[rescue] e450 and debian linux

Mike Hebel nimitz at nimitzbrood.com
Fri Sep 16 12:06:50 CDT 2005


Someone generated the quantum flux that came across as... Sridhar Ayengar
> Francois Dion wrote:
>> On 9/16/05, Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
>>
>>>Of course, a better question is why someone would want to use a
>>>framebuffer in an E450. There's much smaller, and much quieter
>>>workstation machine, and servers shouldn't ever be running a graphical
>>>environment. :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Unless you have SunPCI cards, it's a pain if you dont have a console
>> framebuffer.
>
> I just use a console terminal.


Indeed.  I have not one framebuffer in any of my racked Sparc boxes at
home.  And they all currently run Debian.  (U1, Netra i150?, cakeboxes.)


Now I just have to get around to setting up my Portmaster...


Mike Hebel
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Waiting for Wyatt's Torch to go out...



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