Re: Debian problem on UltraSparc

2000-12-20 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Joshua Uziel wrote: * Andreas Tille [EMAIL PROTECTED] [001215 03:14]: This is expected and known... your only options are to use only 512MB of RAM with 2.2.x or to have all 1024MB with 2.4.0-testX kernel. Huh, because we are at it. I'm going to install an E250 with

XF86Config for Ultra5 (XFree86 4.0.1 and Debian 2.2)

2000-12-20 Thread RG
Debian 2.2 run perfectly on my SUN Ultra 5, but I am not able to run XFree86. My Ultra5 has the PGX24 graphic card and the classic 17 SUN monitor so I wonder if someone could provide me a working XF86Config file for this typical configuration or some hints. Thank you very much in advance.

Re: Floppy from sparc on x86

2000-12-20 Thread Chris Brandstetter
Has anyone figured out how to get the floppy out of a sparc to fully work on an x86, if so is there anything special I need to do to get it to work and eject. The extra one I have doesn't seem to work correctly. Chris B

Re: Floppy from sparc on x86

2000-12-20 Thread Rafael E. Herrera
I have tried before to use the one from an IPC without success. The last responses I got were: Matthew Haas wrote: On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Rafael E. Herrera wrote: Perhaps I didn't phrase the question right. How do I get the floppy to work on a PC? I know of the 'eject' and 'floppycontrol'.

Floppy drive of Sparc IPC does not format

2000-12-20 Thread Rafael E. Herrera
Hi, The discussion on the floppy drive reminded me of asking what could cause the floppy drive to break a floppy disk when I try to format one. I can read and write fine with it. Never been able to format one though, and I've tried it in three different IPCs. Any suggestion? -- Rafael

Ultra60, XF4.0.1pre2.RC3-1, woody

2000-12-20 Thread B.C.J.O
'morning I'm pretty baffled by an issue I'm having /w a new Ultra running woody /w XF4.0.1pre2.RC3-1 .. I've fidled with the input clause for the keyboard in a seemingly endless series of variations, but I can't get the X server to come up /w sane key mappings. The primary letter keys seem to

Re: Floppy from sparc on x86

2000-12-20 Thread Mike Renfro
On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 03:03:36PM -0500, Rafael E. Herrera wrote: I got the IPC for $12 at the GoodWill. The funny thing is that the floppy drive (Sony MFD-17W-P1) sale for $85 refurbished at www.rapid-tech.com, isn't it funny? Cruise eBay for a while -- a search for 'sparc floppy drive'

Re: Ultra60, XF4.0.1pre2.RC3-1, woody

2000-12-20 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 03:27:23PM -0500, B.C.J.O wrote: 'morning I'm pretty baffled by an issue I'm having /w a new Ultra running woody /w XF4.0.1pre2.RC3-1 .. I've fidled with the input clause for the keyboard in a seemingly endless series of variations, but I can't get the X server to

Re: Ultra60, XF4.0.1pre2.RC3-1, woody

2000-12-20 Thread B.C.J.O
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, tony mancill wrote: Not that this is much help, but I'm having the same problem on my Ultra5 after upgrading. In fact, even at the console (i.e. X or no X), my punctuation keys are all whacked. Well, I did find that the kbd package wasn't installed correctly when I

Re: Ultra60, XF4.0.1pre2.RC3-1, woody

2000-12-20 Thread B.C.J.O
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Ben Collins wrote: I'm pretty baffled by an issue I'm having /w a new Ultra running woody /w XF4.0.1pre2.RC3-1 .. I've fidled with the input clause for the keyboard in a seemingly endless series of variations, but I can't get the X server to come up /w sane key

Re: Ultra60, XF4.0.1pre2.RC3-1, woody

2000-12-20 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 10:20:10PM -0500, B.C.J.O wrote: On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Ben Collins wrote: I'm pretty baffled by an issue I'm having /w a new Ultra running woody /w XF4.0.1pre2.RC3-1 .. I've fidled with the input clause for the keyboard in a seemingly endless series of

Re: Floppy from sparc on x86

2000-12-20 Thread ferret
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Rafael E. Herrera wrote: I have tried before to use the one from an IPC without success. The last responses I got were: Matthew Haas wrote: On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Rafael E. Herrera wrote: Perhaps I didn't phrase the question right. How do I get the floppy to