On Sat, Aug 04, Alberto Da Milano wrote:
Hi experts, yesterday I read in Suse support DB that there is a new adapter supported in IBM RS/6k env. It seems that it is necessary to have a recent kernel (2.4.6 ) and an openfirmware driver : I suppose it means I have to download the latest microcode for the workstation I want to install.
The URL is http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/olh_ppc_hardware_ibm.html (this is the whole line of info): GXT 2000P (requires kernel 2.4.6 and newer, OpenFirmware driver)
Is there someone who can kindly suggest me how to configure the last kernel in order to have the support for this adapter? ( for example if I have to activate fb for MATROX (???) or else...) or better if is there a precompiled kernel I can download? And what is exactly an openfirmware driver?
You can find the latest kernels here: /mirror/SuSE/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/kernel/BETA/ You dont need a special OF update, the driver is already active. That "requires kernel 2.4.6 and newer" means that someone fixed the color palette for X. You should use Mode "default" instead of Mode "1024x768" or whatever you have in the XF86config. Gruss Olaf -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...