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Re: 2.6.0 probs

[Aivils S. <Aiv...@un...>]

>1. Starting xdm I get a failure of X with "cannot
>open /dev/tty0".

I commit patch 14-OKT-2003, but sf.net seems slow down again.
Current CVS return wrog device for /dev/tty0

>But when I login and start xdm
>manually, it starts.

If You start xdm manualy, then xdm process has attached tty, because You
start it from tty.

>5. I don't know if it is supposed to work but I
>cannot get framebuffers to work at all. On a
>(non-Bruby sys) I usually do on LILO boot append:
>
>vga=794
>append=" hdc=ide-scsi apm=on
>video=vesa:font:SUN12x22"

video=vesafb

>Even when I change it to vesafb, which I saw on
>Google, result is a blank screen.
>
>I still use dumbcon=2 on the boot append on 2.6.0.
>
>I used ruby-260t6-20030930.diff on 2.6.0-test6.

I can make another patch , but anyway 2.6.0-test6 give
for me bunch of oopses not ruby related.

Aivils Stoss

2.6.0 probs

[hugo v. <hug...@ca...>]

Hi all!

Thanks Svetljo for the tips on module-init-tools
and the patch to Nvidia!

Still got some probs. but I can't tell where
these originate:

1. Starting xdm I get a failure of X with "cannot
open /dev/tty0". But when I login and start xdm
manually, it starts.

2. The files I am using are:
http://home.planet.nl/~woerk095/XF86Config-4 ,
Xservers.0 and Xservers.1. On 2.4.21 usually I
start 1 server with xdm (Xservers.0) then login
in and do in a shell:
/usr/bin/nice -10 startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 :1
-layout X1 -prefbusid 0:11:0 vt9 &
Then switch to vc1 to get rid of the garbage,
switch back, log out and login again as somebody
else.
I can start xdm with the one server on 2.6.0 and
start the other server but when I log out the
other server disappears again.

3.Starting xdm with 2 servers is the same: it
won't do it automatically (no tty0) but will when
logged in. Then only one xdm logon appears, when
you type something on it, it disappears and the
other appears.

4.There are no serial devices.

5. I don't know if it is supposed to work but I
cannot get framebuffers to work at all. On a
(non-Bruby sys) I usually do on LILO boot append:

vga=794 
append=" hdc=ide-scsi apm=on
video=vesa:font:SUN12x22"

Even when I change it to vesafb, which I saw on
Google, result is a blank screen.

I still use dumbcon=2 on the boot append on 2.6.0.

I used ruby-260t6-20030930.diff on 2.6.0-test6.
The only things I change in the .config is add
the soundmodule (which gets an error on modprobe)
and CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=m.

Thanks!

Hugo.



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Re: brain dead pcspkr in 2.6.0...

[Aivils S. <Aiv...@un...>]

>I wondered if someone might be able to tell me why the pcspkr routine
>has not been fixed in the 2.6.0-testxx kernels?  If you're not sure
>what I'm talking about on any of the systems I'vee tried a bell tone
>or any other tone produced by that routine does not shut off after
>starting.  I use that routine fairly heavily to produce audio feedback
>for blind users but currently cannot even build it into the kernel.

Now this project more break neither polish linux console. Need blind users
multiple
keyboards with one shared pcspkr? Of course all plugged keyboards work
independ.

Aivils Stoss

Re: Trying 2.6.0

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> Hi all!
> 
> Is trying 2.6.0 something worthwhile already?
> Following
> http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/quick.html
> I get that the server rejects anonymous logins.

the page is rather obsolated ( as you probably can see: instructions for
2.4.14 :-) )
anonymous login should work ( if sf's cvs server is not again down )
but the module is ruby-2.6 IIRC (better check sf's cvs view)
or even better get the patch from Aivils site.

and yes it's worth at least for me, meaning it works as good as 2.4 and
maybe even better :-)

for more current notes on ruby-2.6 check Aivils web site (changelog &
documentation)
and may be the unstable version of the howto
:-)
http://varna.demon.co.uk/~svetlio/ruby-contrib/how-to/XFree_local_multi-user-HOWTO/

best,

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Trying 2.6.0

[hugo v. <hug...@ca...>]

Hi all!

