Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 16:56:16 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 on Ultra 5? Message-ID: <20030520155616.GA61022@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <200305200923.h4K9NsH0001224@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200305200923.h4K9NsH0001224@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 11:23:54AM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Hi, > > Does XFree86 run with FreeBSD on an Ultra 5? No - see this page: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/DP2/hardware-sparc64.html#AEN29 Particularly section 3.5, unsupported hardware. So far, only a serial console will work, so it's not yet ready to act as a workstation. You *may* be able to get it running as an X server, but you will need to run the display on another machine. A friend of mine tried this a couple of months ago with -CURRENT, but never got it working properly - whether because it can't be done, or because he didn't try hard enough, I couldn't say. ;-) Dan > > I have this Ultra 5 on my desktop and need to decide whether > to install Solaris 9 or FreeBSD. I'd rather prefer FreeBSD, > because (a) the box has only 128 Mbyte of RAM, and (b) I prefer > FreeBSD anyway. :-) > > However, X11 is a must, because it will be primarily used as > an X terminal (only few local programs will be run). > > I've searched the archive, but haven't found any information > whether XFree86 runs with FreeBSD/sparc64 on an Ultra 5 ... > > Thanks in advance! > > Regards > Oliver > > PS: No need to Cc me. I read the list. > > -- > Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München > Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author > and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \
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