Re: [atyfb] No display on Sparc Ultra 10 with kernel 2.6.10-rc2 or later

2005-02-14 Thread Frans Pop
Hi Tony, I've tried your suggestions and the one about using fbset resulted in a breakthrough. 'fbset -depth' gave no results, but comparing the output of 'fbset -i' from a working kernel and a new one gave me something to try. From 2.6.8 kernel (working framebuffer): mode "1152x900-66" # D

Re: [atyfb] No display on Sparc Ultra 10 with kernel 2.6.10-rc2 or later

2005-02-14 Thread David S. Miller
I'm also going to read over those atyfb changes in the background and see if I can figure anything out. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems booting with initrd [was: Re: Testing 2.6.10 on sparc]

2005-02-14 Thread Mehul Sanghvi
Ok. I'll have to find/setup a Solaris box for that. Almost all of the machines here are Solaris except for one FreeBSD system and my U2 which is currently running NetBSD. I had just gotten around to Chapter 4 of the D-I guide when your email showed up :) cheers, mehul On Tue, 15 Feb

Re: [atyfb] No display on Sparc Ultra 10 with kernel 2.6.10-rc2 or later

2005-02-14 Thread Antonino A. Daplas
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 01:55, Frans Pop wrote: > Hello Tony, > > Thanks for your reaction. > > On Monday 14 February 2005 17:59, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > The above timings are screwed. This is 1024x768 at 85Hz INTERLACED. > > The fb_find_mode() function picked up this mode when you speci

Re: Problems booting with initrd [was: Re: Testing 2.6.10 on sparc]

2005-02-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 00:32, Mehul Sanghvi wrote: > Having taken a look at the netboot images directory, I have the > following question(s): > > Where are the instructions for doing a netboot ? http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/ - http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.sparc/ch04s04.ht

Re: Problems booting with initrd [was: Re: Testing 2.6.10 on sparc]

2005-02-14 Thread Mehul Sanghvi
Having taken a look at the netboot images directory, I have the following question(s): Where are the instructions for doing a netboot ? How do I get the boot.img onto a bootable CD ? What else should go on the CD ? I'm used to downloading an ISO image, burning it to a CD, and

Re: Problems booting with initrd [was: Re: Testing 2.6.10 on sparc]

2005-02-14 Thread Mehul Sanghvi
Jurji, I'm more then willing to help out :) I've not tried a netboot image before. I've only tried the businesscard images. I willl try a netboot image over this week and report on how it goes. cheers, mehul On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:31:52 -0500 (EST), Jurij Smakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: installing Debian on a Sunblade 100

2005-02-14 Thread Matthew Fischer
Bad form to follow up my own post, but I was able to get past this part! Now I am stuck with the console apparently switching over to "mono PROM". The last words I see are: switching to mono PROM 80x34 Any ideas on how to get it not to switch? * Matthew Fischer <[EMAIL

Re: ultra 5

2005-02-14 Thread Nikolai Rinas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Alex wrote: > I have an ultra 5 that has had woody installed. I however after a few > minths of non use am no longer able to boot the machine. I hear 1 beep > and can hear it go through the post process. i don't member what was > ins

ultra 5

2005-02-14 Thread Alex
I have an ultra 5 that has had woody installed. I however after a few minths of non use am no longer able to boot the machine. I hear 1 beep and can hear it go through the post process. i don't member what was install on it befor this happened. any ideas as to how to access the machine. I

Re: [atyfb] No display on Sparc Ultra 10 with kernel 2.6.10-rc2 or later

2005-02-14 Thread Frans Pop
Hello Tony, Thanks for your reaction. On Monday 14 February 2005 17:59, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > The above timings are screwed. This is 1024x768 at 85Hz INTERLACED. > The fb_find_mode() function picked up this mode when you specified > [EMAIL PROTECTED], since there is no such mode in the mod

installing Debian on a Sunblade 100

2005-02-14 Thread Matthew Fischer
I am attempting to install firmware on a SunBlade 100. I need to first upgrade the PROM. I have tried a few different ways, but I cannot make a CD (with the PROM) that the machine will boot. Does anyone know how to repackage the PROMs into ISO images that the Sunblade will boot?

Re: [atyfb] No display on Sparc Ultra 10 with kernel 2.6.10-rc2 or later

2005-02-14 Thread Antonino A. Daplas
On Monday 14 February 2005 23:34, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 14 February 2005 12:32, Ben Collins wrote: > atyfb: Set Visible Mode to 1024x768-8 > atyfb: Virtual resolution 1024x2016, pixclock_in_ps 22349 (calculated > 22349) atyfb: Dot clock: 44 MHz > atyfb: Horizontal sync: 35

Re: [atyfb] No display on Sparc Ultra 10 with kernel 2.6.10-rc2 or later

2005-02-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 14 February 2005 12:32, Ben Collins wrote: > There's the problem right there. This is all wrong for sparc. Should be > something like 1024x768, and atleast 70Hz refresh. Hmm. Not sure if that's the whole problem. I tried booting with video=atyfb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (which I know is OK for

Re: [atyfb] No display on Sparc Ultra 10 with kernel 2.6.10-rc2 or later

2005-02-14 Thread Ben Collins
> atyfb: atyfb_set_par > atyfb: Set Visible Mode to 640x480-8 > atyfb: Virtual resolution 640x3225, pixclock_in_ps 39751 (calculated 39751) > atyfb: Dot clock: 25 MHz > atyfb: Horizontal sync: 31 kHz > atyfb: Vertical refresh:59 Hz There's the problem right there. This is al