The KDE Project recommends the XFree86 server

Martin Konold martin.konold at erfrakon.de
Sun Jul 11 13:02:32 BST 2004


Am Samstag, 10. Juli 2004 16:50 schrieb Stefan Teleman:

Hi Stefan,

> build X.org (X11R6) from source, but it will not run, because the
> framebuffer microcode is proprietary to Sun, and there is no open
> source equivalent. So, no X server upgrades are possible other than
> those provided by Sun.

This is interesting as IIRC I used to run XFree86 on Sparc HW about 3-4 years 
ago. (Though using Linux not solaris)

Regards,
-- martin

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