error in installer
I recently installed a potato from scratch. My partition setup was to have a small /boot and a larger /, plus a swap. Installation went just fine, and everything installed. I was asked to make the disk bootable, which I said yes to. When rebooting, it couldn't find the kernel. After booting the installation again, and checking, it seems that it had installed the kernel as /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17-sun4cdm, but SILO was setup on booting /boot/vmlinuz, which didn't exist. I was able to boot, by specifying the kernel name when booting. Greetings, Tomas
cross-compiler update
(can't sleep. Clowns will eat me) Need to compile and install binutils-sparc (is not built from the binutils package for some reason unknown to me right now). Then install dpkg-cross, and import ldso, libc6, and libc6-dev debs from Sparc. Then symlink /usr/local/sparc-linux/[include|lib] into /usr/sparc-linux/. Then tweak gcc-m68k-linux into building for sparc and depending on binutils-sparc instead of binutils-sparc-linux. Assuming this works, we would somehow need a libc6-dev crosscompile package built for each supported arch and a few other minor package fixes. I think I'm starting to drift off-topic.. Sometime tomorrow I'll post a compressed log of kernel-source-2.2.17 compiling for people to look at. I'm on a dialup connection for the time being though. Then I have a question of testing the kernel. How should I write a boot floppy with the kernel, assuming it builds?
VNC on SPARC?
Hi! I am trying to get VNC working on SPARC Debian potato and I can't. I installed only vncserver and dependent apps and libs. I don't want to install and x-server on this machine. VNC starts and then dies before I am able to connect to it. Nothing appears in the vnc logs and syslog. I used VNC before in similar configuration on x86 and had no problems. I can't find any reason for this. The machine is: PROMLIB: Sun Boot Prom Version 3 Revision 2 Linux version 2.2.17 (gcc version 2.95.2 2220 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Wed Oct 18 15:35:10 KST 2000 ARCH: SUN4M TYPE: Sun4m SparcStation10/20 Boot time fixup v1.6. 4/Mar/98 Jakub Jelinek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Patching kernel for srmmu[TI Viking]/iommu [0]: v[f000,f100](100) p[] [1]: v[f100,f200](100) p[0200] [2]: v[f200,f300](100) p[0800] [3]: v[f300,f400](100) p[0a00] [4]: v[f400,f500](100) p[1800] [5]: v[f500,f600](100) p[1a00] [6]: v[f600,f700](100) p[1c00] [7]: v[f700,f7f4f000](f4f000) p[1e00] Found CPU 0 node=ffd6f150,mid=8 Found 1 CPU prom device tree node(s). Power off control detected. Console: colour dummy device 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 49.87 BogoMIPS Is there somebody using vnc on SPARC? Any help? Thank you! --JS
Re: apt slink-potato using cds
On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 08:16:48PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote: Still a problem (apt-get won't recognize when right cd is in drive). I get this effect if I have mirrors listed as http sources as well as cdrom source listed in /etc/apt/sources.list The solution I've found is to temporarily comment out all non local sources, and then apt will see the cd correctly. Stuart
kde on sparc??
hi! any idea why: apt-get install task-kde Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: task-kde: Depends: kdebase-libs but it is not installable Depends: konqueror but it is not installable Depends: konsole but it is not installable Depends: task-kdegraphics but it is not going to be installed Depends: task-kdepim but it is not going to be installed Depends: task-kdegames but it is not going to be installed E: Sorry, broken packages on sparc/woody?? thanks! bye now! cristian -- Space may be the final frontier But it's made in a Hollywood basement RHCP -- Californication
Re: kde on sparc??
the kde packages for sparc woody are a bit behind...I just finished uploading the last piece so it should be installable after the next dinstall runs. If you still have the problem in a couple days let me know. Ivan On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 12:58:05PM +0100, Cristian Constantin wrote: hi! any idea why: apt-get install task-kde Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: task-kde: Depends: kdebase-libs but it is not installable Depends: konqueror but it is not installable Depends: konsole but it is not installable Depends: task-kdegraphics but it is not going to be installed Depends: task-kdepim but it is not going to be installed Depends: task-kdegames but it is not going to be installed E: Sorry, broken packages on sparc/woody?? thanks! bye now! cristian -- Space may be the final frontier But it's made in a Hollywood basement RHCP -- Californication -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---end quoted text--- -- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD
Re: cross-compiler update
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 02:59:48AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (can't sleep. Clowns will eat me) Need to compile and install binutils-sparc (is not built from the binutils package for some reason unknown to me right now). Then install dpkg-cross, and import ldso, libc6, and libc6-dev debs from Sparc. Then symlink /usr/local/sparc-linux/[include|lib] into /usr/sparc-linux/. Then tweak gcc-m68k-linux into building for sparc and depending on binutils-sparc instead of binutils-sparc-linux. Install binutils-multiarch, and depend on that (might have to create symlinks in /usr/sparc-linux/bin). Assuming this works, we would somehow need a libc6-dev crosscompile package built for each supported arch and a few other minor package fixes. I think I'm starting to drift off-topic.. Using dpkg-cross, you should be able to convert current packages to a cross formary. Sometime tomorrow I'll post a compressed log of kernel-source-2.2.17 compiling for people to look at. I'm on a dialup connection for the time being though. Then I have a question of testing the kernel. How should I write a boot floppy with the kernel, assuming it builds? Sparc boot floppies can be created with the intelsilo package. Basically you just need an ext2 formatted floppy, and use intelsilo to make it bootable. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
dependency problem
Hi there, after updating the list of available packages I have encountered the following dependency problem: dpkg pre-depends on libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 does not appear to be available and in fact I didn't find that package. I'm running potato with the following source list: deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ potato main non-free contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ potato main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ potato/updates main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/proposed-updates Any ideas ?? cheers, Steffan --- I am the ILOVEGNU signature virus. Just copy me to your signature. This email was infected under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Re: VNC on SPARC?
