Hi Wesley. On 28/02/2012, Wesley M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Why don't you try to install a snapshot version ? > Just to see if the problem is resolved for the next release (5.1)...
I have some access to ADSL for the time being so I'll try do that. > And sorry for the wget advice :-) Thank you for reminding me about fw_update in your initial reply. Besides, I broke my system (rule number one) - it's all on me anyway. > > 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
