Re: OpenOffice on Ultra 5
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 05:16, Frank Van Damme wrote: > On Thursday 12 June 2003 11:15, MD wrote: > > I'm running Debian testing on Ultra Sparc 5. > > Is there a chance to see soon openoffice deb packages for sparc? > > Can't you download the source packages and dkpg-buildpackage -rfakeroot them? I doubt it will build. There was a port of openoffice.org 1.0.3 to Sparc/linux floating around that a guy know as "The Shrink" did for Aurora. I made a patch from his source and posted it to the Aurora Sparc list. Here is a link to it: http://www.dslextreme.com/users/tomduffy/openoffice-sparc.diff.bz2 Once applying this patch, you should be able to build 1.0.3. -tduffy -- Thomas Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Do you know where can I find it
On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 21:29, * charles wrote: > > I need to know where can I find Open Office. > > go to http://www.openoffice.org AFAIK, there is no version of openoffice.org that works on sparc/linux yet. Please correct me if I am wrong (and point me to the packages!) There was one guy on the aurora list who said he managed to get RedHat's version of OO.o to compile (with hacks), but it crashed on startup... -tduffy -- Thomas Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Hardware question
On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 13:28, Joshua Uziel wrote: > * Brugier Pascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020830 08:44]: > > Yes, i'll try this solution as soon as i have my vga/sun adapter, > > which i need to see the ethernet hardware address whith the OpenBoot. > > No you don't... you just need a null serial cable to do this. Connect > to the system at 9600 8N1 and it should work fine. In fact, you should > be able to do a complete installation that way... most of my SPARCs get > installed that way. Just make sure to unplug the keyboard before booting so that the console is redirected to the serial port. -tduffy
Re: Does STOP+A really work on the Sunblade 100?
On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 15:01, Erik Rossen wrote: > Can anyone else with a Sunblade 100 hit the break-out sequence without > freezing up their machine? > > And if so, does typing "go" get you back to Linux without a problem? Well, I am able to send a break signal on the serial console, hit the prom, and go from there. I don't use a keyboard on my blade 100, but I thought that this might be at least a good data point. And you can use a serial console if needed. -tduffy
Re: Unable to boot from e250..
On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 19:20, Gordon Cormack wrote: > Hullo. > > Yes I know I'm crazy trying to install Deb on an e250 but hey, why not > (anyone else tried to)? yes, and it works great...I have it working on a 2P e250 w/ internal scsi disk. > Anyways, can seem to be able to boot. Works fine on all the other Ultra10's > though. > > It goes through SILO, remaps the kernel, starts to load linux but then > kernel panics... > > I've tried: > boot cdrom linux > boot cdrom linux root=/dev/sdb > > I did notice that the CD-Rom was actually detected as sr0 and not sdb - so I > tried that as well, no luck :( > > I'm sure there's an obvious explanation. what version of debian have you tried? potato or woody? -tduffy
Re: gcc-3.0-sparc64 install failure
On Sat, 2002-01-05 at 05:16, Olivier Bornet wrote: > I have had the same problems long time ago. I have "force" the remove of > the package with : > > dpkg --force-all --purge gcc-3.0-sparc64 > > and then a re-installation was OK. > > Hope this help. It did help. I was able to make it happy again. But I still think there is a error in the new package. I tried the upgrade on another system and encountered the same error... I would rather not have to do this brute force on the half dozen odd systems I would like to upgrade. -tduffy
Re: gcc-3.0-sparc64 install failure
On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 10:18, Stephen Zander wrote: > >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas> doing a apt-get upgrade today (w/ sparc64 sid), I get this > Thomas> error trying to install gcc-3.0-sparc64: > > I suggest either rerunning 'apt-get update' and then trying again or > using 'apt-get dist-upgrade' instead. > > I just tried 'apt-get install g++-3.0 gcc-3.0-sparc64' and did not > experience the problem you describe. I wonder if it because I am upgrading from a previous version of gcc-3.0-sparc64. apt-get update does not change (I have the latest) I don't want to do a dist-upgrade because there seems to be a problem with all the gnome-games being removed: The following packages will be REMOVED: gnome-card-games gnome-games gnome-gataxx gnome-glines gnome-gnibbles gnome-gnobots2 gnome-gnometris gnome-gnomine gnome-gnotravex gnome-gnotski gnome-gtali gnome-iagno gnome-mahjongg gnome-same-gnome gnome-stones in any event, I tried removing gcc-3.0-sparc64 and get another error: The following packages will be REMOVED: gcc-3.0-sparc64 libc6-dev-sparc64 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 2 not upgraded. 1 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 9712kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 48398 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libc6-dev-sparc64 ... dpkg: error processing gcc-3.0-sparc64 (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: gcc-3.0-sparc64 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) so, now I am stuck... -tduffy
