You didn't Cc: your reply back to the list. In general, you should, since my answers will be valuable to others. I am taking the liberty of Cc:ing this all back to the list now.
On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Michael Mattice wrote: > Jules Bean writes: > > I see the following problems with my SS2: > > > > 1) The boot disks don't work. Not an issue for me, but important to some > > people. > > Really?? They worked wonderfully for my SS5 after not getting > ARP/RARP to work with my i386 linux box. > They work fine on some machines, but the fail on others. Sufficiently reproducibly that I suspect a genuine problem, not just bad floppy drives. > > 3) 'ldd' doesn't work - and possibly other components of ld-linux.so. > > Random segfaults are probably related to this. This makes packaged > > compilation tricky, since dpkg-shlibs won't work. > > I've had some problems with compiling things for sparc repackaging > as well. I haven't even been able to get to that point though. To many > include deps. > > > 4) There are problems with the virtual console/X code. X sometimes > > 'steals' a vc for no apparent reason. Sometimes keymaps get messed up > > too. > > Where did you find X for the Sparc? I can't find the server anywhere. > If there is more setup involved to getting it limping than on i386, we > probably > need a HOWTO. > Getting it to work is *far* easier than on the i386. As to finding it - check the mailing list archives, at www.debian.org (this list). There are some messages about a fortnight ago about it. I forget the precise URL, it is on netg.se somewhere. > > So, I think there are some things we could do with here. > > > > I would like to see a debian-sparc web page, and a debian-sparc FAQ. I > > will happily put these together. > > Extremely agreed. www.debian.org mentions the sparc port, but the > packages pages totally neglect everything but the i386 version. If you'd > like some help, I'm lacking some overall direction as to where to begin. I'd > like to get ncpfs running but overall, the lack of packages is overwhelming. I'm glad I have a second. I now would like some response from the people who got the port as far as it is, so I know the current status of things... Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
