From rick@leirtech.com Fri Dec 1 15:24:44 2006 From: rick@leirtech.com (Rick Leir) Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:24:44 -0500 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Re: xterm man In-Reply-To: <20061129170520.BD6B993E3@tigger.net-kitchen.com> References: <20061129170520.BD6B993E3@tigger.net-kitchen.com> Message-ID: <1164986685.2579.130.camel@tbird.leirtech.com> Gnome terminal 'just works' on linux/intel. I think they started providing Gnome with Solaris2.8, but I have not tried it. cheers -- Rick On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 12:05 -0500, suns-at-home-request@net-kitchen.com wrote: > > My suggestion, since the original comment is about sizing the pages in > > an Xterm, would be to use Xman. Nice man pages, indexed and browsable > > by section, nice sized window in X to contain the pages. From adh@an.bradford.ma.us Fri Dec 1 19:56:29 2006 From: adh@an.bradford.ma.us (Sandwich Maker) Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 14:56:29 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Re: xterm man Message-ID: <200612011956.kB1JuTR06989@an.bradford.ma.us> " From: Rick Leir " " " On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 12:05 -0500, suns-at-home-request@net-kitchen.com " wrote: " " > > My suggestion, since the original comment is about sizing the pages in " > > an Xterm, would be to use Xman. Nice man pages, indexed and browsable " > > by section, nice sized window in X to contain the pages. " " " Gnome terminal 'just works' on linux/intel. I think they started " providing Gnome with Solaris2.8, but I have not tried it. gnome 2.0 is a separately downloadable pkg for s8. i have it but haven't tried it yet. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@an.bradford.ma.us and think what none thought From fabmirha@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr Sat Dec 9 21:18:35 2006 From: fabmirha@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr (Fabio Miranda Hamburger) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 15:18:35 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Sun SSH source code Message-ID: Hello, Anyone if Sun SSH source code is public avaliable fow download ? If this is the case, where to get it? Thanks, --- Fabio Andres Miranda Ingenieria de sistemas informaticos Universidad Latina - Costa Rica http://ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr/~fabmirha From chl@clerew.man.ac.uk Sun Dec 17 22:40:20 2006 From: chl@clerew.man.ac.uk (Charles Lindsey) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:40:20 -0000 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer Message-ID: My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired. What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2? That means: Parallel interface Supported by Gimp-print Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is there any way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an Sbus 2 USB card available? Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server? -- Charles H. Lindsey ---------At Home, doing my own thing------------------------ Tel: +44 161 436 6131     Web: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl Email: chl@clerew.man.ac.uk      Snail: 5 Clerewood Ave, CHEADLE, SK8 3JU, U.K. PGP: 2C15F1A9      Fingerprint: 73 6D C2 51 93 A0 01 E7 65 E8 64 7E 14 A4 AB A5 From r.j.j.peerlings@student.tue.nl Mon Dec 18 15:56:30 2006 From: r.j.j.peerlings@student.tue.nl (Rick Peerlings) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:56:30 +0100 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4586BA2E.3050408@student.tue.nl> Charles Lindsey wrote: > My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired. > > What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2? > That means: Parallel interface > Supported by Gimp-print At home we have a LaserJet 1010, which has only USB, but the 1015 is the same printer with USB+parallel. But this is a black & white laser printer, probably not what you are looking for. > Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is > there any way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an > Sbus 2 USB card available? > > Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server? > I use a FreeBSD box as a printer server and CUPS for the printing system, and it works really well together with my Ultra 60. Regards, Rick From blewis3@alcatel-lucent.com Mon Dec 18 16:05:46 2006 From: blewis3@alcatel-lucent.com (Lewis, Benjamin (Ben)) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:05:46 +0100 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <94333A1BF0D2684081652E54E0DE9E9857532F@DEEXC1U01.de.lucent.com> >Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server? Hello Charles That would be my first choice. Intel made a cool little Ethernet<->Centronics bridge called the "NetPort Express". There seem to be quite a few on eBay. E.g :- http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Intel-NetPort-Express-10-100-print-server-ID-PR87E FF0_W0QQitemZ150006942704QQcmdZViewItem Best regards Ben From BehmJL@bv.com Mon Dec 18 16:07:21 2006 From: BehmJL@bv.com (Behm, Jeffrey L.) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:07:21 -0600 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <0C3670BC9169B244AA6E7B2E436180D10A4318@TSMC-MAIL-04.na.bvcorp.net> Perhaps you could use something other than the Ultra 2 to host printing? = Linksys sells a "network-attached" print server. Not knowing anything = about Gimp, but perhaps it could print to such a beast? -----Original Message----- From: suns-at-home-admin@net-kitchen.com = [mailto:suns-at-home-admin@net-kitchen.com] On Behalf Of Charles Lindsey Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:40 PM To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired. What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2? That means: Parallel interface Supported by Gimp-print Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is there = =20 any way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an Sbus 2 = USB =20 card available? Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server? --=20 Charles=A0H.