[Fwd: Re: Shorewall and SPARC]
I apologize for the long thread. This was a discussion I had with the shorewall maintainer for debian. Might be a sparc issue? -- Original Message -- Subject: Re: Shorewall and SPARC From:Roberto C. Sánchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:Thu, August 21, 2008 8:05 pm To: Eric Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 07:25:50PM -0400, Eric Nichols wrote: Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:34:57PM -0400, Eric Nichols wrote: Hello, I've been using shorewall in Etch for quite a while and I absolutely love it. I am currently running this on a Sun Ultra 2 (SPARC processor) and get the following messages below. Should I be concerned about them? I can't find anything that references these items. ip_tables: conntrack match: invalid size 80 != 72 ip_tables: connmark match: invalid size 24 != 16 ip_tables: MARK target: invalid size 16 != 8 ip_tables: CONNMARK target: invalid size 24 != 16 OK. I should have been able to diagnose this right away, but it escaped me. After consultation with the author of Shorewall, I can point you at this: http://www.shorewall.net/3.0/FAQ.htm#faq61 Basically, I think that this can be caused by a partially upgraded system. Did you happen to upgrade iptables but not the kernel? Regards, -Roberto I've seen this on just about every sparc install I've done. I'm running stock etch with everything current. I'm leaning more towards an issue in the sparc build itself. It's not the most widely maintained architecture. Thanks for the followup. I've never used Debian on Sparc hardware, so I don't know. However, according to Tom (the author of Shorewall), this is a common occurrence on Debian and it has to do with iptables being built against an incompatible set of kernel headers (as compared to the kernel against which it is running). If you try asking your question on the mailing list (and at least mention that you have already been give an answer, but that you are looking for more info), you might find a Debian+Sparc user who can help. You might also try the netfilter mailing list, as this is not Shorewall-specific. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sparc Live CD
I would like to build a live CD for my Ultra 2 that will act as a static web server. Basically everything would work in memory. The perfect secure server. However I have having difficulty trying to figure out how to build one using debian tools. dfsbuild looked like the obvious choice but it does not support sparc. I talked with the maintainer and the reason that sparc is not support is that is he simply does not have the hardware but was willing to accept patches to the project. I honestly am just an end-user in this endeavor but am willing to test anything. Can anyone assist? Thanks Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is it possible to update OBP while running Debian?
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:00:28 +0200, Admar Schoonen wrote:
I just upgraded OBP on my Ultra 5 last week (needed to update OBP to
recognize
a 360 MHz cpu instead of the original 270 MHz cpu). A friend of mine had set
up
a rarp and tftp server, and I could just 'boot net' the firmware image to
flash
it. I'm sorry I can't help you with setting up rarp/tftp servers.
You probably can also use dhcp boot with:
{0} ok boot net:dhcp
On the dhcp server set the bootfile and server parameters to the tftp server
containing the flash-update image.
Worked like a charm here for a Sun Enterprise 450.
Greetings
Hermann
Since we are on the subject. Is it possible to upgrade OBP from linux rather
than solaris? All of my machines are surplus and I ended up going exclusively
debian (yay!) on them. I haven't found any good documentation on if this is
even possible.
Thanks
Eric
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pl2303 multi IO cards
Hello all! I LOVE the sparc port. I've got an ultra 5 being used as a console server. Aside from the kernel panic when a client machine powers down while in session the whole thing works great. I just recently picked up two new devices: USB-Serial adapter. It uses the pl2303 module. Would it be possible to include this as a module for the standard kernel? I had to build my own kernel using debian source and got it to work with no issue. Multi serial port PCI card: Netmos 9710:9835. According to my research it should show up in the kernel config as a parallel multi-io card (parport_serial). However I can't see it in the kernel config for the 2.6.18 kernel. Can anyone help? Many thanks Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pptpd encryption on SPARC
Hello, I am currently using 2.4.24 as my kernel and am trying to get a pptpd server running. It seems to work unencrypted on the stock kernel but that kernel does not have the mppe patch on it. I've tried and failed at building my own kernel. Does anyone have any ideas or a pre-built kernel with mppe? Shouldn't this kind of patch be in the stock kernel anyway? Thanks Eric
2.6.x kernel for Sparc?
