Re: Ethernet lockup
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Ben Collins wrote: >On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:17:58PM +0200, David List wrote: >> I have noticed a thread on this list around a week ago that dealt with >> the ethernet lockup with the Linux hme driver. >> There was a posting by Joshua Uziel that pointed to a patch to this >> driver. I'm new to Debian so my question may seem strange to some here, >> but I cannot see how to use this patch since the 2.4.18 kernel that >> comes with my 3.0_r1 installation seems to be monolithic, and vanilla >> kernel source does not build on my system. > >2.4.21-rc7 should build just fine. If you still have problems, I'll be >posting about 2.4.21-rc7 based kernel deb's in the next 12 hours. I'll >also provide a 2.4.21-rc7 based netinst ISO. Great. I'll look into that. Thank you for your answer. Best regards, David List
Re: Re (4): [debian-sparc] Re: XFree86 in Woody on sun4c.
On Fri, Jun 03, 1994 at 12:36:17PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So now "startx xpdf" concludes thus. > '/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: bad command line option "xpdf" > > usage: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm [-version] [-help] [-display displayname] You'll have to use full path to xpdf, else it'll get passed as parameters to xterm. startx `which xpdf` will run xpdf. startx xpdf will run "xterm pdf". -- Peter Mathiasson, peter at mathiasson dot nu, http://www.mathiasson.nu GPG Fingerprint: A9A7 F8F6 9821 F415 B066 77F1 7FF5 C2E6 7BF2 F228
Re: Memory issues E450
> The machine shows this message, but usually doesn't freezes. In my case the machine does freeze, to be exact, the system isn't reachable by ethernet, normal processes (mrtg collection) are not running. If you hookup a monitor the errors are rolling over the display. Regards Rene -- RT[F]M van Dijk
Re: Memory issues E450
Hi, I'm having problems with an Enterprise 450, it shows the same error discussed on this thread: May 20 15:07:07 sirio kernel: CPU[1]: Correctable ECC Error AFSR[18810] AFAR[0f551f50] UDBL[dd] UDBH[1c8] May 20 15:07:07 sirio kernel: CPU[1]: UDBH Syndrome[3] Memory Module "190x" My kernel info Linux sirio 2.4.18 #2 SMP Thu Dec 12 10:15:11 COT 2002 sparc64 unknown I ran test-all from the obp, but wasn't able to run test /memory from there. The machine shows this message, but usually doesn't freezes. Which other test would I run in order to get a clue? Thanks in advance Martin> > I don't know if there is a memtest for sparc, but the Sun hardware monitors Martin> > its memory all the time. Martin> IIRC test /memory from OpenBoot should do the trick. Martin> Martin> Sweet Dreams, Martin> - Martin Martin> Martin> -- Martin> Martin Martin> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin> "Seasons change, things come to pass" Martin> Martin> Martin> -- Martin> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin> -- -- 39 cosas que no quisieras escuchar de tu administrador de red -- (22/39) compi qué? http://www.tamarapatino.org/igor/jokes/nomyadminplease.php
Re: SPARC and CUPS
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 04:00, Mike M wrote: > My Epson parallel port printer is currently hanging off of a W98 machine and > I use CUPS clients on my Linux WS to print using the machine. I'd like to > hang the printer off the SPARC fileserver and turn it into a print server as > well. I use my Ultra 5 as an everything server (firewall, CVS, Samba, apache, X server and of course CUPS). I have it attached to an HP1100 which the kernel autodetects properly. It works fine, the only issue is that the priner is a little slow, which I suspect is because CUPS/Ghostscript is sending the page as a bitmap instead of as PCL. My kernel is 2.4.21-rc3. The relevant section of my config follows. Don't forget to modprobe parport_pc, parport and lp. HTH, - Matthew === .config = # # Parallel port support # CONFIG_PARPORT=m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=m CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL=m # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO is not set CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_PCMCIA=m # CONFIG_PARPORT_AMIGA is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_MFC3 is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_ATARI is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_GSC is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_SUNBPP is not set # CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y
Re: Ethernet lockup
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:17:58PM +0200, David List wrote: > I have noticed a thread on this list around a week ago that dealt with > the ethernet lockup with the Linux hme driver. > There was a posting by Joshua Uziel that pointed to a patch to this > driver. I'm new to Debian so my question may seem strange to some here, > but I cannot see how to use this patch since the 2.4.18 kernel that > comes with my 3.0_r1 installation seems to be monolithic, and vanilla > kernel source does not build on my system. 2.4.21-rc7 should build just fine. If you still have problems, I'll be posting about 2.4.21-rc7 based kernel deb's in the next 12 hours. I'll also provide a 2.4.21-rc7 based netinst ISO. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re (4): [debian-sparc] Re: XFree86 in Woody on sun4c.
Wed, 30 Apr 2003 17:34:53 +0200 (CEST) Erwann Abalea said, ea> Try setting the "Device" to "/dev/sunmouse" and the "Protocol" to "BusMouse". OK. That appears to work. ea> I don't know if that's [two "InputDevice" sections in XF86Config-4] intended or not. But if some people have several mice, then there must be several InputDevice sections of type mouse in the config file. A single "InputDevice" section seems OK in this case. The 2nd is commented out. I'll assume that debconf was overzealous. So now "startx xpdf" concludes thus. '/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: bad command line option "xpdf" usage: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm [-version] [-help] [-display displayname] ... Type /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -help for a full description.' Any insight about xterm getting into the act here? I've scanned the initialization files and the manpages for startx & etc. Nothing particularly relevant. Thanks,Peter E. http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/
Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10
> > - Debian Linux distro available on debian site is for SPARC so will this > > work > > on this ULTRA10 machine? > Your Ultra10 *is* a Sparc machine. In fact, it's an UltraSparc machine (64 > bits). So Debian *will* work on it. The classes of Sparc processor in Sun Microsystems equipment are sun4, sun4c, sun4d, sun4m and sun4u. sun4c and sun4m are probably the best supported, covering SPARCStaion 1 -> 20, etc. sun4d (things like SPARCServer 1000) had support under the 2.2 series kernel but AFAIK aren't supported on 2.4 yet (if anyone can tell me the status I'd love to know as I have one next to me that wants a Debain install). sun4 machines are very old and I'm not sure of the current status of support -t here was limited support at one point. sun4u covers all of the UltraSPARC processors and is well supported. IIRC there are also sun4e machines but they are very rare and turned up in things like Tadpole laptops, etc. > > - The application which I want to port uses C/C++, Informix7.1, DataView > > (for > > GUI features). This application is originally built on HP-UX 10.20. So is > > Debian a good choice? > Wrong question. The good one is: will you be able to rewrite or work > around everything that doesn't exist yet under Linux for Sparc? For > example, I don't know if Informix or DataView have been ported to this > architecture/OS combination. If not, will you be able to work around > them? Also how much support do you need - does the database have to run on the same machine? What about graphical display? It might also be worth looking to see if there are Solaris binaries avaliable and whetehr you can get them to run on Linux/SPARC. > > - Are there any porting guidelines document available? If yes then where > > can I > > find them? > A good C or C++ compiler, a good debugger, a good documentation of your > product, and a lot of cleverness. Those nice folk at Debian & dselect have given me the gcc tool chain and more documentation than I could shake a stick at - any idea where I can get the last one from? :-) Sweet Dreams, - Martin -- Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Seasons change, things come to pass"
Re: Memory issues E450
Hi, > Looks to me bad memory in one of the banks, try booting with less memory > (remove Dimms). I am affraid this could be the problem, now I need to find out which bank could be faulty. To bad the crashes are at random and I don't have a trouble shooting turnaround time could be several weeks. I need a stable system before I go on my summer vacation. My team members doesn't have a single clue how to reboot/boot the system... and what to do if its waiting for a fsck by hand... Memory is 3rd party (solair) not covered by sun waranty Greets, Rene -- RT[F]M van Dijk
Ethernet lockup
I have noticed a thread on this list around a week ago that dealt with the ethernet lockup with the Linux hme driver. There was a posting by Joshua Uziel that pointed to a patch to this driver. I'm new to Debian so my question may seem strange to some here, but I cannot see how to use this patch since the 2.4.18 kernel that comes with my 3.0_r1 installation seems to be monolithic, and vanilla kernel source does not build on my system. How does one go about this? Thanks in advance. Best regards, David List
