Re: Etch on sunblade 150 : installer menus problem
Didrik Madheden wrote: I also had problems getting the kernel to load correctly over network. My solution to this was to connect the sparc over a serial console to some other box. Provided that the terminal on the other side is working correctly, the installation menus will work ok, although they'll be a bit sluggish at 9600 bps. To force the OPB into serial console mode, you need to boot without a keyboard connected. You may also need to give the command output-device without parameters in OPB before trying to do that, since otherwise OPB may ignore the fact that there's no keyboard, and still go into video mode. Tell us your results! /Didrik Madheden On 17/12/2007, Vera Mickael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I try to install etch on a sunblade 150, I reached the stage where I can see the first installer menu. For those who encountered the same problems as me, I used the boot command: boot net video=atyfb:off My problem is that the menu isn't displayed correctly, instead of colors on the border of the menu, special caracters are displayed. The screen's background is white and caracters are printed in black. I can't see which element is selected, there is no element highlighted. It's not possible to install this way. Is there an option to pass to the installer ? Is it possible to disable ncurses ? Thanks, Mickaël I had this problem too on sunblade 100. I was able to install by taking the defaults - just keep hitting Enter - but the difficult part is the disk formatting - need to use the terminal mode (from memory Ctrl-Alt-F2 or something like that?) then run the fdisk or whatever from the command line. Maybe someone can make an installer with a later kernel - the video problem is fixed by 2.6.23-rc4. Another neat idea would be an auto- option for the installer to self-install, or is there already? jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Building SPARC32PLUS
Hi, I am building some applications (openoffice.org) using gcc and g++ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/vanilla$ gcc --version gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 20071123 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-4) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/vanilla$ g++ --version g++ (GCC) 4.2.3 20071123 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-4) When running the file command I have noticed the object files are SPARC e.g. $ file something.o blah ... SPARC $ file everything.so blah -... SPARC32PLUS I assume the shared libs are different because they are linked to SPARC32PLUS files in /usr/lib... is that right? Also I notice that gcc -mcpu=v9 is needed to get object files like SPARC32PLUS. Is that the correct behaviour? I suppose I am wondering why gcc doesn't produce SPARC32PLUS by default. thanks jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Messy screen with ATI Mach64 on UltraIIi
Hernest wrote: Hi, I am trying to upgrade an UltraIIi from an old Aurora Linux (kernel 2.4.20) to Debian Etch (2.6.18), but I cannot get a workable framebuffer using the PCI video card on the system (an ATI Mach64 GT, see logs below). I am booting with the Debian netinst CD, but at all resolutions I tried, I always get a black verical stripe in the middle of the screen and sometimes the right half of the screen remains black. The thing is barely usable as I cannot see most of the comman line. With 2.4.20 everything is OK. If I disable the framebuffer (with video=atyfb:off fb boot option) the screen does not get messy, but the Debian menu is unusable, so I have to find a way to make the fb to work. I recall I saw this too - I think the default options will work - just keep hitting enter. Except when you get to the disk formatting. Switch to another terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F2) and use the command line fdisk. Some trial and error or good luck is involved. jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
linking SPARC applications
Hi, I have been building SPARC applications - I mean the shared libraries report SPARC in response to the file command. Now I noticed these are linked to various standard libs in /lib/v9 which report SPARC32PLUS, instead of linking to the required SPARC libs in /lib Is this something that has to be configured when building or is it something happens when running ldd? (I only have sun4u here) thanks jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: linking SPARC applications
Martin wrote: On Sat, 2007-07-21 at 16:53 +1000, Jim Watson wrote: Hi, I have been building SPARC applications - I mean the shared libraries report SPARC in response to the file command. Now I noticed these are linked to various standard libs in /lib/v9 which report SPARC32PLUS, instead of linking to the required SPARC libs in /lib Is this something that has to be configured when building or is it something happens when running ldd? (I only have sun4u here) IIRC the output of ldd is something like libraryNameInProgram = /where/it/maps/to/on/this/system if the first is incorrect, you have to change you build system / environment. If the second is incorrect you have to change how ld is set up on your system. Thus it would sound, to me, like your system was behaving correctly and the binaries should work on sun4m. Yes, but I like them to run on sparc (32) systems too. Previously they always linked to /lib/blah. Now something has changed so they now link to /lib/v9/blah But I didn't change my build system so I guess it is something changed in debian. Thats the bit I don't understand - what has changed? thanks jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: linking SPARC applications
Julien Cristau wrote: On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 22:38:05 +1000, Jim Watson wrote: Yes, but I like them to run on sparc (32) systems too. Previously they always linked to /lib/blah. Now something has changed so they now link to /lib/v9/blah But I didn't change my build system so I guess it is something changed in debian. Thats the bit I don't understand - what has changed? You have installed libc6-sparcv9. ld.so uses the optimized libraries if available and if the hardware supports it. Thank you Julien, that was it. I removed that package and the linking is fixed. jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#403364: SunBlade 150 problems - can anyone confirm?
