Re: deb-sparc X and other questions
it wasn't in my dselect list, but I got it in.. didn't work, but that's another issue.. On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:28:27PM +1000, Q89029292 wrote: > Hi, > > Xfree 4 is missing? > > Have you tried obtaing it using apt-get? After running apt-get update you > can search the archives at home using "$apt-cache search xfree" or search > for anything else for that matter. > > N.B. I'm using it on a leo equipped classic, isn't noticably faster than > xserver-xsun24 however. > > Regards, > > Peter Firmstone. > > On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hey everyone- > > > > Let me preface this say saying that if the answers to the questions I am > > about to ask are in a FAQ somewhere, please just point me to it.. a quick > > search of the web and persual of the list archives still leaves me with > > questions, however, so... > > > > 1) What's the general state of the debian-sparc port (from a day to day > > usage viewpoint, rather than a feature-list viewpoint). I'm trying to > > decide what OS to run on my SS20, between debian, OpenBSD, and Solaris.. > > Basically, I want to run a bunch of xterms and a browser (konquerer, > > mozilla, whichever).. The key being, I want to do it in 24bit color. which > > brings me to my next questions. > > > > 2) What's the state of debian-sparc and cg14 support in Xfree 4.0.2? I > > installed debian and upgraded to woody, but the actual Xfree 4 xserver is > > nowhere to be found (even a quick manual check of the mirrors show it to be > > missing). Am I going to have to build it from source? (I have the source > > package from brandens site. it takes a _long_ time for the build to fail on > > my SM50 cpu :) > > > > Thanks in advance for any help, > > > > Matt > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
Re: deb-sparc X and other questions
Hi, Xfree 4 is missing? Have you tried obtaing it using apt-get? After running apt-get update you can search the archives at home using "$apt-cache search xfree" or search for anything else for that matter. N.B. I'm using it on a leo equipped classic, isn't noticably faster than xserver-xsun24 however. Regards, Peter Firmstone. On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey everyone- > > Let me preface this say saying that if the answers to the questions I am > about to ask are in a FAQ somewhere, please just point me to it.. a quick > search of the web and persual of the list archives still leaves me with > questions, however, so... > > 1) What's the general state of the debian-sparc port (from a day to day usage > viewpoint, rather than a feature-list viewpoint). I'm trying to decide what > OS to run on my SS20, between debian, OpenBSD, and Solaris.. Basically, I > want to run a bunch of xterms and a browser (konquerer, mozilla, whichever).. > The key being, I want to do it in 24bit color. which brings me to my next > questions. > > 2) What's the state of debian-sparc and cg14 support in Xfree 4.0.2? I > installed debian and upgraded to woody, but the actual Xfree 4 xserver is > nowhere to be found (even a quick manual check of the mirrors show it to be > missing). Am I going to have to build it from source? (I have the source > package from brandens site. it takes a _long_ time for the build to fail on > my SM50 cpu :) > > Thanks in advance for any help, > > Matt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: deb-sparc X and other questions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1) What's the general state of the debian-sparc port (from a day to day usage > viewpoint, rather than a feature-list viewpoint). I'm trying to decide what > OS to run on my SS20, between debian, OpenBSD, and Solaris.. Basically, I > want to run a bunch of xterms and a browser (konquerer, mozilla, whichever).. > The key being, I want to do it in 24bit color. which brings me to my next > questions. Potato is very stable and clean (except for small install probs): jcc05:/usr/local/home/ragga$ uname -a Linux jcc05 2.2.17 #1 Fri Sep 22 12:01:06 JST 2000 sparc unknown jcc05:/usr/local/home/ragga$ uptime 10:05am up 161 days, 19:31, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.02, 0.00 There's not so much difference from a usage point between Debian and OpenBSD on the Sun4m arch. From an administrative point I think you can't beat Debian but NetBSD and OpenBSD are well worth having a look at. Especially if you are short on memory or HD. Solaris is somewhat a resource hog but before you choose you may really want to check support for the apps you want to run. The Linux world is a bit i86 biased so don't be