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Re: [Wlug] A second Aurora - SPARC question....

by Alex Camilo

i beleave the ultra1 uses sbus. I remember getting an ethernet card for my ultra 1 and having it not be PCI. here is the service manual if you're interested. http://dlc.sun.com/pdf//802-3819-10/802-3819-10.pdf On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Adam Gomes <adam(a)unixgeek.net> wrote: > > The output of the previously suggested diagnostics would be helpful, though > it > does sounds like the ethernet card is cooked (but let's keep our fingers > crossed). In the meantime, can you please refresh my memory ... Does the > Ultra 1 use the older sbus for cards, or is a PCI based machine? I may have > an sbus ethernet card laying around. > > On Sunday 21 December 2008 18:58:01 Ken Jones wrote: > > Oops! > > > > I just looked inside my ULTRA SPARC ONE. The ethernet I/O appears to be > > embedded in the big mother board. That is not good if I am correct. > > > > Any suggestions?? > > > > Ken Jones > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ken Jones > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:31 PM > > Subject: Aurora - SPARC question.... > > > > > > Folks, > > > > I've not been WLUG active for a year or more. Back then the half of > my > > 111 gig PC disc which was dual booted with FEDORA developed a permanent > > error. The other half's XP installation has been OKAY. I have learned > to > > us WINDOWS. > > > > Meanwhile my SUN ULTRA running as an Aurora SPARC SAMBA file server > since > > 1993 has been chugging along just fine. > > > > I live in Fitchburg. We have been without power for nine days. 110 > > volts came up yesterday evening. Much to my chegrin my SUN was unhappy. > I > > used a rescueCD to boot. All came back except my ethernet card. It > would > > not start. The little light at the far end on the IP cord does not > glow... > > > > --------- > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart > > > > says, "Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for > eth0 > > ... failed. [FAILED]" > > > > The card is claimed to be a 'sunlance' card. > > > > Any ideas? Is the card fried do you think? > > > > I have a second SPARC machine. It's ethernet was working last time it > > was powered. Must I swap? > > > > Ken Jones > > > > -- > Adam Gomes > adam(a)unixgeek.net > Public Key @ > http://www.thatguygomer.com/pubkey.txt > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Dec. 22, 2008

Re: [Wlug] A second Aurora - SPARC question....

by John Stoffel

Adam> The output of the previously suggested diagnostics would be Adam> helpful, though it does sounds like the ethernet card is cooked Adam> (but let's keep our fingers crossed). In the meantime, can you Adam> please refresh my memory ... Does the Ultra 1 use the older sbus Adam> for cards, or is a PCI based machine? I may have an sbus Adam> ethernet card laying around. The U1 is an Sbus based system, runs at either 140 or 170Mhz. In this case, I'd do the following to help diagnose things: 1. Halt to the ok prompt. 2. set the diag level up: ok setenv diag-level max ok setenv diag-switch? true ok 3. Then reset the system or try testing it with ok reset or ok test-all and see what it says. You can also test the network with ok setenv tpe-link-test? true ok test net or you might need to do a full reset to get the link to test. This will help narrow down the problem. I *tihnk* I might have an sbus ethernet card somewhere, but it's hard to say. If anything, it might be time to just upgrade to something newer and more supportable. The SunBlade 100s are pretty darn cheap these days, as are the old Netras and other old Sparc hardware. Good luck! John

Dec. 22, 2008

Re: [Wlug] A second Aurora - SPARC question....

by Adam Gomes

The output of the previously suggested diagnostics would be helpful, though it does sounds like the ethernet card is cooked (but let's keep our fingers crossed). In the meantime, can you please refresh my memory ... Does the Ultra 1 use the older sbus for cards, or is a PCI based machine? I may have an sbus ethernet card laying around. On Sunday 21 December 2008 18:58:01 Ken Jones wrote: > Oops! > > I just looked inside my ULTRA SPARC ONE. The ethernet I/O appears to be > embedded in the big mother board. That is not good if I am correct. > > Any suggestions?? > > Ken Jones > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ken Jones > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:31 PM > Subject: Aurora - SPARC question.... > > > Folks, > > I've not been WLUG active for a year or more. Back then the half of my > 111 gig PC disc which was dual booted with FEDORA developed a permanent > error. The other half's XP installation has been OKAY. I have learned to > us WINDOWS. > > Meanwhile my SUN ULTRA running as an Aurora SPARC SAMBA file server since > 1993 has been chugging along just fine. > > I live in Fitchburg. We have been without power for nine days. 110 > volts came up yesterday evening. Much to my chegrin my SUN was unhappy. I > used a rescueCD to boot. All came back except my ethernet card. It would > not start. The little light at the far end on the IP cord does not glow... > > --------- > /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart > > says, "Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0 > ... failed. [FAILED]" > > The card is claimed to be a 'sunlance' card. > > Any ideas? Is the card fried do you think? > > I have a second SPARC machine. It's ethernet was working last time it > was powered. Must I swap? > > Ken Jones -- Adam Gomes adam(a)unixgeek.net Public Key @ http://www.thatguygomer.com/pubkey.txt

Dec. 22, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Aurora - SPARC question....

