X in lenny: 'cannot run in ramebuffer mode'

2009-05-03 Thread Martin Lemmen
Hi all, recently I made a fresh install of lenny on my SPARC. I didn't keep my old xorg.conf. Since then, when trying tostart X, I get the error message: Fatal server error: cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specifyb busIDs for all framebuffer devices lspci doesn't list anything that

Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-03 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
charles duncan wrote: Just finished doing a net install of Debian on an Ultra 5. When finished, I booted the system for the first time. I could see the boot precess on the screen but I am no good at speed reading. The last line looked like it says, Starting network Services (this , and then

Re: debian unusable on niagara

2009-05-03 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 03:35:24PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: So I suggest that we get some simple diffing done between the two pieces of software as a basis for documenting any differences, or making modifications so that they converge. If I had just once seen a Dave, can you

Re: X in lenny: 'cannot run in ramebuffer mode'

2009-05-03 Thread Jon Pruente
This looks like the same error I was getting on my Ultra 10 w/ Creator 3D card under a fresh Lenny/5.0.1 install. Under 5.0.0 it get an error of not having the sunffb module available. I have a thread going on the list about it as well. Jon. On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 5:09 AM, Martin Lemmen

Re: debian unusable on niagara

2009-05-03 Thread David Miller
From: Josip Rodin j...@entuzijast.net Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 13:41:40 +0200 On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 05:06:04PM -0700, David Miller wrote: From: Josip Rodin j...@entuzijast.net Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 00:54:15 +0200 So I suggest that we get some simple diffing done between the two pieces of

Re: Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-03 Thread charles duncan
Thank you so much for responding. I am able to ping it. This system worked before I installed Debian, so I know all the hardware is good. I tried both LCD and CRT monitors to see if that I don't know if this helps, but the last three lines     Starting GNOME Display Manager: gdm     Starting

Re: debian unusable on niagara

2009-05-03 Thread Sam Ravnborg
We could assume that the debian folks handling sparc are capable of judging when to ask for help/advice from the sparc kernel maintainer. Sadly, from the last few examples, you can also see that expecting distro kernel maintainers to contact the central one for all sorts of patches or

Re: debian unusable on niagara

2009-05-03 Thread David Miller
From: Josip Rodin j...@entuzijast.net Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 17:58:04 +0200 David has indicated that he is willing to test other people's kernels on his plethora of machines, which can be a fairly arduous task, so it stands to reason that skimming a couple more mailing lists might be

Re: debian unusable on niagara

2009-05-03 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 01:41:40PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 05:06:04PM -0700, David Miller wrote: From: Josip Rodin j...@entuzijast.net Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 00:54:15 +0200 So I suggest that we get some simple diffing done between the two pieces of software

Re: debian unusable on niagara

2009-05-03 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 01:11:29PM -0700, David Miller wrote: I don't find garbage like this in Ubuntu and Fedora-sparc. Why? Because those developers contact me when they need help or need a problem fixed. End of story. Doesn't that mean that they encounter a fairly small amount of

Re: Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-03 Thread Jon Pruente
Is the monitor connected to the VGA port built into the motherboard? I've been having problems with X GDM on an Ultra 10, which uses the same mobo, IIRC. I was planning on trying it with the on board video, but you may be beating me to it. Jon. On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 1:14 PM, charles duncan

Re: debian unusable on niagara

2009-05-03 Thread David Miller
From: Sam Ravnborg s...@ravnborg.org Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 15:35:24 +0200 This solution does not scale at all. The distribution ecosystem that integrate sparc kernel should contact the sparc maintainer. Everyone read this carefully, it the critical point in all of this. I don't find garbage

Re: debian unusable on niagara

2009-05-03 Thread David Miller
From: Josip Rodin j...@entuzijast.net Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 22:44:43 +0200 On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 01:11:29PM -0700, David Miller wrote: I don't find garbage like this in Ubuntu and Fedora-sparc. Why? Because those developers contact me when they need help or need a problem fixed. End of

Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-03 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-05-03, Jon Pruente wrote: Is the monitor connected to the VGA port built into the motherboard? I've been having problems with X GDM on an Ultra 10, which uses the same mobo, IIRC. I was planning on trying it with the on board video, but you may be beating me to it. On my Ultra 5