Re: Lenny on E4500, esp_scsi won't detect disks
On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 19:50 -0700, Mr Ian Primus wrote: lsmod reports that esp_scsi and sun_esp are both loaded. I can't remove/reinsert the module because rmmod isn't a valid command from the installer disc. Will modprobe -r do what you are looking for? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1268729701.1765.45.ca...@deblnxsrv254.localdomain
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
I don't have solaris on that machine any longer. Here are some of the lshw information. It seems that it is recognized as XVR-500 but how come the display is fuzzy with dark strips vertically all over the screen? Thanks. Godzilla:~# lshw PCI (sysfs) godzilla description: Computer width: 32 bits *-core description: Motherboard physical id: 0 *-memory description: System memory physical id: 0 size: 4049MiB *-cpu physical id: 1 bus info: c...@0 *-network description: Ethernet interface product: NetXtreme BCM5703 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 3 bus info: p...@:00:03.0 logical name: eth0 version: 00 serial: 00:03:ba:78:6c:81 size: 100MB/s capacity: 1GB/s width: 64 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pcix pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.92.1 duplex=full ip=172.16.112.89 latency=64 link=yes mingnt=64 module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s *-scsi:0 description: SCSI storage controller product: 53c1010 66MHz Ultra3 SCSI Adapter vendor: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic physical id: 2 bus info: p...@0001:00:04.0 logical name: scsi0 version: 01 width: 64 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: scsi pm bus_master cap_list scsi-host configuration: driver=sym53c8xx latency=64 maxlatency=18 mingnt=17 module=sym53c8xx *-disk description: SCSI Disk product: MAP3735N SUN72G vendor: Linux physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: s...@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 1.0 serial: c4da5703-6bfd-4b2c-9e04-185b802c9940 size: 94MiB capacity: 68GiB capabilities: 1rpm large_files huge_files recover ext2 initialized configuration: ansiversion=4 filesystem=ext2 modified=2010-03-15 09:53:30 mounted=2010-03-15 09:47:33 state=clean *-scsi:1 description: SCSI storage controller product: 53c1010 66MHz Ultra3 SCSI Adapter vendor: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic physical id: 4.1 bus info: p...@0001:00:04.1 logical name: scsi1 version: 01 width: 64 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: scsi pm bus_master cap_list scsi-host configuration: driver=sym53c8xx latency=64 maxlatency=18 mingnt=17 module=sym53c8xx *-bridge UNCLAIMED description: Bridge product: 21555 Non transparent PCI-to-PCI Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: p...@0002:00:02.0 version: 03 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: bridge pm vpd hotswap cap_list configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=32 *-pci description: PCI bridge product: PCI2250 PCI-to-PCI Bridge vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: 101 bus info: p...@0002:00:04.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list *-usb:0 description: USB Controller product: USB vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 8 bus info: p...@0002:01:08.0 version: 43 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 maxlatency=42 mingnt=1 module=ohci_hcd *-usbhost product: OHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 2.6.26-2-sparc64-smp ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: u...@3 logical name: usb3 version: 2.06 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12.0MB/s *-usb:1 description: USB Controller product: USB vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 8.1 bus info: p...@0002:01:08.1 version: 43 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 maxlatency=42 mingnt=1 module=ohci_hcd *-usbhost product: OHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 2.6.26-2-sparc64-smp ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: u...@4 logical name: usb4 version: 2.06 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s *-usb:2
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
