Re: I have a Sun Fire T2000, but I'm not even sure if it's working or not.
The net port has to be configured first via serial. You'll need a Cisco console cable to connect it to your computer correctly. You can use Putty on windows to connect via serial, Screen on Linux works as well.
Re: Kernel panic 4.7.0-rc4-sparc64-smp on systemd-udevd
So the cd installs fine but when booting from disk it panics correct? Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Frans van Berckel Date: 7/1/2016 6:05 AM (GMT-05:00) To: alexmcwhir...@triadic.us, debian-sparc Subject: Re: Kernel panic 4.7.0-rc4-sparc64-smp on systemd-udevd On Fri, 2016-07-01 at 05:23 -0400, alexmcwhir...@triadic.us wrote: > On 2016-07-01 05:25, Frans van Berckel wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2016-07-01 at 04:43 -0400, Alex McWhirter wrote: > > > > > > At the silo boot prompt try typing "modprobe.blacklist=qla2xxx" > > > then press enter. > > > > > > That will disable the on board fiber, but it may boot. > > > > > > Does the blade 1000 use fc-al disks? I dont remember it using > > > them, but I know it has an fc-al connector on the back. > > > > > > > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > > Hmmm, the QLogic 2200 does my root storage. I think blacklisting > > the qla2xxx driver isn't the way if you really need it? > > > At the very least it will tell us if that driver is the issue or not. > > I though the blade 1000 had scsi internal storage? Isn't qla2xxx a > fc-al driver? Granted i don't own a blade 1000, but my blade 2500 > runs fine. (It's also a cheetah box). The LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 storage controller does DVD. And the QLogic Corp. QLA2200 64-bit Fibre Channel Adapter does the HD's. Tested booting with blacklisted qla2xxx, and doesn't let me see any error, but 'Waiting for root file system'. And drops to initramfs.
RE: Kernel panic 4.7.0-rc4-sparc64-smp on systemd-udevd
At the silo boot prompt try typing "modprobe.blacklist=qla2xxx" then press enter. That will disable the on board fiber, but it may boot. Does the blade 1000 use fc-al disks? I dont remember it using them, but I know it has an fc-al connector on the back. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Frans van Berckel Date: 7/1/2016 2:54 AM (GMT-05:00) To: debian-sparc Subject: Kernel panic 4.7.0-rc4-sparc64-smp on systemd-udevd Booting Debian on a Sun-Blade-1000. But getting a kernel panic on systemd-udevd. Attaching dmesg-sparc64-4.7-rc4-1-exp1.txt. Good to know, non of the 4.x kernels are booting. The OLD 3.4 kernel does, true. Anyone a idea how to solve this? [ 67.750668] CPU: 1 PID: 88 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 4.7.0- rc4-sparc64-smp #1 Debian 4.7~rc4-1~exp1 [ 67.753938] Call Trace: [ 67.757227] [00560960] panic+0xe0/0x288 [ 67.760481] [00429dec] cheetah_deferred_handler+0x1ec/0x460 [ 67.763765] [00405e44] c_deferred+0x18/0x24 [ 67.767092] [1021da30] qla2x00_mailbox_command+0x890/0xe40 [qla2xxx] [ 67.770341] [1021ffc8] qla2x00_init_firmware+0xe8/0x200 [qla2xxx] [ 67.773591] [10214f9c] qla2x00_init_rings+0x2dc/0x400 [qla2xxx] [ 67.776850] [1021bfec] qla2x00_initialize_adapter+0x44c/0x6a0 [qla2xxx] [ 67.780099] [1020e6ac] qla2x00_probe_one+0xfec/0x2880 [qla2xxx] [ 67.783280] [0074f940] pci_device_probe+0x80/0x100 [ 67.786519] [007ceae0] driver_probe_device+0x1a0/0x460 [ 67.789758] [007cee90] __driver_attach+0xf0/0x120 [ 67.793001] [007cc47c] bus_for_each_dev+0x5c/0xa0 [ 67.796198] [007ce19c] driver_attach+0x1c/0x40 [ 67.799341] [007cdbb0] bus_add_driver+0x1f0/0x2a0 [ 67.802473] [007cf9b4] driver_register+0x74/0x120 [ 67.805600] [0074e1d8] __pci_register_driver+0x38/0x60 Thanks, Frans van Berckel
Re: rsync seem to be broken on sparc64
/export/test is an entire debian minimal install made from debootstrap. I am not certain if this issue effects sun4v or not. What fs are you using ext4? I've found that it doesn't happen on btrfs for whatever reason. Do we have a debug kernel in the repository? Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Anatoly Pugachev Date: 6/28/2016 8:36 AM (GMT-05:00) To: alexmcwhir...@triadic.us Cc: debian-sparc Subject: Re: rsync seem to be broken on sparc64 On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 6:43 AM, wrote: >> >> I've traced this down a bit further. >> >> Kernel 3.18.26 is working but 3.19.0 is not. Git bisect traced it down >> to this commit. >> >> e5a4b0bb803b39a36478451eae53a880d2663d5b is the first bad commit >> commit e5a4b0bb803b39a36478451eae53a880d2663d5b > > > here is the gist of that commit... > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/12/5/25 > > here is the output of rsync when the error occurs. > > root@Magi-01:~# rsync -a /export/test/* /export/test2 > rsync: [sender] write error: Broken pipe (32) > rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at io.c(820) [sender=3.1.1] > root@Magi-01:~# Alex, I can't reproduce on my baremetal T5120 (sun4v) installed with debian sparc64, using kernel 4.7.0-rc4+ (git). used the following as a cycle rsync copy: mator@nvg5120:~$ du -sh debian-installer linux-2.6 v7.4.1a gcc-6.1.0 494M debian-installer 2.6G linux-2.6 1.2G v7.4.1a 832M gcc-6.1.0 mator@nvg5120:~$ cnt=0; while true; do let cnt++; echo $cnt; sleep 2; rm -rf testdir; rsync -a debian-installer linux-2.6 gcc-6.1.0 v7.4.1a testdir; done 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ^C Can you please tell, what is /export/test/* ? Is it big files vs small files, what is directory structure ? Thanks.
Re: Debian Sparc 7.10.0 Install Problems
Just curious, How "new" does a system have to be in order to meet these requirements. T-5 machines are probably not too hard to come by, but the starting price of a T-7 machine is around 40K USD IIRC. That doesn't count the M series of machines either which has quite a bit different hardware. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz Date: 6/9/2016 2:47 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Chris Cc: debian-sparc Subject: Re: Debian Sparc 7.10.0 Install Problems Hello Chris! On 06/08/2016 06:56 PM, Chris wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I would like to try later builds and get more > involved with the dev process, but right now, I need to understand > why 7.10.0 isn't working. Debian Wheezy is already no longer supported, except for the LTS branch which deals with i386 and amd64 architectures only. Thus, any issues you may have that are related to bugs will never be fixed. Plus, since Debian Wheezy, we have fixed a large number of bugs which affect both sparc and sparc64. In particular, kernel development has been very active in the past 12 months since Oracle decided to release their own distribution called "Linux for SPARC". > It would be interesting to get a build > environment running, but are there any resources out there to > get started ?. There must be an overall dev process involved which > I need to understand before contributing anything. That depends on what you want to do. Whether it's kernel development, Debian packaging or improving other upstream projects such as GNOME or KDE. You need to be more specific. > Apart from the usual 32 bit Sparcstation class machines, > have an Ultra 1, several Ultra II and V240, V215/245, T2000 and > T5220. Could set any of those up to provide ssh / ftp login, > whatever, if that would be useful to the group... 32-bit SPARC hardware is completely unsupported these days. I think support for that was even dropped in the Linux kernel. You are welcome to perform test installations on your hardware with the ISO I have provided and report back any feedback. But we don't need any additional old hardware. What we need to make "sparc64" an official supported port in Debian is actual new hardware. This is one of the requirements by the Debian System Administrators (DSA) as they don't want to deal with old hardware breaking apart when building packages for a release architecture. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: [Stretch] Status for architecture qualification
If it helps i have access to a decent amount of gear. E6K, V210, V215, M4000, T1000, T5120, Netra X1, Blade 150, and a V890. I've been working on the sparc64 port of Gentoo for quite a while. If there are issues that need addressed for Debian i'm willing to help out with the effort. Seems like most of the issues are either bad coding practices or little mistakes.
