Why don't you try to install a snapshot version ? Just to see if the problem is resolved for the next release (5.1)... And sorry for the wget advice :-)
All the best, Wesley. On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:33:06 +1030, David Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Magnus. > > That was the issue - that directory didn't exist. > It was my fault - playing with fstab ... > > Unfortunately it seems there's bigger issue anyway. > When I plug the card in there's either no action (no ifconfig, no > LEDs, no console message) or I get a panic. > It happens invariably (I think) if the card's in at boot, here's one > (hand typed) ... > > cbb0: <rbus> no bus space > panic: io alloc > Stopped at Debugger+0x4: popl %ebp > > ddb> > > I've done 'ps' and 'trace' but they're a bit long to transcribe right now. > I did 'boot dump' and can see the dump in /var/crash - when I get > sometime I'll try and read some more man pages and see if I can > extract anything useful. > If anyone's interested and wants me to extract anything, please tell > me how, and I'll do it soonest. I'm not sure what I'm looking for. > > Regardless, I might re-install so I can guarantee any other changes > I've made are voided and try again. It's quite possible theres an > issue with the card also. I might try it on another OS to verify that. > > Best wishes. > > On 27/02/2012, Magnus <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> check that you have the path /var/db/pkg >> >> Information about the package(s) is recorded in a central repository, by >> default located in /var/db/pkg/. This will, among other things, prevent >> the dependencies of a package from being deleted before the package >> itself has been deleted. This helps ensure that an application cannot be >> accidentally broken by a careless user >> >> f.i. mine looks like this: >> >> # ls -Fl /var/db/pkg >> total 76 >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Oct 19 11:29 bacula-client-5.0.2p1/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 13 10:14 bash-4.1.9p0/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 dnsmasq-2.55/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 gd-2.0.35p0/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 13 10:14 gettext-0.18.1p0/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 joe-3.7p0/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 jpeg-8b/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 libdnet-1.12p1/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 13 10:14 libiconv-1.13p2/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 lua-5.1.4p1/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 nano-2.2.6/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 ngrep-1.45p1/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 nmap-5.21p3/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 ntop-1.1/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 pcre-8.02p1/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 pfstat-2.3p1/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 png-1.2.44/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jun 15 2011 postfix-2.8.20110113/ >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Sep 12 12:56 screen-4.0.3p2/ >> >> // Magnus >> >> >> >> >> On 2012-02-27 12:58, David Walker wrote: >>> Thank you Peter. >>> >>> I still get the same error message (error line wrapped): >>> >>> pkg_add ./pgt-firmware-1.2p2.tgz >>> Bad pkg_db: No such file or directory at >>> /usr/libdata/perl5/OpenBSD/PackageInfo.pm line 63. >>> >>> Line 63: >>> >>> opendir(my $dir, $pkg_db) or die "Bad pkg_db: $!"); >>> >>> Somethings wrong with my environment but what ... >>> >>> On 27/02/2012, Peter Hessler <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> NO! >>>> >>>> For the love of everything holy, don't fucking use wget. >>>> >>>> the built-in ftp(1) client can download from http servers. >>>> >>>> and, do NOT just extract the files. we have package tools for a >>>> reason. >>>> >>>> EITHER: >>>> a) pkg_add >>>> http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/5.0/pgt-firmware-1.2.tgz >>>> >>>> OR >>>> >>>> b) ftp http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/5.0/pgt-firmware-1.2.tgz >>>> && >>>> pkg_add ./pgt-firmware-1.2.tgz >>>> >>>> Anything else is stupid. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2012 Feb 26 (Sun) at 18:21:31 +0400 (+0400), Wesley M. wrote: >>>> :Try this : >>>> :add wget package using pkg_add -vi wget >>>> :wget http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/5.0/pgt-firmware-1.2p2.tgz >>>> :Then extract this in /etc/firmware. >>>> :Halt your machine, Remove your network card, and now plug the new >>>> card, >>>> :boot >>>> : >>>> :Hope that it will help. >>>> : >>>> :Wesley. >>>> : >>>> : >>>> :On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:02:28 +1030, David Walker >>>> :<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> :> Thanks Wesley. >>>> :> >>>> :> I forgot about that. >>>> :> I was going from man pgt which says: >>>> :> FILES >>>> :> >>>> :> A prepackaged version of the firmware, designed to be used with >>>> :> pkg_add(1), can be found at: >>>> :> >>>> :> http://firmware.openbsd.org/firmware/pgt-firmware-1.2.tgz >>>> :> >>>> :> The problem I have is that fw_update doesn't accept arguments and I >>>> :> need the adjacent pcmcia slot for the ethernet card and they are >>>> both >>>> :> bulky cards. >>>> :> I need to remove the conexant card to insert the ethernet card to >>>> :> access the network and then fw_update reports there are no devices >>>> to >>>> :> update - the conexant card is no longer attached. >>>> :> :] >>>> :> >>>> :> If you can think of a way to run this locally it'd be great. >>>> :> >>>> :> On 26/02/2012, Wesley M. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> :>> try fw_update (provided in OpenBSD 5.0) >>>> :>> >>>> :>> Wesley. >>>> :>> >>>> :>> On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:51:03 +1030, David Walker >>>> :>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> :>>> Hi. >>>> :>>> >>>> :>>> I'm trying to do: >>>> :>>> pkg_add http://firmware.openbsd.olg/firmware/pgt-firmware-1.2.tgz >>>> :>>> >>>> :>>> I get this: >>>> :>>> parsing pgt-firmware-1.2.tgz >>>> :>>> Bad pkg_db: No such file or directory at >>>> :>>> /usr/libdata/perl5/OpenBSD/PackageInfo. >>>> :>>> pm line 63. >>>> :>>> >>>> :>>> Do I need to add perl manually? >>>> :>>> >>>> :>>> Best wishes. >>>> : >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like >>>> shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. >>>> -- Phyllis Diller
