Re: glibc, X11 and the rest

On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 12:22:02AM +0200, Christian Meder wrote: > Hi, > > finally I caught up with normal life again; maybe slightly more noisy > than before ;-) Good to hear from you again :) > It's ok that the old sparc patches were dropped because they were > just compatibility hacks for the

Re: configuring X

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 l

glibc, X11 and the rest

Hi, finally I caught up with normal life again; maybe slightly more noisy than before ;-) Ben is putting a lot of work in the glibc update and I'm glad that he took over the package compilation. Thanks. I read the glibc thread with interest and I've got just some random remarks: It's ok that the

configuring X

What do I need to do to configure X on my SPARC 2? I'm used to having the xf86setup package on the Intel machines, but it doesn't seem like it's available for SPARC. I already figured out that I need to symlink /dev/mouse -> /dev/sunmouse, but when I type "startx", the screen goes blank and nothi

Graphical login (xdm?)

So it looks like xdm starts and gives me the nice, pretty graphical login. However, occasionally I want to jump out of that and go back to the text console. Is there a command to fall out of xdm and back to the text console?

ypbind fix?

Has anyone been able to find a fix for the dreaded ypbind hang? From the mailing list archives, I understand that using either ypbind-3.3 or ypbind-mt-1.4 will solve the problem, but neither one is available in a Debian package. So, would the maintainer be willing to upgrade the nis package? If

GX Framebuffer support

I'm about to buy a SS2 which has a gx framebuffer, which I didn't see listed at several sites as being a supported card, and was wondering if they are currently supported. thanks, -- Chris <- Visit Me At -> <---

SPARC/PPC appendix reviewers again

Hi, I should have mentioned a few more things with my last e-mail. The publisher is O'Reilly. I don't believe reviewers will be getting payed. However, O'Reilly will be donating $1000 to Debian. Again, if you respond to the list, please CC me since I am not subscribed. Thanks, -Ossama __

dbootstrap: status b

Hi, dbootstrap occasionally starts over here while mounting partitions over NFS. In this case it displays (on the error console) a message: pid exit: status = b What does this mean? Hardware: Sun Sparcstation SLC with 8 MB RAM, 128 MB Swap Software: Debian "slink" (2.1) for Sparc -- cya

SPARC & PPC book reviewers needed

Hi, One of the publishers I am working with needs reviewers for their SPARC and LinuxPPC appendices in a book they are working on. Note that I don't think this book is Debian specific. It would be good if a reviewer could get some Debian specific stuff in there. :) If you you are interested then

Re: troubleshooting between X and tcplogd (and icmplogd)

Hi... > modprobe: can't locate modules fb1 > modprobe: can't locate modules fb2 > Thought doing a chmod on /dev/fb0 was solving the problem, > It appears that it wasn't : In general, this is a problem with the modules, IMHO. You might want to check if you a) have compiled the modules for /dev/f

Re: troubleshooting between X and tcplogd (and icmplogd)

Sorry, it didn't came from tcplogd, the server just crashed again, same error message. It just wait for 1 day before crashing. The only thing I know is that it doesn't appear with the original 2.2.1 kernel given with the debian-sparc. -- Baudin maxime [EMAIL PROTECTED]

troubleshooting between X and tcplogd (and icmplogd)

weeks ago, I wrote that I had a problem with X. The server just shutdown after few minutes and the error message (on the console) was: modprobe: can't locate modules fb1 modprobe: can't locate modules fb2 Thought doing a chmod on /dev/fb0 was solving the problem, It appears that it wasn't : Afte