solaris 8 on Intel

[Raghu]

Hi,

I recieved the Solaris 8 Operating Environment kit from Sun. I
installed it on an Intel PIII 700 MHz with 20 GB HDD. I am new to
Solaris. I am having these problems:

1. I am not able to run C program. The compiler isn't installed. I
used all the CDs.

2. The graphic card I have is S3 Trio 3D/2X. Solaris doesn't support
this driver. The card isn't of much use.

Is there a solution to atleast the first part.

Thanks
Raghu

[no@!spam]

As to the C compiler, you can download and use GCC (GNU C Compiler !)
don't know about your graphics card
On 30 Jun 2003 00:08:21 -0700, [email]raghusureshk@hotmail.com[/email] (Raghu) wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I recieved the Solaris 8 Operating Environment kit from Sun. I
>installed it on an Intel PIII 700 MHz with 20 GB HDD. I am new to
>Solaris. I am having these problems:
>
>1. I am not able to run C program. The compiler isn't installed. I
>used all the CDs.
>
>2. The graphic card I have is S3 Trio 3D/2X. Solaris doesn't support
>this driver. The card isn't of much use.
>
>Is there a solution to atleast the first part.
>
>Thanks
>Raghu

[Fredrik Lundholm]

In article <e8b98b93.0306292308.703598bd@posting.google.com >,
Raghu <raghusureshk@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I recieved the Solaris 8 Operating Environment kit from Sun. I
>installed it on an Intel PIII 700 MHz with 20 GB HDD. I am new to
>Solaris. I am having these problems:
>
>1. I am not able to run C program. The compiler isn't installed. I
>used all the CDs.

Go to [url]www.blastwave.org[/url] and install GCC.

>2. The graphic card I have is S3 Trio 3D/2X. Solaris doesn't support
>this driver. The card isn't of much use.

Go to [url]http://solaris-x86.org/software/drivers/[/url]
Learn about Solaris XFree86 Video Drivers and Porting Kit.

/wfr
Fredrik

--
Fredrik Lundholm
dol @ ce.chalmers.se

[Casper H.S. Dik]

[email]raghusureshk@hotmail.com[/email] (Raghu) writes:

>1. I am not able to run C program. The compiler isn't installed. I
>used all the CDs.

Either get gcc or buy Sun's C compiler.

>2. The graphic card I have is S3 Trio 3D/2X. Solaris doesn't support
>this driver. The card isn't of much use.

You can download the "XFree86 driver porting kit" which should allow
you to run most popular graphics adapters under Solaris/Intel.

Casper
--
Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related
to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

[Paul Floyd]

On 30 Jun 2003 00:08:21 -0700, Raghu <raghusureshk@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I recieved the Solaris 8 Operating Environment kit from Sun. I
> installed it on an Intel PIII 700 MHz with 20 GB HDD. I am new to
> Solaris. I am having these problems:
>
> 1. I am not able to run C program. The compiler isn't installed. I
> used all the CDs.

Jesus you already asked that one.

> 2. The graphic card I have is S3 Trio 3D/2X. Solaris doesn't support
> this driver. The card isn't of much use.

Perhaps the FreeX86 porting kit will work with it, otherwise you're
probably limited to the rather grim these days vanilla VGA
(64xx480x16colours).

> Is there a solution to atleast the first part.

Yes wait a bit until your questions get answered before being even more
stupid and asking them again.

A bientot
Paul
--
Paul Floyd [url]http://paulf.free.fr[/url] (for what it's worth)

[Chris Cox]

Andrzej Popielewicz wrote:
....

> I suggest to use
> bash by the way.

Why? Let's see... I can either use ksh, or the immensely buggy bash
shell...hmmm....

bash is good when there's no ksh... but other than that....

We just found another bash bug where the shell dies. We were able
to alter the script slightly and get it to work. Of course, no
problem with ksh.

A good shell can do:
echo "hello world!"
Without getting caught up in a bunch of bad csh-isms.