=A0Lindsey=A0---------At=A0Home,=A0doing=A0my=A0own=A0thing--= ---------------------- Tel:=A0+44=A0161=A0436=A06131=A0 =20 =A0=A0=A0Web:=A0http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl Email:=A0chl@clerew.man.ac.uk=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Snail:=A05=A0Clerewood=A0A= ve,=A0CHEADLE,=A0SK8=A03JU,=A0U.K. PGP:=A02C15F1A9=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Fingerprint:=A073=A06D=A0C2=A051=A093=A0= A0=A001=A0E7=A065=A0E8=A064=A07E=A014=A0A4=A0AB=A0A5 _______________________________________________ Suns-at-Home mailing list Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com http://www.net-kitchen.com/mailman/listinfo/suns-at-home From hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE Mon Dec 18 16:22:09 2006 From: hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE (Hauke Fath) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:22:09 +0100 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: At 22:40 Uhr +0000 17.12.2006, Charles Lindsey wrote: >My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired. > >What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2? > That means: Parallel interface > Supported by Gimp-print >Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is there >any way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an Sbus 2 USB >card available? For all I know, there is none. >Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server? That's probably the easiest option - you may be able to pick one from ebay for small change. Alternatively, get a (postscript?) printer with builtin ethernet. hauke -- "It's never straight up and down" (DEVO) From matt8128@dls.net Mon Dec 18 18:43:28 2006 From: matt8128@dls.net (Matt Crawford) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:43:28 -0600 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: Message from "Charles Lindsey" of "Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:40:20 GMT." Message-ID: <200612181843.kBIIhSBY034584@fireball.chicago.il.us> Check out the HP 6180C all-in-one. Wired or wireless ethernet, as well as USB. From andre@purplecow.org Mon Dec 18 22:22:18 2006 From: andre@purplecow.org (Andre van Eyssen) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:22:18 +1100 (EST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Lexmark E240N is pretty good and talks Ethernet, PostScript (yay) and includes a magic install package for Solaris 7-10. On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Charles Lindsey wrote: > My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired. > > What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2? > That means: Parallel interface > Supported by Gimp-print > Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is there any > way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an Sbus 2 USB card > available? > > Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server? > > -- Andre van Eyssen. "the only value you can add to a banana is a bruise" -- McNealy. From pgt@myrealbox.com Tue Dec 19 09:16:10 2006 From: pgt@myrealbox.com (Phillip Tong) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:16:10 +1100 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4587ADDA.6080305@myrealbox.com> Charles Lindsey wrote: > My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired. > > What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2? > That means: Parallel interface > Supported by Gimp-print > Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is there > any way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an Sbus 2 > USB card available? > > Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server? Never seen a USB SBus card - although if one's out there, I'd be interested... I'm not that versed in what's Gimp-print compatible (I'm guessing the majority of printers out there are one way or another?) but the [parallel/USB to] ethernet print server may be a better option, so long as it supports LPD (some out there - eg. some DLink ones - only support Windows systems). I normally go for printers that have either PostScript or PCL compatibility (Epson compatibility was defacto once upon a time... and may still be useful!). Obviously GDI printers aren't that much useful on a *nix box (some work, most don't). --Phil. From magnus@yonderway.com Wed Dec 20 15:24:33 2006 From: magnus@yonderway.com (Magnus) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:24:33 -0500 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: <0C3670BC9169B244AA6E7B2E436180D10A4318@TSMC-MAIL-04.na.bvcorp.net> References: <0C3670BC9169B244AA6E7B2E436180D10A4318@TSMC-MAIL-04.na.bvcorp.net> Message-ID: <458955B1.7030208@yonderway.com> Behm, Jeffrey L. wrote: > Perhaps you could use something other than the Ultra 2 to host printing? > Linksys sells a "network-attached" print server. Not knowing anything about > Gimp, but perhaps it could print to such a beast? +1. Network attached printers make life much easier. From benjamin.lewis@belgacom.net Wed Dec 20 20:27:18 2006 From: benjamin.lewis@belgacom.net (Ben Lewis) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:27:18 +0100 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] E3500 Message-ID: Hello Folks I managed to obtain an Enterprise 3500 this week. Quite by chance I passed the lab at work and noticed that this machine was in the rubbish pile in one corner. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it was being thrown away. It was bought in summer 2000 for a testing project for a customer in Germany, we replicated their production environment and that meant some heavy duty gear. I spent a good deal of my early years at the company installing a huge variety of telco software on this machine. Needless to say I asked the lab admin if I could have it and he said yes as it would mean the bill from the waste management agency would much lower as they charged by weight. The only thing he asked was that I remove the SCSI DVD drive for him as he was having trouble locating them as spares for other machines. I managed to get it in the back of my car (a Renault Kangoo which I chose for occasions just like this!) with the help of a colleague. At home I had to remove all the boards and power supplies to make the chassis light enough to carry into the house on my own. It has 4Gb of RAM, 5 x 18Gb disks and six processors. Massive overkill for a home machine but it's fun to run even if it's much too noisy to leave running over night. If only I had a basement. The good thing is that I've been able to turn the heating right off today as it's able to warm the whole house! I've temporarily replaced the DVD drive with an old