Q: External modem on Sparc
I'd wanted to use my USR 56K external modem on my Sparc IPX and use it for IP masquerading. Unfortunately the mac modem cable doesn't seem to work on it. When I'm talking to the modem from minicom, both RX and TX lights flash in unison and I don't get an OK or anything out of the modem. I'll try things as I can think of them, but does anyone have ideas? -- Ferret no baka
For the record: Sparc serial console
Mac to serial printer cables have crossover (null-modem) wiring. Mac to serial modem cables have non-crossover (modem) wiring. The modem cables in general seem to have better wiring. However, neither seem to support hardware flow control. Symptoms: Serial cable: data flows from the terminal to the computer but does not flow back. Printer cable: data flows to the terminal from the computer but does not flow to the computer. Set hardware flow control off if using minicom for a serial console. HTH, -- Ferret no baka
Re: 2.2.13 cannot load modules
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Ben Collins wrote: > On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 08:13:40AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I just compiled and booted 2.2.13 (sun4c, Sparc IPX) on a BARE Slink > > system (base dbootstrap install plus potato's apt, plus > > kernel-package+gcc) and saw a couple interesting problems. > > > > Firstly when I booted the machine to 2.2.13 for the first time I got > > several hundred lines of errors saying something like 'operation not > > permitted on /dev/cua0' and then a panic in the swapper process. So far > > this problem hasn't been reproducable. > > > > I am booting with console on serial port A, so it would already be in use. > > > > The main problem is that insmod says for my modules 'ELF file not for this > > archetecture' and fails to load anything. > > > > I did compile on the Sparc, but had the kernel source tree NFS-mounted. > > I assume that you have the modutils from potato aswell. They are currently > in flux due to a sparc/sparc64 mismatch problem. I'm working on uploading > a fixed set today. You can in the meantime, either downgrade to slink's > modutils, or recompile the potato source yourself. I think that was Slink's modutils, from the install disks. I just upgraded the thing to Potato an hour or so ago, and I'm going to see what happens.
Re: fdisk ?
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Ben Collins wrote: > On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 04:29:28PM +0100, Gergely Madarasz wrote: > > Hello, > > > > It seems the new util-linux provides fdisk for sparc. Is this a good fdisk? > > If yes, should util-linux conflict & replace the old fdisk package on > > sparc ? > > Yes, and yes :) Ok, I submitted a bugreport on util-linux about this. -- Madarasz Gergely [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry. Egy pingvinre gyakorlatilag lehetetlen haragosan nezni. HuLUG: http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/
Re: 2.2.13 cannot load modules
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I just compiled and booted 2.2.13 (sun4c, Sparc IPX) on a BARE Slink > system (base dbootstrap install plus potato's apt, plus > kernel-package+gcc) and saw a couple interesting problems. > > Firstly when I booted the machine to 2.2.13 for the first time I got > several hundred lines of errors saying something like 'operation not > permitted on /dev/cua0' and then a panic in the swapper process. So far > this problem hasn't been reproducable. > > I am booting with console on serial port A, so it would already be in use. > > The main problem is that insmod says for my modules 'ELF file not for this > archetecture' and fails to load anything. Update: I just installed and ran 'file' on my modules: ELF 32-bit MSB relocatable, SPARC, version1, not stripped Eh? > > I did compile on the Sparc, but had the kernel source tree NFS-mounted. > > Any ideas? > > -- Ferret no baka > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: 2.2.13 cannot load modules
On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 08:13:40AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I just compiled and booted 2.2.13 (sun4c, Sparc IPX) on a BARE Slink > system (base dbootstrap install plus potato's apt, plus > kernel-package+gcc) and saw a couple interesting problems. > > Firstly when I booted the machine to 2.2.13 for the first time I got > several hundred lines of errors saying something like 'operation not > permitted on /dev/cua0' and then a panic in the swapper process. So far > this problem hasn't been reproducable. > > I am booting with console on serial port A, so it would already be in use. > > The main problem is that insmod says for my modules 'ELF file not for this > archetecture' and fails to load anything. > > I did compile on the Sparc, but had the kernel source tree NFS-mounted. I assume that you have the modutils from potato aswell. They are currently in flux due to a sparc/sparc64 mismatch problem. I'm working on uploading a fixed set today. You can in the meantime, either downgrade to slink's modutils, or recompile the potato source yourself. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
2.2.13 cannot load modules
I just compiled and booted 2.2.13 (sun4c, Sparc IPX) on a BARE Slink system (base dbootstrap install plus potato's apt, plus kernel-package+gcc) and saw a couple interesting problems. Firstly when I booted the machine to 2.2.13 for the first time I got several hundred lines of errors saying something like 'operation not permitted on /dev/cua0' and then a panic in the swapper process. So far this problem hasn't been reproducable. I am booting with console on serial port A, so it would already be in use. The main problem is that insmod says for my modules 'ELF file not for this archetecture' and fails to load anything. I did compile on the Sparc, but had the kernel source tree NFS-mounted. Any ideas? -- Ferret no baka
Re: fdisk ?
On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 04:29:28PM +0100, Gergely Madarasz wrote: > Hello, > > It seems the new util-linux provides fdisk for sparc. Is this a good fdisk? > If yes, should util-linux conflict & replace the old fdisk package on > sparc ? Yes, and yes :) -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
fdisk ?
