[parisc-linux] dead keyboard after booting 0.61 STI32 iso on a 715/100

[parisc-linux] dead keyboard after booting 0.61 STI32 iso on a 715/100

[diab]

Hi,

I need help booting my brand new (well.. just got it) 715/100.. 
It boots the 061 STI32 cdrom using an scsi cdrom (plextor
32x, id=3) flawlessly, finds all the hard disks etc, framebuffer is
working (its even nicer that it works on my MAG XJ500T
15" PC monitor after i changed the resolution to 1024 75hz), but somehow
the keyboard seems to be frozen after it displays the login
prompt. Even the numlock led wont change if i start pessing it.
Do i need a nullmodem cable and a pc to use it? Does not make sense to
have the nice framebuffer and stuff without a working keyboard :(
The other question is that if i want to use serial console, will the STI32
image work if i change the console param. to something like ttyS0 before
it boots? Or i need the serial console version.
I might try some different brand PC keyboards, in case it matters.

Im quite new to these HP boxes (yesterday is the first day i ever saw it,
but no hp-ux, thanks), so it might be something trivial w/ the box I
forgot. 

In case somebody is interested in how this baby looks like w/ the
case open, you can check it at http://diab.rulez.org/hp.jpg (550k
3200x1600). 
Its so nice (compared to a pcs i got used to) i had to make a photo 
of it :)

regards,

-- 
diab 
		

Re: [parisc-linux] dead keyboard after booting 0.61 STI32 iso on a 715/100

[Matthieu Delahaye]

Hi diab(?)

Xavier Debacker could have some element 
for you about your problems but is not 
here today (Legal Holidays). Some hardware
on your 715 box could not work correctly
with the PA/Linux version given on ISOs.
Could you send him (debackex@esiee.fr) the list
of hardware detected by the kernel during the boot sequence?
Or at least if you have an HIL or PS/2 Keyboard?
I think you could get so a fast answer sunday evening (GMT+1)

Regards,

Matthieu Delahaye
-- 
ESIEE Team
http://mkhppa1.esiee.fr/

Re: [parisc-linux] dead keyboard after booting 0.61 STI32 iso on a 715/100

[diab]

Hi,

Yes, it is a a PC PS2 keyboard (plugged to a keyboard adapter module,
which connects to the HP715 w/ an rj45 like jack).
I've tried two different ps2 keyboars, with no luck so far

before that fbconsole would init i see a screen full of information 
(lots of rows starting with Mirage something detected) but it clears the
screen (switchin to STIfb) so quick, i cant read it :( 
is there any way to hold it? 

% Could you send him (debackex@esiee.fr) the list
% of hardware detected by the kernel during the boot sequence?
hardware detected:
ttys00, ttys01, lp0 
Sim700: 57c710 scsi (it displays a warning, irq probe failed)
Lasi Harmony Audio rev. 18 

im typing all of these from my memory since the keyboard is frozen after
vmlinuz stars to boot and no way to somehow stop the screen :(
i even tried to make a photo of it but the flash makes the screen
unreadable and its too dark and "moving" quickly for flashless pix.

--
diab 
		

RE: [parisc-linux] dead keyboard after booting 0.61 STI32 iso on a 715/100

[Witvliet, Hans]

Hi all,

Just for the record,
Have identical behaviour with c110, with ps/2 keyboard&mouse.
Tried 0.6 and 0.6.1, both freezes after the login prompt.....

Hans

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Matthieu Delahaye [SMTP:delahaym@esiee.fr]
> Sent:	Friday, May 25, 2001 10:08 AM
> To:	diab; puffin@esiee.net; parisc-linux
> Subject:	Re: [parisc-linux] dead keyboard after booting 0.61 STI32
> iso on a  715/100
> 
> Hi diab(?)
> 
> Xavier Debacker could have some element 
> for you about your problems but is not 
> here today (Legal Holidays). Some hardware
> on your 715 box could not work correctly
> with the PA/Linux version given on ISOs.
> Could you send him (debackex@esiee.fr) the list
> of hardware detected by the kernel during the boot sequence?
> Or at least if you have an HIL or PS/2 Keyboard?
> I think you could get so a fast answer sunday evening (GMT+1)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Matthieu Delahaye
> -- 
> ESIEE Team
> http://mkhppa1.esiee.fr/
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> parisc-linux mailing list
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RE: [parisc-linux] dead keyboard after booting 0.61 STI32 iso on a 715/100

