Obviously, init is going nuts. Have you checked the logs for messages from init (try daemon.log and debug), assuming syslogd gets started. Also, look at inittab to see if something looks funny or try isolating it by starting in single user mode and starting services manually, one by one, if you can get past the initial install.
Besides this, how are you building potato, from slink then upgrading? I've done it this way several times in the last few weeks without any problems. The only twist is to upgrade the kernel before upgrading libc6. (BTW, last time I checked, kernel-image* did not exist for sparc in potato except for ultra which I assume is no good for a non-ultra machine. I had to copy a stock 2.2.9 kernel + modules from an already upgraded machine. Maybe there's an image there today.... Nope, just checked ftp.eecs.umich.edu and ftp.debian.org, they only have kernel-image-2.2.9-sun4u_2.2.9-2.deb. Unless you already have an image deb or another sparc to build one on, this could be a stickler.) Or are there sparc bootdisks for potato yet? Or did you build custom bootdisks? Hopefully, this will give you a clue.... Good luck! Steve Bowman On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 11:56:17AM -0400, Todd Freeman wrote: > Just installed Debian on my SparcStation 5 (32mb ram 2 gb hd 270mhz > processor) am loving it > but it is not loving me. > I works fine for a couple hours and then boom all the processes that die hang > around > as defuncts. I have installed for the 3rd time and it is at least stable > enough I can use it. > The first 2 times it kept defuncting in the middle of installing and screwed > it up royally. > > Anyways... if anyone has any ideas I am open to trying anything... Here are > my stats and a ps list > and thanks in advance for even just looking at this E-mail. > > fully on unstable > kernel built from scratch and have tried both 2.2.9 and 2.2.12 > > PS: > > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND > root 1 99.5 0.2 1200 80 ? R Oct26 1085:12 init > root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Oct26 0:00 [kflushd] > root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Oct26 0:00 [kpiod] > root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Oct26 0:00 [kswapd] > root 15 0.0 0.1 1160 60 ? S Oct26 0:00 update > root 106 0.0 0.3 1244 108 ? S Oct26 0:00 /sbin/klogd > daemon 111 0.0 0.2 1368 64 ? S Oct26 0:00 /sbin/portmap > root 119 0.0 0.3 1556 120 ? S Oct26 0:00 > /usr/sbin/ypbind > root 120 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Oct26 0:00 \_ [ypbind > <defu > root 121 0.0 0.3 1556 120 ? S Oct26 0:00 > /usr/sbin/ypbind > root 123 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Oct26 0:00 [ypbind > <defunct> > root 127 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Oct26 0:00 [inetd > <defunct>] > root 133 0.0 0.3 1804 96 ? S Oct26 0:00 /usr/sbin/lpd > root 140 0.0 0.3 1336 92 ? S Oct26 0:00 > /usr/sbin/rpc.sta > root 157 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Oct26 0:00 [rpciod] > root 158 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Oct26 0:00 [lockd] > daemon 159 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Oct26 0:00 [atd <defunct>] > root 162 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Oct26 0:00 [cron > <defunct>] > root 170 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Oct26 0:00 [xdm <defunct>] > root 171 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Oct26 0:00 [bash > <defunct>] > root 172 0.0 4.2 2484 1288 tty2 S Oct26 0:00 -bash > root 383 22.0 3.0 2756 924 tty2 R 11:29 0:00 \_ ps -auxf > root 173 0.0 0.0 1504 0 tty3 SW Oct26 0:00 [getty] > root 174 0.0 0.0 1504 0 tty4 SW Oct26 0:00 [getty] > root 175 0.0 0.0 1504 0 tty5 SW Oct26 0:00 [getty] > root 177 0.0 0.0 1504 0 tty6 SW Oct26 0:00 [getty] > root 178 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Oct26 0:11 [Xsun > <defunct>] > freeman 237 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Oct26 0:00 [bhxterm > <defunct > freeman 242 0.0 0.2 1824 80 ? S Oct26 0:00 \-[ping > <defunct>] > root 288 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Oct26 0:00 [xconsole > <defunc > root 317 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Oct26 0:00 [ssh-agent > <defun > root 371 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 10:21 0:00 [lynx > <defunct>] > > -- > Todd Freeman .^. Don't fear the penguins! > CS Unix Support /V\ > CAST Online Editor // \\ http://www.linux.org/ > http://www.andrews.edu/~freeman/ /( )\ http://www.debian.org/ > ^^ ^^ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Steve Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Buckeye, AZ Powered by Debian GNU/Linux <http://www.debian.org>
