[04:00] <Juul_> hello
[04:07] <Juul_> i'm trying to install debian or ubuntu on a Sun Ultra 45 
[04:08] <Juul_> my problem is that the usb keyboard doesn't work in the installer
[04:08] <Juul_> i get:
[04:08] <Juul_> FATAL: Module usbkbd not found.                                                 
[04:08] <Juul_> FATAL: Module usbhid not found.                                                 
[04:08] <Juul_> FATAL: Module usbserial not found.  
[04:08] <Juul_> when booting
[04:08] <Juul_> any ideas?
[04:10] <Juul_> fabbione, goddag :)
[04:10] <Dvalin> hallis
[04:12] <fabbione> Hejsa
[04:12] <fabbione> Juul_: what version of Ubuntu are you trying?
[04:12] <fabbione> and no.. i have no idea about debian..
[04:13] <Juul_> ah, well i've only tried debian so far, it's taking a while to download the ubuntu image for some reason
[04:13] <fabbione> Juul_: well don't assume please because I am sure that this problem is not in ubuntu
[04:14] <fabbione> the usb stuff is in the installer since dapper
[04:14] <Juul_> oh, sorry to bug you then, i just saw a review of the install process where some other guy had the same output on ubuntu. http://drwetter.org/coolthreads/t2000.Ubuntu_vs_Solaris10_1.html
[04:16] <fabbione> well the t2000 doesn't have keyboard...
[04:16] <fabbione> neither it needs one
[04:16] <Juul_> ah
[04:16] <fabbione> also.. modules might have changed name between kernels
[04:16] <fabbione> and modprobing for both old and new can cause that kind of message
[04:16] <Juul_> ok
[05:32] <Juul_> hm, ubuntu edgy doesn't boot at all
[05:32] <Juul_> Booting Linux...
[05:32] <Juul_> Neither SBUS nor PCI found.
[05:32] <Juul_> Program terminated
[05:33] <Juul_> using http://releases.ubuntu.com/edgy/ubuntu-6.10-server-sparc.iso
[05:35] <Juul_> any other images i can try?
[05:35] <fabbione> dapper or feisty
[05:36] <Juul_> tried dapper. got a link for feisty for sparc?
[05:38] <Juul_> hm, found this --> http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/ubuntu-cdimage/feisty/herd-3/feisty-server-sparc.iso
[05:38] <Juul_> is that the latest?
[05:41] <fabbione> yes
[05:41] <fabbione> but it's a developer snapshot
[05:41] <fabbione> might work,, might now
[05:43] <Juul_> well if i get the same error again i'm just gonna do a debian install over a serial tty
[05:49] <fabbione> i don't think we ever had a test on U45
[05:49] <fabbione> so if it doesn't work, it would be good to get access to it for debugging
[05:50] <fabbione> Juul_: are you in copenhagen?
[05:51] <Juul_> fabbione, lyngby. DTU
[05:51] <fabbione> oh that's close enough.. i have my dentist there
[05:52] <fabbione> well worst case i can pop by to get info..
[05:52] <fabbione> and offer a beer :)
[05:52] <Juul_> fabbione, ok. you can stop by the g-bar support office in building 308
[05:53] <Juul_> monday or wednesday 10:00 to 15:00 (with a possible lunch break from 12 to 13)
[05:53] <Juul_> ask for povl ole
[05:53] <fabbione> Juul_: can you email me the info to fabbione@ubuntu.com ?
[05:54] <fabbione> Juul_: next week i will be in holidays.. and i am sure i will forget about the entire world by then :)
[05:55] <Juul_> ah
[05:57] <fabbione> Juul_: winter holidays for the winner :)
[05:57] <Juul_> fabbione, mail is sent
[05:57] <Juul_> hehe
[05:58] <Juul_> DTU already had its winter holiday
[05:58] <Juul_> hm
[05:58] <Juul_> feisty herd-3 didn't give me the same error, it just stopped after "Booting Linux..."
[05:59] <fabbione> Juul_: interesting.. can you try to boot again with forcepromconsole ?
[05:59] <fabbione> i wonder if the console on this machine is supporteed
[05:59] <fabbione> might be a new model
[06:00] <fabbione> Juul_: anyway i suggest you try the netboot before downloading tons of MB for an iso
[06:00] <fabbione> even if i know you have BW there
[06:00] <fabbione> and if it's a kernel issue, Debian won't make a diff
[06:02] <Juul_> the daily debian etch netboot image actually works fine except for the usb keyboard. so i should be able to install that over a serial console
[06:03] <Juul_> fabbione, how do i give it that parameter? just "boot: install forcepromconsole" ?
[06:04] <fabbione> one sec
[06:05] <Juul_> ah
[06:05] <Juul_> that actually got it to boot all the way into the installer
[06:05] <Juul_> but still no keyboard
[06:05] <fabbione> yes that way
[06:05] <fabbione> sorry my son was crying in the other room
[06:05] <Juul_> i'm not in any hurry
[06:06] <Juul_> so now we're as far as we were with debian 
[06:06] <fabbione> Juul_: ok.. then 2 problems. it means that the console is not directly supported by the kernel and there might be a new chipset for USB that's not recognized
[06:06] <Juul_> ah
[06:06] <fabbione> debian works around the console issue, forcing the OBP console by default that on a serial console is slow to death
[06:07] <fabbione> we offer it as option
[06:07] <Juul_> ok
[06:07] <Juul_> it is insanely slow
[06:07] <fabbione> now.. what i would do is to plug a console cable
[06:07] <fabbione> serial
[06:07] <Juul_> yeah
[06:07] <fabbione> get an lspci and prtconf out of it
[06:07] <Juul_> we've been up all night so we'll do that tomorrow
[06:07] <fabbione> prtconf -pv or -pf i can never remember
[06:08] <fabbione> anyway it's an insane long outout
[06:08] <fabbione> and for the sake of your sanity do this:
[06:08] <Juul_> ok
[06:08] <fabbione> boot: install forcepromconsole modules=network-console
[06:08] <fabbione> so you will see serial console and as soon as possible the installer will provide you with ssh access to the machine
[06:08] <Juul_> ooh
[06:08] <Juul_> cool
[06:08] <fabbione> (assuming there is network, etc)
[06:09] <fabbione> that way you can collect info in a slightly easier way than copy/paste
[06:09] <fabbione> send them to me via email once you get there
[06:10] <Juul_> sure thing
[06:12] <fabbione> this might even spare me the travel over there :)