That's okay. I wouldn't ask you to install Solaris, because you are on Debian already now. Installing sparc-utils will help you with a lot of interesting Sparc tools. # sudo apt-get install sparc-utils # prtconf -pv You can save the information in a txt file with. # prtconf -pv sun-blade-2500+xvr-600.txt And attach the txt or the information to a e-mail. So we are sure what card is stick into your 2500. It's about the hardware ID's. After that we know what driver will fit your one as best. On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 09:34 -0400, Paul Cao wrote: I don't have solaris on that machine any longer. Here are some of the lshw information. It seems that it is recognized as XVR-500 but how come the display is fuzzy with dark strips vertically all over the screen? Thanks. On Mar 15, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Frans van Berckel wrote: This looks okay to me, please post your prtconf -pv as well. It's about the XVR-600 PCI device ID and machine information. Thanks, Frans van Berckel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1268766009.1768.17.ca...@deblnxsrv254.localdomain
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
If I am well your card isn't supported yet. Searching the attachment it's a XVR 600 true. Maybe we can get the XVR 500 driver to do the XVR 600 as well. Forwarding this e-mail to the kernel Sparc list. I know kernel developer David was looking for the XVR 600 information, to check this out. On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 15:13 -0400, Paul Cao wrote: Thanks for the hint. The hardware info is attached. Please see if there is a driver for the video card. On Mar 16, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Frans van Berckel wrote: That's okay. I wouldn't ask you to install Solaris, because you are on Debian already now. Installing sparc-utils will help you with a lot of interesting Sparc tools. # sudo apt-get install sparc-utils # prtconf -pv You can save the information in a txt file with. # prtconf -pv sun-blade-2500+xvr-600.txt And attach the txt or the information to a e-mail. So we are sure what card is stick into your 2500. It's about the hardware ID's. After that we know what driver will fit your one as best. On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 09:34 -0400, Paul Cao wrote: I don't have solaris on that machine any longer. Here are some of the lshw information. It seems that it is recognized as XVR-500 but how come the display is fuzzy with dark strips vertically all over the screen? Thanks. On Mar 15, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Frans van Berckel wrote: This looks okay to me, please post your prtconf -pv as well. It's about the XVR-600 PCI device ID and machine information. System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Memory size: 4096 Megabytes System Peripherals (PROM Nodes): Node 0xf002a080 .node: f002a080 energystar-v3: banner-name: 'Sun Blade 2500' model: 'SUNW,375-3105' idprom: 01830003.ba786c81.03ba.786c8182.... scsi-initiator-id: 0007 stick-frequency: 00b71b00 clock-frequency: 09896800 breakpoint-trap: 007f #size-cells: 0002 name: 'SUNW,Sun-Blade-2500' device_type: 'jbus' Node 0xf002d1ac .node: f002d1ac name: 'packages' Node 0xf004a050 .node: f004a050 name: 'SUNW,builtin-drivers' Node 0xf0059380 .node: f0059380 disk-write-fix: name: 'deblocker' Node 0xf0059864 .node: f0059864 name: 'disk-label' Node 0xf005a1b8 .node: f005a1b8 iso6429-1983-colors: name: 'terminal-emulator' Node 0xf0061e44 .node: f0061e44 source: '/flashp...@2,0:' name: 'dropins' Node 0xf008acb4 .node: f008acb4 name: 'kbd-translator' Node 0xf008baa4 .node: f008baa4 name: 'obp-tftp' Node 0xf009b42c .node: f009b42c name: 'SUNW,i2c-ram-device' Node 0xf009bc70 .node: f009bc70 name: 'SUNW,fru-device' Node 0xf009c478 .node: f009c478 maximum-reason-length: 00fa name: 'SUNW,asr' Node 0xf002d224 .node: f002d224 bootargs: 00 bootpath: '/p...@1d,70/s...@4/d...@0,0:a' mmu: fff74080 memory: fff74290 stdout: fedab588 stdin: fad77e98 stdout-#lines: 0022 name: 'chosen' Node 0xf002d298 .node: f002d298 version: 'OBP 4.17.1 2005/04/11 14:24' model: 'SUNW,4.17.1' aligned-allocator: relative-addressing: name: 'openprom' Node 0xf002d328 .node: f002d328 name: 'client-services' Node 0xf002d3e0 .node: f002d3e0 asr-policy: 'normal' test-args: 'none' diag-passes: '1' local-mac-address?: 'true' fcode-debug?: 'false' scsi-initiator-id: '7' oem-logo: oem-logo?: 'false' oem-banner: oem-banner?: 'false' ansi-terminal?: 'true' screen-#columns: '80' screen-#rows: '34' ttyb-rts-dtr-off: 'false' ttyb-ignore-cd: 'true' ttya-rts-dtr-off: 'false' ttya-ignore-cd: 'true' ttyb-mode: '9600,8,n,1,-' ttya-mode: '9600,8,n,1,-' output-device: 'screen' input-device: 'keyboard' auto-boot-on-error?: 'true' error-reset-recovery: 'sync' load-base: '16384' auto-boot?: 'true' network-boot-arguments: boot-command: 'boot' diag-file: diag-device: 'disk net' boot-file: boot-device: '/p...@1d,70/s...@4/d...@0,0:a = disk cdrom net' use-nvramrc?: 'false' nvramrc: security-mode: 'none' security-password: security-#badlogins: '0' verbosity: 'min' diag-trigger: 'none' service-mode?: 'false' diag-script: 'normal' diag-level:
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
