Re: [COMMITTED] Remove obsolete Solaris 11.3 support
The problem with illumos on SPARC is; illumos is also removing SPARC support piece by piece, especially as it gets in the way of what they want to do with the OS on x86-64 machines (which is what everyone in that community doing the main development uses). This was due to the lack of having a build machine and the high cost of used hardware. https://github.com/illumos/ipd/blob/master/ipd/0019/README.md https://www.illumos.org/issues/15563 Only one distro (Tribblix) still supports SPARC and I have no idea if it's using a fork or older version of the illumos kernel. It's also the only illumos distro that people with SPARC systems run because it's the only actively maintained distro for SPARC. Jake > On 05/09/2024 2:31 AM EDT John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: > > > Hello Rainer, > > > Support for Solaris 11.3 had already been obsoleted in GCC 13. However, > > since the only Solaris system in the cfarm was running 11.3, I've kept > > it in tree until now when both Solaris 11.4/SPARC and x86 systems have > > been added. > > > > This patch actually removes the Solaris 11.3 support. > > I'm not sure I like this change since Solaris 11.3 is the last version of > Solaris supported by a large number of SPARC systems. > > Oracle unfortunately raised the hardware baseline with Solaris 11.4 such > that every system older than the SPARC T4 is no longer supported by 11.4 > while 11.3 still runs perfectly fine on these machines. > > While Oracle does no longer provide feature updates to Solaris 11.3, there > is still LTSS security support so that users still receive security updates > so that their systems are continued to be protected against vulnerabilities. > > I think Solaris 11.3 support should be kept since the resulting code removal > is not that large that it would justify dropping support for such a large > userbase. > > Removing Solaris 11.3 support might make sense in the future when SPARC > support in Illumos has matured enough that people can switch over their > machines. > > Thanks, > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer > `. `' Physicist > `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Sun Ultra 45: Kernel Panic (corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler) with 5.19
(Since I didn't hit reply all on the previous one, whoops I'm not so good at mailing lists) Thanks for the advice. The 5.16 CD is stable enough to pass the installation (aside from a video text bug), however in rebooting it blows up. I was able to console install it using the same trick as with the U10 (setting the output and input devices to TTYA). I'm going to post what I did here so anyone else with an UltraSPARC III/T1 based machine can get "something" going. I initially tried the 4.19 CD however after grabbing the new gpg key and doing an upgrade once the OS was installed it blew up a few minutes in. Namely the upgrade failed really early on and I was unable to sudo, and if I logged out I was unable to login as well. It didn't even try to let me enter in a password, it simply told me that it was incorrect. So what I did was I used the 5.16 CD, then when I was asked the tasksel question I used Ctrl-A and 2 to move to the shell, chrooted /target, and used busybox wget on the kernel you linked and installed it. This gave me a working system with the 4.19 kernel. For some reason or another though networking did not want to work on 4.19, so I mounted the CD, and installed the deb and udebs from there (and the kernel image from https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/20190622T024525Z/pool-sparc64/main/l/linux/), and networking finally worked. I'd install that too or the other udebs for the one you linked instead of just using the kernel. Now it's rock solid and I can do my weird SPARC experiments. Thanks so much. > On 10/13/2022 4:14 AM EDT Frank Scheiner wrote: > > > Hi Jake, > > On 13.10.22 07:13, j...@pawlicker.com j...@pawlicker.com wrote: > > I've also been able to confirm that this happens with Kernel 5.16 or at > > least similar bugs do such as Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer > > dereference, programs such as postgresql break dramatically, and another > > time SSH panicked the system with a kernel unaligned access. This > > happened during apt-get: > > [...] > Try with kernel 5.9.x, or maybe better already use 4.19.x on UltraSPARC > IIIi which works OK most of the time AFAIR. You can get those from > snapshot.debian.org (e.g. [1] or [2]). > > [1]: > http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/20190719T183113Z/pool-sparc64/main/l/linux/linux-image-4.19.0-5-sparc64_4.19.37-6_sparc64.deb > > [2]: > http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/20190719T183113Z/pool-sparc64/main/l/linux/linux-image-4.19.0-5-sparc64-smp_4.19.37-6_sparc64.deb > > ...but unsure if your system will run stable enough to successfully > finish the installation. Alternatively try to reinstall with an older > ISO and work from there: > > * with 5.9.0-4: > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2020-12-03/debian-10.0.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso > > * with 4.19.0-5: > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2019-06-26/debian-10.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso > > > > There seems to be a problem with UltraSPARC T1s and I strongly believe > this or another problem also affects UltraSPARC III(i)s. I have tested a > variety of processors here: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2021/12/msg4.html > > For more details on this/these issue(s) see: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2021/03/msg00045.html > > ...and: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2022/02/msg0.html > > Cheers, > Frank
Re: Sun Ultra 45: Kernel Panic (corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler) with 5.19
I've also been able to confirm that this happens with Kernel 5.16 or at least
similar bugs do such as Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference,
programs such as postgresql break dramatically, and another time SSH panicked
the system with a kernel unaligned access. This happened during apt-get:
[ 1735.463205] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
[ 1735.543500] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 0096
[ 1735.622697] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fff207dfc000
[ 1735.697892] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
exitcode=0x0009
[ 1735.808123] Press Stop-A (L1-A) from sun keyboard or send break
[ 1735.808123] twice on console to return to the boot prom
[ 1735.808158] kernel BUG at kernel/cpu.c:1086!
> On 10/12/2022 11:33 PM EDT j...@pawlicker.com j...@pawlicker.com
> wrote:
>
>
> On my Sun Ultra 45 with two CPUs, Debian does not boot a finished
> installation using Kernel 5.19. On the 5.16 kernel included on the CD the OS
> boots just fine if this is selected using GRUB. This also seems to be
> intermittent, as first booting into 5.19 was stable after trying to use quiet
> to get an error log after a 5.16 boot, but then rebooting afterwards gave me
> a more verbose error:
>
> Booting `Debian GNU/Linux'
> Loading Linux 5.19.0-2-sparc64-smp ...
> Loading initial ramdisk ...
> [ 0.684502] pci :05:1d.0: unsupported PM cap regs version (4)
> [ 4.937387] BAD IRQ ack 0
> [ 5.436972] Kernel panic - not syncing: corrupted stack end detected inside
> scheduler
> [ 5.531706] CPU: 0 PID: 107 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted
> 5.19.0-2-sparc64-smp #1 Debian 5.19.11-1
> [ 5.643306] Call Trace:
> [ 5.672826] [<00cbe4e8>] dump_stack+0x8/0x18
> [ 5.732816] [<00cb7518>] panic+0xf0/0x360
> [ 10.067911] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: corrupted stack end
> detected inside scheduler ]---
>
> Second boot:
>
> Loading Linux 5.19.0-2-sparc64-smp ...
> Loading initial ramdisk ...
> [ 0.681139] pci :05:1d.0: unsupported PM cap regs version (4)
> [ 5.014440] Kernel panic - not syncing: corrupted stack end detected inside
> scheduler
> [ 5.016901] tg3 :07:04.1 eth1: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95715) rev 9001]
> (PCIX:133MHz:64-bit) MAC address 00:14:4f:0f:db:ed
> [ 5.016925] tg3 :07:04.1 eth1: attached PHY is 5714 (10/100/1000Base-T
> Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0])
> [ 5.016933] tg3 :07:04.1 eth1: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0]
> TSOcap[1]
> [ 5.016941] tg3 :07:04.1 eth1: dma_rwctrl[76148000] dma_mask[40-bit]
> [ 5.546143] CPU: 0 PID: 117 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted
> 5.19.0-2-sparc64-smp #1 Debian 5.19.11-1
> [ 5.675485] Call Trace:
> [ 5.710701] [<00cbe4e8>] dump_stack+0x8/0x18
> [ 5.782158] [<00cb7518>] panic+0xf0/0x360
> [ 5.850408] [<00cc5698>] switch_to_pc+0x834/0x85c
> [ 5.927055] [<00cc58e0>] __cond_resched+0x40/0x60
> [ 6.003715] [<006bc990>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x430/0x580
> [ 6.090777] [<1001ab9c>] usb_control_msg+0x1c/0x120 [usbcore]
> [ 6.180114] [<1000d480>] hub_power_on+0x60/0x180 [usbcore]
> [ 6.266426] [<1000e0c8>] hub_activate+0x868/0xa00 [usbcore]
> [ 6.354029] [<10015638>] hub_probe+0xeb8/0xf20 [usbcore]
> [ 6.438467] [<1001fda8>] usb_probe_interface+0xe8/0x300 [usbcore]
> [ 6.532373] [<009e8c48>] really_probe+0xc8/0x480
> [ 6.608355] [<009e9124>] __driver_probe_device+0x124/0x180
> [ 6.694905] [<009e91a8>] driver_probe_device+0x28/0xe0
> [ 6.777256] [<009e995c>] __device_attach_driver+0x9c/0x140
> [ 6.863759] [<009e6568>] bus_for_each_drv+0x68/0xc0
> [ 6.942884] [<009e94c0>] __device_attach+0xa0/0x200
> [ 7.022122] Press Stop-A (L1-A) from sun keyboard or send break
> [ 7.022122] twice on console to return to the boot prom
> [ 7.022158] kernel BUG at kernel/cpu.c:1092!