surprised if there's no linux/sparc options. (Note also that in many cases SunOS emulation is a working option with Debian and *BSD) > > 2) What's the state of debian-sparc and cg14 support in Xfree 4.0.2? I > installed debian and upgraded to woody, but the actual Xfree 4 xserver is > nowhere to be found (even a quick manual check of the mirrors show it to be > missing). Am I going to have to build it from source? (I have the source > package from brandens site. it takes a _long_ time for the build to fail on > my SM50 cpu :) There doesn't seem to be any XF4 server built in the pool area right now. Let's wait a few days. (that's the time it would take to compile anyway on the SS20 8^) HTH, -- Ragga
Re: deb-sparc X and other questions
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1) What's the general state of the debian-sparc port (from a day to > day usage viewpoint, rather than a feature-list viewpoint). I'm trying > to decide what OS to run on my SS20, between debian, OpenBSD, and > Solaris.. Basically, I want to run a bunch of xterms and a browser > (konquerer, mozilla, whichever). My experience has been that it's about as good as any other Debian GNU/Linux port. I have occasionally encountered some i386-centric things, (e.g. some packages expect you're using X86FConfig, but the Xsun server (in the 3.x packages) doesn't need it.) Generally, however, it works quite well. One thing to be aware of, however, is that third-party products may be available only for the i386 port, not for the sparc port. For example, if your work requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, you'll find it's available for Solaris/SPARC, Solaris/x86, and Linux/i386, but not for Linux/SPARC. You should check out the applications you'll need and determine what operating system they'll run under. -- Andy Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept. of Physics Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
Re: deb-sparc X and other questions
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 09:51:59AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey everyone- > > Let me preface this say saying that if the answers to the questions I am > about to ask are in a FAQ somewhere, please just point me to it.. a quick > search of the web and persual of the list archives still leaves me with > questions, however, so... > > 1) What's the general state of the debian-sparc port (from a day to day usage > viewpoint, rather than a feature-list viewpoint). I'm trying to decide what > OS to run on my SS20, between debian, OpenBSD, and Solaris.. Basically, I > want to run a bunch of xterms and a browser (konquerer, mozilla, whichever).. > The key being, I want to do it in 24bit color. which brings me to my next > questions. It's as usable as any other port of Debian GNU/Linux. I use my ultrasparc Debian system as my main desktop, web browsing, email, coding, etc.. > 2) What's the state of debian-sparc and cg14 support in Xfree 4.0.2? I > installed debian and upgraded to woody, but the actual Xfree 4 xserver is > nowhere to be found (even a quick manual check of the mirrors show it to be > missing). Am I going to have to build it from source? (I have the source > package from brandens site. it takes a _long_ time for the build to fail on > my SM50 cpu :) cg14 works with the potato xserver-xsun/xserver-xun24 packages. If you want the latest and greatest, upgrade to sid and install the xserver-xfree86 package, and configure that. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
deb-sparc X and other questions
Hey everyone- Let me preface this say saying that if the answers to the questions I am about to ask are in a FAQ somewhere, please just point me to it.. a quick search of the web and persual of the list archives still leaves me with questions, however, so... 1) What's the general state of the debian-sparc port (from a day to day usage viewpoint, rather than a feature-list viewpoint). I'm trying to decide what OS to run on my SS20, between debian, OpenBSD, and Solaris.. Basically, I want to run a bunch of xterms and a browser (konquerer, mozilla, whichever).. The key being, I want to do it in 24bit color. which brings me to my next questions. 2) What's the state of debian-sparc and cg14 support in Xfree 4.0.2? I installed debian and upgraded to woody, but the actual Xfree 4 xserver is nowhere to be found (even a quick manual check of the mirrors show it to be missing). Am I going to have to build it from source? (I have the source package from brandens site. it takes a _long_ time for the build to fail on my SM50 cpu :) Thanks in advance for any help, Matt