Looking for a Sr. Physical Design Engineer
Hello, My name is Alex McClelland, I'm a recruiter (sorry) and looking for candidates to fill a job opening ... and wonder if you might be open to the idea of looking at other opportunities? I found you today when googling - I'm not a technical guy, but your background looks like it fits the criteria. The position is for a Senior Physical Design Engineer in Austin, Texas. If you are interested I can email you a full job description. Here are a few of the requirements: -5+ yrs industry experience in a logic design or physical design position; -Strong knowledge of RTL design and familiar with ICC/SOC Encounter, Primetime, and ATPG -Working knowledge of scan insertion ALSO - I have a position for a Sr. Design Verification Engineer (mixed-signal audio codecs) - Austin, TX - if you happen to know anyone that would fit that bill. Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to hearing back from you. Best regards, Alex McClelland, All-Star Recruiting Inc. a...@all-starrecruiting.com www.All-StarRecruiting.com They are looking for Survey Field Technicians who will be responsible for construction staking, topographic surveys (using GPS and total station equipt), and assisting Survey Party Chiefs with collection of survey data and construction surveying. AutoCAD, construction surveying, and using Trimble equipment are a plus. This employer also needs Survey Party Chiefs, LSI certification and 5+ yrs experience in the areas of boundary, control, topographic, and construction staking is required. Chiefs will be assigning surveying activities, including construction staking and topographic surveys. AutoCAD, construction surveying and use of Trimble equipment are a plus. This employer offers superior compensation packages and are a great company to work for. If you are interested, please let me know and we can arrange to speak. Also - it would be helpful if you could email me an updated resume. Last - we are also looking for a Civil Engineer/Program Manager for this company. Please let me know if you might be qualified for that position, or know someone that might be. Thank you for your time and consideration, and I hope to hear back from you soon. Best regards, Alex McClelland, a...@all-starrecruiting.com www.All-StarRecruiting.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/20130304225858.dfacc...@bendel.debian.org
Re: test this ! (hard lockups)
Hello! I have the same problem (X Failed request 53, X_CreatePixmap, BadAlloc) Have you already solved it? If so, please advise! Alex Goldfeld, s.e.
Re: How to use a serial console on Ultra 1?
John, Booting to serial console is just an alternative. If you want to verify your hardware before you install Linux, you can just boot up your Ultra 1 with Solaris Installation CD. You should be able to verify your keyboard/video/hard disk at minimum. As far as console, minicom works really well from Linux or tip if you have another Solaris box. Just be sure you are using a null modem cable with 8N1 (8 bit/No parity/1 stop bit) setting at 9600 baud. Alex John Zbesko wrote: Thank you for your reply. What I haven't found is instruction on what software to use to actually make the connection. I could use an example, like, open a terminal on the laptop, run minicom (?), set minicom to vt100 emulation, "connect" to the com port, etc. I would not be so noobie-like, if everything were working fine, but if I'm trying to diagnose a problem, then I need to determine if something is broken, rather than learning how to use a serial logon. Any suggestions or links would be greatly appreciated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X server fails to start after netinstall of Etch on Ultra 60
I have the same card in my Ultra 10 which works. Maybe take a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log. It should give some idea where your problem is. Alex Steve Jones wrote: I did a fresh netinstall of Etch on my Ultra 60 with Elite3D graphics and 21" Sun CRT monitor. All worked well when I did this on a PC using the same Sun monitor. However, on the Ultra 60 the X server fails to start. The installation program seems to have detected the graphics card correctly. Below is an excerpt from my /etc/X11/xorg.conf. The "Monitor" section is identical on the PC, except on the PC the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines are absent. Can anyone advise me on how to get the X server working? Section "Device" Identifier "Sun Elite3D framebuffer or similar (SUNW,XXX- )" Driver "sunffb" Option "UseFBDev""true" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" Option "DPMS" HorizSync 28-51 VertRefresh 43-60 EndSection -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Installing debian on a V240
Has anyone successfully installed debian on a V240? I've tried etch
beta 2 and one of the etch daily builds and but they both die in the
same place:
[ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ]
boot:
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 2.6.15
Loading initial ramdisk (3112552 bytes at 0x103F802000 phys, 0x40C0 virt)...
Illegal Instruction
{1} ok
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Alex
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Re: sparc video problems
On 3/31/2006 3:44 AM, Gary Parker wrote: > Admar Schoonen wrote: > >>>FYI, the U5 has the same openprom as the U10. The 'setenv output-device >>>screen' command only affects the Creator3D card (if yopu have one) in an >>>U10 and has no effect on the output of the VGA ATI display adapter on >>>either the U5 or U10. >> > >>Wrong. You can change the default resolution at the open boot prompt, as >>documented at >>http://040.digital-bless.com/texts/Unofficial_Sun_Blade_100_FAQ.htm >>(search for output-device on that page). According to that page, 1152 x 900 at >>76 Hz is the default resolution. > > > I respectfully beg to differ. That may be the case for Blade100's but my > Ultra10 flatly refused to display anything from OBP on a TFT I have and > no amount of fiddling with the output-device settings fixed it. Once > booted into Linux, however, fbset allowed me to set it up properly and > get a prefectly usable 1024x768x60 display. Whether this behaviour is > specific to a certain revision of OBP or not I don't know, ymmv. > > Gary I have Creator 3D in my Ultra 10. I am running it with 1280x1024x67 on my LCD. I booted Solaris via the serial console then ran ffbconfig to find out all combination of supported resolution/frequency. That is the only one works on my LCD. Perhaps, you might want to find out what your hardware is capable of before you can change your setting. Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: help on minicom
Sparc hardware will send console to serial A automatically if the keyboard is not connected. Make sure you unplug the keyboard. On 11/22/2005 12:18 PM, Marc Coevoet wrote: > Op 22-nov-05 om 12:54 heeft Turbo Fredriksson het volgende geschreven: > > >>Are you using port A (first serial port) on the SPARC? if not, >>what port have you/is specified as 'output-device' and/or >>'input-device'? >> > > I'm trying to install a sparc 20, that has no monitor .. > > So I can't do much, I see a login: appear on eth , but of > course, I have no login/pass .. > > Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AW: Deb on Sparc Station 5 / monitor interface
On 8/15/2005 11:37 AM, John Bowden wrote: > On Monday 08 Aug 2005 10:42, Jurzitza, Dieter wrote: > >>Dear listmembers, >>I have *very* positive experience using the Raritan Adapter: 1395 "Raritan >>Sun VGA-Konverter 13W3->D-Sub 15" with any PC-standard monitor that does >>not understand sync on green. Take care >> >>Dieter Jurzitza > > I want to run the sun monitors on my other pc's as the SS5 will be clustered > and I don't need a monitor on each SS5 unit The problem is not technically feasible. The question is whether it is a economically sound decision. The 13W3 to HD15 VGA adapter runs about $15 (OEM) to $40 (Sun). You can buy a new 17" monitor around $50. I am aware of 2 types of monitor (GDM-17E10 & GDM-17E20) which packaged with the SS5. The resolution of both monitors max out at 1280x1024. Its best resolution is at 1152x900. Very few VGA adapters support 1152x900. If you are happy with such resolution, search this "13W3 to PC / VGA adapters" with google. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ultra 5
I have an ultra 5 that has had woody installed. I however after a few minths of non use am no longer able to boot the machine. I hear 1 beep and can hear it go through the post process. i don't member what was install on it befor this happened. any ideas as to how to access the machine. I would like to have a video display so that I can load sarg on the box. thanks for your suggestions, alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sarge sparc iso
Is there anyone who knows of a reliable jigdo download site for sarge sparc ISO? I have been trying to download the ISO and can not find a site which has all of the needed files. thanks, alex
Clean shutdown from power button press?
