2009/10/21 Thomas Carlson <tcarl...@sharedcup.com>: > Speaking of running X on your Powerbook 1400, have you tried > installing Gnome, or is that too much for that old machine? Mine has > a 466MHz G3 upgrade card, so... possible? > The amount of RAM is what makes Gnome and KDE unusable.
> Also, what settings are you using when configuring Xfree86? I'm > having an awful time coming with the right values by guess and by gosh. > I didn't try Xfree86 yet but only X.org. > Tom > > On Oct 20, 2009, at 9:05 AM, Tobias Netzel wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I just updated the test kernel images and added a tarball including >> some modules. >> The kernel should now be able to boot from hard drive as well as from >> ramdisks - on PowerBooks at least. >> >> I also found an error relating the Performa support - it might at >> least get to print something on the screen (you should try >> 'video=offb:ofonly' as well as 'video=valkyriefb'). >> >> Now the interrupt handling on PBs is much more stable as well as >> faster - at least on my PB 1400. There's also serial port support now >> - even serial console should work. And NuBus devices (internal >> ethernet cards mainly) are supported now - my Focus EtherLAN 1400 is >> working. >> >> On my PB 1400 there's now Debian Lenny (Xfce + Lxde edition) >> installed and in my opinion it's working better than Woody or Sarge >> with 2.4 kernels. Even the Xfce desktop is usable - and I've also >> been able to use iceweasel with acceptable performance. The x.org >> server sadly failed to autoconfigure and even crashes in the attempt >> to do so. I had to add the line: >> Driver "fbdev" >> to section "Device" manually after running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver- >> xorg". >> I still get shutdowns (PMU cuts off the power) occasionally. >> >> If you'd like to install the modules extract them to "/" and run >> depmod after that. I didn't build netfilter modules because they fail >> to do so on my HFS+ partition. >> >> Please try that kernel images if you wish and report your results! >> And well - I could need some support in programming... >> >> Have fun, >> Tobias >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA >> is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart >> your >> developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and >> stay >> ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference >> _______________________________________________ >> Nubus-pmac-users mailing list >> Nubus-pmac-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users >> > > > Tom > __ > Thomas Carlson > 2319 La Senda St. > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > 505-603-5526 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > Nubus-pmac-users mailing list > Nubus-pmac-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Nubus-pmac-users mailing list Nubus-pmac-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users
