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Having booted the 2.6.17 the problem of the qla2xxx is workarounded. |
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The problem now is the framebuffer mode of your ragexl video card. Another |
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workaround here is to remove the card and leave just the UPA one. The UPA |
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supports correctly the framebuffer. |
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pablo |
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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: BRM [mailto:bm_witness@×××××.com] |
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> Sent: mardi 18 mars 2008 18:00 |
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> To: gentoo-sparc@l.g.o |
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> Subject: RE: [gentoo-sparc] QLA2xxx |
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> |
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> The 2.6.17 kernel hangs right after it attempts to switch video modes - |
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> it just sits there with the following: |
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> |
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> Console: switching to mono PROM 80x34 |
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> Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac |
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> atyfb: 3D RAGE XL (Mach64 GR, PCI-33) [0x4752 rev 0x27] |
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> atyfb: 8M SGRAM (1:1), 29.498928 MHz XTAL, 230 MHz PPL, 83 Mhz MCLK, 63 |
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> MHz XCLK |
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> |
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> I thought I had boot the 2617 kernel before on this system from the |
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> same CD - I've tried both universal and minimal install CD with the |
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> same results. |
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> |
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> Not sure why. Otherwise, I would have provided the dmesg output from it |
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> too. |
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> |
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> Ben |
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> |
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> --- Pablo Andrés Martikian <pablomartikian@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> |
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> > |
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> > To install the 2007.0 cd you have two kernels. You selected 2.6.20 |
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> > when in fact you should do [TAB] and select the 2.6.17 |
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> > |
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> > Pablo |
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> > |
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> > ---------------------------------------- |
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> > > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:21:05 -0700 |
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> > > From: bm_witness@×××××.com |
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> > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] QLA2xxx |
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> > > To: gentoo-sparc@l.g.o |
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> > > |
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> > > I started trying to work on the system; however, we ran into a few |
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> > > problems with it. I haven't been able to get the 2007.0 CD working |
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> > > because of the aforementioned issue - it also doesn't list an |
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> > obppath, |
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> > > loading, or data files for the QLA controller under /sys/devices - |
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> > so |
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> > > following the instructions previously provided is impossible. :-< |
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> > > |
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> > > I have located the device: |
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> > > |
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> > > /sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:04.0 |
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> > > |
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> > > uDev is on the 2007.0 CD, and loads the module, but has problems. |
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> > > Here's the dmesg output from the 2007.0 CD using the 2.6.20 kernel: |
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> > > |
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> > > http://tinyurl.com/2l2zw4 |
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> > > |
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> > > I also managed to find the CD I used on another system - a 2006.1 |
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> > CD. |
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> > > It boots and detects the QLA controller just fine - but uses the |
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> > older |
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> > > method where the firmware is built into the kernel. However, it is |
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> > > unable to spin up the hard drive for some reason - it does detect |
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> > it. |
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> > > Here's the dmesg output from the 2006.1 CD using the 2.6.17 kernel: |
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> > > |
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> > > http://tinyurl.com/3ck8t7 |
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> > > |
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> > > Any tips? Is the hard drive bad? I'm not sure where to go from |
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> > here, |
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> > > and I need to get this at least with the basic OS on it before the |
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> > > 29th. |
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> > > |
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> > > TIA, |
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> > > |
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> > > Ben |
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