[SPARCbook] Sparcbook experiences from new list member

Tue Jan 27 21:40:07 CST 2009

Michael wrote:
> Hello,
>> On Jan 27, 2009, at 12:01 PM, guikueppers at t-online.de wrote:
>> ....
>>> I recently got an Ultrabook I, the whole case seems to be metal - not 
> quite the same level of solidity as the 3GX but still quite nice. 
> There's one problem which you might be able to help with - the battery 
> charges just fine, both the battery's built-in indicator and the 
> Ultrabook's LCD report it, and the machine certainly survives for 
> quite some time on battery. The problem is that the firmware thinks 
> battery status is invalid, sets CPU clock to 100MHz and refuses to boot.
> Any hints or workarounds?
>>>> Sparcle 500SX:
>> Mine has 500MB ram installed and running the Gnome desktop is a pain.
>> Contrary to what the manual says, display brightness doesn't seem to 
>> be
>> adjustable, and the audio system just couldn't be worse. Otherwise 
>> it is
>> a nice machine which is in regular every day use.
>>>>You might try xfce4 desktop instead of gnome. I've run it on ultrasparc 
II with MUCH
better performance than gnome. It's my preferred desktop at this time.
-John A.