John Ruschmeyer wrote:
>> John Ruschmeyer wrote:
>>> Should I really be running Solaris 10?
>> Yes. Ultra 5's are too old for Solaris 11 Express -
>> the support
>> for their video boards is no longer included.
>
> I guess I have to take your word for it.
>
> I was able to install the console framebuffer support for the Mach64 used in
> the U5. I guess I just assumed that the native Xorg support for the Mach64
> would then be enough.
There is no mach64 support in the Solaris Xorg packages for SPARC.
You might be able to get something working, like Martin Bochnig did with
his SPARC Xorg driver ports, but it's not going to be supported or provided
with the OS. Ten years is an awfully long lifetime for a desktop computer,
so it's not like the end came quickly (and Solaris 10 will still be supporting
it for years to come, so it's not even completely dead yet).
> By any chance, can I just set it up with a headless xdm config (i.e., xdmcp
> to remote clients, but no local X server)? What all do I need to install just
> to get gnome working (again assuming either a remote X session or, perhaps,
> vnc)?
Yes - 'pkg install slim_cluster' will give you the same set of packages
as you'd get from the GUI installer on the LiveCD. You'd then have to
enable XDMCP in the gdm configuration, since secure-by-default means that's
not enabled out of the box. You can also google for instructions on
configuring gdm to run Xvnc instead of Xorg for the default "local" server.
--
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@oracle.com
Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System
_______________________________________________
opensolaris-help mailing list
opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
