Re: sunffb xorg driver - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

>> Actually... most of what I did was concerned with making the package >> buildable again. It contained some cruft and needed a bit of cleanup and >> re-alignment. > > OK. If you have a patch for that, please post it to the list as this will > help me save some time. I mainly updated standards

Re: sunffb xorg driver - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

On 8/30/21 21:24, Gregor Riepl wrote: >> I seemed to remember that you added a custom patch, didn't you? > > Actually... most of what I did was concerned with making the package > buildable again. It contained some cruft and needed a bit of cleanup and > re-alignment. OK. If you have a patch for

Re: sunffb xorg driver - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

On 8/30/21 20:54, Gregor Riepl wrote: > I haven't uploaded the package anywhere, but building it should be > relatively straightforward: > > git clone https://salsa.debian.org/onitake-guest/xserver-xorg-video-sunffb > cd sunffb > sudo apt install git-buildpackage debhelper xutils-dev pkg-config >

Re: sunffb xorg driver - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

> In the mean time, we could look into the package that Gregor Riepl made > for that matter. Maybe he can comment on that. > > If that package works, I can build it and make an unofficial upload to > the archive as a temporary hack. I haven't uploaded the package anywhere, but building it should

sunffb xorg driver - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

On 8/29/21 22:45, James Bond wrote: > so installation worked (still some error messages but it worked). Ok, with my XVR-1200 it looks like no X support at all? startx fails and it > looks like "sunffb" is missing which seems to have been removed long > time ago (sparc32 to sparc64 migration).

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi Adrian, so installation worked (still some error messages but it worked). Ok, with my XVR-1200 it looks like no X support at all? startx fails and it looks like "sunffb" is missing which seems to have been removed long time ago (sparc32 to sparc64 migration). I have attached some

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

> On Aug 27, 2021, at 8:03 PM, James Bond wrote: > > Strange thing, yes, I had /boot with a size of 512MB (as I had in the > screenshot). https://ibb.co/P9FfdwS That’s a rather unusual partition layout. I would suggest letting the installer determine the partition layout. Your disk is

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi Adrian, ok, just let me know if you want an XVR-1200 to investigate (if you even have the time to do it) and the required hardware to fit the XVR-1200. Strange thing, yes, I had /boot with a size of 512MB (as I had in the screenshot). https://ibb.co/P9FfdwS Cheers Iggi Am 27.08.21,

Re: PGX64 driver issue - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi Riccardo, ok, so where could we "hire" a graphics driver developer that would be willing (will get paid) to support the SPARC community? At least with a "decent" X support we can do most of the things. And the more people can use it on SPARC we may attract more people to return to the

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

> On Aug 25, 2021, at 10:18 PM, James Bond wrote: > > 1). The Intenso CDRs are crap. I burnt a new disc and this one started Grub Yes, good quality CD-Rs are important. > 2). Before retrying to reinstall Debian I had booted into Solaris and thought > rit would be a good moment to give

Re: PGX64 driver issue - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi, Phillip Stevens wrote: > I can only comment on mach64 on 32 bit Sparc, it was working fine. The > desktop was reasonably responsive. Did you try the mach64 driver that was reintroduced to the Debian package archive? Not yet. How are things with it? I think I use

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi Adrian, so today`s test revealed. 1). The Intenso CDRs are crap. I burnt a new disc and this one started Grub 2). Before retrying to reinstall Debian I had booted into Solaris and thought rit would be a good moment to give Debian a try. And suddenly after loading Grub and some error

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi Adrian, You are right, of course. It's been a while and I had forgotten what the circumstances were. Did anybody else encounter the input issue I mentioned? I'm not sure if could be related to the graphics driver or not. There is a possibility that Xorg is actually working, but not

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

On 8/25/21 2:29 AM, Gregor Riepl wrote: > I also tried to somehow get the patched package reintroduced into > Debian, but it was refused because it would only work on sparc64. :/ I talked to Adrian Bunk on IRC yesterday who has adopted all the old driver packages and reuploaded them and he said,

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

> On 8/18/21 2:57 AM, Phillip Stevens wrote: >> Yes, I'd also love (pay) to have decent graphics support. I migrated my >> Ultra 5 to Sparc64 in 2018 >> >> and since then hardly turned it on. >> The graphics are a real weak

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi Adrian, sorry for the confusion (James Bond is not my real name, just used for gmail __) Ignacio aka Iggi is my name. Ok, I am back tomorrow in my retro office and will dump what happens after the "boot cdrom" command .. but as I said there is not much more than what I wrote with regards