निशांत / Nishant wrote: Hi, On 7/2/07, Thomas Köllmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe this is useful to the next guy installing Etch (or some other post-2.6.16 kernel) on a Blade 150 (or 100). Can you confirm that with a 2.6.16 kernel the problem is not reproducible? But now I am facing the problem with 2.6.18-4-sparc64. I need to use video=atyfb:off to be able to boot. I am on a SunBlade150. regards, Nishant On my Sunblade100 this is fixed in debian unstable 2.6.21-1 but video=atyfb:off is still needed anyway to avoid those red dots. jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sunblade 100 IDPROM not valid
Rebooting my Sunblade 100 stopped at the ok prompt, the startup information included something like this: Ethernet address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, Host ID And there was a message about the IDPROM being not valid. ok The Debian installation guide mentions this briefly: --- 5.1.4. IDPROM Messages If you cannot boot because you get messages about a problem with “IDPROM”, then it's possible that your NVRAM battery, which holds configuration information for you firmware, has run out. See the Sun NVRAM FAQ for more information. The suggested FAQ link is very detailed and helpful but involves replacing the dead battery chip: http://www.squirrel.com/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html The machine is about 5 years old and has run almost continuous all that time. But it was powered off for about a week recently. When it failed I wanted a quick fix that did not involve hardware and found the following which may be helpful to someone else. I have only tried it with a reboot command, not power-off or net boot yet. Step 1 boot failed. Ethernet address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, Host ID Machine fails to boot, does not load SILO, stops at ok Now it appears that most commands do not work, but fortunately boot works ok boot Step 2 SILO loads, select required kernel from the menu Boot sequence stops with message CLOCK: Clock was stopped. Kick start Then it appears to hang. But wait a minute or less and the boot continues... The machine boots up but ifconfig shows the ethernet address is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF and network cannot be reached. Step 3 Gentoo gives a clue here in Code List 3.2/3.4 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-faq.xml So i did this as root: # eeprom local-mac-address?=true # reboot If I understand correctly, this forces the MAC address from the network card and the machine reboots with a valid MAC address. Maybe I was just lucky, or the battery is not completely dead yet? But i am reporting this as it might be a temporary fix that will help someone in a hurry. The mentioned NVRAM FAQ explains the proper solution. thanks Jim
Re: Please test the new kernel (2.6.18.dfsg.1-9)
On 08/02/2007, at 10:05 PM, Karl Goetz wrote: Jim Watson wrote: On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 22:28:12 -0800, Jurij Smakov wrote: Hi, A set of new kernel images has been uploaded to unstable a couple of days ago, including linux-image-2.6.18-4-sparc64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-9_sparc.deb Jurij, This works on my sunblade100, ( as before, it needs video=atyfb:off ) How do you pass this parameter? i tried `expert video=atyfb:off` and it failed. kk When the system is powered on, look for the SILO message then hold down the tab key and it will stop with a list of available kernels and the boot: prompt. Assuming you want the default kernel labeled Linux, type as below after the boot prompt and hit enter: boot: Linux video=atyfb:off I suppose this could be configured in /boot/silo.conf too... jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please test the new kernel (2.6.18.dfsg.1-9)
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 22:28:12 -0800, Jurij Smakov wrote: Hi, A set of new kernel images has been uploaded to unstable a couple of days ago, including linux-image-2.6.18-4-sparc64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-9_sparc.deb Jurij, This works on my sunblade100, ( as before, it needs video=atyfb:off ) jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting Sun Blade 100: still unable to boot from CD
On 31/12/2006, at 2:25 AM, Holger Wansing wrote: Hello, On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:40:49 +0100 Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have no idea what video cards are in a Sun Blade 100. If it is something other than an ATI card, you may need a different parameter. The kernel Yes, is ATI card. My SunBlade 100 boots 2.6.18 OK from internal disk drive with video=atyfb:off. (This was not required with 2.6.16) As mentioned in the thread, net boot may be required - at least I have not seen any reports of success with CDROM. jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SunBlade 150 problems - can anyone confirm?