From: Frans van Berckel fberc...@xs4all.nl Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:34:50 +0100 If I am well your card isn't supported yet. Searching the attachment it's a XVR 600 true. Maybe we can get the XVR 500 driver to do the XVR 600 as well. Forwarding this e-mail to the kernel Sparc list. I know kernel developer David was looking for the XVR 600 information, to check this out. The XVR-500 driver supports his XVR-600's PCI ID, 3d3d:07a2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100316.124042.144387705.da...@davemloft.net
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
If XVR-500 supports XVR-600 and XVR-500 is enabled in lenny, how can the display card not working properly? Are there any other reasons why display is garbled? Thanks alot. pc On Mar 16, 2010, at 6:24 PM, David Miller wrote: From: David Miller da...@davemloft.net Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:15:46 -0700 (PDT) Josip, please make sure this gets fixed, please get my sunxvr1000 driver added (attached) and then add: CONFIG_FB_XVR500=y CONFIG_FB_XVR2500=y CONFIG_FB_XVR1000=y to the config for sparc64. Ok, further checking shows that lenny has XVR500 and XVR2500 enabled (doing a test install with a XVR-500 card right now) but testing doesn't. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/6bbb35be-fab9-4314-b804-0410385e6...@ashland.edu
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
Thanks so much for helping. The image is debian 5.04 DVD iso from http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/sparc/iso-dvd/ paul On Mar 16, 2010, at 6:59 PM, David Miller wrote: BTW just to check, how recent is your install image? Can you point me to a copy of it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/6347d5dc-6bb8-4d65-8b29-c9fbe67ee...@ashland.edu
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
I can't have access to the image on the website. Privilege problem. I will install the image tomorrow if I can download it. Thanks. pc On Mar 16, 2010, at 7:07 PM, David Miller wrote: From: Paul Cao p...@ashland.edu Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:04:55 -0400 Thanks so much for helping. The image is debian 5.04 DVD iso from http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/sparc/iso-dvd/ Hmmm, can you try the mini.iso instead? That's what I used. I put a copy up at: http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/lenny-mini.iso so we can make sure we're testing exactly the same thing. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cec305b-31e1-463b-ab12-3c83230ad...@ashland.edu
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
From: Paul Cao p...@ashland.edu Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:57:45 -0400 If XVR-500 supports XVR-600 and XVR-500 is enabled in lenny, how can the display card not working properly? Are there any other reasons why display is garbled? I have no idea. I'm travelling this week to NYC where I have an sb2500 with an XVR-600 that will be waiting for me to install, and I'll try to diagnose the problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100316.155902.66272153.da...@davemloft.net
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
BTW just to check, how recent is your install image? Can you point me to a copy of it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100316.155957.139546153.da...@davemloft.net
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
I have download the iso image. I will install it tomorrow and post the results here. Thanks. pc On Mar 16, 2010, at 7:18 PM, David Miller wrote: From: Paul Cao p...@ashland.edu Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:13:36 -0400 I can't have access to the image on the website. Privilege problem. Sorry, I've fixed that, please try again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/7fdc2a9c-78a4-4bf1-afe4-d78c9e317...@ashland.edu
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
From: Paul Cao p...@ashland.edu Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:04:55 -0400 Thanks so much for helping. The image is debian 5.04 DVD iso from http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/sparc/iso-dvd/ Hmmm, can you try the mini.iso instead? That's what I used. I put a copy up at: http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/lenny-mini.iso so we can make sure we're testing exactly the same thing. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100316.160753.73638691.da...@davemloft.net
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
From: Paul Cao p...@ashland.edu Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:13:36 -0400 I can't have access to the image on the website. Privilege problem. Sorry, I've fixed that, please try again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100316.161807.183711744.da...@davemloft.net
