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fmccor at gentoo

Oct 26, 2005, 4:57 AM

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xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 stable for sparc?

Are there reasons why this release should not go stable for sparc? I
don't see any problems reported against it, and I haven't heard of any
sparc problems with it (although, of course, it might be that no one but
me is running it anywhere).

There is no urgency except for bookkeeping reasons, but this release
does end once and for all the confusion about what keyboard driver to
use for sparc, requires no hand patching to fix up sunffb, and so on.
If it's working for everyone, it's a bit cleaner for us to standardize
on -r6 instead of -r4, we can bury for good a couple bugs, and so on.

Comments, complaints, problems actively solicited.
Regards,
Ferris
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freshy98 at gmx

Oct 26, 2005, 5:51 AM

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Re: xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 stable for sparc? [In reply to]

Hello Ferris,

Since I am not a developer I will reply to you in private.

When I have my Blade 100 installed I will try out this X11.org version using
the onboard ATI RageXL card.

I just need to get a kernel config first, but I will ask that in the
mailinglist it self.

Regards,

Tom Weustink

> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> Von: Ferris McCormick <fmccor [at] gentoo>
> An: gentoo-sparc [at] lists
> Kopie: x11 [at] gentoo
> Betreff: [gentoo-sparc] xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 stable for sparc?
> Datum: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:57:29 +0000
>
> Are there reasons why this release should not go stable for sparc? I
> don't see any problems reported against it, and I haven't heard of any
> sparc problems with it (although, of course, it might be that no one but
> me is running it anywhere).
>
> There is no urgency except for bookkeeping reasons, but this release
> does end once and for all the confusion about what keyboard driver to
> use for sparc, requires no hand patching to fix up sunffb, and so on.
> If it's working for everyone, it's a bit cleaner for us to standardize
> on -r6 instead of -r4, we can bury for good a couple bugs, and so on.
>
> Comments, complaints, problems actively solicited.
> Regards,
> Ferris
> --
> Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor [at] gentoo>
> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel)
>

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fmccor at gentoo

Oct 26, 2005, 9:52 AM

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Re: xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 stable for sparc? [In reply to]

On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 14:51 +0200, freshy98 wrote:
> Hello Ferris,
>
> Since I am not a developer I will reply to you in private.

Actually, please reply on list. This is the general sparc list, not a
developers' list. :)
>
> When I have my Blade 100 installed I will try out this X11.org version using
> the onboard ATI RageXL card.
>
> I just need to get a kernel config first, but I will ask that in the
> mailinglist it self.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Weustink
>
>
> > --- UrsprÃ¼ngliche Nachricht ---
> > Von: Ferris McCormick <fmccor [at] gentoo>
> > An: gentoo-sparc [at] lists
> > Kopie: x11 [at] gentoo
> > Betreff: [gentoo-sparc] xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 stable for sparc?
> > Datum: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:57:29 +0000
> >
> > Are there reasons why this release should not go stable for sparc? I
> > don't see any problems reported against it, and I haven't heard of any
> > sparc problems with it (although, of course, it might be that no one but
> > me is running it anywhere).
> >
> > There is no urgency except for bookkeeping reasons, but this release
> > does end once and for all the confusion about what keyboard driver to
> > use for sparc, requires no hand patching to fix up sunffb, and so on.
> > If it's working for everyone, it's a bit cleaner for us to standardize
> > on -r6 instead of -r4, we can bury for good a couple bugs, and so on.
> >
> > Comments, complaints, problems actively solicited.
> > Regards,
> > Ferris
> > --
> > Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor [at] gentoo>
> > Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel)
> >
>
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Regards,
Ferris
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chance at freeshell

Oct 27, 2005, 11:03 PM

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Re: xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 stable for sparc? [In reply to]

Initially I thought this worked great, but I've run into a snag.

Leaving my xorg.conf configured like it was initially (-r4, kernel 2.4),
I can't seem to VT-switch away from X. The ability to switch is, as far
as I can tell, simply gone.

Unless there's something that should have changed in xorg.conf in
regards to the keyboard driver with the new -r6 version, I'm stumped as
to what happened here.

FWIW, this is on an SMP U60, type 5 serial keyboard.

chance

Ferris McCormick wrote:

>Are there reasons why this release should not go stable for sparc? I
>don't see any problems reported against it, and I haven't heard of any
>sparc problems with it (although, of course, it might be that no one but
>me is running it anywhere).
>
>There is no urgency except for bookkeeping reasons, but this release
>does end once and for all the confusion about what keyboard driver to
>use for sparc, requires no hand patching to fix up sunffb, and so on.
>If it's working for everyone, it's a bit cleaner for us to standardize
>on -r6 instead of -r4, we can bury for good a couple bugs, and so on.
>
>Comments, complaints, problems actively solicited.
>Regards,
>Ferris
>
>

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fmccor at gentoo

Oct 28, 2005, 5:08 AM

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Re: xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 stable for sparc? [In reply to]

On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 01:03 -0500, Chance Platt wrote:
> Initially I thought this worked great, but I've run into a snag.
>
> Leaving my xorg.conf configured like it was initially (-r4, kernel 2.4),
> I can't seem to VT-switch away from X. The ability to switch is, as far
> as I can tell, simply gone.
>
> Unless there's something that should have changed in xorg.conf in
> regards to the keyboard driver with the new -r6 version, I'm stumped as
> to what happened here.
>
Not that I know of, and this seems to be the case for me, too. Please
file a bug to this effect, assign it to x11 [at] gentoo, and please put
me on the CC: list.

> FWIW, this is on an SMP U60, type 5 serial keyboard.
>
> chance
>
>
> Ferris McCormick wrote:
>
> >Are there reasons why this release should not go stable for sparc? I
> >don't see any problems reported against it, and I haven't heard of any
> >sparc problems with it (although, of course, it might be that no one but
> >me is running it anywhere).
> >
> >There is no urgency except for bookkeeping reasons, but this release
> >does end once and for all the confusion about what keyboard driver to
> >use for sparc, requires no hand patching to fix up sunffb, and so on.
> >If it's working for everyone, it's a bit cleaner for us to standardize
> >on -r6 instead of -r4, we can bury for good a couple bugs, and so on.
> >
> >Comments, complaints, problems actively solicited.
> >Regards,
> >Ferris
> >
> >
>

Regards,
Ferris
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel)

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