double speed Apple SCSI drive (it's always handy to keep a couple of these around). That is pretty slow and the Solaris 10 install took about six hours. I found a Sun SCSI CDROM drive on ebay.co.uk for GBP9.99 so hopefully that will speed up CD reading, plus its the same colour as the chassis. I took some pictures :- http://www.ipcress.net/images/e3500_1.jpg http://www.ipcress.net/images/e3500_2.jpg http://www.ipcress.net/images/e3500_3.jpg I gave it a rather lame hostname of "e3500" but I think its crying out to be called "deathstar", "mountdoom" or something equally terrifying. Best regards Brussels, Belgium PS If you live in the west of the city and you lights flickered this evening that was me rebooting during the Solaris 10 install :) From jseidel@edpci.com Wed Dec 20 21:20:42 2006 From: jseidel@edpci.com (Jon Seidel CMC) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:20:42 -0800 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: <0C3670BC9169B244AA6E7B2E436180D10A4318@TSMC-MAIL-04.na.bvcorp.net> Message-ID: <018001c7247c$b50b4db0$9400000a@EDP17> Beware the Linksys device; it's not smart enough to talk to lots of current-day printers using a USB interface; I had one and had to return = it after working with Tech Support (they said it was incompatible after = much effort). ...jon=20 -----Original Message----- From: suns-at-home-admin@net-kitchen.com [mailto:suns-at-home-admin@net-kitchen.com] On Behalf Of Behm, Jeffrey = L. Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 8:07 AM To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com Cc: Charles Lindsey Subject: RE: [Suns-at-Home] What printer Perhaps you could use something other than the Ultra 2 to host printing? Linksys sells a "network-attached" print server. Not knowing anything = about Gimp, but perhaps it could print to such a beast? -----Original Message----- From: suns-at-home-admin@net-kitchen.com [mailto:suns-at-home-admin@net-kitchen.com] On Behalf Of Charles Lindsey Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:40 PM To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired. What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2? That means: Parallel interface Supported by Gimp-print Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is there any way to get a USB interface = on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an Sbus 2 USB card available? Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server? -- Charles=A0H.=A0Lindsey=A0---------At=A0Home,=A0doing=A0my=A0own=A0thing--= ------------------- --- Tel:=A0+44=A0161=A0436=A06131=A0 =20 =A0=A0=A0Web:=A0http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl Email:=A0chl@clerew.man.ac.uk=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Snail:=A05=A0Clerewood=A0A= ve,=A0CHEADLE,=A0SK8=A03JU,=A0U .K. PGP:=A02C15F1A9=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Fingerprint:=A073=A06D=A0C2=A051=A093=A0= A0=A001=A0E7=A065=A0E8=A064=A07E=A014=A0A4=A0AB =A0A5 _______________________________________________ Suns-at-Home mailing list Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com http://www.net-kitchen.com/mailman/listinfo/suns-at-home _______________________________________________ Suns-at-Home mailing list Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com http://www.net-kitchen.com/mailman/listinfo/suns-at-home From cdewick@lios.apana.org.au Thu Dec 21 03:07:08 2006 From: cdewick@lios.apana.org.au (Craig Dewick) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:07:08 +1100 (EST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk! Message-ID: Hi everyone, I am running this system as a SunBlade 1000 now. Really nice hardware, but it isn't seeing the brand new 73 GB FCAL disk I put into it. At present I'm running the machine off the older 73 GB 80-pin SCSI disk mounted in an external box. Kinda klunky. 8-) Anyway, I am fairly confident that when I put the FCAL disk in, all the cables, etc. connecting the FCAL slots to the system board were in place, and I've got all the Solaris 9 software packages pertaining to FCAL devices installed. Would there be anything else which would prevent an otherwise brand-new FCAL disk from being detected? It doesn't show up with a 'probe-scsi' or 'probe-scsi-all' command from the OBP, and the Solaris 'format' command doesn't see it either. I will be installing more RAM into the system soon so I'll have another look inside to check for missing or unplugged cables, but failing that, is there anything else I should be checking? I don't at present have another FCAL drive to compare against the existing one, otherwise I'd do some comparison testing to see if it's the drive and not the system itself. If you could think of something else to check that would be great! Thanks in advance, Craig. -- Post by Craig Dewick (tm). Web @ "http://lios.apana.org.au/~cdewick". Email 2 "cdewick@lios.apana.org.au". SunShack @ "http://www.sunshack.org" Forums @ "http://www.sunshack.org/phpBB2". Also Galleries, tech archive, etc. Sun Microsystems webring at "http://n.webring.com/hub?ring=sunmicrosystemsu". From benjamin.lewis@belgacom.net Thu Dec 21 15:00:36 2006 From: benjamin.lewis@belgacom.net (Ben Lewis) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:00:36 +0100 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8C38EA40-1015-4AA4-87A9-DF097CA7241E@belgacom.net> >If you could think of something else to check that would be great! Hi Craig Have you tried probe-fcal-all at the ok prompt? Best regards Ben From adh@an.bradford.ma.us Thu Dec 21 16:07:13 2006 From: adh@an.bradford.ma.us (Sandwich Maker) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:07:13 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk! Message-ID: <200612211607.kBLG7Df21625@an.bradford.ma.us> " From: Craig Dewick " " " Hi everyone, " " I am running this system as a SunBlade 1000 now. Really nice hardware, but " it isn't seeing the brand new 73 GB FCAL disk I put into it. At present " I'm running the machine off the older 73 GB 80-pin SCSI disk mounted in an " external box. Kinda klunky. 