2006.1 hung my Ultra10

recupero · n00b Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 26

The new version doesn't start with ffb, will hang your machine anyway without proper configuration (where to find this info?)

But in my case it even blew the hardware:

@(#) Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI 3.31 Version 0 created 2001/07/25 20:36
Clearing E$ Tags Done
Clearing I/D TLBs Done
Probing Memory Done
MEM BASE = 0000.0000.1000.0000
MEM SIZE = 0000.0000.1000.0000
11-Column Mode Enabled
MMUs ON
Copy Done
PC = 0000.01ff.f000.201c
PC = 0000.0000.0000.2060
Decompressing into Memory Done
Size = 0000.0000.0006.eba0
ttya initialized
Reset Control: BXIR:0 BPOR:0 SXIR:0 SPOR:1 POR:0
UltraSPARC-IIi 2-2 module
Probing Memory Bank #0 128 + 128 : 256 Megabytes
Probing Memory Bank #2 128 + 128 : 256 Megabytes
Probing UPA Slot at 1e,0 Nothing There
Probing /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1 at Device 1 pci108e,1000 network
Probing /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1 at Device 2 SUNW,m64B
Probing /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1 at Device 3 ide disk cdrom
Probing /pci@1f,0/pci@1 at Device 1 Data Access Error
ok
ok boot
Boot device: disk File and args:
Fast Data Access MMU Miss
ok
ok probe-ide
Device 0 ( Primary Master )
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/disk@0,0 File and args:
Illegal Instruction
ok boot cdrom
Fast Data Access MMU Miss
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I had to remove all my PCI devices or my ultra didn't get started.
Hope I'm wrong and the new version works.

blu3bird · Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject:

What did you do to produce this error?

Just booted a 2006.1 live-cd?
Just changed the profile from to 2006.1?
Changed kernel?
Changed grub?

Or multiple of them? (eg. changed profile & world update)
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Weeve · Retired Dev Joined: 30 Oct 2002 Posts: 641

blu3bird · Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject:

ups, meant silo

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recupero · n00b Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 26

in order to boot I had to to switch to built-in ATI because the new 2006.1 does not recognize the Creator ffb,
When I could boot with the ATI I had the respawning error and I let it stay for a while while trying in other ways.
Then it was not possible to boot the machine again....
Coincidence...Hope so....
Now the machine is working but I plugged out my PCI devices.

chris_andrew · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:01 am Post subject:

Hmmm,

Just downloaded the new release, and my Ultra 10 hung with both of the 2.6 options. I tried it late last night, so no other testing was done. I think my card is Creator, too.

Cheers,

Chris.

(BTW, Is there a built in card in addition to the Creator?)

Weeve · Retired Dev Joined: 30 Oct 2002 Posts: 641

As far as I know, the Creator series card was never an onboard chipset in any of the 64 bit SPARC machines (at least the Sun ones). If your Ultra 10 is labeled as a Creator 3D model, it's probably because it has a Creator 3D UPA card. The onboard VGA chipset in an Ultra 10 will be the ATI Mach 64 based chipset.

I tested the 2006.1 release media locally (before the release) with a Creator 3D in an Ultra 60, which worked fine for me. However the Ultra 60 does not have an onboard video chipset.

chris_andrew · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject:

Hi,

My dmesg from Debian Sarge says:

fb0= Creator

fb1= ATY Mach64 on PCI

I currently have the monitor running from the (13W3?) Sun type connector.

Can I use any PCI video card in the Ultra?

Cheers,

Chris.

gust4voz · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject:

Nope, you can't use any video card since most of them require proper (and x86) BIOS initialization, even in linux.
A good bet since it's got quasi-good kernel drivers are old (Millenium, Millenium2, G100, G200) Matrox cards - they also work great with Xorg.
With respect to the Creator not being recognized it's quite possible the kernel is picking up the ATI as default. There are kernel options to change this behaviour, properly (i hope!) documented in the "video" livecd option before booting.
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Plugin_baby · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:47 pm Post subject:

I ran into the same problem trying to boot with a 2.6 kernel on my ultra 10.
(Started out with a 2.4 kernel of the netboot image, but the kernel was too old to chroot with)
I had to remove the creator 3d card so that the onboard ati could be used, and for me that solved the problem.