On Tue, Dec 01, 1998 at 11:03:26AM -0500, Johnie Ingram wrote:
>
> "Jules" == Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Jules> the machine works well, although I do also occasionally see a
> Jules> watchdog reset for no apparent reason.
>
> Speaking of which, is there any way to set it so that
> Jules> the machine works well, although I do also occasionally see a
> Jules> watchdog reset for no apparent reason.
> Speaking of which, is there any way to set it so that such resets
> reboot the box, instead of halting it?
There is an option in the PROM to do this:
ftoomsh-root# cat /proc/
"Jules" == Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jules> the machine works well, although I do also occasionally see a
Jules> watchdog reset for no apparent reason.
Speaking of which, is there any way to set it so that such resets
reboot the box, instead of halting it?
- P
On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Anton Blanchard wrote:
>
> > Alas :-( It doesn't fix it. The machine stil halts (actually, it watchdog
> > resets) when X dies.
>
> Can you get a dump of .registers, .locals, ctrace? I don't have a cgsix so
> it is pretty hard to trace without something to go on :)
>
Ba
--On Sat, Nov 28, 1998 1:25 pm -0500 "Steve Dunham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> "Jules Bean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> --On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 10:08 pm +0100 "Eric Delaunay"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > About kernel, I will release the next bootdisks with 2.0.35. Is it
enough
On Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 10:04:12AM +1100, Anton Blanchard wrote:
>
> > which kernel will we use as standard kernel ?
> > 2.0.35 is pretty stable for me but it's not completely stable because the
> > virtual consoles die sometimes. 2.1.125 is much better but it has got the
> > X logout crash probl
> which kernel will we use as standard kernel ?
> 2.0.35 is pretty stable for me but it's not completely stable because the
> virtual consoles die sometimes. 2.1.125 is much better but it has got the
> X logout crash problem.
A recent 2.1 kernel would be nice since it supports SMP. Any chance of
> I updated my cvs snapshot a few hours ago, and there was still a bug.
> But applying the patch that you sent to the debian-sparc mailing list fixed
> the problem. Thanks!
Great. The fix has been checked into the cvs tree.
Cheers,
Anton
> Alas :-( It doesn't fix it. The machine stil halts (actually, it watchdog
> resets) when X dies.
Can you get a dump of .registers, .locals, ctrace? I don't have a cgsix so
it is pretty hard to trace without something to go on :)
You could set up a serial console on the sun if the screen is
"Jules Bean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> --On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 10:08 pm +0100 "Eric Delaunay"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > About kernel, I will release the next bootdisks with 2.0.35. Is it enough
> > reliable for *all* sparc workstations, or should I switch to 2.1 ?
I'd like to see 2
--On Thu, Nov 26, 1998 11:26 pm +1100 "Anton Blanchard"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Jules,
>
>> > Are you using a cgsix framebuffer? The current kernels have a problem
with
>> > the cgsix, which Davem narrowed down to the cg6_reset function.
>> > Do you get booted back to the PROM? If so can
> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:31:00 +1100
> From: Anton Blanchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: The time has come ...
>
> > I have a similar problem. I use X via startx. When I quit X, I get:
>
> Thanks for the report Paul. Dav
On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Eric Delaunay wrote:
> Christian Meder wrote:
> >
> > 2.0.35 is pretty stable for me but it's not completely stable because the
> > virtual consoles die sometimes. 2.1.125 is much better but it has got the
> > X logout crash problem.
>
> About kernel, I will release the n
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Anton Blanchard wrote:
>
> Hi Jules,
>
> > > Are you using a cgsix framebuffer? The current kernels have a problem with
> > > the cgsix, which Davem narrowed down to the cg6_reset function.
> > > Do you get booted back to the PROM? If so can you get the results of:
> > > .lo
Hi Jules,
> > Are you using a cgsix framebuffer? The current kernels have a problem with
> > the cgsix, which Davem narrowed down to the cg6_reset function.
