Quick Reference Guide

• Running tar commands after setting a different block size using the mount command (mt).

Workaround To fix this issue, download the dkms driver fix from support.dell.com.

Cause When you are performing direct I/O operations with tape drives using commands such as tar in fixed

block mode (with buffer sizes that are not a multiple of the pre-formatted block size), a call trace occurs

and the system hangs.

System Does Not Respond Under Stress Conditions

Description Your Dell PowerEdge system running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 may not respond under stress

conditions when the cupsd process running at idle priority is inactive.

Workaround To fix this issue, modify the cups file in the /etc/init.d directory as shown below:

1. Search for /usr/bin/ionice -c 3 startproc $CUPSD_BIN $CUPSD_OPTIONS in

the /etc/init.d/cups file.

2. Modify the line to:/usr/bin/ionice -c 2 -n 7 startproc $CUPSD_BIN

$CUPSD_OPTIONS

Issues Fixed In SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 1

This section contains information about general issues, resolutions, and their workarounds when using SUSE Linux

Enterprise Server 10 SP 1 on your Dell system.

No Keyboard Input When X Window Connects To dev tty2

Description If your system is running on runlevel 5, the keyboard may not function after the system is turned on.

Workaround Change the runlevel to 3 (init 3) and then change the runlevel to 5 (init 5) by replacing the following

parameters:

console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200

with console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0

Cause This issue occurs when the console parameters are used in the kernel command line and when the last

console parameter indicates a serial console. X Window uses /dev/tty2 and not /dev/tty7 when the

failure occurs.

System Hangs While Using Network Bonding Configuration On Systems Running SUSE

Linux Enterprise Server 10

Description If you are using the network bonding configuration in mode 2 (balance-XOR), mode 5 (TLB), or mode 6

(ALB) on systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, the system may hang under network stress.

Additional Information

• For additional information about using and administering the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 operating system,

see suse.com or novell.com.