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Re: Installing debian on a SunBlade 100



On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 02:15:20PM +0200, Olivier Bornet wrote:
> Hello David,
> 
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 11:57:07AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> > 
> > Olivier Bornet writes:
> >  > I'm trying to install debian on a SunBlade 100 with a SunExpert 3D lite.
> > 
> > Take the expert3d card out, Linux cannot drive it anyways.
> 
> Thanks, this correct the problem, and I have now the Blade running Debian
> GNU/Linux.
> 
> I have some questions :
> 
> - can I allready install an X server for the base Mach64 card (and how) ?

Add this to /etc/apt/sources.list to get a working set of X packages for
ATI hardware:

deb     http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins xfree86/

> - is there a work on the expert3d card ?
> - there are lot of "garbage" on the screen (some group of pixels ramdomly on,
>   changing when I do a <CRTL-L>)

Try upgrading to a newer kernel. This package was built yesterday, if
you want to use it instead.

http://incoming.debian.org/kernel-image-2.4.5-sun4u_9_sparc.deb


Ben

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