Is trying 2.6.0 something worthwhile already?
Following
http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/quick.html
I get that the server rejects anonymous logins.

Thanks!

Hugo


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Re: XDM configuration

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> On Saturday 11 October 2003 17:22, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:
> > have you read my howto,
> > any special Gentoo comments/ differencies ?
> Hmm, haven't looked at it from that point of view yet :-)
> I'll give it another read, and send back my findings.

Thanks :-)
i also sarted to add info about ruby-2.6 so any comments in this direction
are pretty wellcome too
:)
http://varna.demon.co.uk/~svetlio/ruby-contrib/how-to/XFree_local_multi-user-HOWTO/

> >
> > by any chance Gentoo packages of modified XFree ?
> Modified X server binary for Gentoo (based on 4.3.0-r2 package) 
> can be found here (2Mb): 
> http://hoth.xs4all.nl/~hurenkam/linuxconsole/XFree86-prefid

this could probably go to Aivils web site :-)
+ available to those that haven't read the howto 
+ available from 5 mirrors (in Latvia,Germany, UK ,USA

please send me also Gentoo version, gcc & glibc version
and i'll write to Aivils or you can also write him

> I also created a package (62Mb), but haven't tested it, I just 
> took the binary before I packaged it:
> http://hoth.xs4all.nl/~hurenkam/linuxconsole/xfree-4.3.0-r2.tbz2
> 
> Beware, I have a slow uplink (~15kb/s), so if I can put it elsewhere
> that would be nice :-)

it's a source right?
i was afraid of that( that was the only thing that poped in my head when you
mentioned gentoo)
the problem is that i also don't have much web space and it's not a very
fast link :(

have you worked with rpm? can't you prepare a package similar to my XFree
source rpm's
my src rpms look like:
- we need a compiled XFree tree in the rpm build directory
- we link the XF tree to a new durectory (lndir -silent -ignorelinks)
- patch the new directory, cd to xc/programs/Xserver && make
- then install only the additional modified binary

do you think you can make similar package under gentoo?

best,

svetljo

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Re: XDM configuration

[Mark H. <mar...@xs...>]

On Saturday 11 October 2003 17:22, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:
> have you read my howto,
> any special Gentoo comments/ differencies ?
Hmm, haven't looked at it from that point of view yet :-)
I'll give it another read, and send back my findings.

>
> by any chance Gentoo packages of modified XFree ?
Modified X server binary for Gentoo (based on 4.3.0-r2 package) 
can be found here (2Mb): 
http://hoth.xs4all.nl/~hurenkam/linuxconsole/XFree86-prefid

I also created a package (62Mb), but haven't tested it, I just 
took the binary before I packaged it:
http://hoth.xs4all.nl/~hurenkam/linuxconsole/xfree-4.3.0-r2.tbz2

Beware, I have a slow uplink (~15kb/s), so if I can put it elsewhere
that would be nice :-)


Mark.

Re: XDM configuration

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> On Friday 10 October 2003 22:17, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:
> > > I have the following content in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:
> > > (and the same in the kdm config)
> > >
> > > # $Xorg: Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17 cpqbld Exp $
> > > #
> > > #:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
> > >
> > > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head1 -layout head1 vt7
> > > :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head2 -layout head2 vt17
> >
> > have you tried ? :
> > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head1 :0 -layout head1 vt7
> > :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head2 :1 -layout head2 vt17
> Thanks, that did the trick :-)
> 
> > does it work with kdm ?
> No, it did not, but now it does :-)
> 
> > PS.
> > gdm is the preffered display manager :-)
> Ok, should give it a try sometime then eh?
> 
> Thanks for the help, and keep up the good work.
> Ruby (and backstreet ruby) are looking good!