Re: SCSI ERRORS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Montag, 2. Juni 2003 23:27 schrieb Sébastien Canchon: > Hello, > > I have an SS20, running Debian gnu/linux 3.0rc1, with two disk scsi ... all > works fine, but 10 minutes ago, when I have reboot the machine i have: > > scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 11, scsi0, channel 0, id 3, > lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 esp0: Aborting command > esp0: dumping state > esp0: dma -- cond_reg addr > esp0: SW [sreg<00> sstep<00> ireg<20>] > esp0: HW reread [sreg<12> sstep ireg<00>] > esp0: current command [tgt<03> lun<00> pphase cphase] > esp0: disconnected > SCSI host 0 abort (pid 11) timed out - resetting > SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. > esp0: Resetting scsi bus > esp0: Gross error sreg=40 > esp0: SCSI bus reset interrupt > SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 11) timed out - trying harder > SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. > esp0: Resetting scsi bus > esp0: SCSI bus reset interrupt > esp0: SCSI bus reset interrupt > SCSI host 0 reset (pid 11) timed out again - > probably an unrecoverable SCSI bus or device hang. I've seen that error on my SS10 with two disks as well. Do you have an external device (e.g. CD-ROM, Streamer) connected ? That error seemed to happen less frequently after I disconnected my external CD-ROM drive. Stefan - -- - - Stefan Naewe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) GNU/Linux User #165035 PGP-Key: FF26 564E FB8D 70E8 A607 9C97 1950 C3AE CFBD 78B0 It's most certainly GNU/Linux, not Linux. Read more at http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html. - - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+3OTeGVDDrs+9eLARAvmVAJ9nkJ9OxlT7Kd6JFw/O02kcCtxRewCgmZRc 9SrrvA5BIa5WC2VfYwyqhWw= =FHp1 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 13:34, Erwann Abalea wrote: > > - Are there any porting guidelines document available? If yes then where > > can I find them? > > A good C or C++ compiler, a good debugger, a good documentation of your > product, and a lot of cleverness. That's all you need. Be aware of CPU "endian-ness". This is a concern in Intel to Sparc porting. Not sure about HP to Sparc. Google on "endian" for more info. It may only be a concern if you exchange binary information with other computers in units large than a byte (octet of bits). Don't forget about patience and perseverence being needed also :-). -- Mike M.
Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10
Hello, On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Amit Mehra wrote: > Thank you very much for your reply. I am new to Sun and systems and hence Sun *and* systems? You're new to computers? > these questions. In order to start my work on this I need to first find out > the Sun system configuration I am using. What I know is its a Sun Ultra10 (4 > PCI, SPARC-IIi 300MHz and 256 RAM). Which I found after looking at the system > and then while scanning the messages file. Right. > - Debian Linux distro available on debian site is for SPARC so will this work > on this ULTRA10 machine? Your Ultra10 *is* a Sparc machine. In fact, it's an UltraSparc machine (64 bits). So Debian *will* work on it. > - The application which I want to port uses C/C++, Informix7.1, DataView (for > GUI features). This application is originally built on HP-UX 10.20. So is > Debian a good choice? Wrong question. The good one is: will you be able to rewrite or work around everything that doesn't exist yet under Linux for Sparc? For example, I don't know if Informix or DataView have been ported to this architecture/OS combination. If not, will you be able to work around them? Debian or another Linux distro, that's not important. > - The application(Switch Surveillance system used for Telecom Network > Management) has major control through the GUI features, so will Debian be the > right disrto to use? Why couldn't it be? Debian is a good choice if you're smart enough to port your