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Re: Sparcbook 3GX: current state of support?



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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Roger Burton West wrote:

I've recently acquired a Sparcbook 3GX and I'd like to get it up and
running Debian. I've found the message

http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2000/03/msg00098.html

but can't see anything more recent. Is X support a plausible thing to
try for, and should I be going for stable or unstable installers?

Roger

For what it's worth, 15 months ago or so I was able to install Gentoo Linux onto a Sparcbook 3GX, using a kernel at about revision 2.4.20. X would work using the CG3 driver (if I recall correctly) but I could never
figure out how to configure in the pointer (mouse).


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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@gentoo.org>
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc)
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