by Mike Leo

i have a Sun Ultra 30 i haven't used in a few years that got a little wet during this past storm. If you could use it to fix yours, you are welcome to it (free as in pizza), but you'll have to come get it after this week as I'm going to Texas until Friday. Let me know if you're interested and I'll see if my mom-in-law (who is staying here while I am gone) can arrange for you to come get it if you can't wait. ________________________________ From: Ken Jones <kjones(a)ziplink.net> To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:31:40 PM Subject: [Wlug] Aurora - SPARC question.... Folks, I've not been WLUG active for a year or more. Back then the half of my 111 gig PC disc which was dual booted with FEDORA developed a permanent error. The other half's XP installation has been OKAY. I have learned to us WINDOWS. Meanwhile my SUN ULTRA running as an Aurora SPARC SAMBA file server since 1993 has been chugging along just fine. I live in Fitchburg. We have been without power for nine days. 110 volts came up yesterday evening. Much to my chegrin my SUN was unhappy. I used a rescueCD to boot. All came back except my ethernet card. It would not start. The little light at the far end on the IP cord does not glow... --------- /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart says, "Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0 ... failed. [FAILED]" The card is claimed to be a 'sunlance' card. Any ideas? Is the card fried do you think? I have a second SPARC machine. It's ethernet was working last time it was powered. Must I swap? Ken Jones

Dec. 22, 2008

A second Aurora - SPARC question....

by Ken Jones

Oops! I just looked inside my ULTRA SPARC ONE. The ethernet I/O appears to be embedded in the big mother board. That is not good if I am correct. Any suggestions?? Ken Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Jones To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:31 PM Subject: Aurora - SPARC question.... Folks, I've not been WLUG active for a year or more. Back then the half of my 111 gig PC disc which was dual booted with FEDORA developed a permanent error. The other half's XP installation has been OKAY. I have learned to us WINDOWS. Meanwhile my SUN ULTRA running as an Aurora SPARC SAMBA file server since 1993 has been chugging along just fine. I live in Fitchburg. We have been without power for nine days. 110 volts came up yesterday evening. Much to my chegrin my SUN was unhappy. I used a rescueCD to boot. All came back except my ethernet card. It would not start. The little light at the far end on the IP cord does not glow... --------- /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart says, "Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0 ... failed. [FAILED]" The card is claimed to be a 'sunlance' card. Any ideas? Is the card fried do you think? I have a second SPARC machine. It's ethernet was working last time it was powered. Must I swap? Ken Jones

Dec. 21, 2008

Re: [Wlug] Aurora - SPARC question....

by Chuck Anderson

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 06:31:40PM -0500, Ken Jones wrote: > /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart > > says, "Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0 ... failed. > [FAILED]" > > The card is claimed to be a 'sunlance' card. > > Any ideas? Is the card fried do you think? Maybe, or maybe the device at the other end of the cable is fried. Have you tried a different switch port, new cable, etc? What shows up when you do: /sbin/ifconfig eth0 /sbin/ethtool eth0 /sbin/mii-tool eth0 > I have a second SPARC machine. It's ethernet was working last time it was powered. Must I swap? Mabye, but I'd try some of the above diagnostics first.

Dec. 21, 2008

Aurora - SPARC question....

by Ken Jones

Folks, I've not been WLUG active for a year or more. Back then the half of my 111 gig PC disc which was dual booted with FEDORA developed a permanent error. The other half's XP installation has been OKAY. I have learned to us WINDOWS. Meanwhile my SUN ULTRA running as an Aurora SPARC SAMBA file server since 1993 has been chugging along just fine. I live in Fitchburg. We have been without power for nine days. 110 volts came up yesterday evening. Much to my chegrin my SUN was unhappy. I used a rescueCD to boot. All came back except my ethernet card. It would not start. The little light at the far end on the IP cord does not glow... --------- /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart says, "Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0 ... failed. [FAILED]" The card is claimed to be a 'sunlance' card. Any ideas? Is the card fried do you think? I have a second SPARC machine. It's ethernet was working last time it was powered. Must I swap? Ken Jones

Dec. 21, 2008

Re: [Wlug] This week's meeting

by E Johnson

I would sometime like to discuss sound "issues" on laptops occurring in various recent distros, which may feed into Andy's distro question of several weeks ago. The sound "issues" question might be like discussing various hallucinogenically-produced nightmares that have been induced in non-volunteers by the distro-gods, but it might be nice to air in a forum what has been happening, and what solutions may have been found. Thanks Liz On 16/12/2008, Gregory Avedissian <avedis.g(a)verizon.net> wrote: > We still haven't had a discussion about what distro Andy should use. > > Greg > > > > Eric Stein wrote: > > We already did a talk about how to save power in linux with powertop > > etc, I think... it was a good one. See you all Thursday! > > > > Eric > > > > Andy Stewart wrote: > >> HI all, > >> > >> The website has been corrected...the meeting is Thursday, December 18th. > >> The home page is correct, the "Meetings" page was incorrect. Thanks > >> for letting me know. > >> > >> Maybe the topic should be about the use of Linux in power failures? > >> Hummm, maybe not........ > >> > >> Later, > >> > >> Andy > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Dec. 16, 2008

Re: [Wlug] This week's meeting

by Chuck Anderson

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 09:23:10AM -0500, Gregory Avedissian wrote: > We still haven't had a discussion about what distro Andy should use. How about this one: http://www.manlug.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=5&It…

Dec. 16, 2008

Re: [Wlug] This week's meeting

by Gregory Avedissian

We still haven't had a discussion about what distro Andy should use. Greg Eric Stein wrote: > We already did a talk about how to save power in linux with powertop > etc, I think... it was a good one. See you all Thursday! > > Eric > > Andy Stewart wrote: >> HI all, >> >> The website has been corrected...the meeting is Thursday, December 18th. >> The home page is correct, the "Meetings" page was incorrect. Thanks >> for letting me know. >> >> Maybe the topic should be about the use of Linux in power failures? >> Hummm, maybe not........ >> >> Later, >> >> Andy > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Dec. 16, 2008