Re: X on SS20
Le 15.07.04, Jan Houstek a tapoté : | On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Torbjörn Olander wrote: | | > > Why are you using 2.6? Perhaps you will have more luck with 2.4? | > | > The 2.6 kernel at least feels a lot faster than 2.4, and for the fun of | > testing the latest kernel. :) | | For 32bit Sparc, 2.2 is recommended and you may try to play with 2.6. | Do NOT use 2.4, it's a nightmare, and with 2.6 out there, noone is going | to fix it. Really ? I use it for several month and got no problem. Only X11 that made an error once : "watchdog reset" with an "ok" prompt that did not allow to "go" for resume. I use the 2.4.26 on a dayly basis without any major problem. The sound is a bit strange (with cliks every time I play something) but everything else works perfectly. Thomas -- Ť C'est l'histoire d'un gars qui veut la machine la plus puissante du monde sous Windows 95 en émulation sous Wine qui tourne sur une station FreeBSD avec bibliotheque de compatibilité Linux. ť -+- ST in Guide du linuxien pervers : "A quoi sert Unix ?" -+-
Re: X on SS20
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Torbjörn Olander wrote: > > Why are you using 2.6? Perhaps you will have more luck with 2.4? > > The 2.6 kernel at least feels a lot faster than 2.4, and for the fun of > testing the latest kernel. :) For 32bit Sparc, 2.2 is recommended and you may try to play with 2.6. Do NOT use 2.4, it's a nightmare, and with 2.6 out there, noone is going to fix it. -- Jan Houstek
Re: X on SS20
On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 14:06, Jan Houstek wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Torbjörn Olander wrote: > > > > Why are you using 2.6? Perhaps you will have more luck with 2.4? > > > > The 2.6 kernel at least feels a lot faster than 2.4, and for the fun of > > testing the latest kernel. :) > > For 32bit Sparc, 2.2 is recommended and you may try to play with 2.6. > Do NOT use 2.4, it's a nightmare, and with 2.6 out there, noone is going > to fix it. > > -- Jan Houstek If someone could make X start with 2.6 kernel it would be very nice. Maybe 2.4 is the reason why I can't get my keymap (swedish, type5c keyboard) working in X. But at least X is starting up fine with a 2.4 kernel. Torbjörn Olander [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X on SS20
On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 02:41, Tim Connors wrote: > 2.6? Wow! How? Just configured and compiled..? Did I do any magic? :) > It sounds like it is oopsing. Before doing anything, look at > /var/log/syslog > > So you'll ssh fine if whatever crashed was not related to disk and > network, but as soon as you try to talk to part of the kernel that > died, that process will lock up as well. When I checked some more, I've found out that you are right on that point. dmesg shows: XFree86(505): Kernel bad trap [#1] PSR: 408010c5 PC: f001bf24 NPC: f001bf28 Y: Not tainted PC: %G: 0002af21 e2070026 f000 0002afe1 0002aff1 f843e000 0040 %O: 00e20700 0ab0 502ac000 0060 f00bb7a0 f843fd40 f005516c RPC: %L: 00021361 fc08fab0 502ac000 fc0afab0 fc013600 503c fc08cf00 f000 %I: f881e080 e2070026 f282c8ac f843fdb0 fc09f140 fc08c540 f843fdf8 f002c484 Caller[f002c484]: copy_mm+0x288/0x324 Caller[f002cc48]: copy_process+0x34c/0x9e4 Caller[f002d30c]: do_fork+0x2c/0x1cc Caller[f0010c18]: syscall_is_too_hard+0x34/0x40 Caller[501a224c]: 0x501a224c Instruction DUMP: 053c 91322008 80884002 <93d02005> 81c3e008 0100 c202 053c 80884002 Unfortunatly, I'm not a coder, but I hope someone could look into it or direct me. > Why are you using 2.6? Perhaps you will have more luck with 2.4? The 2.6 kernel at least feels a lot faster than 2.4, and for the fun of testing the latest kernel. :)
Re: X on SS20
Mandi! Torbjörn Olander In chel di` si favelave... > 2.6 kernel, but I can't seem to get Xfree86 running (yes, I know it's > slow but i just want to try it :-). I can't seem to find anything useful > from the logs, and the sceen never shows anything, it just goes blank meetoo. Kernel 2.4 works perfectly, so i think it is simply some bugs in framebuffer, i've not understood if it's my fault (wrong .config file ;) or the kernel fault. -- dott. Marco Gaiarin GNUPG Key ID: 240A3D66 Associazione ``La Nostra Famiglia''http://www.sv.lnf.it/ Polo FVG - Via della Bontà, 7 - 33078 - San Vito al Tagliamento (PN) gaio(at)sv.lnf.it tel +39-0434-842711fax +39-0434-842797 ... votantoniovotantoniovotantoniovotantoniovotantoniovotantonio ... resistenza arcobaleno contro la politica grigia http://www.peacelink.it/votantonio
Re: X on SS20
Torbjörn Olander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:58:36 +0200: > Hello > > I recently aquired a SparcStation 20 with a SM50 CPU module, 64MB RAM > and CG6 framebuffer. I got it running with debian unstable and a custom > 2.6 kernel, but I can't seem to get Xfree86 running (yes, I know it's > slow but i just want to try it :-). I can't seem to find anything useful > from the logs, and the sceen never shows anything, it just goes blank > and then it freezes. I can log in with ssh and do some commands but I > can't reboot it, since it stops somewhere in the process. Also if I run > "ps" it shows most of the processes (I dont know if its all) but it > freezes and never exits. 2.6? Wow! How? It sounds like it is oopsing. Before doing anything, look at /var/log/syslog So you'll ssh fine if whatever crashed was not related to disk and network, but as soon as you try to talk to part of the kernel that died, that process will lock up as well. Why are you using 2.6? Perhaps you will have more luck with 2.4? -- TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ Heisenberg may have been here.
