Re: Crash

Hi, On Mon, 7 May 2001, Andreas Tille wrote: > data_access_exception: Shit SFSR[00801009] SFAR[fe320048], > going. > \|/ \|/ > "@'/ .. \`@" > /_| \__/ |_\ > \__U_/ > swapper(0): Dax I think this means the task sched

Re: Network booting issues

e I built new kernels on my root on nfs enabled clients as well. Without any problem. > > Andreas Jaehnigen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > elftoaout -o vmlinuz-2.2.14.net vmlinuz-2.2.14 > > > I don't know why that would be necessary, but I l

Re: Network booting issues

.2.14 If you have any further questions, please ask, I'd be glad to help you. Andreas Jaehnigen

Re: XFree86 4.0.2 and type4 keyboard?

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Gabor Zoltan Csejtey wrote: Hi, in addition to what Gabor said, you might have a look at the programm "xkbcomp". I once managed to change the keymap and X keyboard symbols completely by first using xkeycaps to modify it, then xkbcomp to "compile" a new keymap file which the

Re: Which floppy drive

Hi again, On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Andreas Tille wrote: > > > Hmm, my box seems not to find the tftp image. It just repeats: > > > Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet > > Is your ARP server up and running? This message is typically generated due > What is an "ARP server". An ARP server translates a

Re: Which floppy drive

Hi Andreas, On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Andreas Tille wrote: > Hmm, my box seems not to find the tftp image. It just repeats: > Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet Is your ARP server up and running? This message is typically generated due to some networking problems.. Typically, the tftp images are lo

XSunMono dies / XFree on Sparc?

Hi there, is there any other X server besides "XSun" available for Sparc? The XSunMono server from Potato does end up with a segmentation fault here, and now I'm looking for alternatives. BTW, the X server that came with Slink runs very well- so I suppose this is a bug in the newer versions of XS

Potato: XSunMono 3.3.6-9 & bwtwo don't work

Hi there, the XSunMono x server doesn't work correctly here... When I start it, I first get the blank white screen and then a horribly squeezed Debian logo..but nothing more. If I then switch back to the text console there is a "segmentation fault" message. I guess this is an x server issue, I hav

XSun log files & init(8)

uot;... Or can anyone give me a hint where to ask elsewhere about this problem...? Thanks a lot! Andreas Jaehnigen

Option for XSun log file location?

oes the X server do if it can't write its log file, as in my case? By the way, I'd create log files somewhere below /var, not /usr... maybe /var/X11/.. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks! Andreas Jaehnigen

Re: Whoops! Lost xdm and startx ability.

Hi there, On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, John F. Davis wrote: > Please help. I'm at a loss as to what is happening. My system is a sparcLX > using the default video card. The LX Video simm is also not installed. Maybe the wrong XServer has been started...? What type of video card does an LX have by de

Re: alt F1 -> alt F6 and X windows

and so they can't switch back to text mode. Can anyone confirm this? cya Andreas Jaehnigen

reboot: PROM prompt loops

Hi there, if I reboot my Sun SLC here with reboot -f it starts rebooting. Then the PROM prompt is displayed in an endless loop: type b (boot), c (continue) or n (new command mode) type b (boot), c (continue) or n (new command mode) type b (boot), c (continue) or n (new command mode) type

Can't get address for...

gards, Andreas Jaehnigen

Re: XSun docs?

of the available command line options, and the file format the "-xkbdb" and the "-xkbmap" option expects. Thanks in advance. Andreas Jaehnigen

XSun docs?

Hi there, can you give me a hint where to find docs about the XSun X server? Everything is welcome! :-) Thanks, Andreas Jaehnigen

Xsun ignoring options?

or an -xkbdb the Sun did not even open one of those files! :-( I also sepcified +kb to switch on the XKeyboard extensions, but this didn't help. Does the XSun X server support the XKeyboard extensions, does anyone know? Any hint is GREATLY appreciated! :-) Andreas

xmodmap questions

xmodmap -pke gives me ... keycode 76 = Up F28 KP_8 ... which is not what I want. :-( Does anyone have a solution or comment on this? THANKS!! Andreas Jaehnigen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Linux & Solaris: Kbd probs

nything. By the way, if I log into a linux box or an SGI, everything works fine! :-O May well be this problem is on the server's side... I'm at my wit's end. Cany anybody provide some help?? Thank you very much! :-) Andreas Jaehnigen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: halt & reboot: segfaulting

which sets up the ethernet card, but I found NO corresponding /etc?.d/K* script... Umm... Any ideas? *g* CU Andreas Jaehnigen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Text ttys & X

