I have installed SL4 on a Dell PE650 without any problems. Not using
SCSI/iptables though...
[root@trick ~]# uname -a; lsmod; lspci
Linux trick 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL #1 Tue Apr 19 14:33:20 CDT 2005 i686 i686
i386 GNU/Linux
Module Size Used by
md5 4033 1
ipv6 232833 14
parport_pc 24705 0
lp 12077 0
parport 37129 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 23237 0
sunrpc 157093 1
button 6481 0
battery 8901 0
ac 4805 0
ohci_hcd 21329 0
e1000 79309 0
floppy 58481 0
dm_snapshot 17029 0
dm_zero 2369 0
dm_mirror 22957 2
ext3 116809 2
jbd 71257 1 ext3
dm_mod 54741 6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge (rev 32)
00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge
00:04.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc)
PCI0680 Ultra ATA-133 Host Controller (rev 02)
00:0f.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CSB6 South Bridge (rev a0)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks CSB6 RAID/IDE Controller (rev a0)
00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks CSB6 OHCI USB Controller (rev 05)
00:0f.3 ISA bridge: ServerWorks GCLE-2 Host Bridge
00:10.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CIOB-E I/O Bridge with Gigabit Ethernet
(rev 12)
00:10.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks CIOB-E I/O Bridge with Gigabit Ethernet
(rev 12)
01:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
01:03.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Gregory Harris
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 23:40
> To: John Franks
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: SL4 on dell poweredge 750 problems
>
> I have been doing more investigation on this issue. You are
> right about
> the ethernet drivers. But it does not only happen when using ssh, it
> also happens at the console until a ping packet (or some
> other network
> activity) brings the race condition back to normal.
>
> After disabling the two onboard e1000 network ports and installing a
> 3c905 network card, the race condition no longer occurs. So
> I believe
> that there is a problem with the e1000 kernel module causing a race
> condition. I have only been able to verify this on the
> PowerEdge 750.
> If anybody else has an e1000 card and would like to test this
> it would
> be great, but I would wager this problem exists on all
> systems with the
> e1000 driver.
>
> I guess for now, I will sit it out with a different network card
> replacing the onboard one until the upstream vendor releases a new
> kernel fix.
>
> Greg
>
> John Franks wrote:
> > Does this happen only when using ssh? If so, I would suspect issues
> > with the ethernet drivers. There have been problems with
> the drivers
> > for some Broadcom devices. You might check out redhat bugzilla.
> >
> > On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 09:08 -0500, Gregory Harris wrote:
> >
> >>Hi Folks,
> >>
> >>SL4 works great on all of the Dell Optiplex GX280's I've
> tried it on.
> >>However, I'm having some rather mysterious behavior on a
> dell poweredge
> >>750. Dell has said they will start certifying hardware and
> officially
> >>supporting the vendor's enterprise 4 operating system next
> month, so it
> >>may not be worth the effort to try to figure this out. Anyhow, I
> >>thought I'd sent to the list and see if anybody else is having any
> >>issues like this.
> >>
> >>1. Sometimes, processes just seem to hang. I've noticed
> this over an
> >>SSH session, a lot of times when using the yum command. I
> ssh in to the
> >>server and see the process still in the process table.
> >>
> >>2. Doing a 'service iptables restart', the system stalls on the
> >>"Unloading iptables modules:". If I go to a different
> window and ping
> >>the server, the iptables service restart resumes.
> >>
> >>These issues aren't sounding like userland issues to me,
> although they
> >>very well could be. Here are the kernel modules the
> machine is using:
> >>
> >>Module Size Used by
> >>ipt_REJECT 10561 1
> >>ipt_state 5825 14
> >>ip_conntrack 45701 1 ipt_state
> >>iptable_filter 6721 1
> >>ip_tables 21441 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
> >>md5 8001 1
> >>ipv6 238945 16
> >>parport_pc 27905 0
> >>lp 15405 0
> >>parport 37641 2 parport_pc,lp
> >>autofs4 22085 0
> >>nfs 200997 6
> >>lockd 65129 2 nfs
> >>sunrpc 137637 9 nfs,lockd
> >>dm_mod 57157 0
> >>button 10449 0
> >>battery 12869 0
> >>ac 8773 0
> >>uhci_hcd 32473 0
> >>ehci_hcd 31813 0
> >>e1000 82253 0
> >>floppy 58065 0
> >>ext3 118473 3
> >>jbd 59481 1 ext3
> >>ata_piix 12357 0
> >>libata 44229 1 ata_piix
> >>aacraid 44529 4
> >>sd_mod 20545 5
> >>scsi_mod 116301 3 libata,aacraid,sd_mod
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Greg
> >>
> >>
>
> --
>
> Gregory Harris
> Network Specialist
> Department of Mathematics
> The University of Kansas
> [log in to unmask]
> (785) 864-7311
>
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