Re: “Sponsor” needed for X sparc video drivers

2010-10-16 Thread Tyler
could pull out an old sparc if you provide some more instructions. I also thought that debian had some sparc machines available for building and testing packages? Regards, Tyler. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Type 7 keyboard problem?

2008-09-20 Thread Tyler
at all. No led on Caps lock, no stop-A, nothing. Keyboard is Type 7 USB. How can I solve this? Thanks, PS. Please CC me, I'm not on the list Did you ever resolve this? Tyler. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Boot sparc 60

2006-12-11 Thread Simon Tyler
the company I bought it from has left their password login on solaris. So I just need to format the drive and start again, somehow? Can anyone suggest anything. As you've guessed, I'm new to this. Regards Simon Tyler

New to Sparc Debian

2006-10-02 Thread Simon Tyler
Hi all, I will be brand new to Debian (been a suse man of late). However, I have aquired an ultra 60 and wondered what anyone thought of Debian running on this machine and if you have any advise before I trash it. Thanks in advance Si Regards Simon Tyler Lead Design Engineer

Re: Compiling a kernel (was no subject)

2005-09-11 Thread Tyler
Actually, I believe I was thinking of make bzImage ... not vmlinuz ;/ also, I believe with 2.6 kernels, you can just type make .. no commands, and it will do the kernel and the modules i believe. Tyler. Tyler wrote: try make vmlinuz ... possibly a typo with an X on the end. Tyler

Re: Sun Blade 150 fails to install - magic incantation needed?

2005-09-08 Thread Tyler
I would suggest giving a Woody install a go... and then you can always do a dist-upgrade to sarge, minus the kernel if it still causes issues. Tyler. Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Attempting to install Debian Sarge on a Sun Blade 150 which has a current working Solaris 9 on it. Boot from CD works

Re: D-I update for Sparc (daily builds)

2005-09-05 Thread Tyler
, is there a direct link to an image that *does* work... the only one I've found to be reported as working around this bug, was a daily image from a few months ago, that is no longer on any archives/sites/mirrors that I can find. Thanks, Tyler. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked

Re: Kernel won't compile

2005-08-31 Thread Tyler
Was there a debian linux question in there somewhere? Possibly you sent this to the wrong list? Regards, Tyler. Nancy Kazmierski wrote: SO.. What I want to do is simply reinstall Solaris.. I have version 5.8 in house.. Because of a lack of CDROM I need to jump start from a remote server. I

Re: SUN Enterprise 3000

2005-08-19 Thread Tyler
Frank F. Waarsenburg wrote: I did. Same error: unable to mount CDRom... Frank Frank F. Waarsenburg wrote: Hi, recently I bought a SUN Enterprise 3000, with only a serial interface for console connections. I tried both the RedHat ZOOT (quite old) and the debian 31r0a distributions, but

Re: Enterprise 4000 setup

2005-08-18 Thread Tyler
Something simple (but seems silly and needless, since they should be able to find a fix, and release an updated (sarge) iso), try using a Woody install CD. Tyler. Bryan Schmidt wrote: I am trying to setup an Enterprise 4000 server with 4 (166Mhz) CPU’s and 1Gb memory but I cannot even get

Re: SUN Enterprise 3000

2005-08-18 Thread Tyler
You can also try a Woody install CD. Tyler. Frank F. Waarsenburg wrote: Hi, recently I bought a SUN Enterprise 3000, with only a serial interface for console connections. I tried both the RedHat ZOOT (quite old) and the debian 31r0a distributions, but both terminate with the same problem

Re: unable to boot on the netinst CD

2005-08-11 Thread Tyler
The partition check errors are just informational I believe... its the ramdisk problem that comes *after* this partition check message that the bootup chokes at. Tyler. Pooly wrote: Hi, If i use the testing-netinst the installation works fine if I install the stable release. But when I

Re: where is woody

2005-08-08 Thread Tyler
Are there no archives of the Netinst and Business card, and Mini Iso's? Tyler. Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2005-08-07 12:20:11, schrieb John Bowden: Can any one tell me where to find the woody iso's I have had a look at the debian site but cant seem to find them, only the latest (3.1

