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I'm running Linux on a AMD K6-2 350MHz 3DNow processor, and each time I
try to compile something (with make) I recieve and error message, that I
should rerun the make command. I'm pretty sure my jumper settings are ok
(2,2V, and 100MHz bus x 3,5). What can I do to solve this problem ??

regards,
Espen Tagestad
espen (at) linpro no

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Before you buy.

What Motherboard are you running? More to the point, what chipset? For
example,
the SiS 5595 is not rated at 100Mhz, but only 83Mhz max..whereas the new
SiS 530 or
MVP Apollo are rated at 100MHz..
Under certain hardware configs, running a 83Mhz rated chipset at 100MHz
 can cause all sorts of problems when compiling (or any CPU/memory
intensive
task).

Cheers.

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the keyboard randomly and came up with:

Hmmm...Y'know, I've had a problem (sort of) with that particular
processor, but here's the problem (it might have nothing to do with it
at all):

When I tried compiling the kernel the other day it said that it was
too big no matter HOW many modules I gave it (versus kernel
built-ins). And it also asked for a "signature file".

The machine works just fine on whatever kernel it's running, I just
can't seem to put in a new one. (P.S. It's the Apollo chipset) Could
it be a * by AMD?-de Sade

I have had the same problem and here is a work around I found that
helped.

Go into your CMOs settings and check your cache settings, turn off
external cache if it is on and that may help solve your problems.

BTW I am tunning a amd k6-2-350 on a via motherboard, and all the
problems i encountered were due to the cache settings.

Seems everyone want's to find a hardware problem where there probably isn't one.

The K6-2 processor runs very well under Linux. In fact we have several workgroup
servers with K6-2's running SAMBA etc. 24 hours a day.

It sounds like the real problem is software configuration. Your installed
version of gcc make be old, or incompatible with the software you are trying to
compile. Or you may not have the full development package installed. You may
have missing or incompatible libraries, etc.

We have never had a problem with compiling software on the K6-2. Though we only
use SuSE. So if you have a different distribution, that may be the difference.
We used to use RH for everything till we realized it wasn't very good. We now
use SuSE on all our systems and haven't looked back. Nothing like fine german
engineering.

Anyway, I seriously doubt you have any hardware problem. If you did the system
would be unstable. What kind of hardware problem could possibly keep only
compiling from working?!?

Christopher A. Gaul
*Dyne Systems, Inc.

Quote:> Seems everyone want's to find a hardware problem where there probably isn't one.

> The K6-2 processor runs very well under Linux. In fact we have several workgroup
> servers with K6-2's running SAMBA etc. 24 hours a day.

> It sounds like the real problem is software configuration. Your installed
> version of gcc make be old, or incompatible with the software you are trying to
> compile. Or you may not have the full development package installed. You may
> have missing or incompatible libraries, etc.

> We have never had a problem with compiling software on the K6-2. Though we only
> use SuSE. So if you have a different distribution, that may be the difference.
> We used to use RH for everything till we realized it wasn't very good. We now
> use SuSE on all our systems and haven't looked back. Nothing like fine german
> engineering.

> Anyway, I seriously doubt you have any hardware problem. If you did the system
> would be unstable. What kind of hardware problem could possibly keep only
> compiling from working?!?

I've installed SuSE and it's actually working. Do you know if the 2.2
kernel have some bug fixes for the AMD processor ?

Espen

Quote:

>> Seems everyone want's to find a hardware problem where there probably
>> isn't one.

>> The K6-2 processor runs very well under Linux. In fact we have
>> several workgroup servers with K6-2's running SAMBA etc. 24 hours a
>> day.

I recently set up a friend's system with an ASUS P5A motherboard and an
AMD K62/400.  (Also present is an Adaptec 1542B SCSI card and
SoundBlaster PCI 128)  Worked beautifully.  As a matter of fact, the
kudzu program auto-detected and set up the sound card (we installed it a
week after Linux was installed.)

This is with RH 6.1.

-- David