Re: Alpha problems

1998-11-24 Thread David A. van Leeuwen
Paul Slootman wrote: > FWIW, I'm running a plain 2.0.36 kernel (pristine sources) on my Alpha > right now. I tried the plain 2.0.36 sources today on my alpha---and i got a similar compile error that others on the mailing list have found beforem me. The alpha-patch for 2.0.35 worked. ---david

Re: The time has come ...

1998-11-24 Thread Paul Vojta
On Mon Nov 23 23:46:39 1998, Anton Blanchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: jmlb2> I switched back to 2.1.125 and the situation is now: jmlb2> startx as root works OK, but when you end the X-session, the kernel jmlb2> halts itself. jmlb2> xdm works OK, but if you kill xdm (/etc/init.d/xdm stop) the ke

Status of Debian in Sparcs/Ultra Sparcs

1998-11-24 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
My teacher is asking me for help him install Linux at two Sun that he is buying. I didn't know yet if is 32 or 64 bits (Ultras or not). Browsing the Debian sites, I noted that the Sparc distribution is ahead Ultra. Am I wrong? Also, if is 32 bits, how do I start? Is it simpl

Re: The time has come ...

1998-11-24 Thread Anton Blanchard
> I switched back to 2.1.125 and the situation is now: > startx as root works OK, but when you end the X-session, the kernel > halts itself. > xdm works OK, but if you kill xdm (/etc/init.d/xdm stop) the kernel > commits suicide :-( Are you using a cgsix framebuffer? The current kernels have a pr