did you have any issues with the video on the ibm 3650 ? I am having a wierd problem where i disabled the gdm3 from loading - now i can not get the text console on the server. You know the login screen in text mode on the server is not visiable - but can login to server from other workstations. I thought i sent you this email before...but do not knwo if you got it. thanks mjh
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Joey L <mjh2...@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks a bunch! > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Kostas Magkos <k...@iit.demokritos.gr> wrote: >> If you are running squeeze you shouldn't be searching for the module. >> >> What you see on this webpage is the Adaptec Storage Manager (ASM) which >> is the software to manage the controller. The aacraid module (which is >> needed for the kernel to access the controller and thus the raid >> containers) should be included in the stock squeeze kernel. At least >> this is the case for our 2410sa. I believe both controllers (2820sa and >> 2410sa) are accessed through the same module, but I'm not sure. You >> should check. >> >> A good place for getting help and searching for solutions is the Adaptec >> Support Knowledgebase at: >> http://ask.adaptec.com >> >> As a matter of fact, I did use ASK quite recently (last summer) and >> while our controller is really old they, worked with me and helped me >> figure out what was messing up our setup. The support guy even gave me a >> link to download a version of ASM that wasn't in the download page of >> the 2410sa, compatible with debian. >> >> Regards, >> Kostas >> >> Joey L wrote: >>> thanks for the quick reply back - do you know where i can get the >>> latest module for debian squeeze x86 ? >>> There are so many on the site and that i have found and do not know >>> which is which.. >>> http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/downloads/storage_manager/sm/productid=aar-2820sa&dn=adaptec+serial+ata+ii+raid+2820sa.html >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Kostas Magkos <k...@iit.demokritos.gr> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> I've scrolled back my notes and found that this was an issue with sarge >>>> and aacraid module prior to 1.1.5.-2400. This was solved as soon as we >>>> upgraded to etch (etch comes with aacraid 1.1.5-2409). As I can recall, >>>> the system had a rather arbitrary behaviour while running sarge: most of >>>> the times it would fail to boot, but sometimes it would reach the login >>>> prompt and then run steadily until the next reboot. >>>> >>>> For the record I can't remember getting any answers for this. >>>> >>>> Hope that helps a bit, >>>> Kostas >>>> >>>> Joey L wrote: >>>> >>>>> hi..i am getting the same issue on ibm 3650 - did you get any answers >>>>> or found solution ? >>>>> >>>>> thanks >>>>> mj >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2007 at 5:09 AM, Kostas Magkos <k...@iit.demokritos.gr> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Greetings all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Our main server is an Opteron system with an Adaptec SATA RAID 2410SA >>>>>> controller and 4x 250GB Seagate Barracuda disks attached to it, forming >>>>>> a RAID-5 and a RAID-0 container. The system is running sarge with the >>>>>> latest 2.6.8 kernel (2.6.8-13-amd64-k8). >>>>>> >>>>>> We recently upgraded the server with a second Opteron CPU. When we tried >>>>>> to boot the system with the SMP kernel it gave the following messages >>>>>> just after the login prompt and hung: >>>>>> >>>>>> Nov 9 09:52:58 myhost kernel: aacraid: Host adapter reset request. SCSI >>>>>> hang ? >>>>>> Nov 9 09:52:58 myhost kernel: aacraid: Host adapter reset request. SCSI >>>>>> hang ? >>>>>> Nov 9 09:53:32 myhost kernel: aacraid: SCSI bus appears hung >>>>>> >>>>>> Sarge 2.6.8 kernels contain aacraid 1.1.2-lk2. I managed to compile and >>>>>> install version 1.1.5-2400 (downloaded from Adaptec's site) but without >>>>>> any luck, the system still hangs. >>>>>> >>>>>> Please note that aacraid 1.1.5-2400 has been used in the single CPU >>>>>> system (i.e. before the addition of the second CPU) for quite some time, >>>>>> without any problems. >>>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone else faced a similar situation? >>>>>> >>>>>> A google search revealed this is an old bug, dated back to 2003 but with >>>>>> no clear solution whatsoever. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any help would be much appreciated. In the time being I have two >>>>>> options, either remove the second cpu or remove the raid controller, >>>>>> both of which suck :-). >>>>>> >>>>>> Some technical details >>>>>> ----------------------- >>>>>> Motherboard: Tyan Thunder K8WE >>>>>> CPU: 2x AMD Opteron 246 >>>>>> RAM: 2x 1GB Kingston DDR PC3200 ECC >>>>>> RAID Controller: Adaptec 2410SA >>>>>> HDD: 4x 250GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 SATA >>>>>> >>>>>> user@myhost:~$ uname -ra >>>>>> Linux myhost -smp #1 Sat Jun 9 16:52:03 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >>>>>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? 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