A few questions from an iMac G5 user...
Hi all, I have a few questions about running Debian PPC on my iMac G5 (rev A). I have recently switched from Ubuntu after learning that their ppc distro was in question and I'm settling in fine, but have a few queries: 1) Is it possible to enable either sleep or suspend functions for the iMac G5? I am currently running the 2.6.19 kernel, but I don't have the slightest clue how to enable suspend or sleep. These functions never worked in Ubuntu. Is this possible? 2) Is it a good idea to enable ESD? I was having a few system freezes when using multiple multimedia players (Totem Xine, Rhythmbox and VLC), and have since enabled esd (and installed gstreamer-esd and vlc-esd). Things seem to be fine, but I'm not really sure what is an ideal sound setup. 3) How do I install java for running, eg. internet java applets? In Ubuntu we had to download from an IBM site. Currently, that site requires registration and even then told me that export laws (or something) would mean the download would be reviewed and I'd be notified when it was available. Of course, this never happened. So how else do ppc users get java installed? Alternatively, how long will it be before we see Adobe's recently released source code making its way into sid? 4) Is it possible to brighten the screen on an iMac G5. It looks darker and duller than OS X, but besides altering the gamma settings, there seems no way to brighten the screen. Cheers, Torrance
Re: GWorkspace doesn't work in Sarge
> > --- Jeffrey Rolland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, all! > > > > I have a Power Macintosh 7500/100 running Debian > > Sarge. > > > > I have recently switched from KDE to > > GNUStep/WindowMaker, and I am > > having a problem with GWorkspace. > > Please be aware that there have been big/major > developments in GnuStep over the past year. more > so in the underneath layers than in the applications > suite. so that makes it difficult for the developers > to do much for you, as before that it was stalled > for > quite a while. > > the thing is you CAN upgrade to Xorg while still > running > the sarge 2.6.8 kernel, that is from testing; if > you are willing to do so then you can update GnuStep > to > a recent version. > > i did this a few days ago with my older powerbook > from > 1997, so i know its ok... > > but i would say that windowmaker and gworkspace both > have some problems and i use openbox. for a little > while when i had time i was trying to build the > new gnustep desktop package -- that is called > etoile. > it is not in debian but it looks like it could be > better. i had tried fsviewer also and found both to > not work really well. > > also openbox window manager works with gnustep apps > pretty well, better than windowmaker on my old > machine. > i tried blackbox too. i have problems sometimes with > colorspace corruption so your results may differ. > > you may need to search a bit more carefully for all > the gnustep support. check the gnustep web sites for > more help !! > > good luck, > > brian > > p.s. hope i have time to get back to working with > this stuff soon. too many hassles recently, sorry > i can't offer more specific help just now. > > > > > I used aptitude to install "^gnustep$" (without > the > > quotes) and then > > remove "kde-core". I have not installed "wdm" yet, > > so I am using xdm. > > > > When I go to launch GWorkspace, I get a sequence > of > > 15 error messages. Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PowerBook G4 (5.9) Debian Sound problem
Paul Collins wrote: Steffen Thoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I'm new to Linux on the PowerPC and have a problem with the sound on my PowerBook (1.67 Ghz) Modell 5.9. The problem is that the Gnome System sounds are working but all other sound like mp3, DVD sound or radio streaming don't. Sometimes I just get a noise and sometimes just nothing. I also have a constant low noise from the speaker all the time. First I thought it's from the harddisk but its from the speakers. I don't know about the second problem, but the first could be caused by DRC (dynamic range compression) -- those event sounds are short enough that it mightn't trigger for those. To check if this is the case, look for the "DRC Switch" slider in your ALSA mixer program and either crank it up to 100% or "mute" it to disable DRC. Paul, thx for the tip but there is no DRC Switch in my alsamixer. I found out that only PCM and MP3 are not played. There must be something simple wrong in my configuration. Are there any ideas ? Thx Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: g5 imacs now silent?
Those are the latest iMac G5 (first iMac with iSight). Étienne. -- Verso l'Alto ! signature.asc Description: Ceci est une partie de message numériquement signée
Re: g5 imacs now silent?
Le Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 11:45:18AM +0100, Holger Levsen a écrit : > Hi, > > On Thursday 30 November 2006 23:04, Étienne Bersac wrote: > > Beware not to confuse iMac G5 rev A&B and rev C (among PowerMac G5). > > iMac G5 rev C (chip PowerMac 12,1) do not have yet their windfarm > > driver. Benh told that he began the work on this driver but has > > difficulties to get access to de device. Benh, can you confirm ? > > Thanks for the information! Are those the latest G5 imacs? or the first ones? I think that it is the latest. For the moment, the windfarm drivers are available for powermacs 8,1 ; 9,1 ; and 11,2. (grep FARM /boot/config-2.6.*-powerpc64). You can find the correspondance between these codes and the commercial name in the following page: http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index.php?id=36 I conclude from the above discussion that the module CONFIG_WINDFARM_PM81 also works with the PowerMac8,2. Have a nice day, -- Charles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bcm43xx & 2.6.19
Yes now with the arrived 2.6.19 kernel, with no bugs. of course; somehow they fixed the 2.6.18 hang bug, in 2.6.18.1 if I remember correctly, then this bugfree bugger .19 wont connect to ANY ap's. Not much info on google yet, so do anyone here have any insiders / ideas if this is somehow limited to debian wireless packages due to the new kernel OR stricly the new bugfree kernel? -- --- Børge Kennel Arivene http://www.arivene.net ---
Re: g5 imacs now silent?
Hi, On Thursday 30 November 2006 23:04, Étienne Bersac wrote: > Beware not to confuse iMac G5 rev A&B and rev C (among PowerMac G5). > iMac G5 rev C (chip PowerMac 12,1) do not have yet their windfarm > driver. Benh told that he began the work on this driver but has > difficulties to get access to de device. Benh, can you confirm ? Thanks for the information! Are those the latest G5 imacs? or the first ones? regards, Holger pgpkFKl7yQjXA.pgp Description: PGP signature