happy that i could help :-)

have you read my howto,
any special Gentoo comments/ differencies ?

by any chance Gentoo packages of modified XFree ?

best,

svetljo

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Re: XDM configuration

[hugo v. <hug...@ca...>]

Hi Mark:
I use, like you I think, a choice of 3 boot
options: 1 user, 2 users with xdm and xinerama.
This is with Debian Sarge and Fvwm and 2.4.21.
What do I buy with upgrading to a later kernel?
1 user and 2 user both have dumbcons=3D1 so I had
to invent another variable to kick off the right
server: there are 3.
I usually use 1 user, which is the boot default.
Because then I can startx in xterm, start the
user in the left console manually and I have vc's
available then, provided you do it right with
switching to F1 immediately to get rid of the
garbage.
If you boot with 2 users you use xdm but then
there are no vc's. This is what I have in xdm:

:0 local usr/bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X0 :0
-layout X0 -deferglyphs 16 -prefbusid 1:0:0 vt7

:1 local usr/bin/nice -n -10 /usr/X11R6/bin/X1 :1
-layout X1 -deferglyphs 16 vt9

Everything works with the default XF86Config-4,
which has a BusId for each device, that is all.

I cannot really explain why I have to have the
prefbusid for vt7, but if not, X hangs.

I have no idea how xinerama works. (I have not
tried the dynamic server switcher). I get fvwm on
both monitors but cannot do anything on the left
and both look identical. I unfortunately cannot
find a good fvwm xinerama example, but it would
be academic anyway: Bruby beats the pants out of
any scheme. Why this isn't toted as the premier
Linux solution beats me: it would beat any
microshaft solution, can you imagine: opensource
and as many monitors as you want on one pc? And
here every internet caf=E9 and classroom has 1 pc
per user and nobody knows better...

Regards,

Hugo.

PS. If you want a copy of the servers.x and
XF86Config-4, let me know.


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From: Mark Hurenkamp <mar...@xs...>
Sent: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:14:40 +0200
To: lin...@li...
Subject: XDM configuration


Hi,


I've been using backstreet ruby for a while now,
and it works
great for me, and also the new 2.6 patch works
better than
anything I've tried before.

I've got 2 X sessions working fine in parallel
using different
layouts in XF86config. I start them using "startx
-- :<screen> -layout <name>"
and that works fine.

However, since all this is working properly for
some time now,
I would really like to get the xdm sessions to
work, but I'm still
experiencing problems with that.

I have the following content in
/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:
(and the same in the kdm config)

# $Xorg: Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17
cpqbld Exp $
#
# Xservers file, workstation prototype
#
# This file should contain an entry to start the
server on the
# local display; if you have more than one
display (not screen),
# you can add entries to the list (one per line).
 If you also
# have some X terminals connected which do not
support XDMCP,
# you can add them here as well.  Each X terminal
line should
# look like:
#       XTerminalName:0 foreign
#
#:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head1 -layout
head1 vt7
:1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head2 -layout
head2 vt17

However, when I start xdm, what happens is that X
is started
on the second screen, but no login prompt
appears. I think the
problem is xdm related, since if I remove the :1
line, it starts
on the first screen, and the login prompt does
appear.

Does anyone here have a clue what I'm doing wrong?
(I'm using the Gentoo distribution available at
www.gentoo.org)


Kind regards,
Mark.


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Re: XDM configuration

[Mark H. <mar...@xs...>]

On Friday 10 October 2003 22:17, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:
> > I have the following content in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:
> > (and the same in the kdm config)
> >
> > # $Xorg: Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17 cpqbld Exp $
> > #
> > #:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
> >
> > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head1 -layout head1 vt7
> > :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head2 -layout head2 vt17
>
> have you tried ? :
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head1 :0 -layout head1 vt7
> :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head2 :1 -layout head2 vt17
Thanks, that did the trick :-)

> does it work with kdm ?
No, it did not, but now it does :-)

> PS.
> gdm is the preffered display manager :-)
Ok, should give it a try sometime then eh?