> [ 7.022174] \|/ \|/
> [ 7.022174] "@'/ .. \`@"
> [ 7.022174] /_| \__/ |_\
> [ 7.022174] \__U_/
> [ 7.022178] swapper/1(0): Kernel bad sw trap 5 [#1]
> [ 7.022185] CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 5.19.0-2-sparc64-smp #1
> Debian 5.19.11-1
> [ 7.022195] TSTATE: 004411e01604 TPC: 00470074 TNPC:
> 00470078 Y: 000a Not tainted
> [ 7.022201] TPC:
> [ 7.00] g0: 00ccc140 g1: 00ff2908 g2: 00ff2908
> g3: 02f6
> [ 7.05] g4: fff200261600 g5: fff37e8c4000 g6: fff2002a
> g7: 000e
> [ 7.09] o0: 00e2d220 o1: 0444 o2: 4000
> o3: 0001
> [ 7.022234] o4: 00018
Sun Ultra 45: Kernel Panic (corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler) with 5.19
On my Sun Ultra 45 with two CPUs, Debian does not boot a finished installation using Kernel 5.19. On the 5.16 kernel included on the CD the OS boots just fine if this is selected using GRUB. This also seems to be intermittent, as first booting into 5.19 was stable after trying to use quiet to get an error log after a 5.16 boot, but then rebooting afterwards gave me a more verbose error: Booting `Debian GNU/Linux' Loading Linux 5.19.0-2-sparc64-smp ... Loading initial ramdisk ... [ 0.684502] pci :05:1d.0: unsupported PM cap regs version (4) [ 4.937387] BAD IRQ ack 0 [ 5.436972] Kernel panic - not syncing: corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler [ 5.531706] CPU: 0 PID: 107 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.19.0-2-sparc64-smp #1 Debian 5.19.11-1 [ 5.643306] Call Trace: [ 5.672826] [<00cbe4e8>] dump_stack+0x8/0x18 [ 5.732816] [<00cb7518>] panic+0xf0/0x360 [ 10.067911] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler ]--- Second boot: Loading Linux 5.19.0-2-sparc64-smp ... Loading initial ramdisk ... [ 0.681139] pci :05:1d.0: unsupported PM cap regs version (4) [ 5.014440] Kernel panic - not syncing: corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler [ 5.016901] tg3 :07:04.1 eth1: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95715) rev 9001] (PCIX:133MHz:64-bit) MAC address 00:14:4f:0f:db:ed [ 5.016925] tg3 :07:04.1 eth1: attached PHY is 5714 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0]) [ 5.016933] tg3 :07:04.1 eth1: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1] [ 5.016941] tg3 :07:04.1 eth1: dma_rwctrl[76148000] dma_mask[40-bit] [ 5.546143] CPU: 0 PID: 117 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.19.0-2-sparc64-smp #1 Debian 5.19.11-1 [ 5.675485] Call Trace: [ 5.710701] [<00cbe4e8>] dump_stack+0x8/0x18 [ 5.782158] [<00cb7518>] panic+0xf0/0x360 [ 5.850408] [<00cc5698>] switch_to_pc+0x834/0x85c [ 5.927055] [<00cc58e0>] __cond_resched+0x40/0x60 [ 6.003715] [<006bc990>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x430/0x580 [ 6.090777] [<1001ab9c>] usb_control_msg+0x1c/0x120 [usbcore] [ 6.180114] [<1000d480>] hub_power_on+0x60/0x180 [usbcore] [ 6.266426] [<1000e0c8>] hub_activate+0x868/0xa00 [usbcore] [ 6.354029] [<10015638>] hub_probe+0xeb8/0xf20 [usbcore] [ 6.438467] [<1001fda8>] usb_probe_interface+0xe8/0x300 [usbcore] [ 6.532373] [<009e8c48>] really_probe+0xc8/0x480 [ 6.608355] [<009e9124>] __driver_probe_device+0x124/0x180 [ 6.694905] [<009e91a8>] driver_probe_device+0x28/0xe0 [ 6.777256] [<009e995c>] __device_attach_driver+0x9c/0x140 [ 6.863759] [<009e6568>] bus_for_each_drv+0x68/0xc0 [ 6.942884] [<009e94c0>] __device_attach+0xa0/0x200 [ 7.022122] Press Stop-A (L1-A) from sun keyboard or send break [ 7.022122] twice on console to return to the boot prom [ 7.022158] kernel BUG at kernel/cpu.c:1092! [ 7.022174] \|/ \|/ [ 7.022174] "@'/ .. \`@" [ 7.022174] /_| \__/ |_\ [ 7.022174] \__U_/ [ 7.022178] swapper/1(0): Kernel bad sw trap 5 [#1] [ 7.022185] CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 5.19.0-2-sparc64-smp #1 Debian 5.19.11-1 [ 7.022195] TSTATE: 004411e01604 TPC: 00470074 TNPC: 00470078 Y: 000a Not tainted [ 7.022201] TPC: [ 7.00] g0: 00ccc140 g1: 00ff2908 g2: 00ff2908 g3: 02f6 [ 7.05] g4: fff200261600 g5: fff37e8c4000 g6: fff2002a g7: 000e [ 7.09] o0: 00e2d220 o1: 0444 o2: 4000 o3: 0001 [ 7.022234] o4: 00018701a800 o5: 000e sp: fff2002a3481 ret_pc: 0047006c [ 7.022238] RPC: [ 7.022244] l0: 1000 l1: 004411001603 l2: 0092979c l3: 0400 [ 7.022249] l4: l5: l6: l7: 0008 [ 7.022252] i0: 000e i1: fff2002a0008 i2: 4000 i3: fff37fa00e68 [ 7.022257] i4: fff37e8c4000 i5: 0113ce68 i6: fff2002a3531 i7: 004be388 [ 7.022261] I7: [ 7.022271] Call Trace: [ 7.022273] [<004be388>] do_idle+0x168/0x1a0 [ 7.022280] [<004be684>] cpu_startup_entry+0x24/0x40 [ 7.022286] [<0044080c>] smp_callin+0xec/0x120 [ 7.022293] [<00f6c3d4>] 0xf6c3d4 [ 7.022300] [<8000>] 0x8000 [ 7.022306] Caller[004be388]: do_idle+0x168/0x1a0 [ 7.022311] Caller[004be684]: cpu_startup_entry+0x24/0x40 [ 7.022316] Caller[0044080c]: smp_callin+0xec/0x120 [ 7.022322] Caller[00f6c3d4]: 0xf6c3d4 [ 7.022326] Caller[8000]: 0x8000 [ 7.022330] Instruction DUMP: [ 7.022332] 92102444 [ 7.022335] 7ffee2ed [ 7.022337] 9010 [ 7.022339] <91d02005> [ 7.022341] 0100 [ 7.022343] 0100 [ 7.022345] 9de3bf50 [ 7.022347] 0100 [ 7.022349] 3b003dbc [ 7.022351] [ 10.057417] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler ]---
Re: Re: Install Etch on Sparc NFS
Thanks for the response! I guess I didn't make it clear, but I am able to netboot both the Etch and Woody installers off my TFTP server, the install process goes just fine, but I can't find any option in either to install to a NFS share. I hit a dead end with either installer since they can't find a disk to install to, and I can't find an option to give the installer the path to the NFS share. I found one blog where someone wrote that they did an install this way--but not how. It seems like this would be the nicest way to do the installs if it could be figured out, but my searching has turned up no clue how I would go about it. I will read up on the initrd and see if I can figure out where to get or how to make one that will work. Thanks, DJ
Install Etch on Sparc NFS
Hello, I have several Sparcclassic boxes but all the HDs are dead. I have a Sparc IPX that a few years ago I was able to install OpenDSB, copy the HD contents to my Debian file server, and then run the IPX diskless with the file system mounted via NFS. That HD since went bad but the IPX has been running fine on NFS for years now. Either this was much easier to do with OpenBSD or I'm not nearly as smart as I was a few years ago. I don't remember what I had to do to get OpenBSD to boot off a NFS share like that, I don't remember having to compile a special kernel or anything. I do remember the hard part being getting the server configured correctly. Bottom line is the server pieces are in place and I can netboot the Etch installer just fine. I have found many posts, blogs, and web pages that have information on how to do this, but none seem to be complete and each seems to be different from the next. Many do not indicate which version of Debian, or even linux they were written for/about. It doesn't help that some of these instructions rely on, and link to, other pages that no longer exist. Therefore I am at a loss as to what I need to do to get this to work. Can Etch be installed directly to a NFS share from the Etch Sparc installer? I have seen information that there should be an option to install to a NFS share but I don't see it when I run the installer. I also netbooted the Woody installer but same thing. If I have to install to a HD, what do I have to do to the installation after copying everything over to the share to get it to boot from NFS? Is there some special kernel build I need to do? Any help of any kind pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, DJ
Re: [sparc64] sigbus in e2fsck
On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:17:07PM +0300, Anatoly Pugachev wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 06:12:39PM +0300, Anatoly Pugachev wrote: > >> > >> (gdb) p bh->b_data > >> $1 = > >> "\300;9\230\000\000\000\005\000\000\253\204\000\000\000\070\000\000\000\000\000\000$\022\000\000\000\000\000\000$<\000\000\000\000\000\000$\270\000\000\000\000\000\000$]\000\000\000\000\000\000$\024", > >> '\000' > >> (gdb) p offset > >> $2 = 16 > >> (gdb) p *bh->b_data > >> $3 = -64 '\300' > >> (gdb) p *(bh->b_data+offset) > >> $6 = 0 '\000' > > > > Can you give us "p &bh->b_data" (so we can get the starting address of > > b_data to make sure it's aligned) and "p offset" (so we can check and > > make sure offset is sane)? > > (gdb) p &bh->b_data > $7 = (char (*)[1024]) 0x2e9b9c > (gdb) p offset > $8 = 16 AFAICT, each bh is malloc'd via e2fsck_allocate_memory and nothing seems to guarantee that the char b_data[1024] will be aligned to a multiple of 8 (it certainly isn't on x64), so I guess this isn't much of a surprise. We could change b_data to a pointer and then posix_memalign it. --D > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Rosewill RC-301 serial card problems on Netra T1-105
Josip Rodin-7 wrote: > > > Does it hang before the kernel starts loading, or during the load? > > D'oh; sorry, thought I'd mentioned that. It hangs *before* the kernel loads. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Rosewill-RC-301-serial-card-problems-on-Netra-T1-105-tp33137432p33141255.html Sent from the debian-sparc mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/33141255.p...@talk.nabble.com
Rosewill RC-301 serial card problems on Netra T1-105
Hello all, I'm having some issues with getting a Rosewill RC-301 (Moschip NM9835-based) 2-port PCI serial card working under squeeze (2.6.32-5-sparc64; stock kernel) on a Netra T1-105 and would very much appreciate assistance getting it up and running. Here's the full gamut of what I've gone through with it: Installed the card in the box. The machine would not boot with it installed - basically, it would pass LOM then drop to OpenFirmware; issuing any form of boot command would simply cause it to hang. This behaviour continued until `setenv pcia-probe-list 0` was set in OpenFirmware. Note that I can see where this might be problematic further down the line, but, moving on: The machine now boots as expected. pci_stub, 8250, and 8250_pci were added to /etc/modules and are loading; they can also be manually removed from and inserted into the kernel without error. Entries are automatically created in /dev for ttyS2, ttyS3, ttyS4, and ttyS5 at boot (ttyS0 and ttyS1 are also present, but are the onboard serial ports). This is the first odd thing that I've noticed: despite being a two-port card, four port devices are defined. Doing a `setserial -g /dev/ttyS*` gives the following: # setserial -g /dev/ttyS* /dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x, IRQ: 5 /dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x, IRQ: 6 /dev/ttyS2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x, IRQ: 0 /dev/ttyS3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x, IRQ: 0 /dev/ttyS4, UART: unknown, Port: 0x, IRQ: 0 /dev/ttyS5, UART: unknown, Port: 0x, IRQ: 0 It's not clear to me as to why all port addresses are set to 0x, nor why ttyS2 through ttyS5 have no IRQ but appear to have been detected by the system. Attempting to configure ports other than ttyS0 or ttyS1 with either stty or setserial (predictably) fails. Basic lspci output is as follows: # lspci 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Oracle Corporation Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 13) 00:01.1 PCI bridge: Oracle Corporation Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 13) 01:01.0 Bridge: Oracle Corporation EBUS (rev 01) 01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Oracle Corporation Happy Meal 10/100 Ethernet [hme] (rev 01) 01:02.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 (rev 03) 01:03.1 Ethernet controller: Oracle Corporation Happy Meal 10/100 Ethernet [hme] (rev 01) As you can see, the serial card does not appear in the list of installed devices. At this point, my best guess is that by disabling probing of the PCI port in OpenFirmware I've made the OS unable to detect its base address - but if I re-enable it, boot hangs. Complete Catch-22. Note that it's been several years since I've had to work with this era of Sun hardware, so it's entirely possible that I've missed out something that needs to be set in OpenFirmware in order to make it all work. However, I'm really not sure where the problem might be at this point. Thanks, - J. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Rosewill-RC-301-serial-card-problems-on-Netra-T1-105-tp33137432p33137432.html Sent from the debian-sparc mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/33137432.p...@talk.nabble.com
Re: poweroff jumps to OBP instead of powering off
Daniel Smolik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Daniel J. Priem napsal(a): >> Hi, >> if i type poweroff on the console, >> the systems shutdown and then jumps into the OPB instead of powering >> off. It's Netra t1 105. this happens with recent kernels in etch. >> I think its related to [1] >> >> if (auxio_power_register && !serial_console) >> in arch/sparc/kernel/process.c >> >> >> if (!serial_console) >> in arch/sparc64/kernel/power.c. >> >> Any hints? >> Is there already a sysctl option from kernel.org implemented? >> Or should we patch the kernel in debian? >> >> Any comments? >> Regards >> Daniel >> >> >> [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/03/msg00134.html> > > I have oposite problem my E450 poweroff but not jumps to OBP as I want. > I edit /etc/defaults/halt and now it woks as I want. Doesn't help Daniel > > Dan -- .''`. : :' : Daniel J. Priem `. `' http://flexserv.de `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
poweroff jumps to OBP instead of powering off
Hi, if i type poweroff on the console, the systems shutdown and then jumps into the OPB instead of powering off. It's Netra t1 105. this happens with recent kernels in etch. I think its related to [1] if (auxio_power_register && !serial_console) in arch/sparc/kernel/process.c if (!serial_console) in arch/sparc64/kernel/power.c. Any hints? Is there already a sysctl option from kernel.org implemented? Or should we patch the kernel in debian? Any comments? Regards Daniel [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/03/msg00134.html -- .''`. : :' : Daniel J. Priem `. `' http://flexserv.de `- pgpyjfM6fUXXT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Problem with debian on Sparc
Hi Miroslav, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All, > I instaled Debian on my old Sparc. In this Sparc was two 18 GB SCSI > HDD in software mirror. I have two 73 GB HDD and I want change this > disks in this server. This is production server and on this server are > much data and installed aolication. It is not possible reinstall. Ever heard about backups / rescuesystems? > I change one HDD from 18 to 73 GB. I keep size partitions and one > partition add (free space). Mirror is OK, but I have problem with > silo, because when I edit silo and run silo, silo say me: 1. You don't need a reinstall. I for my part would add the old sdb into the machine and try booting from this. At the OBP boot disk1 Or if this wont work, boot d-i with rescue over net/by cdrom and then start a degraded array on the still working old sdb. if this works, resync the bootsector and partitiontable from sdb > sda, hotadd the missing raiddevices from sda. Now you should have your old system up. > == > 1) How make correct first hdd /dev/sda, which I make problem my > mistake? This was sole boot device:(I have fear from reboot. I > think, when it is no problem, because on /dev/sda is silo and system > and data will boot from md device 73 GB hdd (in degraded mode will be > md device). But I am not sure. where is your old /dev/sdb (18GB) couldn't you boot from this one? (if you have an other sparc around use this one to test) > > 2) What it is need make for change label and whole disk on /dev/sdb I need > that sparc will be booted form boath HDD.and after this I change second 18 GB > to 73. If you have your system in proper state e.g. all raiddevices fixed, both HD in sync, add your new 73GB as sdb. in fdisk choose auto. thereafter you can partition the HD without reboot, and hotadd the missing raiddevices. After sync, rerun silo. the remove 18gb sda and make sure you can boot from sdb. then add new sda(73gb) and sync once again. I would do all this with serial console attached and in single mode to avoid that any production data will get corrupted. If you really need somebody to do this job, contact me directly. Regards Daniel > > Thank Mirek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ultra II: kernel upgrade - silo doesn't boot
"Charles McColm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: at the silo prompt try if you have luck you can boot into LinuxOld wich is one of your previous kernel. Otherwise try to setup silo by hand with kernel=/filename initrd=/filename root=/dev/sda You dont need to rerun silo after installing an new kernel. only the silo.conf needs to be modified wich will be done by dpkg. regards Daniel > Hello all. I'm new to the list so please bear with me. I just finished > installing a new 2.4.x kernel using dselect to update to the new kernel. Now > silo no longer boots Debian GNU/Linux. I get the message: > > "The file loaded does not appear to be executable" > > Is this because I failed to run silo before rebooting? (I assumed dselect > would take care of it). > > My system is an Ultra 2 Enterprise with a couple of 9.1 GB SCA SCSI drives. > I have /usr, /, /var on /dev/sda and /home and swap on /dev/sdb. > > Can I boot the debian-sparc CD and correct this problem? Would I just mount > /dev/sda1 and run silo, or do I have to 'chroot' into the environment (never > really clear on chroot). > > Thanks, > > Charles McColm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Computer Recycling Project > The Working Centre > web: http://www.theworkingcentre.org/ > phone: 749-9177 ext. 225 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing sarge on Sunfire E420r : any hint?