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 08:20:27PM +0900, Julian Stoev wrote: Hi! I am trying to get VNC working on SPARC Debian potato and I can't. I installed only vncserver and dependent apps and libs. I don't want to install and x-server on this machine. How can you run VNC server on a machine with no X server running? -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: easy question (I believe)
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 12:32:15PM +0100, Maliar, Gilles wrote: I'm new user of Debian (sparc i386) and I don't know how to configure the hadrware for the network (here, it is on i386... before serious things with my ultrasparc station). I know ifconfig, but any time I want ti use it, it tells me unknown device for eth0. Well, my hardware is correct : Corel Linux 2nd ed. configures without any problem. What is the name of the tool to use ? or the package I miss ? Your asking about a sparc or i386? I'm pretty sure you aren't running Corel on an UltraSPARC, so I assume you are talking about i386, in which case you need to direct your question to some place like debian-user, with more specifics abotu your hardware (especially the network card). -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: kde on sparc??
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 05:04:22AM -0700, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: the kde packages for sparc woody are a bit behind...I just finished uploading the last piece so it should be installable after the next dinstall runs. Sorry about that. The buildd is starting back up now, so it should keep up with these things again. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: dependency problem
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 02:52:32PM +0100, Steffan Baron wrote: Hi there, after updating the list of available packages I have encountered the following dependency problem: dpkg pre-depends on libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 does not appear to be available and in fact I didn't find that package. I'm running potato with the following source list: deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ potato main non-free contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ potato main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ potato/updates main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/proposed-updates It's being fixed now. 1.6.15.1 will be installed today. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
gtk/glib on sparc is broken
Is it a known problem that I can't install libgtk1.2-dev and libglib1.2-dev on sparc potato? The -dev package depends on version 1.2.7-2 of libgtk1.2, but only version 1.2.8-1 is available, which makes it completely impossible to compile any gnome app including the ssh security fix I'm trying to build. Wichert. -- / Generally uninteresting signature - ignore at your convenience \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | | 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D |
X!
Hello all! I am using an Ultra5 with woody installed on it... Lately, when the last update installed Xfree 4.0.1, i wasn't able to start again the X server. The problem should be, as they say at Xfree.org, in mouse protocol config. Actually i have this configuration: Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Protocol PS/2 Option Device/dev/sunmouse Well the system keeps hanging when i start the server, and there's no way to stop the process, but cutting power down (SIGH). Any1 got any hint? Thanks in advance Dario
Sun-4 ??
Hello, From the FAQ at www.ultralinux.org: QUOTE - 12. What about the Sun4 machines ? (Such as 4/330) There are quite a few differences with the Sun4 machines vs. the Sun4cdmu types, such as MMU, Ethernet chip, disk controller and graphics cards. In more recent kernels, there is limited support for sun4 (only 4/300 series). There has been a mailing list set up for people who are interested in the Sun4 port. This list does not seem to exist anymore, but Red Hat does have the intention to restore the mailing list archive in the near future. QUOTE - Does anyone know any more info about Sun4 machines? Any web pages? Is this mail archive back up yet? Is there a Sun4 mailinglist that is 'active'? Anyone out there running Linux on a Sun4, or anyone that has tried and failed? Thanks! Bye for Now, Ian \|||/ (o o) /---ooO-(_)-Ooo---\ | Ian Chilton(IRC Nick - GadgetMan) ICQ #: 16007717 | |-| | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.ichilton.co.uk | |-| | I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead. | \-/
Re: gtk/glib on sparc is broken
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 04:48:34PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
Is it a known problem that I can't install libgtk1.2-dev and
libglib1.2-dev on sparc potato? The -dev package depends on version
1.2.7-2 of libgtk1.2, but only version 1.2.8-1 is available,
which makes it completely impossible to compile any gnome app
including the ssh security fix I'm trying to build.
It is a know problem, and the gtk/glib maintainer knows about it.
Basically the sparc packages had to be rebuilt as a binary-only NMU. This
wasn't a problem in the NMU, but in that the binary-all package deps on
the binary-arch packages, were too strict (= 1.0-1 type deps), which
didn't allow this binary-only NMU to be installed.
He hasn't rebuilt it. It actually needs to be completely rebuilt for all
archs, so that everything has the same version number, or just rebuild the
main one, so that the binary-all packages dep on ${Source-Version} instead
of ${Version}.
Ben
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X 4.0.1
Could someone help me with the settings in XF86Config-4 for a type4 keyboard and mouse? Cant seem to find the right protocal for the mouse and the keyboard is going nuts. -- http://www.landofbile.com AIM: iambile irc: [bile] in #bloodlustsoftware, #tardwagon email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X 4.0.1
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 08:52:32PM -0500, Antonio Musumeci wrote: Could someone help me with the settings in XF86Config-4 for a type4 keyboard and mouse? Cant seem to find the right protocal for the mouse and the keyboard is going nuts. The mouse protocol is BUS. I forget the settings I used for a type5 keyboard. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Sparc cross-compiler update
Looks like my FDD is bad. I test it in prom (test floppy) and it reports it's unable to read the first sector. So, I need to learn how to build or edit a tftpboot image.