> > Do you get booted back to the PROM? If so can you get the results of:
> > .locals .registers ctrace
> > As well as your System.map
> Hm
--On Tue, Nov 24, 1998 6:45 pm +1100 "Anton Blanchard"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I switched back to 2.1.125 and the situation is now:
>> startx as root works OK, but when you end the X-session, the kernel
>> halts itself.
>> xdm works OK, but if you kill xdm (/etc/init.d/xdm stop) the kern
On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 10:12:30PM +, Jules Bean wrote:
>
> Oh. So *that's* the famous sun4c slowdown.
>
> I noticed that too, when I installed my machine. I just assumed that my
> disks were slow :-)
>
> I've never really noticed the slowdown when the machine's in use, but I use
> it very
--On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 4:51 pm -0500 "Ben Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 10:08:11PM +0100, Eric Delaunay wrote:
>>
>> About kernel, I will release the next bootdisks with 2.0.35. Is it
enough
>> reliable for *all* sparc workstations, or should I switch to 2.1 ?
>
On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 10:08:11PM +0100, Eric Delaunay wrote:
>
> About kernel, I will release the next bootdisks with 2.0.35. Is it enough
> reliable for *all* sparc workstations, or should I switch to 2.1 ?
The 2.0.x kernels suffer performance wise on the sun4c's i have used them
on. For exam
On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 03:58:36PM -0500, Steve Dunham wrote:
> Has anyone tried this stuff on an Ultra? Does it need any dynamic
> loader patches or will an Ultra work out of the box with a special
> kernel. If the latter is true, then we should provide either a
> seperate tftpboot image and fl
--On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 10:08 pm +0100 "Eric Delaunay"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> About kernel, I will release the next bootdisks with 2.0.35. Is it enough
> reliable for *all* sparc workstations, or should I switch to 2.1 ?
The only serious problems I had when I used 2.0.35 were:
Buggered si
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 06:08:20PM +0100, Christian Meder wrote:
> >
> > which kernel will we use as standard kernel ?
> Although I haven't tried X with it, the 2.1.129 kernel on this debian
> sparc system of mine has been up for a almost a week now with
Christian Meder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> just to bring you the latest news from the Sparc32 port ;-)
>
> Brian agreed that we will get a freeze on Sparc and therefore we will release
> sid as Debian 2.1 on sparc. Up to now I took care only to upload packages
> with sources taken from the frozen dist. S
Christian Meder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> just to bring you the latest news from the Sparc32 port ;-)
> Brian agreed that we will get a freeze on Sparc and therefore we will release
> sid as Debian 2.1 on sparc. Up to now I took care only to upload packages
> with sources taken from the fro
According to Ben Collins:
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 06:08:12PM +, Jules Bean wrote:
> >
> > You just mount the NFS drive, and when it asks you where base_*tgz is, you
> > tell it...
>
The bigger Problem is IMHO that you can't give dinstall an nfs-mounted
directory as a target. All those d
On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 06:55:04PM +, Jules Bean wrote:
>
> As long as you've got them visible on a mounted file system, it can find
> them and use them.
Ok, makes it easier in the sense that it is actually there :) I'm
wondering if it's possible however to include these things into the
tftpb
--On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 1:32 pm -0500 "Ben Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 06:08:12PM +, Jules Bean wrote:
>>
>> You just mount the NFS drive, and when it asks you where base_*tgz is,
you
>> tell it...
>
> Yeah, I was able to do that, but what about when it asks
On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 06:08:12PM +, Jules Bean wrote:
>
> You just mount the NFS drive, and when it asks you where base_*tgz is, you
> tell it...
Yeah, I was able to do that, but what about when it asks for resc1440.bin
and drv1440.bin?
--
--- - - --- -
On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Jules Bean wrote:
> > tftpboot image capable of using nfs to install the kernel image and
> > modules instead of asking for a disk (or does it work and just wasn't
> > obvious in the install?).
>
> It does work, and it isn't obvious, no.
>
> You just mount the NFS drive, and
--On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 12:41 pm -0500 "Ben Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 06:08:20PM +0100, Christian Meder wrote:
>>
>> which kernel will we use as standard kernel ?
>
> Although I haven't tried X with it, the 2.1.129 kernel on this debian
> sparc system of mine
On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 06:08:20PM +0100, Christian Meder wrote:
>
> which kernel will we use as standard kernel ?
Although I haven't tried X with it, the 2.1.129 kernel on this debian
sparc system of mine has been up for a almost a week now with no porblems.
There are some problems that I have s
On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 12:15:05PM -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
> Christian,
>
> Is there a list somewhere of packages that couldn't be autobuilt? I'd
> like to try fixing a few of them if I can.
>
I'll post one tomorrow.
Greetings,
Christian
--
Christian Me
Christian,
Is there a list somewhere of packages that couldn't be autobuilt? I'd
like to try fixing a few of them if I can.
--
Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Christian Meder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> just to bring you the latest news from the Sparc32 port ;-)
>
> Brian agre
Hi,
just to bring you the latest news from the Sparc32 port ;-)
Brian agreed that we will get a freeze on Sparc and therefore we will release
sid as Debian 2.1 on sparc. Up to now I took care only to upload packages
with sources taken from the frozen dist. So we are pretty much in line
with i3
> I have a similar problem. I use X via startx. When I quit X, I get:
Thanks for the report Paul. Davem should be adding a change into the
CVS tree later on tonight. Let me know if it doesn't work.
Cheers,
Anton
On Mon Nov 23 23:46:39 1998, Anton Blanchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
jmlb2> I switched back to 2.1.125 and the situation is now:
jmlb2> startx as root works OK, but when you end the X-session, the kernel
jmlb2> halts itself.
jmlb2> xdm works OK, but if you kill xdm (/etc/init.d/xdm stop) the ke
> I switched back to 2.1.125 and the situation is now:
> startx as root works OK, but when you end the X-session, the kernel
> halts itself.
> xdm works OK, but if you kill xdm (/etc/init.d/xdm stop) the kernel
> commits suicide :-(
Are you using a cgsix framebuffer? The current kernels have a pr
--On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 11:25 am -0600 "Brian H. Dunford-Shore"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This seems like it is a bug that has been discussed on the
> sparclinux@vger.rutgers.edu mailing list:
>
> On Tuesday, November 03, 1998 9:56 PM, Anton Blanchard
> [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Hi Bri
This seems like it is a bug that has been discussed on the
sparclinux@vger.rutgers.edu mailing list:
On Tuesday, November 03, 1998 9:56 PM, Anton Blanchard
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> > I have a different, but possibly related problem. My system freezes
> > when X tries to shu
--On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 2:41 pm + "Jules Bean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I switched back to 2.1.125 and the situation is now:
>
> startx as root works OK, but when you end the X-session, the kernel halts
> itself.
>
> xdm works OK, but if you kill xdm (/etc/init.d/xdm stop) the kernel
comm
--On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 6:36 pm +0100 "Christian Meder"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 06:24:46PM +0100, Anders Hammarquist wrote:
>> > > I'll upload new xfree packages which are based on -8 in an hour or so
..
>> >
>> > Hmm.
>> >
>> > They're broken here.
>> >
>> > xdm ca
On Sun, Nov 22, 1998 at 05:06:15PM +, Scott Ashcroft wrote:
> On 21 Nov, Ben Collins wrote:
> > Scratch that :) I forgot that I had relinked /dev/console to /dev/null, so
> > the serial getty console worked, and kernel boot msgs showed, but
> > obviously console msgs were not shown. This just b
On 21 Nov, Ben Collins wrote:
> Scratch that :) I forgot that I had relinked /dev/console to /dev/null, so
> the serial getty console worked, and kernel boot msgs showed, but
> obviously console msgs were not shown. This just bypassed the problem
> which i guess is in the console driver?
