Re: Boot question
STOP-A, and at the OK prompt type: setenv boot-device disk:a Now "disk:a" will be the default. On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Samuel Tardieu wrote: > Sorry if this is a FAQ, I couldn't find the answer. > > My Ultra5 tries to boot with "boot disk:b", and my Linux partition is disk:a > (hda1). How do I change this in the PROM? Or how do I install a boot block > at the beginning of hda2 which is the swap V1? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- --- | Joshua Uziel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- http://linux.ucla.edu/~uzi/ | |This message has been encrypted with ROT-26 encoding for your safety.| ---
Re: Newbie needs help: IDPROM checksum is incorrect
On Sat, 22 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > can you give me some information about how can I install Linux > on a SparcStation. I never used a SparcStation ( only x86 ) but I can > handle with Linux, because my PCs runs with Linux. > > And now the story: > > I've got this week a > > "SPARCstation IPC Type-4 Keyboard > ROM Rev. 1.6 8 MB memory installed > Serial # > Ethernet adress ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > HOST ID: " Yeah... that looks like the battery on your IDPROM has gone kaput... you'll have to buy a new one. They generally seem to cost somewhere in the $20-$40 US range (I'm not sure how that translates to DM or if it's more expensive in .de ...)
Re: xwindows for non-root users fails
Yeah... this was discussed about a month or two ago (check the archives
if you'd like). The quicky fix is to "chmod 666 /dev/fb?" and try again.
Good luck. :)
On Wed, 12 May 1999, Carl Mummert wrote:
> I installed slink on a sparc 5m (an old one), from the march 1st disks. I
> chose the 2.2.1 kernel.
>
> Everything installed well, and I can run xwindows as root by typeing
> 'startx' as usual.
>
> When I attempt to run 'startx' as a non-root user, it fails. I am not sure
> why.
> I have checked the file permissions on everything, and I even changed the
> line in /etc/X11/Xserver from 'Console' to 'Anybody' but to no avail.
>
> The following excerpt from strace seemed strange:
>
> [pid 1544] execve("/bin/X", ["X", ":0", "-auth",
> "/home/tinuviel/Majors/mummert/.X"...], [/* 22 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> [pid 1544] execve("/usr/sbin/X", ["X", ":0", "-auth",
> "/home/tinuviel/Majors/mummert/.X"...], [/* 22 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> [pid 1544] execve("/sbin/X", ["X", ":0", "-auth",
> "/home/tinuviel/Majors/mummert/.X"...], [/* 22 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> [pid 1544] execve("/usr/games/X", ["X", ":0", "-auth",
> "/home/tinuviel/Majors/mummert/.X"...], [/* 22 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> [pid 1544] execve("/usr/X11R6/bin/X", ["X", ":0", "-auth",
> "/home/tinuviel/Majors/mummert/.X"...], [/* 22 vars */]) = -1 EPERM
> (Operation not permitted)
> [pid 1544] access("X", R_OK
> [pid 1539] write(2, "\n", 1
> [pid 1544] <... access resumed> ) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> [pid 1544] write(2, "xinit: ", 8xinit: ) = 8
> [pid 1544] write(2, "No such file or directory (errno"..., 38No such file or
> directory (errno 2): ) = 38
> [pid 1544] write(2, "no server \"X\" in PATH\n", 22no server "X" in PATH) =
> 22
>
> Here, the process is searching my path for 'X'. It finds it in
> /usr/X11R6/bin, but I get that EPERM error. Why?
>
>
> If anyone knows of a way for me to get this working, please let me know. As
> I said, it works for root
> just fine.
