ABIT KV7 is Golden

From: Peter B Van Campen (peterb_at_vancampen.org)
Date: 08/24/04

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    Hi All,

    I' ve struggled to get a stable 9.1Pro install on a new ABIT KV7, but I think
    I have finally done it. The new MB from ABIT came at Bios rel 14, but just on
    Aug 19 they posted rel 17 to their tech supp web site. It has been a long
    time since I put up a sys with a floppy drive, but I found one and updated
    the MB bios from a DOS floppy. When will we be able to update modern MBs bios
    from within SUSE as easily as from Windows? I took the PC2700 (333MHz) RAM
    out and put in a stick of PC3200 (400MHz) and found a nice deal plus rebate
    on a nVidia 128MB AGP 8x video card. The ABIT folks recommended NOT using my
    older nVidia Quadro card, since their MB is made for the newer 0.8VDC AGP
    cards.

    The clean install went as smoothly as anyone could wish, w/o any special
    settings i.e. no ACPI, safe settings etc. Once the initial setup was done I
    was off to YASTs YOU for the first updates; I first selected only SUSE base
    and YAST updates, then rebooted. Next YOU was for all the KDE related
    updates, then next all the rest, except for the kernel updates and hotplug
    and the hardware updates. Once those updates were on and running I used YAST
    YOU to get the NVIDIA drivers. This was perfect!! I have never seen such an
    easy and quick NVIDIA driver update, even on XP. Thanks SUSE! YAST H/W
    section reports 3D operational.

    The new sys shows 4489.0 bogomips, and yes they do seem to be twice the CPU
    GHz. It is cranking out SETI@HOME units in between 2Hrs 46M and 3.5 Hrs.
    Ksetiwatch reports units processed at about 32% per Hr.

    The boot msgs suggest that this hardwae and kernel are handling ACPI stuff
    perfectly. I am so glad to have that ACPI mess in the past. There is no more
    "Ksoftirq" issues either.

    I suspect that my earlier probs might have involved a combo DVD-ROM CD-RW
    drive I used for the install and the new 2.4.7X kernel issues with IDE-SCSI.
    This install I had a plain DVD-ROM drive.

    This CPU (AMD XP2800) is running at 50 deg C with a no frills Heatsink/fan
    unit, a few deg C cooler if SETI isn't running). Sensors were setup and
    started painlessly. KDE looks and feels very nice; a lot of refinement added
    since 8.2

    Ksetiwatch and GKrellm came up and just ran right the first time.

    Control Center/YAST has come along nicely. I used YAST > Install/Remove to
    install OPERA, and the next YOU run d/l'd and installed the new OPERA. Good
    work SUSE!

    YAST has an irritating habit of sometimes opening the "Administraitor's P/W"
    entry box UNDER the active window, but I only got fooled 5 or 6 times. I wish
    there was a check box for "Remember this P/W". YAST still ignores a click for
    the same module if you clicked, used and closed that module last time. Small
    thing to be sure but it just seems wrong to have to click another module even
    tho you are going to 'abort' it just to be able to start the last module
    again.

    KMoonphase is working. I missed it in 8.2 (sys said it was there but I never
    saw it).

    PeterB 

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