Sheldon Easterbrook wrote:
> From: "Daniel Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Dear noctambules (and others too ...)
>
> Not sure what that means, a quick search on the net decsribes this a sheep
> sleeping disorder?
>
In my mother tongue (spanish) the word refers to those who tend to stay
up till late in the morning ...
>
> > /dev/sda4 /mnt/usbzip hfs noauto,user 0 0
>
> You might want to try:
>
> /dev/sda4 /mnt/usbzip auto noauto,user 0 0
>
Ok. I'll give it a try ...
>
> This allows you to read/write multiple partition types.
>
> > I check the scsi tree:
> > [root]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> > Attached devices: none
> > Since nothing is there, I issue the command mentioned in
> > "The Linux USB sub-system" document:
> > [root]# echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 0 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
> > [root]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> > Attached devices: none
>
> I think you need to add generic scsi support to the kernel. You might also
> want to try scsi disk support as well.
>
All that was already enabled ...
>
> > 2. (For the PPC people) I have rsynced with linuxcare:
> > rsync -avz --delete linuxcare.com.au::linux-pmac-devel .
> > When I try to compile I get the attached log (compile.log)
> >
> > Why is this ?
>
> The signal is usually a problem with the compiler, try upgrading to a newer
> version, upgrading binutils is also a good idea.
>
I am puzzled about this one. I have :
[gonvaled]# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/ppc-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)
Is this not OK? What are people using to compile the linux-pmac-devel tree ?
I really need to solve this problem. Is it maybe because I am compiling a
component
which I should not? BTW, I noticed that enabling Mac Floppy support for my
PowerBook caused a kernel panic or sth of the kind while booting (that nice
message
saying "Rebooting in 180 sec")
If sb tells me where to find it, I'll send the configuration of my kernel (the
settings
created after running make xconfig). BTW, should I use 'make config' instead of
'make xconfig'? Does any of this matter ? I am becoming paranoid ...
>
> > 3. The so often-mentioned usbdevfs is not available in my system.
> > In the The Linux USB sub-system" document they mention that
> > I should issue the command:
> >
> > mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb
> >
> > I can not because I don't have usbdevfs (you can see that in a previous
> > output).
> > But this seems not to be an issue since my /proc/bus/usb directory looks
> > fine.
>
> You need to enable Preliminary USB device filesystem.
It is enabled. That's why I am so frustrated ... I have followed the
instructions
in the documentation - and believe me, I have tried everything; I think I have
spent more than 50 hours on this - and still things do not work at all.
A lot of basic things seem not to be there, even after performing the correct
setup. I would understand that reading data from the zip drive fails once in a
while - I've seen comments about the mass storage support being in alpha
state - but not being able to mount the zip is sth which I simply do not
understand ... mainly because I am positive that a lot of people is able to
have
that working ...
>
>
> > 4. Info:
> > I am not very happy with my decission of installing LinuxPPC in my
> > machine.
> > The installation is a nightmare (the X installer does not work, the
> > wrong X server
> > gets installed ...) Besides, I got two CDs, one with the installation
> > bulk and another
> > with the sources. Five days ago I tried to read the sources ... The
> > CD is completely
> > empty !!! So I have more or less wasted my money ... thanks to my cable
> > connection
> > I am able to easily download source code.
>
> Sorry to hear that, what version of X are you using?
Xpmac
>
>
> > 5. Curiosity:
> > Is the linux tree completely centralized? I mean, the intel, Alpha, PPC
> > ... sources
> > are all kept, mantained and developed in a centralized way, or do we
> > have several
> > linuxes wandering around ?
>
> To my understanding the kernel is centralised in that all the source
> required for each CPU are distributed in the one source tree. Distributions
> are another matter.
>
So this means I can go to any website who claims to have the linux tree
(whether
or not Mac specific), places like www.kernel.org, download it and compile it
for my Mac? Even if most people are using that tree for intel platforms?
6. An extra question
Has sb succeeded in using a Zip USB 250 to a PowerBook G3 Series (1999,
Lombard, bronze keyboard). I am driving nuts!!!!!
>
> Regards,
>
> Sheldon.
Thanks a lot to everybody. Any further help will be highly appreciated.
Regards,
Daniel
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