Hello, I know that solaris in sparc can shutdown gracefully if you press the power button ithink it is "powerd" that provides the OS support. I know linux in i386 can shutdown gracefully from a power button push when using acpi and acpid. Is there a simmilar solution for the sparc linux port? Is there a debian package I need to install ??? Thanks in advance for any help! Alex Owen
Re: Question on mknbi
The netboot package includes /usr/bin/mknbi-linux. I don't know if this is what you are looking for. Keep in mind that the Sparc hardware can only handle a.out binary on netboot. After your kernel compilation, you need to run "elftoaout" on your uncompressed kernel before you put it out in your tftp server. I don't know if there is any integrated packages to make the task easier. I just started playing with this couple weeks ago. You can use the kernel doc "initrd.txt" and the program "piggyback64" to create your boot image. If you are not building sparc64 kernel, you use "piggyback" instead. Alex On 11/19/2004 12:21 AM, Jurzitza, Dieter wrote: > Dear listmembers, > are there any plans ongoing to issue a release of mknbi and imaggen for > sparc? I was not able to compile mknbi because the source is set up for i386. > If not, can anyone of you tell me how to create a net-boot image for a U60 on > my own (which tools are required ... make bootimages for dummies or so ... ) > Many thanks for your inputs, > take care > > > > Dieter Jurzitza
Re: ultra1 creator system freeze after terminal detach
It sounds like hyperterm sends out a break signal during disconnect. There are several ways to correct your problem. 1. Figure out how to disable the sending of the break signal from hyperterm or use other terminal program which does not send out the break signal. 2. You can configure OBP not to react to the break signal. I don't remember how to do this. But this is not a good idea. 3. You can configure the kernel to ignore the break signal. sysctl -w kernel/stop-a=0 On 11/12/2004 12:22 PM, Stefan Bauer wrote: > hello, > > i used a windows box with hyper terminal to connect to my sun > workstation via seriel connection (rs232). after finnished the install > process i detached the serial connection; reason was a total system > freeze of my box. if i restart the connection (from hyper terminal to > sun box) i can use 'go' to reactivate the whole box and everything works > fine. > > its a sun ultra1 creator, more infos below: > > Sun Ultra 1 UPA/SBus (UltraSPARC 167MHz), Keyboard Present > OpenBoot 3.25, 128 MB memory installed, Serial #8973688. > Ethernet address 8:0:20:88:ed:78, Host ID: 8088ed78. > > OpenBOOT: > > Release 3.25 Version 0 created 1999/12/03 11:38 > OBP 3.25.0 1999/12/03 11:38 > POST 3.11.4 1997/05/27 02:26 > > my question is now, how can i prevent the system freeze? > > thanks in advance > > stefan
Re: recomendation about Sparc
On 11/11/2004 10:16 AM, Cesar Alcacibar wrote: > Hello Listers > > I write to ask youre opinion > wahy you think is the best way to install debian on Sparc machines > > Thanx for your opinions If your Sparc machine is in a network with internet connection, net install will be your best option. You only need to download the 3M "tftpboot.img". This will launch the installer then download another 70M of packages. This gives you the base installation then you can decide any additional software. If you have to install 5 or more machines, CDROM will be a good approach which conserves the net traffic. Net install is more elegant and flexible but you have to setup bootp/tftp/dhcp servers. This is well documented in the installation doc. If you know how to do Solaris Net install, Linux is very similar.
Re: Problem installing on a SparcStation 20
On 11/10/2004 10:51 AM, Le grand pinguin wrote: > On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 11:44:59PM -0500, Tomislav Renic wrote: > >>On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 05:20:50PM +0100, Le grand pinguin wrote: >> >>>Hello list, >>> >>>i just downloaded and burned the iso images of >>>the debian installer CD for sparc (sarge-sparc-netinst.iso ). >>>Unfortunately, the box fails to boot up - the last kernel message >>>reads: >>> >>> setting console mode to unicode (UTF-8) >>> >>> >>>and then a never-ending stream of "Segmentation fault" follows ... >>>Any ideas what i need to do to get by this problem? >>> >>> TIA Ralf Mattes >> >>Unless you are looking at testing and reporting problems with the new debian >>installer, your best be will be to download a woody install image and >>boot from that. > > > Hmm, that's how i started, but unfortunately my woody installation > (vers. info Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 "Woody" - Official sparc Binary-1 CD) > doesn't even get this far - it stops during the early boot with a message > that claims that the root fs can't be mounted via NFS (???) and prompts > me to insert a root floppy (which is kind of hard considering the fact that > my box doesn't _have_ a floppy drive. I'd hate to have to install a floppy > just to install Debian). > > > Thanks > >RalfD > > >>After you install the base system, do a dist-upgrade and you should be >>ready to go. If you just want to get back to work, this is the way to >>go about it. >> >>Good luck, >>Tomislav Renic Are you trying to do a netboot installation? If you just boot from the cdrom without any parameter, the kernel will not try to do NFS mount. If you are doing netboot, which "tftpboot.img" did you use? I just finished my netboot installation, the kernel does not do NFS mount. I manually selected it during the installation.
Is there such a thing Sparc diskless firewall/router?