gcc-3.0-sparc64 install failure
doing a apt-get upgrade today (w/ sparc64 sid), I get this error trying to install gcc-3.0-sparc64: (Reading database ... 48355 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace gcc-3.0-sparc64 1:3.0.2-4 (using .../gcc-3.0-sparc64_1%3a3.0.3-1_sparc.deb) ... dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-linux/3.0.2/cc1' with different file `/usr/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-linux/3.0.2/cc1.32', not allowed dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-3.0-sparc64_1%3a3.0.3-1_sparc.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2 dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/bin/gcc-3.0' with different file `/usr/bin/gcc-3.0-32', not allowed dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-3.0-sparc64_1%3a3.0.3-1_sparc.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) any idea how to work around / fix this? -tduffy
Re: kb problem
On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 14:23, Nath wrote: > I'm trying to find a keymap for type6 keyboards, as alt doesn't work > with type5 keymap... > > Does anyone where to find it ? As far as I can tell, the type 6 keyboard is actually just a standard PC keyboard. I can plug it into a USB on a PC and it works fine. Looks like you are coming from France, so I dunno about the French layout, but the U.S. layout for PC's (standard 101) works fine with that keyboard. -tduffy
Re: help needed booting Ultra-5
On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 20:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Paul: > > The CD's in Ultra-5's cannot read CD-RW media. However, they > can read CD-R's just fine, as I found out after some gnashing > of teeth. > > So, burn a CD-R, and you should be in good shape -- it worked > for me. The other option if you cannot get the CD to boot is to use the tftpboot.img and do a net boot. The UltraSparc FAQ does a good job of explaining how this works. You will just need another linux box (sparc, ia32, whatever) attached to the same subnet (maybe same switch?) as the Ultra 5 you are installing onto... -tduffy
Re: boot w/o keyboard
On Sat, 2001-10-27 at 16:02, paul cannon wrote: > Okay, here's one for you. When I boot one of my Ultra-5s without > a keyboard plugged in, the OpenPROM switches to a serial console. > Connecting a keyboard after this point has no effect; no input > will be accepted from it or sent to the screen. This isn't good > for me. I have them on a rack connected to a beowulf cluster, and > I want to simply connect a keyboard and monitor when needed. > > What's worse is that the associated console devices don't seem to > work. getty apparently dies immediately- in the daemon.log I get > > init: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > for all the virtual consoles. Is there a way to tell OpenPROM to > just carry on normally if it can't find the keyboard? well, you can set the input-device in the prom to keyboard, but I think it fails over to serial console anyways. don't know how to stop it...\ this webpage has a bunch of info about openboot: http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/616/UIR951001openboot/ you can get rid of these messages by simply removing the associated lines in /etc/inittab 1:234:blahblahblah... for 1 through 6 and that should get rid of the respawn messages. if you use a serial line, make sure to uncomment the S0 line. I would just recommend hooking up a serial MUX to your cluster and have serial consoles on all the boxen. you can also use a vt and walk around with this to plug into your machine when needed... -tduffy
Re: Fixed tftp images available
On Thu, 2001-10-18 at 18:07, Ben Collins wrote: > Leave it. It will continue after some time. I left it over night. Still no love. -tduffy
Re: Fixed tftp images available
On Thu, 2001-10-18 at 15:57, Ben Collins wrote: > I'm not sure what the problem is here. I didn't see this error when I > did a test install on an Ultra5 and a 690mp. Used the default partition > map on both of them. I just tried an install on another blade. This time, I get farther (first one must have had a bad disk). But the install hangs at: Extracting /var/cache/apt/archives/whiptail_0.50.17-7_sparc.deb... this is over a serial line, so I cannot read the output on the other virtual terminals (actually, is there a way to do this on a serial line?) -tduffy
