Re: Developer accessible SPARC machine
On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 11:42:14PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > That'd be DSA's call; but given that it probably wouldn't be sufficient, it > also seems unnecessary, so I guess it would be a low priority. You could > always make a standing offer of individual accounts to DDs (or non-DDs, as > we often have NMs who need help getting access for porting issues), I > suppose? Yeah, I can do that I guess. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Developer accessible SPARC machine
On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 12:22:57AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 04:35:30PM -0800, Andrew Pollock wrote: > > > I note that one of the issues with the Sparc port is the the lack of a > > developer accessible machine. > > At present, vore.debian.org is back on line; the underlying issue, though, > seems to be that vore, like the buildds, won't necessarily *stay* on-line > due to some hard-to-pin kernel bugs that keep taking the systems down. > > Anyway, I'm working with Stephen Frost (though "working" is a bit of an > overstatement, he's currently waiting on me) to arrange hosting of a porter > system with his employer; the space is all arranged, now it's just a matter > of acquiring appropriate hardware. > > > I have at my disposal, an Ultra 5. Nothing fantastic, I know, but I'm sure > > m68k's had less grunty boxes... It has a healthy amount of RAM, and I would > > put a new hard drive in it (or would accept a hard drive purchased by SPI or > > something). > > I think an Ultra 5 is probably a little light for our purposes: m68k's > porter machine may be slower, but m68k also doesn't have, say, an > openoffice.org port that might need debugging... Also, given the problems > that consumer-grade DSL poses for system accessibility over the long term, > I'd think that vore is still a better bet currently in spite of some past > connectivity problems there, both connectivity-wise and bogomips-wise. > Would you be willing to ship the system to Stephen if the search for better > hardware pans out and vore proves unreliable in the long term? > I'd prefer not to relinquish posession of the box. Could it be added to the pool of developer accessible machines anyway (with the more-the-merrier reasoning), or is it considered insufficiently grunty bogo-mips-wise? regards Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Developer accessible SPARC machine
Hi, I note that one of the issues with the Sparc port is the the lack of a developer accessible machine. I have at my disposal, an Ultra 5. Nothing fantastic, I know, but I'm sure m68k's had less grunty boxes... It has a healthy amount of RAM, and I would put a new hard drive in it (or would accept a hard drive purchased by SPI or something). I have an unmetered DSL connection at home, the speed of which is still sorting itself out, and I have a few static IPs. I could give one to this box. Let me know if this can be put to use. I understand that every developer in the project will have access to it, and that I won't be the only one with root (or possibly not have root access at all, although I would be happy to admin it in the first instance). regards Andrew signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Sparc, gcc-4, memcpy problem?
Hello, I'm running into some segmentation fault problems with dhcp3-client on sparc. I'm still trying to research the problem, but I've had someone contribute a patch that apparently fixes the problem (by routing around memcpy). He says it's related to gcc-4.0.1 and memcpy, as the problem doesn't seem to exist with the same version of the software built against gcc-3.3 I'm planning on building a non-stripped version today (against both versions of gcc) and trying to debug it a bit myself. Just wondering if this is a known issue (quick searches didn't turn anything up) and if not, where a bug needs to be filed? regards Andrew signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Video problems on E450
Hi, I've just installed Sarge onto an E450 that has a Texas Instruments TVP4020 video card. Under the 2.4.27 kernel, it boots into X fine, but the video is a bit screwed up. I get lots of yellow mouse droppings. The screenshot at http://www.andrew.net.au/~apollock/Screenshot.png sort of shows the inverse of the problem. If I boot 2.6.8, the video goes blank shortly after the kernel boots, and nothing seems to happen. Could this be a framebuffer problem? Is there any particular argument I can pass the kernel to get a 2.6 kernel to boot? regards Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MailScanner on Debian on an Ultra5
Hi, Anyone using MailScanner on the UltraSPARC architecture? I'm interested in hearing about what scanner you've got it calling. What's available for this architecture? regards Andrew pgp52kkzELumT.pgp Description: PGP signature
XFree86 4.1.x on a JavaStation (Mr Coffee)
Hi, Has anyone successfully got XFree86 4.1.x (what's in Woody) to run on a Mr Coffee JavaStation? If so, can you share your configuration with me? Thanks Andrew
Debian, X, Ultra 5, Type 6 keyboard
Many moons ago, I asked the question in here about how to get a Type 6 keyboard working under X with Debian... No one was able to help me. I've even had a few people strike the same problem and email me since then... Well, today, I can announce that I've found a valuable use for Red Hat on Sparc, looking at it's XF86Config file :-) You need to put these lines in your keyboard section and all becomes good: XkbRules"sun" XkbModel"type5" XkbLayout "us" XkbCompat "compat/complete" XkbTypes"types/complete" XkbKeycodes "sun(type5)" XkbGeometry "sun" XkbSymbols "sun/us(sun5)" I'm happy now... Andrew Andrew Pollock Systems Group Team Leader [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asiaonline.net/ Phone: +61 2 6243 0213 Fax: +61 2 6247 3316 Asia Online
Keymap for a Sun Type 6 keyboard?
Hi again, I'm still having dramas getting X useable on my Ultra 5. It seems I have a Type 6 keyboard and xkeycaps and the like only know about Type 5's. Does anyone have an Xmodmap file for a Type 6 keyboard? Andrew -------- Andrew Pollock Systems Integrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asiaonline.net/ Phone: +61 2 6267 5610 Fax: +61 2 6200 2700 Asia Online
Keyboard map under X
Hi, I just blew away Solaris 8 and put Debian 2.2 on my Ultra 5 (yay). I've got everything up and running nicely except typing in an XTerm window (or ETerm or anything else remotely terminalish) is kinda hard because the keys seemed to be mis-mapped. Can anyone help me fix this? I've got a "normal" PC-type Sun keyboard not a "Sun" Sun keyboard (i.e. the Caps Lock is where it is on a PC). Thanks in advance Andrew ------------ Andrew Pollock Systems Integrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asiaonline.net/ Phone: +61 2 6267 5610 Fax: +61 2 6200 2700 Asia Online