I used to run a Sparc Classic as my Firewall/Router. Recently, the hard disk died. I am wondering if anyone has any pointer to diskless Sparc Firewall/Router. Most of the Linux Firewall/Router projects expect your hardware to be Intel. Just wondering if such thing exist on the Sparc platform. Is there any Sparc Live CD similar to the Intel Knoppix? The terminal server of Knoppix can accomplish what I want. This is why I am looking something like Knoppix. Any pointer is appreciated. Thanks. Alex
Re: Kernel Question WAS: 2 questions
Hi, I suggest you read some basic Debian material for getting started. This kind of information (basic Debian package handling) Google can give you. As with all architectures there are -image debs which will install a compiled binary image, and -source packages which will give you the source used for compiling the equivalent -image. How to compile a sun4u kernel the Debian way (including google search terms): http://tinyurl.com/65wfq How to configure a kernel for sun4u (or not): http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#q_4_7 That FAQ should also answer other basic questions for Sparc beginners. It's what helped me get started. Also it helps to look over at the Gentoo folks' excellent Documentation. Basic architecture information is portable between distros and quite valuable I've learned. Good luck ! -Alex Thursday, September 9, 2004, 9:57:31 PM, you wrote: > i read somewhere that you have to skip some steps in the kernel compile, > like the make dep, etc, is this true? i have never compiled a kernel on a > sparc box, what do i have to do to compile the kernel? im assuming apt-get > blah will only install the kernel source, so what do i do from there? > TIA > nick > -- > ComputerNick a.k.a. Nick Smith > Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web - http://www.ComputerNick.com >> David Johnson said: >>> On Thursday 09 September 2004 19:29, Nick Smith wrote: >>>> where do i find a -smp kernel? i havent seen any at kernel.org? >>>> >>> >>> Am I right in remembering that you're using sun4u? >>> >>> In which case just do "apt-cache search kernel-image | grep smp" then >>> install the package you want. e.g. >>> >>> apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.19-sun4u-smp >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> David. >>> -- Alex Bartok ([EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sarge installer fails at "Saving installation logs"
Hello, I'd say that's a bad daily, you you tried older images ? It probably wants to say: `E: Unimplemented function' On the other hand, you could investigate what happens after the 75% / installation log (I believe you're actually completely or almost completely done - maybe LiLo/Grub is missing) and do it yourself on the 2nd console. best regards, Alex Bartok On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 11:34, Robert Waldner wrote: > Hi! > > Yesterday I was trying to install Sarge on my SS10. Got the installer > from /debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-sparc/current/images/sparc32/ > (ftp.at.debian.org), netbooted the SS10 with it and chose to install > "testing". Everything went smoothly until after it told me that it was > finished and would now like to reboot: > > +Ä+ Finishing the installation +ÄÄ+ > > | | > > | 75% | > > | | > > | Saving installation logs to /var/log/debian-installer/...E: Unimplemented > fn > | | > > +Ä+ > > > At which point it now hangs. > > (Sorry, I hadn't activated linewrapping on the serial console.) > > Any hints? google is no help with this. > > cheers, > &rw
Re: all is read-only
Don't get me wrong, but maybe you should just combine your minutely emails into one... On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 14:55, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > Koen Vermeer wrote: > > I had the same problem yesterday. Look in the mail archives how to fix > > checkroot.sh. It's pretty easy. > > I searched but did not find ... google had not the time to archive it, I > guess... would you help me to find the relevant thread please? > > Thank you. > > -- > Rakotomandimby Mihamina Andrianifaharana > Tel : +33 2 38 76 43 65 > http://www.rktmb.org/Members/mihamina >
Re: Debian Installer Issues
Hello Kathleen, Friday, July 23, 2004, 10:51:01 PM, you wrote: KM> No file system mounted on /target KM> Installation Step Failed. KM> However I still encounter the same problems when going back to the KM> GUI installer. KM> If anyone has any suggestions, or ideas on where I can go from here, it KM> would be greatly appreciated. Hi, this may sound stupid, but did you try to mount the target fs to that mount point (/target) ? I'm not sure, but I believe the target filesystems are mounted right after the partitioning, at the end of that module, not at the beginning of the next one. -- Best regards, Alexmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SS5 with Quattro HME SBUS Speed Issue
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:54:52 +0100, Gary Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -Original Message- From: Alex Bartok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 June 2004 11:44 To: Gary Parker; debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: SS5 with Quattro HME SBUS Speed Issue not sure if these utilities work properly on a sparc system - never tried might be something worth looking into though. Well, they're in stable...I had a look for mii-tool as well but that doesn't seem to exist on debian/sparc. Yep, but a possibility is that the HME simply doesn't support these settings (as in the way those apps try to set it). AFAIK the SS5 has ide disks, considering the age of the machine the ide bus is probably not the fastest. I'd try to generate data randomly without utilizing the hds and send that to another machine. Maybe catting urandom into a tcp listener on another machine Nope, definitely SCSI. Copying a single large file over from the SS5 to the XP box and looking at the network traffic in task manager shows an almost perfectly flat line at 10% of the 100Mb/s adapter's available bandwidth, that's what made me think it was a negotiation problem. Sidenote: I screwed that up - I meant to say UDP (should give you higher transfer rates) Maybe these two are of help: http://supportforum.sun.com/network/index.php?t=msg&goto=570&rid=0 http://dbforums.com/t674555.html -Alex
Re: SS5 with Quattro HME SBUS Speed Issue
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:35:30 +0100, Gary Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Morning all...I've got a little problem which you'll hopefully be able to help me out with. ... "port: SIOCSIFMAP: Operation not supported" Google'ing suggests using ethtool instead but this seems to have no effect when making changes and returns the following error when trying to get driver information: "Cannot get driver information: Operation not supported" not sure if these utilities work properly on a sparc system - never tried might be something worth looking into though. So, what can I do? Is this a problem with the quattro/hme driver or is this system simply too slow to pump the data out fast enough to saturate a 100Mb/s network? AFAIK the SS5 has ide disks, considering the age of the machine the ide bus is probably not the fastest. I'd try to generate data randomly without utilizing the hds and send that to another machine. Maybe catting urandom into a tcp listener on another machine Alex Bartok
RE: Latest Sarge netboot failing...
Yes, 101% positive. > -Original Message- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Kwan > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 6:35 AM > To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Latest Sarge netboot failing... > This is funktastic. > > rootskel | 0.76 | unstable/debian-installer | alpha, > arm, i386, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc > rootskel | 0.75 | testing/debian-installer | alpha, > arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc > > The framebuffer default was set to false for sparc back in > 0.74. Are you > sure you were using a current daily? > > -- > > Joshua Kwan > > > > >
RE: Latest Sarge netboot failing...
Hooray. The first time I saw b4 working on non-x86... until got to the base-system component, which failed because the scsi-cd module could not be loaded (what the heck ?). Anyway, I went for the woody netinst now and did a dist-upgrade. Working like a charme. I just have one slightly OT question: Has anyone had problems with mp3s skipping in xmms & mpg321 ? It's like timewarped playback. The card is a CS4231a. (Note, using plain alsa in xmms gives scrambled output, sounds like I'm listening to some capacitors having a party. xmms-esd "works" in the way mentioned above. mpg321 works straight out of the box with no parameters). -Alex > -Original Message- > From: Blars Blarson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 11:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Latest Sarge netboot failing... > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >Gives the exact same effect as the b4 image: > > > >VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) > >Setting up filesystem, please wait ... > >Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 > >Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 > >Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 > >Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 > >Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 > >Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 > >umount: /initrd: invalid argument > >Segmentation fault > > Segmentation fault > > Segmentation fault > > > >[endless loop while producing screen distortions] > > > That problem is with bterm and sbus or upa bus framebuffers. > "debian-installer/framebuffer=false" is the workaround. > > -- > Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.blars.org/blars.html > With Microsoft, failure is not an option. It is a standard feature. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
RE: Latest Sarge netboot failing...
Gives the exact same effect as the b4 image: VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) Setting up filesystem, please wait ... Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 Unimplemented SPARC system call 188 umount: /initrd: invalid argument Segmentation fault Segmentation fault Segmentation fault [endless loop while producing screen distortions] > -Original Message- > From: Blars Blarson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Latest Sarge netboot failing... > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >I just tried the daily netboot image, of course with > negative outcome... > >I thought I'd tell the list, to maybe get some pointers or > help someone fix > >it ;) > >here's the kernel's last few burps : > > > >VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) > >attempt to access beyond end of device > >01:00: rw=0 want=5246, limit=4096 > > It looks like the initrd is exceeding 4MB again, try adding > "ramdisk_size=8192" to the silo boot options. > > >The beta4 release fails with a segmentation fault. > >The machine is an Ultra60, 1x450 MHz CPU, 512mb of mem, Creator 3D, > >SCSI only > > > >Maybe I'm also just doing something wrong - any ideas ? > > It looks like this may have been figured out, but the fixes have not > yet been applied. (cramfs bug with large page sizes, workaround is to > not use cramfs or build it into the kernel.) > > In other words, I expect the current images to fail on your system. > -- > Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.blars.org/blars.html > With Microsoft, failure is not an option. It is a standard feature. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
Latest Sarge netboot failing...