On 17/12/2006, at 5:55 AM, Thomas Köllmann wrote: On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:38:58 -0800 Jurij Smakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please try booting it with the boot parameter video=atyfb:off, i.e. instead of just pressing enter at the silo boot prompt type Linux video=atyfb:off Yes, that works. Does this have any drawbacks regarding the use of xorg? (I haven't yet installed that...) I can confirm this problem exists on Sunblade100 with the 2.6.18-3 (Mon 4 Dec) and the same fix works. I have been using xorg and also using video=atyfb:off to avoid the red dots issue, no problems I can see, only the alternative consoles have some unusable frame outside, about 20% of the screen area. Jim
Re: Unidentified subject!
On 03/11/2006, at 7:42 AM, Marco Abderhalden wrote: Hello, I tried to install Debian and Gentoo on a Sunblade 100. But I didn't have success. Debian error: cramfs: wrong magic Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00 Gentoo error: Loaded Kernel Version 2.6.17 Loading Initial ramdisk (645016 bytes at 0x2F802000 phys, 0x40C virt)... Illegal Instruction Do I have some problem with the ramdisk. The SB100 has 512MB of ram. Thanks in advance for useful hints. Regards, Marco Marco, To get help I think you should give exact details where you got the boot disks, what versions etc. My cdrom died years ago but a method that always works for me is net boot using tftp http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch04s04.html.en jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems building amarok 1.4.4 on sparc
On 03/11/2006, at 5:12 PM, Jurij Smakov wrote: actual build) is built fine with gcc, however fails to build with the -std=iso9899:1990 option, which amarok appears to be using. I don't I dont know, just quoting from a book here: if you are writing code using the ANSI C conventions, you must use the __asm__ keyword instead of the normal asm keyword. that fixes the test case. jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fixed kernels for SunBlade 100/150 - please test ASAP
On 21/10/2006, at 2:35 PM, Jurij Smakov wrote: On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 07:07:18PM +0200, Luigi Gangitano wrote: Ok, this kernel works on SB100, but only if atyfb is disabled. Thanks, Luigi. I hope it will work for others too, so that we can go ahead and commit the changes. same here - works but only if atyfb off I attached the dmesg output, which shows some issues while scanning the of tree. I will attach mine too, for debian 2.16 (where atyfb works OK) and latest 2.18. Looking for things different ...BogoMIPS(?) 2.16 = 1001.47 2.18 = 11.12 jim PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 4.0.45 2001/02/08 14:33 Linux version 2.6.16-1-sparc64 (Debian 2.6.16-12) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.0.4 20060422 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.3-2)) #2 Thu May 4 12:36:43 PDT 2006 ARCH: SUN4U Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:04:a4:ab On node 0 totalpages: 31986 DMA zone: 31986 pages, LIFO batch:7 DMA32 zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:0 Normal zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:0 HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:0 CPU[0]: Caches D[sz(16384):line_sz(32)] I[sz(16384):line_sz(32)] E[sz(262144):line_sz(64)] Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda2 ro video=atyfb:off PID hash table entries: 1024 (order: 10, 32768 bytes) Console: colour dummy device 80x25 Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 262144 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 131072 bytes) Memory: 253360k available (2032k kernel code, 696k data, 136k init) [f800,0ff24000] Calibrating delay loop... 1001.47 BogoMIPS (lpj=2002944) Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized SELinux: Disabled at boot. Capability LSM initialized Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 checking if image is initramfs... it is Freeing initrd memory: 979k freed NET: Registered protocol family 16 PCI: Probing for controllers. PCI: Found SABRE, main regs at 01fe SABRE: Shared PCI config space at 01fe0100 SABRE: DVMA at c000 [2000] PCI quirk: region 0800-083f claimed by ali7101 ACPI PCI quirk: region 0600-061f claimed by ali7101 SMB PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 0] slot[ 8] map[0] to INO[23] PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 0] slot[ c] map[0] to INO[06] PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 