8-) " " Anyway, I am fairly confident that when I put the FCAL disk in, all the " cables, etc. connecting the FCAL slots to the system board were in place, " and I've got all the Solaris 9 software packages pertaining to FCAL " devices installed. " " Would there be anything else which would prevent an otherwise brand-new " FCAL disk from being detected? It doesn't show up with a 'probe-scsi' or " 'probe-scsi-all' command from the OBP, and the Solaris 'format' command " doesn't see it either. " " I will be installing more RAM into the system soon so I'll have another " look inside to check for missing or unplugged cables, but failing that, is " there anything else I should be checking? I don't at present have another " FCAL drive to compare against the existing one, otherwise I'd do some " comparison testing to see if it's the drive and not the system itself. " " If you could think of something else to check that would be great! dark fiber. how's your fc-al backplane? the system handbook says you have a pci fc adapter in there. is it possible it's dead? loose? dunno if this has socketed gbics [laser/photoreceiver module] but older ones were notoriously unreliable and short-lived. i assume you've done a reconfig reboot, but that wouldn't explain the obp behavior anyway. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@an.bradford.ma.us and think what none thought From chl@clerew.man.ac.uk Thu Dec 21 12:39:18 2006 From: chl@clerew.man.ac.uk (Charles Lindsey) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:39:18 -0000 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: <20061220170637.3286293E7@tigger.net-kitchen.com> References: <20061220170637.3286293E7@tigger.net-kitchen.com> Message-ID: > Charles Lindsey wrote: >> My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired. >> >> What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2? >> That means: Parallel interface >> Supported by Gimp-print > > At home we have a LaserJet 1010, which has only USB, but the 1015 is the > same printer with USB+parallel. But this is a black & white laser > printer, probably not what you are looking for. > >> Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is >> there any way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an >> Sbus 2 USB card available? >> >> Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server? >> Thanks to the many people who replied, both on and off list. Really, I am after an inkjet rather than a laser, but nobody seems to do an inkjet that will connect directly to an ethernet - i.e. with a builtin print server. It that correct? Looking at print servers, the odd thing seems to be is that very few of them actually provide a USB interface (which is odd, because nearly all printers available now have USB-only). In fact, the only two that seem to be around are the Jetdirect 175x and the D-Link DP-301U. The Jetdirect seems excellent for my puspose, but is conspicuously lacking on Ebay-UK. The D-Link seems to support LPD in some vague manner, but no evidence that it would work on Solaris. Anyone with experience of that? And if I want to stick with actual printers with a parallel interface, then the only offering seems to be the Epson D88, and I am not really impressed with the Epson idea of having 4 separate cartridges (esp. if the black one has as little capacity as the others). -- Charles H. Lindsey ---------At Home, doing my own thing------------------------ Tel: +44 161 436 6131     Web: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl Email: chl@clerew.man.ac.uk      Snail: 5 Clerewood Ave, CHEADLE, SK8 3JU, U.K. PGP: 2C15F1A9      Fingerprint: 73 6D C2 51 93 A0 01 E7 65 E8 64 7E 14 A4 AB A5 From angusf@mac.com Thu Dec 21 17:18:53 2006 From: angusf@mac.com (Angus Fox) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:18:53 +0200 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] E3500 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <458AC1FD.2000808@mac.com> Ben Lewis wrote: > Hello Folks > > I managed to obtain an Enterprise 3500 this week. Fantastic. Congratulations. What a great Christmas present! Just hope you have enough electricity budget! Angus U10/440/Elite3d/SunPci/Sol10 - uptime over a year and counting. Keeps my garage quite mild. From shel@tandem.artell.net Thu Dec 21 18:02:47 2006 From: shel@tandem.artell.net (Sheldon T. Hall) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:02:47 -0800 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] E3500 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <006301c7252a$38f7b340$6900a8c0@artell.net> Quoth Ben Lewis ... > > I managed to obtain an Enterprise 3500 this week. [snip] > It has 4Gb of RAM, 5 x 18Gb disks and six processors. Massive > overkill for a home machine but it's fun to run even if it's > much too noisy to leave running over night. I don't know about that "overkill" bit. It sounds about right to me, but then my home machine is an SGI Challenge L of about the same size. > The good thing is that I've been able to turn the heating > right off today as it's able to warm the whole house! Same here. Plus, since we heat with electricity, the computers heat the house just as efficiently (BTU/dollar) as the furnace would, plus they do something useful into the bargain. When it comes to home computers, too much is just enough. -Shel From lamune@doki-doki.net Thu Dec 21 20:34:21 2006 From: lamune@doki-doki.net (Mike Pepe) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:34:21 -0500 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <458AEFCD.7060309@doki-doki.net> Craig Dewick wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I am running this system as a SunBlade 1000 now. Really nice hardware, > but it isn't seeing the brand new 73 GB FCAL disk I put into it. At > present I'm running the machine off the older 73 GB 80-pin SCSI disk > mounted in an external box. Kinda klunky. 8-) > > Anyway, I am fairly confident that when I put the FCAL disk in, all the > cables, etc. connecting the FCAL slots to the system board were in > place, and I've got all the Solaris 9 software packages pertaining to > FCAL devices installed. > > Would there be anything else which would prevent an otherwise brand-new > FCAL disk from being detected? It doesn't show up with a 'probe-scsi' or > 'probe-scsi-all' command from the OBP, and the Solaris 'format' command > doesn't see it either. > > I will be installing more RAM into the system soon so I'll have another > look inside to check for missing or unplugged cables, but failing that, > is there anything else I should be checking? I don't at present have > another FCAL drive to compare against the existing one, otherwise I'd do > some comparison testing to see if it's the drive and not the system itself. > > If you could think of something else to check that would be great! > > Thanks in advance, > > Craig. > Is that a Sun FCAL disk, or just a generic one you got from somewhere? There are a number of potential firmware-related issues that might cause that behavior. Knowing what drive it is would be the first step. Of course that assumes that physically and electrically everything is good to go. -Mike From rjw@alembic.com Thu Dec 21 20:56:49 2006 From: rjw@alembic.com (Ron Wickersham) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:56:49 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Craig Dewick wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am running this system as a SunBlade 1000 now. Really nice hardware, but > it isn't seeing the brand new 73 GB FCAL disk I put into it. At present > I'm running the machine off the older 73 GB 80-pin SCSI disk mounted in an > external box. Kinda klunky. 