Re: Sparcstation 4 Serial cable.
try here for some info http://www.stokely.com/unix.serial.port.resources/A-B-Ycablepinout.html On Sun, 2003-04-27 at 07:56, Dan Hunt wrote: > I have been told that I can connect to my Sun SPARCStation 4 with some > sort of serial cable. I have to admit, I do not know what to look for > - how to make one. Can anyone point out --what connect's to what-- for > me. > > Please don't cc me, I read the list ;) > Dan Hunt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: Need help with XFree86 on an Ultra 5
Hi Tom I had a similar problem which was resolved when I recompiled my own kernel. david On Friday 22 November 2002 12:58, Tom Marshall wrote: > I have not been able to get a 4.x version of the XFree86 server running on > my Ultra 5. The 3.3.6 server running on the 2.2 kernel (as distributed in > Potato) worked fine. I assumed the problem was due to some bug(s) in the > 2.4 kernel or the 4.x code in the server because the XFree86.0.log reported > "invalid memory allocations" and such. However, these seem to have been > solved in the most recent 2.4.19 kernel and 4.2.1 server, and the problem > persists. I am still suspicious of the following: > > (--) ATI(0): ATI 3D Rage Pro graphics controller detected. > (--) ATI(0): Chip type 4750 "GP", version 4, foundry UMC, class 0, revision > 0x01. (--) ATI(0): PCI bus interface detected; block I/O base is 0xC00400. > (--) ATI(0): ATI Mach64 adapter detected. > (!!) ATI(0): For information on using the multimedia capabilities > of this adapter, please see http://gatos.sf.net. > (--) ATI(0): Internal RAMDAC (subtype 1) detected. > (==) ATI(0): RGB weight 888 > (==) ATI(0): Default visual is PseudoColor > (==) ATI(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) > (II) ATI(0): Using Mach64 accelerator CRTC. > > Note that the driver seems to detect two cards. The machine actually has a > 3D Rage Pro (according to lspci) so the last line above is a bit > disturbing. > > Another data point is that low resolutions such as 640x480 work enough to > show an X screen, but my monitor can't sync up. It keeps blinking every > one or two seconds to resync. All I see with any higher resolution is a > blank screen. > > If anyone can tell me what is going wrong and/or send a working > XF86Config-4 for the Ultra 5, I would be most appreciative.
Re: Sound Config on Ultra 1
Well i finally managed to get a working setup on my sparc ultra 5. Here is a summary of what I have done (that is working :) Compiled the kernel with the specific Sun Sparc Audio support in Changed the ownership of all my /dev audio types (ie /dev/audio etc) to allow users to write to these (previously they would only allow root to write to them) And finally added this to the /etc/default/audioctl file DEVICE=/dev/audioctl PARAMS="play.port=line_out play.pause=0" Currently this allows me to play mp3's and it also produces the odd sound beep :) david On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 17:52, Tim Chettle wrote: > Hi im getting an error telling me that the sound Driver device cant open > /dev/dsp and that the sound server willcontinue using the null device. > > Can any one point me in the right direction as to how to configure up the > sound support. > > > Thanks > > Tim > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: Hardware question
Yes u can use almost any standard scsi2 cdrom with the sparc. The boot prom can probe for scsi devices and will detect them, the linux kernel will load for sparc with scsi easy. david On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 19:27, Brugier Pascal wrote: > Hi > > I'm newbie in SPARC architecture, but i want to try to install > Debian on it. > > Someone gave me a SPARCstation 20, but there is no CD driver and > no FD driver. > > I want to know if it's possible to use a "standard" SCSI2 CD driver > in this station and if i can install a "PC" FD driver in it ? > The last question is there someone who has already use an adapter > to make a PC monitor working on the this SPARC station, if it's > possible can you give me the reference of this kind of adapter > because i found some on the Internet but i want to be sure to > not make a mistake before buying it. > > I know this kind off questions is not really the subject off > this mailing list, but i don't know where i can found good > answer, and off course the deal is really to install woody on > this station. > > Thanks a lot and excuse me for my bad English. > > Best regards, Pascal > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sparcs in general