Re: X on SS20
On Tuesday 13 Jul 2004 23:58, Torbjörn Olander wrote: > Hello > > I recently aquired a SparcStation 20 with a SM50 CPU module, 64MB RAM > and CG6 framebuffer. I got it running with debian unstable and a custom > 2.6 kernel, but I can't seem to get Xfree86 running (yes, I know it's > slow but i just want to try it :-). I can't seem to find anything useful > from the logs, and the sceen never shows anything, it just goes blank > and then it freezes. I can log in with ssh and do some commands but I > can't reboot it, since it stops somewhere in the process. Also if I run > "ps" it shows most of the processes (I dont know if its all) but it > freezes and never exits. > If anyone got a SS20 up and runnin Xfree86 with a 2.6 kernel I would > gladly have a look at your config files (X and kernel). > > I also wonder what would be the best CPU upgrade for this system if I > intend to run linux on it. AFAIK HyperSPARC's doesnt work very well with > linux and sparc32 SMP on 2.6 is broken? > I'm considering a pair of SM71 modules or does anyone have advice for a > better choice? > RAM is also on my upgrade list. > > Best regards > Torbjörn Olander > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sorry for bad english and asking questions in a strange way, > but I'm not very used to writing in english :) Hi Torbjörn, I can't help, but would love a copy of your kernel configuration file... Everard
X on SS20
Hello I recently aquired a SparcStation 20 with a SM50 CPU module, 64MB RAM and CG6 framebuffer. I got it running with debian unstable and a custom 2.6 kernel, but I can't seem to get Xfree86 running (yes, I know it's slow but i just want to try it :-). I can't seem to find anything useful from the logs, and the sceen never shows anything, it just goes blank and then it freezes. I can log in with ssh and do some commands but I can't reboot it, since it stops somewhere in the process. Also if I run "ps" it shows most of the processes (I dont know if its all) but it freezes and never exits. If anyone got a SS20 up and runnin Xfree86 with a 2.6 kernel I would gladly have a look at your config files (X and kernel). I also wonder what would be the best CPU upgrade for this system if I intend to run linux on it. AFAIK HyperSPARC's doesnt work very well with linux and sparc32 SMP on 2.6 is broken? I'm considering a pair of SM71 modules or does anyone have advice for a better choice? RAM is also on my upgrade list. Best regards Torbjörn Olander [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry for bad english and asking questions in a strange way, but I'm not very used to writing in english :)
Re: problems with X on SS20
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Re: problems with X on SS20
On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:30:15 +0200, Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wild guess: Are you running gpm? nope. /dev/sunmouse i have the feeling that this happens more often when mozilla is involved than without, but can't really prove it. i append my XF86config-4 file: -- # Section "Files" # FontPath "unix/:7100"# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" EndSection Section "Module" Load"GLcore" Load"bitmap" Load"dbe" Load"ddc" Load"dri" Load"extmod" Load"freetype" Load"glx" Load"int10" Load"pex5" Load"record" Load"speedo" Load"type1" Load"vbe" Load"xie" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "sun" Option "XkbModel" "type5" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbOptions""ctrl:nocaps" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device""/dev/sunmouse" Option "Protocol" "BusMouse" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Sun CG14" Driver "suncg14" Option "UseFBDev" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Sun CG6" Driver "suncg6" Option "UseFBDev" "true" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Sun 20" HorizSync 30-68 VertRefresh 50-85 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "Sun CG14" Monitor "Sun 20" DefaultDepth32 SubSection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen2" Device "Sun CG6" Monitor "Sun 20" DefaultDepth8 SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1152x900" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "blank time""10"# 10 minutes Option "standby time" "20" Option "suspend time" "30" Option "off time" "60" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "screen1" Screen "screen2" RightOf "screen1" InputDevice "keyboard" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode0666 EndSection -- -- -- Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr | ignorami: n: The BOFH art of folding problem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | lusers into representational shapes. pgpCIg9FwZCrI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: problems with X on SS20
On Fri, 05 Jul 2002 10:22:07 +0200, Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr writes: >the only thing that worries me is the mouse: most of the times when i do >something with the mouse, i get a lof of bogus activity. > >eg, i select text in an xterm, and move to another window on the screen >to paste the text. suddenly the mouse freaks, moves the pointer all over >the screen and all the while pasting the previously selected text, or >it makes another selection while freaking and drops that one all over >the place. Wild guess: Are you running gpm? cheers, &rw -- -- `apt-get update; apt-get -s install life/testing` signature.ng Description: PGP signature
problems with X on SS20
hi! i've installed woody on my dualhead SS20 (cg14 and cg6), and things are working quite well so far. the only thing that worries me is the mouse: most of the times when i do something with the mouse, i get a lof of bogus activity. eg, i select text in an xterm, and move to another window on the screen to paste the text. suddenly the mouse freaks, moves the pointer all over the screen and all the while pasting the previously selected text, or it makes another selection while freaking and drops that one all over the place. it's actually quite difficult to describe what happens, and while it happens frequently, i've not seen a single action that always triggers the behaviour. has anyone seen similar stuff? HW is a dualcpu SS20, running 2.2.20-sun4dm-smp and xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-16. keyboard is a type 6 (though i've configured it as a type5 for lack of better options), with a normal sunmouse attached. -- Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr | ignorami: n: The BOFH art of folding problem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | lusers into representational shapes. pgpNp323jNmdt.pgp Description: PGP signature