>>>>> "JM" == John Malone <johnm at netsoc.ucd.ie> writes:
JM> Recently I installed Debian on my Ultra 10. All went well
JM> (eventually) and it installed all the usuall stuff. X is less
JM> successful though. The problems are with the keyboard and
JM> mouse. I have tried manually editing the config file but when
JM> I start X with what looks like a reasonable setting the mouse
JM> fails to work and the key mappings are foobar'd. Solution is
JM> to telnet in and kill X.
It would be useful if you had quoted your "reasonable settings".
Process of elimination, don'tcherknow!
JM> Any one have a suitable X config file that they could send me
JM> (off list)to get X going?
I use the following (see end) on a Ultra 5 with xserver-mach64; with
luck it's reasonably close to what you'll need for the Ultra 10. One
issue is that there is no XKB layout for a UK Sun keyboard, so I'm
stumbling along with it in US. You may need to do the following, as
there was no device node for the Sun mouse on my install:
# mknod /dev/sunmouse c 10 6
JM> I previously had RedHat on it and it detected and configured
JM> everything no probs. I deceided to give Debian a go as apt-get
JM> is cool. However the install and configuring of debian seems
JM> to suck (or should I RTFM). RedHat happily configured all the
JM> standard Ultra 10 hardware and up popped X first time.
I takes a little getting used to, true.
JM> Also anyone installing linux on a Sparc is well advised to
JM> note down the boot devices on paper so that when linux f*cks
JM> it all up you can get it all up and running in no time and not
JM> have to fool around in the OK prompt for an age trying to get
JM> it all booting again:)
JM> Think I'll stick to slowaris on the sparcs for the mo :)
I find using Solaris on an Ultra 5 utterly unbearable. Debian is much
smoother and a lot more easy to use (and I don't mean that in a GUI
sense).
# XF86Config file preconfigured for SPARC machines
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
#NoTrapSignals
#DontZap
#DontZoom
EndSection
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
# AutoRepeat 500 5
# Let the server do the NumLock processing. This should only be
# required when using pre-R6 clients.
#ServerNumLock
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#Xleds 1 2 3
LeftAlt Meta
RightAlt Meta
ScrollLock Compose
RightCtl Control
# To disable the XKEYBOARD (XKB) extension, uncomment XkbDisable. When not
# using XKB, the server often guesses the console keymap incorrectly;
# uncomment appropriate lines in /etc/X11/Xmodmap to fix it.
# XkbDisable
# The following works for a Type 5 North American keyboard.
# XKB is extremely poorly documented (thanks, SGI!). Good luck.
XkbModel "sun"
XkbKeycodes "sun(type5)"
#
# PC (PS/2) keyboard users (North America)
# XkbRules "xfree86"
# XkbModel "pc104"
# XkbLayout "us"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "sun"
# The mouse is most likely located at one of three places:
Device "/dev/sunmouse" # traditional Sun mouse
# Device "/dev/mouse" # usually a symlink to the real device
# Device "/dev/misc/sunmouse" # devfs location
# For PS/2 systems, you should install GPM, use mouse type "ps2" (or
# whatever protocol is appropriate for your mouse), set up the repeater
# for "raw", then uncomment these settings
# Protocol "ps/2"
# Device "/dev/gpmdata"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 31.5-80
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 50-120
# Sun Microsystems Modes
# The third number in the mode name is the vertical refresh rate.
ModeLine "1152x900x66" 94.5 1152 1192 1320 1528 900 902 906 937 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "1152x900x76" 108.0 1152 1184 1312 1504 900 902 906 937 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024x67" 117.0 1280 1296 1408 1632 1024 1026 1034 1067 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024x76" 135.0 1280 1312 1376 1664 1024 1026 1034 1066 -hsync -vsync
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
# any number of graphics device sections may be present
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
#VideoRam 2048
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# the Mach64 or 3DLabs/GLINT accelerated server
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x900x76"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1152 900
EndSubsection
EndSection
# the VGA16 server
Section "Screen"
Driver "vga16"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Modes "1152x900x76"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1152 900
EndSubsection
EndSection
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