software. Aurora or any other Linux distribution will lead to the same questions and answers. > - Are there any porting guidelines document available? If yes then where can I > find them? A good C or C++ compiler, a good debugger, a good documentation of your product, and a lot of cleverness. That's all you need. -- Erwann ABALEA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - RSA PGP Key ID: 0x2D0EABD5 - « Voyons-voir : est-ce que ma question est vraiment conne ? Oh oui, vraiment trop conne, je vais poster dans "premiers-pas", je posterai dans "configuration" quand je serai moins con. » -+-JLC - Guide du Neuneu d'Usenet - Bien configurer sa question -+-
Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10
> - Debian Linux distro available on debian site is for SPARC so will this work > on this ULTRA10 machine? Works on this one. > - The application which I want to port uses C/C++, Informix7.1, DataView (for > GUI features). This application is originally built on HP-UX 10.20. So is > Debian a good choice? Sounds reasonable - it somewhat depends on how many features of PA-RISC / HP-UX it uses. Where DataView has been ported, etc. > - The application(Switch Surveillance system used for Telecom Network > Management) has major control through the GUI features, so will Debian be the > right disrto to use? Debian has both Gnome and KDE avaliable. For this sort of thing I wouldn't have said there was much to choose form between distros. > - Are there any porting guidelines document available? If yes then where can I > find them? Make sure all the libraries you need have been ported. If not then find equivalents or write you own. Compile it up and then fix whatever breaks. I could be worng but there doesn't seem to be a huge amount of science behind porting. Writing portable software does take some knowledge btu porting an existing program isn't that conceptually complex IMHO. Sweet Dreams, - Martin -- Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Seasons change, things come to pass"
Re: SPARC and CUPS
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 09:04, Steve Pacenka wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 22:00, Mike M wrote: > > Is anyone using CUPS to implement a print server on a SPARC? Is it > > working well? Any tips, tricks, or documents that can be recommended? I > > didn't find much on Google. > > Mike, > > I put a cheap OHCI USB 1.1 card in an Ultra10. It serves up an HP > inkjet nicely via CUPS from unstable. No unusual config required. > Stock 2.4.19 kernel. > > I failed to get the same printer working via parallel on this box, under > Sarge earlier. > > Perhaps a USB-to-Parallel adaptor would work if the printer has no USB > port. > > > Is a network printer easier to get working on a SPARC box than a parallel > > port printer? OR get a printer with USB. The Epson Color 850 renders l-o-o-o-w quality digital images and ink cartridges are $$$ and they clog with long idle periods. > > Does this mean printing from the SPARC box to the network printer, i.e. > the U5 is a client not a printer server? I was wondering if the U5 as a print server was more often setup with a printer with a NIC. I was thinking that's why I didn't Google much on SPARC + parallel + CUPS. I don't have a printer with a NIC - I was just curious since that's how it was done (I think) when I was employed at MegaCorp Inc. > > My first attempts to print from the U10 using sarge with CUPS were > futile. The printer was hanging off a borrowed HP jetdirect (ethernet > print server) box. Several other machines on the LAN could print to the > printer but every job from the U10 went into oblivion. It could be that > I had my U10's CUPS configured wrong. This failure is one reason why I > tried to go direct parallel and finally USB with the printer right on > the U10. I use the U10 as a file, mail, audio, and HTTP server so it's > powered on most of the time, it might as well be a printer server too. > > Just got the USB printing working (first attempt) two days ago so I'm > not sure how well this performs under load. Working on 1st attempt is +10 Handling load is d/c in my operation > > -- good luck, SP Good ideas. Thanks -- Mike M.