Thanks for the help, and keep up the good work.
Ruby (and backstreet ruby) are looking good!


Mark.

Input driver on 2.4.18 kernel

[<Da...@na...>]

Hi,

     I have been looking into the most suitable way of implementing a
keyboard driver for our custom device.  The hardware is a 5 button keypad
that is hooked up directly to the GPIO lines on the processor.  What
confuses me the most with the 2.4.18 kernel I'm using is there are two ways
of implementing the driver.  The majority of the drivers in drivers/char
are written in the old way but there is also a partial implementation of
the new USB input subsystem that simplifies the driver code a great deal.

     Can anyone tell me if the USB input subsystem on the 2.4.18 is
suitable for a non-USB input device?   Do I need a patch before I can use
this subsystem?  The Dreamcast keyboard driver adapted its code from
usb/usbkbd.c, is this a good starting point for my keypad driver as well?
I really hope I can use the new framework since it will safe me from
writing code for the old framework and then rewriting it later when it's
removed in a future kernel.

Thanks,
David Ho
Nanometrics, Inc

Re: XDM configuration

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> Hi,
> 
> 
> I've been using backstreet ruby for a while now, and it works
> great for me, and also the new 2.6 patch works better than
> anything I've tried before.
> 
> I've got 2 X sessions working fine in parallel using different
> layouts in XF86config. I start them using "startx -- :<screen> -layout
> <name>"
> and that works fine.
> 
> However, since all this is working properly for some time now,
> I would really like to get the xdm sessions to work, but I'm still
> experiencing problems with that.
> 
> I have the following content in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:
> (and the same in the kdm config)
> 
> # $Xorg: Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17 cpqbld Exp $
> #
> # Xservers file, workstation prototype
> #
> # This file should contain an entry to start the server on the
> # local display; if you have more than one display (not screen),
> # you can add entries to the list (one per line).  If you also
> # have some X terminals connected which do not support XDMCP,
> # you can add them here as well.  Each X terminal line should
> # look like:
> #       XTerminalName:0 foreign
> #
> #:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head1 -layout head1 vt7
> :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head2 -layout head2 vt17

have you tried ? :
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head1 :0 -layout head1 vt7
:1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head2 :1 -layout head2 vt17

does it work with kdm ?

anything in the log files ( kdm/xdm/XFree )

> However, when I start xdm, what happens is that X is started
> on the second screen, but no login prompt appears. I think the
> problem is xdm related, since if I remove the :1 line, it starts
> on the first screen, and the login prompt does appear.

may be send me a tar of /etc/X11/xdm & kdm config file

 
> Does anyone here have a clue what I'm doing wrong?
> (I'm using the Gentoo distribution available at www.gentoo.org)

never played with it :(
but i already play with too much :( :-)
(using mandrake, plaing with redhat, debian, suse)

best,

svetljo

PS.
gdm is the preffered display manager :-)

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XDM configuration

[Mark H. <mar...@xs...>]

Hi,


I've been using backstreet ruby for a while now, and it works
great for me, and also the new 2.6 patch works better than
anything I've tried before.

I've got 2 X sessions working fine in parallel using different
layouts in XF86config. I start them using "startx -- :<screen> -layout <name>"
and that works fine.

However, since all this is working properly for some time now,
I would really like to get the xdm sessions to work, but I'm still
experiencing problems with that.

