Re[3]: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-28 Thread Scott Holder
-- Original Message -- From: "Finn Thain" To: "Scott Holder" Cc: "John Paul Adrian Glaubitz" ; debian-68k@lists.debian.org Sent: 1/26/2015 12:56:18 AM Subject: Re[2]: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650 > http://snapshot.debian.org/package/l

Re[2]: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-25 Thread Finn Thain
On Sun, 25 Jan 2015, Scott Holder wrote: > > > I'd be happy to try anything out on my running LC475 as well. > > > > > > Is your Debian installation up-to-date? Can you install 3.16.0-4 with > > apt-get? If not, there are some links to kernel binaries below, that > > you can unpack, to obtain

Re[2]: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-25 Thread Scott Holder
-- Original Message -- From: "Finn Thain" To: "Scott Holder" Cc: "John Paul Adrian Glaubitz" ; debian-68k@lists.debian.org Sent: 1/24/2015 9:56:52 PM Subject: Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650 On Sat, 24 Jan 2015, Scott Holder wrote: I&

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-24 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Finn Thain dixit: >Is your Debian installation up-to-date? Can you install 3.16.0-4 with >apt-get? If not, there are some links to kernel binaries below, that you >can unpack, to obtain a copy of vmlinux for use in Penguin under MacOS. http://zigo.mirbsd.org:8080/t/2015-Jan/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-m6

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-24 Thread Finn Thain
On Sat, 24 Jan 2015, Scott Holder wrote: > I'd be happy to try anything out on my running LC475 as well. With regard to the problem of unmasked slot interrupts, the LC475 (and Quadra 605, which is basically equivalent) have the same difficulty as the Quadra/Centris 650. Regardless, you might

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-24 Thread Finn Thain
On Sun, 25 Jan 2015, I wrote: > > I've soldered up mini-DIN8 to DB9 cables in the past but it is fiddly > and time consuming. (The Mac serial ports are RS-422 but they become > RS-232 compatible by grounding the appropriate pin.) In my experience it > is easier to find an old serial printer (

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-24 Thread Finn Thain
On Sat, 24 Jan 2015, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 01/24/2015 12:01 AM, Finn Thain wrote: > > That's a very early crash. It could be caused by a NuBus slot > > interrupt being asserted, since these are non-maskable IRQs on some > > models. This can happen with SONIC ethernet, prior to t

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-24 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
Hi Scott, On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 7:24 PM, Scott Holder wrote: > I'd be happy to try anything out on my running LC475 as well. I haven't > quite got the hang of rolling my own kernels for m68k (or rather, building > the initrd images I suspect is my main hangup) though it's probably > something s

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-24 Thread Scott Holder
-- Original Message -- From: "John Paul Adrian Glaubitz" To: "Finn Thain" Cc: "Debian m68k" Sent: 1/24/2015 3:55:08 AM Subject: Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650 On 01/24/2015 12:01 AM, Finn Thain wrote: If this really is a regression,

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-24 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 01/24/2015 12:01 AM, Finn Thain wrote: > That's a very early crash. It could be caused by a NuBus slot interrupt > being asserted, since these are non-maskable IRQs on some models. This can > happen with SONIC ethernet, prior to the Linux macsonic driver being > loaded. > > Try booting MacOS

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-23 Thread Finn Thain
On Fri, 23 Jan 2015, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > Failing that, can you send me a photo of the crash? The serial console > > log would be a lot better than a photo but you'd need a suitable > > cable. (I use an Apple StyleWriter cable with a Keyspan > > USB-to-mini-DIN8 adapter.) >

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 01/23/2015 11:13 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 01/23/2015 03:47 AM, Finn Thain wrote: >> There is a known bug in Penguin that might affect your 3.16.0-4 kernel, if >> it is large and gzipped. The work-around for this bug is to unzip the >> kernel binary before using it with Penguin

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 01/23/2015 11:04 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> Maybe. But you may find that AppleTalk is enabled when the PRAM is reset, >> which would bring the serial chip into play... >> >> (There is no parallel port BTW.) > > I guess Adrian is trying to connect a printer to the external SCSI? ;-) Nah :

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-23 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 01/23/2015 03:47 AM, Finn Thain wrote: > There is a known bug in Penguin that might affect your 3.16.0-4 kernel, if > it is large and gzipped. The work-around for this bug is to unzip the > kernel binary before using it with Penguin. (If that works, you probably > want to switch to the EMILE

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-23 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 3:47 AM, Finn Thain wrote: >> Personally, I think the serial and parallel ports aren't that essential > > Maybe. But you may find that AppleTalk is enabled when the PRAM is reset, > which would bring the serial chip into play... > > (There is no parallel port BTW.) I guess

Re: Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-22 Thread Finn Thain
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi! > > I have recently managed to bring my Macintosh Centris 650 back to live > after it didn't want to boot anymore after replacing the PRAM battery. > Just powering the Mac on with the battery removed helped to fix the > issue and aft

Some tests with my Macintosh Centris 650

2015-01-21 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi! I have recently managed to bring my Macintosh Centris 650 back to live after it didn't want to boot anymore after replacing the PRAM battery. Just powering the Mac on with the battery removed helped to fix the issue and afterwards I could just put the battery back in and it would still work fi