Re: [SparcStation 10 Floppy Drive]
Well, first of all, what do you want it to do?
Does it show up currently during boot? Take a
look at the output from 'dmesg' and see if there
is a line that makes reference to 'fd' 'fdc' or
'floppy' to be sure the kernel actually sees it.
We're a friendly bunch and don't tend to flame nobs. :)
E
"Anish Patel" <s2akpate@mail1.vcu.edu> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to get the SparcStation's floopy drive to work?
> I am a n00b so please don't flame me to hard.
>
> Thank you
> Anish
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferris McCormick [mailto:fmccor@patriot.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 8:28 AM
> To: Antonio Prioglio
> Cc: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org; xpert@XFree86.Org;
> sparclinux@vger.kernel.org; suse-sparc@suse.com; Jon Leonard
> Subject: Re: [Xpert]Re: DPMS, Screen blanking with Sun Creator3D (sun4u
> systems)
>
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Ferris McCormick wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Antonio Prioglio wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Ferris McCormick wrote:
> [...]
> > >
> > > I'd be getting a Creator 2D soon. I'll be happy to test it with a
> > > GDM-17E10.
> > >
> > > Saluti,
> > > Antonio Prioglio [antonio.prioglio@britishlibrary.net]
> >
> > Thanks for the interest. I'll send out a patch file in the next day
> > or so. It modifies three source files:
> > ffb.h
> > ffb_driver.c
> > ffb_dac.c
> > and applies to the CVS version 4.1.99.1, of about November 1. However
> > the three files involved are dated 2001/05/04, and I haven't seen
> anything
> > else posted which would indicate conflicting changes to the driver.
>
> As indicated, attached source patch file puts some DPMS support into
> the Sun Creator/Elite driver for XF86, release 4.1.99(.1?)-CVS.
> The driver is in the Xfree source tree at (if I type all this right)
> xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/sunffb
>
> In that directory, the command
> patch -b < sunffb-4.1.99-DPMSMode.patch
> should successfully patch the files "ffb.h, ffb_driver.c, ffb_dac.c";
> after that just 'make' in that directory should get you a new
> "sunffb_drv.o" (assuming you have already built everything once.)
>
> Now, with X inactive, go to wherever your existing drivers are
> (something like /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers depending on your
> configuration), save the existing sunffb_drv.o, and bring in the new
> one.
>
> To play with it, make sure that the already-working-with-your-
> Creator-card XF86Config file has the line
> Option "DPMS" "on"
> in its "Monitor" section, and restart X. "xset q" should now
> report that you can use DPMS, and you can play with it. Also,
> if you want, "xset s on; xset s blank" should now work. (If DPMS
> Option is not set, the driver will not enable DPMS, but you can
> change that behavior, of course.)
>
> Also, keep in mind Jon Leonard's note I sent you. I have no way
> of knowing if his remarks apply to your configuration or not.
>
> Good luck,
> Regards,
> Ferris
>
> --
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> Phone: (703) 392-0303
> Fax: (703) 392-0401
>
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