Re: Ultra5 sound and Video's
Shannon Smith said: Hi Everyone. I am fairly new to both Sun Workstations and Lnux in general. I recently purchased myself an Ultra5 workstation and installed Woody (3.0r1) on it. I have not got it on the internet, simply as I want it to be a stand alone box. I have really only had one problem and one query. My problem is that I have no sound? I assumed I installed the sound support, but when I get into KDE, it just tells me that the sound server failed to load and that all output would be to null. Have I missed something or do I need to build another kernel to get this support. be sure your account is in the audio group. My second thing is that I am looking for the windows Media Player equivalent for Debian SPARC. I have noatun running, but it only seems to run MPG's, and then only some of them. Is there a media player kind of application that will allow me to run my windows AVI's and DIVX's on my Ultra6 mplayer may be your best shot, though most codecs won't work since they are for IA32, not for SPARC. nate
Re: Solaris binary emulation
I've been getting the following daily, any idea how to start debugging it? Subject: Cron [EMAIL PROTECTED] test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 06:25:58 + /etc/cron.daily/man-db: /etc/cron.daily/man-db: line 22: 13010 Segmentation fault start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null --startas /usr/lib/man-db/mandb --oknodo --chuid man -- --no-purge /dev/null 2/dev/null run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/man-db exited with return code 139 If I run mandb at a root prompt I get: Purging old database entries in /usr/share/man... mandb: can't update index cache /var/cache/man/index.bt: No such file or directory Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man... fopen: No such file or directory Segmentation fault SPARCstation 5 running woody TIA Subject: Cron [EMAIL PROTECTED] test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 06:25:58 + /etc/cron.daily/man-db: /etc/cron.daily/man-db: line 22: 13010 Segmentation fault start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null --startas /usr/lib/man-db/mandb --oknodo --chuid man -- --no-purge /dev/null 2/dev/null run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/man-db exited with return code 139 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.465 / Virus Database: 263 - Release Date: 25/03/2003
Raising Debian Awareness
I sent this message already, but I'm not sure it got through. I'm trying to get the corporate suits to look at debian for some of our existing hp, sparc and intel platforms. What I need to understand is how it is being used out there. Also what you did in order to convince your business that debian GNU/Linux was right for a specific project. So I've set up a simply form at www.formdesk.com/linuxdaddy/debiansurvey that can be filled in. If you don't want to fill the online form in, then it is displayed below and you can just reply to the list (please trim your quotations if you do this). Please CC me as I'm not on this list. 1. How do you use Debian? * Web Mail Firewall / Router Print / File Server Media Server (sound/music/video) Application Development Documentation Server Finanical Systems Database Backend Other/Explanation 2. What platforms do you use Debian on? * i386 ia64 hppa(parisc) sparc alpha m68k powerpc arm mips s390 Other/Actual Hardware i.e. E4500 3. What environments do you operate Debian in? Standalone Networked Clustered Virtual Servers Other/Explanation 4. Where do you use Debian? * Home Work Other 5. In what ways have you tried to achieve greater awareness of Debian in your company and with what results? _ Surf together with new Shared Browsing http://join.msn.com/?page=features/browsepgmarket=en-gbXAPID=74DI=1059
Kde3.1 for woody
Hi I just installed woody on a Ultra30. Now I am searching for kde3.1 for woody (or testing, sarge i think). I already search on the list archive, but I cannot found nothing. Suggestions ? bye Gianluca -- We are the opensource. Existence as you know it is over. We will add your proprietary features and technological distinctiveness to own opensource project. Resistence is futile. Windows is closed. -- Prendi GRATIS l'email universale che... risparmia: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Lavatrice imbizzarrita, frigo in panne, batteria scarica? QXservice ti permette di trovare il professionista giusto, al tempo di un click! Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=537d=26-3
mandb seg fault
I've been getting the following daily, any idea how to start debugging it? Subject: Cron [EMAIL PROTECTED] test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 06:25:58 + /etc/cron.daily/man-db: /etc/cron.daily/man-db: line 22: 13010 Segmentation fault start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null --startas /usr/lib/man-db/mandb --oknodo --chuid man -- --no-purge /dev/null 2/dev/null run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/man-db exited with return code 139 If I run mandb at a root prompt I get: Purging old database entries in /usr/share/man... mandb: can't update index cache /var/cache/man/index.bt: No such file or directory Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man... fopen: No such file or directory Segmentation fault SPARCstation 5 running woody TIA Subject: Cron [EMAIL PROTECTED] test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 06:25:58 + /etc/cron.daily/man-db: /etc/cron.daily/man-db: line 22: 13010 Segmentation fault start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null --startas /usr/lib/man-db/mandb --oknodo --chuid man -- --no-purge /dev/null 2/dev/null run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/man-db exited with return code 139 Ian Rutson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.465 / Virus Database: 263 - Release Date: 25/03/2003
