On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 01:29:21AM +0100, Andreas Behnert wrote: > I'm running potato on a SparcStation 2 (sun4c), Kernel 2.2.20. The > system is running smooth (more or less since the SS2 is really slow > compared to current hardware). Only the X server makes some problems > (Xsun) - it behaves extremly sluggish and while running X sometimes > messages like "unknown keyboard ioctl" or something like that show > up in the syslog. I don't know if the Xsun or the keyboard driver > is the problem but I hope that things will get better with woody > and XFree 4.1.x (I'm using a cgsix (Turbo-GX) btw). > The SS2 will be used as X client (XDMCP via LAN to another box) > and apache will serve static data but performance isn't really > important, just two clients... > One question: Does upgrading to kernel 2.4.x make sense? I know > that at the moment there are some problems with 2.4.x on sparc32 > (may be especially on sun4c?) and of course I only would consider > upgrading provided that someday there will be a stable 2.4.x for the > sun4c architecture. I don't really _need_ 2.4.x since 2.2.20 fully > supports the SS2 but would there be any reason to upgrade - maybe > some magic "improved overall performance" or whatever? :-)
I would not suggest upgrading to 2.4.x kernel on sparc32 yet, because it is unstable still. However, upgrading to woody would be a good deal, even on an SS2. I have not heard any comparison between Xsun and XFree86 4.x on CGSix yet, so I'd be interested in your comments aswell :) Ben -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
