On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 10:23:47PM -0600, John Zbesko wrote: > I've tried in the past; I've tried with the most recent versions. > Neither Aurora 2.0 nor the latest Debian Sparc will install working > xwindows using a 2.6 kernel on an Ultra 1. Xwindows only seems to work > with the 2.4 kernel. > > The Aurora 2.0 installation hung (and I tried twice.) Debian installs > but always starts gdm, even if initab is set to 3. I have 768 MB RAM and > a Turbo GX sbus graphics card. I purchased a Creator card on eBay, and > discovered it has a different sbus that doesn't fit in an Ultra 1. > (Stupid mistake.) Setting depth to 8 bits and other tweaks to xorg.conf > have not worked. All I get is a blue cursor in the upper left corner of > the screen.
If you choose a 'standard system' during install, X.org is not going to be installed at all. Then you can play with it (apt-get install xorg) will install it, without ending up being locked out of the system due to failing X. > I want to install a 2.6 kernel because I want to take advantage of 2.6 > router/server features. I want xwindows because doing everything from > the command line is a pain. Please try one the daily-built Debian installer images from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer We now have 2.6.18 there, and the xorg currently in testing has a 'tgx' driver, which should be a match for your card, I believe. xorg.conf should be automatically generated. Please keep the list posted about your progress. Best regards, -- Jurij Smakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
