[SunRescue] Linux framebuffer support

[scohen-StephenCohenscohen at acxiom.com]

Mike,

This might be a much better question than you may realize!  I salvaged an
IPX.  Solaris 2.5 GUI was dog slow.  A friend, familiar with Intel Linux,
said Red Hat sold a SPARC version.  I bought it, he loaded it and it worked,
but enlightenment/Gnome was dead dog slow.

I am not sufficiently skilled (maybe I am but just don't yet know it) to
acquire the Linux source and compile it into an operating binary.  Red Hat's
RPM is just what I need.

Realizing I might be a Microsoft-like 'lowest common denominator', I still
like the idea of swapping the GUI with sawmill/Gnome, loading and running
ethereal, and much, much more, but don't have the specific knowledge
required to start from source.

I've only 'heard' that BSD is better on the SPARC instruction set - not seen
quantifiable numbers, though.  Maybe my IPX (even with the Weitek PowerUp
upgrade taking it from 40 to 80Mhz) will never be well suited to run with a
GUI.  But it does a mighty fine job for other, less demanding, tasks.

I actually appreciate your question and the chance to say that the Linux
community, albeit Red Hat, has extended the use of an IPX such that I can
use it while still learning about it.

Regards,
Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Nicewonger [mailto:twmaster at twmaster.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 11:34 AM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Linux framebuffer support


Good god, why would anyone want to run dead rat on a Sun. Since I don't run
Linux on Sparc's I couldn't say. One could always consult the HCL at dead
rat's web site.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "scohen - Stephen Cohen" <scohen at acxiom.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 10:35 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] Linux framebuffer support


> Mike N recently posted "... I was thinking more like OpenBSD which
supports
> the framebuffer."  Does this imply that Red Hat (or any other) Linux on a
> SPARC does NOT support it?
>
> Regards,
> Steve
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