vicibox 3.1.8 64bit install error

[andre]

Hi Kumba,
in order to give some feedback from redux packages,
after a test install of version 3.1.8 64bit on vmware (32bit works) I got the same error mentioned here: http://www.vicidial.org/VICIDIALforum/v ... ght=#59706

probably re-introduced in 3.1.7 64bit (not tested)

[williamconley]

Actually, VMWare has demonstrated a severe dislike for 64bit OpenSuSE on many occasions. Try it in a real machine.

[OneLoveAmaru]

Andre, it actually has nothing to do with vmware, it's a known bug with the kernel the vicibox installs. It does not have the megaraid_sas driver, which happens to be LSI. VMWare uses LSI as it's RAID controller, as with most Dell and HP servers.

The fix is to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and change the kernel versions to this:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.7-0.7-default root=/dev/sda2 resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x314 ipv6.disable=1
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34.7-0.7-default


That'll fix it permanently.

To boot up after the os-install, you need to restart, get to the grub screen, hit e on openSUSE 11.3 then e again on the kernel and initrd lines. Make the changes, hit enter to back up one screen and when you've made the changes to both lines, hit b to boot. Then make the changes to the file I talked about above.

[OneLoveAmaru]

Oh and I added the ipv6.disable=1 entry in there myself. That'll disable ipv6. You can remove it if you want to use ipv6. Not sure if its even supported with vicidial though.

[andre]

thanks!

[Kumba]

The Operating System supports IPv6, but ViciDial is not set-up to support it just yet.