I didn't see this in apt... Is there a 2.6.x kernel image available for Sparc (I have a Sparc 5). Thanks Eric
Add modem to a SPARC 5?
I've got a 100mhz Sparc 5 running the untested version of Debian. Does anyone know what /dev works on the serial ports? I've tried both serial ports on ttyS0-3 and no luck. Thanks Eric
Re: Sarge on a Sparc5
That did it! So here is the beginning and end of the story. I booted with the netboot (sarge) cd. I received the following error and it stopped: Setting up filesystem please wait busybox[8]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[9]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[11]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[12]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 init[10]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[13]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 Thomas Poindessous wrote: Next I used the bottom information so at the kernel boot prompt rather than hit enter type the following: linux debian-installer/framebuffer=false The same error shows up but about 3 seconds later the install continues. I hit a bit of a bump in the road with the network card and dhcp installing from FTP sites. It might be a problem with the new installer. Many thanks for all of the assistance! On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 06:55:53PM +0300, Meelis Roos wrote: $ bterm -f unifont.bgf And sparc64 also hangs on running bterm. bterm needs a frame buffer. Are you installing over a serial line? If not what video card do you have in your machines? Yes, I noticed it does not work on serial :) I tried both Sparcstation 5 and Ultra Neterprise 2 on the console, using sbus cg6 framebuffer in both cases. Have not tried it on another sparc64 with ati mach64 graphics, will do if I get time. Can you test if without framebuffer to be sure that the problem is with framebuffer ? Thanks. Just netboot with this param "debian-installer/framebuffer=false" Thanks !
Sarge on a Sparc5
I recently inherited a SparcStation 5 from a friend (96meg memory 2gig drive). I have a very old version of SuSE running on it with openldap and I wanted to experiment with debian. I tried loading woody by floppy but found the floppy drive is broken. So I moved on and downloaded the latest cdrom-mini.iso (3/15/04) and started the install. I selected the boot install from the menu and watched it autodetect my hardware etc. The entire install halted with the following lines: Setting up filesystem please wait busybox[8]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[9]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[11]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[12]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 init[10]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[13]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 Needless to say I'm stuck. Is there a parameter I need to put in before boot or will this work at all on this old box? Many Thanks Eric
Re: Sarge on a Sparc5
Unfortunately it gets as far as the busybox errors and that's it. I let it sit for 30 minutes... Woody would seem to be the next obvious path but my floppy drive is busted. Does anyone have a boot CD image that has the Woody installer for SPARC? I checked the mirrors and all that are there are floppy images. Many thanks for the quick responses from Robert and Jan! Schaefer, Robert (PS) wrote: I'm not sure about Sarge in particular, but I do know Debian runs fine on a Sparc5, as I'm running it on my SparcStation5. How long did you wait when it put out the setting up filesystem message? I get lots of Unimplemented messages, but that doesn't usually stop things from working, you may just have to be patient. -Original Message- From: Eric Nichols [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 6:54 AM To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: Sarge on a Sparc5 I recently inherited a SparcStation 5 from a friend (96meg memory 2gig drive). I have a very old version of SuSE running on it with openldap and I wanted to experiment with debian. I tried loading woody by floppy but found the floppy drive is broken. So I moved on and downloaded the latest cdrom-mini.iso (3/15/04) and started the install. I selected the boot install from the menu and watched it autodetect my hardware etc. The entire install halted with the following lines: Setting up filesystem please wait busybox[8]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[9]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[11]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[12]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 init[10]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 busybox[13]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 Needless to say I'm stuck. Is there a parameter I need to put in before boot or will this work at all on this old box? Many Thanks Eric
