[Aurora-sparc-user] Challenge to both Aurora and Debian Sparc lists

[mat]

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.
>
> 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.
>
> I am not a newbie, but I feel like one now. Thanks for any help.
I have an ultra 1 that has been running aurora since 0.4 and alternately
served as mail/web/dns server and a test machine for shadowing the
latest testing releases of aurora. Obviously it's not very fast as a
workstation but makes a great low use server - it has been running 2.6
kernels since the first ones were released by Spot and a mix of the
latest 2.0 and corona trees - X works fine for me (creator3D card). I've
not tried any fresh installs of recent builds as it has been upgraded
piecemeal from 1.0 or 1.92 over the years so have no experience of the
problems you describe. Unfortunately I broke it on an ill-advised
drunken late night hacking session a couple of months back and haven't
got round to turning it back on and fixing it yet. I'll try to crawl
around the back of the stack, find all the leads and power it back on to
see if I can find anything that might help you out.

Cheers,

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