Continued Keyboard probs with new input layer
Hey All, Ever since I switched over to the new input layer I've had a really annoying problem with my keyboard modifier keys. If I hold a modifier key down for more than 5 secs without hitting another key, I get a spurious key-up event, so that even though I'm still holding the key down, whatever application I'm using doesn't know it. It seems to affect all modifier keys (alt, control, shift) This is a real pain with Emacs. I know that Michel said he too had experienced this, but does anyone have an idea *why* it's happening, or how to fix it? jas.
iBook2: mostly working
(Sounds like a Douglas Adams novel of some sort, doesn't it? *ducks* Anyway.) I recently (two-three days ago) purchased a brand-spanking new Apple iBook (the new model, that is, not the original.) I have installed Linux upon it, and so far, things are going reasonably well. There are a few little niggly things, though, and I'm kinda hoping to get a bit of advice from anybody out there who's a bit more clued than I am at the moment. (my Linux experience is mostly x86, rather than Mac.) Background: installing from the potato CDs (oh, ok, just the first potato CD), then upgrading over the Internet. (Having access to a fast 'Net connection at work is *nice* :) * Keyboard: When X boots up (see below), it works nicely. If it doesn't, though (or if I switch to a text console), it doesn't map the keys correctly. I know that this has something to do with CONFIG_MAC_ADBKEYCODES, but I can't remember the details off the top of my head. I'm pretty sure that the kernel I'm currently using has this parameter unset. IIRC, the first time around, when I upgraded I was asked if I wanted to change the console's expectation of this setting, said yes, and promptly cursed myself, because I couldn't type anything (call me stupid :) The second time around, I didn't -- but now that I'm ready to make the switch, I can't figure out how. * X: I have a USB keyboard and USB mouse. Sometimes, X recognises (and accepts input from) the USB keyboard; other times, it insists upon the laptop's own keyboard. I'd really like to be able to use both at once (so if one's missing, I can use the other without fiddling with the config file -- eg, when I'm on the run.) The trackpad is working, but it is *extremely* sensitive. I'd also like to get the USB mouse working, so I can use a mouse with more than one button (as Ghod intended :) * Booting: yaboot doesn't seem to like the configuration; it can't find the kernel. If I type in the full path (hd:14,/boot/vmlinux-2.4.5), it's happy. Kernel version: 2.4.5. Otherwise, it's pretty much bleeding edge Debian packages (I have this tendency to ignore the Debian kernel package; this dates back to when I first started using Debian.) The only remaining wishlist (apart from the above, which are purely configuration issues) is sound. Ah, well, I can wait.. but it's no fun playing Railroad Tycoon without the sounds... *sobs* :) Many, many thanks in advance. Config files attached (most comments stripped out): yaboot.conf boot=/dev/hda12 default=linux device=hd: delay=10 timeout=20 install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot partition=14 nonvram image=/vmlinux label=Linux-old partition=14 root=/dev/hda14 append=video=ofonly read-only image=/boot/vmlinux-2.4.5 label=Linux partition=14 root=/dev/hda14 append=video=ofonly read-only XF86Config-4 Section Module Loaddbe SubSection extmod Optionomit xfree86-dga EndSubSection Loadtype1 Loadfreetype EndSection Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ EndSection Section ServerFlags EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option AutoRepeat 500 30 Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc101 Option XkbLayout us EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier trackpad Driver mouse Option ProtocolPS/2 Option Device /dev/input/mouse0 Option Emulate3Buttons EndSection # If this is uncommented, even if I leave SendCoreEvents commented # out, the X server barfs. #Section InputDevice #Identifier USBMouse #Driver mouse #Option ProtocolPS/2 #Option Device /dev/input/mouse1 #Option SendCoreEvents true #EndSection Section Monitor Identifier iBook LCD HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5 # NB: Guessing, and keeping the figures # conservative for now. Anybody got the correct specs? VertRefresh 50-70 EndSection Section Device Identifier Standard VGA VendorName Unknown BoardName Unknown Driver vga EndSection Section Device Identifier iBook built in video Driver ati Option UseFBDev true EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen 1 Device iBook built in video Monitor iBook LCD DefaultDepth 24 Subsection Display Depth 8 Modes 1024x768 800x600 640x480 ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Subsection
Re: Choosing which kernel tree to use
On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote: Just comment out the bogus code in /etc/power/pwrctl if your kernel supports sleep. That did work, the iBook sleeps and wakes up fine. Thee only problem is the DACA audio controller now produces crap audio (like the audio is byteswapped) anytime any audio is played - including the system beep after waking up. Unloadiing and reloading the driver doesn't improve the situation either - the only way to cure it then is to reboot. I know the support for the DACA is far from complete, but I thought it bore mentioning. Has anyone considered figuring out how to program the KeyLargo's I2C bus, and then using the Darwin drivers as a model (is that possible? License restrictions?) for the Linux drivers, instead of trying to program the DACA directly like the current drivers do? Derrik Pates | Sysadmin, Douglas School |#linuxOS on EFnet [EMAIL PROTECTED] | District (dsdk12.net)|#linuxOS on OPN
Re: New: installation on g4
On Sun, Aug 12, Ehtan Benson wrote: netbooting depends on OpenFirmware being sane. that is not true of any OldWorld machine. What problems do you see? Gruss Olaf -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...
*mostly solved* Re: X4.0.3 and (german) keyboard problems on PM 7600/132
Hi again,
- I have X 4.0.3 up and running on the onboard video hardware (2MB of
video RAM) using the framebuffer device. However, everything has a
magenta hue, regardless of resolution. I include XF86Config-4 and
xdm.log and would be grateful for any help.
X seems to be fine in 24 and 15 bpp. I thought I'd tried that before, but
X seems to ignore the -bpp option on startup and only adjusts the color
depth if it's in the XF86Config file.
I'd still be interested to know why 16 bpp doesn't work, but 15 bpp at
1152x864 is fine for me.
- My german Apple Extended ADB keyboard is working on console and in X.
However, the keys '' and '^' seem to be swapped and, more importantly,
I have no way to type an '@' or the pipe character ('|'). I can't even
begin to tell you how handicapped I feel on the console without my
trusty pipe ;) Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have solved the keyswaps following Stefan's suggestions but have still
no luck with the 'pipe' and 'at' characters in X.
- While my one-button ADB mouse is working in X, three-button emulation is
either not or I haven't figured it out. I tried the obvious approaches
(all of Ctrl, Alt, Cmd, the F-keys) but to na avail. Again, thanks in
advance for any light shed on this.
I have fixed these, again thanks to Stefan, by putting
echo 1 /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation
echo 100 /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode
echo 97 /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode
into /etc/init.d/gpm , and now have the middle button on 'alt gr' and the
right button on the right 'ctrl' key.
Any help with the two missing characters would still be very much
appreciated.
Greetings,
Manuel
Re: *mostly solved* Re: X4.0.3 and (german) keyboard problems on PM7600/132
Manuel Reiter wrote:
- I have X 4.0.3 up and running on the onboard video hardware (2MB of
video RAM) using the framebuffer device. However, everything has a
magenta hue, regardless of resolution. I include XF86Config-4 and
xdm.log and would be grateful for any help.
X seems to be fine in 24 and 15 bpp. I thought I'd tried that before, but
X seems to ignore the -bpp option on startup and only adjusts the color
depth if it's in the XF86Config file.
Try -depth instead. Depth 15 is also 16 bpp in X terminology.
I'd still be interested to know why 16 bpp doesn't work, but 15 bpp at
1152x864 is fine for me.
Depth 16 is broken because the framebuffer device is broken.
- My german Apple Extended ADB keyboard is working on console and in X.
However, the keys '' and '^' seem to be swapped and, more importantly,
I have no way to type an '@' or the pipe character ('|'). I can't even
begin to tell you how handicapped I feel on the console without my
trusty pipe ;) Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have solved the keyswaps following Stefan's suggestions but have still
no luck with the 'pipe' and 'at' characters in X.
The best solution would probably be to switch to Linux keycodes and use
XkbModel macintosh (may only work with XFree86 4.1.0).
- While my one-button ADB mouse is working in X, three-button emulation is
either not or I haven't figured it out. I tried the obvious approaches
(all of Ctrl, Alt, Cmd, the F-keys) but to na avail. Again, thanks in
advance for any light shed on this.
I have fixed these, again thanks to Stefan, by putting
echo 1 /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation
echo 100 /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode
echo 97 /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode
into /etc/init.d/gpm , and now have the middle button on 'alt gr' and the
right button on the right 'ctrl' key.
/etc/init.d/gpm isn't the best place for this, see sysctl.conf(5).
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)\ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \XFree86 and DRI project member
Re: problems compiling evolution (again)...