Re: Raising Debian Awareness
debian parisc said: I sent this message already, but I'm not sure it got through. I'm trying to get the corporate suits to look at debian for some of our existing hp, sparc and intel platforms. What I need to understand is how it is being used out there. Also what you did in order to convince your business that debian GNU/Linux was right for a specific project. So I've set up a simply form at www.formdesk.com/linuxdaddy/debiansurvey that can be filled in. If you don't want to fill the online form in, then it is displayed below and you can just reply to the list (please trim your quotations if you do this). the online form isn't available anymore Please CC me as I'm not on this list. 1. How do you use Debian? * Web * Mail * Firewall / Router * Print / File Server * Media Server (sound/music/video) Application Development * Documentation Server * Finanical Systems Database Backend * Other/Explanation 2. What platforms do you use Debian on? * i386 * 3. What environments do you operate Debian in? Standalone Networked * 4. Where do you use Debian? * Home * Work * 5. In what ways have you tried to achieve greater awareness of Debian in your company and with what results? my last job, when I started all the linux systems were red hat. When I ended, about 90% of the linux systems were debian(the remaining red hat ones were running the same red hat, never upgraded/changed during that time). It wasn't hard to convince the company to switch. I started with 1 or 2 servers, my boss got to use them as well, I think apt-get is really what made him make the plunge, he never stopped talking about apt-get. I was the primary system admin, so I could pretty much do what I wanted, the upper management didn't care what we ran as long as it worked(and wasn't too costly of course). benefits to running debian at a company: - long release cycle(I'm still seeing people bitch about red hat's new 1-year support cycle for their free products) - apt-get - painless dependency resolving - large package archive - I have a red hat 7.3 machine for testing and I had to go to 3rd party stuff to get some basic things like perl modules, Network UPS tools(the included version didn't work), and a few other things, debian had it all(even an older version of the ups tools which worked) - high standards for QA - it's very rare that a package upgrade causes a problem(assuming the system is running stable) - very conservative - packages are not optimized to the max(usually tickles bugs in some software), older more tested versions preferred over newer versions with fresh features - security fixes often backported(common among some commercial distros, less common on other non-commercial) - very integrated(multiple choices for many kinds of software packages like MTAs, web servers and installing the alternates usually integrates well with the system, on the flipside integrating postfix with my freebsd 4.7 machine wasn't nearly as simple(not hard but not as flawless as debian) - online upgrades. Debian is the only system I've used where you can do live upgrades on the system. Even upgrading from 2.2-3.0 on a live system (I did it on about 30 systems) was flawless. No rebooting. I was burned last year by FreeBSD 4.4-4.6 upgrade, ipfw segfaulted until I rebooted with a new kernel(!) To be fair i hear that red hat can do the same with the 3rd party apt-get, though of course officially apt-get isn't supported. - upgrades don't change the kernel unless you explicitly tell it to. last year I was burned by a SuSE 7.3-8.0 upgrade, the SMP 8.0 kernel had ACPI in it which caused the system I upgraded(dual p2-233) to freeze within 1 second of booting, took about 4 hours to track down resolve the issue. - run your own company debian mirror and make installs go lightning fast(upgrades too). Lots of rsync mirrors available. probably others but.. reasons not to use debian in a company: - no officially supported way of doing an automated install(that I know of, yet). Never was an issue for me. - most commercial apps are not targetted for debian, some won't even run at all(e.g. last time i was playing with iPlanet stuff it segfaulted immediately on debian potato) - much less out of the box hardware support - your best off building your servers around the OS instead of the OS around the servers(you also get better reliability this way) - Installation can be difficult for newbies, works best if you have either patience, or a linux expert available for assistance. once installed it runs forever - maybe others... now take the company out of the picture, why do I like debian(taken from an email I sent to debian-user@ back in july? this is a straight copy/paste so there may be some dupes. IMO, debian's biggest strengths: - apt( friends) - being able to upgrade major revisions without a reboot(mostly due to apt, but i think its good to point out).
SILO and Create Boot Floppy Fails.
I am attempting to resurrect an old SpacStation10... I booted the machine using a rescue floppy, and proceeded with at net install of the Debian base system. Everything seemed to work perfectly right up until the last step. SILO wasn't able to install. ...but no indication of why? Any ideas? so I tried to create a boot floppy. Creation of boot floppy failed. I tried 3 different floppies to no avail. so I checked tty3: formatting floppy with cmd 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/target/lib: /target/usr/lib; /target/usr/bin/superformat /dev/fd0 hd umount /dev/fd0: No such file or directory umount /floppy: Invalid argument So now I can't boot from SILO or a custom boot floppy... does anyone have any ideas as to what I can do next? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Andrew.
SILO and Create Boot Floppy Fails.
