Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-19 Thread Matt R Hall
I'll clarify what I can here. Regarding Ubuntu, if you do not compile SILO with GCC 2.95 it will not boot right on SPARCs because later compilers mistakenly generate floating point CPU instructions not available during boot time. That's probably what they did wrong. My kernel config file should g

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-19 Thread Peter Dey
Hi Matt, I am reading about your Ultra 10 problem and must admit that I find it surprising, as my Ultra 10 worked right in 2.4.xx and 2.6.xx, all the way up to 2.6.10 The problem I'm having is I can't get the Sarge netinst CD to boot. I can't remember off the top of my head what kernel image they'r

Re: Audio on Ultra2?

2005-02-19 Thread Thomas Köllmann
Hi! On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:44:06 +0100 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Me too ... after many hours I came to the conclusion that VLC player > is one of the few players working. > For example : Try mpg123 in a term: you should hear anything else than > shitty noise. Thanks a lot

Re: Audio on Ultra2?

2005-02-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thomas Köllmann a écrit : Hi, everybody! Hello. I need some help to get my Ultra2 (running Sarge) play music instead of only making high-frequency noise... I spent a couple of hours trying to install audio on my ultra5 last week. I gave up using xmms and clones for the reasons you mentionned.

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-19 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 19 February 2005 16:56, Blars Blarson wrote: > The 20050218 sid netinst cd is missing many sparc64 modules, including > isofs. Confirmed, traced and corrected. Should be fixed in next daily builds. Cheers, FJP pgpzzbGwDg8ui.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Upgrading PROM on a U10?

2005-02-19 Thread Matt Fischer
Turbo Fredriksson wrote: I have an U10 with a 360MHz UltraSPARC IIi CPU module (model 501-5148). UNFORTUNATLY for me, my PROM is to old for this CPU... Could someone take it on them to upgrade my PROM? I'll send the PROM, someone upgrades it and then sends me the PROM back... To expensive to ship t

Upgrading PROM on a U10?

2005-02-19 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
I have an U10 with a 360MHz UltraSPARC IIi CPU module (model 501-5148). UNFORTUNATLY for me, my PROM is to old for this CPU... Could someone take it on them to upgrade my PROM? I'll send the PROM, someone upgrades it and then sends me the PROM back... To expensive to ship the whole unit :) -- Co

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-19 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >The long awaited update of the 2.4.27 kernel-images for sparc has finally >hit unstable (thanks to Joshua Kwan for doing an excellent job). The 20050218 sid netinst cd is missing many sparc64 modules, including isofs. -- Blars Blarson

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-19 Thread Matt R Hall
Good day, sir. I am reading about your Ultra 10 problem and must admit that I find it surprising, as my Ultra 10 worked right in 2.4.xx and 2.6.xx, all the way up to 2.6.10, which I cannot get to build for some reason. I have not been complaining about this because my C build failure intuition tel