I just tried the daily netboot image, of course with negative outcome... I thought I'd tell the list, to maybe get some pointers or help someone fix it ;) here's the kernel's last few burps : VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) attempt to access beyond end of device 01:00: rw=0 want=5246, limit=4096 attempt to access beyond end of device 01:00: rw=0 want=4295, limit=4096 attempt to access beyond end of device 01:00: rw=0 want=4296, limit=4096 attempt to access beyond end of device 01:00: rw=0 want=4297, limit=4096 attempt to access beyond end of device 01:00: rw=0 want=4298, limit=4096 attempt to access beyond end of device 01:00: rw=0 want=4299, limit=4096 attempt to access beyond end of device 01:00: rw=0 want=4300, limit=4096 attempt to access beyond end of device 01:00: rw=0 want=4301, limit=4096 attempt to access beyond end of device 01:00: rw=0 want=4302, limit=4096 Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. The beta4 release fails with a segmentation fault. The machine is an Ultra60, 1x450 MHz CPU, 512mb of mem, Creator 3D, SCSI only Maybe I'm also just doing something wrong - any ideas ? -Alex
Re: beta4 and Ultra1
On Tue, 18 May 2004 10:33:34 -0400 (EDT), Jiann-Ming Su <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've downloaded the beta4 netinst image (http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/sparc/). I was able to get my Ultra1 to boot the CD. It gets half way through, and I get the following message: RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. Freeing initrd memory: 1755k freed sh-2021: reiserfs_read_super: can not find reiserfs on ramdisk(1,0) Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00 Press L1-A to return to the boot prom What did I do wrong? Thanks for any tips. BTW, where is the L1 key? L1 = Stop, so Stop-A
RE: [MailServer Notification] To Sender a virus was found and action taken.
> -Original Message- > From: System Attendant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:50 AM > To: 'debian-sparc@lists.debian.org' > Subject: [MailServer Notification] To Sender a virus was > found and action taken. > > ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange took action on the message. > The message > details were: > Sender = debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > Recipient(s) = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > Subject = Information > Scanning time = 05/08/2004 19:49:41 > Engine/Pattern = 7.000-1004/885 > > Action taken on message: > The attachment Informations.zip contained WORM_NETSKY.Z > virus. ScanMail took > Automatic notification: This e-mail and any file > transmitted with it are > confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended > solely for the > addressee and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than the > addressee. If you have received this e-mail by mistake , > please advise the > sender immediately. " YES. THAT WOULD BE ME. Consider me a security risk - I know all about your virii !
Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem
Hi > Just have to figure out how to boot from disk by default i.e. turn "boot > net", > as a default, off. > you can do that in openboot (STOP-A), type help to get a list of commands. from there you can change the defaults using set best regards, Alex Bartok
RE: does anyone care about sparc CDs for sarge?
Hi, can you please CC the necessary changes to the list at well ? I'm downloading today's image right now, so I can make appropriate changes here and then give it a try right away. I just tried Herbert Kaminski's `workaround` (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=243122) - without any luck, adding 'rw' to the kernel options doesn't work with an image 2-3 weeks old. (If it happens to work with the current image, I'll let you know.) -Alex > -Original Message- > From: Ben Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Ben Collins > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 6:40 PM > To: Joey Hess > Cc: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: does anyone care about sparc CDs for sarge? > > On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 12:28:42PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Sparc CDs for sarge currently do not boot. Bug #243122. > I've seen a lot > > of workarounds, and zero effort to fix the problem. If this problem > > remains in 2 weeks, then we will not ship sparc CDs as part > of beta 4 of > > the Debian installer. Which puts us quite close to not > including sparc > > CDs as part of the sarge release. If someone cares about > this, you need > > to get busy and fix it. > > I already had this working at one time, so some one else > broke it. Jeff > Bailey and I worked on it for quite awhile. > > So what happened? People break things without knowing, or just don't > care to test changes? > > How about just adding "rw" to the appended options? > > Also, isofs.b doesn't need to be on the CD (as I've said before). > > And finally, I am getting sick of your attitude towards ports and > developers. It's the main reason I wont work on the debian-installer. > > I'm pulling the cd image now, and I will try the fix. If that works, > I'll tell you and you can make the change in your > debian-installer repo. > > -- > Debian - http://www.debian.org/ > Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ > Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ > WatchGuard - http://www.watchguard.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
RE: does anyone care about sparc CDs for sarge?
I'm willing to help with the testing - I have an Ultra60 here where I can test installers. However I'm new to the Silo/Sparc world. (familiar quite well with Debian on i386 though.) ... If that helps. best regards, Alex Bartok > -Original Message- > From: Joey Hess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 6:29 PM > To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > Subject: does anyone care about sparc CDs for sarge? > > Sparc CDs for sarge currently do not boot. Bug #243122. I've > seen a lot > of workarounds, and zero effort to fix the problem. If this problem > remains in 2 weeks, then we will not ship sparc CDs as part > of beta 4 of > the Debian installer. Which puts us quite close to not including sparc > CDs as part of the sarge release. If someone cares about > this, you need > to get busy and fix it. > > (I am not subscribed to this mailing list.) > > -- > see shy jo >
RE: Sarge Installer (Daily Build) on Ultra 60
Hi, // -Original Message- // From: Thomas Poindessous [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] // Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:00 PM // To: Alex Bartok // Subject: Re: Sarge Installer (Daily Build) on Ultra 60 // > Now the actual problem occurs even before it gets to the installer, namely // > it can't mount the root fs from the CD // > 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 // // it should be fixed ... can you try to add "devfs=mount" parameter in // silo prompt. // Results in exactly the same situation, no change at all...
Sarge Installer (Daily Build) on Ultra 60
Hey there, I know my way around Debian on the Intel platform, however I'm a newbie when it comes to Sparc64. I have an Ultra60 with a SCSI subsystem; the cdrom I'm trying to install from has SCSI ID 5. OpenBoot version is 3.23, Memory is 512MB. NVRAM is in mint condition. The Image I'm attempting to install is: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/sparc/current/sarge-sparc-neti nst.iso - It's said to install stable on the website. The SCSI Controller is properly identified during the boot process (devices are identified ok, HD + CDROM are listed) Now the actual problem occurs even before it gets to the installer, namely it can't mount the root fs from the CD 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 Press L1-A to ... Appending root=/dev/scd0 doesn't do the trick, any pointers? (Note: I've done some quick googling and read other mailing list posts: I'm *not* trying to append the param on the OpenBoot prompt, but from the silo prompt, as in linux root=/dev/scd0) Also, the machine has two NICs, an onboard happymeal 10/100 (which wasn't working under Solaris - kept telling me about a missing link although the network hardware was fine and tested with another intel based machine) and one I just bought on eBay (X1033A). Both get detected fine when booting the Debian installer cd, as eth0 and eth1, however, both get identical MACs - is this correct ? Please forgive my stupidity and these - probably - idiotic questions, but everybody's a beginner sometime ;)
RE: Press L1-A to return to the boot prom
Excerpt from http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:UuuSHLxLuA8J:rsusu1.rnd.runnet.ru/solar is2.7/Solaris_System_Administration_Guide-stripped/ch01/016-019.html+Press+L 1-A+to+return+to+the+boot+prom&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 : >>> Occasionally, you may need to abort the booting process. The specific abort key sequence depends on your keyboard type. For example, you might press Stop-A or L1-A. On tty terminals, press the Break key. <<< Best regards, Alex -Original Message- From: Leonard, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 6:36 PM To: Debian-Sparc Subject: Press L1-A to return to the boot prom "Press L1-A to return to the boot prom" What key sequence is this? I have a Type 5 keyboard. Philip
Re: Moved to 2.4.21 kernel
Is your SBUS NIC a "Happy Meal Ethernet" card? "hme" is not compiled in the Sparc32 kernel 2.4.21. Perhap, try this: modprobe sunhme [macaddr=0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0] You only need to specify "macaddr" if you want a different mac from your onboard Lance Ethernet. I also observed a feature about assigning mac. My Sparc Classic/Gateway has 2 SBUS NICs and onboard Lance. When I specified mac for one of the sunhme, the kernel automatically assigns the next sequential mac for the second sunhme. Alex On 1/27/2004 11:38 PM, David Demland wrote: > I have moved my SPARC 5 box to the 2.4.21 kernel. The problem is that the > SBUS NIC that was added is not being seen. I am not sure what driver this > would need, but the modules that loaded with the old 2.2 kernel do not seem > to get the second NIC to work. What do I need to do to get the second NIC to > work? > > David Demland
RE: Ultra5 + Linux kernel 2.6.1 = hangs while booting
