Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-30 Thread Clint Adams
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 12:33:42PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: In any case, I let it run some more, and then when it went more or less dead, I tried to press the said key combination on the keyboard - to no avail. Break+p would be Ctrl+Pause+p? Didn't work, and Alt+Pause+p also didn't work. What

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-30 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
BREAK is an RS-232 signal that you'd send over the serial console. Right, but sending a break via serial console to a sparc is the same as pressing stop+a - it'll return you to the OBP's prompt. Walking to the keyboard to press alt+stop+p is is a bit annoying if the machine is not next to you.

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-30 Thread Clint Adams
On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 03:03:07PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: Right, but sending a break via serial console to a sparc is the same as pressing stop+a - it'll return you to the OBP's prompt. Walking to the keyboard to press alt+stop+p is is a bit annoying if the machine is not next to you. If

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-27 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 09:57:23PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: kernel which works well - at least on out US III machine. We've applied 179c85ea53bef807621f335767e41e23f86f01df to make sure that the system doesn't create unkillable processes anymore if you use the libc6 from _lenny_.

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-27 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
didn't work. What was even more annoying was the fact that Stop+a got me the PROM shell, but I wasn't able to type anything in it (including 'go'), so that effectively freezes the machine. Same thing here, if I managed to get the ok prompt at all, I was not able to enter anything. :( --

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:10:26AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: kernel which works well - at least on out US III machine. We've applied 179c85ea53bef807621f335767e41e23f86f01df to make sure that the system doesn't create unkillable processes anymore if you use the libc6 from _lenny_. BTW,

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-24 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Josip Rodin wrote: On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:10:26AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: kernel which works well - at least on out US III machine. We've applied 179c85ea53bef807621f335767e41e23f86f01df to make sure that the system doesn't create unkillable processes anymore if you use the libc6 from

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 09:53:44PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: kernel which works well - at least on out US III machine. We've applied 179c85ea53bef807621f335767e41e23f86f01df to make sure that the system doesn't create unkillable processes anymore if you use the libc6 from _lenny_. BTW,

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-24 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
I'm not sure if those problems are related :) The register dumps would be needed if the kernel fails to initialize the CPU Fabio told me that break+p output might be useful in this case too, I'm just repeating :) Does Fabio probably know how to send that via a serial connection? :) --

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-24 Thread Sébastien Bernard
Bernd Zeimetz a écrit : I'm not sure if those problems are related :) The register dumps would be needed if the kernel fails to initialize the CPU Fabio told me that break+p output might be useful in this case too, I'm just repeating :) Does Fabio probably know how to send that via a serial

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-22 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
BTW, lebrun.d.o, also an USIII, running 2.6.23-rc6 plus the aforementioned patch still created unkillable dpkg-query processes. I've given 2.6.23-rc6-git7 a try now, which includes 6553daeafb4fa15cd07088f543352fa3779e86e1 - but no luck. This time ssh processes keep stuck while logging out. :(

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-18 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 11:40:19PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: kernel which works well - at least on out US III machine. We've applied 179c85ea53bef807621f335767e41e23f86f01df to make sure that the system doesn't create unkillable processes anymore if you use the libc6 from _lenny_. Please

Bug#433187: Installing Debian on Ultrasparc III machines

2007-09-18 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
BTW, lebrun.d.o, also an USIII, running 2.6.23-rc6 plus the aforementioned patch still created unkillable dpkg-query processes. Thanks for the hint, saves me the work to give it a try. Building seems to work on US II CPUs, though, and aptitude doesn't crash as described below: Outside of the