Xorg failes to start on sparc

please attach your xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log.

Maybe your upgrade got hosed and all packages were not updated?

i doubt it, i did a re-install after trying the fix with the same
result.
I am going to get the files you requested uploaded in a bit

Op za, 17-03-2007 te 09:38 +0000, schreef Timo Aaltonen:

> Maybe your upgrade got hosed and all packages were not updated?
>
> --
> Xorg failes to start on sparc
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/93041

This log is from the install of the feisty Xorg

This log is from after trying the fix

and the xorg.conf

I tried the Xorg from debian experimental (xserver-xorg-core_1.2.99.902-1)
but it has the same problem as the feisty one.
So no workarounds for feisty untill the Xorg is fixed....

Is it possible to keep feisty and downgrade xorg to edgy and use the workaround with the debian Xorg?

If yes how would i go about doing this?

seems that the bug was reintroduced with xorg-server-1.2.. The patch is there but it isn't enough. I'm not sure how hard it would be to use the old packages. You could try poking the guy who did that patch to take a look.

Removing as a dupe of bug 56427, as per comment from Will Clark on that bug.

Has anybody been able to find out how to workaround this bug?
I have the same problem in my Sun Ultra 5 with the original (I believe) SUN video card (manufactured by ATI).

Any help would be welcome!!!

Thanks!
Paolo

I'm not sure which bug is which, but this morning, I tried dist-upgrade from
the gusty repository, and I am still getting my original problem on my Sparc
Ultra 5, which is:

     xf86MapPciMem: Could not mmap PCI memory
[base=0xe2000000,hostbase=0xe2000000,size=2000] (Inappropriate ioctl for
device)

I got back to a working state by installing these packages from
debian/unstable:
xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all
xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-apm
xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740
xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-rendition
xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sunbw2
xserver-xorg-video-suncg14 xserver-xorg-video-suncg3
xserver-xorg-video-suncg6 xserver-xorg-video-sunffb
xserver-xorg-video-sunleo xserver-xorg-video-suntcx xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga

Fortunately, this does not affect KDE, so I was able to run the newest KDE
with the debian/stable xserver-xorg stuff.

tlj

On 5/31/07, PaoloChiarlone <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Has anybody been able to find out how to workaround this bug?
> I have the same problem in my Sun Ultra 5 with the original (I believe)
> SUN video card (manufactured by ATI).
>
> Any help would be welcome!!!
>
> Thanks!
> Paolo
>
> --
> Xorg failes to start on sparc
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93041
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

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Tim,
Great input...
Sorry for the silly question...
But how did you download the packages from the Debian unstable?
What is the repository you pointed to?
I have Ethernet up and running so I can access the Net.
But I don't know the exact commands... Sorry

Thanks again for your help!
Paolo

[proud owner of SUN Ultra Sparc 5 - trying to run Ubuntu Linux on it]

Debian #422077 seems to match this problem. There is a patch included in xorg-server 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-5 which reportedly fixes this. This will be picked up when we next sync xorg-server (hopefully soon).

Meantime, they also report that as a workaround, you can unmount /sys before starting X. For details see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=422077.

2 weeks on what is the status of this bug? I just got hit with it after installing ubuntu on my ultra 5.

James,

xserver-xorg dfsg-5 is not released yet it is still on dfsg-4 in the repository. Please note this is regarding Gutsy!
by the way unmounting /sys did not do the trick for me (got different error though) but that may be my system only. I did not look into that as I was waiting for the permanent fix.
Perhaps you can try and report back if unmounting /sys before starting x is working for you.

I have an ultra-10 standing by to test this one as soon as the xorg package is available.

Cheers

I installed with Ubuntu 7.04 'Feisty' on my Sun Ultra 10 and setup ubuntu-desktop, but got the error mentioned originally. Unmounting /sys "fixed" X so it could start.

Thanks for reporting back with your findings Charles and Eric. A new xorg-server has been released to Gutsy last week; can you test against this version? I think it should have the fix for the problem reported upstream, and it would be good to know whether it fixes things for you. (Possibly you two have different bugs since unmounting /sys worked for one but not the other.)

Well, I did a fresh install with the latest CD (17-07-2007)
Only the CLI system and no DNS or LAMP option to keep it simple and fast.
After that I installed xorg
Fingers crossed and startx
:-( unfortunately x did not start.
Not the same error as before but a new one.

The error from the log:
  Fatal server error:
  xf86MapPciMem: Could not mmap PCI memory [base=0x100000,hostbase=0x100000,size=2000] (Invalid argument)

Attached the xorg.0.log

And to be complete the xorg.conf attached

Please test 7.10 final and report back if it works now. It's not certain that the cd you had contained the fix.

Timo,

Will try to do this, today.

Thanks,

Chris.

On 02/01/2008, Timo Aaltonen <email address hidden> wrote:
> Please test 7.10 final and report back if it works now. It's not certain
> that the cd you had contained the fix.
>
> ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> Xorg failes to start on sparc
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93041
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

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I downloaded 7.10 today, from a UK mirror.

The install has just finished.

I did a base install, then did an

apt-get gnome fvwm-crystal xorg

Xorg works properly, with the keyboard mapped correctly. I do get some Gnome problems and Firefox has a habit of crashing, but these are not X problems.

Happy with this result.

Many thanks,

Chris.

Excellent, thank you for testing! I'll close this for now, unless someone else can still reproduce this, in which case you may feel free to reopen the bug.

Tested it also and also for me no problems anymore.
Thanks for the fix!