Monthly Archives: July 2009

Ubuntu Jaunty: ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT working in dual head with compiz! (Catalyst 9.7)

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1 – Compile and install driver:
Source: http://wiki.cchtml.com/

sudo aptitude install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++5 dkms

sh ati-driver-installer-9-7-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/jaunty

sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_*.deb fglrx-kernel-source_*.deb fglrx-amdcccle_*.deb

2 – Generate base xorg.conf:

sudo aticonfig --initial=dual-head

sudo aticonfig --dtop=horizontal

Note: you can do “dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg” to reset you xorg.conf to default values.

3 – Log out and log in to use the new xorg.conf

4 – Activate multi-screen & compiz:

Source: http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7552538

Start ATI Catalyst Control Center as root:

sudo amdcccle

Now, go in Display Manager -> Multi-Display -> Big Desktop right fo display 1

Then start compiz: System -> Preferences -> Appearence -> Visual Effects

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FreeBSD: lighttpd + php5 + fastcgi

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mkdir /var/log/lighttpd.access.log
mkdir /var/log/lighttpd.error.log
chown www:www /var/log/lighttpd.access.log
chown www:www /var/log/lighttpd.error.log

http://redmine.lighttpd.net/boards/2/topics/144

mkdir /var/run/lighttpd/
and chown it to the user you configured in lighttpd

My FreeNAS/FreeBSD configuration on D945GCLF2 / Atom 330 VS “panic spin lock held too long”

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UPDATE 2010-05-20
I am now running 0.7.1 Shere (revision 5127) since 1 month with Hyperthreading enabled and I had no issue. It seems to be fixed.

UPDATE 2009-09-03
Still running without any issues :)

UPDATE 2009-08-01

Re-installed FreeNAS this weekend and the problem didn’t come back!
Disabling Hyperthreading fixed it!

UPDATE 2009-07-26

Disabling Hyperthreading in the Bios seems to do the trick, I haven’t yet got the error again, I am crossing my fingers.

UPDATE 2009-07-21

Now I am trying to disable Hyperthreading to see if my problem will go away, stay tuned.

ORIGINAL POST

I had some “panic spin lock held too long” problem, my FreeNAS box was freezing without any reasons.

Here’s what I did:

  1. Resetted the Bios to default settings (I had turned OFF many things before)
  2. Installed using full install amd64 (I was using an embedded install before)
  3. System -> Advanced -> activated Power Daemon
  4. Network -> LAN -> activated Device Polling
  5. Network -> LAN -> Type 1000baseTX / Full-Duplex

And since then no more “panic spin lock held too long”.

Unfortunately, the problem came back :( It seems to be related to when I leave mounted shares on my Ubuntu dektop for a long period without activity. I re-installed my NAS directly with FreeBSD/Samba and the same problem happened again.

Interesting feed: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2009-July/thread.html#51019