Re: using a video card in Netra 240

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On 06/08/2010 08:52 PM, Rabindranath seunarinesingh wrote:
> Hello there, I'm a regular Fedora-x86 user trying to load linux onto
> Sparc, and I have questions: I have a Sun Netra 240 server *without* a
> video card. It is connected to a private LAN with a static ip address.
> Q1. If I install Fedora 12 (dvd-rom) using the console, can I get to a
> gui-type Desktop like Kde? If so, how?
> Q2. Can the Netra 240 use a non-Sun video card? I have a SiS 6326 PCI
> card lying around.

The answer is probably no. It definitely won't give you access to the
OpenProm Boot (OBP).

Linux _might_ drive it once it is booted, assuming that the driver is
endian clean and doesn't contain any arch specific asm.

~spot
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