On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 11:05:09PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Josip, you fielding this? It seems the release notes and > releases/potato should mention this.
I'm not quite sure about the wording... something like this, perhaps? If you don't have gpm installed and wish to run X on your SPARC system, you will first have to remove the <file>/dev/gpmdata</file> file. (enclosed in <![ %sparc [ ]]>) Ben Collins wrote: > It needs to be part of the errata. The logic of the patch that causes this > problem is that if gpm is not installed (more specifically not running), > then opening the device will fail. Problem is, it's not a device, nor a > socket, it's a FIFO. So opening it succeeds no matter what. Can't we get that wrong code fixed (for r1)? -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