Nothing special, i have such a box here too. sarge and etch installer woks out of the box. Regards Daniel "Francesco Cristofori" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > I'm a newbie with sparc machines, but I have a 420r unused so I thought to > debianize it. > Searching in the archives and with google didn't show me any howto or > similar: anybody installed debian on such a machine? > Anything worth to know before starting? > > TIA, > Francesco. pgpMO5Jp2V9W7.pgp Description: PGP signature
64-bit iptables and netfilter problems
Linux 2.6.17 introduced kernel changes that probably solve the 64-bit alignment problems reported against the iptables package. The changes might have solved all the 64-bit issues--I really don't know, but I closed all of the bug reports anyway. Please file new reports where appropriate or mail me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sucessfull install on t2000
Hello Listmembers, just for your information, i installed succesfully tonight a niagara t2000 with the dailybuild from d-i see #384662 lookout to not hit #384653 Regards Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Silo, Lilo, Grub and a new kernel
After all this comments my question is: Does nobody use make-kpkg from kernel-package? This tool will handle all for you. why do something like make install or similar? you have by hand to remove all the files wenn removing the kernel etc... with a deb all this is done automatic. Daniel "Jurzitza, Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi John, > you should also not forget to do a > > strip -R .comment,.note vmlinux > > prior to the > > gzip -c vmlinux > vmlinuz > > in order to reduce kernel size twice. On some systems you might otherwise run > into kernel size problems. You've been warned :-) > Take care > > > > Dieter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Silo, Lilo, Grub and a new kernel
edit /boot/silo.conf and include it there or just try at the silo prompt example: root=/dev/sda2 # check the setting / dont change it :) partition=1 default=Linux # so always your standard kernel will be booted read-only timeout=50 #This is your 2.4.18 image=/vmlinuz #symlink to your 2.4 kernel label=Linux #here some initrd? i dont know image=/vmlinuz-2.6.selfbuilt #check the name label=Linux26 initrd=/initrd.img268 # if you have a initrd under your homebuilt 2.6 John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I have an Ultra 5 running Debian Etch on 2.4.18. It uses Silo as I've never > been game to change it to Lilo or Grub on the basis 'if it aint broke, don't > fix it!' > > I've just compiled and installed a brand new kernel 2.6.16. (vmlinuz is > still pointing at 2.4.18) > > Q. How do I get Silo to offer me the choice of kernel on boot? (I don't want > to be left hung out to dry if my new kernel has a panic) > > TIA > > John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian Sparc and IDE Pascal Lazarus
There is only a i386 package in experimental. i dont know if a) it builds clean now under i386 and B) if it is possible to build it under sparc and c) if it can be backported. http://packages.debian.org/experimental/devel/lazarus So if somebody have the time he/she can try it. but nobody can garantyou that it will work. Will try later to build. Daniel Andrea Modesto Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i install with success Lazarus on my PC(Intel P4) but i've a > problem to do install Lazarus on my Ultra Sparc 5 with Debian Sarge3.1 > stable. > > I've a Ultra Sparc with 40Gb of Hard disk and 256Mb of Ram.I work with this > machine but i'm unable to install Lazarus . > Is there a .deb packages that i can install it with apt-get install > lazarus or-else,is there another solution?? > With the source pkg i can't install the program because make don't workmthere > are same error(with i386 and make clan all the situation is egual,the same > error). > It's important for to work with PASCAL/Lazarus... > > > Thanks for all. > Andrea pgpjtR2EODxoD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: boot trouble
forgot something. There is a really good documentation and links at: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-obpreference.xml And without any warranty " to reset the OBP to its defaults, turn box off, press and hold stop-n and turn the box back on, when the keyboard beeps, the OBP has been reset to its defaults. To run full diagnostics on a box with a keyboard, press and hold stop-d then turn on the box. " Regards Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: boot trouble
How big is your harddisk?
if it is about 9GB try the follwoing
at first try to boot without the ibm disk or without the quantum disk.
if this all dont work read carefully this:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sun.misc/msg/a76498dae2bbb5c1?dmode=source
and then do this:
enter obp
reset-all
enter obp
{0} ok nvedit
0: probe-all install-console banner ?
1: " Probing Ultra SCSI controller to work around Trap 3e error" type cr
2: " /[EMAIL PROTECTED],4000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]" " show-children"
execute-device-method drop
3:
{0} ok nvstore
{0} ok nvrun
Line 2 needs to be fixed to your ioaddresses
For me it helps to get all my sparc's work with some 9GB disks
Regards
Daniel
Didier BERNARD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> probe-scsi-all
> ->
> /[EMAIL PROTECTED],e0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],e0001000/[EMAIL
> PROTECTED],40/[EMAIL PROTECTED],80
> Target 1
> Unit 0 Disk IBM .
> Target 3
> Unit 0 Disk QUANTUM .
> Target 6
> Unit 0 Removable Read only device TOSHIBA
>
> it's like i've only a piece of the openboot.. :/
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Different crashes on E420R DD wanted
Hello, i have here an full equiped E420R wich frequently crashes under sarge etc.. with some SYM... errors. Now i am looking for a person who is really experienced with such machines and the Hardware inside to have a look via console on it. And tell me what to replace/renew. Because of the location / security of this machine it's a requirement to be an DD. This machine is in use for DD's its not a commercial request. Please answer me directly. Daniel aka codebreaker pgpzvqwK6oVIJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: sparc64 2.6 SMP RED state exception
Sorry i need to revert my former posting. i can now reproduce the bug when running 4 buildds similar with "overload" i can on one machine here produce spitfire_data_access_exception: SFSR[001d1039] SFAR[015001600175], going. i will try to fix this. pgpcQdWVLhagQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: sparc64 2.6 SMP RED state exception
i have here 3 machines but never crashes. they are the whole day under very heavy load. its a t1125 e420r e220r every machine full equipped ram/processor/hd but no crashes in the last 12month (only power failures from my provider) :) Regards Daniel pgpOKDsW0HP7e.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Porting packages to sparc -> odyssey
El Martes, 4 de Abril de 2006 10:12, Martin Habets escribió: > On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 04:31:55PM -0800, Jurij Smakov wrote: > > odyssey sparc not in arch list. Utility for programming PIC > > micro- > > controllers through a parallel type programmer. > > I've just submitted a patch for this one to the owner, which makes > it build for SPARC and probably all other Linux architectures too. > If that gets accepted we can then upgrade the Debian package. Great! I'll be watching more closely the upstream author's website to see what happens. -- Herr Groucho ID Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Señal distintiva: LU5MJR - 144,550 MHz FM. Clave pública GPG: hkp://pks.lugmen.org.ar Fingerprint GPG: B7BD 0FC7 D9A2 66F3 4EFC 45EE 7DE2 3932 597B 6354
Re: More on installing Etch beta 2 on Sunfire V240
Uploaded. please check it. http://flexserv.de/docu/sparc/ Regards Daniel signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Re: More on installing Etch beta 2 on Sunfire V240
> I've now downloaded the Silo 1.4.11 sources and am trying to compile > them, but when I run 'make' I encounter the below problem. Two of > Silo's dependencies come from the kernel sources, so I had to install > the 2.6.15 sources and copy include/linux/ext2_fs.h to the Silo source > tree's include/ext2fs subdir. Thats not the right way. You need to install instead the e2fslibs-dev packages > Is anyone running Etch on Sparc and able to compile Silo 1.4.11? Yes I :) it works here allright. now i go to build an .deb with everything extra for you :). i hope that we can get this good tested. i will upload it to http://flexserv.de/docu/sparc (right now not working) when ist ready. next few hours Erst wenn der letzte Programmierer/Codebreaker eingesperrt... ...und die letzte Idee/Algorithm patentiert ist, werdet ihr merken, dass Anwälte nicht programmieren können. Daniel J. Priem Neue Strasse 22 74632 Neuenstein mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] PSTN (TEL) 07942 945 739 Fax 07942 9420328 mobil 0172 927 2024 VoIP [EMAIL PROTECTED] IAX:[EMAIL PROTECTED] H323:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://flexserv.de signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
e220R and e420r
Is there anything i need to look before i buy a e220r and e420r? Or anything wich i should absolutely buy for them if i can get it? i will drive next week to buy 4 machines. the trader also have some extra parts. So in this case if somebody needs to tell me :"your machine will not run without an additional eth card... " -- Erst wenn der letzte Programmierer/Codebreaker eingesperrt... ...und die letzte Idee/Algorithm patentiert ist, werdet ihr merken, dass Anwälte nicht programmieren können. Daniel J. Priem Neue Strasse 22 74632 Neuenstein mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://flexserv.de signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Re: Developer accessible SPARC machine
> porter machine may be slower, but m68k also doesn't have, say, an > openoffice.org port that might need debugging... Is there anybody else than rene who is doing debugging OOo (or other big builds) on sparc? rene have root on my "netra t1125 dual ultra II 450 2GBRAM 2*75GB local mirror static ip etc..." so if anybody needs for debug access he should contact me,weasel,rene to get access. Daniel J. Priem aka codebreaker signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Re: sparc buildd issues [Re: Release candidate architecture requalification results; amd64 is RC]
Can i also repoduce this on a sarge machine / what are the requirements to get this happen. only the kernel or more? is a chroot with sid/etch inside enough? What can i do to help the porters with this issue.? I know that rene is doing some OOo builds here, but i am didn't heard the last time that maurice has dumped. Daniel > To reproduce, run your system under heavy load, like building > openoffice.org, gcc, or the kernel. I run two builds at a time. This > may only happen on multi-processor machines. (Auric is dual > processor, I don't know about the new sparc buildds.) > > > > -- > Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.blars.org/blars.html > With Microsoft, failure is not an option. It is a standard feature. > > signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
gdb 64bit
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Re: Sun Blade 100 installation
On March 15, 2005, Daniel_Lönn wrote: > "So if I download a full ISO, say > http://debian-cd.rutgers.edu/images/sparc/debian-30r1-sparc-binary-1.iso > , and burn it, I can boot from that disk and use it to do a network > install? There's not a scaled down version designed for network > install, anywhere?" > > ---> > > Of course, that's what I did. It gives a variety of install methods. Go > ahead ;-) Good luck! Thank you for your help. I finally have Debian working on this box. I think what threw me is the instructions kept trying to prompt me to look for the stripped-down netinstall image, when no such image existed for sparc. It did take a long time to download the entire disk (projected time was 4 hours for the first mirror I tried, on a high speed connection; I found another mirror and got it in 1:30). But at least it worked. And now that I have woody installed, I'm upgrading to testing. Thanks, jdb
Re: Sun Blade 100 installation
On March 15, 2005, Daniel_Lönn wrote: > Well, why would you need a CD of Woody that is a "mini" or "network > install cd"? Just download the official sparc one, just one. Then do > network installation. No netboot, no problem. I would never, ever use > the mini-iso's netboot -unofficial things. Never, ever. Right. I haven't used anything unofficial. The netboot images I have been using are official, for sarge. They are release candidates or daily builds. I'm looking for the same thing for woody, but it doesn't appear to exist. And I simply do not know how to obtain a woody installation CD for sparc, and the install manual is no help. There are only two sections listed in the table of contents that even include "CD" in the title: "Official Debian GNU/Linux CD-ROM Sets" and "Booting from a CD-ROM." Taking these in reverse order, "Booting from a CD-ROM" explains how to boot from a CD-ROM (which I can already do) and encourages me to purchase a CD set from a vendor. (That might be an option, but I'd like to burn my own first since I don't need the full set or even any packages beyond enough to let me install over the network, and I'll bet most vendors don't do sparc anyway.) The other section, "Official Debian GNU/Linux CD-ROM Sets," also encourages me to purchase CDs, but it does link to the Debian CD page (http://www.debian.org/CD/) for alleged information on making my own. The Debian CD page has five options: * Download a minimal bootable CD image: this is exactly what I am trying to do, but there are no such images for woody/sparc, and the images for sarge/sparc do not work. This option seems to be encouraged on the page so that bandwidth is not wasted. * Buy finished Debian CD-ROMs (again) * Download CD images with jigdo * Download CD images with BitTorrent * Download CD images using HTTP or FTP: this option is described to be quite a waste of bandwidth, since full CD images are downloaded when many people (such as myself) just need enough to get up and running with a network install I hope this clarifies why I would want to use a netboot image: all other options are going to waste a ton of bandwidth. And also the netboot images for sarge are not unofficial. I'm just surprised that I can't get the same thing for woody. Actually, I'm assuming that I CAN get the same thing for woody and that someone on this list can explain it to me since I cannot yet figure it out. Am I supposed to use jigdo to build a minimal network install CD? (jigdo lets you choose what to include on the CD, right? How do I know what to include?) I have never had to download a full-sized ISO before to install Debian on other architectures, even in the days of potato. So if I download a full ISO, say http://debian-cd.rutgers.edu/images/sparc/debian-30r1-sparc-binary-1.iso , and burn it, I can boot from that disk and use it to do a network install? There's not a scaled down version designed for network install, anywhere? Thanks, jdb
Re: Sun Blade 100 installation
Moving this back to the list for discussion: On March 15, 2005, Daniel_Lönn wrote: > It's a balancing act, as always. > > J. David Blackstone skrev: > > Would it be better for me to try to run stable? > > I have no idea. Give it a try, it couldn't hurt. > >My experience with Intel and PPC was that testing was usually good > enough for my purposes and provided more frequent updates and bugfixes. > That's my experience on x86 too. However, the sparc I use for Debian > (ss5) simply couldn't run anything other than stable. It could > technically, but I go with the good-old-tried philosophy. If that > doesn't work, I'd use unstalbe/testing. Obviously, you've done that. Try > stable. Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I am unable to identify a CD image within /debian/dists/woody/main/disks-sparc that I can use for a netinstall, and I cannot use the provided floppy disk images on a Sun Blade 100, nor can I use the TFTP netbooting files in my environment. Is there in existence a bootable Woody CD that I can use to do a net installation? Can someone point me to where to find the file? [time passes...] Ah, according to http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ : "Unfortunately, only "unofficial" images (by some Debian developers rather than the CD team) are available for the stable release." And I check those pages and there are no Sparc images. :( So apparently it is quite impossible for me to install woody on a Sun Blade 100 without netbooting it. Any other ideas? jdb
