From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by oss.sgi.com id ; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:40:10 -0700 Received: from deliverator.sgi.com ([204.94.214.10]:42029 "EHLO deliverator.sgi.com") by oss.sgi.com with ESMTP id ; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:39:30 -0700 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (gate3-relay.engr.sgi.com [130.62.1.234]) by deliverator.sgi.com (980309.SGI.8.8.8-aspam-6.2/980310.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id QAA25012 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:31:31 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (markp@nmrf.org.au) Received: from sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id QAA38907 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:38:39 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (markp@nmrf.org.au) Received: from gw.cs.nsw.gov.au (gw1.cs.nsw.gov.au [152.76.0.130]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id QAA03746 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:38:37 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (markp@nmrf.org.au) Received: from funnelweb.cs.nsw.gov.au ([152.76.2.177]) by gw1.gw.cs.nsw.gov.au with ESMTP id <115227>; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:43:28 +1000 Received: from nuc130.crg.cs.nsw.gov.au ([152.76.224.253]) by funnelweb.cs.nsw.gov.au (Post.Office MTA v3.5.1 release 219 ID# 0-0U10L2S100) with ESMTP id au; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:38:18 +1000 Received: from nmrf.org.au (really [152.76.85.139]) by nucmed.crg.cs.nsw.gov.au via smail with esmtp (ident markp using rfc1413) id (Debian Smail3.2.0.101) for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:03:49 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <397E28D8.37D77A9A@nmrf.org.au> From: Mark Pearson Organization: Nuclear Medicine Research Foundation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.10 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: michael.j.lewis@db.com, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: SGI-Linux VisualWorkstations References: <85256927.0048395E.00@nysmtp4001.svc.btco.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:43:28 +1000 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips-outgoing The howto page on the sgi site has moved to http://oss.sgi.com/www.linux.sgi.com/intel/visws I use a debian distribution with kernel 2.2.10 on a 320 with 256Mb ram and the flat panel display. Xfree 3.3.6 seems to work best and will provide 8 or 16 bit depth. The main problem I have found (at least under kde and xfree 3.x and 4.x) is that the mouse focus will not always pass to the window under the cursor, and some processes have to be killed to release the focus. The other problem is that every few days the ethernet controller stops transmitting and must be restarted. michael.j.lewis@db.com wrote: > Has anyone managed to get Linux (any distribution) onto the Visual > Workstation? Personally, had a no. of problems > with the Visual Workstation and my last gasp effort to use the machine > (apart from as a dust magnet) is to run Linux on > them .... any info. pls. let me know. (linux.sgi.com ... used to have a > couple of pages as I recall, but dont think they are there now....) > > rgds & thnks, > > Michael L -- Mark Pearson BSc (Computing) -- Technical and Computer Support Department of Nuclear Medicine, Concord Hospital Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2137, Australia PH: 61-2-9767 7450 or 61-2-9767 6339 FAX: 61-2-9767 7451