Re: Boot question

1999-08-26 Thread juziel
STOP-A, and at the OK prompt type: setenv boot-device disk:a Now disk:a will be the default. On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Samuel Tardieu wrote: Sorry if this is a FAQ, I couldn't find the answer. My Ultra5 tries to boot with boot disk:b, and my Linux partition is disk:a (hda1). How do I change

Re: Newbie needs help: IDPROM checksum is incorrect

1999-05-23 Thread juziel
On Sat, 22 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, can you give me some information about how can I install Linux on a SparcStation. I never used a SparcStation ( only x86 ) but I can handle with Linux, because my PCs runs with Linux. And now the story: I've got this week a

Re: xwindows for non-root users fails

1999-05-12 Thread juziel
Yeah... this was discussed about a month or two ago (check the archives if you'd like). The quicky fix is to chmod 666 /dev/fb? and try again. Good luck. :) On Wed, 12 May 1999, Carl Mummert wrote: I installed slink on a sparc 5m (an old one), from the march 1st disks. I chose the 2.2.1

Re: [NOTICE] libc6 problems (Re: libc and other things)

1999-05-06 Thread juziel
Ben == Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben So for the record, right now libc6 2.1.1-2 is broken for all Ben sun4m arch's in the unstable dist, so please don't upgrade to Ben it, if you have sun4m. Sun4[udc] are known to work perfectly Ben fine. Unless running your

Re: [NOTICE] libc6 problems (Re: libc and other things)

1999-05-06 Thread juziel
Yeah... it seems as though the LX is the un-4m... :) I've heard of people having audio working on the LX (with DBRI, same as the 10 and 20, but I don't hear a peep outa my SS10). A coworker also told me that X runs nicely in RH 6.0 on his LX, while it croaks within 5 minutes on my SS10. (I'm

Re: LINUX on Sun Sparc IPC?

1999-04-30 Thread juziel
Yes... both Debian (www.debian.org) and Redhat (www.redhat.com) have good working distributions for that machine. I have a Sun Sparc IPC running SunOS4.1.3. Is there a port of Linux which will run on this? If so, what and where from? Thanks, Derek Leigh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: configuring X

1999-04-29 Thread juziel
If you used the virtual consoles and follow your startx with a CTRL-ALT-F1 (or wherever you ran it), you'll see some error messages. Anyways, the quick fix is to (as root) do the following: # chmod 666 /dev/fb? That takes care of the problem. The reason why this is so was discussed on this