I've just
On Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 02:48:37PM +, Scott Ashcroft wrote:
> On 21 Nov, Ben Collins wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 07:39:28PM +, Scott Ashcroft wrote:
> >>
> >> I've now tried both the pre-built 2.1.125 and a clean 2.1.129 both
> >> still have the same serial console problem.
> >>
>
> > I can even tell you why that is. It's because you don't have permissions
> > for /dev/fb* .Try running constype as a normal user, and then try as
> > root.
>
> Was it possible with the old X packages to startx as normal user ?
I recall there being problems with using startx as a normal user
> > I'll upload new xfree packages which are based on -8 in an hour or so ...
>
> Hmm.
>
> They're broken here.
>
> xdm causes the kernel to halt (back to PROM prompt - 'program terminated').
What kernel version? (It's definitely a kernel bug that it ends up at the PROM
prompt, but we should n
--On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 4:25 pm +0100 "Christian Meder"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 10:13:40AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
>> Also, I compiled the xfree86 packages under the new libc6 2.0.100. I had
>> to hack around some with a few things so I'm not gonna upload them to
>>
[...]
> Also, there doesn't seem to be a symlink from /dev/fb to /dev/fb0 on my
> machine, which maybe there should be.
No, there is no need for these symlinks (at least as far as the X server is
concerned). I looked at this when I did the last X server (particularly at how
the X server handles
On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 05:23:58PM +, Jules Bean wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Christian Meder wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 04:51:32PM +, Jules Bean wrote:
> > > --On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 4:25 pm +0100 "Christian Meder"
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, Nov 19,
On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Christian Meder wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 04:51:32PM +, Jules Bean wrote:
> > --On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 4:25 pm +0100 "Christian Meder"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 10:13:40AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> > >> Also, I compiled the x
--On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 6:32 pm +0100 "Christian Meder"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Which kernel are you using ?
>>
>> The version of 2.1.125 you uploaded.
>
> Could you try again with 2.0.35 ? It looks like a kernel bug to me.
Certainly. But I can't just now - the machine is busy.
And, f
On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 06:24:46PM +0100, Anders Hammarquist wrote:
> > > I'll upload new xfree packages which are based on -8 in an hour or so ...
> >
> > Hmm.
> >
> > They're broken here.
> >
> > xdm causes the kernel to halt (back to PROM prompt - 'program terminated').
>
> What kernel versi
Ben Collins wrote:
> As a side note, I have compiled 2.1.128 from clean source (straight from
> ftp.kernel.org) on a SS1. I have the same problems with the serial console
> as some one else did on 125 but ALL of the IO performance has more than
> doubled! Tape backups of the full system that use t
On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 04:51:32PM +, Jules Bean wrote:
> --On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 4:25 pm +0100 "Christian Meder"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 10:13:40AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> >> Also, I compiled the xfree86 packages under the new libc6 2.0.100. I had
> >> t
On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 08:53:03AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Volkmar Sieh writes:
> >> Where can I get this corresponding sparc_patch?
>
> Jules Bean writes:
> > Wait for it to appear on your local debian mirror...
>
> Unfortunately, I haven't yet found appropriate packages
> (kernel-i
--On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 8:53 am -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Volkmar Sieh writes:
>>> Where can I get this corresponding sparc_patch?
>
> Jules Bean writes:
>> Wait for it to appear on your local debian mirror...
>
> Unfortunately, I haven't yet found appropriate packages
> (kernel-image-
Volkmar Sieh writes:
>> Where can I get this corresponding sparc_patch?
Jules Bean writes:
> Wait for it to appear on your local debian mirror...