Re: Fixed tftp images available
On Thu, 2001-10-18 at 14:18, Ben Collins wrote: > This looks like an error in how you partitioned the disk, or some kernel > bug. Could you check your partition table? well, I partitioned it right then and made it "default" ie, used s and then kept all the defaults. all the packages seemed to install, but at the end is when shit went ill. here is partition table... Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 39533 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes Device FlagStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 0 39432 19873728 83 Linux native /dev/hda2 u 39432 39533 50904 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 0 39533 199246325 Whole disk also, during install, in the "Configuring Device Driver Modules" section, I get this error: No modules were found in /target/lib/modules/2.4.10 that could be configured. Please install the kernel modules first, by running the "Configure Device Driver Modules" step -tduffy
Re: Fixed tftp images available
On Wed, 2001-10-17 at 10:08, Ben Collins wrote: > These are just interim images till I get a full boot-floppies build > done. The actual bug was that busybox was not built to enable the initrd > features (IOW, recognize the /linuxrc was executed, and may not be PID > 1). > > Please give these a shot: > > http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/tftpboot-sun4u.img > > http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/tftpboot-sun4cdm.img now, at the very end of the install on a blade 100 with these new images, I get this error that causes a hang... Installing Base System Extracting /var/cache/apt/archives/whiptail_0.50.17-7_sparc.deb... EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,1)): ext2_free_blocks: Freeing blocks in system zones - Block = 3801088, count = 1 EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,1)): ext2_new_block: Allocating block in system zone - block = 3801088 Debian GNU/Linux System Installation will try again on a different system... -tduffy
Re: Sun Blade 100
On Fri, 2001-10-12 at 14:25, Peter Amrhyn wrote: > Hi > > I have problem to install debian on my Sun Blade 100. > I tried to boot with the cdrom and then to intall debian. But it didn't work. > At beginning it goes right and then after one minute it hangs. > > Finnaly i tried to install debian with floppys. But it couldn't boot with the > floppy. you will need to install using the debian woody distro. potato will *not* work on the blade 100 and right now, the installer is broken for woody as well. what you really want is an older (early summer) tftpboot.img to boot off of that and go from there. that is how I have been installing on my blades. the other option is to install woody on some other sparc that works (a ultrasparc 1, 2, 5 or 10 should be fine) and then copy the disk over to the blade... I can email you copy of the old tftpboot.img because I don't think it is accessible on the Debian ftp site anymore. this is a big mess right now and until Ben gets his new sparc64 woody images out, you will need lots of workarounds. once that disk goes out, it should be way easier to install woody. -tduffy
Re: Solaris emulation with 2.4.x ?
On Fri, 2001-10-12 at 07:43, Marcus Crafter wrote: > Hi All, > > Just wondering if anyone has managed to get Solaris binary > emulation working under Debian with any of the 2.4.x kernels ? > So far I've had no luck with the documentation at www.ultralinux.org. > > What kind of solaris applications have people been using under sparc > linux ? ls and du and that kinda stuff work ok. still have not gotten any X apps working...always errs saying cannot connect to display :0 or some such thing... uname is cute to run :) the docs are sparse, but correct. all fell into place for me once I got the right libraries and directory structure into place (used solaris 2.7 stuff). If you look in the kernel source code, only about half of the solaris sys calls are implemented, so don't expect anything too complicated to work. -tduffy
Re: Disk partition on a Sparc 5
