Re: Problems on Blade 1000 after etch instalation
I have noticed that the problem of the xserver had to do with a bad
configuration of afbinit.
El jue, 31-08-2006 a las 12:46 +0200, Luis Martinez escribió:
> >How can I make that the root file system is mounted on the blade1000?
> The qlogicfc module is not loaded on the boot process even though it is
> in the initrd.img file.
> I have modified the initrd.img and added to the modules file the line
> "qlogicfc", now the disks are detected and the system boots.
>
> > Which is the difference that makes the Ultra60 not to load when
> > specifying the initrd file when this file works on normal booting?
> I have to add the root=/dev/sdxy to the boot string when specifying the booting string. (I think that this is normal).
>
> Now the system is booting but I have some more problems.
>
> 1.- The system stops while trying to run the cupsys daemon. I had to
> take this out from the booting process.
> 2.- xwindows do not work. The blade is running with a creator 3D M3
> adapter, afb code is loaded OK. The x screen starts for 1 or 2 seconds
> and then dies with signal 11 saying that connection is reset by peer. If
> I move the mouse while starting the xserver then the x screen lasts less
> time.
>
> The keyboard (sub type 6 spanish) is set like this.
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "es"
>
> The modules for the sunffb (cfb and cfb32) are also included in the
> xorg.conf
> Any clue?
>
> 3.- The fans of the blade 1000 are runing 100% speed. Is there a kernel
> module to control the fans out there to solve this?
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Luis
>
> El mié, 30-08-2006 a las 17:51 +0200, Luis Martinez escribió:
> > After more testing it seems that the machine does not wait for ever, at
> > the end it fails to found and mount the root partition.
> > I have also a Ultra 60 with the same instalation that boots. I have
> > copied the initrd in the boot directory with another file name like
> > "oldinit" when I try to boot with "boot:1/vmlinuz initrd=1/oldinit" I
> > have the same problem than with the blade 1000 (initrd.img found and
> > scsi module loaded but wait for root file system message and finally
> > dropped to a shell).
> >
> > How can I make that the root file system is mounted on the blade1000?
> > Which is the difference that makes the Ultra60 not to load when
> > specifying the initrd file when this file works on normal booting?
> >
> > I would thank any light on this problem.
> >
> > Luis
> > El mié, 30-08-2006 a las 11:33 +0200, Luis Martinez escribió:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have been trying to install Debian Etch on a Blade 1000 using a
> > > netboot image.
> > >
> > > The machine has 2 FCAL disks for storage.
> > > After the instalation the machine loads silo and when the system is
> > > booting it finally stays for ever with a message that says "waiting for
> > > root filesystem".
> > > I have checked the initrd and it has in the module tree the qlogicfc.
> > > The qloficfc controller seems to be detected on boot but at the end I
> > > have a lot of messages regarding qla2xxx that I dont know if they should
> > > be there.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Luis
> > >
> > >
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