Re: Problem installing Debian 4.0r4a on SunBlade 100

2008-10-23 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Geert Stappers wrote: ERROR: Last trap: Fast Data Access MMU Miss I did seen such messages myself. I got them at a warm boot and could resolve them by a cold boot. (power down, machine gets cold, power up) I have seen this on a batch of Ultra-1s which I had foolishly upraded to the

Problem installing Debian 4.0r4a on SunBlade 100

2008-10-22 Thread Ambrogio Sironi
Glacier Hi all I'm trying to install Debian 4.0r4a on SunBlade100. WS conf.: OBP: 4.17.1 Ram: 1Gb Debian: SILO 1.4.13 Staring the boot from CD I see: Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel Loaded kernel version 2.6.18 Loading initial ramdisk (3881967 bytes at

Re: Problem installing Debian 4.0r4a on SunBlade 100

2008-10-22 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 20081022 om 08:08 schreef Ambrogio Sironi: Glacier Hi all I'm trying to install Debian 4.0r4a on SunBlade100. WS conf.: OBP: 4.17.1 Ram: 1Gb Debian: SILO 1.4.13 Staring the boot from CD I see: Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel Loaded kernel

Installing debian 3.1 on SunBlade 100 - Keyboard problem

2007-02-13 Thread Stefano Cislaghi
Hello all I'm installing debian 3.1 on my Sun Blade 100. I've found suitable the boot net, and works, but when I setup my keyboard (as qwerty/us) I find that keys does not correspond to the right symbols. For example, to get RETURN I've to press CONTROL. Not sure it's a keyboard problem, by

installing Debian on a Sunblade 100

2005-02-14 Thread Matthew Fischer
I am attempting to install firmware on a SunBlade 100. I need to first upgrade the PROM. I have tried a few different ways, but I cannot make a CD (with the PROM) that the machine will boot. Does anyone know how to repackage the PROMs into ISO images that the Sunblade will boot?

Trouble installing Debian on a SunBlade 100

2003-12-29 Thread Greg
I apologize if this has been asked before, but I cannot find the answer on Google or the list group archives from the past year. I have bought the sparc Debian cd's for 3.01 R1 from AACDS.com and attempted to install them on a SunBlade 100. On my SunBlade the OBP version is 4.0.45 2001/02/08 and

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-12 Thread Olivier Bornet
Hello David, Do this and try to get a working 2.4.5 kernel on the blade, then we'll move on to trying to deal with the display noise. I have a working 2.4.5 kernel on the blade now, without noise (see one of my previous email about it). But without framebuffer at this time. I will try to

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-11 Thread Olivier Bornet
Hello David, Olivier Bornet writes: My current configuration is a SunBlade 100 and a Ultra 10, both connected to the same screen, a Sun 18.1 LCD. The problem is also present with only the Blade. The Ultra 10 has no problem with the display. This may be the

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-11 Thread Colin Walters
Olivier Bornet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can you send to me which test I can make ? (and eventualy the .config you use for generate the standard distributed kernel image). In the Debian GNU/Linux system, the .config used to build kernels is stored in /boot/config-VERSION. If you use

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-11 Thread Olivier Bornet
Hello, Can you send to me which test I can make ? (and eventualy the .config you use for generate the standard distributed kernel image). In the Debian GNU/Linux system, the .config used to build kernels is stored in /boot/config-VERSION. If you use kernel-package, it does this for

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-11 Thread Olivier Bornet
Hello all, Olivier Bornet writes: My current configuration is a SunBlade 100 and a Ultra 10, both connected to the same screen, a Sun 18.1 LCD. The problem is also present with only the Blade. The Ultra 10 has no problem with the display. This may be the

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-11 Thread Olivier Bornet
Hello again, I will try to answer myself to my questions, so there is a reference in the archive. On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 11:24:41PM +0200, Olivier Bornet wrote: - is the standard tree 2.4.5 (or other) good, or must I add some patches ? I have take the standard 2.4.5 tree. Certainly some

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-11 Thread Olivier Bornet
It's me again, just to complete my last posts. OK. I have compile a new kernel, and the garbage on the screen is away. - With my config, I have a black on white console, not the graphic console with the small Penguin on the top left. - I have manualy created the device for the USB (without,

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-11 Thread Eddie C. Dost
just to complete my last posts. OK. I have compile a new kernel, and the garbage on the screen is away. - With my config, I have a black on white console, not the graphic console with the small Penguin on the top left. - I have manualy created the device for the USB (without, no

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-11 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 11:43:30PM +0200, Olivier Bornet wrote: It's me again, just to complete my last posts. OK. I have compile a new kernel, and the garbage on the screen is away. - With my config, I have a black on white console, not the graphic console with the small Penguin on

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-10 Thread Colin Walters
Olivier Bornet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PS. If someone as a link to a HOWTO for compiling a kernel on a Debian system, thanks in advance. apt-get install fakeroot kernel-package cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig fakeroot make-kpkg --revision hostname.1 kernel_image dpkg -i

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-09 Thread Olivier Bornet
Hello David, On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 11:57:07AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: Olivier Bornet writes: I'm trying to install debian on a SunBlade 100 with a SunExpert 3D lite. Take the expert3d card out, Linux cannot drive it anyways. Thanks, this correct the problem, and I have now the

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-09 Thread David S. Miller
Olivier Bornet writes: I have some questions : - can I allready install an X server for the base Mach64 card (and how) ? Yes, Ben should have XFree86-4.1.0 packages, if not now then soon. - is there a work on the expert3d card ? Absolutely not, the vendor refuses to provide hardware

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-09 Thread Olivier Bornet
Hello David, I have some questions : - can I allready install an X server for the base Mach64 card (and how) ? Yes, Ben should have XFree86-4.1.0 packages, if not now then soon. It's OK. I have now the Ben's XFree86 4.0.3 packages, and it works. I will update and try the 4.1 as soon

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-09 Thread David S. Miller
Olivier Bornet writes: - is there a work on the expert3d card ? Absolutely not, the vendor refuses to provide hardware programming information. I don't know if it can help, but all users interested by this port can send an email to them, so they can see there is an

Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100

2001-06-09 Thread Olivier Bornet
Hello, My current configuration is a SunBlade 100 and a Ultra 10, both connected to the same screen, a Sun 18.1 LCD. The problem is also present with only the Blade. The Ultra 10 has no problem with the display. This may be the difference, as I have no LCD to test with. Seem not. I