Sun Blade 100 installation
I've got a Sun Blade 100 that I would like to install Debian on in any way possible. I presume that installing an older version would work as I can simply use apt to upgrade. I've successfully installed Debian before on i386 and PPC using boot CDs, network installs, floppies, and even once directly running debootstrap to transform an existing system running another distro into a Debian system. I still probably don't have a lot of experience that I would need to debug and try alternatives when it comes to the Sparc installation CD's. It sounds like TFTP netbooting is the easiest and most common option for Sparc installs, but this machine is not in an environment where I have enough control to do that. And since the Blade 100 will not boot from floppies, I believe my only option is to use a boot CD to boot the system in preparation for a network install. I have tried three boot CD images, but each has problems: * The sarge RC2 businesscard-sized installer: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/sparc/rc2/sarge-sparc-businesscard.iso: this boots but cannot mount the root filesystem. The last thing I see is a message that says "cramfs: wrong magic" followed by a kernel panic with the stated cause being that the root FS cannot be mounted. However, this does not seem unexpected, given that the installer ports status page (at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ports-status) states that this build is broken due to "missing isofs module on CD." * The sarge current build of the businesscard-sized installer: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/current/sarge-sparc-businesscard.iso: Despite the fact that the installer ports status page states that the current builds are working, I get the exact same error with this image as I do with the other. (Note: I would try the netinst CD image, but I have found this same problem mentioned in two messages in the list archives, indicating that the same problem also exists in that image. The two messages are http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/02/msg00249.html and http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/02/msg00580.html) * The sarge current build mini.iso at http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-sparc/current/images/mini.iso: this is dated far earlier than the other images, but it does successfully boot! However, installation freezes at the first option screen (select language). The behavior makes it look like the keyboard is simply not working, although there is some corruption in the text-based dialog box on the screen (border on the right screwed up) indicating there might be more to it than that. I've mentioned this on debian-boot, but I thought I might get more help here. What can I do to connive an installation of Debian onto this machine? Thanks, J. David
Getting to console from X11
I'm unable to get to the text mode terminals once I start X11 on my system. I'm running the most current unstable debian for sparc on an Ultra 60. Alt-F1 / Ctrl-Alt-F1 do not break out of X to a text console mode. If I don't start X then I can use the virtual consoles. I'm not doing anything terrible unusual on my system and have seen the same on another sparc system setup as well. Is this just something that doesn't work on debian sparc machines? I remember this working on Red Hat 6.2 systems. Appreciate any help. -- Disclaimer: Some assimilation required. Resistance is futile.
Re: CAPI / ISDN for Sparc
Am Di, den 05.10.2004 schrieb Hendrik Sattler um 17:52: > Am Dienstag, 5. Oktober 2004 17:16 schrieb Daniel J. Priem: > > after looking around for a ISDN card for my sparc i go to ask you. > > Is there a ISDN card wich is capicapable available for Sparc? > > I didnt find one. > > For us in Germany Fritz! from AVM is very popular but they dont provide > > other drivers than i386 and they still closed source with precompiled > > binarys in it. > > Another question first: are there any SBUS ISDN cards for Sparc with a linux > driver? Every ISDN chip on Sparc that I saw so far was a DBRI. > SBUS? ihave some PCI slots in my netra t1125 > HS signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
CAPI / ISDN for Sparc
Hello Listmembers, after looking around for a ISDN card for my sparc i go to ask you. Is there a ISDN card wich is capicapable available for Sparc? I didnt find one. For us in Germany Fritz! from AVM is very popular but they dont provide other drivers than i386 and they still closed source with precompiled binarys in it. Many thanks in advance Daniel signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Re: help for fixing a bug package does not compile
Fixed Am So, den 03.10.2004 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] um 15:21: > On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 12:05:40PM +0200, Daniel J. Priem wrote: > > Hello Listmembers, > > i try to package capisuite > > on i386 everything went fine. > > What wrong with the packages from http://www.capisuite.de/download.php3 ? Not official, not lintian clean, No logrotate, no manpage and much more no But achim and i go to package them for the official archive so we need to have them in a good state. > > > touch ./)].in)].in > > /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `)' > > /bin/sh: -c: line 1: `touch ./)].in)].in' > > make[1]: *** [)].in] Error 2 > > make[1]: Leaving directory > > `/home/admin/capitest/capisuite/trunk/capisuite-0.4.4' > > make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 > > > > i can not understand why it compiles fine under i386 and not under > > sparc. fixed. forgot some buildependens (pbuilder give me the help) > > The filename ")].in)].in" is really strange. Maybe it's not about > architecture but about environment? > If you find out where that strange file name comes from... > > HS > signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
help for fixing a bug package does not compile
Hello Listmembers, i try to package capisuite on i386 everything went fine. code is available at http://capi.flexserv.de or via svn svn export svn://flexserv.de/capisuite or svn co -r32 svn://flexserv.de/capisuite now i started it on my ultrasparc and it breaks with dh_testdir # Add here commands to compile the package. /usr/bin/make make[1]: Entering directory `/home/admin/capitest/capisuite/trunk/capisuite-0.4.4' cd . && /bin/sh /home/admin/capitest/capisuite/trunk/capisuite-0.4.4/missing --run autoheader touch ./)].in)].in /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `)' /bin/sh: -c: line 1: `touch ./)].in)].in' make[1]: *** [)].in] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/admin/capitest/capisuite/trunk/capisuite-0.4.4' make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 i can not understand why it compiles fine under i386 and not under sparc. any help would be fine thanks in advance daniel signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Re: nelp needed
Am Mo, den 20.09.2004 schrieb mark acierno um 4:51: > Ok as you will all quickly figure out - i'm new to this! > > For starters I have a sun ultra 2 running debian 3r2. > > I started out wanting to install shapelib since Xastir ( a ham radio program) > uses this library. So I downloaded downloaded? did you use apt-get or just a webbrowser? have you got the right version vor debian 3r2. because there is NO shapelib for debian 3r2 on debian.org website. http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=shapelib&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all > it and then tried to install it. But time > after time I ran into compatibility / update issues. (Lib6, had a problem > with libshpl which needed an update of another file ect. ect) I I went to > the Debian web page and saw that there was an update cd. So I downloaded it, > burned a cd-rom and installed it on my Ultra 2. I ran apt-cdrom and put in > the update disk. I ran dselect and went through the steps updating certain > software (non of which see to be helpful in running shapelib). The problem is > now that the package manager in genome will not not launch! it looks like it > will start up but then with out so much as an error message - it quits! > > so I have 3 issues. this shapelib needs updates of a bunch of files - > isn't there a way to have the package manager ( or dselect) figure out the > dependancies needed and update what is required for shapelib - or any other > package. Then, what has happened to the package manager... I killed it but > i'm not sure how! - is it possible that the database it uses has been > corrupted (just a guess). Lastly, It seems like there are updates to > software - or so the package manager told me shapelib needed them before it > died - but they aren't on the update disk! should I be updating in a > different manner? > > can any one help me out with any of these issues ??? > on a console run the following: apt-get -f install if then any erros occur. write them here. if everything went fine then do after ready an apt-get install xastir :))) regards daniel > thanx > > mark > signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
RE: Question on extended LBA (48Bit) adressing of HDD
Am Fr, den 10.09.2004 schrieb Daniel J. Priem um 17:05: > Am Fr, den 10.09.2004 schrieb Jurzitza, Dieter um 16:42: > > Dear listmembers, > > dear Daniel, > > the formatting works now, this has been my fault (as always ...). However, > > I am running into severe file-system corruption. > > > > I have been initializing a 40GByte Maxtor hdd, copied files to it, and I > > could boot. Everything runs just smooth. > > > > Doing the same with the new 400G Hitachi drive results in massive > > file-system corruption. Copying seems to work ok, but after trying to boot > > from this disk I get a total mess. > > > > DMA is turned off in all cases (at the boot prompt). This ought to be a > > pickyness of the controler, isn't it > > (Promise 133 TX2 PCI-Device) ah. forgot something important what is the bios revision on your controller? if its before 2.20.0.12( was mine) then you need to flash it to a newer version > > i use the promise 133 ultra tx2 with chipset pdc20269 > works here really fine with some 200GB and 160GB Hardrives connected > one thing you can check is if you need to enable lba48 somwhere in the > drive with a manufacter tool. > example: > i recived a set of samsung sp1604n wich is udma6/133 capable. > but my controller tells me that all my drives are only using udma5 > so i contacted the manufacter and the told me that i need hutil from > samsung-website to set the harddrive(bios inside HD) to enable udma6. > i know udma is not responsible for size but just as example > > regards > daniel > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Again, many thanks for your help, > > take care > > > > > > > > Dieter Jurzitza > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Daniel J. Priem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** > > ide: limit drive capacity to 137GB if host doesn't support LBA48 > > > > this looks for me that if you host does not support lba48 the you can > > > > > > > > *** > > Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte > > Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail > > irrtuemlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und > > loeschen Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte > > Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. > > > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you > > are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) > > please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any > > unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the contents in this > > e-mail is strictly forbidden. > > *** signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
RE: Question on extended LBA (48Bit) adressing of HDD
Am Fr, den 10.09.2004 schrieb Jurzitza, Dieter um 16:42: > Dear listmembers, > dear Daniel, > the formatting works now, this has been my fault (as always ...). However, I > am running into severe file-system corruption. > > I have been initializing a 40GByte Maxtor hdd, copied files to it, and I > could boot. Everything runs just smooth. > > Doing the same with the new 400G Hitachi drive results in massive file-system > corruption. Copying seems to work ok, but after trying to boot from this disk > I get a total mess. > > DMA is turned off in all cases (at the boot prompt). This ought to be a > pickyness of the controler, isn't it (Promise 133 TX2 PCI-Device) i use the promise 133 ultra tx2 with chipset pdc20269 works here really fine with some 200GB and 160GB Hardrives connected one thing you can check is if you need to enable lba48 somwhere in the drive with a manufacter tool. example: i recived a set of samsung sp1604n wich is udma6/133 capable. but my controller tells me that all my drives are only using udma5 so i contacted the manufacter and the told me that i need hutil from samsung-website to set the harddrive(bios inside HD) to enable udma6. i know udma is not responsible for size but just as example regards daniel > > Any ideas? > > Again, many thanks for your help, > take care > > > > Dieter Jurzitza > > -Original Message- > From: Daniel J. Priem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** > ide: limit drive capacity to 137GB if host doesn't support LBA48 > > this looks for me that if you host does not support lba48 the you can > > > > *** > Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte > Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail > irrtuemlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und > loeschen Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte > Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you > are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please > notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized > copying, disclosure or distribution of the contents in this e-mail is > strictly forbidden. > *** signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Re: Question on extended LBA (48Bit) adressing of HDD
Am Fr, den 10.09.2004 schrieb Jurzitza, Dieter um 14:51: > Dear listmembers, > does anyone of you know how to get a 400 GByte AT - drive formatted to it's > full capacity? I am limited to 137GByte, whatever I try to do. My main > problem is to understand what is the root cause for this limitation. fdisk > does not allow me to assign values crossing this limit. hdparm returns this > limit - even though I know exactly that the device is larger than that. > Is this a controler issue? A driver issue? > Many thanks for helping, under ggole i found something like this Linux 2.6.0-test4* ide: limit drive capacity to 137GB if host doesn't support LBA48 this looks for me that if you host does not support lba48 the you can not use drives bigger than 137gb so no its up to you. does your host support lba48? regards daniel > take care > > > Dieter Jurzitza > signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Re: 2 questions
Am Do, den 09.09.2004 schrieb Nick Smith um 20:29: > where do i find a -smp kernel? i havent seen any at kernel.org? Do you wish to have so much answers how you asks? :) (5 identically mails) if you wish to use one from kernel.org you need to enable it in menuconfig if you wish to install a rrady compiled kernel then do apt-cache search kernel-image and look for an kernel with ending -smp regards daniel > > -- > ComputerNick a.k.a. Nick Smith > Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web - http://www.ComputerNick.com > > David Johnson said: > > On Thursday 09 September 2004 15:12, Nick Smith wrote: > >> the second question is how can you tell if you are using both cpus? > > > > The best way to check is by looking at /proc/cpuinfo. > > > >> its a stock debian sparc kernel, im assuming that it would come > >> default with SMP enabled, am i correct? > > > > Nope. The default kernel does not include SMP support. You'll need a > > kernel-image-2.x.x-x-smp kernel package. > > > >> and what is > >> ksoftirqd in the first place? these are headless boxes X is installed > >> (for now) but never used. the "k" in front doesnt mean its a KDE > >> application does it? > > > > I presume ksoftirq is something to do with IRQs - I don't know but I'm > > sure somebody on here does. In this case the 'k' stands for kernel. > > > > Hope this helps, > > David. > > > > -- > > David Johnson > > http://www.david-web.co.uk/ > > http://www.penguincomputing.co.uk/ > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Re: Unidentified subject!
