[rescue] e450 and debian linux

[Mike Hebel]

Someone generated the quantum flux that came across as... Wes Will
> Sigh.....
>
> Yes, the philosophy of Linux, Open Solaris, BSD of some sort, the distro
> wars, whatever....
>
> But philosophy to the side, does ANYONE know, can ANYONE TELL ME, in
> simple
> terms, which of the billion or so frame buffer drivers under Debian's
> installer works with a Raptor GFXP8 card in an E450???


I'm guessing none which is why everyone is suggesting console install:


http://www.techsource.com/gfx8pfaqs/gfx8pfaqs.html


However there are signs of life just not all that recently:


http://lists.auroralinux.org/pipermail/aurora-sparc-user/2004-August/001815.html


http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/03/msg00052.html


http://auroralinux.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Raptor_GFX-8P


It looks like it's a Permedia chipset card that is only supported under
XFree 3.x or so.


Mike Hebel
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