0] slot[ c] map[0] to INO[1c] PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 0] slot[ c] map[0] to INO[24] PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 0] slot[ d] map[0] to INO[0c] PCI-IRQ: Routing bus[ 0] slot[13] map[0] to INO[0f] PCI0(PBMA): Bus running at 33MHz isa0: [dma - (floppy) (parallel)] [power] [serial] [serial] ebus0: [flashprom] [eeprom] [idprom] power: Control reg at 01fe02000800 ... powerd running. usbcore: registered new driver usbfs usbcore: registered new driver hub audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) audit(1161450046.196:1): initialized VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1 Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 8192 bytes) Initializing Cryptographic API io scheduler noop registered io scheduler anticipatory registered (default) io scheduler deadline registered io scheduler cfq registered Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds. Console: switching to mono PROM 80x34 rtc_init: no PC rtc found [drm] Initialized drm 1.0.1 20051102 ttyS0 at MMIO 0x1fe020003f8 (irq = 7246432) is a 16550A ttyS1 at MMIO 0x1fe020002e8 (irq = 7246432) is a 16550A isa bounce pool size: 16 pages RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize loop: loaded (max 8 devices) Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx rtc_sun_init: Registered Mostek RTC driver. usbmon: debugfs is not available usbcore: registered new driver usbhid drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 16384 bytes) TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 65536 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 65536 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 8192) TCP reno registered TCP bic registered NET: Registered protocol family 1 NET: Registered protocol family 17 ohci_hcd: 2005 April 22 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI) ohci_hcd :00:0c.3: OHCI Host Controller ohci_hcd :00:0c.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 ohci_hcd :00:0c.3: irq 9,7e4, io mem 0x1ff0200 usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 4 ports detected ALI15X3: IDE controller at PCI slot :00:0d.0 ALI15X3: chipset revision 195 ALI15X3: 100% native mode on irq 4,7cc ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1fe02000a20-0x1fe02000a27, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1fe02000a28-0x1fe02000a2f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio Probing IDE interface ide0... usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice hda: ST315320A, ATA DISK drive input: Logitech USB Receiver as /class/input/input0 input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on
Re: blade 150 and 2.6
On 09/10/2006, at 6:42 AM, Riccardo Tortorici wrote: Now I've upgraded from 2.6.8 to 2.6.18 but I get this error if I boot with the new image: NVRAM: Low battery voltage! CLOCK: Clock was stopped. Kick start Boot with 2.6.8 is ok. As far as I can see, this message is in time.c from kernel sources... What if I'll comment those lines? Is it a dirty procedure or it's safe? With 2.6.18-1 I get the same error message on my sunblade 100, mailed http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2006/10/msg00032.html It is right after Booting Linux... jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cannot boot 2.6.18-1 on sunblade 100
Hi, I just installed linux-image-2.6.18-1-sparc64 which I think is the latest available on debian/unstable. But booting linux-image-2.6.18-1-sparc64 on sunblade100 fails: Booting Linux... NVRAM: Low Battery Voltage! CLOCK: Clock was stopped. Kick start The cursor just stops after Kick start The upgrade left Linux.OLD in place, which still boots fine and things work as usual. Linux sun 2.6.16-1-sparc64 #2 Thu May 4 12:36:43 PDT 2006 sparc64 GNU/ Linux thanks jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AW: One more
On 25/09/2006, at 4:33 PM, Hamish Greig wrote: default install either has an /etc/profile with logic to detect root and add */sbin/* or a root profile in /root/* ? debian/unstable updated yesterday... /etc/profile: if [ `id -u` -eq 0 ]; then PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/ bin:/usr/bin/X11 else PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games fi ~/.profile invokes ~/.bashrc, neither has any PATH jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#306476: quick question about Bug#306476