I have the following content in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:
(and the same in the kdm config)

# $Xorg: Xserv.ws.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:17 cpqbld Exp $
#
# Xservers file, workstation prototype
#
# This file should contain an entry to start the server on the
# local display; if you have more than one display (not screen),
# you can add entries to the list (one per line).  If you also
# have some X terminals connected which do not support XDMCP,
# you can add them here as well.  Each X terminal line should
# look like:
#       XTerminalName:0 foreign
#
#:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head1 -layout head1 vt7
:1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86-head2 -layout head2 vt17

However, when I start xdm, what happens is that X is started
on the second screen, but no login prompt appears. I think the
problem is xdm related, since if I remove the :1 line, it starts
on the first screen, and the login prompt does appear.

Does anyone here have a clue what I'm doing wrong?
(I'm using the Gentoo distribution available at www.gentoo.org)


Kind regards,
Mark.

brain dead pcspkr in 2.6.0...

[Kirk R. <ki...@br...>]

I wondered if someone might be able to tell me why the pcspkr routine
has not been fixed in the 2.6.0-testxx kernels?  If you're not sure
what I'm talking about on any of the systems I'vee tried a bell tone
or any other tone produced by that routine does not shut off after
starting.  I use that routine fairly heavily to produce audio feedback
for blind users but currently cannot even build it into the kernel.

Out of curiosity why was it changed in the first place?  It isn't
really an input routine is it?

I will fix it if someone else has not but I thought maybe someone has
already done a patch which just hasn't made it into the kernel tree
yet.

  Kirk

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Re: bruby-2.4.22

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

Hi Aivils, 
> Hi!
> 
>      Now 2.4.22 version works like 2.6 CVSed.
> /dev/tty0 - current console
> VGA console /dev/tty1-16
> DUMMY /dev/tty17
> DUMMY /dev/tty18

you do dislike i2c again :-)

( the patch removes ((again)) i2c/Config.in from drivers/char/Config.in)

and a small "fix" for input.agent in case kernel is started
with dumbcon=x but input configuration is done for n > x
(see the second hunk of the diff )

best,

svetljo

PS.
attached also my current input.agent & input configuration
but it's not yet tested under 2.4 (recompiling your latest patch right now)

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bruby-2.4.22

[Aivils S. <Aiv...@un...>]

Hi!

     Now 2.4.22 version works like 2.6 CVSed.
/dev/tty0 - current console
VGA console /dev/tty1-16
DUMMY /dev/tty17
DUMMY /dev/tty18

/dev/tty0 may be redirect to current console, but not allways.

current tty redirecting perform according attached tty of process.

     Sample, gpm, console mouse service, has not attached tty. If
process has not attached tty, then it got /dev/tty1 as current tty. This
feature is buggy for gpm :-( You can select in the any console, but paste
into
tty1 only. Because gpm see wrong current tty, gpm will not leave mouse
device,
when X server starts. So mouse freezy under X, if gpm is active.

http://startx.times.lv/bruby-2.4.22-20031007.diff.bz2

Aivils Stoss

Re: strange problem after booting a backstreet ruby kernel

[Aivils S. <Aiv...@un...>]

>i applied the backstreet ruby patch (2.4.22-20030910)
>against a vanilla copy of linux-2.4.22 that I got from
>kernel.org, and was able to compile and install the
>resulting kernel. The system I am running this on is
>i686 redhat9.
>
>The kernel loads, but once it starts init, I get some
>error messages about the usb support (I have connected
>a usb & PS/2 keyboard), and then i see a message that
>says "starting system logger", the first of my system
>services, but I don't see the resulting ok/fail
>message, nor any other output.
>
>My PS/2 keyboard works, so I can type letters and they
>appear on the screen. But nothing else seems to
>happen. I can press CTRL+ALT+DEL and the system
>switches to runlevel 6.
>
>I have tried putting a line in my inittab just before
>the line that starts the sysinit scripts, to run
>mingetty on tty2, thinking that maybe then I could get
>into a shell and see whats going on. But when I do
>that, I get a message from init, just before the
>message about the system logger (above), that says
>that it is respawning to fast and is disabled for 5
>minutes.