I disable tty1 in /etc/inttab, NONE of the other ttys is accessible. Strange... Thanks & bye Andreas Jaehnigen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

halt & reboot: segfaulting

T) = 0 alarm(0)= 0 recv(14, 0xe8d0, 4026529856, MSG_DONTROUTE|MSG_PROXY|0xe004d460) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented) Segmentation fault Any clues??? Thanks in advance for any hints given! :-) CU Andreas Jaehnigen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ssh

Hi... > Ive installed ssh on them but the problem is that when I try to ssh > into a machine I get the message: > "Cannot allocate pseudotty" Did you set up the "new" (kernel 2.2.x) pseudo ttys correctly? I had to include the following line in /etc/fstab the get rid of the error msg: (It appeare

Can't add "local" route

Hi everybody I'm trying to install Debian on a Sparc clone... It runs kernel 2.2.12 (compiled it myself). A Sun Lance ethernet card is successfully detected upon kernel startup. However, initialisation scripts give me errors, especially the "network ones". in /etc/rcS.d/ The script "S40" trie

Error tftp'ing kernel 2.2.12

image with a 2.0.35 one, to which I had apllied the Sparc patches, booting works as usual... And yes, I've gunzipped the kernel image and converted it to a.out ... The client is a Sparc clone with 64 megs RAM installed. Any clues Thank you for everything!! :- (in advance) see you Andreas Jaehnigen

Kernel 2.2.10 compilation failure...

Hi, I tried to compile a new kernel on a "Sparc compatible" machine (Hyundai Sparc), but failed: arch/sparc/kernel/kernel.o: In function `sun4m_init_timers': arch/sparc/kernel/kernel.o(.text.init+0x10c): undefined reference to `prom_apply_obio_ranges' arch/sparc/kernel/kernel.o(.text.init+0x10c)

Re: kernel 2.0.37 compilation failure

Hi... > > What's broken about it, i've got a bwtwo in a IPC running 2.2.10 and it > > appears > > to work fine. > > X doesnt work. I was going to look into it but as soon as I decided to my SLC > broke. Woaaah Apparently I'm very lucky, because the SLC here wasn't damaged. :-)) But I ca

Re: kernel 2.0.37 compilation failure

Hi Thanks for your reply! :-) > You need 2.0 because the bwtwo is broken in 2.2. You don't need 2.0.37 > specifically. Yes of course- I know! :-) 2.0.35 runs very well here.. :-)) But my boss asked me if it would possible to upgrade to 2.0.37 because of security flaws in 2.0.35. Unfortunal

kernel 2.0.37 compilation failure

Hi Debian Team... Compilation of kernel 2.0.37 fails here. System is a Sun Sparc 1... Does anybody have a clue why this happens..? Kernel is 2.0.37. (Need this release, because in 2.2.x bwtwo support seems to be broken.) Kernel 2.0.35 compiled successfully after applying the Sparc patch (thanks

Re: /etc/init.d/xterm

Hi... > where does /etc/init.d/xterm come from? Don't need to change anything in it. Don't need it at all. ;-) Anyway, is this file still "alive" or had it been dropped out recently? (I have a kind of howto that mentioned it. The document was written in 1998.) -- cya ANDI

Kernel 2.2.x: bwtwo support broken

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/etc/init.d/xterm

Hi all, where does /etc/init.d/xterm come from? I need to change something in this file, but it isn't installed yet. Thanks for your help! :-) -- cya ANDI

How to compile kernel 2.0.35 on Sparc?

Hi all, I need to compile a 2.0.35 kernel on a Sparc SLC for several reasons: - a patch for swapping over NFS exists only for this version - the bwtwo grafics adaptor is supported correctly The 2.2.x versions don't handle this, right? Can anybody explain to me how to compile the 2.0.35 kernel o

Re: How to setup X?

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Re: How to setup X?

Hi Steve and all the others... Thanks for your reply... was waiting impatiently! :-) > Do you also have a white stripe down the left side of the display in > console mode? I think bwtwo support is broken in 2.2.x kernels. Yes I have!! :-O Sometimes the stripe is there, sometimes it isn't. But i

How to setup X?