On Thu, 2001-10-04 at 21:39, Craig Ian Dewick wrote: > Why shouldn't the swap be in partition 1? That's where Sun's format seems we have an off by one error. linux thinks the first partition is 1, where sun says it is zero. i think we are on the same page. the first partition on the disk *cannot* be swap -- as in your setup. > program defaults to placing the swap partition. With a Solaris or NetBSD > installation, I always set it up this way: > > 0 - / [ie. root] (min 128 MB of space to allow for crash-dumps, etc.) > 1 - swap > 2 - whole disk mirror > 3 - /var > 6 - /usr > > and the others are used depending what the machine is going to do. > Generally 4 becomes where I still all the X-windows data (/usr/openwin > with Solaris), 5 is where all my application source goes, and 7 will be > /home on any machine which has other users. > > The question is how does this translate to what Debian expects? Why can't > 'fdisk' supplied with Debian set up the disk the same way as Sun's format > program with a SunOS-compatible disk label, etc.? If it already can do > that, I didn't get anything out of the install instructions that suggested > it's possible. yes, fdisk (and thus the debian setup) can create a SunOS compatible disk label from scratch. use the "s" option and choose "custom" -- you can normally accept all the defaults, and have a sun disk label when you are done. > Can 'fdisk' do this with a disk that does not have any SunOS disk label > already written onto it? I'm going to get into re-installing Potato onto > the new disk tonight... BTW, I had problems working out what Debian called > the CD-ROM device so the CD install I did the first time around was rather > botched and I ended up pulling off the core stuff only and getting > everything else from a Debian FTP site. yeah, the debian installer is less than intuitive, but once you get it on, you never have to do it again thanks to apt-get! > The instructions for doing all this are very confusing for first-time > Linux users like me (I'm used to Solaris but not Linux), btw. hope you can get it to work. -tduffy
Re: Possibly O.T. but need help
On Wed, 2001-10-03 at 13:56, Andrew Sharp wrote: > Nah. The better question is do they have the CD? Of course, you > can download for free the Solaris 8.1 CD images from Sun's web site > and burn your own. Virtually all Ultra5s have a CDROM drive, > although I suppose it's possible someone took it off. well, you can always take an cd out of a PC and stick it in the ultra 5. so, this is probably his best bet. make sure there is a CD, download the solaris images, burn them to CD and boot off of that. -tduffy
Re: Disk partition on a Sparc 5
On Tue, 2001-10-02 at 19:22, David Demland wrote: > I am trying to install Debian on a Sparc 5. I get to the point of partition > the disk, question: What units should I use and what are the sizes? When I > configure them they way I think they should be I can not install the tar > balls there is an error. I am sure it is disk space. make sure you have a sun partition table. make sure partition 3 is a "Whole Disk". and that swap is not on partition 1. other than that, you can configure any sizes you desire. if you let fdisk auto partition the disk, it should stick / on part1, swap on part2 and make part3 a "Whole Disk" -tduffy
Re: gnucash dependancy broken
On Tue, 2001-09-25 at 17:00, mdxi wrote: > It wants libgtkhtml14 (and claims >= 11.1) but the current version of this > package is libgtkhtml15. Based on its claim that anything over version 11 > was okay, i installed libgtkhtml15 and tried again, but gnucash still > refuses to install (same dependancy error message). well, the version of the package (11.1) differs from the version of the library. gnucash wanst libgtkhtml14 package version 11.1 or more. libgtkhtml14 will install version 14 of the library. libgtkhtml15 will install version 15 of libgtkhtml which has a different abi than 14 and that is why it is in a different package. you should be able to install both libgtkhtml14 and libgtkhtml15 and the loader will pick the correct library to link your app against at load time. now why libgtkhtml14 is not available to install I do not know. -tduffy
Re: Mouse and X
On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 18:31, Alex Younts wrote: > Yes, it is running. It isn't working, but I think it is running. Should I turn > it off, if so how? yes. probably worth a try. /etc/init.d/gpm stop remove the S??gpm link to it in /etc/rc2.d/ to stop it from coming up on next boot. -tduffy
Re: Mouse and X
On Sun, 2001-09-16 at 07:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > I Just installed Debian 2.2r3 on my Sun SparcStation LX, and when I use > the > command "startx" everything works but the mouse. I have messed around in the > XF86Config, but haven't gotten it to work. Does anyone know what to do? > Thanks! > Alex do you have the correct dev for the mouse (/dev/sunmouse)? what protocol are you using? -tduffy
Re: how to install new kernel