At least rh8.0 will not work with vanilla linux kernel.
As experiment You can remove "system logger" in
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.
Before You can test vanilla linux under rh9.0. RedHat
uses heavy patched kernels. If rh9.0 will not work
with linux-vanilla kernel, then it will not work with
linux-ruby :-(

Aivils

Re: URGENT: really help with a strange problem after booting a backstreet ruby kernel

[dave g. <giv...@ya...>]

I compiled the vanilla kernel-2.4.22 without the bruby
patch and booted it without any problems. When I
applied the bruby patch to kernel-2.4.22 and
successfully compiled it, I then tried booting it,
which then worked.

But I got some error messages when it tried loading
the usb support modules and then when it starts
loading system services(1st of which is the system
logger), it stopped displaying anything on the screen.
My PS/2 keyboard lets me type with the text appearing
on the screen, but nothing else happens.

--- hugo vanwoerkom <hug...@ca...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed your first post a couple of days ago.
> I cannot give any firsthand info because I don't
> use RH9 nor the 2.4.22 patch. (Debian + 2.4.21
> patch)
> What I would try is either of 2 things: another
> distrib or another patch. If (1) is difficult,
> try the 2.4.21 patch.
> I stand to be corrected but I don't think your
> prob. has to do with Bruby but with the distrib.
> 
> I presume the patch went on without errors and
> the kernel compiled clean too and you have
> switched kernels before on RH9?
> 
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Re: URGENT: really help with a strange problem after booting a backstreet ruby kernel

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

Hi Dave,

> i applied the backstreet ruby patch (2.4.22-20030910)
> against a vanilla copy of linux-2.4.22 that I got from
> kernel.org, and was able to compile and install the
> resulting kernel. The system I am running this on is
> i686 redhat9.
> 
> The kernel loads, but once it starts init, I get some
> error messages about the usb support (I have connected
> a usb & PS/2 keyboard), and then i see a message that
> says "starting system logger", the first of my system
> services, but I don't see the resulting ok/fail
> message, nor any other output.
> My PS/2 keyboard works, so I can type letters and they
> appear on the screen. But nothing else seems to
> happen. I can press CTRL+ALT+DEL and the system
> switches to runlevel 6.

please try to catch the boot messages trough serial console,
see [linux source]/Documentation/serial-console.txt 
if you have web space put the captured messages &
the kernel configuration file uncompressed there 
(for easy online reading) 
if not send them per mail compressed

i assume you didn't use the default red-hat kernel configuration
and that could be the reason, but without more info,
can not say anything :-)
(so please also try to rebuild the bruby kernel with the
default for redhat configuration file)

best,

svetljo

PS.
until you get bruby running,
do move  "/bin/sysfont" to "/bin/sysfont.bak" or similar,
to avoid oopses for clear messages,
later we'll fix the problem in one or other way 
:-)

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Re: URGENT: really help with a strange problem after booting a backstreet ruby kernel

[hugo v. <hug...@ca...>]

Hi,

I noticed your first post a couple of days ago.
I cannot give any firsthand info because I don't
use RH9 nor the 2.4.22 patch. (Debian + 2.4.21 patch)
What I would try is either of 2 things: another
distrib or another patch. If (1) is difficult,
try the 2.4.21 patch.
I stand to be corrected but I don't think your
prob. has to do with Bruby but with the distrib.

I presume the patch went on without errors and
the kernel compiled clean too and you have
switched kernels before on RH9?

Regards,

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URGENT: really help with a strange problem after booting a backstreet ruby kernel

[dave g. <giv...@ya...>]

i applied the backstreet ruby patch (2.4.22-20030910)
against a vanilla copy of linux-2.4.22 that I got from
kernel.org, and was able to compile and install the
resulting kernel. The system I am running this on is
i686 redhat9.

The kernel loads, but once it starts init, I get some
error messages about the usb support (I have connected
a usb & PS/2 keyboard), and then i see a message that
says "starting system logger", the first of my system
services, but I don't see the resulting ok/fail
message, nor any other output.

