The collected works of zafunk - Page 2

ZoontF wrote: Well, after getting the software installed....

Can I assume that 'Rules Override' was needed to force the software to install? I just got a Cosmo board and I'm getting ready to try it with a V8.

I now know the sound of 'Fast Fans' on my Octane

ZoontF wrote: I dont know if you saw in the FastFans thread, but if you only have a V8 and Compress board, you might get fastfans to turn off if you move the compress board to the other XIO slot.

Yeah. Unfortunately, I'm fully loaded. I have a XIO FC card in the other slot. I may try dual QLA-2200's instead of the XIO FC to see if that kills the fastfan.

GIJoe wrote: sell me the cosmo board for cheap and enjoy the silence

Hah! Get in line. Recondas has already laid claim to it if I decide to unload it

I had the same problem recently and had to kill the environmental monitoring. I don't have a contract though

Oskar45 wrote: Hmm, I'm not sure that killing env monitoring will save you. As I've noted in my original post of this thread, the messages are written by the kernel so they will be in the syslog even if eventmond is not running. Also, I suspect my box would have been killed anyway regardless of whether eventmond was running or not ...

Hmm.... well, only time will tell. So far, turning the monitoring off has saved me, but I may have to get a new mobo eventually

As superuser, try a



if visuallogin is set to "off", do a

Smoke installs all kinds of customized login icons and .profile, .cshrc, etc.... I don't know if a corrupt icon file or a broken .login would cause this sort of problem . Assuming you're running a legitimate Smoke, I'd get on the horn with Discreet. They should be able to resolve the problem quickly. Since you're paying the big bucks for service, might as well use it

Sorry I can't be of more help on this one. My knowledge of Discreet systems is very limited. I do know that their installer does override many of the default settings in IRIX. But 'visuallogin' is usually set to 'on' by default.

nekonoko wrote: Ah, another great tip - I'd tried a USB keyboard/mouse in the past but when they didn't work under IRIX I just assumed that support was incomplete.

I'm anxious to see if a Microsoft Intelimouse will also work. I'm currently using one through a USB->PS2 adapter. Any time I tried directly through the USB port, it didn't work.

Well, it would seem that I'm having issues with my USB InteliMouse. Last night, I got an error allong the lines of:



This is the same mouse I was using through a PS2 adapter without any issues. Strange :?

**Edit**

If I unplug and re-attach the mouse, I get:



Any ideas?

My wife taught beginner Japanese to adults here in Montreal for nearly a decade. Most students dropped out within the first year or so. I'd guess that less than 5% make it to the highest levels. Likely because they had some ludicrous motive for learning Japanese, like understanding anime/video games/dramas/music lyrics, or finding a Japanese girlfriend. I would say that you should ask yourself: "Why do I want to learn this language?" It's going to require one heck of a lot of effort to learn and gain any real fluency.

And as Pymble pointed out: Immersion is key. No amount of text book reading will make you fluent.

Just my 2¢.

In all honesty, Recondas has been maintaining the Fuel aggregator too (Thanks Dave!). I sold the Fuel and haven't used an SGI in at least two years. I do drop in here once-in-a-while to see what's going on, but I'm not really active anymore.

I'm with Jose. Wikify the aggregators and keep the individual threads going for discussion purposes.

I'd like to know how Recondas feels on the subject, as he's been maintaining the Fuel aggregator on my behalf. Would moving to the wiki be easier or not?

josehill wrote: What I'm about to say is from memory, since I don't have an xlv configured at the moment, so some of the detail might be off...

Works as advertized, Jose! Very handy bit of info. Thanks!!

GL1zdA wrote: Does anyone know a cheap source of these ACARD SCSI to IDE/SATA bridges? Because the one that would be best for an SSD drive in the Indigo, the ARS-2000SUP , would cost me as much as I payed for my Fuel.

I too have been looking at the ARS-2000SUP for an Indy, but the $250- price tag + $X- for a hard disk is quite prohibitive.

If you don't mind using IDE, the ACARD 7720U does show up on Ebay from time to time. Ian has a writeup about installing one in an Indy . I've also tried the Yamaha V769970 in the Indy and was able to install IRIX onto the drive. I don't remember why I didn't keep that setup, aside from it not really fitting inside the chassis in any sensible way.

I wonder if the Yamaha could be connected to the SCSI ribbon cable and the other end of the adapter attached to an IDE extension cable which would then connect to the hard drive? In an Indy, that would theoretically allow you to bunch the Adapter and wires above the IDE drive which could then live in an regular drive sled instead of floating loose in the chassis.

GL1zdA wrote: I've seen that one, and it's designed for a 5.25 bay, so it's not very useful for me.

Unfortunately, so is the 7720U. Acard did make adapters that fit underneath the drive (ARS-2000FW), but they no longer seem to be in production.

I did find a website that sells them, but goodness knows if they have any in stock. Again, $150 is still a bit steep.

I may end up buying a Yamaha adapter and trying the extension cables in my Indy. I don't know if you could do the same in an Indigo - stuff the adapter in a second drive bay and run extensions between the two?

The link seems to be dead - not surprising as the post dates from 2005. Does anyone have a mirror?

joerg wrote: My machine is down because of power consumtion. But i was able to compile it from the sources a long time ago... so you be able to do the same.

