Well, first of all, what do you want it to do? Does it show up currently during boot? Take a look at the output from 'dmesg' and see if there is a line that makes reference to 'fd' 'fdc' or 'floppy' to be sure the kernel actually sees it.
We're a friendly bunch and don't tend to flame nobs. :) E "Anish Patel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know how to get the SparcStation's floopy drive to work? > I am a n00b so please don't flame me to hard. > > Thank you > Anish > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ferris McCormick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 8:28 AM > To: Antonio Prioglio > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; Jon Leonard > Subject: Re: [Xpert]Re: DPMS, Screen blanking with Sun Creator3D (sun4u > systems) > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Ferris McCormick wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Antonio Prioglio wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Ferris McCormick wrote: > [...] > > > > > > I'd be getting a Creator 2D soon. I'll be happy to test it with a > > > GDM-17E10. > > > > > > Saluti, > > > Antonio Prioglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Thanks for the interest. I'll send out a patch file in the next day > > or so. It modifies three source files: > > ffb.h > > ffb_driver.c > > ffb_dac.c > > and applies to the CVS version 4.1.99.1, of about November 1. However > > the three files involved are dated 2001/05/04, and I haven't seen > anything > > else posted which would indicate conflicting changes to the driver. > > As indicated, attached source patch file puts some DPMS support into > the Sun Creator/Elite driver for XF86, release 4.1.99(.1?)-CVS. > The driver is in the Xfree source tree at (if I type all this right) > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/sunffb > > In that directory, the command > patch -b < sunffb-4.1.99-DPMSMode.patch > should successfully patch the files "ffb.h, ffb_driver.c, ffb_dac.c"; > after that just 'make' in that directory should get you a new > "sunffb_drv.o" (assuming you have already built everything once.) > > Now, with X inactive, go to wherever your existing drivers are > (something like /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers depending on your > configuration), save the existing sunffb_drv.o, and bring in the new > one. > > To play with it, make sure that the already-working-with-your- > Creator-card XF86Config file has the line > Option "DPMS" "on" > in its "Monitor" section, and restart X. "xset q" should now > report that you can use DPMS, and you can play with it. Also, > if you want, "xset s on; xset s blank" should now work. (If DPMS > Option is not set, the driver will not enable DPMS, but you can > change that behavior, of course.) > > Also, keep in mind Jon Leonard's note I sent you. I have no way > of knowing if his remarks apply to your configuration or not. > > Good luck, > Regards, > Ferris > > -- > Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Phone: (703) 392-0303 > Fax: (703) 392-0401 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