please restore Sun XVR video drivers, and add the latest one [was Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500]
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-9 On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 03:24:37PM -0700, David Miller wrote: Josip, please make sure this gets fixed, please get my sunxvr1000 driver added (attached) and then add: CONFIG_FB_XVR500=y CONFIG_FB_XVR2500=y CONFIG_FB_XVR1000=y to the config for sparc64. Ok, further checking shows that lenny has XVR500 and XVR2500 enabled (doing a test install with a XVR-500 card right now) but testing doesn't. Indeed, they seem to have gone missing somehow from debian/config/sparc/config where there's just: # CONFIG_FB_LEO is not set # CONFIG_FB_S1D13XXX is not set whereas in the same source we have arch/sparc/configs/sparc64_defconfig where there's: # CONFIG_FB_LEO is not set CONFIG_FB_XVR500=y CONFIG_FB_XVR2500=y # CONFIG_FB_S1D13XXX is not set I'm filing a bug report with this message, thanks for the exact hint. As for the new driver that Dave mentioned as an attachment, it's already in mainline at: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=2d378b9179881b46a0faf11430efb421fe03ddd8 That should apply pretty easily to .32 stable. I'm not sure offhand what the Debian policy is about tracking linux-stable vs. adding new code, but either way this seems pretty uncontroversial - it's a separate new driver which won't hurt any existing users, because its OF match of SUNW,gfb simply does not overlap with anything else in drivers/video/. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100317001345.ga14...@orion.carnet.hr
Re: Lenny on E4500, esp_scsi won't detect disks
--- On Tue, 3/16/10, Frans van Berckel fberc...@xs4all.nl wrote: Ian Primus wrote: lsmod reports that esp_scsi and sun_esp are both loaded. I can't remove/reinsert the module because rmmod isn't a valid command from the installer disc. Will modprobe -r do what you are looking for? Hehe. Yeah, that's the one. Forgot about that :) Ok, so, I managed to trick the installer by removing the module before detect-disks ran. This allowed detect-disks to load the module and see the SCSI hard drive. So, now I have Linux installed. Next task: getting the fibre channel working. I'm currently digging through the configuration options on the kernel. (Downloaded 2.6.33.1 from kernel.org) I can't for the life of me find the Sun fibre channel driver. I could have sworn it was SOC or something like that... -Ian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/17772.86388...@web52601.mail.re2.yahoo.com
Re: Lenny on E4500, esp_scsi won't detect disks
Doing some more digging, it seems that the Sun fibre channel driver is missing from recent versions of the kernel, the newest one I've been able to find that contains it is 2.6.23. On this kernel, it's in drivers/fc4, and Fibre Channel support is a menu option right in the main menu after make menuconfig. I can't find this driver in the newer kernels. Does anyone know what happened to it? Did it get merged in with another driver? I really want to get this A5000 working :) -Ian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/876254.4671...@web52601.mail.re2.yahoo.com
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
Petr, thanks for your input. Wanna go into it the next ... day. On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:18 +0100, Petr Vyslouzil pe...@ipe.muni.cz wrote: [ Debian mail lists don't like images in attachments? Try #2 with .tar.gz] Hello Frans all, Just to fast forward the bug tracking a tiny bit, here are some references: * (incorrect) card detection should not be the problem[1] * Joël Bertrand's attempt to get XVR-500 work on SB 2000[2] * the problem with black strips on screen described below (it was a private discussion, but I hope and believe Guillaume wouldn't mind to post it here as it doesn't contain anything confidential or personal) * there could be a working XVR-[56]00 driver for X11 in OpenBSD 4.5[3], but I cannot confirm or deny it. Could anybody try it out and report if it works? ATM I don't have a free sparc to test it on. Sadly, Opensolaris can't help us much as only XVR-100 is going to be opensourced, while XVR-[56]00 will stay closed due to Wildcat's IP. Regards, Petr [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2008/12/msg2.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2009/05/msg00090.html [3] http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=364919 From: [ UNDISCLOSED SENDER ] To: p...