Re: Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-04 Thread charles duncan
Still having a problem This was a working Sun Microsystems Ultra 5 (ultrasparc driven). The net install was sucessful (twice).  I did not select non-free software BTW. Turning on the system I get   boot: so I hit enter and away it goes, switching screen mode and showing the penguin. soon af

Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-04 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Howard Eisenberger wrote: 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 m

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

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: 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 S

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

Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-02 Thread charles duncan
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 the screen goes black