avi/divx with sparc/linux

2001-09-18 Thread hakubw00
Hello, is it possible to view avi or divx under sparc/linux. avifile won't work, because it depends on *.dll's wich runs only under x86. Any hints? regards -- Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz, FHT-Esslingen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [... University of Applied Sciences Esslingen

Re: how to install new kernel

2001-09-14 Thread hakubw00
Quoting Thomas Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 2001-09-13 at 12:06, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote: -snip may I try it with /vmlinuz-2.4.9? well, I don't see a /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-sun4u file, so yes, try with vmlinuz-2.4.9 only. and vmlinuz is also pointing to an image that does not

how to install new kernel

2001-09-13 Thread hakubw00
Hello, I am running 2.2.19-sun4u on an ultra10. The 2.2.19 has an nfs-mount bug, so I would like to upgrade my kernel. apt-cache search kernel gives me kernel-image-2.4.9-sun4u after installing it I have a symlink /vmlinuz - boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7 But my machine wont reboot. How do I have to

Fwd: Re: fdisk message error

2001-09-12 Thread hakubw00
Hello, first of all my condolence to all U.S. citizens, I still can not believe what happend. Quoting Roberto Giorgetti [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The 9Gb disk of my SUN Ultra 5 machine with Debian unstable is not completely used, so I run fdisk /dev/hda and p command receiving:

Re: Solution (Was: Sparc has slow disk access)

2001-09-12 Thread hakubw00
Seems that there were not an optimal bs-default value on Sparc for this test. If I set bs explicitely this way I got: Sparc/Solaris: 45s Sparc/Linux:35s !! (We are really good, arenĀ“t we?) PC/Linux: 61s Gratulations By the way it would be of course interesting, how to

Re: Solution (Was: Sparc has slow disk access)

2001-09-12 Thread hakubw00
time cat smalltebledefinition | psql database - real0m0.306s time psql -e database smalltabledefinition - real0m0.295s may this 0.009s help you ;-) In fact, no. But I try to find a method which keeps my sparc beeing faster than my PC, because I could have saved a certain

Mysql / woody

2001-09-10 Thread hakubw00
Hello, I have a problem with mysql on woody running on an ultra10: /etc/init.d/mysql start Starting MySQL database server: mysqld...failed. /var/log: 010910 12:10:23 mysqld started 010910 12:10:23 bdb: architecture lacks fast mutexes: applications cannot be threaded 010910 12:10:23 Can't

Re: Cannot mount / as read/write filesystem

2001-09-10 Thread hakubw00
Sorry for answering you so late, but I had a bad family problem. Now I came back to my severe SPARC problem. Yes, if I run: mount / -o remount,rw / is mounted read-write. Then I issued: chmod 755 /etc/init.d/rc chmod 755 /etc/init.d/rcS but when I reboot, root (/) is still mounted as

how to report a bug

2001-08-26 Thread hakubw00
Hello, how can I report following bugs concerning potato/sparc? -I installed potato on my ultra 10, but the first reboot fails. it only boots when I type /vmlinuz-2.2.19-sun4u on the openBootProm. I also have to edit /etc/silo.conf and change the line. -After installing apache I have a endless