Hi I have potato running on a production server, easy as any pc to install, make yourself familiar with the sun open boot prom at http://sunsolve.sun.com and look in the etc Feature archive for the item Hardware Diagnostics for SunTM Systems: A Toolkit for System Administrators Woody is snap to install, there is a problem with early versions of potato with sun mouse configs, but either will run happily on a 5 or a 10 (have installed on both). You might like to customise your kernel, if you are that way inclined, the kernel images supplied are fine, just read carefully about the type. Have a look at http://ultralinux.org in ther faq, it is a little dated but relevant. they are happy little items all on their own :) cheers david On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 16:01, Kevin J. Kalupson wrote: > I've been running debian for over two years now on PC's and now doing server > related things as well. I am about to acquire a sparc 5 and a sparc 10 > workstation. Will they work in a similar fashion as a PC? What I mean is, > will I be able to install debian and have them function as stand alone > machines on my network or are the dependent some how on a larger sun server? > I have allready assumed answers to these questions but I have learned to know > better than to count on assumptions. Does anyone have any recomendations for > a new sun with linux user, etc? > Thank you, > Kevin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: Confusion about 32/64-bit user space
On a similar subject, I have been experiencing failures when I try to compile some sources with the make command usually exiting with some error along the lines of "gcc sparc 64 uknown" or something similar :) It isn't a huge issue since I got the latest woody cd set (with so many pre compiled binaries to choose from) but I was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction. Yes I realise it is probably bleeding obvious but my experience is limited... thanks david On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 16:28, Scott Robert Ladd wrote: > I am a tad confused here, so bear with me... > > Okay: I have an Ultra 10, on which I've installed Debian 3.0r0. As I > understand it, the kernel operates in 64-bit mode, while any programs I > write and run operate in 32-bit mode. Is that correct? > > Is there anyway to change user space such that it is 64-bit? > > This came up when I built gcc 3.2; the configure script couldn't figure out > my installation. As it is explained to me by someone in the gcc mailing > list, what I managed to build was a 32-bit version of the compilers, given > that my user space is 32-bit. > > Why isn't user space 64-bit by default? Is it that many GNU/Linux programs > aren't compatible with 64-bit? > > Scott Robert Ladd > Coyote Gulch Productions, http://www.coyotegulch.com > No ads -- just very free (and somewhat unusual) code. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
alsa driver?
Hi all Has anyone had any success with the binary or compiling their own alsa driver - esp on a ultra5 :) thanks david
Re: Sound on sun4c
If it is any consolation peter, I have never been able to make audio work with any of my sparc4's, 5's or even on this ultra 5 (which has woody installed). It seems like a complete mystery to me. david it is not like a huge priority but sometimes i might just like to hear a mp3 as i try to do some real work. On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 14:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ben, Ian and others, > > At Wed, 12 Jun 2002 02:18:33 +1000 (EST) Ian commented, > it> ... just load the sparcaudio modules ... > > amd7930 and audio were loaded and madplay still failed. > > it> Now ALSA would be interesting to get working on Sparc. > > Installed it with dselect and selected Dummy_soundcard > with alsaconf. madplay still fails with this familiar message. > > output: ioctl(SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT): Invalid argument > > The problem with alsa in Debian 2.2.19 appears to be > that the DSP is not supported properly. > > it> audio isn't too important on the old Sparc's, so don't > hold your breath. > > Pity that the hardware is there but the software can > not operate it. > > At Sat, 8 Jun 2002 20:08:44 -0400 Ben remarked, > bc> My system works just fine with OSS applications > (granted it's an ultra, but still). > > The DSP chip in this Sparc is an AMD 79c30 whereas > the ultra has something else. Also, you might be running > an OS more recent than Debian 2.2.19 which is on > this machine. > > If anyone has any further suggestions I'm still interested. > > Thanks, Peter E. > > > > Peter Easthope > http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: testing on Ultra 5
On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 10:44, Chris Stone wrote: > I just installed Debian on my Ultra5 and have been really fighting to > get X working correctly. It DID detect my Mach64 card ok. Fought with > the mouse being erratic until I set the protocol to Microsoft - and now > it works fine (so far) even though it's a Sun PS/2 mouse plugged into my > keyboard. > > Not the real problem (other then some tweaking changes to the video mode > settings - suggestions welcome), is that the keyboard mapping is all > screwed up. I have in XF86Config: > > Section "Keyboard" > Protocol "Standard" > XkbDisable > XbkKeyMap "xfree86(en_US)" > EndSection > > Suggestions? What's anyone else with Debian (potato) on an SPARC Ultra5 > using? > > > Chris Stone, MCSE > High Mountain Software > SpamEater Pro - http://www.spameaterpro.com/spameater.asp > iSpeed for Windows - http://www.hms.com/ispeed.asp > > -Original Message- > From: Ben Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 6:00 PM > To: Sean Callanan > Cc: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: testing on Ultra 5 > > > On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 07:47:40PM -0400, Sean Callanan wrote: > > Dear mailing list: > > > > I have a Sun Ultra 5 and recently tried a complete upgrade to testing > > (using apt-get dist-upgrade). Aside from the normal problems (which I > > took in stride, given that this is testing, after all) I discovered > that > > X did not work. It said it could not detect the ATI video card, then > > giving very specific PCI information. > > > > I'm guessing the server gets the PCI info from the kernel, but then > > can't do anything with it. > > I have an ATI Mach64 PCI card, with which I know X 4.1.0 works (using > > the Debian patch provided by DaveM, I recompiled the sucka and it > > worked). I have since reinstalled stable, but I just wanted to give > you > > folks a heads-up. > > The log in /var/log/XFree86.log would have proven useful. I know that X > from testing works out-of-the-box on Ultra5 (I have one). > > -- > Debian - http://www.debian.org/ > Linux 1394 - http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/ > Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ > Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > FWIW... I had a similar problem on my ultra5 initially The last install of XFree required that I compile a 2.4 version of the kernel and for good measure I also changed the screen environment in the sparc nvram using the setenv command at the ok prompt. It seems to me that Xanxious (or whatever) successfully detects the ATI chip but something at a kernel level renders it invisible to Xfree. No amount of jigging the XFree config settings made X work until I recompiled the kernel. I have previously replied to the list on this subject with log outputs etc (about 2 months ago). david -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
libpng2 problem
Hi folks I have installed woody on a ulta5 which is fairly ok however I have a problem regarding libpng2. My gnome errors is reporting that any "k" network app that i run was compiled with libpng1.2.1 but is running with version 1.0.12 I have recompiled my own versions of kdenetwork but with the same result (my libs for compile must be 1.2.1) I have installed libpng3 1.2.1 but cannot remove version 1.0.12 because of dependancy problems. I am guessing that I can somehow force the removal but dpkg is warning me of DIRE consequences if I do. What's the solution? thanks david -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Xsun 24 problem
Hi all I have a SS5 170mhz with a TCX24 frame buffer that appear to have a problem. The vertical refresh is appallingly slow and I get white horizontal lines appearing when I move the mouse around a lot.. I am using the stock kernel and Xsun24 server from 2.2r3 release cd set. I tried the Xsun server with no improvement :( Help anyone? david
libc6 > 2.1.3
What little hair I had is gone I have perused a number of mirrors looking for a version of libc6 =/> 2.2.3-1 and they are all empty. When I search the debian latest releases as per the search engine at debian.org it says they exist, but all the mirrors seem empty. The i386 versions are there, but no sparc versions. strange david
Glib?
Trying to find Glib, is it masquerading as something else or included in some other pkg? My poota is complaining the Glib-config is missing and GLIB is not there either, and won't proceed on my conifig... tia david
looking for gconf
Hi Folks I am looking for gconf (gnome-conf) for my sparc linux. I can find it for i386 but not for sparc. Am I wrong? Can somone point me in the right direction? thanks in advance david
X problem
Hi folks I am using the woody dist which I downloaded as an upgrade on a Spacstation 4 with kernel 2.2.18pre21-sun4cdm (originally running the Potato dist ) Following the upgrade I have experienced some difficulties with getting X to run. Initially the X server would only start for root with users getting a fatal server error - "cannot open /dev/kbd, error 13" Following a few additional dselect installations I now find that X wont run at all - > startx > (using VT number 7) > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_m > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > X connection to :0:0 broken I have had a look for the fonts in question and they do appear to be missing, how do I get around the default settings? thanks in advance david
upgraade to woody?
Hi folks Can someone please summarise what I need to do to get apt to change my system from stable potato to woody. thanks david
Balsa requires.....
Hi all when i run ./configure on the balsa source code (vers 1.0.0) i get the following error > configure: error: Balsa requires a version of gnome-libs newer than 1.2.1 but after much fiddling I have downloaded and compiled gnome-lib 1.2.13 and placed the directory into my /usr/lib directory any thoughts anybody? david
compiling balsa for sparc ?
Hi All Haas anyone managed to compile the Balsa source 1.0.0 for a sparc. My attempts have failed with the script returning messages about Glib not available, however I am not sure what Glib this refers to. BTW this is only my second attempt to compile a source so please be gentle :) david