On Thu, 2001-09-13 at 12:06, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote: > ll /boot says: > > -rw-r--r--1 root root 363682 Aug 23 21:00 > System.map-2.2.19-sun4u > -rw-r--r--1 root root 434708 Aug 11 04:47 System.map-2.4.7 > -rw-r--r--1 root root 435851 Aug 30 21:46 System.map-2.4.9 > -rw-r--r--1 root root 1024 Aug 10 06:36 cd.b > -rw-r--r--1 root root 5256 Aug 23 21:00 config-2.2.19-sun4u > -rw-r--r--1 root root16660 Aug 11 04:01 config-2.4.7 > -rw-r--r--1 root root16836 Aug 30 21:07 config-2.4.9 > -rw-r--r--1 root root 1024 Aug 10 06:36 fd.b > -rw-r--r--1 root root 512 Aug 10 06:36 first.b > -rw-r--r--1 root root 1024 Aug 10 06:36 generic.b > -rw-r--r--1 root root 844 Aug 10 06:36 ieee32.b > drwxr-xr-x2 root root12288 Aug 23 20:39 lost+found > -rw-r--r--1 root root 7680 Aug 23 20:58 old.b > -rw-r--r--1 root root58880 Sep 13 19:21 second.b > -rw-r--r--1 root root56490 Aug 10 06:36 silotftp.b > -rw-r--r--1 root root 512 Aug 10 06:36 ultra.b > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 14 Aug 23 20:58 vmlinuz -> > vmlinuz-2.2.19 > -rw-r--r--1 root root 1245830 Aug 23 21:00 vmlinuz-2.2.19-sun4u > -rw-r--r--1 root root 1342365 Aug 11 04:47 vmlinuz-2.4.7 > -rw-r--r--1 root root 1279799 Aug 30 21:46 vmlinuz-2.4.9 > may I try it with /vmlinuz-2.4.9? well, I don't see a /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-sun4u file, so yes, try with vmlinuz-2.4.9 only. and vmlinuz is also pointing to an image that does not exist, namely vmlinuz-2.2.19... -tduffy
RE: kernel 2.4.x compile failure on Ultra 1
On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 23:34, Ben Castricum wrote: > > > I found out that the default sparc config had enabled some qlogic scsi > driver which doesn't compile. Removing that one from the config solved my > problem too. But where is the bootable kernel located after compilation with > "make boot"? All I have is a vmlinux in /usr/src/linux (this is the first > time I compile a kernel on a sparc) yeah, you really wnat to compress the vmlinux to a vmlinuz...you can do this by issuing the command gzip -c vmlinux > vmlinuz otherwise, the image will probably be too big and silo won't be able to load it into memory. silo is *very* picky about how big the kernel image is. in fact, trying to compile frame pointers, xfs, or many drivers into the kernel (not as modules) will push it over the maximum size. I really wish this would be fixed... -tduffy
Re: how to install new kernel
On Thu, 2001-09-13 at 07:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I am running 2.2.19-sun4u on an ultra10. The 2.2.19 has an nfs-mount > bug, so I would like to upgrade my kernel. > apt-cache search kernel gives me > > kernel-image-2.4.9-sun4u > > after installing it I have a symlink /vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7 > > But my machine wont reboot. > How do I have to upgrade my kernel, what packages do I need? well, this symlink seems to be pointing to wrong kernel. or was that a typo? (2.4.7 should be 2.4.9 if you installed that package). I would make sure that your silo package is also up to date. and what does your /etc/silo.conf look like? what does "wont reboot" mean? what is the error...how far does it get? also, are you on a sun4u arhictecture machine? if you are on a 32bit machine, you should stick to the 2.2 kernel for now. -tduffy
Re: fdisk message error
On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 13:18, Roberto Giorgetti wrote: > Have I to create a /dev/hda3 from 0 to 16706 before? If yes how is > this possible? I cannot put 0 as "First cylinder" (Value out of > range). I can only put value equal or greater to 8842 as "First > cylinder". well, I would suggest nuking the partition table and created a new sun label...choosing the defaults for custom will create 1, 2, and 3. then you can delete 1 and 2 and make them the correct size for you, maybe adding part 4. if you have data on these drives, then you could try to match the numbers up exactly and try to remount the partitions once you reconfigure. I would backup your important stuff before attempting this, though :) the r flag means the partition is mountable...not an issue. you can turn it off and on using the "c" option in fdisk if you do not like it there. i don't think it is used under linux. you can go into expert mode (x) and verify (v) the partition table is ok maybe?... -tduffy
Re: fdisk message error
On Tue, 2001-09-11 at 13:12, Roberto Giorgetti wrote: > -- >Device FlagStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/hda1 r 0 8322 4194288 83 Linux native > /dev/hda2 8322 8842262080 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda3 8842 16706 39634565 Whole disk > -- > > N.B. I followed the reccomendation to set the type of the third > disk to 'Whole disk'. > Then I run w command to write onto the partition table and I > receive: The whole point of having the third partition being the "Whole Disk" is that it should be the whole disk. Make it go from 0 to 16706. Don't mount this partition. Then create a /dev/hda4 with the rest of the space > 8842 and use that to mount and put data on. -tom duffy
Re: Audio on SunBLADE 100
On Tue, 2001-08-21 at 15:16, Vincent Magnin wrote: > Have someone got success with this driver on a Sun ? got a little farther... blade:~# modprobe trident Trident 4DWave/SiS 7018/ALi 5451 PCI Audio, version 0.14.8, 12:04:13 Jul 31 2001 trident: architecture does not support 30bit PCI busmaster DMA /lib/modules/2.4.8-pre3/kernel/drivers/sound/trident.o: init_module: No such deeHint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invs/lib/modules/2.4.8-pre3/kernel/drivers/sound/trident.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4d/lib/modules/2.4.8-pre3/kernel/drivers/sound/trident.o: insmod trident failed this is on 2.4.8-pre3 -tduffy
