[SPARCbook] weitek framebuffer and solaris 9

[Koyote]

I don't think that will work. the problem is that soalris itself won't connect to a /dev/fb

I could be wrong, though.


I'd be just as happy at this point to have pcmcia in bsd and get wireless that way. I *like* solaris, but with the tadpole solaris 7 costing more than I currently make- and with solaris 9 not being functional on a workstation level....

all I need is emacs, the happy keyboard, some browsers, and wireless.



On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 04:18:03AM -0500, Federico Lucifredi wrote:
> Wait a second...
>     Wouldn't it be possible to install solaris 9.0, forgeting about KDE and
> x, and then install the gnome option on top of Xfree86 ? Is this totally off
> the wall or has it any chanche to succeed ?
> 
> -does xfree86 have a waitek framebuffer driver?  (if not, it is probably
> easier -- cheaper ? -- to find the docs to write a driver for xf86 4.0 than
> for solaris)
> 
> -does the gnome option of solaris 9 ride on top of a commercial xserver or
> on top of xfree ? any chanche that the solaris software for X would work on
> Xfree ?
> 
>     input please... now that I have got a replacement HD for the sparcbook,
> the power button has decided to break, so I have some more time to ponder
> "what if" kind of questions....
> 
> -Federico
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