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

[John Zbesko]

Thank you for your reply. Could you please post your xorg.conf file? If
your's works on an Ultra 1 with a Turbo GX card, but not on my box, then
at least I know to look elsewhere for a fix.

Does anyone have a Sun part number for a different (better!) graphics
card for the Ultra 1?

On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 13:38 -0600, kab33 at charter.net wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I too have had many problems with Aurora installs.  Especially on 
> older Suns with SCSI CD drives.  And it does make one feel like a 
> newbie - even after many years with Linux on Suns.
> 
> I found it to usually be the CD media or the CD drive.  If you have 
> any other CD drive, try it.  I have the best luck with an IDE to SCSI 
> converter (a part I picked up off ebay and is worth it weight in 
> gold) and  I use an standard PC  IDE CD or DVD drive (side note: the 
> converter even works with disk drives - so its cool to see a 320GB 
> IDE HD come up as a fully working SCSI drive on a SCSI only Sun!!). 
> The converter I have is from Storigen Systems (but there is no part 
> number on it).  It has a SCA SCSI connector (so I also have to use a 
> SCA to 50 PIN SCSI converter too - these are plentiful on ebay) on 
> one end and a standard IDE connector on the other.  These little guys 
> come up on ebay maybe twice a year.  So, if you cannot get one of 
> those . . .
> 
> BE SURE YOU BURN YOUR CD or DVD at 1x or 2x .  Also, try using 
> different brands of CD/DVD media.  Also try a different CDrom or 
> better a SCSI DVD drive if you can find one.  All that being said, I 
> still have problems with the install hanging.
> 
> The solution that has been working best for me is to do a custom 
> install and de-select all the extra software.  You end up with about 
> 630MB install of a very basic Aurora.   I have a text file with some 
> 879 RPMs that build out a very full featured Aurora.  I  boot the 
> fresh Aurora install (text only at this point) and run my RPM list 
> through a script that does:
> 	`rpm -Uvh --nodeps /the_aurora_RPMS/$rpm_from_list `
> to install all the rest of the RPMs.  I get some errors, and I run 
> the script 2 or 3 times to get all the RPMs loaded.
> 
> I am not sure what kind of problems this solution will cause.  But it 
> works for me.   I do have some small odd conf problems that I think 
> are caused by this method.  But, I can get KDE started with vncserver 
> and work from the comfort my couch to fix up the build.
> 
> If you want to try this method,  I'll email to you the list of RPMs 
> (or to this list of others are interested).
> 
> Your Mileage May Vary!!!
> 
> Keith
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