8-) in a related question, has anyone extended the FCAL loop outside the box to include external FC drives? there is no connector on the back except the SCSI one. i'd like to add 7 more FC drives exteral to the machine in addition to the two internal ones. -ron From fabmirha@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr Thu Dec 21 21:47:53 2006 From: fabmirha@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr (Fabio Miranda Hamburger) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:47:53 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: References: <20061220170637.3286293E7@tigger.net-kitchen.com> Message-ID: >> Charles Lindsey wrote: >>> My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired. >>> >>> What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2? >>> That means: Parallel interface >>> Supported by Gimp-print >> >> At home we have a LaserJet 1010, which has only USB, but the 1015 is the >> same printer with USB+parallel. But this is a black & white laser >> printer, probably not what you are looking for. >> >>> Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is >>> there any way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an >>> Sbus 2 USB card available? >>> >>> Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server? >>> > > Thanks to the many people who replied, both on and off list. > > Really, I am after an inkjet rather than a laser, but nobody seems to do an > inkjet that will connect directly to an ethernet - i.e. with a builtin print > server. It that correct? > > Looking at print servers, the odd thing seems to be is that very few of them > actually provide a USB interface (which is odd, because nearly all printers > available now have USB-only). In fact, the only two that seem to be around > are the Jetdirect 175x and the D-Link DP-301U. [snip] Another thread: is it possible to use a USB printer, let's say a HP deskject 3550, run Solaris 10 and set the ink intensity usage ? I mean, on Windows, you can set ink usage for draft, "best", "photo" quality using the HP's driver for the printer. Specific question: Is it possible to configure the printer on Solaris 10 for draft print and save ink ? Thanks, --- Fabio Andrs Miranda Ingenieria en sistemas informaticos Universidad Latina - Costa Rica http://ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr/~fabmirha From geoff@palaemon.demon.co.uk Thu Dec 21 22:41:39 2006 From: geoff@palaemon.demon.co.uk (Geoff Blake) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:41:39 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: References: <20061220170637.3286293E7@tigger.net-kitchen.com> Message-ID: On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Charles Lindsey wrote: > Looking at print servers, the odd thing seems to be is that very few of > them actually provide a USB interface (which is odd, because nearly all > printers available now have USB-only). In fact, the only two that seem to > be around are the Jetdirect 175x and the D-Link DP-301U. > > The Jetdirect seems excellent for my puspose, but is conspicuously lacking > on Ebay-UK. The D-Link seems to support LPD in some vague manner, but no > evidence that it would work on Solaris. Anyone with experience of that? I have a Dlink print hub (DP-301P IIRC) running at work, supporting a couple of HP Laserjet printers via parallel ports. I don't know about Solaris, but the DP-301 is supporting CUPS from Debian Linux and RPRINT from a Novell system. There are also a couple of window boxes that connect to it using LPR. To date, I have not had any problems with it. I would imagine that same could apply to a USB ported hub. HTH Geoff -- Geoff Blake G8GNZ located near Chelmsford, Essex, U.K. Please reply to: geoff (at) palaemon (dot) co (dot) uk Using Linux on Intel & Linux or NetBSD on Sun Sparc platforms Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This E-mail and any attachment(s) are strictly confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient please notify and the sender by return and permanently delete the message. You may not disclose, forward or copy this E-mail or any of its attachments to any third party without the prior consent of the sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From fabmirha@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr Thu Dec 21 21:39:58 2006 From: fabmirha@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr (Fabio Miranda Hamburger) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:39:58 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk! In-Reply-To: <200612211607.kBLG7Df21625@an.bradford.ma.us> References: <200612211607.kBLG7Df21625@an.bradford.ma.us> Message-ID: > " I am running this system as a SunBlade 1000 now. Really nice hardware, but > " it isn't seeing the brand new 73 GB FCAL disk I put into it. At present > " I'm running the machine off the older 73 GB 80-pin SCSI disk mounted in an > " external box. Kinda klunky. 