@email.cz Subject: Debian and XVR 500 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:31:21 +0200 (CEST) Hi Petr, I'm carefully reading this thread where you try to make your XVR-500 video card work with Debian. Today I'm experiencing the same issue, that prevent me to install Debian Lenny on my Blade 2000 with 2 XVR-500 Video Card. Would you be kind enough to tell if you achieved this installation ? Was it necessary to use dedicated kernel for this purpose ? As of today, do you know if XVR 500 support is included in the compiled kernel ? Thank you very much in advance, your reply will help a lot. Guillaume Hello Guillaume, first of all, please note that I've had Blade 2500 (with OBP version 4.16.4), not 2000. Maybe it doesn't matter, but you can never know - Linux SPARC drivers aren't tested as well as their x86 counterparts. Lenny 5.0.2 works for me out of the box (= without any boot parameters it switches into nice high-resolution graphics mode) so yes, the XVR-500 driver is compiled in. If you're out of luck even with the recent *stable* Debian release, try boot with parameter DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive. This switch Debian installer into numbered lines mode menus so you'll be able to navigate simply by entering a number of an appropriate line you're gonna choose. Hope it helps. Regards, Petr ps.: just a side note, as I've also needed working X11, I quite cheaply bought a XVR-100 (a.k.a ATI Radeon with SUN firmware) and it works nice. Speed is not stellar, but for most common (graphics) programs it's good enough. Hi Petr, Thanks for your quick reply. Following this message, I tried the Debian (5.0.3) installation this week end. After an issue with the non recognized FC-AL hard drive, I finally went through. The graphic display works, but is completely unusable, because of black lines in the middle of the screen. I think the 2 XVR-500 card are a possible reason for this, so I still need to investigate. I also wonder if your were successful to change the resolution (Only the default 1280 * 1024 is available as of now) ? Best Regards, Guillaume Hi again, Just for information. I attached a copy of my screen after debian install. Guillaume Hi Guillaume, I didn't try hard running X11 (with xvr500). I guess you use fb driver or has Xorg released a XVR compatible driver I'm not aware of? Looking into guts of the driver[1] I suppose the resolution is hardwired for now. Do those strange black lines happen even if your xorg config has the same resolution as kernel driver? Have you already tried to use only one XVR500 card? Try to contact David on Debian-sparc or kernel mail list, maybe he could help. Regards, Petr [1] http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.31/drivers/video/sunxvr500.c Hi, Indeed I understood it lately. The driver is the default fbdev provided with Debian. I cannot change the resolution (from xorg.cong), so all tests used native 1280*1024. I also supposed that the probleme may come from an inappropriate sync frequency for the monitor,but it wasn't succesfull. I also removed the second XVR-500 to avoid any conflict between cards, without any result. X is mandatory for me. I can administrate the workstation from the command line but browsing the web is a bit more tricky. I will forward this conversation to David to get his opinion on this, I think he's clearly aware of this issue. Guillaume, From: da...@davemloft.net Well: 1) Never email me privately, we have a mailing list for users to ask questions on, sparcli...@vger.kernel.org And if you post there, then other developers and users can answer your question when I am very busy with
Re: Debian Sparc 5.4 on Sun blade 2500
From: Paul Cao p...@ashland.edu Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:21:53 -0400 I have download the iso image. I will install it tomorrow and post the results here. Meanwhile I tried the DVD myself and it worked with my XVR-500. I looked at the kernel image on the DVD and it has all the necessary PCI device IDs to match your card. So something isn't working right. I've built a test kernel for you to netboot that should provide some more bootup messages than you're getting now. Please find it at: http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/xvr600_test.img When netbooted it should print something like: e3d: Found device at /pci. when it detects your graphics card. And then it should say something like: fbcon: e3d (fb0) is primary device Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 210x65 If it prints all of that and you still don't get a console then the framebuffer is mapped on XVR-600/XVR-1200 chips different than it is on XVR-500 chips and I'll have to figure that out. It could take a week or so to fix this in that case. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100316.213442.69988179.da...@davemloft.net
