On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Christian Meder wrote: > * X > > Seems to work well on most installations. I uploaded the last X packages and > didn't file a bug report with the patch but sent it to Anders who > usually does the X stuff on Sparc. I didn't keep up with the latest X > prereleases on i386 but we definitly need another X upload after Branden > released another X set. Anders, Steve, could you coordinate on syncing up > with Branden's prereleases ? I would favor to use the current X sparc patch > for frozen and switch to Steve's patches for potato.
There's still a kernel bug with X and the cgsix. See other threads here and on sparclinux. > > * kernel issues > > 2.0.35 was running pretty well for me. I'm running a 2.2.0-pre8 cvs kernel > right now which is up 6 days. Anyone experiences with 2.2.0 ? > > If we'll agree on a good 2.2.x candiate I'll package it and upload an image. > Probably we should provide 2.2.x boot images too. What's your opinion Eric ? > I'm running 2.2.0-pre5, aliened from a redhat rpm. Seems fine (except I can't use X ;-( > * outdated and missing packages > > I've got most of the outdated stuff compiled and will upload it today or > tomorrow (hope I will get Gnome done too ;-) Wow. Good work. I'm working on perl (our slink version doesn't have GDBM_File support). > > * testing > > I would appreciate a flood of experiences with the uptodate sparc slink > distribution. Serious brokenness is especially welcome but we like > supportive cheers too ;-) fakeroot seems to be seriously broken. 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. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