Am Do, den 02.09.2004 schrieb Dieter Jurzitza um 23:07: > Hi Merdad, > I use successfully U100 Promise controllers I am using a IDE Promise Ultra 133 Tx2 price was here about on the chip is written PDC20269 (it is also called in the kernel) This works really nice here for me as module on one machine and as compiled in on an other. kernel is 2.4.26. > on my U60 Machine. However, I do > not know whether the U450 is a PCI-Bus system. If yes, try any Promise oh i think there are some(less then 5) controllers from promise wich dont work. > controller you can access - they ought to work. > Let me know if you need further information. > Take care > > > Dieter > > > > Am Donnerstag, 2. September 2004 22:16 schrieb Merdad Akyol: > Hi everyone, > > > > I finally managed to get our Enterprise Ultra 450 up and running, but now I > *** signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Re: debian on a Sun Netra 1125
Am So, den 29.08.2004 schrieb Igmar Palsenberg um 16:46: > > i got an offer for a > > sun netra 1125 > > 2 * 440MHz Dual CPU Ultra SPARC II > > 2GB RAM > > like > > http://de.sun.com/Produkte/Hardware/Netra/t1120/daten.html > > the question is: > > Is it possible to run debian(woody) on it?(i normally only use i386) > > Yes. My install was Woody, I upgraded it afterwards to Sid. What can you say about the performance of this machine. how fast is it? like a duro 1800 or what. i only know that a sparc is about Mhz*3=i386 > > google was helpless because i dont understand > > hungari :) wich the most results shows me. > > i wish to use it as an server so if the graphicacard dont work is not > > important. > > It doesn't have a videocard, only a SPARC serial console. > uhh. > > If somebody knows an good tutorial how to install debian on it please > > tell me too. > > I just followed the regular 'how to install linux on a sparc' document. > are you somewhere on irc available to help me(in case i run in trouble) when i recieve the machine? I think i will get it next week. regards Daniel > > > Igmar > signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
debian on a Sun Netra 1125
Hello, i got an offer for a sun netra 1125 2 * 440MHz Dual CPU Ultra SPARC II 2GB RAM like http://de.sun.com/Produkte/Hardware/Netra/t1120/daten.html the question is: Is it possible to run debian(woody) on it?(i normally only use i386) google was helpless because i dont understand hungari :) wich the most results shows me. i wish to use it as an server so if the graphicacard dont work is not important. If somebody knows an good tutorial how to install debian on it please tell me too. regards Daniel aka codebreaker #debian.de signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
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Installing Debian on SUN Netra T1 D200
Greetings, I am trying to install Debian on a SUN Netra T1 D200 using a sarge image from 03/16/2004. Here's the error: VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 00:00 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00 I would sincerely appreciate any help. I've included the full text of the install attempt below. Thank you. Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux sarge! This is a Debian installation CDROM, built on 20040316. Keep it once you have installed your system, as you can boot from it to repair the system on your hard disk if that ever becomes necessary. WARNING: You should completely back up all of your hard disks before proceeding. The installation procedure can completely and irreversibly erase them! If you haven't made backups yet, remove the rescue CD from the drive and press L1-A to get back to the OpenBoot prompt. Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. [ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ] boot: Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel Loaded kernel version 2.4.24 Loading initial ramdisk (1118772 bytes at 0x40C0)... - Remapping the kernel... done. Booting Linux... PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 4.0.4 2001/03/22 15:42 Linux version 2.4.24-sparc64 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.3 20040125 (prerele ase) (Debian)) #1 Fri Jan 30 18:32:22 EST 2004 ARCH: SUN4U Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:11:fb:4d On node 0 totalpages: 97403 zone(0): 163660 pages. zone(1): 0 pages. zone(2): 0 pages. Found CPU 0 (node=f0074854,mid=0) Found 1 CPU prom device tree node(s). Kernel command line: ro cdrom Calibrating delay loop... 996.14 BogoMIPS Memory: 763824k available (2504k kernel code, 584k data, 184k init) [f80 0,4fe98000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 2097152 bytes) Inode cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 1048576 bytes) Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 8192 bytes) Buffer cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 524288 bytes) Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 1048576 bytes) POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX PCI: Probing for controllers. PCI: Found SABRE, main regs at 01fe, wsync at 01fe1c20 SABRE: Shared PCI config space at 01fe0100 SABRE: DVMA at c000 [2000] PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 2] slot[ 8] map[0] to INO[20] PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 2] slot[ 8] map[0] to INO[20] PCI0(PBMA): Bus running at 33MHz PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 1] slot[ 5] map[0] to INO[1c] PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 1] slot[ 5] map[0] to INO[26] PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 1] slot[ c] map[0] to INO[06] PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 1] slot[ c] map[0] to INO[24] PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 1] slot[ d] map[0] to INO[0c] PCI0(PBMB): Bus running at 33MHz isa0: [power] [serial] [serial] ebus0: [flashprom] [eeprom] [idprom] [SUNW,lomh] PCIO serial driver version 1.54 su(serial) at 0x1fe020003f8 (tty 0 irq 12,7eb) is a 16550A su(serial) at 0x1fe020002e8 (tty 1 irq 12,7eb) is a 16550A Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 Initializing RT netlink socket Starting kswapd Journalled Block Device driver loaded devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) devfs: boot_options: 0x0 pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured rtc_init: no PC rtc found RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize loop: loaded (max 8 devices) sungem.c:v0.97 3/20/02 David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com) eth%d: MII PHY ID: 437420 Enable Semiconductor eth0: Sun GEM (PCI) 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet 00:03:ba:11:fb:4e eth%d: MII PHY ID: 437420 Enable Semiconductor eth1: Sun GEM (PCI) 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet 00:03:ba:11:fb:4d Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx ALI15X3: IDE controller at PCI slot 01:0d.0 ALI15X3: chipset revision 195 ALI15X3: 100% native mode on irq 4,7cc ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1fe02000420-0x1fe02000427, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1fe02000428-0x1fe0200042f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: CD-224E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx ide0 at 0x1fe02000400-0x1fe02000407,0x1fe0200041a on irq 4,7cc SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 sym.2.8.0: setting PCI_COMMAND_INVALIDATE. sym.2.8.1: setting PCI_COMMAND_INVALIDATE. sym0: <896> rev 0x7 on pci bus 2 device 8 function 0 irq 4,7e0 sym0: No NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-40, LVD, parity checking sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset. sym1: <896> rev 0x7 on pci bus 2 device 8 function 1 irq 4,7e0 sym1: No NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-40, LVD, parity checking sym1: SCSI BUS has been reset. scsi0 : sym-2.1.17a scsi1 : sym-2.1.17a Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318305LSUN18G Rev: 0340 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318305LSUN18G Rev: 0340 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revisi
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Debian Sparc on a Tadpole SparcLE 650
I purchased Debian Sparc 3.0 r1 on CD. Went to install it and I get a Timer Chip problem? Here is my system configuration: (per the vendor) Tadpole SparcLE650 (www.tadpolecomputer.com) SPARCLE 650SX with 650MHz UltraSPARC-IIi processor, 15" SXGA+ (1400 × 1050) TFT Display, 60GB Disk, DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, Solaris 9, 2GB Memory, PCCard slot and Integrated 802.11b wireless networking Would anyone have thoughts on how to get debian working on my notebook? -Jason
Subject: Debian Sparc on a Tadpole SparcLE 650
I purchased Debian Sparc 3.0 r1 on CD. Went to install it and I get a Timer Chip problem? Here is my system configuration: (per the vendor) Tadpole SparcLE650 (www.tadpolecomputer.com) SPARCLE 650SX with 650MHz UltraSPARC-IIi processor, 15" SXGA+ (1400 × 1050) TFT Display, 60GB Disk, DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, Solaris 9, 2GB Memory, PCCard slot and Integrated 802.11b wireless networking Would anyone have thoughts on how to get debian working on my notebook? -Jason
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-bdcpir3qvquu.n8cad13ghn0.4an23o1fla7b12.cdpwl51iajf- Feel younger, get rid of wrinkles, have more energy! Find out more here! Original Message debian-sparc@lists.debian.org wrote: > Do you remember me?
Lite-On CD-RWs vs. Ultra 5s
And the loser appears to be -- anyone trying this combination. I installed a Lite-On 52x24x52x burner in my Ultra 5. It works fine as a CD-ROM in both IDE and SCSI emulation modes, but it causes total system lockups every time I attempt to burn with it. The last line of output from cdrecord is "ide-scsi: The scsi wants to send us more data than expected - discarding data." There was a short thread back in January where Dustin Lundquist had the same problem with two different models of Lite-On CD-RWs in his U5. However, Jacob Helwig mentioned that he had a successfully running Lite-On 52x24x52x in his U10. Since U5s and U10s are essentially the same machine (same system board, at least), I'm not sure why this drive would work in one but not the other. I gave up on the Lite-On and installed my older HP 9100 8x4x32x CD-RW. I had already set up SCSI emulation, and the HP worked fine with no additional set-up. That rules out any of the typical SCSI emulation/CD-Writing-HOWTO issues. It appears that there is some conflict between cdrecord on an Ultra 5 and Lite-On drives. Any ideas what this could be, or why a U10 wouldn't have a problem but a U5 does? Could it be a firmware issue with the CD-RW? Additional info: I'm running Debian 3.0r1 stable with a custom 2.4.20 kernel, and cdrecord-1.10. All of the scsi/ide cd drivers are modules, with the appropriate ignore=hdc option in /etc/modules.conf. My U5 is 2000-vintage, 400MHz w/ latest OBP and the 375-0115 system board. The CD-RW is an LTR-52246S. Thanks for any help- Justin _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
2.4.20 compile problem - solved properly?