-Original Message- > > > > CONFIG_FB_ATY=m > > I have _FB_ATY=y in my config for my ultra 5. > Yeah, that would be a problem :) ^^Original Message^ Yup, that was it. I just recently began to understand kernel modules, but in my quest to keep the image size down, I tried to make everything one. Yes, there is a limit to SILO image size, it's around 3.5 Meg. It doesn't matter if its gzipped because its unzipped to the memory space with the limit. It's not a hardware issue per se, there's a decent thread here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2003/debian-sparc-200311/msg00125.html Now I boot through the filesystem stuff, but I still get stuck here: Hdc: ATAPI 32x CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 ... The keyboard lights flash once and it locks. Booting with the SILO -p option is pretty useless because it clears out too quickly a few times and the reboots. Stop+A doesn't work during the sequence. Is there a way to slow this down or something? What about my input stuff? CONFIG_SERIO=y CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT=y CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y # CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD is not set CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD=y Sorry for being so difficult. I'll appreciate this amount of control once I have it working ;-). -Alex
Re: Trying to use ipmasqadm
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, David Demland wrote: > I am trying to use port forwarding on my Sparc 5. It has a 2.2 kernel. When > I try to use the command: > > ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -R 10.0.0.253 1723 -L 192.168.1.5 1723 > > I get the message: > > portfw: setsockopt failed: Invalid argument > > When I do: > > ipmasqadm portfw -l > > I get the messages: > > Could not open "/proc/net/ip_masq/portfw" > Could not open "/proc/net/ip_portfw" > Check if you have enabled portforwarding > > What have I not configured right to get the port forwarding to work? > > Thank You, > > David Demland In the default kernel, Port Forward is neither compiled in nor compiled as module. You can proceed with this link and compile your kernel. It is not a lots of reading (only a few paragraphs). http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch-post-install.en.html#s-kernel-baking Kernel compilation is not that bad. Only a few commands.
RE: Ultra5 + Linux kernel 2.6.1 = hangs while booting
Devfs doesn't seem to be a problem, it was just the line before the console error. I tried some of Christian Hopp's ideas, but I had already enabled everything mentioned (The config on the web gives me a 403 error, permissions?). I have attached my current config (which still doesn't work). The important sections, I think, are: # # Graphics support # CONFIG_FB=y CONFIG_FB_ATY=m CONFIG_FB_ATY_CT=y CONFIG_FB_PCI=y # # Console display driver support # CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_PCI_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FONTS=y CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16=y Could a font problem cause all of this? -Alex -Original Message- > May be the kernel ran fine but you didn't have a proper console driver installed. >but you want to have CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y -Original Message- >Do you have devfsd installed? >Make sure you have the "Framebuffer Console support" option enabled. >Attaching your config might help. Ultra5-2.6.1_Test_Config Description: Binary data
RE: Ultra5 + Linux kernel 2.6.1 = hangs while booting
Cool, I didn't know about that option, I should have looked into SILO debugging more. What I get now, is that it loads things pretty normally through all the normal hardware stuff, but right after it loads the root fs read-only and devfs, I get this: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly. Mounted devfs on/dev Warning: unable to open an initial console It then reboots, I had to Stop+A to get that to copy it down. Is this a graphics/framebuffer problem? My current kernel says this: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 1060x64 Fb0: ATY Mach64 frame buffer device on PCI Pty: 265 Unix98 ptys configured Thanks for the help, I hope this is enough info. -Alex -Original Message- > boot: linux6 > Loaded kernel version 2.6.1 > > Remapping the kernel... done. > Booting Linux... > > Where it flashes the keyboard LEDs once, then appears to freeze > indefinitely. > I have tried many of the graphics modules, but is there one I need > specifically? How will my Ultra5 config need to be different from the > Ultra10? Should I go back to a 2.6 instead of 2.6.1? Do "linux6 -p" at the SILO prompt so we can get more output.
Ultra5 + Linux kernel 2.6.1 = hangs while booting
Hi Everyone, I currently have version 2.4.18 #2 of the kernel, which came when I installed woody for Sparc. Everything is 'stable', except for gcc and related packages which were upgraded to 'testing' (gcc 3.3.2). I have been trying to compile a version of 2.6.1 for over a week with lots of problems and I'm finally stuck, exhausting the web and forums, and need some help. I have tried endless .config permutations, the most promising being the 2.6 Ultra10 example from: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm/configs/kernel/ It seems like a lot of people like me have trouble with the size of the kernel, and I can't ever use vmlinux, even compressed, so I follow these steps: make menuconfig make make image make modules make modules_install The arch/sparc64/boot/image is then placed in /boot (along with the new /boot/System.map) and added to silo.conf. Whenever I try to boot to this from silo, I get: boot: linux6 Loaded kernel version 2.6.1 Remapping the kernel... done. Booting Linux... Where it flashes the keyboard LEDs once, then appears to freeze indefinitely. I have tried many of the graphics modules, but is there one I need specifically? How will my Ultra5 config need to be different from the Ultra10? Should I go back to a 2.6 instead of 2.6.1? Any ideas would be truly appreciated; I'm just tired of compiling. Thanks, Alex Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with "Happy Meal" drivers
On 1/11/2004 5:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 08:58:17AM +0100, bath66 wrote: > >>"Andrew Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was quoted as saying by some wrong mail >>agent >>operated by Mr. bath66 who should know better >> >>>Before you turn off the PC that is connected to the Sun's serial >>>console, remove the cable from the sun. That way, the sun will stay >>>running and you won't have these problems. >>> >> >>Thanks for the conseil .. It work now ... but can you explain me why ? > > > A break signal on the sun serial port drops it into the openboot prompt. > 'go' restarts it where it left off. > > In rs232 a break is signaled by holding the line low for longer than > 10 bit times (therefore it cannot be a valid byte b/c a valid byte > would have ended with a high stop bit at the 9th bit[1]). > > Some PCs inadvertently drive TX low for that long as power goes down. > There isn't much you can do; I even tried lowering the baud rate > and even as 1200 the PC's signal was long enough to act as a break. > > -Nicolas Dade > > [1] assuming 8N1; the principal is the same with other data settings--- > a break is unambiguously not a data transfer Run this command to over come the hardware BREAK signal: /sbin/sysctl -w kernel/stop-a=0 The above is the same as Solaris "/etc/default/kbd" with: KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable
Dual boot between Linux and Solaris yielded "spurious interrupt" msg
In setting up dual boot on my Sparc Classic between Linux and Solaris, I encountered this message: Boot options: [1] Linux Kernel 2.4.21 [2] Solaris 9.0 SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_112233-08 32-bit Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. spurious interrupt at processor level 10 What is this "spurious interrupt"? This is my "silo.conf": $ cat /etc/silo.conf partition=2 timeout=80 message=/boot/message.txt root=/dev/sdc2 default=linux read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21 alias=1 single-key label=linux other=/iommu/sbus/espdma/esp/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0;1 alias=2 single-key label=solaris I tried silo version "0.9.8" and "1.2.5". Both version yielded the same message on the console output. Does anyone have any idea what this is? How can I move forward? I already searched the bug report but this has not been recorded. Thanks for any assistance. Alex
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S. Alex Linko AR Group 751 Miller Dr. SE Leesburg, VA 20175 (C) 703.728.8513 (O) 703.443.1950 (F) 703.443.1956 >>> Steven Wilcoxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/13/03 23:38 PM >>> I don't have the complete solution, but this information should point you in the right direction if someone else doesn't supply the exact command before you get the answer. The issue is that the OBP process sets the MAC address of all nics to the same value by default. In the OBP documentation, there is a setting you can set to prevent that from happening. On Wednesday 13 August 2003 22:40, David Demland wrote: > I have a SPARC 5 that I just got a SBUS 100T NIC for. I installed it and it > seems to work because I get no errors about the second NIC. I am using > PMFirewall to configure the ipchains on the box. The box does not seem to > route. When I do an ifconfig I see both interfaces, eth0 and eth1. The two > interfaces have the same MAC address. How do I tell if both NICs are > working and how why would ifconfig show the same MAC addresses unless there > was a problem? > > David Demland -- S.W. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SS5 170 crashed with 2 S-Bus Happy Meal
The SS5 170 is my Masquerade machine. It was running solid with Woody before I replaced the second Lance card with the 2 Happy Meals. I was testing to see how much throughput I gain with the Happy Meal. I ran "ftp" behind the SS5 using an Ultra 2 with Solaris 9. Upload or download would lock up the SS5. I did not get any error from the console since it is running headless nor anything in "/var/log". It will not even accept a [Break] key to escape to the OBP. Both Happy Meals are good. I tested them individually in the Ultra 2 and got 9.5MB/s with crossover cable to Windows 2k. Has anyone seem this? Any suggestion what else I should try? Thanks.