My PS/2 keyboard works, so I can type letters and they
appear on the screen. But nothing else seems to
happen. I can press CTRL+ALT+DEL and the system
switches to runlevel 6.

I have tried putting a line in my inittab just before
the line that starts the sysinit scripts, to run
mingetty on tty2, thinking that maybe then I could get
into a shell and see whats going on. But when I do
that, I get a message from init, just before the
message about the system logger (above), that says
that it is respawning to fast and is disabled for 5
minutes.

Any thoughts as to what I can try to fix this? 
I need to get a dual X server system running soon
:)

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ryby-2.6.0-test6

[Aivils S. <Aiv...@un...>]

Hi All!
     ryby-2.6.0-test6 reach public CVS.
CVSROOT/ruby/ruby-2.6
Aivils Stoss

strange problem after booting a backstreet ruby kernel

[dave g. <giv...@ya...>]

i applied the backstreet ruby patch (2.4.22-20030910)
against a vanilla copy of linux-2.4.22 that I got from
kernel.org, and was able to compile and install the
resulting kernel. The system I am running this on is
i686 redhat9.

The kernel loads, but once it starts init, I get some
error messages about the usb support (I have connected
a usb & PS/2 keyboard), and then i see a message that
says "starting system logger", the first of my system
services, but I don't see the resulting ok/fail
message, nor any other output.

My PS/2 keyboard works, so I can type letters and they
appear on the screen. But nothing else seems to
happen. I can press CTRL+ALT+DEL and the system
switches to runlevel 6.

I have tried putting a line in my inittab just before
the line that starts the sysinit scripts, to run
mingetty on tty2, thinking that maybe then I could get
into a shell and see whats going on. But when I do
that, I get a message from init, just before the
message about the system logger (above), that says
that it is respawning to fast and is disabled for 5
minutes.

Any thoughts as to what I can try to fix this?
:)

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Re: ruby CVS updates

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> Hi Aivils,
> first test run of your ruby-2.6 and everything seems to work really good
> :-)
> this was actually with test4 on my main PC, will report later how does it
> play
> with mga( i have to first reinstall MDK cooker on it)

ruby-260t3 doesn't play nice with matroxfb :(
have to retest with test6

with test3 
when i try to start XFree with fbdev driver on the second head
the PC hangs imediately :(
that is with already running TNT2 on X0, 
and first head with "mga" (accelerated) driver on X1


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Re: ruby CVS updates

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

Hi Aivils,
first test run of your ruby-2.6 and everything seems to work really good :-)
this was actually with test4 on my main PC, will report later how does it
play
with mga( i have to first reinstall MDK cooker on it)

* hotplug is working :-)
- small adjustment needed for the PHYS id's of usb device:
2.6 -> usb-0000:00:10.1-....
2.4 -> usb-00:10.1-....

* fbcon is working nicely too
- i assume the vodoo fb driver is to blame for your cursor problems
 here everything is OK with a radeon 7500
- fbcon reports unresolved symbols if compiled as module 

- vc_count & 16 VC's for VGA console : 
 one should adjust vt[x] in dm configuration on switching from 2.4 to 2.6
and reverse
? could this be integrated in 2.4 too, so no changes in the configuration
are needed ?

loading rivafb (for my Geforce4)  doesn't take over fbcon on the radeon
(built in)

> fbcon right now can serve only one framebuffer device driver
> correctly.
> Real multiuser, where each fb device has a keyboard, will be added in
> future.
> If You will test this code, then please select one fb device driver only.
> In
> my case, fbcon works with Voodoo3. Of course fbcon contain some bugs. You
> have
> simple arithmetic - if I not clean vgacon during one year, then fbcon is
> hopeless :-( Oops You can do via ioctl on /dev/fbX , because they are
> untested
> and dangerous. 

can you explain more about the arithmetic :-)


best,

svetljo

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