I'm running Debian 3.0 on an Ultra 5. I had been using the 2.4.18 kernel and wanted to upgrade to 2.4.20. I downloaded the source package and attempted to compile it. It kept exiting with an error, something like: sparc64_ksyms.c:63:conflicting types for 'kernel_thread' usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/include/linux/sched.h:809:previous declaration of 'kernel_thread' That's not the exact message - I didn't save the output, just copied it down in my notes. A search of google and the debian-sparc archives didn't turn up much about this issue. I found a mention from what looked like kernel developer traffic for 2.4.21. David S. Miller mentions "kill bogus kernel_thread decl" for the sparc64 kernel: http://commercial.linuxtoday.com/developer/2003032701326NWKNDV. So, I decided to take matters into my own hands and started looking at the source for sparc64_ksyms.c and sched.h. I found the line numbers mentioned, and in sparc64_ksyms.c 'kernel_thread' is declared as 'pid_t', while in sched.h it is 'long'. It appears that the compilation process hits sched.h first, so once it hits line 63 in sparc64_ksyms.c it hangs. I then looked in the source for both of these files in 2.4.18. In that kernel, sched.h does not contain the offending 'long' declaration. I commented out line 809 in the 2.4.20 version, and it compiled just fine. My question is - was this okay? I am not a programmer, just a tinkerer. The kernel compiled and booted just fine. Did I resolve this issue correctly, or could this bite me later? Thanks, Justin M. _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
RE: ipxutils and ncpfs on Sparc64 platform
I'm not a programmer, but I have compiled source before. Is there a switch or something to set to compile as 64bit? Excuse my ignorance... Roger -Original Message- From: Ben Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:12 AM To: Roger J. Mialkowski Cc: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: ipxutils and ncpfs on Sparc64 platform On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 08:50:21AM -0500, Roger J. Mialkowski wrote: > Has anyone ever had any luck running ipx_configure to set up the network > interface for netware connectivity? > > Here's the message I get when I do: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# insmod ipx > Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-2.3sparc/kernel/net/ipx/ipx.o > [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# insmod ncpfs > Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-2.3sparc/kernel/fs/ncpfs/ncpfs.o > [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# ipx_configure --auto_interface=on --auto_primary=on > ipx_configure: ioctl: Invalid argument > [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# > > And then, when I do a dmesg, the last line is: > > sys32_ioctl(ipx_configure:1099): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(89e0) > arg(e9df) > > This works without any problems on sparc32 machines (SS5). > > Are there any workarounds or patches I need to apply to make this work? The workaround would be if you could get ipx_configure compiled as a 64bit binary. The problem is that 32bit programs running under a 64bit kernel have to have the ioctl's translated, or atleast flagged compatible, so that they get sent to the correct place in the kernel (just think about where a 32bit pointer is passed and the kernel driver expects a 64bit pointer...nasty problems would occur without translation). TO really fix it, the ioctl should be checked and added to arch/sparc64/kernel/ioctl32.c, either as a compat ioctl (same size 32bit or 64bit) or have a translation handler created. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
ipxutils and ncpfs on Sparc64 platform
Has anyone ever had any luck running ipx_configure to set up the network interface for netware connectivity? Here's the message I get when I do: [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# insmod ipx Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-2.3sparc/kernel/net/ipx/ipx.o [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# insmod ncpfs Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-2.3sparc/kernel/fs/ncpfs/ncpfs.o [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# ipx_configure --auto_interface=on --auto_primary=on ipx_configure: ioctl: Invalid argument [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# And then, when I do a dmesg, the last line is: sys32_ioctl(ipx_configure:1099): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(89e0) arg(e9df) This works without any problems on sparc32 machines (SS5). Are there any workarounds or patches I need to apply to make this work? Thanks all, Roger Mialkowski
RE: Woody on a Netra T1
Do you require Novell connectivity? I've had no luck running ipx_configure on the sparc64 platform. -Original Message- From: Hans Spaans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:56 PM To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: Woody on a Netra T1 Hi, I'm at the point to replace Solaris 9 with Woody on a testmachine. I have search google for any problems with Linux on Netra's, but didn't find anything interesting. I have Debian running on SparcStation without any trouble, so I'm wondering if there some pitfall's I have mist for more modern Sun-hardware? Thanks for the time, Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: is there an Citrix ICA client for debian on a sparc? If sowhere can I fin it at?
Citrix doesn't list a native ICA client. Their linux support appears to be x86 and Arm only. However, they do have a java client. I haven't used it, but it's definitely a place to start. http://www.citrix.com/download/ica_clients.asp Though, Sun doesn't have a java for Sparc Linux. I am using the blackdown java for Linux/Sparc, and it works quite well. Last i checked they didn't have their debian packages up on the mirrors, but an install from source worked fine. Hope that helps. ~Jonathan -Original Message- From: Alex Linko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:50 PM To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: is there an Citrix ICA client for debian on a sparc? If sowhere can I fin it at? is there an Citrix ICA client for debian on a sparc? If so where can I fin it at? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sound on Ultra 30
Hey all. I've got debian 3 stable running on an Ultra 30, and most everything is rosy. Has anyone been successful in getting sound working on these? Is it a known problem? I checked the archives, but saw nothing specific, and tinkering with the current set of kernel modules (2.4.18) i didn't find anything that helped. Thanks for any help. ~j
Re: Success installing on a Sun Fire 280R was Re: Problems installing Linux in Ultra Sparc III SunFire 280R
I appoligize I wasn't very clear. I have been following the sparc list. I am just trying to figure out where our setups differ. Ok. I'll try to give you more details. maybe my problem is in my tftp setup/files then. When I do try to do a console 'boot net' I get up to: booting Linux... then it freezes. right now the DHCP server is assigning 192.168.1.200 as the IP of the SunFire (Hex= C0A801C8 ) so C0A801C8 is softlinked to the tftpboot.img file (I've also tried the tftpboot-small.img) both files start to boot linux, however they both freeze too. :( I'm going to try to re-download the sun4u directory again, and I'll try again. I don't think the problem is with the image though. I didn't use a DHCP server. I did all the configuration through TFTP, ARP and RARP on a x86 Linux box. Even with the PGX64 plugged I was able to boot. The error ocurred in a later phase. My method was to compare my machine configuration with others. Have you checked against the config I posted? Maybe there are some different component or OpenBoot parameter. Eduardo Castro CPqD Telecom & IT Solutions http://www.cpqd.com.br
Re: Success installing on a Sun Fire 280R was Re: Problems installing Linux in Ultra Sparc III SunFire 280R
Brian Milco wrote: Hi, I've also been trying to get a sunfire 280R to run linux. And I would appreciate any help you could give me to get mine working too. You mentioned that you took out your video card, but you didn't mention what you did use (I'm assuming you used the console?) if so what install image did you use, and what options did you pass to the kernel, if any? Thanks in advance, ~Brian C. Milco Hi Brian, You're right, I used the console. You should read all messages of thread "Problems installing Linux in Ultra Sparc III SunFire 280R" on debian-sparc list for details. But shortening ... I installed from a TFTP server with Ben Collins' images, pointed me by David Miller. http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/sun4u/ No kernel parameters were necessary. I plan to try installing with PGX32 graphics card instead of a PGX64. Which one do you have? Regards, Eduardo Castro CPqD Telecom & IT Solutions http://www.cpqd.com.br
Re: Sound on KDE on Ultra 10 w/ CS4321
On October 24, 2002 at 07:03, Daniel 'Doc' Sewell wrote:
> I don't really understand the whole sound thing too well. Is there a quick
> way to turn on OSS? Do I have to recompile a kernel, or are there simply
> packages to apt-get?
This is actually not a Sparc-specific answer, but basically there is a
direct interface to audio, using such devices as /dev/audio, /dev/dsp,
/dev/mixer, etc. The specification for this interface is OSS. In
general, a program that wanted to output a sound sample would open
/dev/dsp, play the sound, and close.
This had a significant drawback - if something had the device already
open, such as XMMS playing music, other programs (one could claim
poorly-written) would either fail with an error message, or block.
Along came ESD. This daemon would handle mixing several streams into
the audio device simultaneously. People could hear their Gaim alert
sounds while listening to XMMS, and there was much rejoicing. Programs
could be linked directly against libesd (such as XMMS's esd output
device plugin), or you could use the esddsp wrapper which would cause
any program's attempt to open /dev/dsp to automagically be converted
to an esd stream.
Thing is, anything that was neither esd-aware nor run under esddsp
would still fail or block when trying to do audio, since the esd
daemon has the device open. This can cause all sorts of trouble: for
example, a stock RH7.3 x86 installation using Gnome and Galeon and
browsing to a web site with a Flash animation on it will hang Galeon
unless you've run it inside of esddsp. The same holds for forking off
a child RealPlayer. And even after you've done that once, if the Gnome
session management gets ahold of it, the next time you log in it will
start Galeon automatically without the esddsp.
The OSS drivers for various sound devices are all a part of the kernel
build configuration. If you're using prepackaged kernels, you may
already have modules. If you build your own, be sure to pick the right
one. And of course, check any audio applications that you use to
determine if they're going to try to use OSS directly or go through
ESD (ie, in XMMS check the active output plugin).
Hope this helps.
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Success installing on a Sun Fire 280R was Re: Problems installing Linux in Ultra Sparc III SunFire 280R
Hi, I had a chance to install in another 280R here at CPqD. Although the configuration was almost the same, I decide to try to see if the error would be exactly the same. But, for my surprise, I had no error! So I got the disk back on my own machine and saw the same error. I started checking all components to find any difference between the two system. They have the same processors (2x UltraSparcIII 750 MHz), the same onboard FC-AL SCSI controller (Qlogic ISP2200A), the same QuadFastEthernet but different graphics boards. So I tried to install on my own 280R without the graphics board and everything worked flawlessly. Conclusion the problem was with the PGX64 graphics board. I can't understand why though. Maybe you can have an idea about what caused the error. Anyway this story can be useful to others. Best regards, Eduardo Castro CPqD Telecom & IT Solutions http://www.cpqd.com.br
Re: Boot problem
On October 16, 2002 at 15:15, Antonio Luiz Pacifico wrote:
> kmod: failed top exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8, errno = 2
> VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or 08:01
Your root device is on a scsi drive, but you're compiling scsi support
as a module:
> CONFIG_SCSI=m
Therefore, your kernel needs to load the module to access the scsi
drive, but the module is on the scsi drive, so it can't get to it.
Compile scsi support directly into the kernel and all should be well.