is there an Citrix ICA client for debian on a sparc? If so where 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
Re: SparcStation 5 hanging with 2.2.19
--- Lourens O Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed the potato distribution 2.2.19 on a SparcStation 5 > (sun4m) with 64Mb of RAM. It runs fine during the day, but on arrival > at > the lab in the morning it is usually hanging. The screen is blank and > there is no response from the keyboard. On reboot everything is fine > again. > > I don't have any ideas on where to start looking for the problem. Any > suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Lourens Walters > > MSc. Student - University of Cape Town, South Africa It almost sounds to me that setterm is blanking out your screen during disuse. I'm not sure what init script changes this, maybe someone else can tell you this, (/etc/rc.?/) but it's one of the sysinit scripts that gets run when the machine goes into multiuser mode, I think. I know the command to fix it would be /bin/setterm -blank 0 would keep setterm from blanking the screen. If you found which initscript that was in, you could edit the time period until it blanks and set it to 0. --Alex __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
re:optical mouse
I actually do have the special mouse pad that the mouse requires. My problem is that the mouse does not even emit a laser beam when you boot the system. I don't even know if it's supposed to do that, but I know of no way to make it work. My keyboard has a little door on the underside of it. Is there a jumper underneath there or anything I'm suppoed to set? I also have another keyboard for it, if it turns out I'm using the wrong keyboard. The guy I bought the machine from said you had to buy the mouse and keyboard as a matched set, so I'm assuming that my one of the keyboards is supposed to work with the mouse. FYI. The previous owner stated that he could not even get the mouse to run under Solaris, so it may be that the mouse is non-functional... Thanks for all the help! --Alex Cavnar __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
Optical mouse?
Greetings, I have a SparcStation 5, and I recently got a keyboard/ optical mouse pair from the guy I bought the system from. He said he could never get the mouse to work on the machine, so it could just be that it's non-functioning, but are there any tricks or techniques one must use to make the Sun optical mouse work on my machine? Note that a regular analog mouse works on my machine, so I know it's not my mouse port. Any help would be appreciated! --Alex __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
compiling kernel 2.4.16
Greetings, I am attempting to compile kernel 2.4.16 for my SPARC Machine. I am mainly interested in ext3 support for my machine for faster crash recovery times. When I make vmlinux, I get the error : Wrong use of 'disable_irq' in '.text.exit' section. It can only be used in .text, .text.init, .fixup and __ksymtab make[1]: *** [btfix.s] Error 1 Is this error common? I get it with every version I've tried, from 2.4.13ac8 to 2.4.17. Allow me to apologize if this post is off-topic to this list! --Alex Cavnar __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com
Re: Sound on Sun Blade 1000
On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, David S. Miller wrote: > Did someone fix esound already to deal with opposite endian sound > cards? Speak up! :-) I ran into this problem with an old release of Esound. The solution is to use AFMT_S16_BE for big endian boxes. -- The best things in life are free. http://www.tahallah.demon.co.uk
Re: Mouse and X
Yes, it is running. It isn't working, but I think it is running. Should I turn it off, if so how? Regards, Alex PS I am new to Debian and Sparc in general. > > Is gpm running? > > James Morrison 1
Re: Mouse and X
I did set it to use /dev/sunmouse, and I have tried many protocols. I think the one that the XFree web site has was "busmouse" I think that is what it is at right now. Regards, Alex > do you have the correct dev for the mouse (/dev/sunmouse)? what > protocol are you using? > > -tduffy > > > 1
Re: Bug in dynamic linker
James Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I downloaded all of the debs (thanks!) and installed them, even > tried rebooting, but I still have the SAME problem! Any other ideas, > short of reinstalling with a crowbar? > can you do an strace and post that? maybe we'll get a better idea of what's happening. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: Bug in dynamic linker
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 08:21:19PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Thanks Alex that ld works for me too. Can we have on offical rebuild > > anybody? > > > > Sorry, but we can't have an ld that does not have sparc64 in it. > exactly, that's why we need a rebuild. it took about 12 hours to compile binutils on my ipx and i don't plan to do it again. however i will gladly test a binutils package with sparc64 enabled. it shouldn't take too long to compile on a real machine. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: Bug in dynamic linker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > This looks like the problem I'm having. > I sent an strace of it to the list a while back. > Can someone who has a working ld make it available somewhere. > Without a working ld is difficult to build a working ld ;-) > i took the redhat binutils package and coverted it with alien. then i recompiled binutils on my system. you can get the recompiled debian package by anonymous ftp from ftp://caliban.lbl.gov/pub/debian/sparc. it doesn't have the spar64 emulation though. but at least i can link programs again. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: xserver-sun* breakage.
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can someone check into this for me? > > 1) Does installing xfonts-pex make this problem go away? > no, it doesn't. the crash has nothing to do with not finding the fonts. i ran the server under the debugger, and it crashed when it was trying to free some memory, presumably because of a bad pointer. anyway, as i said in a different message on this list, i got the xsun server to run by installing a new version of glibc which i compiled myself. i think the problem is in glibc actually. maybe the old egcs compiler used to compile the version currently in the sparc distribution produced some bad code. i wonder if recompiling it with gcc 2.95.1 will make the problem go away. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: Bug in dynamic linker
James Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > gcc -o test test.c > Segmentation fault > > > cd /usr/src/linux > /usr/src/linux> make config > BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: Segmentation fault > i had the same problems before i recompiled my own linker. can you just try to do 'ld -V' and see if that dumps core. at least i'll know i am not the only one who has these kind of problems. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: xserver-sun* breakage.
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wouldn't call glibc 2.1.1 woefully out of date. On the other hand, the > glibc 2.1.2pre3 (notice the pre) which is still in prerelease, has a > possibly broken mmap(), which is why it isn't compiled for sparc yet in > potato. > maybe not woefully out of date, but something is wrong with it (2.1.1 that is). > I am looking into the mmap problem. Until then, I suggest not using glibc > 2.1.2pre2 unless you really feal like testing prerelease software. > i am already testing prerelease software on intel (and alpha, and powerpc) so what's one more platform. i can't say i didn't have some emotions installing it though. but as an added bonus i get the xserver to work again. so, is anybody looking into the linker problem? --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: xserver-sun* breakage.
