Re: Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5
Still having a problem This was a working Sun Microsystems Ultra 5 (ultrasparc driven). The net install was sucessful (twice). I did not select non-free software BTW. Turning on the system I get boot: so I hit enter and away it goes, switching screen mode and showing the penguin. soon after the line about GNOME starting, my monitor 'clicks' and the screen goes blank. There is a - symbol at the top. Stop A, ctrl+Alt+F1 does nothing. I see nothing, hear nothing. any suggestions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5
Howard Eisenberger wrote: On 2009-05-03, Jon Pruente wrote: Is the monitor connected to the VGA port built into the motherboard? I've been having problems with X & GDM on an Ultra 10, which uses the same mobo, IIRC. I was planning on trying it with the on board video, but you may be beating me to it. On my Ultra 5 and Ultra 10 using the onboard ATI video, X works for me with kernel <= 2.6.22, but not above. On my Ultra 60 with Creator UPA graphics card, X works with kernels up to 2.6.26. I'm not sure what version of xorg is running on these. kernel 2.6.29 does not boot at all on these. At first glance, this kernel appears to be twice the size of 2.6.26. In my case the U1 I use for penetration testing etc. lost X at about the point that 2.6.26-1-sparc64 was upgraded to 2.6.26-2-sparc64, neither local nor remote X nor VNC works. This one uses cgsix. There is no obvious difference in kernel size etc. and reverting to the older kernel doesn't help. I suspect the problem happened at the upgrade from 5.0.1 to 5.0.0, but I don't know how to revert or peg the version. Unfortunately this has happened at just the time that I was being asked to demonstrate Lenny on SPARC. I suppose I should be thankful that it didn't happen after I'd rolled it out to peoples desks. -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5
On 2009-05-03, Jon Pruente wrote: > Is the monitor connected to the VGA port built into the motherboard? I've > been having problems with X & GDM on an Ultra 10, which uses the same mobo, > IIRC. I was planning on trying it with the on board video, but you may be > beating me to it. On my Ultra 5 and Ultra 10 using the onboard ATI video, X works for me with kernel <= 2.6.22, but not above. On my Ultra 60 with Creator UPA graphics card, X works with kernels up to 2.6.26. I'm not sure what version of xorg is running on these. kernel 2.6.29 does not boot at all on these. At first glance, this kernel appears to be twice the size of 2.6.26. Regards, Howard E. Ottawa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5
Is the monitor connected to the VGA port built into the motherboard? I've been having problems with X & GDM on an Ultra 10, which uses the same mobo, IIRC. I was planning on trying it with the on board video, but you may be beating me to it. Jon. On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 1:14 PM, charles duncan wrote: > > Thank you so much for responding. > I am able to ping it. > This system worked before I installed Debian, so I know all the hardware is > good. > I tried both LCD and CRT monitors to see if that > > I don't know if this helps, but the last three lines > > Starting GNOME Display Manager: gdm > Starting System Tools Backends: System-Tools > Starting anachronistic cron: anacron > > then the screen goes blank save for the > underline character at the top > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
Re: Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5
Thank you so much for responding. I am able to ping it. This system worked before I installed Debian, so I know all the hardware is good. I tried both LCD and CRT monitors to see if that I don't know if this helps, but the last three lines Starting GNOME Display Manager: gdm Starting System Tools Backends: System-Tools Starting anachronistic cron: anacron then the screen goes blank save for the underline character at the top -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5
charles duncan wrote: Just finished doing a net install of Debian on an Ultra 5. When finished, I booted the system for the first time. I could see the boot precess on the screen but I am no good at speed reading. The last line looked like it says, "Starting network Services (this ", and then the screen goes black save for a single underline '_' at the beginning of the first line. Since I am new to Debian and SUNs, I need some help please. First question: can you ping it? -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5
Just finished doing a net install of Debian on an Ultra 5. When finished, I booted the system for the first time. I could see the boot precess on the screen but I am no good at speed reading. The last line looked like it says, "Starting network Services (this ", and then the screen goes black save for a single underline '_' at the beginning of the first line. Since I am new to Debian and SUNs, I need some help please. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