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Re: disk recovery cd, for sparc
On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 10:24:14PM -0400, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > I know that I should try to use debugfs to rescue the > root partition (I want that /etc directory back!) and > the /home partition. But how can I get access to > debugfs without toasting what's already on the machine? > The debugfs program is there but it links to a missing > library libss.so.something. Well only one person answered, to say that fsck.ext2 and e2fsck are one and the same (hard links to the same program - thanks!). Eventually I had the idea of installing a minimal debian system into one of the swap areas (256 meg)(to avoid accidentally overwriting a fs I was interested in). Fortunately debugfs (and the libraries it depends on) and fsck were also included, so I could fsck the fs that I was interested in and mop up the resulting piles of stuff in lost+found. Morals: - A good-sized extra swap filesystem can come in handy. - The debian install cds make ok recovery installs, if you have a little space you can spare on your hard drive. - Oh, and back up your hard disks. You /never/ know when they will become toast (or for what reason). -- bjb at achilles dot net Debian http://www.debian.org
Re: Problems installing Linux in Ultra Sparc III SunFire 280R
David S. Miller wrote: The problem is that I'm %100 stumped. A 280R I had access to the other week was identically configured, yet had Ultra_III+ cpus, but worked flawlessly. I really need to get a 280R of my own. Hi, David. As I´m not having authorization to start a debugging work in a near future, I´m willing to try that Sun here change the processors of my 280R. But before that I need to know if there is any chance that it will work. The machine you had access have the same FC SCSI disks and controller? Just to be sure, I have a PCI PGX64 graphics board too. TIA. Regards, Eduardo Castro CPqD Telecom & IT Solutions http://www.cpqd.com.br
Re: Problems installing Linux in Ultra Sparc III SunFire 280R
David S. Miller wrote: From: "Eduardo F. J. de Castro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 21:16:03 -0300 Thank you David. I'll continue trying and posting the results (good or bad) on the list. I'll let you know about the results anyway. It is unlikely any of this code is going to change any time soon, to see forward progress you'll need to do some of the debugging work yourself. For example, if you could figure out exactly what piece of code in drivers/net/qlogicfc.c triggers the Cheetah error that would be incredibly useful. That's exactly what I'm planning to do. If I have enough time. Just trying a new image each day is going to result in zero progress on this issue. I know. Thank you once more. Eduardo Castro CPqD Telecom & IT Solutions http://www.cpqd.com.br
Re: Problems installing Linux in Ultra Sparc III SunFire 280R
David S. Miller wrote: From: "Eduardo F. J. de Castro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 19:45:09 -0300 The SCSI controller is on the motherboard. On PCI slots there are only a Quad FastEthernet card and a RSC (Sun Remote System Control) card. Btw, Solaris 8 is installed on the first disk (the other is still empty waiting for a Linux). So, I can get more information with Solaris if it helps. Just tell me what to look for. The problem is that I'm %100 stumped. A 280R I had access to the other week was identically configured, yet had Ultra_III+ cpus, but worked flawlessly. I really need to get a 280R of my own. Thank you David. I'll continue trying and posting the results (good or bad) on the list. I'll let you know about the results anyway. Best regards, Eduardo Castro CPqD Telecom & IT Solutions http://www.cpqd.com.br
Re: Problems installing Linux in Ultra Sparc III SunFire 280R
David S. Miller wrote: From: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 18:16:31 -0400 On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 02:58:03PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > Where is 0x52de80 in the System.map file for this kernel? 0052d960 t isp2x00_init 0052dae0 t isp2x00_read_nvram_word 0052dde0 t isp2x00_mbox_command To the folks with the 280R, is this Qlogic scsi device on the motherboard or on a PCI slot card? If it's on a PCI slot card, try removing it and see if that improves the situation. The SCSI controller is on the motherboard. On PCI slots there are only a Quad FastEthernet card and a RSC (Sun Remote System Control) card. Btw, Solaris 8 is installed on the first disk (the other is still empty waiting for a Linux). So, I can get more information with Solaris if it helps. Just tell me what to look for. Eduardo Castro CPqD Telecom & IT Solutions http://www.cpqd.com.br
Re: Problems installing Linux in Ultra Sparc III SunFire 280R
David S. Miller wrote: You'll have a lot more luck if you use Ben Collins's current kernel images: http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/ David, I work with Rodrigo Senra who posted the original message. We tried to install with http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/sun4u/tftpboot.img and the system hanged with: SCSI subsystem driver revision: 1.00 ERROR(0): Cheetah error trap taken afsr[0800] afar[07ffed0003c0] TL1(0) ERROR(0): TPC[0052de80] TNPC[0052de84] TSTATE[80009604] ERROR(0): M_SYND[0], E_SYND[0] ERROR(0): Highest priority error [0800] "Bus error response from system bus" ERROR(0): D-cache idx[0] tag[] utag[] stag[] ERROR(0): D-cache data0[] data1[] data2[] data3[] ERROR(0): I-cache idx0 tag[] utag[] stag[] u[] l[] ERROR(0): I-cache INSN0[] INSN1[] INSN2[] INSN3[] ERROR(0): I-cache INSN4[] INSN5[] INSN6[] INSN7[] ERROR(0): E-cache idx[ee000800] tag [ff924924] ERROR(0): E-cache data0[f8007f800800] data1[f8007f800800] data2[f8007800810] data3[f8007800810] Kernel panic: irrecoverable deferred error trap pess L1-A to return to the boot prom Additional information: Sun Fire 280R Server 2 750 MHz UltraSPARC III Processors 8 MB External Cache 2 GB Memory 2 36 GB 1 RPM FC-AL Disk Drives 1 DVD-ROM 10 Drive 2 560 Watt Power Supplies 1 Sun Quad FastEthernet 10/100BaseT Ethernet PCI Adapter 1 Sun PGX64 Graphics Accelerator Please, could you give us a hint? TIA Best regards, Eduardo Castro CPqD Telecom & IT Solutions http://www.cpqd.com.br
disk recovery cd, for sparc
Hello, The SCSI bus got into a resetting frenzy and I had to turn off the computer and start up unclean. Out of 14 filesystems, 13 failed to mount (to be fair, 3 were swap). The one that could mount was the boot partition (/boot) and so I am able to boot the machine if I give just the right incantation (telling it where the image is). I was able to fsck the root partition and now that mounts too but there is piles of stuff in lost+found. I know that I should try to use debugfs to rescue the root partition (I want that /etc directory back!) and the /home partition. But how can I get access to debugfs without toasting what's already on the machine? The debugfs program is there but it links to a missing library libss.so.something. What I have available to me: The machine with the scrambled disk(s) is an ultra 1 with 2 hard disks, both bad. sda1-7: scrambled (stuff I may want to rescue (all the disks from a previous incarnation of this machine)) sdb1: boot partition (tiny) sdb2: root partition (smallish) sdb3: whole disk sdb4: swap(256 meg) sdb5: swap(256 meg) sdb6: /usr1.5 gig sdb7: /home 4 gig (going by memory) Also I have a working sparc station 20, with Debian woody installed. I have one monitor and two keyboard/mouse. So I have to switch the monitor cable from the back of one machine to the back of the other if I want to do stuff with both. I don't have a monitor switch. However the two machines are networked together, and I was able to ping the ss20 from the ultra 1 (after calls to ifconfig and route). Of course telnet no longer exists (if it ever did) and ssh is out of the question. I tried booting from the cd's that I got Woody (official) on. (I had upgraded to Woody from Potato.) That works, and I typed "rescue", but the tools available are minimal: no debugfs. Ok, I looked on the web for a bootable "recovery cd" with debugfs (statically linked) and even found one but it is for intel only. I know very little about netbooting. Pointers to the relevant documents welcome. Also I see in debian-sparc a reference to booting with root equal to /dist/blah/blah/144/initrd (point it to a root image meant for floppy). Would this be useful for me? Is debugfs on there? What can I do to rescue these disks? I do have backup tapes of the disks but they are 2 months old, so I'd like to try to resurrect these scrambled disks if possible. I suppose I'm willing to install into sdb6 (/usr). I'm worried that I'm mixing it up with sdb7 (/home) though. All advice welcome. Thanks in advance. -- bjb at achilles dot net Debian http://www.debian.org
libc6-sparc64 2.2.5-11.2 problem
Got this today with apt... is there a problem with this package? Preparing to replace libc6-sparc64 2.2.5-11.1 (using .../libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11.2_sparc.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6-sparc64 ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11.2_sparc.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/lib/64', which is also in package libgcc1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11.2_sparc.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Nicholas J Kreucher [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Memory alignment of pointers for sparc64
On September 4, 2002 at 23:06, Bill Moseley wrote:
> the allocated pointers based on the sizeof(void *).
On September 5, 2002 at 08:13, Ben Collins wrote:
> What was wrong with the original usage of sizeof(long)?
Wouldn't it be most "correct" to use sizeof(caddr_t) ?
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Re: Hardware question
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Brugier Pascal wrote: > Someone gave me a SPARCstation 20, but there is no CD driver and > no FD driver. > > I want to know if it's possible to use a "standard" SCSI2 CD driver > in this station and if i can install a "PC" FD driver in it ? Dunno if that's possible, probably is. However, you don't have to have these to install the machine. All it takes is another computer acting as a tftpserver. > The last question is there someone who has already use an adapter > to make a PC monitor working on the this SPARC station, if it's > possible can you give me the reference of this kind of adapter > because i found some on the Internet but i want to be sure to > not make a mistake before buying it. If it's got a sun logo on it, it'll probably work. Those that don't tend to have a rather high failure rate to work at all. That's my experience at least. reagards, Thomas -- - I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met
Re: Routers
On August 23, 2002 at 09:56, RAY Courtney wrote:
> In particular, has anyone used the Linksys 4-Port Cable/DSL Router? It
> looks like a good deal on Amazon, but no mention of connecting non-PCs to
Works fine with my LAN of an Athlon PC, Sparc Classic, and Alpha
workstation. It uses an HTTP/web page interface for configuration, so
almost any browser will work well (not Lynx).
I don't use it as a DHCP server (I use my own), but I point my LAN's
DNS server at it for external names, and it forward-resolves them
through the servers it gets via the DHCP lease from ATTBI.
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sparcs in general
I've been running debian for over two years now on PC's and now doing server related things as well. I am about to acquire a sparc 5 and a sparc 10 workstation. Will they work in a similar fashion as a PC? What I mean is, will I be able to install debian and have them function as stand alone machines on my network or are the dependent some how on a larger sun server? I have allready assumed answers to these questions but I have learned to know better than to count on assumptions. Does anyone have any recomendations for a new sun with linux user, etc? Thank you, Kevin
Re: Configuring X on a SPARCstation 5 running Woody
cat /proc/fb gives "0 CGsix". Michael
Re: boot from floppy
On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Marco Rodriguez wrote: > how to boot from floppy? > > I cant boot whith: > stop + a then boot floppy > > there is other way to boot? or other arguments to tell to open boot? If you're trying to do this on an ultra you're out of luck. The floppies won't work, mostly due to some brain damage on the part of the floppy-controler. Ultra 1s seem to be able to pull of a floppy boot, but only if you're lucky... it's very picky about it's disk. (I know, had to use some 10 disks to manage it a while back for only a rescue+root disk; now the floppy-drive is dead altogether :( ) regards, Thomas -- - The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sunlance
> Anyone had problems when creating kernel 2.4.18 with it crashing out at > the sunlance drivers?? Just to be sure, are those kernelsources from the debian-archive or are those directly from kernel.org? > I'm running Debian Woody on a SPARCstation 5. I have a feeling I have > missed something from the config but I cant seem to figure out what! > It's driving me nuts. Have you tried using the config from the debian 2.4.18-image? Just strip everything you're sure you don't need. hth Thomas -- Every increase in the size of government necessitates a decrease in an individual's freedom. -- Christian Harold Fletcher Riley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Solaris install through TFTP linux-server
On June 29, 2002 at 15:45, Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr wrote:
> well, it's not that difficult. after the "boot net - install", the following
> happens:
>
> * RARP request to get IP address
> * TFTP request to RARP server (and a broadcast, if that fail. though
> i never managed to get the broadcast to work)
I've successfully gotten this far in the past; the Solaris boot loader
was tftp'd and running on my little Sparc Classic.
> * bootparams query for NFS path of mini-root
> * NFS mount of mini-root
This step, however, would fail. Now, it may be version-specific, but
the Solaris version that I had (7 or 8, I'm not sure) could not deal
with out-of-order NFS packets, which the Linux server was sending (and
presumably a Solaris NFS server would not). Tcpdump easily confirmed
the scenario.
Of course, my Sparc Classic runs Debian so well, I never really looked
back.
