From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EZdav-0004i6-HZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:13:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA90CpXZ028980; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 00:12:51 GMT Received: from pih-relay04.plus.net (pih-relay04.plus.net [212.159.14.131]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA90CoNm018181; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 00:12:50 GMT Received: from [80.229.169.140] (helo=kenny.chepstow.djnauk.co.uk) by pih-relay04.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1EZda5-0003we-6t; Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:12:50 +0000 Received: by kenny.chepstow.djnauk.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 0) id 87F7BA8294; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 00:10:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from robin.gentoo.org (lists.gentoo.org [140.105.134.102]) by kenny.chepstow.djnauk.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18AEF890AA for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:27:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA3ERr0d005491; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:27:53 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA3ERbbR031375; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:27:37 GMT Received: from [216.200.97.58] (helo=polylepis.inforead.com) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1EXg3A-0007ja-J3; Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:26:44 +0000 Subject: [gentoo-sparc] [gentoo-dev] X-modular on sparc. From: Ferris McCormick To: gentoo-sparc@lists.gentoo.org Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, x11@gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Zz93S0G79PDJPsxG9Sgi" Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:26:43 +0000 Message-ID: <1131028003.7203.66.camel@polylepis.inforead.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-sparc@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-sparc@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 X-Archives-Salt: 3cc6fcec-0aa7-4d65-9fde-ea8e18310344 X-Archives-Hash: aa913b0d5ee29f1291cb14e509cd45b6 Message-ID: <20051103142643.26hn2efNJuneK7ZnpvJe8UH6GR4I6Xnq0-KwKT1f9Q0@z> --=-Zz93S0G79PDJPsxG9Sgi Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is a random list of observations/incompatibilities/missing(?) features I have noticed after installing X-modular on three sparc systems (SB1000(2x900) kernel=3D2.6.13-rc3-vanilla, U60(2x450) kernel=3D2.6.14-U60-2x450, U2(2x400) kernel=3D2.4.31-sparc-r2). Some of thi= s 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=3D4890 --- 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 --=20 Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel) --=-Zz93S0G79PDJPsxG9Sgi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBDah4jQa6M3+I///cRAjKtAJ4wBBZCS57U02Rxb8TbtevnKIT7+QCgxSV0 efzfjJRRbt90uePqv6fqsdE= =k9rE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Zz93S0G79PDJPsxG9Sgi-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-sparc@gentoo.org mailing list