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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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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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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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Not sure why. Otherwise, I would have provided the dmesg output from it |
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too. |
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Ben |
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--- Pablo Andrés Martikian <pablomartikian@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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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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> 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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> > -- |
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> > |
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