NetBSD Problem Report #10620

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From: rsheppard@healthlink.on.ca
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To: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: boot hangup after installing CyberVision 64 card.
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>Number:         10620
>Category:       port-amiga
>Synopsis:       boot hangup after installing CyberVision 64 card.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    port-amiga-maintainer
>State:          analyzed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 17 21:12:00 +0000 2000
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Mon Feb 05 12:00:30 +0000 2001
>Originator:     Richard Sheppard
>Release:        1.3.3
>Organization:
HealthLink Clinical Data Network
>Environment:

>Description:
After installing a CyberVision 64 board in my A3000 I can no longer 
boot NetBSD. It gets as far as the "init" line or the login prompt 
then hangs. It displays the colourful "CV64" in the corner and indicates 
that it has found the board. It shows grf5 with "width" and "height" 
parameters which I believe should be removed but I don't know how to 
edit it short of removing the board again. Is there a way to force boot 
with grf0?


>How-To-Repeat:


>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: "Sheppard, Richard" <rsheppard@HealthLink.on.ca>
To: "'gnats-bugs@netbsd.org'" <gnats-bugs@netbsd.org>
Cc:  
Subject: port-amiga/10620
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:53:26 -0400

 I have upgraded to NetBSD 1.4.2 and am still experiencing a failure to boot
 past init. I get:

 "starting local daemons:"
 the date and time
 "init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1."

 The cursor then goes to the next line and sits there blinking indefinately.
 Any text I enter from the keyboard is displayed but nothing further happens.
 e.g. if I press CTRL-C. the screen displays "^C" but the process doesn't
 break.


 Richard Sheppard
 HealthLink Clinical Data Network
 700 Bay Street, Suite 200
 (416) 349-2610 x 2711
 Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z6
 rsheppard@healthlink.on.ca
 http://www.healthlink.on.ca


State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: is 
State-Changed-When: Mon Oct 30 12:28:49 PST 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
This might be an instance of the big Amiga syndrome. To test, please boot 
without symbols or with less memory, that is: 

netbsd -n2		instead of	netbsd -Sn2 
netbsd -n0		instead of	netbsd -n2 

Similar changes to the loadbsd command. 

If this helps, I consider this a usable workaround until the Amiga pmap 
module is rewritten. Instructions how to change the bootblock default load 
string will be provided upon request. 

Regards, 
-is 

P.S. Sorry it took me so long to detect this PR. 

From: "Sheppard, Richard" <rsheppard@HealthLink.on.ca>
To: "'gnats-bugs@netbsd.org'" <gnats-bugs@netbsd.org>
Cc:  
Subject: port-amiga/10620
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:12:12 -0500

 Tried loadbsd -n2 netbsd   (was loadbsd -a netbsd) also tried loadbsd -n0
 netbsd

 The result was I was apparently logged in without being asked for username
 or password. At that point I could execute a small set of commands, but had
 no access to /usr and hence could not run X.

 Still no joy ...

 Richard Sheppard
 HealthLink Clinical Data Network
 700 Bay Street, Suite 200
 (416) 349-2610 x 2711
 Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z6
 rsheppard@healthlink.on.ca
 http://www.healthlink.on.ca



From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc:  
Subject: port-amiga/10620
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 04:13:15 -0800

 Sorry to have confused you... my instructions only take you to 
 single user mode when you use loadbsd. To reach multiuser mode from
 there, type "exit<returnkey>" or ctrl-d, or use

 loadbsd -an2 netbsd		or
 loadbsd -an0 netbsd

 Regards,
 	-is

From: "Sheppard, Richard" <rsheppard@HealthLink.on.ca>
To: "'gnats-bugs@netbsd.org'" <gnats-bugs@netbsd.org>
Cc:  
Subject: port-amiga/10620
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 14:20:43 -0500 

 Booted into single user mode (loadbsd -n0 netbsd) then exited to multi-user
 mode. The process still hangs at the same point in init:

  "init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1."

 There initially is a bit of hard disk activity but nothing else.

 I did try booting without the CV64 card (loadbsd -a netbsd) and NetBSD 1.4.2
 and X come up fine. I used the opportunity to transfer a grfmodes file into
 /etc for grfconfig. No luck with the card back in however.


 Richard Sheppard
 HealthLink Clinical Data Network
 700 Bay Street, Suite 200
 (416) 349-2610 x 2711
 Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z6
 rsheppard@healthlink.on.ca
 http://www.healthlink.on.ca



From: "Sheppard, Richard" <rsheppard@HealthLink.on.ca>
To: "'gnats-bugs@netbsd.org'" <gnats-bugs@netbsd.org>
Cc:  
Subject: port-amiga/10620
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:16:11 -0500 

 Now I am receiving "infrequent reminders" from gnats that my PR is in
 "feedback state" even though my last response was the last thing posted
 there. These reminders don't tell me how to toggle the PR back to another
 state, nor does there appear to be an appropriate state to describe an
 unsolved PR that has had some back and forth communication. I'm assuming
 this PR should be "OPEN" and I'm hoping that by posting this further message
 the state will somehow change and no longer be expecting feedback from me.

 It looks to me like there's a bug in gnats-bugs!

 Richard Sheppard
 HealthLink Clinical Data Network
 700 Bay Street, Suite 200
 (416) 349-2610 x 2711
 Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z6
 rsheppard@healthlink.on.ca
 http://www.healthlink.on.ca


State-Changed-From-To: feedback->analyzed 
State-Changed-By: is 
State-Changed-When: Mon Feb 5 04:00:01 PST 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
Sorry, forgot to change state. 
>Unformatted:

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