Problems installing GNOME on a Sparc LX...

[SpaceDust <spcdust li net>]

I've been trying to install Gnome on my LX for the last week or so, and
I keep running into a problem with Xsun.  I'm running kernel 2.2.4 on
top of an otherwise fresh generic RH 5.2 install.  X worked fine before
that, although the machine would lock up after a day or so (I know -
2.2.5, soon)

Anyway.  

I d/led the latest rpm's from the Gnome mirrors and followed the
instructions to the letter.  When I ran startx, I got the following
error:

natasha:~# startx


Fatal server error:
Unsupported keyboard type 110

_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
giving up.
xinit:  Connection refused (errno 61):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
natasha:~#

So, I figured must be an RH rpm thing as I had heard something about
some of the Gnome RPMS being linked against glibc-2.0.7 while others we
done with glibc-2.1.  

Another day of downloads later, I had all the tarballs needed, and set
about building this by hand.  Had I known it would take 4 days, well...

Last night I finished, and lo and behold, when I started X, I got the
same exact error.  Hmm...

Checked the Sparc/Linux pages and saw the the fix for "Unsupported
keyboard type 1??" in the FAQ.  Now I'm feeling good, it turned out that
I didn't have the mouse or the kb permissions set right.  Fixed those
puppies.  X was linked to Xwrapper instead of Xsun, so I changed
that as well.  Do a start X, and wham, same error.  Tried Xsun, same
deal.  

I returned my link back to Xwrapper (no need having that hole opened)
and returned my original Xclients.  Still, I get the same error when I
try to start X with fwvm (ugh)

I know that the X server isn't firing up, but haven't a clue why. 
Anybody have any pointers?  I'm sure it's something silly I've forgotten
to do.

BTW: Is there a searchable index of the mailing-list archives?

Thanks,
SpaceDust
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