Re: Sun 220r Enterprises + Debian + Raptor GFX 8P
From: prg (rdgentry1_at_cablelynx.com)
Date: 01/28/05
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Date: 28 Jan 2005 10:10:38 -0800
Paul Walz wrote:
> prg-
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> I realize that the company does not support the setup I want, but it
> seems like people have been able to make it work. I found this link
for
> example http://auroralinux.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Raptor_GFX-8P
>
> [quote]
> ***the GFX 8P does not have a VGA BIOS
> > which is required for a graphics card to be the boot device on an
x86
> > machine.***
> [/quote]
>
> The thing is, I am not trying to run it on an x86 machine, I am
trying
> to run it on a Sun UltraSparc.
DUH...
While googling I just thought I would try to see if anyone _had_ played
with it on x86 -- there have been some -- and in the process forgot you
were on a Sparc machine. And this was _after_ googling
comp.unix.solaris. Brain cells must be dying at an increasing rate.
Anyway, I don't recall that anyone around here is currently running
Linux on Sparc, though, IIRC, some have in the past. That was why I
made a quick peek at comp.unix.solaris before wandering in the mists of
google.
You'll probably have better luck over at comp.unix.solaris. I googled
this:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.unix.solaris/search?q=debian&start=0&
but adding raptor to the terms gave nothing (at all useful).
Around here, you might get some pointers on where further to search by
posting for something more general, like:
Where to get help for Debian on Ultrasparc
At least someone may point you in the right direction if you include
where you've already searched.
re: the link you sited, I saw that one too -- it's what got me snooping
to see if anyone knew how to get it working with XFree86, then chasing
ghosts ;)
IIRC, I did run into a mailing list post that used xdpyinfo and
suspected the default 8+24 mode was something XFree86 doesn't grok and
yada, yada, yada about _their_ problem with fvwm:
http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/archive/0210/msg00036.html
which makes sense to me in that on x86 hardware _any_ 8 bit graphic
would transparently map to 24 bit. It may have to do with
"simultaneous" hardware acceleration support(?).
Googled: linux Raptor GFX 8P graphics card
And read elsewhere -- but can't find it now -- that they suggested
using the Linux frame buffer driver rather than the PGX(?). Oops,
found it:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2004/03/msg00047.html
[q]
Are you using the Permedia framebuffer driver on console?
There appear to be some deficiencies in XFree86's PM2V driver for the
Raptor GFX 8P, which change if you initialize the card with the Linux
2.4 fb driver (which itself has deficiencies for this card).
[eq]
You may have to resort to posting on a mailing list -- but which one?
sorry for the mix-up,
prg
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