This is a random list of observations/incompatibilities/missing(?) features I have noticed after installing X-modular on three sparc systems (SB1000(2x900) kernel=2.6.13-rc3-vanilla, U60(2x450) kernel=2.6.14-U60-2x450, U2(2x400) kernel=2.4.31-sparc-r2). Some of this is repetitious, some is new. Some might have already been documented elsewhere, but I just don't remember it. 1. (repetition ad nauseam): If you need sunffb_drv.so (Creator/Elite graphics), you MUST rebuild it by hand; instructions in previous emails and at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4890 --- this is a serious bug (show stopper). 2. (repetition): VTswitch (CTRL-ALT-Fx) is missing, any kernel or system. Probably a problem in kbd driver. 3. (repetition): I haven't figured out how (if at all) to activate AltGraph under kernel-2.6 (OK with 2.4). It's needed for some graphics (e.g., cent-sign, European quote marks, 1/4 symbol, and so on). 4. (new): Some libraries seem not to be provided (libXss, libdps, libdpstk, and probably others). libdps is probably needed for DPSgtk, at least (but see below). On the other hand, it might be that these libraries are completely unneeded or that their facilities are provided elsewhere. 5. (new) Some uncommon xorg-x11 utilities seem not to be provided. For example, pswrap (also needed for DPSgtk), gccmakedep (needed for some games), and doubtless others. They might be someplace disguised with some other name, but I can't find them. 6. Probably other things that haven't made enough of an impression on me for me to recall them. :) There is probably a mechanism in place for officially reporting this sort thing, but I am too lazy to look it up, and I think this information is potentially of general interest anyway. Slight apologies to those of you who receive several copies of this note or who have already seen all of this from me. (But very slight.) Feedback, other than flames, requested. If notes like this offend you, I really don't need to know that. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel)