Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 14:16:54 +0100 From: Christian Meder <meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de> To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: The road ahead ... Hi, this is just a summary of the current Sparc slink status: * boot floppies Seem to work pretty well. Some devices for a working X setup are missing from the initial installation (sunmouse, fb*, kbd; known by Eric). Eric, could you incorporate a generic-sparc target in the makedev package and upload it too (or provide the patches to the list) ? On a SS10 I had problems using the bootfloppies because every command issued in ash was segfaulting (ash_0.3.4-6.2 uploaded yesterday fixes the symptoms but I'm not sure why ;-) Eric, could you test the new ash and include it in the next boot floppies release (it's mandatory for the two SS10 we got around) * X Seems to work well on most installations. I uploaded the last X packages and didn't file a bug report with the patch but sent it to Anders who usually does the X stuff on Sparc. I didn't keep up with the latest X prereleases on i386 but we definitly need another X upload after Branden released another X set. Anders, Steve, could you coordinate on syncing up with Branden's prereleases ? I would favor to use the current X sparc patch for frozen and switch to Steve's patches for potato. * kernel issues 2.0.35 was running pretty well for me. I'm running a 2.2.0-pre8 cvs kernel right now which is up 6 days. Anyone experiences with 2.2.0 ? If we'll agree on a good 2.2.x candiate I'll package it and upload an image. Probably we should provide 2.2.x boot images too. What's your opinion Eric ? * outdated and missing packages I've got most of the outdated stuff compiled and will upload it today or tomorrow (hope I will get Gnome done too ;-) * testing I would appreciate a flood of experiences with the uptodate sparc slink distribution. Serious brokenness is especially welcome but we like supportive cheers too ;-) Comments or anything else I forgot ? Greetings from rainy Germany, Christian -- Christian Meder, email: meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de What's the railroad to me ? I never go to see Where it ends. It fills a few hollows, And makes banks for the swallows, It sets the sand a-blowing, And the blackberries a-growing. (Henry David Thoreau) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org