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 12:18:59PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: SunBlade 100 systems are notorious though. I tried installing one at a developers meeting recently and ran into the weirdest problems which were not even consistently reproducible. I did succeed in installing from CD some times, but at other times had errors halfway through the installation. The only really successful installation reports we've had, have been with netboot installs. I remember when I bought my sunblade 100 there were 2 type of solaris boot disks in the package, one special was for the sunblade 100, the other would fail half-way through. Anyway the cdrom stopped working when it was just after warranty, and since then it has installed debian by net boot several times with no problems. jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sparc developer machines
Quoting Clint Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Could you try repeatedly installing and purging the build-dependencies for openoffice.org while running kernel-image-2.6.8-2-sparc64-smp on your SB1000? The objective is to reproduce a crash that occurs on the dual-proc autobuilders. Hi Clint, can you give more info about the crash, where it occurs in building openoffice.org? tail of the build log would be good. I am continually building the upstream version of openoffice.org on sparc64 (sunblade 100, NOT SMP), maybe I can look for some clue that helps, such as warning message, relevant code or something? thanks jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sun Blade 150 install - fails on reboot, fails to configure X?
Quoting Andrew M.A. Cater [EMAIL PROTECTED]: found or some such. The card is an ATI Rage of some description - I'm not at work now so can't check exactly - does anyone have a working XF86Config. System running Sarge i.e. Stable apart from needing the netinst disk to bootstrap it. SunBlade 100: lspci says: :00:13.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) I use xorg but I attached an old config that was working: from silo.conf (files are in /boot) root=/dev/hda2 partition=1 default=Linux read-only timeout=100 image=/vmlinuz label=Linux initrd=/initrd.img jim XF86Config-4.works Description: Binary data silo.conf Description: Binary data
Re: Installing on a Sun Blade 100: CD Mounting issue
Quoting Simon Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear All, Using the stable install CD's I've got the error found here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2005/04/msg00052.html The install CD cannot be mounted to continue the installation. Has this problem been fixed somewhere? If so could somebody point me to an ISO that I can use to install from, or a link to a TFTP netboot thing that will work. On sunblade 100 I have done tftp boot several times now using the tftp images referenced by the installation manual on the debian main page go to Installation Manual and choose the sparc version. It explains the procedure and provides links to images. I did a minimal installation then upgrade to unstable. jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SABRE0: Uncorrectable Error
Hi, i got the kernel as follows for my sunblade 100: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 4.0.45 2001/02/08 14:33 Linux version 2.6.8-1-sparc64 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-7)) #1 Sat Aug 28 04:28:53 PDT 2004 ARCH: SUN4U snip and the SABRE0 message: snip ext3: No journal on filesystem on hda1 SABRE0: Uncorrectable Error, primary error type[DMA Write:Translation Error] SABRE0: bytemask[00ff] dword_offset[0] was_block(0) SABRE0: UE AFAR [0fa7c000] SABRE0: UE Secondary errors [(none)] SABRE0: IOMMU Error, type[Invalid Error] SABRE0: IOMMU TAG(2)[RAW(00c6f800)error(Invalid Error)wr(0)sz(8K)vpg(df00)] SABRE0: IOMMU DATA(2)[RAW(6fe0)valid(1)used(1)cache(0)ppg() Adding 831080k swap on /dev/hda3. Priority:-1 extents:1 snip everything seems to be working OK, so i am not sure if i need report anything? jim
Re: 2.6.x kernel for Sparc?
Mihamina, I run a 2.6.5 on sunblade 100, I built it from kernel.org sources with Ben Collin's patch here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/debian-sparc-200402/msg00013.html but i have not figured out how to get sounds yet... Linux sun 2.6.5 #13 Sun Apr 18 14:59:35 EST 2004 sparc64 GNU/Linux jim On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 09:55:14AM +0200, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: Joshua Kwan wrote: sparc32 support is EXTREMELY dodgy at the moment for 2.6.x, And how about sparc64 (those with ultraproc) ?
Re: Problems with Kernel 2.6.5 and xserver, sorry wrong subject [was: serial-console]
works for me ;) http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/debian-sparc-200402/msg00013.html
Re: U5 - woody (2.4.24) - 3com 3crdag675 - pci wifi adapter - madwifi driver
Hi, i got the source from kernel.org and build on debian/unstable, out of the box, just removed from config anything that broke the build on my sunblade100 dmesgsnip Linux version 2.6.5 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040401)) #13 Sun Apr 18 14:59:35 EST 2004 ARCH: SUN4U thanks to ben collins for the hints and xfree patch On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 01:29:57PM +0200, Pieter-Paul Spiertz wrote: Why are you actually compiling your own kernel? Do you really because its there ;)
Re: help with getting sarge cds to boot
sorry i dont know if this is right or wrong, it is just information. my silo.conf has lines like image=1/vmlinuz there are no subdirectories in /boot sun4u sunblade100 2.4.24 jim On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 06:54:05PM +0200, Santiago Garcia Mantinan wrote: This is the silo.conf we are using right now in the cds: partition=1 timeout=600 read-only message=/boot/debian.txt default=linux append=cdrom devfs=mount initrd=/boot/initrd.gz root=/dev/rd/0 # Standard boot images image[sun4c,sun4d,sun4m]=/boot/sparc32 label=linux image[sun4u]=/boot/sparc64 label=linux Can anybody see anything wrong here?
Lab manual for SPARC
Hi, I got that Laboratory Manual for SPARC and found the debian package for tkisem. How can I build from assembler to execute on my machine? Have I missed something or do I need another book :( I can build the example foo.s and load and run foo in tkisem OK thus: $ as -als -o foo.o foo.s $ ld -m sun4 -o foo foo.o tkisem loads and runs as expected. Now I would like run the program foo on my sunblade 100 $ uname -u Linux sun 2.4.24-sparc64 #1 Fri Jan 30 18:32:22 EST 2004 sparc64 GNU/Linu The foo for iesm I guess sshould not run: $ file foo foo: sparc demand paged executable not stripped $ foo -bash: ./foo: cannot execute binary file I try this: $ ld -e start -m elf32_sparc -o foo foo.o ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol start; defaulting to 00010074 $ file foo foo: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, SPARC, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, not stripped $ ./foo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ./foo Segmentation fault Here was the as output snip SPARC GAS foo.spage 2 DEFINED SYMBOLS foo.s:2 .data: x foo.s:3 .data:0004 y foo.s:4 .data:0008 z foo.s:7 .text: start foo.s:17 .text:002c end thanks jim
Re: Building custom kernel
I have tried burning frankincence and threw snillocneb three times over my shoulder but still it is not working :( jim On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 10:52:39AM +0100, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: I've just been here myself. The following works for me :
openoffice linux sparc
Hi, i am looking for someone with sparc knowledge who would like to help with the openoffice.org linux sparc porting on a regular basis, this involves helping to solve any problems upstream to reduce the workload for debian packagers. i can do the building but need a sparc mentor to review somecode, help interpret error messages, suggest fixes etc, as SUN people are always very helpful but it would be nice to get some other support. jim
Re: Reccomendations for Sun Linux
elaborate the problem? this is sunblade 100, as we speak, running mail, web, testing, unstable, openoffice, potato man, etc ;) On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 02:16:30PM +0200, D Lambrou wrote: Hi there. We are planning to buy some new machines (Sun) to run services such as mail ,web etc.. Nothing too fancy . Can you recommend some machines that you know that are working fine with Debian ? For example I have a Sun blade 100 which has a problem with dma and I cannot use it as a live system. I want to install woody. Thanks -- - D Lambrou http://crazylinux.net You can always get my public key block from http://crazylinux.net/public.asc Fingerprint: C7B3 A112 3704 7202 2B33 6B28 5418 78DD 774A 7BCB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Reccomendations for Sun Linux
Hi, i am just wondering what do you mean by problem? as my sunblade runs OK with kernel 2.4.18 for 12 months and 2.4.24 since yesterday, using debian stable and testing and unstable at different times, so if you can say what is the problem it can surely be easy to fix, as there are many who will be happy to help :) On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 02:55:26PM +0200, D Lambrou wrote: I could elaborate on the problem. Thats true. Just I dont have time at the moment :-)
Re: Building custom kernel
