Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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 [ ]]>)
I think so. You may want to say, "You may have to first remove the ...". > 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)? I would think so... Dunno, it might be tricky. -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
