> Is it possible to have something like firefox-gtk2 run remotely on 
> sparc64 (Ultra 10), or is it not supported? It builds OK, but installing 
> it gives "Buss error" messages. I have a feeling some X applications may 
> not be supported, but why? I mean the Xserver is running on i386, while 
> X applications would run remotely on sparc64, they don't really need any 
> fancy graphics hardware, do they?

Well written applications should run on any platform.  X applications should
have no difficulty running remotely.  Unfortunately, it seems that firefox
doesn't run on sparc64.  Even when run with a local display, I get a bus
error.  You could try konqueror, as that runs on sparc64.

J

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