Re: [debian-sparc] Which is best distro for Ultra 10
Thank you very much for your reply. I am new to Sun and systems and hence these questions. In order to start my work on this I need to first find out the Sun system configuration I am using. What I know is its a Sun Ultra10 (4 PCI, SPARC-IIi 300MHz and 256 RAM). Which I found after looking at the system and then while scanning the messages file. - Debian Linux distro available on debian site is for SPARC so will this work on this ULTRA10 machine? - The application which I want to port uses C/C++, Informix7.1, DataView (for GUI features). This application is originally built on HP-UX 10.20. So is Debian a good choice? - The application(Switch Surveillance system used for Telecom Network Management) has major control through the GUI features, so will Debian be the right disrto to use? - Are there any porting guidelines document available? If yes then where can I find them? Thanks for the help. Amit Erwann Abalea wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Amit Mehra wrote: > > > Few questions to the linux users who have worked on Sun Ultra 10 > > And others, too. > > > I have a Sun Ultra10 workstation(UltraSPARC-IIi 300MHz, 256 MB RAM) and > > plan > > to port a HPUX 10.20 based system on this machine using Linux. My > > questions are: > > 1. Is this possible? > > Maybe, maybe not. That depends on the thing you want to port. > > > 2.What Linux distro should I use? > > The one you like. But since you wrote this to debian-sparc, then maybe you > already choosed the Debian project? > > > 3.Which is the best known Linux supported on Sun Ultra machines? > > I'd go for a Debian. > > > 4. Is Sun Ultra support available on the internet? > > What kind of support? Hardware? Software? Development? > > > 5. How far this Ultra system better then a Intel system? > > It produces more heat, the case is nicer and has a better internal > arrangement (well, maybe not the Ultra5/10 ones, but the Ultra1/2 > definitely). > > You only have to define what 'better' means for you. > > -- > Erwann ABALEA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - RSA PGP Key ID: 0x2D0EABD5 > - > Keyboard not connected, press to continue. begin:vcard n:Mehra;Amit tel;work:91-141-2770131-134 EXT. 129 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.compucomtech.com org:Tekmark Compucom Global Solutions;Telecom version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Support Engineer adr;quoted-printable:;;IT-14-15 EPIP=0D=0ASitapua Industrial Area;Jaipur;Rajasthan;;India fn:Amit Mehra end:vcard
Re: SPARC and CUPS
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 22:00, Mike M wrote: > Is anyone using CUPS to implement a print server on a SPARC? Is it working > well? Any tips, tricks, or documents that can be recommended? I didn't find > much on Google. Mike, I put a cheap OHCI USB 1.1 card in an Ultra10. It serves up an HP inkjet nicely via CUPS from unstable. No unusual config required. Stock 2.4.19 kernel. I failed to get the same printer working via parallel on this box, under Sarge earlier. Perhaps a USB-to-Parallel adaptor would work if the printer has no USB port. > Is a network printer easier to get working on a SPARC box than a parallel > port printer? Does this mean printing from the SPARC box to the network printer, i.e. the U5 is a client not a printer server? My first attempts to print from the U10 using sarge with CUPS were futile. The printer was hanging off a borrowed HP jetdirect (ethernet print server) box. Several other machines on the LAN could print to the printer but every job from the U10 went into oblivion. It could be that I had my U10's CUPS configured wrong. This failure is one reason why I tried to go direct parallel and finally USB with the printer right on the U10. I use the U10 as a file, mail, audio, and HTTP server so it's powered on most of the time, it might as well be a printer server too. Just got the USB printing working (first attempt) two days ago so I'm not sure how well this performs under load. -- good luck, SP
some problems + recommended kernel for ss20 smp hypersparc
Hi, I'm currently running 2.2.20+raid patch on my quad 125MHz hypersparc SS20. I do have one problem with it : it panics while (or just after) cleaning /tmp and /var/run if I boot normally from serial console. It works correctly when I boot with 'console=ttyS1,9600', but I get no output on ttyS1, which is annoying (I can't see any kernel messages if anything goes wrong). It is repeatable. The problem is not the CPUs, because it also occured with 2x Supersparc 75MHz. Is this a known problem that is solved in later kernels ? Do 2.4.x kernels run correctly on smp sparc32 ? What is the best kernel to run on this machine ? Frank
Re: Re: woody doesn't support port forwarding??
Hello, Blake Meike, i use this settings in my flat Kernel from Kernel.org (2.2.22, patched to 2.2.25) on my Sparc 20 mp (sun4m) and it still works including masquerading. I'm not concerned that masquerading Kernel code is arch dependend, but we can ask the Comunity. === At 2003-06-01, 16:32:00 you wrote: === >On Sunday, June 1, 2003, at 04:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hello, >>> Just recompile a new kernel with the options you want enabled. >> do a >> #make menuconfig >> or >> #make config >> and enable some Flags in /usr/src/yourlinuxversiondir/.config like >> IG_IP_MASQUERADE=y >> > >Hey Rolf, > Do you have any evidence that this will work? I can't imagine any >reason, other that that it doesn't work, that it would be on by default >for Intel, but off for Sparc > >Blake Meike > >. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Best regards. rolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-06-03