[diab]

% Just for the record,
% Have identical behaviour with c110, with ps/2 keyboard&mouse.
% Tried 0.6 and 0.6.1, both freezes after the login prompt.....
found the solution :) its pretty dunb though

the problem is that 0.6 and 0.61 gives "console=tty" to the kernel on
boot, instead of "console=tty0" (as in 0.9)

tried to boot 0.61 (used palo to modify console=tty to tty0) and it works
flawlessly. ok lets say i was able to bring up eth0 and nfsmount the 0.9
iso remotely on my linux box. aint got a cd burner here at home so i
should use nfs somehow. 

anyways i found no up2date NFS howtos on the
web, but an old one (2000.02) and somehow the nfsroot=mynfsserverip 
approach seemed to be not working.. gave me stupid read and seek error codes. 

anyways can i use the same lif images/kernels to boot from nfs? i dont
feel like building a cross compiler environment just for this.
if not - if would be nice to provide nfsboot capable kernel images for the
cdless people.

the sti console works fine and everything seems to be ok. this is a
715/100. see if i can copy the 0.9 over and make it working

regards,

--
diab

Re: [parisc-linux] dead keyboard after booting 0.61 STI32 iso on a 715/100

[Richard Hirst]

The 0.9 release CD does allow you to boot over the network and then
install to a local disk via nfs or http, at least.  The file you
boot is a 'lifimage', and in this case contains a kernel and
ramdisk.  To quote the README on the 0.9 CD:

> The contents of this CD can be used to do network installs on any
> supported system.  To do that, you need to make the CD contents
> available over the network.  Acces via http and nfs have been tested.
> In addition, you need to boot the relevant lifimage file over the
> network to start the install proceedure.  The lifimages are
> 
> debian/dists/sid/main/disks-hppa/current/wide/serial/lifimage
> debian/dists/sid/main/disks-hppa/current/narrow/serial/lifimage
> debian/dists/sid/main/disks-hppa/current/sti/lifimage
> 
> Choose the appropriate one for your needs.  Most machines do a network
> boot via bootp, but some older machines use rbootd.  If you cannot
> find rbootd please visit our web site.
> 
> Installing from the network is a little more involved than from CD, as
> you have to specify more details regarding the archive location.  The
> path you specify for loading kernel and modules should be one of
> ..../current/narrow, ..../current/wide, or ..../current/sti.  The path
> you specify for installing the base system should be ..../debian.

Hope that helps.

Richard.


On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 05:25:48PM +0200, diab wrote:
> % Just for the record,
> % Have identical behaviour with c110, with ps/2 keyboard&mouse.
> % Tried 0.6 and 0.6.1, both freezes after the login prompt.....
> found the solution :) its pretty dunb though
> 
> the problem is that 0.6 and 0.61 gives "console=tty" to the kernel on
> boot, instead of "console=tty0" (as in 0.9)
> 
> tried to boot 0.61 (used palo to modify console=tty to tty0) and it works
> flawlessly. ok lets say i was able to bring up eth0 and nfsmount the 0.9
> iso remotely on my linux box. aint got a cd burner here at home so i
> should use nfs somehow. 
> 
> anyways i found no up2date NFS howtos on the
> web, but an old one (2000.02) and somehow the nfsroot=mynfsserverip 
> approach seemed to be not working.. gave me stupid read and seek error codes. 
> 
> anyways can i use the same lif images/kernels to boot from nfs? i dont
> feel like building a cross compiler environment just for this.
> if not - if would be nice to provide nfsboot capable kernel images for the
> cdless people.
> 
> the sti console works fine and everything seems to be ok. this is a
> 715/100. see if i can copy the 0.9 over and make it working
> 
> regards,
> 
> --
> diab
> 
> 
> 
> 
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