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Re: 2.6.3-sparc64 and xfree86



On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 05:50:18AM +1100, Jim Watson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I got that 2.6.3-sparc64 and it boots OK on my sunblade 100. but when i
> startx it says no devices detected. am I attempting something impossible
> here, or are there some extra steps required? i notice some issues about modules
> dependencies too,

The PCI device naming changed in 2.6, and xfree86 is unable to cope yet.
xfree86 needs to be patched, but if you search this list you will find a
one-line patch to arch/sparc64/kerne/pci.c that will temporarily get
around the problem.

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