8-) > " > " Anyway, I am fairly confident that when I put the FCAL disk in, all the > " cables, etc. connecting the FCAL slots to the system board were in place, > " and I've got all the Solaris 9 software packages pertaining to FCAL > " devices installed. > " > " Would there be anything else which would prevent an otherwise brand-new > " FCAL disk from being detected? It doesn't show up with a 'probe-scsi' or > " 'probe-scsi-all' command from the OBP, and the Solaris 'format' command > " doesn't see it either. > " > " I will be installing more RAM into the system soon so I'll have another > " look inside to check for missing or unplugged cables, but failing that, is > " there anything else I should be checking? I don't at present have another > " FCAL drive to compare against the existing one, otherwise I'd do some > " comparison testing to see if it's the drive and not the system itself. > " > " If you could think of something else to check that would be great! > > dark fiber. how's your fc-al backplane? the system handbook says you > have a pci fc adapter in there. is it possible it's dead? loose? > dunno if this has socketed gbics [laser/photoreceiver module] but > older ones were notoriously unreliable and short-lived. > > i assume you've done a reconfig reboot, but that wouldn't explain the > obp behavior anyway. I have the same machine, great box but eats a lot of power with its Sony 670Watts power supply. I also have a 73 GB FC-AL disks so you probably should check OBP to know if it recognizes it My .99 cents From n2vip@verizon.net Fri Dec 22 03:02:21 2006 From: n2vip@verizon.net (n2vip@verizon.net) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:02:21 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer Message-ID: <13165488.1357181166756542086.JavaMail.root@vms226.mailsrvcs.net> >From: Charles Lindsey >Date: 2006/12/21 Thu AM 06:39:18 CST >To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com >Subject: RE: [Suns-at-Home] What printer >Thanks to the many people who replied, both on and off list. > >Really, I am after an inkjet rather than a laser, but nobody seems to do >an inkjet that will connect directly to an ethernet - i.e. with a builtin >print server. It that correct? Nope - see this HP model: http://www.superwarehouse.com/HP_Deskjet_6940/C8970AB1H/p/729823 Supports OS/X and Windows, includes a 10/100 Ethernet interface, and costs about $130 - there is a larger version that has increasedpaper capacity (400 sheets vs. 150) for about $50 more... Not sure if HP has other models, but I'd strongly suggest looking into their website since I "bumped" into this printer so quickly (I google'd "hp ink jet ethernet"). HP has had a line of "professional" ink jet printers for years, some of which even supported Postscript natively... Don't know why I didn't think of this earlier... Ken From fabmirha@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr Fri Dec 22 04:06:49 2006 From: fabmirha@ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr (Fabio Miranda Hamburger) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:06:49 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] E3500 In-Reply-To: <458AC1FD.2000808@mac.com> References: <458AC1FD.2000808@mac.com> Message-ID: > Ben Lewis wrote: >> Hello Folks >> >> I managed to obtain an Enterprise 3500 this week. > > Fantastic. > Congratulations. > What a great Christmas present! > > Just hope you have enough electricity budget! I didnt think about this fact (electricity) when I bought a Sun blade 1000 and its Sony 670 Watts supply. this is VERY important, think of it before buy you 'cheap' box on ebay :) fabio. From r.j.j.peerlings@student.tue.nl Fri Dec 22 09:34:53 2006 From: r.j.j.peerlings@student.tue.nl (Rick Peerlings) Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:34:53 +0100 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] What printer In-Reply-To: References: <20061220170637.3286293E7@tigger.net-kitchen.com> Message-ID: <458BA6BD.3020004@student.tue.nl> Fabio Miranda Hamburger wrote: >>> Charles Lindsey wrote: >>> >>>> My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired. >>>> >>>> What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2? >>>> That means: Parallel interface >>>> Supported by Gimp-print >>> >>> >>> At home we have a LaserJet 1010, which has only USB, but the 1015 is the >>> same printer with USB+parallel. But this is a black & white laser >>> printer, probably not what you are looking for. >>> >>>> Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is >>>> there any way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an >>>> Sbus 2 USB card available? >>>> >>>> Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server? >>>> >> >> Thanks to the many people who replied, both on and off list. >> >> Really, I am after an inkjet rather than a laser, but nobody seems to >> do an inkjet that will connect directly to an ethernet - i.e. with a >> builtin print server. It that correct? >> >> Looking at print servers, the odd thing seems to be is that very few >> of them actually provide a USB interface (which is odd, because nearly >> all printers available now have USB-only). In fact, the only two that >> seem to be around are the Jetdirect 175x and the D-Link DP-301U. > > > [snip] > > Another thread: is it possible to use a USB printer, let's say a HP > deskject 3550, run Solaris 10 and set the ink intensity usage ? > > I mean, on Windows, you can set ink usage for draft, "best", "photo" > quality using the HP's driver for the printer. > > Specific question: Is it possible to configure the printer on Solaris 10 > for draft print and save ink ? If you use CUPS you can get the printer-specific PPD file at linuxprinting.org, so you can set these printer-specific options in the CUPS web interface. > > Thanks, > > --- > Fabio Andrs Miranda > Ingenieria en sistemas informaticos > Universidad Latina - Costa Rica > http://ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr/~fabmirha > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Suns-at-Home mailing list > Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com > http://www.net-kitchen.com/mailman/listinfo/suns-at-home From m_thompson@ids.net Fri Dec 22 17:19:56 2006 From: m_thompson@ids.net (M Thompson) Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:19:56 -0500 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Re: E3500 In-Reply-To: <20061222170508.714D093E2@tigger.net-kitchen.com> References: <20061222170508.714D093E2@tigger.net-kitchen.com> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.0.20061222121454.01f8b230@ids.net> >Ben Lewis wrote: >>Hello Folks >> >>I managed to obtain an Enterprise 3500 this week. > >I have an E3000 with SCSI disks, an E3500 with 8 336 MHz CPUs and an >E4500 that share a Fibre Channel Network Storage Array with 14 >disks. The E4500 has 14 336 MHz CPUs and 17 GB RAM. They all run >Open Solaris. I don't run them 24x7 because of the power consumption. > >Michael Thompson From h.keegstra1@chello.nl Fri Dec 22 19:39:33 2006 From: h.keegstra1@chello.nl (Hessel Keegstra) Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:39:33 +0100 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <000001c72600$e8092f40$6401a8c0@enterprise> Hi, Both Blade 1000 and 2000 machines do have an external FCAL connector at the back, it is a FCAL (Copper) HSSDC8 connector that is located below the IEEE 1394 connectors i.e. it is the lowest connector. Actually, these machines do not have fiber FCAL at all nor are GBICs supported natively, both internal drives are obviously copper based devices and so is the external bus. Blade 1000 and 2000 (and the rack mount E280R) FCAL implementation is a bit of a cheapo solution though, SUN only implemented one channel. FCAL drives are dual channel, but only one channel can be used in a Blade 1000 and 2000, probably to keep the cost down. You can use that external HSSDC8 connector to connect your Blade to any external FCAL device either direct or via a fabric Hub or Switch. If you need to connect to a fiber FCAL device (and most are fiber based) you need to use a converter, those are not cheap - it is cheaper to eBay a fiber FCAL PCI-X card e.g. SUN 375-0040 and use that instead. That is the route I took at home to connect my Blade 2000 to a SUN T3+ array with 9 73GB FCAL disks. Best regards, Hessel -----Original Message----- From: suns-at-home-admin@net-kitchen.com [mailto:suns-at-home-admin@net-kitchen.com] On Behalf Of Ron Wickersham Sent: donderdag 21 december 2006 21:57 Cc: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com Subject: Re: [Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk! On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Craig Dewick wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am running this system as a SunBlade 1000 now. Really nice hardware, but > it isn't seeing the brand new 73 GB FCAL disk I put into it. At present > I'm running the machine off the older 73 GB 80-pin SCSI disk mounted in an > external box. Kinda klunky. 8-) in a related question, has anyone extended the FCAL loop outside the box to include external FC drives? there is no connector on the back except the SCSI one. i'd like to add 7 more FC drives exteral to the machine in addition to the two internal ones. -ron _______________________________________________ Suns-at-Home mailing list Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com http://www.net-kitchen.com/mailman/listinfo/suns-at-home From geoff@palaemon.co.uk Fri Dec 22 20:12:07 2006 From: geoff@palaemon.co.uk (Geoff Blake) Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:12:07 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] E3500 In-Reply-To: References: <458AC1FD.2000808@mac.com> Message-ID: On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Fabio Miranda Hamburger wrote: > > Ben Lewis wrote: > >> Hello Folks > >> > >> I managed to obtain an Enterprise 3500 this week. > > > > Fantastic. > > Congratulations. > > What a great Christmas present! > > > > Just hope you have enough electricity budget! > > I didnt think about this fact (electricity) when I bought a Sun blade 1000 > and its Sony 670 Watts supply. > > this is VERY important, think of it before buy you 'cheap' box on ebay :) > fabio. Don't be too concerned about the power consumption. If you live in a part of the world where it is necessary to provide heat into the house most of the year (like it is 0 deg C outside right now!), just think of it as an unconventional heater! Of course, if you are lucky enough to require Air Con most of the years..... Geoff -- Geoff Blake G8GNZ located near Chelmsford, Essex, U.K. Please reply to: geoff (at) palaemon (dot) co (dot) uk Using Linux on Intel & Linux or NetBSD on Sun Sparc platforms Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This E-mail and any attachment(s) are strictly confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient please notify and the sender by return and permanently delete the message. You may not disclose, forward or copy this E-mail or any of its attachments to any third party without the prior consent of the sender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Keywords: ; Sun Dec 24 02:31:43 2006 From: Keywords: ; (Craig Dewick) Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:31:43 +1100 (EST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk! In-Reply-To: <8C38EA40-1015-4AA4-87A9-DF097CA7241E@belgacom.net> References: <8C38EA40-1015-4AA4-87A9-DF097CA7241E@belgacom.net> Message-ID: Hi Ben, On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Ben Lewis wrote: >> If you could think of something else to check that would be great! > > Hi Craig > > Have you tried > > probe-fcal-all > > at the ok prompt? No! Didn't know that command existed, but next time I shut this system down for some maintenance I will definitely run that command and see what happens. Does the normal 'format' command handle formatting of FCAL drives, or is there something different for that? Regards, Craig. PS. Christmas greetings to everyone! -- Post by Craig Dewick (tm). Web @ "http://lios.apana.org.au/~cdewick". Email 2 "cdewick@lios.apana.org.au". SunShack @ "http://www.sunshack.org" Forums @ "http://www.sunshack.org/phpBB2". Also Galleries, tech archive, etc. Sun Microsystems webring at "http://n.webring.com/hub?ring=sunmicrosystemsu". From lamune@doki-doki.net Mon Dec 25 23:39:06 2006 From: lamune@doki-doki.net (Mike Pepe) Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 18:39:06 -0500 Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk! In-Reply-To: References: <8C38EA40-1015-4AA4-87A9-DF097CA7241E@belgacom.net> Message-ID: <4590611A.6090607@doki-doki.net> > > Does the normal 'format' command handle formatting of FCAL drives, or is > there something different for that? > Nope- other than the physical transport, FCAL devices appear as SCSI devices as far as the OS is concerned. They will show up in format just like any old SCSI disk. > > PS. Christmas greetings to everyone! > you too! From Keywords: ; Sat Dec 30 06:07:47 2006 From: Keywords: ; (Craig Dewick) Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:07:47 +1100 (EST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk! In-Reply-To: <458AEFCD.7060309@doki-doki.net> References: <458AEFCD.7060309@doki-doki.net> Message-ID: hi Mike, > Is that a Sun FCAL disk, or just a generic one you got from somewhere? No it's a generic one. A brand new IBM/Hitachi 73 