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