I am attempting to resurrect an old SpacStation10... I booted the machine using a rescue floppy, and proceeded with at net install of the Debian base system. Everything seemed to work perfectly right up until the last step. SILO wasn't able to install. ...but no indication of why? Any ideas? so I tried to create a boot floppy. Creation of boot floppy failed. I tried 3 different floppies to no avail. so I checked tty3: --- umount /dev/fd0: No such file or directory umount /floppy: Invalid argument write_boot_floppy: found floppy of size 1440 formatting floppy with cmd 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/target/lib: /target/usr/lib; /target/usr/bin/superformat /dev/fd0 hd Creation of boot floppy failed --- So now I can't boot from SILO or a custom boot floppy... does anyone have any ideas as to what I can do next? How can I boot into my newly installed Debian box? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Andrew.
LVM ReiserFS Problem
Has anyone seen any problems when using reiserfs on an LVM in sparc? I've created my pv,vg lv, can create either ext2, ext3, or reiserfs on top of them just fine. Once I mount the fs, reiserfs doesn't allow me to use more than ~256Mb of the disk before complainging about no space left on the device. ext2 ext3 let me go past the quarter gig mark no problem. Any idears? -- Mark T. Valites Unix Systems Analyst CIT - SUNY Geneseo --)) --))
Re: SILO and Create Boot Floppy Fails.
On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 01:37:21PM -0500, Andrew Bolyea wrote: [ one post is enough, thanks. Please wrap your lines; a right margin in the neighbourhood of 65 to 72 seems decent. ] I am attempting to resurrect an old SpacStation10... I booted the machine using a rescue floppy, and proceeded with at net install of the Debian base system. Everything seemed to work perfectly right up until the last step. SILO wasn't able to install. ...but no indication of why? Any ideas? Just a guess; you made the root partition too large. I can't remember the exact number but the kernel has to be within the first N cylinders of the drive, where N is a number like 1024. This is, IIRC, only a problem with PROMs on 32-bit sparcs. I'm sure someone will correct me :-) I just sepnt five minutes looking for the doc I got this info from , but no joy. I solved the problem by making the first partition small and mounting it as / . You can also mount it as /boot if you are willing to play around with your silo.conf. so I tried to create a boot floppy. Creation of boot floppy failed. I tried 3 different floppies to no avail. I find floppies on sparc to be a cruel joke. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Q: What's the big deal about rm, I have been deleting stuff for years? And never lost anything.. oops! A: ... -- Frequently Unasked Questions
Re: SILO and Create Boot Floppy Fails.
Thank you Nathan for your help. I have a small /boot partition (/dev/sda1) consisting of the first 10M of sda. /boot /dev/sda1 /usr /dev/sda2 / /dev/sdb1 swap /dev/sdb2 Currently silo.conf is pointing to root=/dev/sdb1 Which is correct. And there is link to vmlinuz in that dir. Should I change it to the /boot partition? Doesn't something need to be written to the MBR inorder for the system to boot using SILO? Do I need to change something in OpenBoot? Right now everytime I boot the machine it puts me to the ok prompt. I belive this is OpenBoot? Then I insert the Debian Rescue Floppy and boot from it. ok boot floppy Then I use the boot option... boot: linux root=/dev/sdb1 Which correctly boots the machine (I believe using the kernel on the hard dirve, not the floppy?) Sorry for all the questions... I am familiar with Debian on i386. This is my first time installing Debian on a sparc. Any ideas? Thank you, Andrew. - Original Message - From: Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 4:28 pm Subject: Re: SILO and Create Boot Floppy Fails. Just a guess; you made the root partition too large. I can't remember the exact number but the kernel has to be within the first N cylinders of the drive, where N is a number like 1024. This is, IIRC, only a problem with PROMs on 32-bit sparcs. I'm sure someone will correct me :-) I just sepnt five minutes looking for the doc I got this info from , but no joy. I solved the problem by making the first partition small and mounting it as / . You can also mount it as /boot if you are willing to play around with your silo.conf.
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Two problems
Hi all, I'm experiencing two problems with debian/testing on a SparcStation5. Its quite likely that they're not debian problems as such, but I thought I'd ask here anyway. First, sound: I am getting sound under X for root, but not for my userid. Following what I read on this list, I added my userid to the audio group and checked that /dev/dsp had rw permissions for that group and was owned that group. This doesn't appear to have made any difference (and yes, I restarted X and the associated other stuff). Its probably something really obvious, but I don't know what Second, X crashes: My X dies all to frequently with a Received Signal 11 (or words to that effect) message. Very occasionally it is a Signal 10 instead. There does not appear to be any consistency that I can identify, other than that most of the time its while I'm not at that computer. I have a CG6 framebuffer and 192M RAM in it at the moment, but it was also doing something very similar or the same (I don't remember exactly) while I had the CG3 framebuffer and only 64M RAM in it. My attempts to identify a cause have so far drawn a blank. Has anyone any ideas (or better yet, a solution)? Please? This makes that machine somewhat less useful than I has hoping. Conrad. -- Conrad Canterford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Water Sprite Pty Ltd | url - http://www.watersprite.com.au/ GPO Box 355, | - Australian Tour and Event Management (ATEM) Canberra, ACT 2601 | - Ticketing Division. Mobile: +61 402 697054 | - Catering Services Division.