>
>
> Carl
>
>
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Re: [NOTICE] libc6 problems (Re: libc and other things)
Yeah... it seems as though the LX is the un-4m... :) I've heard of people having audio working on the LX (with DBRI, same as the 10 and 20, but I don't hear a peep outa my SS10). A coworker also told me that X runs nicely in RH 6.0 on his LX, while it croaks within 5 minutes on my SS10. (I'm dual-booting RH and Debian.) But yeah... it remains that 2.2.7 does not work on my machine. After SILO, maybe a line or two is printed out (I'm not near my machine at the moment), and the machine locks up hard (no Stop-A's to save me)... > Just as a reference for those interested, I am sucessfulyl running 2.2.7 > stock on an LX, so the problem is not with _all_ of the 4m machines, so > it would seem... > > > --Adam > > On Thu, 6 May 1999, Heikki Vatiainen wrote: > > > Samuel Tardieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, the question now is: has anyone be able to boot a SS10 using > > > kernel 2.2.7? > > > > I'm a newcomer to sparc-Debian but an old Debian user. I installed > > my first sparc Linux box (SS20, 2CPUs, 288MB memory) on Sunday > > evening. > > > > After playing with it a bit, I compiled a 2.2.7 kernel and it did > > not boot. The boot process froze just before switching to Linux > > boot screen which displays the penguin(s). Going back to 2.2.6 > > solved the problem. > > > > However, I had to go all the back to 2.1.125 before the box became > > stable. I tried 2.2.1 and 2.2.6 and it froze quite often. One of > > the problems is the "use X, get killed" problem which is discussed > > e.g. on sparc-linux list. The SS20 is our old server which might > > have a little flaky hardware which might explain some of the > > mysterious crashes. It's been up for 37 hours now and is running > > 2.1.125 kernel. > > > > > Sam > > > > // Heikki > > -- > > Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Adam Smith > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Purdue University > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: [NOTICE] libc6 problems (Re: libc and other things)
> > "Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben> So for the record, right now libc6 2.1.1-2 is broken for all > Ben> sun4m arch's in the unstable dist, so please don't upgrade to > Ben> it, if you have sun4m. Sun4[udc] are known to work perfectly > Ben> fine. > > Unless running your own 2.2.7 kernel :) Eh? I tried building and running my own 2.2.7 both stock and from CVS on my SS10... and under both Debian 2.1 and RH 6.0 ... none of those cases would boot 2.2.7 for me.
Re: LINUX on Sun Sparc IPC?
Yes... both Debian (www.debian.org) and Redhat (www.redhat.com) have good working distributions for that machine. > I have a Sun Sparc IPC running SunOS4.1.3. Is there a port of Linux which > will > run on this? If so, what and where from? > > Thanks, > > Derek Leigh > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: -bpp option in startx
If you've got a GX (or an 8-bit framebuffer at least), then trying to do "-- -bpp 16" is useless as far as I would expect. What you can do, though, to help out is run something like netscape with the -install option, which will give it it's own color map. > * Jeffrey Ebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04/29/99 18:18] wrote: > > Max wrote: > > > The man page for startx claims that one can use the -bpp option to > > > select the color depth, yet my X server complains that it can't > > > recognize it. I'm using the 8 bit server on a SPARC 2, so am I to > > > understand that -bpp is redundant because it only supports 8 bits? > > > WindowMaker looks like it's only using 16 colors, so I'm trying to see > > > if there's any way to get it to look halfway decent. I don't think > > > the 24 bit server will work on this machine. > > > > startx -- -bpp 16 > > That's exactly what I'm doing and here's the output: > > Unrecognized option: -bpp > use: X [:] [option] > > It then proceeds to give me a list of options that it does recognize > and bpp isn't on the list. > > Max > > -- > The hopeful depend on a world without end > Whatever the hopeless may say > Neil Peart, 1985 >
Re: configuring X
If you used the virtual consoles and follow your "startx" with a CTRL-ALT-F1 (or wherever you ran it), you'll see some error messages. Anyways, the quick fix is to (as root) do the following: # chmod 666 /dev/fb? That takes care of the problem. The reason why this is so was discussed on this list about a month or two ago, so grab it in the archives off of http://www.debian.org/ if you're interested in the details. > What do I need to do to configure X on my SPARC 2? I'm used to having > the xf86setup package on the Intel machines, but it doesn't seem like > it's available for SPARC. I already figured out that I need to > symlink /dev/mouse -> /dev/sunmouse, but when I type "startx", the > screen goes blank and nothing happens. There is no XF86Config file, > so that could be the problem, but isn't this something that should be > installed by the configuration scripts? > > Thanks for any help, > Max > > -- > The hopeful depend on a world without end > Whatever the hopeless may say > Neil Peart, 1985 >
Re: Sparcstation 20
dd/rawrite the image to the floppy, but the floppy in the drive and STOP-A the machine. At the OK prompt, type "boot floppy" to boot and "eject floppy" if you need to eject it. You'll want the rescue and root images on floppies... the rest I believe matters on your method of installation... > Hello > How do you boot a Sparc 20 workstation from resc1440.bin on a > floppy? > Mike Bulmer > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: xwindow on sparc 1+
Yeah, it you do a CTRL-ALT-F1 (assuming you ran startx from the first Virtual Terminal), you'll see that it had some "Read Error" or so. This is a known bug... for now, as root, do: chmod 666 /dev/fb* ... and try to run it again. This is a temporary fix. > hi, I am trying to setup the xwindow for sparc 1+ with slink... > I type startx and it starts, but it just sits there with a blank screen as > black... > I'm not sure if I have all the files or not... > I have my xserver-xsun for my sparc and XFree86... > I'm new to linux but have learned alot so far...not to get xwindow working.. > > Thanks > Harold > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
