Re: questions on J6700 and its FX10-pro graphics card
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 10:17:12PM +0100, kmaziz wrote: >Ive bought a HP J6700, and ive been reading that the FX10-Pro graphics >card is not supported on any linux dist. >Why is that? Is it possible to put in a supported graphic card and use >Xorg with it? If not, why? >Has anyone done it? > hp hasn't released any docs for these ancient pieces of metal which are pretty much the only way to get decent graphics on your j6700. no docs = no drivers. using unsupported graphics cards is pretty hit or miss. see the graphics faq on www.parisc-linux.org. debian on hppa is pretty much the same as debian on any other platform. you will likely need to use a serial console to install it because of the graphics. see the installation manual on www.debian.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: questions on J6700 and its FX10-pro graphics card
Hello kmaziz, Sunday, February 11, 2007, 1:17:12 PM, you wrote: > Ive bought a HP J6700, and ive been reading that the FX10-Pro graphics card is not supported on any linux dist. Why is that? Is it possible to put in a supported graphic card and use Xorg with it? If not, why? Has anyone done it? How is it to install debian-hppa? is it similar to the regular install of debian? Is debian-hppa exacly the same as regular debian? Installation is very very easy, but performance of the system is a really bad. The 50% performance against HP-UX (mentioned on the website) seems to be the truth (on my C3700). Main reason is - as usual - the bad code quality of the gcc compiler for PA-RISC. -- Best regards, Lothar Scholz mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: questions on J6700 and its FX10-pro graphics card
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 10:17:12PM +0100, kmaziz wrote: > Ive bought a HP J6700, and ive been reading that the FX10-Pro graphics card > is not supported on any linux dist. > Why is that? Lack of documentation for those graphics cards. > Is it possible to put in a supported graphic card and use Xorg > with it? If not, why? > Has anyone done it? Yes and Yes. See the graphics how-to on the www.parisc-linux.org FAQ. > How is it to install debian-hppa? is it similar to the regular install of > debian? For the most part yes. Boot and device drivers are different. > Is debian-hppa exacly the same as regular debian? Once installed and running, nearly all of debian runs. A few x86 specific packages are not available. grant > > best regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
questions on J6700 and its FX10-pro graphics card
Ive bought a HP J6700, and ive been reading that the FX10-Pro graphics card is not supported on any linux dist. Why is that? Is it possible to put in a supported graphic card and use Xorg with it? If not, why? Has anyone done it? How is it to install debian-hppa? is it similar to the regular install of debian? Is debian-hppa exacly the same as regular debian? best regards