Stephen Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: xserver-xsun24 > Version: 3.3.4-1 > > Has anyone else had problems with the 3.3.4 xserver-xsun* packages? I > upgraded my SS5/170 with a TCX card today and nolonger had a X > display. :/ > i had exactly the same problem, and the only way i got the xserver to run again is by upgrading to libc6 2.1.2-0pre12 (latest for intel machines, so i had to compile it myself). and on an ipx machine is no fun, it took about 24 hours). while doing this i discovered a few other things. the linker for example is completely and utterly broken (at least on my machine). if i did an 'ld -V' it will dump core. i am curious to see if other people have the same problem. i tried to recompile the binutils package, but then of course the linker wouldn't link itself. so i ended up getting the redhat binutils package, used alien to convert it to deb, waited for about 12 hours for binutils to compile from source. voila, i have a linker that works now. i took out the sparc64 emulation though, so i don't know if this is what caused the problem in the first place. if anybody is interested, i made all these packages (libc6 + binutils) available by anonymous ftp on caliban.lbl.gov in /pub/debian/sparc. at least the xserver is running again (and the crash has nothing to do with not finding the pex fonts, i run it under the debugger, and it crashes when it tries to free some memory). lessons learned: at least on my machine ld is broken. glibc is woefully out of date. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: glibc 2.1.1 linking problems
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's what we are trying to determice. It will actually depend on a > specific version of kernel or > due to the sun4m problems. Since this > isn't in the archive yet, we haven't completely setup the > dependency/conflicts. This is worse than unstable, it's testing in > progress :) this is why i am running linux on a sparc machine, to test. i am running linux on intel for my daily work, and linux on powerpc/alpha/sparc for fun/hacking. if we didn't have problems like this it would be kind of boring. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: glibc 2.1.1 linking problems
James Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm running unstable on a stock 2.2.6 on an IPX. But I'm only running > glibc 2.0.105-2, and I have the same behaviour with apt 0.3.whatever. > I downgraded the apt package to the version from stable (0.1.9) and > apt works fine. > More info available upon request. > yes, apt didn't work with libc 2.0.105 for me either. i upgraded to libc 2.1.1 mostly to see if it cured the problems with apt, but it didn't. i tried running apt-get -f update under strace, but i get a core dump if i do that. maybe strace doesn't quite work either. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: glibc 2.1.1 linking problems
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bingo, glibc 2.1.1 requires a 2.2 kernel. The 2.2 kernels run better on > sparc anyway. IPX is sun4c correct? If so then you can use the stock > 2.2.5 source and the glibc 2.1.1 should work just fine. > yes, IPX is a sun4c. i am running the stock 2.2.6 kernel and glibc 2.1.1 and everything is fine except for apt. if glibc 2.1.1 requires a 2.2 kernel shouldn't the debian package conflict with 2.0 kernels, or at least depend on 2.2 ones? i have switched to dpkg-ftp to keep the machine updated until i can figure out why apt-get hangs. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: glibc 2.1.1 linking problems
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Kernel version? Previous libc6 version? SPARC arch? (sun4[cdmu]) > i was running 2.0.35 and libc6 2.0.105 on a sparc staion ipx. in the mean time i managed to fix my system by extracting the old libc library to a temporary directory and then copying it to /lib and running ldconfig -v. once i got the system sort of working again, i compiled 2.2.6 (which i am running right now) and installing libc 2.1.1 went without any problems. i remember having the same problems on a powerpc (with chown and 2.0.x vs > 2.1.100 kernels). anyway things are sort of back to normal now. the only problem i still have is with apt-get it just sits there forever using up 100% cpu time. this is apt 0.3.4. if anybody has any ideas how to fix this please let me know. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: glibc 2.1.1 linking problems
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 07:12:29PM -0400, Steve Dunham wrote: > > > > It's your favorite debian developer again. :) > > > > Your glibc "chown" hack has one minor problem: Old libraries which > > reference "chown@@GLIBC_2.1" won't link (compile time) with the new > > libc. (The load-time linking works fine.) > > Interesting, I hadn't noticed it really. i installed libc6 2.1-1 from master.debian.org/~bcollins and now the whole system is dead. dpkg doesn't work, i can't seem to be able to log in remotely. i get something like chown not implemented. ldd doesn't work and so on. any ideas how i can fix this? --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
Re: Floppy Installation on Sparcstation 1
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Ashok Gopalakrishnan wrote: > I am trying to install debian on a sparcstation 1 with 16MB of RAM. > >From ftp.debian.org, in the directory > pub/debian/dists/unstable/main/disks-sparc/1998-12-07, I downloaded > the files base14-1.bin thru base14-2.bin, resc1440.bin, drv1440.bin > and root.bin. Using rawrite2, I copied these to floppies. > > I then booted the sparc with the 'boot floppy' command and at the SILO > boot prompt, entered '/fd;/linux' to start the process. After > uncompressing the kernel image and detecting the hardware on the > machine, I am prompted to insert the root floppy and press enter. When > I do this however, the kernel panics, saying that it cannot mount the > root files system. Here are the exact messages: > > .. > Partition check: >sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 >sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4 sdb5 sdb6 sdb7 sdb8 > floppy 0: Warning disk change called early > VFS: Insert root floppy and press enter > > Upon inserting the root floppy and pressing enter: > > vfs_read_super: bad magic number 0xf1f9e4ad on dev 2/0 > kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 2:00 > Press L1-A to return to the boot prom I ran into this problem a week ago. It appears that the file "root.bin" is 151 bytes short. This is how I fix it. I just appended 151 bytes of zeroes to this file then recreated the floppy with dd. It worked after this. You might want to give it a try.
How to obtain a list of deb packages after [Select] of dselect
I have successfully gone through the floppy base install of the system. I do not want to install via ppp since I only have a 28.8 modem. Is there a way I can obtain the list of needed packages via "dselect" or "apt"? So that I can download all of my needed files from an ethernet connection and dump them into my Jazz drive. I am trying to avoid mirroring those binary* directories since I am not about to create a CD. Thanks.
Re: 2.0.35 turbosparc kernel
On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Kris Boulez wrote: > Quoting Derrick J Brashear ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Well, I'd like to think I solved at least one problem in the last week. > > For those of you with SS5/170 (Turbosparc) machines, there's a kernel at > > ftp://ftp.dementia.org/pub/linux/2.0.35-turbosparc, along with modules > > for it. The patches have been checked into the CVS tree and will be in > > the next snapshot (which hopefully will be when there's a handle on the > > egcs/sun4c/esp problems) > > > > Try it out with your favorite Turbosparc. > > How does one go about installing this kernel on a virgin disk (no linux > yet). With other words: does someone has a bootable image that I can > use to install a complete distribution from ? (I just got a second HD > for my SS5/170 and would like to install Linux on it). I assume that you have figured this out already. My replied is intended for others who try to do the same thing. Basically, you would use the current image disk. It is "disks-sparc/1998-05-25" at the time of this message. After you created the boot disk, you would copy the new Turbosparc kernel and its System.map file to the boot disk (make sure you use the same file name as the existing disk). You will copy the module tarball to the driver disk. By the way, the current Turbosparc kernel is in ftp://vger.rutgers.edu/pub/linux/Sparc/kernel/v2.0/980805/. This newer kernel works for me. It appears that there is some timing problem on the boot script. It tried to eject the floppy too soon before the root disk prompt message. But a paper clip worked very well for me. = To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