I did as described by Mustafa (thanks) but LD .tmp_vmlinux1 arch/sparc64/kernel/built-in.o(.init.text+0x72c): In function Setup_arch': : undefined reference to Rd_image_start' I have searched around and find some old discussions but nothing that helps me see what is missing? any suggestions appreciated... another jim On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 06:23:10PM -0600, Mustafa Hussein wrote: Are you running this from a sparc32 bash? If not, you need to switch to it: sparc32 bash make ARCH=sparc64 menuconfig or just from your current shell: sparc32 make ARCH=sparc64 menuconfig
openoffice.org680
A contrib linux sparc build of openoffice.org680 for developers/experimenting is now available on mirrors in openoffice/contrib/linuxsparc. This is not a debian package but a tarball that may be installed in the user home directory, but was built on a debian sparc system. Any comments would be appreciated. jim
linux sparc openoffice 111fix2
Hi, I put a tarball for openoffice.org version 111fix2 -b preview of 1.1.1 on mirrors openoffice/contrib/linuxsparc. Now has java and database access. Any reports would be appreciated. This is not a debian package but is built on debian :D thanks jim
Re: ot: we've been scraped
me too - but many of those emails have a 142k attachment. On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:26:34 -0400, Steve Pacenka wrote Fellow Sparcers, I've gotten about 70 virus/worms today of the current Wintel variety. My Sparcs w/Debian are quite immune, fortunately. -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) Debian Project (http://www.debian.org)
Re: LCD on a Sun Blade 100
I have benq fp767 it is beautiful :) on sun blade 100 debian unstable. here is my XF86Config get openoffice.org from your favourite mirror pub/openoffice/contrib/linuxsparc regrads jim On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 04:04:35PM +0200, Michael Daum wrote: Hi everybody, has anybody managed to get a Fujitsu Siemens 4312 FA LCD display or similar configured on debian/unstable (xserver-xfree86 4.2.1-11)? I've got the datasheet of that model specifying horiz. freq. 30-81 kHz and vertical freq. 56-75 Hz. No success reconfiguring xserver-xfree86 with this info. No reactions on the display, black screen. The LCD is ok connected to another machine. I've managed to get it up and running on a SuSE linux PC using sax2. So that's no hardware problem I tried to copy the modlines calculated by sax2 over to the debian/sparc XF86Config-4 file. That didn't help neither. The display is running fine with 1280x1024-75 on solaris as well using. Anyone that could help, please? Micha. -- -- Michael Daum -- Natural Language Systems (NatS) -- University of Hamburg, Department for Informatics -- http://nats-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~micha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type man XF86Config-4 at the shell prompt.) # # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes # before the ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION line above, and/or after the # ### END DEBCONF SECTION line below. # # To change things within the debconf section, run the command: # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 # as root. Also see How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file? in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. Section Files FontPathunix/:7100# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi EndSection Section Module LoadGLcore Loadbitmap Loaddbe Loadddc Loaddri Loadextmod Loadfreetype Loadglx Loadint10 Loadrecord Loadspeedo Loadtype1 Loadvbe EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout us EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Device/dev/input/mice Option Protocol ImPS/2 Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section Device Identifier ATI RAGE Driver ati BusID PCI:00:19:00 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Generic Monitor HorizSync 30-70 VertRefresh 50-160 Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier Default Screen Device ATI RAGE Monitor Generic Monitor DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Depth 1 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 4 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 8 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 15 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 EndSubSection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen Default Screen InputDevice Generic Keyboard InputDevice Configured Mouse EndSection Section
OpenOffice 1.1RC3 for linux sparc
OpenOffice 1.1RC3 for linux sparc can be found here and other mirrors http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/openoffice/contrib/linuxsparc/ Any reports would be appreciated - please see the README This was built on debian/unstable but is the standard OOo, not debian. thanks Jim