Hi Joerg,

I tried compiling from source, but got this error:



I have absolutely no knowledge at all of compiling software, so that left me hanging. I'll give it another go.

Cheers,
Z

*edit*
In the end, I used the instructions found here to change the mac address.

Wow. Thank you very much Canavan!

If someone has one they don't need... I'm in the market for one.

For the OP, there's this:

http://www.artmix.com/j_home.html

SCSI to CF. Aimed at the Macintosh and NeXT crowd. He has both 2.5" adapters for laptops and 3.5" ones for desktops. Don't know if they'd work in an SGI.

Been trying to get the DINA VMware image converted to work in Parallels on OS X. It would seem that at least one forum member has got it working.

When I convert the image, Parallels complains that it doesn't recognize the guest OS, but converts it anyway (netBSD isn't officially supported in Parallels 6, but people have got it working). When I boot the image, it starts but freezes at the memory check. I've downloaded the VMware Fusion Demo just to be sure the DINA image is working and it is. I've tried adjusting the memory size in VMWare and re-converting the image, but nothing changes.

From the Parallels support site, I found a reference to disabling ACPI-support in the VM. This was an old post and refers to an earlier version of Parallels. I can't find any ACPI settings within Parallels or the config files for the DINA VM.

Any suggestions?

I'd just like to add to this. I've followed the wiki article to install IRIX from OS X. It's a very nice writeup. The only issues I had were:

After changing /etc/exports on OS 10.8.6 and rebooting, showmount -e still had no entry. I had to issue:

to get nfsd to read the exports file.

On the wiki page, there's also a typo here:

Start RSHD with:

Code: Select all

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDeamons/shell.plist

should be LaunchD ae mons

On 10.6.8, I found that creating the guest account with the command line was giving me problems. Using the Accounts preference pane was painless and seems to work just fine.

tingo wrote: @zafunk: well, did you correct those errors?
Hint: it's a wiki, anyone can edit it. It is made for users, by users.

Looked into it. I don't have permission to edit the wiki, nor will I be applying for permission. If you have access to edit the wiki, I'd be much obliged if you'd make the changes.

All gone.

Cleaning up for a move. The following stuff is FREE for pickup. Has to go in the next couple of weeks. Montreal, QC, Canada H4V 1L9.

- SGI O2 R10/12K chassis (Drive sled, foot, bucket - old logo and mobo with relevant R12k offsets and cpu frame, sheet metal carcass). No RAM, CPU, CD, Scalp, etc... pretty much an empty shell. Trash
- SGI USB keyboard (Dark gray) possibly french layout (P/N 062-0039-001).
- SGI PS2 keyboard (Light gray) US English. - 2 X O2 Sony power supplies. Trash
- Box of assorted SGI and SCSI bits and pieces.
- Indy Newport GFX board Trash
- Indy 150 MHz R5K cpu module
- Indy XZ GFX board (apparently non functional). Trash
- Couple of Indy drive sleds. Trash
- anything else I dig up that's SGI or SCSI related...

Someone beat you to it, but if he decides not to take it, you'll get next refusal.

I have an SGI branded GDM-5411 (dark grey - new logo) free for pick-up in Montreal, QC, Canada. Really nice CRT. Supports input from up to two computers (HD15).

Someone please take it. I'd hate to have to dump it at the local Ecocenter.

150MHz CPU is gone.

All gone now. Thanks Jodeman!

Second try... new junk good stuff from Montreal.

- Indy Cam. Some yellowing, but works.
- Granite mice (2)
- 2 x Seagate ST1181677LCV hard drives (Full Height SCA, 181 GB), were working when pulled.
- 2 x 50 pin hard drives (HH) IBM 2GB and Quantum 4GB. Mounted in Indy drive sleds. Unknown condition.
- 1 x Sun 611 hard disk enclosure
- Lacie 12x Sony CD-ROM (Boots IRIX)
- Lacie 24x CD-RW (Yamaha mechanism - also boots IRIX)
Free for pick-up. If you're really interested, I may be able to ship smaller items for a nominal fee + shipping charges but be forewarned, shipping from Canada is costly and can be slow.

I have the following Indy parts for sale:

- Phobos G130 - 10/100 ethernet for Indy. Used, in original box with driver CD $20 Sold
- Silicon Graphics Indy SCSI Card, Part # 030-8133-002 Rev C Didn't sell, but no one seems to want it.
- Indy 24 bit XL Graphics card, Part Number 030-8264-002 Rev B $25 Sold

And:

- ACARD ARS 7720IW (68 pin SCSI to IDE adapter). Similar to ARS-2000FW as far as I can tell. $35 Sold

I'm open to cash offers (no trades please). Prices do not include shipping from Montreal, QC, Canada H4V 1L9.

I've upgraded to 8GB, so I don't need these any more:

- Kingston KTA-MB1066K2/4GR 4 gigabyte memory kit. I know it's not worth much, so please make an offer if you're interested.

Shipping from Montreal, QC, Canada H4V 1L9. Should pass as letter mail, so shipping shouldn't be too bad.

Now on ebay Sold