Hello, It seems the new util-linux provides fdisk for sparc. Is this a good fdisk? If yes, should util-linux conflict & replace the old fdisk package on sparc ? -- Madarasz Gergely [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry. Egy pingvinre gyakorlatilag lehetetlen haragosan nezni. HuLUG: http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/
Re: Spacr linux: bug in autofs and nis
On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 09:15:13AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > By the way, I think I have nade an error by trying to install the > kernel-image-2.2.13. I should install kernel-image-sun4c-2.2.13 > instead ? (this is a Sparc IPC) > No, the sun4c image is only made available for boot disk purposes, not actual long term usage. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Odd HAPPY MEAL behaviour (sunhme.c).
Hi, Have previously installed Linux (2.2.13) on a SUN Ultra 5 333Mhz with two Quad NICs. I have a problem with network delays, even with crossover cables. A simple ping from another host looks like this, ------ [helios]$ ping -s bussola PING bussola.tb.su.se: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=0. time=2. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=1. time=245. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=2. time=1. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=3. time=1001. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=4. time=1. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=5. time=177. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=6. time=1001. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=7. time=1. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=8. time=485. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=9. time=6. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=10. time=676. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=11. time=1. ms ^C bussola.tb.su.se PING Statistics 12 packets transmitted, 12 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 1/299/1001 [helios]$ ------ It's the same pattern from every host I try from and the peek is almost always at 1001.1 ms or 1001.2 ms, but not when I ping simultaneously from another host. ------ [helios]$ ping -s bussola PING bussola.tb.su.se: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=0. time=2. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=1. time=1. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=2. time=1. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=3. time=1. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=4. time=1. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=5. time=115. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=6. time=1. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=7. time=1. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=8. time=1. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=9. time=28. ms 64 bytes from bussola (172.16.0.248): icmp_seq=10. time=1. ms ^C bussola.tb.su.se PING Statistics 11 packets transmitted, 11 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 1/13/115 [helios]$ ------ Note the difference in response when pinging from two hosts simultaneously. Anyone have any ideas? Sincerely, Rickard Rickard Cedergren ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Dep. of IT-Security @ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY http://www.it-sakerhet.tb.su.se Phone: +46-8-161068 Fax: +46-8-163980
Bug#50048: libg++2.8.2-dev: empty package on sparc
severity 50048 normal thanks this package will be removed soon ... Ben Collins writes: > On Sat, Nov 13, 1999 at 11:02:32AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > > There is a bug against ftp.debian.org to remove egcs (and > > libg++2.8.2-dev) from potato. The current libg++, which works with > > gcc-2.95 ist libg++2.8.1.3. Are there problems, that gcc-2.95 does not > > correctly work on sparc? > > > > Is this really a grave bug for sparc? > > Gcc 2.95 works perfectly on sparc afaik. I'll check into the empty package > though.
Re: Spacr linux: bug in autofs and nis
Ben Collins writes: > On Sat, Nov 13, 1999 at 07:34:02PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I have waited for almost one year now to see if nis ever > > works. Actually I have planned to convert some of Solaris machine to > > Linux, but this has been put off. I just have a small machine (SUN > > IPC) to spare just to see if Linux ever works right. > > I don't know about autofs since I don't use it. But I admin a set of 3 > sparc linux servers which are using NIS/NFS. The NIS master is running on > a Sparc LX, running Debian/Slink, kernel 2.2.9 (it is also a client). The > two clients are UltraSparc's running Debian/Potato, kernel 2.2.13. > > Looks to me from the error that you are having a configuration problem. Is > this NIS master you are pointing to a Solaris one? If so what version of > Solaris, and what type of system. sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10, system SunOS 5.7 Note that I have also several linux system on intel. They all run nis without any problem. One system has also been just upgraded to the latest potato too. By the way, I think I have nade an error by trying to install the kernel-image-2.2.13. I should install kernel-image-sun4c-2.2.13 instead ? (this is a Sparc IPC) -- PHAM Dinh Tuan | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Laboratoire de Modelisation et Calcul | Tel: +33 4 76 51 44 23 BP 53, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9 (France) | Fax: +33 4 76 63 12 63 ---
Re: Sound on a SPARC 10
> I have a SPARC 10 here and recently acquired the speaker for the system, but > how do I get sound with gom or some other sound mixer? I maned and infoed > myself silly, and could not find documentation for this particular situation > online. Did you look here?: http://www.dementia.org/~shadow/sparcaudio.html The Sparc audio subsystems don't seem to be in a very good state right now. The version in the 2.2 kernel doesn't respond to ioctls in the way that most Linux programs expect, so most of them break. I'm told this has all been fixed in the 2.3 kernel series, but I have yet to get a functioning 2.3 series kernel working on Sparc. Eric
Sound on a SPARC 10
Pleasant day I have a SPARC 10 here and recently acquired the speaker for the system, but how do I get sound with gom or some other sound mixer? I maned and infoed myself silly, and could not find documentation for this particular situation online. The problem stems from the fact that I do not know the device name for that port, and I did not see anything recognizable in /dev/, and so I cannot give proper arguments for configuration. Does anyone else have a SPARC 10 that has sound? I believe the SPARC 5 also had this type of sound port as well. The port is the high density 26 pin connector. I am not too bright with LINUX yet, so be kind. Thank you Jesse Molina-Lanners[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phoenix Arizona
