Thanks. It may be easier and faster to just find some cd's, install a current Debian on another partition and debug any serial port/other problems that show up. I've done "move to new partition and re-config."
If you've got the patience, ask for the other info that would lead to the problem. I've got about 4 unused earlier linux distros installed already. I can re-boot the non-connecting "3.1.9ubuntu7" and if I haven't deleted the partition, re-boot the non-connecting sarge install. With my limited experience, I reviewed the logs, and found entries like I've pasted in below. I could see only a possible module-missing problem, or a motherboard problem Let me know -- but should this thread be in -discuss? Thanks again. -- Steve, [email protected], 736-1653/cell 620-7286 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- install of 3.1.9ubuntu7 (the same problems seemed to occur with debian upgrade) grepping 'Jun 28.*\(serial\|lsr.*safety.*check\|error\|failed\)' from logs, dmesg: [4294672.636000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 48 ports, IRQ sharing enabled [4294672.636000] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A [4294672.639000] 00:07: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A [4294781.394000] ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged! [4294781.396000] ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged! dpkg.log 2006-10-20 23:41:44 status installed setserial 2.17-43 kern.log.0 Jun 28 00:19:55 localhost kernel: [4295600.765000] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 Jun 28 00:20:27 localhost kernel: [4295632.794000] ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged! Jun 28 00:20:28 localhost kernel: [4295633.798000] ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged! syslog.0 Jun 28 00:19:55 localhost pppd[5675]: pppd 2.4.4b1 started by root, uid 0 Jun 28 00:19:55 localhost kernel: [4295600.778000] ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged! Jun 28 00:19:56 localhost kernel: [4295601.782000] ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged! Jun 28 00:19:56 localhost chat[5676]: Can't get terminal parameters: Input/output error Jun 28 00:19:56 localhost pppd[5675]: Connect script failed Jun 28 00:20:26 localhost gconfd (sat-4931): Exiting Nov 2 04:57:35 localhost kernel: [4294672.636000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 48 ports, IRQ sharing enabled Nov 2 04:57:35 localhost kernel: [4294672.636000] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A Nov 2 04:57:35 localhost kernel: [4294672.639000] 00:07: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ppp.log.0 Jun 28 00:19:55 localhost pppd[5675]: pppd 2.4.4b1 started by root, uid 0 Jun 28 00:19:56 localhost chat[5676]: Can't get terminal parameters: Input/output error Jun 28 00:19:56 localhost pppd[5675]: Connect script failed Davor Ocelic <[email protected]> writes: > On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:27:57 -0400 > Steve Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Doc. >> >> Problem 1: new debian install from cd caused loss of serial ports. >> I copied and upgraded a partition of my current debian, 3.0 >> Problem repeated. > > "loss of serial ports" is not a very good problem description. As far > as I know, there have been no reworks of the serial port drivers. > > Most probably your problem in this specific case is something relatively > simple, but I don't know the solution offhand, nor you give enough > information that we could make more detailed assumptions. > > -doc > >> Solution: ask for answers but stick with old version >> But no answers came. >> >> Problem 2, the conflicts, started when "backport" support for older >> versions stopped >> >> To my limited knowledge, unless I need a Debian upgrade that leaves my >> ports working >> >> I'll stop there for now. Looking for the log records on one of about 8 >> partitions, no luck yet. >> >> Thanks again. >> >> Davor Ocelic <[email protected]> writes: >> >> > On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:36:18 -0400 >> > Steve Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> I can ask on hcoop-discuss: >> >> >> >> With debian lenny/sid. Not upgraded because upgrades left me with >> >> no serial ports and I didn't know modules that would restore them. >> >> So my debian libc packages are not current enough and I can't >> >> install kerberso, amongst others >> >> >> >> How/where can I find a kerberos I can install? Is the answer to >> >> download source code and compile it? >> >> >> >> I logged into my account via Mozilla 1.7.13, so as long as that >> >> works (slowly) I do have access. Haven't tried Firefox yes. >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> > >> > Hey Steve, >> > >> > If you can't perform the upgrade regularly, it means there's a >> > problem in your setup which is more important than just getting >> > kerberos working. >> > >> > You probably messed up the sources.list and the versions of packages >> > on your system. >> > >> > So the solution is not in using Kerberos from source, but in fixing >> > your setup. >> > >> > Here's a recipe: >> > >> > 1) make sure you have 'testing' or 'unstable' repositories in >> > sources.list >> > >> > 2) apt-get update >> > >> > 3) aptitude install krb5-user >> > >> > (Use aptitude instead of apt-get because it has better >> > dependency resolution mechanism, but do check whether the solution >> > it is suggesting you is the one you would accept). >> > >> > When you run the command under (3), aptitude will try find >> > the necessary packages to remove/install/upgrade so that you both >> > get krb5-user installed and have all dependencies resolved. >> > >> > -doc >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > HCoop-Help mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/hcoop-help >> > > _______________________________________________ > HCoop-Help mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/hcoop-help _______________________________________________ HCoop-Help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.hcoop.net/listinfo/hcoop-help
