So a few weeks ago I installed a fresh copy from the cool installer images :
https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2020/11/msg00003.html Works great but I simply can not update anything. I did try a few times and the machine seems to "vanish" off the network. So I tried via the console : ceres login: root Password: Linux ceres 5.9.0-2-sparc64 #1 Debian 5.9.6-1 (2020-11-08) sparc64 The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Last login: Thu Oct 15 22:10:23 UTC 2020 on ttyS0 ceres# ceres# apt-get update Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports sid InRelease Reading package lists... Done ceres# apt-get upgrade E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. ceres# dpkg --configure -a Setting up apt-utils (2.1.12) ... Setting up sntp (1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-1) ... Setting up systemd (247.1-2) ... [ 1107.427103] systemd[1]: systemd 247.1-2 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +ZSTD -SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD +IDN2 -IDN +PCRE2 default-hierarchy=hybrid) [ 1107.719698] systemd[1]: Detected architecture sparc64. [ 1135.085892] watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [systemd:1] [ 1135.175251] Modules linked in: drm(E) drm_panel_orientation_quirks(E) i2c_core(E) sg(E) envctrl(E) display7seg(E) flash(E) fuse(E) configfs(E) ip_tables(E) x_tables(E) autofs4(E) ext4(E) crc16(E) mbcache(E) jbd2(E) crc32c_generic(E) sd_mod(E) t10_pi(E) crc_t10dif(E) crct10dif_generic(E) crct10dif_common(E) ata_generic(E) pata_cmd64x(E) libata(E) sym53c8xx(E) scsi_transport_spi(E) sunhme(E) scsi_mod(E) [ 1135.643279] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Tainted: G E 5.9.0-2-sparc64 #1 Debian 5.9.6-1 [ 1135.764572] TSTATE: 0000009911001604 TPC: 00000000008f0260 TNPC: 00000000008f0264 Y: 00000000 Tainted: G E [ 1135.912246] TPC: <misc_open+0x40/0x180> [ 1135.962638] g0: fffff80038781800 g1: 0000000010044830 g2: 0000000000000000 g3: 0000000000000002 [ 1136.077124] g4: fffff8003a171100 g5: 0000000000e47214 g6: fffff8003a16c000 g7: 00000000000002c5 [ 1136.191602] o0: 0000000000e3be08 o1: fffff80037d97a10 o2: 0000000000040000 o3: 0000000000000000 [ 1136.306081] o4: 0000000000000000 o5: 0000000000000000 sp: fffff8003a16ef81 ret_pc: 00000000008f0240 [ 1136.425143] RPC: <misc_open+0x20/0x180> [ 1136.475560] l0: 0000000000e3bc00 l1: fffff8003a1a3021 l2: 000000036a85ab20 l3: 000000036a85ab20 [ 1136.590045] l4: 0000000000000470 l5: ffffffffffffff9c l6: fffff8003a16c000 l7: 000000000064fa00 [ 1136.704523] i0: fffff80035194850 i1: fffff80037d97a00 i2: 0000000000e3bc00 i3: 0000000000e3be20 [ 1136.819004] i4: 00000000000000eb i5: 0000000010044818 i6: fffff8003a16f031 i7: 0000000000658c98 [ 1136.933496] I7: <chrdev_open+0x98/0x1e0> [ 1136.985044] Call Trace: [ 1137.017079] [<0000000000658c98>] chrdev_open+0x98/0x1e0 [ 1137.085817] [<000000000064da30>] do_dentry_open+0x170/0x420 [ 1137.159113] [<000000000064f268>] vfs_open+0x28/0x40 [ 1137.223270] [<0000000000664a88>] path_openat+0x988/0x1100 [ 1137.294286] [<0000000000667530>] do_filp_open+0x50/0x100 [ 1137.364156] [<000000000064f510>] do_sys_openat2+0x70/0x180 [ 1137.436316] [<000000000064fa48>] sys_openat+0x48/0xc0 [ 1137.502769] [<0000000000406174>] linux_sparc_syscall+0x34/0x44 ~ Type 'go' to resume ok No idea what the real problem is ... but if I can dig into it then let me know. -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional