Hi Will .. On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 01:23:03AM -0500, Will Andrews wrote: >How do I get X running on my SGI R4600 Newport XL Indy? I'm >running Debian unstable and have installed all the relevant >packages, but I can't seem to get a usable display in X. All >indications seem to say that this graphics card is supported. Here some links ... XF86config-4 : http://www.linuxmips.net/XF86Config X-Indy-Doc : http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/linux-mips/x/x.html >Also, when I boot Linux 2.4.16 (from ftp.rfc822.org), the ps/2 >mouse is not detected. I had a look at the config file for it, >and it seems support was enabled for this device. try this .. : mknod /dev/psaux c 10 1 >Has anyone gotten the 2.5.x kernels from oss.sgi.com to work? >Mine crash with a strange panic at bootup... :\ Hmm why do you want to do that? I will advice you to use 2.4 from cvs.oss.org ... or have a look here ... : http://bourbaki.math.uni-kiel.de/~jpalic/debian/kernel/ There you will find a kernel-deb ... http://bourbaki.math.uni-kiel.de/~jpalic/debian/kernel/kernel-image-2.4.17_1.00.Custom_mips.deb Best Regards Jan -- One time, you all will be emulated by linux! ---- Jan- Hendrik Palic Url:"http://www.billgotchy.de"; E-Mail: "palic@billgotchy.de" -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s: a-- C++ UL++ P+++ L+++ E W++ N+ o+ K- w--- O- M- V- PS++ PE Y+ PGP++ t--- 5- X+++ R-- tv- b++ DI-- D+++ G+++ e+++ h+ r++ z+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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