Re: kernel panic from loadkeys
On 07 Aug 2001 17:04:41 -0700, Thomas Duffy wrote: > I accidently told the debconf tool to use the uk sun type 5 keyboard > during install (of latest debian unstable today) on a Sun Ultra10. [snip] I still have not been able to resolve this. Please, any suggestions or solutions would be very welcome. thanks, -tduffy
kernel panic from loadkeys
I accidently told the debconf tool to use the uk sun type 5 keyboard during install (of latest debian unstable today) on a Sun Ultra10. This has caused the dpkg --configure of console-common to fail with the following error: Setting up console-common (0.7.3) ... Looking for keymap to install: sunt5-uk /usr/sbin/install-keymap: line -32: 269 Killed loadkeys -q sunt5-uk dpkg: error processing console-common (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 137 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of console-tools: console-tools depends on console-common; however: Package console-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing console-tools (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of console-data: console-data depends on console-common (>= 0.7.3); however: Package console-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing console-data (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured ok, don't know why loadkeys is failing, but if I try it again, I get a kernel panic (taken from the logs as I don't have a serial console hooked up right now): Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: \|/ \|/ Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: "@'/ .. \`@" Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: /_| \__/ |_\ Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: \__U_/ Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: loadkeys(302): Oops Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: TSTATE: 11f09601 TPC: 0045b268 TNPC: 0045b26c Y: 0500 Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: g0: f8003ce6f9e0 g1: g2: 0021ffbda6e0 g3: 07fff0639aa0 Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: g4: f800 g5: 0018 g6: f8003ce6c000 g7: 0010 Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: o0: 006d6800 o1: f80010328070 o2: 1000 o3: 00611788 Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: o4: o5: 00639aa0 sp: f8003ce6f1c1 ret_pc: 004bd5b4 Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: l0: 0100 l1: f8003ec86ac0 l2: 00639b39 l3: 00639b39 Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: l4: 00f0 l5: 00611400 l6: 00611400 l7: 00611400 Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: i0: 0100 i1: 00611400 i2: 0001 i3: Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: i4: 00611400 i5: f000 i6: f8003ce6f4a1 i7: 004b4918 Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: Caller[004b4918] Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: Caller[00475220] Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: Caller[00437dfc] Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: Caller[00410934] Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: Caller[00012c68] Aug 7 16:31:54 debian kernel: Instruction DUMP: d85a4002 86234004 8620c00a 8730f00d 8528f004 84008003 8528b003 92024002 I don't think loadkeys should cause the kernel to panic and I would run ksymoops over this, but it seems the System.map from the debian kernel (2.4.7) is not installed under /boot/System.map-2.4.7 where it is looking for it (is this a bug in the package?). So, first off, how do I get the configure of console-common to not want to load sunt5-uk? I have tried running "install-keymap NONE" but this does not work... Secondly, how do I stop this from panic'ing? thanks, -tduffy
Re: debian on Sun blade 100
On 03 Aug 2001 09:37:27 -0700, Paul Sajda wrote: > I have been trying to get my Sun blade 100 up and running with debian > and have had little success. I tried to use the tftpboot.img from Ben > Collins "current" directory but am having some ARP/RARP and/or TFTP > problems. Any word on when there will be a cdimage release of debian > which will run on the Sun Blade 100? Also assuming I get it to boot, > has anyone installed the entire base system and packages from CD 2 and > CD 3 (or equivalent) on their blade 100? Any advice or pointers would > be much appreciated--else I will need to go back with Solaris 8 (I much > prefer GNU/Linux). first off, make sure you have tftpd and rarp on in your server machine (inetd on some distros, xinetd on others). then, you will need to have the mac address of the blade correspond to the ip address you want to give it in your /etc/ethers the blade will get the ip address based off its mac address and then request a file from the server based off its IP address in HEX. this file should be in your configured tftpboot folder. so, if my IP address is 10.2.4.194, the file the blade will request on my setup is /tftpboot/0A0204C2 which I have as a symlink to tftpboot.img from ben collins current directory. at the ok prompt, you would type: ok boot net:10.2.4.191 where 10.2.4.191 is the IP address of the rarp/tftpboot server. email if this does not work for you... -tduffy