Unfortunately, I haven't yet found appropriate packages
(kernel-image-2.1.125 or kernel-patch-2.1.125 were my guesses, but I
looked for anything with
On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 10:13:40AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> Also, I compiled the xfree86 packages under the new libc6 2.0.100. I had
> to hack around some with a few things so I'm not gonna upload them to
> Incoming, but I will make them available in my home directory on master
> sometime today
On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 02:23:02PM +, Jules Bean wrote:
>
> My understanding is you need the corresponding sparc_patch package as well,
> to get the right kernel image.
As a side note, I have compiled 2.1.128 from clean source (straight from
ftp.kernel.org) on a SS1. I have the same problems
--On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 3:36 pm +0100 "Volkmar Sieh"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> --On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 2:00 pm + "Scott Ashcroft"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm not. I built it from the debian source package.
>> >
>>
>> My understanding is you need the corresponding sparc_pat
--On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 2:00 pm + "Scott Ashcroft"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 19 Nov, Jules Bean wrote:
>> Sounds like you're not using Christian's kernels?
>
> I'm not. I built it from the debian source package.
>
My understanding is you need the corresponding sparc_patch package as w
On 19 Nov, Jules Bean wrote:
> Sounds like you're not using Christian's kernels?
I'm not. I built it from the debian source package.
I'll try the pre-built package later. I'l also try building my own
2.1.128.
> Certainly, his 2.0.35 already has the syscall patches in.
Yes. 2.0.35 works fine.
>
--On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 9:13 pm + "Scott Ashcroft"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Christian Meder wrote:
>>
>> I tested the glibc2.1 with 2.0.35 and 2.1.125 and it works great. The ^Z
>> problem should be fixed.
>>
>> If you've got any problems with any of the packages please report it to
>>
> Christian Meder wrote:
>
> I tested the glibc2.1 with 2.0.35 and 2.1.125 and it works great. The ^Z
> problem should be fixed.
>
> If you've got any problems with any of the packages please report it to
> the list.
I've tried 2.0.35 and I get unsupported sparc system calls 13 and 102
messages
--On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 9:17 pm -0500 "Derrick J Brashear"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Jules Bean wrote:
>
>> I'd just spent >> 10 CPU hours compiling glibc 2.0.100 on my SS2, only to
>> have it segfault on an explicit invocation of ld-linux.so (which I
suspect
>> is a typic
On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 10:43:41AM -0800, Stephen Zander wrote:
>
>
> > "Christian" == Christian Meder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Christian> If you've got any problems with any of the packages
> Christian> please report it to the list.
>
> Only one, thus far. I'm getting the drea
> "Christian" == Christian Meder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Christian> Hi, glibc2.1, egcs, kernel 2.0.35, 2.1.125 and some
Christian> base packages are on its way to master ...
Many, many thanks Christian.
Christian> If you've got any problems with any of the packages
Chri
On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 09:17:48PM -0500, Derrick J Brashear wrote:
>
> The generally accepted sun4c 2.0.x problem is manifested in a slowing of
> the machine over time. This is most likely another problem, though if this
> SS2 has a Weitek PowerUp that's another potential gotcha. (depending on
>
On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Jules Bean wrote:
> I'd just spent >> 10 CPU hours compiling glibc 2.0.100 on my SS2, only to
> have it segfault on an explicit invocation of ld-linux.so (which I suspect
> is a typical manifestation of the Sun4c/2.0.x kernel breakage).
The generally accepted sun4c 2.0.x prob
--On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 5:35 pm +0100 "Christian Meder"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> glibc2.1, egcs, kernel 2.0.35, 2.1.125 and some base packages are on its
way
> to master ...
>
> I tested the glibc2.1 with 2.0.35 and 2.1.125 and it works great. The ^Z
> problem should be fixed.
>
Hi,
glibc2.1, egcs, kernel 2.0.35, 2.1.125 and some base packages are on its way
to master ...
I tested the glibc2.1 with 2.0.35 and 2.1.125 and it works great. The ^Z
problem should be fixed.
If you've got any problems with any of the packages please report it to
the list.
Enjoy,
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