:-)
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Re: Installation on SPARCSTATION 20
On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 12:08:10PM +0200, Tom Deprez wrote: > First : I'm new to Debian, I'm new to Sparcs, so I'm really a newbie on both > of these! Welcome! Gotta love these 20" screens! > (I received the sparc, because otherwise they throw it away and I wanted to > try Debian out, > since most people tell me it's the best linux os for a server) Ah, reduce, reuse, recycle. Good stuff. > I've followed the installation instructions and all went ok, until the end: > > 1. Creating the rescue floppy didn't work :-( It failed every time I tried > 2. When I try to boot with 'boot disk', I get the following message: > > cannot find /vmlinuz (unknown ext2 error) > > I'm a little bit stuck here, since nothing is familiar for me. I've looked > with google for > answers, but most of them were a little bit cryptic, so I'm not wiser at the > moment. Hah! I've just worked on that very problem. It seems the kernel gets written to /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-sun4cdm and a link gets created (see below for how) to link /boot/vmlinuz to /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19. So the link from vmlinuz points nowhere. I fixed this by editing /etc/silo.conf to say: image=1/vmlinuz-2.2.19-sun4cdm (it used to say image=1/vmlinuz-2.2.19, or was it just image=1/vmlinuz? no matter) You should probably edit it to say 2/vmlinuz-2.2.19-sun4cdm -substitute your kernel version - I was installing potato stable R 4. The 1/ and 2/ are which partition the image is on. In my case boot is on the first partition so I write 1/vmlinuz-2.2.19-sun4cdm Your boot is on your second partition so you write 2/vmlinuz-2.2.19-sun4cdm. Leave off the /boot part of the path, because that's _not_ on your second partition. Your vmlinuz image really is at the top of your second partition. Note that I put /boot on the first partition because I wanted to make absolutely sure that the image would be at the beginning of the disk. But your arrangement puts the image close enough to the beginning of the disk so you don't need to re-arrange it now that it's done. > Then I created the following partitions: > > sb1 50 MB / > sb2 16 MB /boot > sb3 the special partition > sb4 128 MB swap > sb5 100 MB /home > sb6 rest of the 2.1 GB /usr > > sba1 4.1 GB /var > sba2 special partition > > This is mainly a server for the intranet, I hope my partitioning is ok. If > not, please give some > advice. Highly appreciated! No special partition for /tmp, so it will share /, and you have only 50MB for / Well I've never run a dedicated server, but I'm wondering if you haven't skimped a bit on /tmp space. Servers may (or may not, depending on how you've configured them) use a fair chunk of /tmp space. Also you can configure some servers to run as their own user, so they might need space in /home. Eg, amanda (a tape backup software) might be installed/ configured to run as user amanda. This is handy to keep servers from tromping on each others files, either inadvertently or as a way to limit the damage that a cracker can do once they "own" a server. Of course you can always set their accounts in /usr... not sure what the FSH has to say about this topic. Maybe someone more experienced with servers/security can comment. > Now, my questions: > > What did I do wrong? I think there's a wee bug in the install program, you didn't do anything wrong. This bug only seems to show up when you have a separate boot partition, as you noticed. > Why couldn't I create the rescue floppy? Is there a way to still create it? > How can I proceed with the installation? I don't have a floppy drive in my SS20, sorry can't help you here. On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 07:19:26PM +0200, Tom Deprez wrote: > Thanks for your response! > Can you give me how to create that symlink ? ln -s old new ln(1) (To read the man page for ln, type 'man ln' at the prompt.) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the GNU age! http://www.gnu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xfree86 Signal 10
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 11:25:19PM -0400, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:57:55PM -0400, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:13:53AM -0500, Robert Sherwood wrote: > > > Thought I'd post this, just to get it into the archives for future > > > searches by other users. With a Creator 3D on an Ultra Enterprise 2, > > > with 2.2.20 and XFree86 4.1.0, I was receiving a Signal 10. The last > > > messages from the server were the DRM messages. If you're having this > > > problem, try commenting out the glx and dri modules from the > > > XF86Config-4, or unselect them during package configuration. > > > > Or if your X server can't find the right modes on your Ultra 1 > > Creator 3D/170E box after you've upgraded from potato > > (xserver-xsun24) to woody (XFree86 4). > > > > Thank you so much, Rob! > > > > I wonder what those modules are for? (Ie, what software am I > > disabling by commenting those out?) > > Aha. Maybe they have something to do with kde. When I try to run > kde without those modules, the X server dies with a bunch of > unresolved GL errors. The X server died because I was trying to run a window manager I didn't have, from the .xsession file. Oops. The kde apps like kword and konqueror all run ok (even without those modules named above, dri and glx) , but I can't find the window manager (kwm) or the panel application (kicker). Hmmm. That's a problem for another day. G'night! I can dream in X now... :-) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the GNU age! http://www.gnu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xfree86 Signal 10
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 10:57:55PM -0400, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:13:53AM -0500, Robert Sherwood wrote: > > Thought I'd post this, just to get it into the archives for future > > searches by other users. With a Creator 3D on an Ultra Enterprise 2, > > with 2.2.20 and XFree86 4.1.0, I was receiving a Signal 10. The last > > messages from the server were the DRM messages. If you're having this > > problem, try commenting out the glx and dri modules from the > > XF86Config-4, or unselect them during package configuration. > > Or if your X server can't find the right modes on your Ultra 1 Creator 3D/170E > box after you've upgraded from potato (xserver-xsun24) to woody (XFree86 4). > > Thank you so much, Rob! > > I wonder what those modules are for? (Ie, what software am I disabling by > commenting those out?) Aha. Maybe they have something to do with kde. When I try to run kde without those modules, the X server dies with a bunch of unresolved GL errors. Oh well, back to the drawing board. At least I can run X now. When I put the modules back and try to run X, I get the error ... (II) LoadModule: "dri" (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a (II) UnloadModule: "dri" (EE) SUNFFB: Failed to load module "dri" (once-only module, 0) (II) ... unloading a bunch of modules (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration Fatal server error: no screens found Indeed, looking further back in the list of module loads, I find that dri has been loaded earlier. The error log snippet above seems to be part of the ramdac module being loaded. /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a Can I influence this module loading? I assume these are X server "modules" and not kernel modules. Any hints welcome. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the GNU age! http://www.gnu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xfree86 Signal 10
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:13:53AM -0500, Robert Sherwood wrote: > Thought I'd post this, just to get it into the archives for future > searches by other users. With a Creator 3D on an Ultra Enterprise 2, > with 2.2.20 and XFree86 4.1.0, I was receiving a Signal 10. The last > messages from the server were the DRM messages. If you're having this > problem, try commenting out the glx and dri modules from the > XF86Config-4, or unselect them during package configuration. Or if your X server can't find the right modes on your Ultra 1 Creator 3D/170E box after you've upgraded from potato (xserver-xsun24) to woody (XFree86 4). Thank you so much, Rob! I wonder what those modules are for? (Ie, what software am I disabling by commenting those out?) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the GNU age! http://www.gnu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sparc Woody install freezes after asking for second boot floppy
On Mon, 6 May 2002, Chris Peterson wrote: [snip] > Uncompressing image... > Booting Linux... > ... > floppy0: WARNING disk change called early > VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER > > Now the problems begin. The rescue/boot floppy is automatically ejected. I > insert the root filesystem disk and press ENTER, but nothing happens! The > machine seems to be frozen or not responding to my keypresses. If I press > CTRL+BREAK to break into the OpenBoot ok prompt, nothing happens. I have to > power-cycle the machine. > > Does anyone know what the problem might be? What might cause the warning > about "floppy0: WARNING disk change called early"? Is that important or > harmless? That's a problem with the boot-floppies themselves. Which version of boot-floppies was this? the ones from ftp.debian.org (or a mirror)? If so, try the ones at http://auric.debian.org/~bcolins/disk-sparc/ hth Thomas PS Why not try a tftpboot? You have another machine and it's by far easier for the sparc-architecture. -- You have changed the signature included in your e-mail. For these changes to take effect, you must restart your computer! Do you wish to restart your computer now? [YES][NO] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.4.x on sun4cdm? (Sparc station 2)
Michael Blickenstorfer wrote: HiOn Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 04:46:43PM +0100, David J. M. Karlsen wrote: I've tried to compile 2.4.17 - and boot from it. Compiling works fine - and a nice kernel-image*deb comes out. But on reboot the machine hangs right after the xxx kb freed. (when washing away obsolete kernel syms).Doesn't the 2.4.x series run on 4cdm? Why not? Did you checked /etc/silo.conf bevor rebooting? And of curse jup - it's OK - compiled .2.20 and it went fine - only problem with the 2.4 series. you should have a backup-image... So you will have to edit this fileanyway... juppz Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2.4.x on sun4cdm? (Sparc station 2)
I've tried to compile 2.4.17 - and boot from it. Compiling works fine - and a nice kernel-image*deb comes out. But on reboot the machine hangs right after the xxx kb freed. (when washing away obsolete kernel syms). Doesn't the 2.4.x series run on 4cdm?
Re: problems installing Woody on Ultra1
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Armijn Hemel wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 03:07:06PM +0100, Thomas J. Zeeman wrote: > > > Don't think the >512MB is a problem on Ultra > > Got one root partition of ~1.5G and it boots normally. > > Well, maybe on the older Ultras it is (I've an Ultra 1). At least it works > now and I'm happy. I'm very eager to get my hands on the experimental 64 > bit userland... Ultra 1 here too. Running sid since it came in a week or 2 ago. :) Would be nice to have a 64-bit userland on a 64-bitter though. Any chance of that happening soon? regards, Thomas -- Western Civilization, that would be a good idea!
Re: problems installing Woody on Ultra1
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Armijn Hemel wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 03:29:32PM +, Wilmer van der Gaast wrote: > > > Maybe SILO can't load kernels from >512MB on UltraSPARCs as well? That was > > my problem, so I still boot from floppy. :-/ > > I reinstalled woody on my Ultra today and made a small /boot partition > at the beginning of the disk. SILO works fine now...can boot normally... > Argh, I'm such a stupid rubber bunny... Don't think the >512MB is a problem on Ultra Got one root partition of ~1.5G and it boots normally. regards, Thomas -- Unox: The Worst Operating System
Re: Java plugin (was Re: help with sparc boot-floppies bugs?)
On 4 Feb 2002, Joel Michael wrote: > On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 18:24, Thomas J. Zeeman wrote: > > PS Does anyone know of a working java-plugin for mozilla .9.7? > > The one that comes with Netscape 6.x works with mozilla (and galeon), at > least on i386. I don't know if you'd find one for sparc, maybe you > could persuade the Solaris/SPARC version of NS6's plugin to work for > you? That's just the problem. That plugin comes from Sun's JRE for i386. The latest JRE/Java2SDK for Sparc/Linux I could find is blackdown's 1.3.0 FCS (apparently they're working on the sparc-port of 1.3.1; 'in a few weeks' someone said in october on a ml). The plugin in that JRE is so broken it crashes mozilla on startup. (Missing a file in jre/lib.) Somehow the coders of blackdown don't get mozilla working ok so they've not yet provided a recompiled version of that plugin :(. regards, Thomas -- - Trap eens wat vaker naar je baas: neem de fiets
Re: help with sparc boot-floppies bugs?
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, David Kimdon wrote: > We have a few sparc specific boot-floppies bugs over here on > debian-boot. If any sparc people can take a look, give hints or help > it would be a great help. [snip two bugs] > > DNS names does not resolve on sparc > ( http://bugs.debian.org/116093) Hmm. Installed an Ultra1 last week and it went (somewhat) OK. Reading the bug-report though I'm amazed the guy got the DHCP working, 'cause I couldn't. Not with the version from the woody-archives, nor with BenCs. This is a sparc-related bug too btw; an earlier woody-install with the same version of bootfloppies (v3.0.16) for i386 went ok with dhcp (same exact same dhcp-server). After filling in the info manually it went as a breeze. (Given a cable-connection with ~30% packetloss ATM and doing a transatlantic install from the master archives... :-) FYI this was with the sun4u images from BenCs archive, not the ones from woody, those were essentially completely broken for Ultra1; even when just filling in raw-ips. IIRC those were disk-images from bootfloppies v3.0.18; they're dated 11/14/01. regards, Thomas PS Does anyone know of a working java-plugin for mozilla .9.7? -- No one has a right to happiness. -- Eric Hoffer
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My sparcstatin 2 just died
and quicly after a bootup it now says: 204 *** PMAP = 00094000, Exp = , Obs = 800 and doesn't display anyting on the screen (the output above came from the serial port). Anybody knows what this means? Regs, David K.
serial port question Re: [debian-user] Newbie comments & queries
On a thread in the debian-user mailing list, an answer came up regarding the serial port. It reminded me of an unasked question I had on that topic, which should probably be asked in debian-sparc rather than debian-user: On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 08:41:16PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > Check your 'dmesg' (or /var/log/dmesg) output. Should be something > like: > > Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. > Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > ttyS02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > pty: 512 Unix98 ptys configured > Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 Mine looks like: Sparc Zilog8530 serial driver version 1.41.2.6 tty00 at 0xffede004 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530 tty01 at 0xffede000 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530 tty02 at 0xffedb004 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530 tty03 at 0xffedb000 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530 Sun TYPE 5 keyboard detected without keyclick pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured but I don't have any devices /dev/tty0[0-3] The modem goes out /dev/ttyS0 according to wvdial.conf Actually this is what's in my /dev directory: seal:/var/spool/exim/input# ls -la /dev | grep "4, 6" crw-rw-rw-1 root tty4, 60 Feb 20 1999 tty60 crw-rw-rw-1 root tty4, 61 Feb 20 1999 tty61 crw-rw-rw-1 root tty4, 62 Feb 20 1999 tty62 crw-rw-rw-1 root tty4, 63 Feb 20 1999 tty63 crw-r-1 root dialout4, 64 Dec 4 21:43 ttyS0 crw-rw1 root dialout4, 65 Jul 15 2000 ttyS1 crw-rw1 root dialout4, 66 Feb 20 1999 ttyS2 crw-rw1 root dialout4, 67 Feb 20 1999 ttyS3 seal:/var/spool/exim/input# There are 64 tty#, with # from 0 to 63 (yes, 0, not 00). And then there are 4 ttyS#, with # from 0 to 3, and minor numbers continuing after the tty# series. Why doesn't the dmesg output tty0[0-3] match the entries in the /dev directory? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the GNU age! http://www.gnu.org
Re: gdb not recognizing core file format
> I'm trying to use gdb to get a stack trace on a program > that is dumping core without success. ... > warning: "/home/reif/flt/core": no core file handler recognizes format, > using default > Core was generated by `./test ../testfiles/0.flt'. > Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. > Couldn't read input and local registers from core file > Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3...done. > Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 > Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done. > Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.6 > Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done. > Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6 > Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. > Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 > Couldn't read input and local registers from core file > #0 0x0004 in ?? () > (gdb) bt > #0 0x0004 in ?? () > Cannot access memory at address 0x3b > (gdb) quit It seems it conforms to a corefile format close enough so you get the command name and run time args, but the registers etc and stack are messed up. I've never seen registers messed up, but I've seen a messed up stack when I write past the end of local variables (and thereby mess up the stack frame). Try using the debugger to run the program from the beginning and when it crashes, try a back trace. You'll probably get a similar backtrace (ie, unusable). The point of this step is that you might get lucky and the bt would be readable. Now it's time to do some detective slogging: put a breakpoint near the beginning of the program, run it: if it stops neatly at the breakpoint, the crash occurs after. Move the breakpoint later and try again. Find the crash point that way. Look at variables just before the crash, try to see if anything is wrong... etc etc. With signal 11, you're looking for attempts to dereference null pointers or other addresses that are not accessible to your program. HTH -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the GNU age! http://www.gnu.org
Re: Need a public tftp and/or bootp server
On November 5, 2001 at 21:35, Robert Waldner wrote:
> TFTP runs over IP, and thus it's perfectly possible to build publicly
> accessible TFTP-servers.
Doesn't Sun's OpenBoot PROM code only attempt to tftp the boot loader
from the same machine which answers the RARP request?
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