Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Fred wrote: > > [...] DVD drive [...] Frank Scheiner wrote: > if a specific CDROM drive and > the assumed "compatible" driver don't work together, this results in a > situation like yours All DVD capable drives at IDE are supposed to work by the SCSI/MMC protocol via ATAPI. So there is few

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 01:20 PM, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 07:55 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 08/06/2018 05:01 PM, Fred wrote: I am the original poster for this thread. I tried installing the NETINST.iso and also had a problem. The U10 has an HP DVD drive in it. The install CD seemed to

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 08/06/2018 10:39 PM, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 11:20 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: >> [...] The CDROM drive in my Ultra 10 is attached to IDE channel #2 (the IDE port farer away from the CPU) and configured as Master device. And I just now tested with the ISO in question (from 20180516-18:22)

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Gregor Riepl
> You probably didn't specify the correct FTP server which is: > > Server: http://ftp.ports.debian.org > Folder: /debian-ports/ Yeah, I tried several regular mirrors first until I discovered that they don't carry debports architectures... > This bug will be fixed once debian-installer has

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Gregor Riepl
> In addition to the information Adrian asked for, it could be interesting to > know, to which IDE channel your CDROM drive is attached and how it is > configured (Master, Slave, Cable select). > > The CDROM drive in my Ultra 10 is attached to IDE channel #2 (the IDE port > farer away from the

Re: sparc64 most important tasks

2018-08-07 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 08/07/2018 05:52 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 08/07/2018 05:51 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hi Frank! On 08/07/2018 05:41 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: I'm no expert in these matters, but as per e.g. [1] it looks like the target "a.out-sunos-big" is not supported by the

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Dennis Clarke
02:01.1 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xx/62xx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61) 02:01.2 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 63) Best regards, Fred The above two USB lines need to go up to the lspci list. Thunderbird had trouble with pasting the large block of

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 02:12 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: 02:01.1 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xx/62xx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61) 02:01.2 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 63) Best regards, Fred The above two USB lines need to go up to the lspci list. Thunderbird

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Fred wrote: > [ 21.343237] ata2.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-H20N, C805, max UDMA/44 Aha. An LG CD burner and DVD reader ("combo" drive). A dozen years old, at least. > [ 21.367287] ata2.00: configured for MWDMA2 > [ 42.175653] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action

Re: sunffb revival

2018-08-07 Thread Gregor Riepl
>> I'd be happy to maintain the package. >> The build I prepared for my system works, I just verified it this morning. > > Do you need a sponsor for that package? If yes, please upload it to > Debian Mentors and I'm happy to review it. I had to change a few things and re-import the source

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/06/2018 07:55 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 08/06/2018 05:01 PM, Fred wrote: I am the original poster for this thread. I tried installing the NETINST.iso and also had a problem. The U10 has an HP DVD drive in it. The install CD seemed to load ok and the installer started.

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 08/07/2018 12:17 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Frank Scheiner wrote: as my Ultra 10 has a CDROM drive installed instead of a DVDROM drive I was mislead to write "CDROM drive" "DVD" gives a hint of the age of the drive. Everything from this century should be driven by SCSI commands

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 08/07/2018 02:56 AM, Fred wrote: [...] Out of frustration I changed the cdrom drive and the installation proceeded with only one problem.  The network has to be configured manually but either the installer didn't provide this option or I missed it. It's there. When you hit "Continue" in

What is the situation with newer sparc hardware?

2018-08-07 Thread Dennis Clarke
There was a problem with the M3000 Fujitsu units and other than that has anyone tried a newer machine? Dennis

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 08/07/2018 11:02 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Fred wrote: [...] DVD drive [...] Frank Scheiner wrote: if a specific CDROM drive and the assumed "compatible" driver don't work together, this results in a situation like yours Oh, sorry for my ignorance, as my Ultra 10 has a CDROM drive

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
On 07/08/18 02:30, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 05:58 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I know they are commands.  A Wyse 50 dumb terminal does not have copy/paste. Thank goodness I'm not the only person who has to remember things like that, sometimes out of humiliating necessity. Any

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 08/07/2018 09:45 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: On 08/06/2018 10:39 PM, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 11:20 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: >> [...] The CDROM drive in my Ultra 10 is attached to IDE channel #2 (the IDE port farer away from the CPU) and configured as Master device. And I just now

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 08/07/2018 08:09 AM, Gregor Riepl wrote: >> This bug will be fixed once debian-installer has gained full support for >> backports. > > backports or debports? Backports, see: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879145#10 See also:

sparc64 most important tasks

2018-08-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi! In case anyone wonders, here's a list of top priority bugs on sparc64 that need to be worked on: hfst-ospell: Testsuite fails on linux-sparc64 > https://github.com/hfst/hfst-ospell/issues/43 linux: Application run by unprivileged user can crash the kernel on sparc64 >

Bug#905623: cargo: Please include patch to disable incremental tests on sparc64

2018-08-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Source: cargo Version: 0.28.0-1~exp2 Severity: normal Tags: patch User: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Usertags: sparc64 Hello! As incremental builds currently don't work on sparc64 [1], we have disabled them completely with a patch in cargo. With cargo 0.28, upstream added tests for incremental

Re: sparc64 most important tasks

2018-08-07 Thread Frank Scheiner
Hi Adrian, On 08/07/2018 11:53 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: In case anyone wonders, here's a list of top priority bugs on sparc64 that need to be worked on: [...] grub2: FTBTS (no bug report yet) https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=grub2=sparc64=2.02%2Bdfsg1-5=1533001924=0

Re: sparc64 most important tasks

2018-08-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Frank! On 08/07/2018 05:41 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: > I'm no expert in these matters, but as per e.g. [1] it looks like the target > "a.out-sunos-big" is not supported by the used `objcopy`. Yep, James already mentioned that on #debian-ports (you should really join now ;)). Upstream

Re: sparc64 most important tasks

2018-08-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 08/07/2018 05:51 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi Frank! > > On 08/07/2018 05:41 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: >> I'm no expert in these matters, but as per e.g. [1] it looks like the target >> "a.out-sunos-big" is not supported by the used `objcopy`. > Yep, James already mentioned that

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 06:06 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: On 08/07/2018 02:56 AM, Fred wrote: [...] Out of frustration I changed the cdrom drive and the installation proceeded with only one problem. The network has to be configured manually but either the installer didn't provide this option or I

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 05:52 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote: On 08/07/2018 11:02 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Fred wrote: [...] DVD drive [...] Frank Scheiner wrote: if a specific CDROM drive and the assumed "compatible" driver don't work together, this results in a situation like yours Oh, sorry for

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Fred
On 08/07/2018 03:51 AM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: On 07/08/18 02:30, Fred wrote: On 08/06/2018 05:58 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I know they are commands. A Wyse 50 dumb terminal does not have copy/paste. Thank goodness I'm not the only person who has to remember things like

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Frank Scheiner wrote: > as my Ultra 10 has a CDROM drive installed > instead of a DVDROM drive I was mislead to write "CDROM drive" "DVD" gives a hint of the age of the drive. Everything from this century should be driven by SCSI commands (volumes SPC, SBC, MMC). There must have been old

Re: Latest netinst iso

2018-08-07 Thread Gregor Riepl
>> I don't remember exactly, but I think I couldn't install any desktop tasks >> because some crucial packages were missing from the dependencies of >> desktop-base. > > We can't fix bugs that we don't know about. Sure. I can verify later if it still fails to install. > Getting Chromium to