Re: Vs: Redhat 6.0 on a Jensen (no really, please help)

[Carsten Jacobi <carsten jakes kawo1 rwth-aachen de>]

On Mit, 29 Mär 2000, David Rysdam wrote:

>But you (and several other people) have mentioned that
>RedHat 6.0 on a Jensen doesn't work very well.  The
>only spare Alpha we have (we're a small company) is a
>Jensen.  Does this mean I'll have to tell Marketing
>that the software requirements have changed?

RedHat runs on Jensen Boards, no doubt on this. Though, there are still some
things that must be patched:

- There is a bug in the 2.2.x-Kernels that makes programs using the
"floor"-method (for example all GTK-programs or ghostscript) hang on
EV4-machines. You will find the patch against that at
http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2000week09/0381.html
- I had problems running the X-Server for S3-cards on my Jensen board. You
will find the package with the working X-Server for S3 cards at
ftp://alpha.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de/alpha/RPMS (just in case that you have the
same machine as me ...)

Except of this RedHat runs pretty well on a Jensen board and it is a good
choice (next to D*****-Linux which runs also very well on that machine). One
more advantage of RedHat Linux is that Netscape and the Compaq C-Compiler are
available as rpm-packages for this architecture.

If you need a machine for Alpha-Linux development RedHat on Jensen is not a bad
choice (at least this is my opinion) .... at least much much better than
nothing! They only thing that is complicated is the installation of
RedHat-Linux on these boards 8-(

Carsten