RE: kernel 2.4.x compile failure on Ultra 1

2001-09-11 Thread Ben Castricum
I think a came across this problem as well. Try compiling the kernel with SMP, i think the atomic_dec_and_lock only gets exported when SMP is being used. Unfortunately I run accross more problems later on when trying to compile 2.4.9, hopefully you have more luck. Good luck, Ben > -Original

kernel 2.4.x compile failure on Ultra 1

2001-09-11 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
Hi folks. I'm having a problem compiling Linux 2.4.8 and .9 on my Ultra1 running sid. I've tried the debianized kernel-source packages, as well as the source from kernel.org, with the same results. The compiler error, which occurs pretty late in the build process, is this: sparc64-linux-gcc -D_

Re: NVidia driver for sparc

2001-09-11 Thread Erik Mouw
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 12:11:32PM -0600, Alvaro F. Figueroa Cabezas wrote: > I was hoping to by a > http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing-gaming/3828.shtml as an add on to > my Sun Blade 100 box I have at home. > > The thing is that NVdia precompiles their drivers and kernel modules to > the i

Re: NVidia driver for sparc

2001-09-11 Thread Alvaro F. Figueroa Cabezas
> > Could you guys help me bug NVdia, and ask them to release drivers for the > > UltraSparc arch? > > Better bug Nvidia to release their drivers as open source. If they > don't want to, just tell them that you are disappointed and will buy a > product from a competitor. Then, what video card, th

fdisk message error

2001-09-11 Thread Roberto Giorgetti
The 9Gb disk of my SUN Ultra 5 machine with Debian unstable is not completely used, so I run fdisk /dev/hda and p command receiving: -- Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16706 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512

Re: Cannot mount / as read/write filesystem

2001-09-11 Thread Roberto Giorgetti
I answer to myself (and also to Ben and Hakan) saying that after two reboots everything seems to be come back to the normal situation! Now I immediately upgraded all, included sysvinit package. Thank you again. Roberto Giorgetti On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 12:24:47PM +0200 or thereabouts, Roberto Gi

Change colors to TTY screen

2001-09-11 Thread Roberto Giorgetti
After one upgrade (I don't remember when) the TTY screen (the normal ascii login session) started to have white as background color and black as foreground. Is it possible to permanently change these colors? Thank you. Roberto Giorgetti Milan - Italy

NVidia driver for sparc

2001-09-11 Thread Alvaro F. Figueroa Cabezas
I was hoping to by a http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing-gaming/3828.shtml as an add on to my Sun Blade 100 box I have at home. The thing is that NVdia precompiles their drivers and kernel modules to the intel arch. Could you guys help me bug NVdia, and ask them to release drivers for the Ul