Re: PGX64 driver issue - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

For what it is worth I have XVR-100 on Ultra 5 which does provide graphics at 640x480 with the default fb… I would love support for XVR-100 (Raedon 7000) to come back and would be willing to add cash to the bounty if that route taken. Attached is my Xorg.0.logroot@xray:/var/log# uname -aLinux xray

Re: PGX64 driver issue - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

> > >> Did these boards work in the past with the 32-bit sparc ? > > > > I can only comment on mach64 on 32 bit Sparc, it was working fine. The > > desktop was reasonably responsive. > > Did you try the mach64 driver that was reintroduced to the Debian package > archive? Not yet. Can you verify

PGX64 driver issue - was: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

On 8/24/21 3:20 PM, Phillip Stevens wrote: >> It might also be an idea to contact the original author/maintainer of the >> PGX-64 and XVR-100 graphics boards and ask whether they're willing to fix >> the issue. >> >> Did these boards work in the past with the 32-bit sparc ? > > I can only comment

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hello James On 8/24/21 3:31 PM, James Bond wrote: > tested on Sun Blade 1500/2500 (both silver) with an XVR-1200. > > The "older" image at least booted to the point where you have the scribbled > screen, the "latest" iso does not even come that far. On both machines. I need some error messages.

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi Adrian, tested on Sun Blade 1500/2500 (both silver) with an XVR-1200. The "older" image at least booted to the point where you have the scribbled screen, the "latest" iso does not even come that far. On both machines. Cheers Iggi Am 24.08.21, 15:12 schrieb "John Paul Adrian Glaubitz" :

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Phillip Stevens wrote: > > Yes, I'd also love (pay) to have decent graphics support. I migrated my > > Ultra 5 to Sparc64 in 2018 > > > > > and since then hardly turned it on. > > The graphics are a real weak point. I've

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi! On 8/24/21 3:07 PM, Phillip Stevens wrote: > I tried to start a bounty on bountysource.com , but I couldn’t find where > to host the issue. There needs to be an issue to link on a bug tracker > somewhere. Where is the right place? > > Suggestion would be to make success “support for mach64

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hello Iggi! On 8/23/21 10:51 PM, James Bond wrote: > Sorry for the late reply but I managed to test today and the most > recent snapshot I downloaded does not even manage to boot grub. > > Fails with not finding kernel/unix. What kind of machine is that? The recent images should all work

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi! On 8/18/21 2:57 AM, Phillip Stevens wrote: > Yes, I'd also love (pay) to have decent graphics support. I migrated my > Ultra 5 to Sparc64 in 2018 > > and since then hardly turned it on. > The graphics are a real weak

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

I tried to start a bounty on bountysource.com , but I couldn’t find where to host the issue. There needs to be an issue to link on a bug tracker somewhere. Where is the right place? Suggestion would be to make success “support for mach64 enabling Ultra5 / Ultra10 PGX24 and PGX64 video card

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi Adrian, Sorry for the late reply but I managed to test today and the most recent snapshot I downloaded does not even manage to boot grub. Fails with not finding kernel/unix. Cheers Iggi Am 17.08.21, 23:00 schrieb "John Paul Adrian Glaubitz" : Hello Iggi! On 8/17/21 8:41 AM,

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Would also „fund“ a DRM developer if we get someone willing to do so. Cheers Iggi Von: Phillip Stevens Datum: Mittwoch, 18. August 2021 um 02:57 An: James Bond Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz , "debian-sparc@lists.debian.org" Betreff: Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64? Yes, I'd

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Yes, I'd also love (pay) to have decent graphics support. I migrated my Ultra 5 to Sparc64 in 2018 and since then hardly turned it on. The graphics are a real weak point. I've both PGX-64 and XVR-100 graphics, and also tried

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hi Adrian, thanks a lot for the information. I download a new image (think the last one from June this year) and will give a try tomorrow on my Blades. Will keep you updated. Btw as I am not sure on Suns, would it be possible to add a supported (aka accelerated) PCI non Sun (so no OBP

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

Hello Iggi! On 8/17/21 8:41 AM, James Bond wrote: > Well at the moment the 10.0 installer (debian-10.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso > dated 2018) > does not work on machines with XVR-1200 installed. On both the SB1500 and > SB2500 > (both with equipped with XVR-1200) the installer produces a frizzy

Re: Bullseye planned on sparc64?

the installer switches the text mode (initial language setup) and changing screen mode (1024 up to 1920) did not solve the problem. Cheers Iggi Von: Connor McLaughlan Datum: Dienstag, 17. August 2021 um 00:14 An: James Bond Cc: "debian-sparc@lists.debian.org" Betreff: Re: Q: Bullse