Re: Debian in Ultra 5

[Anders Hammarquist <iko@cd.chalmers.se>]

> Err, back off on that.  I've only had one instance where this was
> needed.  The UltraSparc (I think it was an Ultra10) had an additional
> special video card (some kind of super Creator 3d thing).  It wouldn't
> work with the card in the machine because /dev/fb0 is hardcoded into
> the mach64 server and the extra card ended up being /dev/fb0.  (The
> server needs /dev/fb0 to map the video memory.)

and if you do have a Creator in the box, you probably want to
use Xsun24 instead (at least if the latest patches have been applied),
since that video card is quite a bit spiffier than the m64.

/Anders

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