Hi everybody... How do I setup X correctly? :-O System is a Sun Sparcstation SLC with bwtwo graphics card. X definitely runs on it, because I managed to start X from a "normal" Debian installation. Now, I've to configure X by hand, and it doesn't work. The X server (XSunMono) is running, but the d

Re: creating a tftpboot kernel/compiling a kernel for ultra 5

Hi... > Kernel-source 2.2.9 or 2.2.10. I guess it compiles sparc and not sparc64 > but how to change this. No clue about this :-( Maybe somebody can help...? > I also tried to create a tftpboot from the potato kernel-image but I'm not > able to make it ;-(. Your Sun can only boot from an A

Re: compile kernel 2.0.35 on Sparc?

Hi again... :-) Thank you very much for your reply. :-) > PS.: If you got problems with the 2.2.9 kernel mail again and I'll explain > how to compile a 2.0.35 kernel for Sparc. Well... I recently tried 2.2.10 and it was fine. BUT: I've to set up a diskless client here, that gets everything via N

compile kernel 2.0.35 on Sparc?

Hi, can everybody tell me how to compile kernel 2.0.35 on Sparc? I've Debian running here and have to compile my own kernel. "xconfig" was ok, but compiling fails with /usr/local/src/linux/include/linux/mm.h: In function `expand_stack': In file included from init/main.c:33: /usr/local/src/linux/i

/etc/init.d/network

Hi all, where does the file /etc/init.d/network derive (come) from? It definitely IS installed on my system, but I didn't find it neither using # dpkg -S "*network*" nor it is in the base system (base2_1.tgz). I need to set up another system by hand and I want to make this correctly... Thanks

NFS: fifo, swap (was: Re: no NFS mount)

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Configure Base System "by Hand"?

Hi everybody, I'm wondering if (how) I can configure my base system by hand Can anybody explain to me what must be done? I know, I should do this with "dbootstrap" (e.g.)- but the tft-image refuses to boot here (?!) "Got Error packet: Error Code 2 Message: Access Violation receive failed" An

Re: the format command for linux

Hi... > I have decided to clean the intire drives off on my sparc and would like to > know the linux command for formatting a hard drive on my sparc 1+... > I decided its the only way I'll clean off the conflicts that are on the hard > drive... I did this using the SunOS/Solaris format command. F

New day...

...new problems! ;-) But first of all, hi there everybody! :-) I'm still working on a Sun Sparcstation SLC which is intended to be an X- terminal soon. :-) The machine will have NO disks attached to it and everything will be there done via NFS. (At the moment, there IS a disk, of course, with De

Re: netboot image: Nope, kernel gzip'ed! :-(

Hi again... > "The file just loaded does not appear to be excutable" > and I'm thrown back to the PROM prompt. Any hints? It works!!! :- No idea why it didn't on Saturday... Maybe the computer wanted to have its week-end, too? ;-) -- cya ANDI

Re: netboot image: Nope, kernel gzip'ed! :-(

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netboot image: Nope, kernel gzip'ed! :-(

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Re: Booting from CD Error Message

Hi again. > So the question is, does the error message "bad magic number" mean the CD is > probably bad and I should just get another, or might it be that the drive or > Goddess forbid the SPARC is bad? Any ideas. Thank you so much. No, I don't think the CD is bad... :-) Just try if you

Re: Booting from CD Error Message

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kernel 2.0.35/sparc - Ooops

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kernel 2.2.9, slink and Sparc

Hi there, I'm trying to compile kernel 2.2.9 on a Sparc at the moment an keep my fingers crossed... :-) While reading the Installation Manual for Debian Linux for Sparc, I stumbled over the following: "Debian 2.1 is not certified for use with the Linux 2.2 kernel. However, if you are willing to

compile time of lib-tk (python)

Hi everybody, I've an installtion of Debian Linux 2.1 ("slink") running on a Sun Sparcstation SLC. The machine is equipped with 8 megs of ram an has 128 megs swap. For three days now, the python setup is running. The screen displays the following: Setting up pwgen (1-11) ... Setting up python-bas

base2_1.tgz & (s)tar = error?

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Re: Broken loop device

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Re: Broken loop device

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dbootstrap: status b

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Re: troubleshooting between X and tcplogd (and icmplogd)

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Broken loop device

Hi all, I recently tried to install Debian "slink" (2.1) on a Sun Sparcstation SLC. The machine should boot up from the net - so it has NO disks attached and NO floppy drives. The tftpboot-image just boots up fine! (But I suggest to include a hint to this mechanism in the official installation doc