Does anybody on this list want a SparcStation SLC with 16 MB of RAM (the
max for the SLC) plus Type 4 keyboard and optical mouse? If you pay
shipping costs, it is yours. Otherwise, I'm probably just going to throw
it out and it would be a waste if another Linux person could make use of
it.
Tom
On 28 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> I note that there does appear to be a arch/sparc/boot/
> directory. It seems strange that though the directory exists, the
> vmlinux/z file is not there, as it is for other architectures. Is
> there anything like vmlinux/z in arch/sparc/boot/?
T
On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote:
> do I need any special packages or anything for sound?
> I configd the kernel sources for a recompile...no sound options in
> there either...
Answer Yes to the "Experimental drivers" question near the top of the
kernel configuration.
Then answer
Check out the RedHat clock package o go to
ftp://vger.rutgers.edu/pub/linu/Sparc/userland/clock.c
It has already been written,
Tom
On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Eric Delaunay wrote:
> Grigory Kljuchnikov wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > In which package reside clock utility?
> > I don't find it anyway, but at bo
On Mon, 18 May 1998, Grigory Kljuchnikov wrote:
> There isn't the directory /pub/he/henderso - ftp.netcom.com.
>
> I know this problem fix after install new NVRAM. But
> in my Sparc 1 lost data of Ethernet address and Host ID
> and others in NVRAM. And SunOS boot without fix nvram.
An old cop
On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Davide Barbieri wrote:
> > 1) Modify the Makefile so the second stage bootloader no longer links with
> > libc. Obviously, the userlevel "silo" utility needs to link with libc as
> > usual.
>
> And how I can do this? silo is linked to libc, because it lacks a lot
> of func
On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Davide Barbieri wrote:
> I'm still trying to have a silo working with glibc.
>
> I had some problems, with some assembler code.
>
> There is a file, called jmp.S which defines the symbol
> __setjmp, which is also defined in /usr/lib/libc.a
>
> So, when it is time to l
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Xavier Beaudouin wrote:
> On 23 Jan 1998, Stephen Zander wrote:
> [snip]
> > I was especially suprised to see the dinstaal doc refering to partition
> > type 83. Is Linux/Sparc using i386 (I won't say MS-DOS) style
> > partitioning?
>
> I assume yes !
Sparc systems do _not_
On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Benjamin C. Kite wrote:
> Not to complain, since I've been really happy with S/Linux
> so far, but I'm at odds to interface with /dev/audio at all.
> Sounds support is supposed to work?
SunOS-compatible ioctls were implemented on /dev/audio but not the Linux
ioctls. I don't k
On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Eric Delaunay wrote:
> > This is probably nothing but did you compile modutils with 2.1.x kernel
> > includes as required?
>
> Indeed! Now it works.
> Many Thanks.
I'll add a check in the configure script to make sure that 2.1.x kernel
includes are actually being used.
Tom
On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Eric Delaunay wrote:
> I installed modutils (2.1.71-1 from Debian) but I cannot load modules anymore.
> I don't know what is wrong on my system, but I'm remembering I have tried
> other previous modutils releases without success for months (2.1.3? for
> instance).
This is pro
On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Eric Delaunay wrote:
> You can get sources at ftp.geog.ubc.ca ftp site (the main Sparc/Linux site?)
> or one of its mirror. It has no copyright, just this header:
>
> /**
> ** ELF --> a.out
> ** Pete A. Zaitcev
> **/
>
> BTW, I pushed it to my lix.polytechnique.fr under
>
On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Johnie Ingram wrote:
> Does anyone know if this also contains the "unimplemented syscall" fix
> and the patch so ld-linux.so.2 can accept programs on the command
> line?
As I sent in a message a few days ago, the "unimplemented syscall" is a
libc6 problem. It sees __NR_getdoma
Quick snapshot of stable tree to bring everyone up to 2.0.33 and some
other stuff.
You can find it over anonymous ftp at:
vger.rutgers.edu:/pub/linux/Sparc/kernel/v2.0/980106/
sparclinux-2.0-980106.tar.gzentire source tree
sparclinux-971208-980106.diff.gzpatch against 971208 snapshot
On 4 Jan 1998, Mark W. Eichin wrote:
> > I'm working on `strace'... there is a working version (in .rpm
> > format) in ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx:/pub/Linux/Sparc-miguel (well, I cannot
>
> Thanks. Since then I've also noticed that the
> vger.rutgers.edu:/pub/linux/Sparc/userland has a sparc strace
On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Douglas F. Elznic wrote:
> With the regretful demise of redhat for sparc i am wondering if it is
> going to become a lost cause. What is the current situation for the
> debian sparc distribution. I also am extremely interested in the serial
> drivers. I want one of my sparcs t
On 1 Jan 1998, Mark W. Eichin wrote:
> So at least randomly selected SunOS programs work :-) I've also run
> xdpyinfo and xlogo (an old build of X11R6 done under SunOS) though
> xterm didnt' quite work, probably because I needed another symlink
> somewhere...
Just point /ust/gnemul/sunos at the
On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Eric Delaunay wrote:
> Hmm, this patch does not seem to work for me. sys_getdomainname is not known.
> I just found a sunos_getdomainname function. I'm trying to use it instead,
> but cannot tell you if it work at this time since the kernel is recompiling
> ;-)
>
> BTW, th
If you have missed out on a stable version of the Penguin draft for
sometime, step right up to the bar and get a mug full of the penguin draft
(2.0.32 vintage). It's all on the house!
You can find the snapshot at:
vger.rutgers.edu:/pub/linux/Sparc/kernel/v2.0/971208
sparclinux-2.0-971208.tar.g
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Michael Shuey wrote:
> That would be nice. Just out of curiosity, is anyone
> working on making X go for Debian/Sparc? Many pacakges
> either require X to build or have addition features if
> xlib is around when they're compiled. It'd be nice
> to take advantage of that. P
On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:
> i wondered : did someone try to extract redhat patches from all their
> sparc packages ? it's gpl, so we are allowed to take the patches of
> other distributions and use them... or doesn't redhat have patches ?
> i don't knbow their srpm format...
On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
> Can I make the suggestion that when debian sparc linux becomes available
> it is able to be installed with only a serial console...
>
> Redhat suffers somewhat from the requirement of a console to install.
> Quite a number of sparcs are shipped hea
On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Eric Delaunay wrote:
> I don't know exactly which devices are sun specific but I need sunmouse, kbd &
> fb0 at least in addition to a generic set. I think these ones are good
> candidates for generic-sparc:
>
> system,
> std, floppy-small,
> ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2, ttyS3,
> lin
> If it's running RedHat 4.0, you have everything you need to help us get some
> packages built for the stage-1 bootstrapping effort. If you're interested in
> helping, let me know, and I'll find time to post a note explaining where all
> the work to date is stored and how to bootstrap yourself to
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