X on Ultra5 with Debian Lenny 5.0.3

Hi All,

I inherited a Sun Ultra5 from work after a clean out and I immediately
upgraded the HDD from 9GB to 40GB and installed Debian Lenny 5.0.3 from
the xfce + lxde install desk.

I have had to remove the S30gdm link or the machine freezes up at boot
time. I assume this is due to the famous kernel / x.org bug
(http://bugs.debian.org/500358) that was fixed back at kernel 2.6.26-11.

I cannot find the 2.5.26-11 kernel, and I'm guessing that is because
'sid' has moved on (now up to 2.6.3x kernels) and I think I found a
reference to the 'workaround' being reversed because it broke PCIe
based SPARCs.

Can anyone tell me where I can get a working kernel for my Ultra5, so I
can have Debian with X running sometime soon :)

Thanks,

Collin



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[Howard Eisenberger]

On 2009-11-10, Collin Baillie wrote:

> Can anyone tell me where I can get a working kernel for my
> Ultra5, so I can have Debian with X running sometime soon :)

X works here on my Ultra 5 with kernels 2.6.29 and 2.6.30 but
not kernel 2.6.26.

I have a an unresolved CD device issue with the newer kernels,
but that's another story.

Regards,

Howard E.


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Thanks for that Howard. Unfortunately, it looks like sid/unstable is now
up to 2.6.31. i did try this kernel, but I still get the error.

Is there an archive of snapshots of sid anywhere on the 'net I could
search for a working kernel?

Regards,

Collin

On 11/11/2009, "Howard Eisenberger" <howarde@...> wrote:

>On 2009-11-10, Collin Baillie wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me where I can get a working kernel for my
>> Ultra5, so I can have Debian with X running sometime soon :)
>
>X works here on my Ultra 5 with kernels 2.6.29 and 2.6.30 but
>not kernel 2.6.26.
>
>I have a an unresolved CD device issue with the newer kernels,
>but that's another story.
>
>Regards,
>
>Howard E.
>
>
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[Howard Eisenberger]

On 2009-11-11, Collin Baillie wrote:

> Thanks for that Howard. Unfortunately, it looks like sid/unstable is now
> up to 2.6.31. i did try this kernel, but I still get the error.

I thought this might happen. I believe you need a newer version
of xorg as well.

> Is there an archive of snapshots of sid anywhere on the 'net I could
> search for a working kernel?

Basically, if you are running stable (lenny), I think X should
work if you move to testing (squeeze) along with the newer kernel.

I'm in X on my Ultra 5 right now.

ultra5:~$ Xorg -version

X.Org X Server 1.6.1.901 (1.6.2 RC 1)
Release Date: 2009-5-8
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27.2-dsa-usii sparc Debian
Current Operating System: Linux ultra5 2.6.30-1-sparc64 #1 Wed Jul 8
01:18:17 UTC 2009 sparc
Build Date: 14 May 2009  04:50:27PM
xorg-server 2:1.6.1.901-2 (buildd@spontini)

Regards,

Howard E.


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How do I do this?

Stick squeeze server details into apt resources list and then

apt-get upgrade

??

Cheers,

Collin


On 11/11/2009, "Howard Eisenberger" <howarde@...> wrote:

>On 2009-11-11, Collin Baillie wrote:
>
>> Thanks for that Howard. Unfortunately, it looks like sid/unstable is now
>> up to 2.6.31. i did try this kernel, but I still get the error.
>
>I thought this might happen. I believe you need a newer version
>of xorg as well.
>
>> Is there an archive of snapshots of sid anywhere on the 'net I could
>> search for a working kernel?
>
>Basically, if you are running stable (lenny), I think X should
>work if you move to testing (squeeze) along with the newer kernel.
>
>I'm in X on my Ultra 5 right now.
>
>ultra5:~$ Xorg -version
>
>X.Org X Server 1.6.1.901 (1.6.2 RC 1)
>Release Date: 2009-5-8
>X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
>Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27.2-dsa-usii sparc Debian
>Current Operating System: Linux ultra5 2.6.30-1-sparc64 #1 Wed Jul 8
>01:18:17 UTC 2009 sparc
>Build Date: 14 May 2009  04:50:27PM
>xorg-server 2:1.6.1.901-2 (buildd@spontini)
>
>Regards,
>
>Howard E.
>
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[Howard Eisenberger]

On 2009-11-11, Collin Baillie wrote:

> How do I do this?
>
> Stick squeeze server details into apt resources list and then
>
> apt-get upgrade

That's the ticket. I guess you are new to Debian. This is not
sparc specific.

- edit /etc/apt/sources.list (change "lenny" to "squeeze" or
  "testing")
- apt-get update
- apt-get upgrade (apt-get install xorg might be enough,
  but you might as well upgrade everything)

To upgrade the kernel, do
- apt-get install linux-image (it'll give you a list to
  choose from)

Anyway, that's how I do it. I've kept kernel 2.6.26 for
my CD device problem.

Regards,

Howard E.

>>Basically, if you are running stable (lenny), I think X should
>>work if you move to testing (squeeze) along with the newer kernel.
>>
>>I'm in X on my Ultra 5 right now.
>>
>>ultra5:~$ Xorg -version
>>
>>X.Org X Server 1.6.1.901 (1.6.2 RC 1)
>>Release Date: 2009-5-8
>>X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
>>Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27.2-dsa-usii sparc Debian
>>Current Operating System: Linux ultra5 2.6.30-1-sparc64 #1 Wed Jul 8
>>01:18:17 UTC 2009 sparc
>>Build Date: 14 May 2009  04:50:27PM
>>xorg-server 2:1.6.1.901-2 (buildd@spontini)

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[Josip Rodin-7]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 02:26:48PM +0800, Collin Baillie wrote:
>
> How do I do this?
>
> Stick squeeze server details into apt resources list and then
>
> apt-get upgrade
>
> ??

You probably don't need the entire upgrade, just apt-get install
xserver-xorg and xserver-xorg-video-<something> packages, and whatever
else they automatically pull in.

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