Re: Problems with an Ultra 5

2005-08-07 Thread Tyler
A is a 25pin female, while serial B is a 9 pin male. Also, do I need to worry about the RS232 versus RS423 jumper setting? Its mentioned in the sun docs, but not mentioned with regards to using the serial console. Tyler. Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tyler) writes: I

Cannot find a working netinst / business card / mini iso sarge CD image that works on an Ultra5

2005-08-07 Thread Tyler
correctly) comes up with the following: Fast Data Access MMU Miss Someone *please* point me to a working sarge netinst (150mb)/ business card (25mb) / mini iso (5mb) that will boot properly on an Ultra5. Thanks guys. I'm finally using a CDRW instead of wasting CDR's now as well.. Tyler

Re: Cannot find a working netinst / business card / mini iso sarge CD image that works on an Ultra5

2005-08-07 Thread Tyler
I forgot to mention, I tried this image also, the all modular IDE one that Dave love suggested earlier. Same problems. http://wiki.debian.net/?SparcInstallationNotes Tyler. Tyler wrote: I feel like i'm hitting my head against a wall now guys... I've tryed about 6 different bootable CD

Re: Cannot find a working netinst / business card / mini iso sarge CD image that works on an Ultra5

2005-08-07 Thread Tyler
I also forgot to mention that I've been trying the ramdisk_size=16000 as an option as well (with and without). Tyler. PS - one would think that such an oversight wouldn't happen... how can so many install CD's be broken? :( Tyler wrote: I forgot to mention, I tried this image also, the all

Problems with an Ultra 5

2005-08-05 Thread Tyler
that STOP + A during power on may get me to the OBP open boot prompt, however, I haven't had the chance to try this option yet, and am not really sure what settings may need changing once i'm there, to stop the video from disabling itself, or whatever its doing). Thanks, Tyler. PS - My goal

Re: Problems with an Ultra 5

2005-08-05 Thread Tyler
I'm getting a null modem cable today to give that a try. Tyler. Pooly wrote: Try to see what is going on with a console plug on the serial port (I've never done it though...) Or give a try here : http://supportforum.sun.com/hardware/index.php?t=threadfrm_id=2rid=0 last time, I had the right

Re: Problems with an Ultra 5

2005-08-05 Thread Tyler
by this section so fast, it doesn't get a chance to show me whats on the screen. If you can point me to any documentation on key combinations and beeps, and LED patterns, that would be great. Tyler. Dr. Zimmermann wrote: Tyler wrote: I'm trying to set up an Ultra 5 that I purchased last year

Re: Problems with an Ultra 5

2005-08-05 Thread Tyler
such high resolution? Tyler. Chris Newport wrote: What monitor are you using ? This sounds typical of a monitor which cannot handle Sun's default resolution of 1172 x (796 ? not sure). Try using a serial console (you must unplug the keyboard for this to work) or a different monitor. About half

Re: Problems with an Ultra 5

2005-08-05 Thread Tyler
I will give it a try if STOP + A, and serial console gives me nothing when I try tonight. Tyler. Robert Wolfe, OpenSource Solutions wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 01:44:19 -0700 Tyler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to set up an Ultra 5 that I purchased last year, but am having problems

Re: Problems with an Ultra 5

2005-08-05 Thread Tyler
better on an ultra 5? Can someone point me to it, or tell me which one, and how to get it. Thanks, Tyler. PS: I'd really like to get the serial console working as well if anyone knows how to troubleshoot that bit... I tried disconnecting the keyboard, tried both Serial A and Serial B (does only

Re: installation on v210

2005-07-01 Thread Tyler
I would try a woody install... the current stable may not support it (current stable is sarge). Tyler. Dave Love wrote: Can anyone tell me whether it's actually possible to do an install on a v210 or, presumably, v240 c? I think I've tried all combinations of cd and net boot with stable

Re: Blade 150, 2.4.31, shutdown problem

2005-07-01 Thread Tyler
I would try the grsecurity mailing list (if one exists) or authors ... that'd be the first place I checked since it is specific to grsecurity patches. Tyler. Jakub Ambrożewicz wrote: Hi After kernel upgrade to 2.4.31 (patched with grsecurity) i have a problem with shutting down Blade 150