Re: kernel woes

2004-04-29 Thread Randy Rodriguez
Schaefer, Robert (PS) wrote: A couple of things jump out to me, and a suggestion. First, you're mounting /dev/hda1 as your root partition, which if true, you're then saying your kernel images are in the root directory. (They're usually found in /boot) If, on the other hand, you're using a sma

Re: 2.4 kernel for SUNstation 20

2004-04-29 Thread Jan Houstek
On Fri, 29 Apr 2004, Martin wrote: > > I've got woody running fine but want to use iptables before I put my machine > > on the web, hence the query. > You could just use ipchains. Syntax is a little different IIRC but the > core functionality is the same. He he, one of our largest firewalls sep

Re: Bug#243378: xpdf crashes

2004-04-29 Thread sean finney
hi, On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 09:10:57PM +0200, Artur R. Czechowski wrote: > As I wrote in one email I cannot replicate it on i386. I have no access > to other architectures and I need a help with debugging this issue. So, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is Cc-ed again. And again: could anyone on ultrasparc >

Re: 2.4 kernel for SUNstation 20

2004-04-29 Thread Everard Brown
On Thursday 29 Apr 2004 11:42 pm, Martin wrote: > If the problem is "I want to be able to firewall the box to put it on > the net" then no, I recommend using ipchains - this is the path of least > change / hassel. If the problem is "I want a 2.4 series kernel on this > here SparcStation 20" then i

Re: 2.4 kernel for SUNstation 20

2004-04-29 Thread Martin
> All your queries are valid, so I'll add some more detail... > > I know linux, but really only on i386 - sparc newbie alert! ;-) > > I've got woody running fine but want to use iptables before I put my machine > on the web, hence the query. You could just use ipchains. Syntax is a little diffe

Re: 2.4 kernel for SUNstation 20

2004-04-29 Thread Everard Brown
On Thursday 29 Apr 2004 11:06 pm, Martin wrote: > > Can anyone confirm if I can use kernel-image-2.4.19-sun4u for a > > SUNstation 20? > > If you mean a SparcStation 20 then no. It is a sun4m machine not a > sun4u (which are 64 bit UltraSPARC based), thus an image for a sun4u > isn't much use. > >

Re: 2.4 kernel for SUNstation 20

2004-04-29 Thread Thomas Nemeth
Le 29.04.04, Everard Brown a tapot� : | Hi All, Hi. | Can anyone confirm if I can use kernel-image-2.4.19-sun4u for a SUNstation 20? | or do I need to build my own from sources ? Neither the one nor the other : you can install the latest kernel-image-2.4.26-sparc32...

2.4 kernel for SUNstation 20

2004-04-29 Thread Everard Brown
Hi All, Can anyone confirm if I can use kernel-image-2.4.19-sun4u for a SUNstation 20? or do I need to build my own from sources ? TIA, Everard

Re: Bug#243378: xpdf crashes

2004-04-29 Thread Artur R. Czechowski
reopen 243378 thanks On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 10:42:22AM -0400, Clint Adams wrote: > Yes, if it's libt1's fault. > It certainly isn't fixed with Then I am reopening it. Clint, I've no idea what could be the reason of this crash. Could you recompile t1lib and xpdf on your environment and check if x

Re: Bug#245246: xserver-xfree86: xserver starts but suddenly dies before and windowmanager or similar starts

2004-04-29 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 11:57:42AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > tag 245246 - moreinfo > tag 245246 + help > thanks > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 03:24:31PM +0200, Joerg Friedrich wrote: > > Branden Robinson schrieb am Mittwoch, 28. April 2004 um 02:49:07 -0500: > > > > > > Does the X server sta

Re: Bug#245246: xserver-xfree86: xserver starts but suddenly dies before and windowmanager or similar starts

2004-04-29 Thread Branden Robinson
tag 245246 - moreinfo tag 245246 + help thanks On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 03:24:31PM +0200, Joerg Friedrich wrote: > Branden Robinson schrieb am Mittwoch, 28. April 2004 um 02:49:07 -0500: > > > > Does the X server stay up if you give it no clients to run? > > > > One way to test this is simply to

Re: kernel woes

2004-04-29 Thread Peter
> > partition=1 > root=/dev/hda1 > image=/vmlinuz-2.4.25.042904 > label=linux > > image=/vmlinuz-2.4.18-sun4u > label=linuxOLD > > (OK, this is one long-ass email. Time to wrap up!) > So my questions are thus: > > How can I tell silo to boot either of my existing kernels? And what have > I do

RE: kernel woes

2004-04-29 Thread Schaefer, Robert (PS)
A couple of things jump out to me, and a suggestion. First, you're mounting /dev/hda1 as your root partition, which if true, you're then saying your kernel images are in the root directory. (They're usually found in /boot) If, on the other hand, you're using a smaller partition to boot from in /

kernel woes

2004-04-29 Thread Randy Rodriguez
OK, here I am throwing myself on the mercy of the Debian SPARC community. I have an Ultra10 (440MHz, 256Mb RAM) that I'm planning to use as a general-purpose home LAN server. Ran into varied and sundry problems with Sarge install CDs, but was successful in booting and installing from a Woody CD.

Re: Must I have the file "sys/io.h" ???

2004-04-29 Thread Jan-Benedict Glaw
On Wed, 2004-04-28 12:39:19 +0200, Guido Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 04:27:37PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > What would be the correct way to access I/O space from userspace? Some > programs like to access the PC-style parports via in

Re: 2.6.x kernel for Sparc?

2004-04-29 Thread Bob Tanner
On Sunday 25 April 2004 07:23 pm, Eric Nichols wrote: > I didn't see this in apt... Is there a 2.6.x kernel image available for > Sparc (I have a Sparc 5). > Thanks > Eric http://osinvestor.com/sparc/debs ? -- Bob Tanner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.o