serial console on blade100
I am having a little trouble getting kernel messages to print to the serial line on my blade100. I am used to x86, so I might have to do something different on sparc so that is what I am asking. On x86, if you pass (at the LILO prompt) "console=tty1 console=ttyS0", it will print kernel messages to both the VGA and serial lines. The last console= message it gets will be where the /dev/console will print to, so initscript message will get sent there. I have tried this on sparc and it only prints out messages to the VGA no matter what order I pass the console= messages to. If I only give it one console=ttyS0, the boot hangs very early in the boot sequence. Maybe this all has to do with how the openboot figures out what is the console...if there is a keyboard plugged in, it throws messages to the VGA, and if not, to the serial. In that case, is there a way to change the prom to print out to the serial line (so, like SILO gets printed there as well) as well as the VGA? thanks, -tduffy
Re: Sun blade 100
On 11 Jul 2001 23:35:21 +0200, Nathalie MESSERLI wrote: > Hello there, > > I've just received my brand new Sun Blade 100 and I wanted to know if I could > run debian-sparc on it. should work. I slapped in my blade about a couple of weeks ago. I use debian testing as stable does not work. so, you will need to do a net boot (floppy does not work and CD does not exist). -tduffy
Re: 2.3.6 boot images with newer kernels (sb1000 please read)
> Can you get me the output of "prtconf -pv" on your system please? sure, it is attached. also, it is currently nfs root because it does not recogonize the fiber channel disks... -tduffy System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Memory size: 2048 Megabytes System Peripherals (PROM Nodes): Node 0xf002a594 clock-frequency: 05f5e100 reset-reason: 'POR' fatal-reset-info: 6000 banner-name: '5-slot Sun Enterprise E3500' idprom: 01800800.208f8864..8f8864a9.... breakpoint-trap: 007f #size-cells: 0002 name: 'SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise' Node 0xf002d8d4 name: 'packages' Node 0xf0036f50 iso6429-1983-colors: name: 'terminal-emulator' Node 0xf0039cbc disk-write-fix: name: 'deblocker' Node 0xf003a380 name: 'obp-tftp' Node 0xf00441b4 name: 'disk-label' Node 0xf002d944 stdout: ffdccf78 stdin: ffdcd128 eeprom: f005eb0c mmu: fffea370 memory: fffea570 bootargs: 'nfsroot=10.2.4.191:/tftpboot/eval ip=10.2.4.88:10.2.4.191:10.2.4.1:255.255.254.0:eval:eth0:off' bootpath: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],8c0:10.2.4.191' gateway-ip: server-ip: 0a0204bf client-ip: 0a020458 stdout-#lines: 0022 name: 'chosen' Node 0xf002d9b0 add-brd-supported-types: '014' version: 'OBP 3.2.23 1999/10/01 18:43' model: 'SUNW,3.2' decode-complete: aligned-allocator: relative-addressing: name: 'openprom' Node 0xf002da40 name: 'client-services' Node 0xf002dae8 disabled-memory-list: disabled-board-list: memory-interleave: 'max' configuration-policy: 'component' scsi-initiator-id: '7' keyboard-click?: 'false' keymap: ttyb-rts-dtr-off: 'false' ttyb-ignore-cd: 'true' ttya-rts-dtr-off: 'false' ttya-ignore-cd: 'true' ttyb-mode: '9600,8,n,1,-' ttya-mode: '9600,8,n,1,-' sbus-specific-probe: sbus-probe-default: 'd3120' mfg-mode: 'off ' diag-level: 'max' powerfail-time: '993241825' #power-cycles: '1426063538' fcode-debug?: 'false' output-device: 'screen' input-device: 'keyboard' load-base: '16384' boot-command: 'boot' auto-boot?: 'false' watchdog-reboot?: 'false' diag-file: diag-device: 'disk diskbrd diskisp disksoc net' boot-file: boot-device: 'disk diskbrd diskisp disksoc net' local-mac-address?: 'false' ansi-terminal?: 'true' screen-#columns: '80' screen-#rows: '34' silent-mode?: 'false' use-nvramrc?: 'true' nvramrc: 64657661.6c696173.20646973.6b202f73.62757340.332c302f.53554e57.2c736f63.616c4064.2c313030.30302f73.6640302c.302f7373.64407732.31303030.30323033.37313634.6364372c.300a security-mode: 'none' security-password: security-#badlogins: '2684354560' oem-logo: oem-logo?: 'false' oem-banner: oem-banner?: 'false' hardware-revision: last-hardware-update: ...00a0....00a0....00a0....00a0.....00aa.00aa..0055................ diag-switch?: 'true' name: 'options' Node 0xf002db58 screen: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0' disk: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0' diskbrd: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0' diskisp: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/QLGC,[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0' net: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],8c0' cdrom: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:f' tape: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0' scsi: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880' disk0: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0' disk1: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0' disk2: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0' disk3: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0' disk4: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],880/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0' disk5: '/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],88
Re: 2.3.6 boot images with newer kernels (sb1000 please read)
On 23 Jun 2001 16:10:44 -0700, Thomas Duffy wrote: > I get an error trying to tftpboot these images on both a 3500 and a > 4500. this is the error I get right after it loads and is about to start > the kernel: > > psycho_irq_build: Wacky INO [3c] > > any ideas? btw, this was fixed when I used this patch (I got from a co-worker, don't know who wrote it originally)...should be pretty harmless... maybe you can add this into the debian sparc tftpboot image if you get a chance... -tduffy --- arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_psycho.cSat May 26 21:11:56 2001 +++ arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_psycho.cWed Jun 13 14:00:28 2001 @@ -300,10 +300,20 @@ /*0x2f*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_CE, /*0x30*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_A_ERR, /*0x31*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_B_ERR, -/*0x32*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT +/*0x32*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT, +/*0x33*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT, +/*0x34*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT, +/*0x35*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT, +/*0x36*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT, +/*0x37*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT, +/*0x38*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT, +/*0x39*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT, +/*0x3a*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT, +/*0x3b*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT, +/*0x3c*/ PSYCHO_IMAP_PMGMT }; #define PSYCHO_ONBOARD_IRQ_BASE0x20 -#define PSYCHO_ONBOARD_IRQ_LAST0x32 +#define PSYCHO_ONBOARD_IRQ_LAST0x3c #define psycho_onboard_imap_offset(__ino) \ __onboard_imap_off[(__ino) - PSYCHO_ONBOARD_IRQ_BASE] @@ -343,6 +353,16 @@ /*0x30*/15,/* PCI Bus A Error */ /*0x31*/15,/* PCI Bus B Error */ /*0x32*/1, /* Power Management */ +/*0x33*/1, +/*0x34*/1, +/*0x35*/1, +/*0x36*/1, +/*0x37*/1, +/*0x38*/1, +/*0x39*/1, +/*0x3a*/1, +/*0x3b*/1, +/*0x3c*/1, }; static int __init psycho_ino_to_pil(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int ino)
Re: 2.3.6 boot images with newer kernels (sb1000 please read)
I get an error trying to tftpboot these images on both a 3500 and a 4500. this is the error I get right after it loads and is about to start the kernel: psycho_irq_build: Wacky INO [3c] any ideas? -tduffy On 22 Jun 2001 03:35:57 -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > These will be in woody tomorrow, but here's a heads up, and a preview. > > These contain newer kernel images synced with Vger CVS, with a fix for > an odd bug with the sb1000 PCI support. > > Even if you don't try the install, could some blade 1000 users atleast > try booting the sun4u/linux-a.out images and report success or failure > just booting the system? > > As usual: > > http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/ > > > Thanks, > Ben > > -- > ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---' > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian 2.2r3 on Sun Enterprise 3500
On 21 Jun 2001 17:42:58 -0400, Tad Bilby wrote: > E3500 is fiber-channel for default HD setup unless it has been > modified from factory default- so, what driver should I use to install on? qlogicfc? is that in the default boot kernel on debian 2.2r3? if not, how do you load a driver disk in debian without spinning a new disk 1 with that driver compiled in? -tduffy
Debian 2.2r3 on Sun Enterprise 3500
I have an Enterprise 3500 machine that I am trying to install Debian on. Unfortunately, it does not seem to be able to access the scsi drives during install. It sees the CDROM, but none of the six scsi drives in the system. No errors about unrecognized scsi controller or anything. I can boot it with nfs root, but this is not ideal. The same thing happens on SuSE 7.1 and RedHat 6.2. Anybody had any luck getting Debian installed on a 3500? Thanks, -tduffy
