Mach64 problems in UltraPenguin 1.1.9

Mach64 problems in UltraPenguin 1.1.9

[Steve Dunham]

Jakub Jelinek <jj@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz> writes:

> Hi!
> 
> Updates in UP1.1.9:

> XFree86-3.3.3.1-5	further FFB fixes, Mach64 fixes (requires the above
> 			kernel), Leo/ZX support (including acceleration).

The Mach64 X server is broken (I first tried applying your patches to
the Debian server, and then tried running your binary with the same results.)

Ther kernel is the latest CVS kernel (numbered 2.2.7).  The card is
2MB, and I am running the server in 16bit mode. The colors come out
very wrong, and the cursor is mangled.  (In 8-bit mode, the colors are
correct, but the cursor is still mangled. - and, yes, the cursor does
look like it has an endian problem.)

Any ideas?


Steve
dunham@cse.msu.edu

Re: Mach64 problems in UltraPenguin 1.1.9

[David Miller]

   From: Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu>
   Date: 	27 Apr 1999 09:58:08 -0400

   Any ideas?

We fixed all of this, have a look at the RH6.0 SRPMS.

While I'm mentioning this, I want to officially announce that we're
stopping general maintenance of UltraPenguin.  It is just too much
duplicated work for Jakub and myself to keep both RedHat and
UltraPenguin working and up to date at the same time.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com

Re: Mach64 problems in UltraPenguin 1.1.9

[Edwin Kremer]

On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 09:58:08AM -0400, Steve Dunham wrote:

  : > XFree86-3.3.3.1-5	further FFB fixes, Mach64 fixes (requires the above
  : > 			kernel), Leo/ZX support (including acceleration).
  : 
  : Ther kernel is the latest CVS kernel (numbered 2.2.7).  The card is
  : 2MB, and I am running the server in 16bit mode. The colors come out
  : very wrong, and the cursor is mangled.  (In 8-bit mode, the colors are
  : correct, but the cursor is still mangled. - and, yes, the cursor does
  : look like it has an endian problem.)

I've installed using the Apr 14 tftpboot.img and the same XFree86 on a
brand new Ultra 5 that comes with PGX24 graphics (that is Mach64 but
with 4MB memory) and I'm having similar problems (kernel 2.2.5).

8-bit color is fine, but at 16 or 24 everything looks very purple and
the mouse pointer must be artwork :-)

Until I saw your message, I figured it had something to do with the
new PGX24 graphics.


Best regards,

-- 
Edwin H. Kremer, senior systems- and network administrator.   <edwin@cs.uu.nl>
Dept. of Computer Science,  Utrecht University, The Netherlands  [WHOIS: ehk3]
-------------------- http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/edwin/ -----------------------

Re: Mach64 problems in UltraPenguin 1.1.9

[Jakub Jelinek]

> 
> While I'm mentioning this, I want to officially announce that we're
> stopping general maintenance of UltraPenguin.  It is just too much
> duplicated work for Jakub and myself to keep both RedHat and
> UltraPenguin working and up to date at the same time.

Heh, I wanted to announce that today too.
As most of the differences between RedHat 5.2 and UltraPenguin 1.1.9 have
been merged into RedHat 6.0 (at the moment I can think of tape installation
only which did not make it in, but maybe I forgot something), it really has
no sense to go for UltraPenguin 1.2. Use RedHat 6.0 instead.
Maybe we'll still use UltraPenguin in the future as a testbed for some SPARC
hacks, but at the moment consider it as a distribution with historical value
only.
I'll put in some README explaining this.

Cheers,
    Jakub
___________________________________________________________________
Jakub Jelinek | jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz | http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz
Administrator of SunSITE Czech Republic, MFF, Charles University
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UltraLinux  |  http://ultra.linux.cz/  |  http://ultra.penguin.cz/
Linux version 2.2.5 on a sparc64 machine (3958.37 BogoMips)
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Re: Mach64 problems in UltraPenguin 1.1.9

[Steve Dunham]

David Miller <davem@twiddle.net> writes:

>    From: Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu>
>    Date: 	27 Apr 1999 09:58:08 -0400

>    Any ideas?

> We fixed all of this, have a look at the RH6.0 SRPMS.

I'll try, it may be a few weeks before I can actually get at them. :)

> While I'm mentioning this, I want to officially announce that we're
> stopping general maintenance of UltraPenguin.  It is just too much
> duplicated work for Jakub and myself to keep both RedHat and
> UltraPenguin working and up to date at the same time.

I was wondering when the merge was going to happen.


Steve
dunham@cse.msu.edu

Re: Mach64 problems in UltraPenguin 1.1.9

[Edwin Kremer]

On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 04:16:05PM +0200, Jakub Jelinek wrote:

  : As most of the differences between RedHat 5.2 and UltraPenguin 1.1.9 have
  : been merged into RedHat 6.0

Lovely! That's very good news!

  : but at the moment consider it as a distribution with historical value only.

It has been a pleasure running it. Many thanks to all involved with
the UP releases: you made life more fun for many of us...


Best regards,

-- 
Edwin H. Kremer, senior systems- and network administrator.   <edwin@cs.uu.nl>
Dept. of Computer Science,  Utrecht University, The Netherlands  [WHOIS: ehk3]
-------------------- http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/edwin/ -----------------------