Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 01:14:40 +0000 From: Tor Sigurdsson <tosi@suse.starf.rhi.hi.is> Message-ID: <20001124011440.A18151@dustpuppy.suse.starf.rhi.hi.is> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Re: [SLE] SuSE Sparc 7.0: stable?
I have been using SuSE 7.0 on my Sparc IPX for some time now ( since the
release ) and it works flawlessly :-) Also, I have up and running SuSE 7.0
on a 170MHz Sparcstation 5, and that too works like a charm. I'm seeing
on the sparcstation a couple of unhandled keyboard interrupts a day, but
it doesn't seem to have an impact on its functionality or stability.
Regards,
Tor
On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 10:12:31AM +1000, Q89029292 wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Chris Wareham wrote:
>
> > Lenz Grimmer wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Fabrizio Poggi wrote:
> > >
> > >> as you know, Red Hat has declared that the Sun Sparc platform will be
> > >> no supported in future and recently SuSE announce the support of Sparc
> > >> architecture in 7.0 release. My SS5 at work run now a 6.2 Red Hat
> > >> (running slightly slow, some minor problems); before the announcement
> > >> of SuSE, I was thinking to cut-off RH6.2 with a NetBSD solution. Now
> > >> have some doubts. Any suggestion about, or previous experience with
> > >> SuSE7 Sparc Edition (from the point of view of stability)?
> > >
> > > I am sure, the people over in suse-sparc can tell you more about this.
> > >
> >
> > In reply to Fabrizio:
> >
> > RedHat have not dropped support for the SPARC architecture[1]. They
> > didn't see enough of a market to justify a 7.0 release, but a 7.1
> > release for SPARC is likely. The recent updates to the SPARC RawHide
> > tree back this up as well. Personally, I'm going to wait around for
> > RedHat 7.1, and if this doesn't materialise then I will switch to
> > SuSE. Note that OpenBSD and NetBSD aren't an option if you're using
> > a 24bit framebuffer like the Leo.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > [1] see www.ultralinux.org
> >
> >
> I switched from redhat 6.0 a long time ago as it had many issues at that
> time (S. Classic 4m leo frame buffer), I am currently using debian 2.2
> which is very stable (read high usage and long uptime). The only thing
> that goes splat (segfault) occasionally is Netscape.
>
> N.B. I did experience Watchdog resets with xlockmore and xscreensaver
> using debian 2.1 and promptly removed them, that was using the pre-release
> of glibc2.1 and patches applied to a 2.1.x kernel, I haven't tried them
> recently although at the time I sent in detailed bug reports using gdb
> attached to the running process from an xterm on another computer. The
> problem may be solved by now.
>
> I haven't tried Suse yet although I do have a box set aside for it and
> will in the near future.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Firmstone.
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