DRAC4 java error

John Logsdon j.logsdon at quantex-research.com
Tue Dec 6 07:38:52 CST 2005 

Could this be an ATI issue?  

I have seen, on reading the FAQs (if all else fails ...) that the system
needs to have installed the appropriate video drivers.  The older drivers
on the Dell site are for RHEL3 and earlier.

I am using CentOS4.1 which should include the radeon drivers and looking
in the .config file for the downloaded kernel, I see:

CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
# CONFIG_FB_RADEON_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set

which ought to work however there is no radeon module.   

insmod radeon doesn't work but

insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-11.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/char/drm/radeon.ko

does install the module (that's the current kernel).  

However to get back even to a blank screen, I now have to reinstall
1.5.0_6 and it still doesn't work.:-((  The same NullPointerException as
before.

?Clues?

Best wishes

John

John Logsdon                               "Try to make things as simple
Quantex Research Ltd, Manchester UK         as possible but not simpler"
j.logsdon at quantex-research.com              a.einstein at relativity.org
+44(0)161 445 4951/G:+44(0)7717758675       www.quantex-research.com


On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, John Logsdon wrote:

> Well I have now regressed to 1.4.2_10 java and removed all other jave from
> the system (although windows uninstall is not really trustworthy).  I have
> rebooted the system and in the control panel there is indeed the facility
> to disable caching.  So that has been done and the browser restarted.  
> 
> Now, either with IE or FF on ME, DRAC claims that I do not have a
> supported Java and it says at the bottom
> 
> 'Applet VersionApplet notinited'
> 
> Does DRAC4/I work at all for anyone?
> 
> Since there is ssh login for DRAC4/I, why not reflect the teletype console
> via the xterm?  That would be much simpler.  We don't need to see a window
> manager.  
> 
> Could Dell do that for the next release?  Or is it in the present release
> - I can't see anything like it but then I didn't know about ssh until
> recently...
> 
> Again, is this something for Dell support, d'you think?
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> John
> 
> John Logsdon                               "Try to make things as simple
> Quantex Research Ltd, Manchester UK         as possible but not simpler"
> j.logsdon at quantex-research.com              a.einstein at relativity.org
> +44(0)161 445 4951/G:+44(0)7717758675       www.quantex-research.com
> 
> 
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 Davis_Phillips at dell.com wrote:
> 
> > How is your java caching configured?
> > 
> > >From the read me
> > 
> > NOTE: All browsers must have Sun(TM) Java VM Plug-in 1.4.2 or later 
> >       installed to use the DRAC 4 Console Redirection feature. The 
> >       Java cache must be cleared and disabled from Java plug-in 
> >       control panel. On the Windows operating system, perform the 
> >       following steps to clear and disable the Java cache:
> > 
> >       1. Click "Settings"->"Control Panel"->"Java Plug-in."
> >       2. Click the "Cache" tab.
> >       3. Click "Clear."
> >       4. Deselect the "Enable Caching" check box to disable the cache.
> >       5. Click "Apply."
> >       6. Close and restart the browser.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/drac4/1.33/en/Rea
> > dme/readme_1.33.txt
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Davis Phillips
> > EEC NOS Analyst
> > 512-724-6490
> > Dell Services Website http://www.us.dell.com/services
> > How am I doing? Email my manager Bradley Linscomb at:
> > Bradley_Linscomb at Dell.com with any feedback.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
> > [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of John Logsdon
> > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 10:03 AM
> > To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> > Subject: Re: DRAC4 java error
> > 
> > I've now managed to update to 1.35 via the browser (that went quite
> > well) but I still get the java error below when trying to open the
> > console.
> > 
> > Any clues, anyone?  Dell-people?
> > 
> > I need access to the grub screen to reboot into a different kernel and
> > don't want to risk editing grub.conf then rebooting only to find there
> > is an error ...:-((
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > John Logsdon                               "Try to make things as simple
> > Quantex Research Ltd, Manchester UK         as possible but not simpler"
> > j.logsdon at quantex-research.com              a.einstein at relativity.org
> > +44(0)161 445 4951/G:+44(0)7717758675       www.quantex-research.com
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, John Logsdon wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > Thanks to Olle, I was able to reset my DRAC - I didn't know you could 
> > > ssh in!  And doing that, it tells me that the version is not 1.00 but 
> > > 1.33, which should have fixed the max users issue.  However I was able
> > 
> > > to racadm racreset so at least I can login on the web now.
> > > 
> > > I still can't flash the firmware to 1.35 though - even immediately 
> > > after resetting the rac.  And I can't throw up a console.  I get a 
> > > java
> > > exception:
> > > 
> > > java.lang.NullPointerException
> > > 
> > > Any clues?  Browser is IE 6.0.2800, Java 1.5.0_05, Windows ME.
> > > 
> > > Best wishes
> > > 
> > > John
> > > 
> > > PS please everyone change their DRAC user/passwords and preferably put
> > 
> > > your boxes behind a firewall that restricts the IPs that can access 
> > > them - there are of course lots of attempts to login and everyone 
> > > knows the defaults - even the help file helpfully shows you.
> > > 
> > > John Logsdon                               "Try to make things as
> > simple
> > > Quantex Research Ltd, Manchester UK         as possible but not
> > simpler"
> > > j.logsdon at quantex-research.com              a.einstein at relativity.org
> > > +44(0)161 445 4951/G:+44(0)7717758675       www.quantex-research.com
> > > 
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