[osol-discuss] Birthday Calendar

2008-12-28 Thread Prabit Mishra
Hi I'm setting up a birthday calendar and need your help. Just click on the link below and enter your birthday details. (It's quick, easy, and you can keep your age a secret.) http://www.birthdayalarm.com/bd2/83720186a641925951b1436602666c360747359d1386 Thanks Prabit

Re: [osol-discuss] *LOL* : - Xorg on SPARC will not work with any driver except the included wsfb (which only works on m64 graphics in 8-bit mode) unless you get updated matching driver packages from

2008-12-28 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Martin Bochnig wrote: ***LOL***: And here I thought the part you'd appreciate most was going to be that no one downloaded the builds I announced either. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering

Re: [osol-discuss] *LOL* : - Xorg on SPARC will not work with any driver except the included wsfb (which only works on m64 graphics in 8-bit mode) unless you get updated matching driver packages from

2008-12-28 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Octave Orgeron wrote: I'm still at a loss as to what the thinking is around Xorg support on SPARC. Supporting an 8-bit card in a world where many folks have upgraded, thanks to ebay, to something more modern with 24-bit graphics is a bit backward. I hope there are plans on supporting

Re: [osol-discuss] *LOL* : - Xorg on SPARC will not work with any driver except the included wsfb (which only works on m64 graphics in 8-bit mode) unless you get updated matching driver packages from

2008-12-28 Thread Paul Gress
Martin Bochnig wrote: On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: Martin Bochnig wrote: ***LOL***: And here I thought the part you'd appreciate most was going to be that no one downloaded the builds I announced either No, why

Re: [osol-discuss] *LOL* : - Xorg on SPARC will not work with any driver except the included wsfb (which only works on m64 graphics in 8-bit mode) unless you get updated matching driver packages from

2008-12-28 Thread Martin Bochnig
Thanks folks for your input. Yes, at first Sun EOL'ed the SPARC Desktop. No wonder that more and more application vendors will drop that great platform, too. One after another will do:-( Instead of EOL'ing the U45 and U25, Sun should have thought twice about their pricing (un-)policies. They

Re: [osol-discuss] *LOL* : - Xorg on SPARC will not work with any driver except the included wsfb (which only works on m64 graphics in 8-bit mode) unless you get updated matching driver packages from

2008-12-28 Thread Dale Ghent
On Dec 28, 2008, at 4:34 PM, Martin Bochnig wrote: Unfortunately at the cost of some of their year-long loyal SUN*W* SPARC customers (those who still need SPARC for misc. reasons). I have to say that when Sun ceased production of the last SPARC desktop, I winced a bit. And I agree, though,