Thanx for the quick answer. On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Monday 04 December 2006 09:46, Andre' Breiler wrote: > > Two things went wrong during install: > > 1) I was unable to use sda1 or sdb1 for software raid (option not > > offered) > > That is only for your protection. If the first partition on a disk with > Sun disklabel starts at the beginning of the disk and you use it for > RAID, you'll trash the partition table... > I think that if you don't start the first partition at the 1st sector, the > option should be offered. Ok, I'll try that on the next install (I'm aware of the fact that the partition shouldn't start at first block). Would there be a good place (install guide) to explain that ? > > 2) The X server config was configured with 24bit depth but the > > suncg6 card supports 8 bit only. Unfortunatly the driver fails to > > initialize the card (XFree86 on sparc32 worked find with the same card) > > in a way that the screen switches and the cursor goes blue from white > > but nothing else happens. > > That is somewhat to be expected as Sun graphics cards are not all that > common and thus less well tested than mainstream cards. Suggest you file > a bug report against the relevant XOrg driver package, but expect that > you may have to help tracing the regression yourself. I'll do that then. I'm just installing a sarge on the box to see if it is a 64 vs. 32 bit issue. > If you think it is purely a configuration issue, a bug against > xserver-xorg-core may be more appropriate, but I have no idea how the No, it's some driver bug because exactly the same driver config works on a sparc32 system under XFree86. > configuration scripts determine the default depth. Again you may have to > do some research yourself first. I'll have a look if I can find out where to file the bug against. Thanx, ANdre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
