Linux (was Re: [SPARCbook] Sparcbook 3 mouse)

Tue Aug 24 11:45:34 CDT 1999

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Jaakko Niemi wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 08:01:53AM +0200, Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Eric Busto wrote:
> > 
> > > How is X-windows support for the Sparcbook coming?  I heard rumors that 
> > > console mode works, is that confirmable?  Thanks.
> > 
> > Red Hat Linux 5.2 (kernel 2.0.35) needs a fix before the console works so
> > you must install it by terminal first.
> > 
> > Red Hat Linux 6.0 (kernel 2.2.5) works straight out of the box on the
> > console.
> 
>  Debian 2.1 Slink works, if you use the 2.2 kernel image. 
> 
> > No Xserver yet available.
> 
>  Not even colors on the console yet (please someone tell me I'm wrong :)

Red Hat Linux does.

Hugo.

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