Linux on sparcstations (was Re: [H-GEN] linux box just went dead)

[Jason Henry Parker]

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Jason Henry Parker <jasonp at uq.net.au> writes:

> Ah, just a quick diversion.  Is anyone on the list aware with issues 
> running X on a sparcstation 5?   I got hold of one recently (yes, Mark,
> I'll pay you soon :) and X will simply not start, complaining about an
> inappropriate ioctl when initialising the mouse (I don't have the exact
> error on me, but can produce it on request).

I found the solution to this problem on the debian-sparc mailing list
archives:  apparently /dev/mouse somehow becomes a symlink to
/dev/gpmdata, which, of course, isn't really the best place to go
looking for a mouse!

Gads.

Thanks to everyone who offered a solution.

jason ``if you want a mouse in text modes you should use screen'' parker
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