GB FCAL drive. > There are a number of potential firmware-related issues that might cause > that behavior. Knowing what drive it is would be the first step. Of > course that assumes that physically and electrically everything is good > to go. Indeed. I know that the system doesn't have a PCI FCAL card in it - the system board has an FCAL connector (J2901) but I'd need to shut the machine down (it's the one I'm using now!) and pull the cover to see what the cabling does. And I'll check the obvious to make sure it really does have all the cabling. It didn't have internal fans when I got it but I installed my own fans after sourcing some nice Papst ones from an Ebay seller. Craig. -- Post by Craig Dewick (tm). Web @ "http://lios.apana.org.au/~cdewick". Email 2 "cdewick@lios.apana.org.au". SunShack @ "http://www.sunshack.org" Forums @ "http://www.sunshack.org/phpBB2". Also Galleries, tech archive, etc. Sun Microsystems webring at "http://n.webring.com/hub?ring=sunmicrosystemsu". From darrick@tuffmail.com Sun Dec 31 04:57:52 2006 From: darrick@tuffmail.com (Darrick Burch) Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:57:52 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Quad Fast Ethernet on an IPX? Message-ID: <62133.139.102.254.112.1167541072.squirrel@webmail.tuffmail.net> Hey, all! I just subscribed to this mailing list today, and in an effort to say hello and whatnot, I arrive to you all with a question. I bought a Quad Fast Ethernet adapter (SBUS, of course) with the intent of using it in a SPARCStation IPX that was given to me several years ago. It appears that OpenBoot discovers the adapter, as does the Linux kernel I'm using (the stock 2.2.20 kernel that came with Debian). Unfortunately, I'm unable to bring up any four of these interfaces in Linux. OpenBoot doesn't allow me to TFTP an OS image and when I run the diagnostic tests, I get a data exception error. When I try to bring up any of the four interfaces with ifconfig, I get an unusual error about the transceiver and that's about it. I can bring up the LANCE adapter built into the motherboard, but that doesn't do my any good (until I get the transceiver in the mail next week, that is). Reading Sun's own manuals on this card, I noticed that this card is NOT supported on the IPX. Perhaps this is why I'm having trouble? Is there a reason why this card doesn't work on this machine? I was merely curious... Thanks, -Darrick From darrick@tuffmail.com Sun Dec 31 22:45:43 2006 From: darrick@tuffmail.com (Darrick Burch) Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:45:43 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Quad Fast Ethernet on an IPX? In-Reply-To: <45981ABA.4020507@yonderway.com> References: <62133.139.102.254.112.1167541072.squirrel@webmail.tuffmail.net> <45981ABA.4020507@yonderway.com> Message-ID: <62980.139.102.254.112.1167605143.squirrel@webmail.tuffmail.net> > 1) You might need to update your OBP > 2) You will probably need to redefine the "net" devalias in OBP to match > the desired qfe port > 3) Once you've done 1 & 2, a "boot net" should then boot off the qfe > port and tftp from that port. > > Posting the actual error messages you get to the list and perhaps > captured output from the serial console would go a long way towards > helping with this. > > I don't have an IPX myself so I can't relate specific experience with > that model. Yeah, I suppose that the actual error messages might help a bit, eh? :) As soon as I get back home, I'll grab the error messages from minicom and post them here. Is it possible to upgrade the OBP on this model? Like you, I was suspecting that perhaps my version of OpenBoot had something to do with my troubles. However, I was unable to get out of Sun's website what I needed to know, particularly what the latest version of OpenBoot is for this machine and what part number the replacement PROM would be. I'm assuming that Sun wouldn't freely distribute the PROM code so that I could burn my own. I suppose I could also, as someone had mentioned earler, simply get a qe card, as that would also be supported by Linux (and Solaris support is of no importance to me). In that case, perhaps this card might be of some use to someone? Thanks, -Darrick From rjw@alembic.com Sun Dec 31 23:19:51 2006 From: rjw@alembic.com (Ron Wickersham) Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:19:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Quad Fast Ethernet on an IPX? In-Reply-To: <62133.139.102.254.112.1167541072.squirrel@webmail.tuffmail.net> References: <62133.139.102.254.112.1167541072.squirrel@webmail.tuffmail.net> Message-ID: On Sat, 30 Dec 2006, Darrick Burch wrote: > Hey, all! > > I just subscribed to this mailing list today, and in an effort to say > hello and whatnot, I arrive to you all with a question. > > I bought a Quad Fast Ethernet adapter (SBUS, of course) with the intent of > using it in a SPARCStation IPX that was given to me several years ago. It > appears that OpenBoot discovers the adapter, as does the Linux kernel I'm > using (the stock 2.2.20 kernel that came with Debian). > > Unfortunately, I'm unable to bring up any four of these interfaces in > Linux. OpenBoot doesn't allow me to TFTP an OS image and when I run the > diagnostic tests, I get a data exception error. When I try to bring up > any of the four interfaces with ifconfig, I get an unusual error about the > transceiver and that's about it. I can bring up the LANCE adapter built > into the motherboard, but that doesn't do my any good (until I get the > transceiver in the mail next week, that is). > > Reading Sun's own manuals on this card, I noticed that this card is NOT > supported on the IPX. Perhaps this is why I'm having trouble? Is there a > reason why this card doesn't work on this machine? I was merely > curious... > > Thanks, > -Darrick Darrick, i use a QFE card in an IPX (with the Power-UP processor) running OpenBSD so can confirm that it has no issues with the hardware. the standard IPX is probably a little underpowered for routing 4 interfaces at line speed, but worked for years here routing between mostly 10Mb/s hubs, but also to a 100Mb/s interface as well. i tend to use the OpenBSD ifconfig option to select the interface speed rather than auto-negotiation so maybe that has something to do with it. check the man page on ifconfig under linux and see if you can set the media speed explicitly and if that helps your issue. -ron