Phil Fraering wrote: Well, I'm having some minor problems trying to compile evolution. First, it said that bonobo-conf and some related packages, along with gtkhtml and related packages, were needed to compile evolution. I was able to compile bonobo-conf, but only after getting some packages that _weren't in the build dependencies_, like docbooks-to-man. Please submit a bug with severity important or even serious about this. It keeps the package from being autobuilt. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)\ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \XFree86 and DRI project member
Re: *mostly solved* Re: X4.0.3 and (german) keyboard problems on PM7600/132
Hallo Michael, danke fuer die prompte Antwort :) I'd still be interested to know why 16 bpp doesn't work, but 15 bpp at 1152x864 is fine for me. Depth 16 is broken because the framebuffer device is broken. I see. The best solution would probably be to switch to Linux keycodes and use XkbModel macintosh (may only work with XFree86 4.1.0). How would I do this? At the moment, the keyboard section of my XF86Config-4 looks like this: -- snip Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules macintosh Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout macintosh/de EndSection -- snip Just changing XkbModel to macintosh doesn't seem to do the trick. I'd really rather not upgrade X at the moment. /etc/init.d/gpm isn't the best place for this, see sysctl.conf(5). I'll look into this, thanks. I just wanted it somewhere quick and /etc/init.d/gpm was the first place that came to mind. Best regards, Manuel
Re: *mostly solved* Re: X4.0.3 and (german) keyboard problems on PM7600/132
Manuel Reiter wrote: The best solution would probably be to switch to Linux keycodes and use XkbModel macintosh (may only work with XFree86 4.1.0). How would I do this? At the moment, the keyboard section of my XF86Config-4 looks like this: -- snip Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules macintosh Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout macintosh/de EndSection -- snip Just changing XkbModel to macintosh doesn't seem to do the trick. I'd really rather not upgrade X at the moment. Is Xkb enabled at all? (Check the log) I wonder if macintosh/de is a valid XkbLayout. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)\ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \XFree86 and DRI project member
Re: *mostly solved* Re: X4.0.3 and (german) keyboard problems on PM 7600/132
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 10:45:40AM +0200, Manuel Reiter wrote:
- My german Apple Extended ADB keyboard is working on console and in X.
However, the keys '' and '^' seem to be swapped and, more importantly,
I have no way to type an '@' or the pipe character ('|'). I can't even
begin to tell you how handicapped I feel on the console without my
trusty pipe ;) Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have solved the keyswaps following Stefan's suggestions but have still
no luck with the 'pipe' and 'at' characters in X.
Ok, seems you have some problems with you modifier keys. I'm not an
expert, but I have found something in my Xmodmap you can try:
keycode 131 = Shift_R
keycode 132 = Alt_R
keycode 133 = Control_R
clear Shift
clear Lock
clear Control
clear Mod1
clear Mod2
add Shift = Shift_L
add Lock = Caps_Lock
add Control = Control_L
add Mod1 = Mode_switch
add Mod2 = Meta_L
Bye Stefan
Re: *mostly solved* Re: X4.0.3 and (german) keyboard problems on PM7600/132
Hi again, Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules macintosh Option XkbModel pc104 Option XkbLayout macintosh/de EndSection -- snip Just changing XkbModel to macintosh doesn't seem to do the trick. I'd really rather not upgrade X at the moment. Is Xkb enabled at all? (Check the log) I wonder if macintosh/de is a valid XkbLayout. I don't know. 'grep -i xkb /var/log/xdm.log' gives me (**) XKB: rules: macintosh (**) XKB: model: macintosh (**) XKB: layout: de Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap As you can see, I changed layout to de, without any effect. 'xev' gives me KeyPress event, serial 22, synthetic NO, window 0x41, root 0x27, subw 0x0, time 1270627705, (-792,98), root:(6,120), state 0x0, keycode 66 (keysym 0xffea, Alt_R), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 characters: KeyPress event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x41, root 0x27, subw 0x0, time 1270628938, (-792,98), root:(6,120), state 0x0, keycode 63 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 characters: (KeyRelease events snipped) when I press the left alt key and the left command key in sequence. This, disappointingly, looks good to me. Do you have any good source for reading up on XKB? At the moment, I'm rather in the I'm-tired-and-want-it-to-just-work-without-bother phase, but this certainly will pass ;) Anyway, I can't imagine I'm the only one with this setup, so I think a solution *should* already exist somewhere out there, if I could only find it. Thanks and greetings, Manuel
Re: iBook2: mostly working
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 04:17:59PM +1000, Mr. Stuart Lamble wrote: * Booting: yaboot doesn't seem to like the configuration; it can't find the kernel. If I type in the full path (hd:14,/boot/vmlinux-2.4.5), it's happy. sounds like you didn't set --partition when you ran mkofboot. man yaboot.conf and yet another reason not to use potato's boot-floppies, woody boot-floppies have a `Make System Bootable' step that works with 100% sucess on newworld macs. yaboot.conf boot=/dev/hda12 default=linux device=hd: delay=10 timeout=20 install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot partition=14 nonvram image=/vmlinux does this exist? if its a symlink is it valid? label=Linux-old partition=14 this partition= line is redundant, you already set it globally. remove it. root=/dev/hda14 append=video=ofonly read-only image=/boot/vmlinux-2.4.5 label=Linux partition=14 this partition= line is redundant, you already set it globally. remove it. root=/dev/hda14 append=video=ofonly read-only this should work so long as your /boot is not a separate partition, thats the only thing that would break this. you have rerun ybin after editing /etc/yaboot.conf right? -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpZShcIvm5qn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: *mostly solved* Re: X4.0.3 and (german) keyboard problems on PM7600/132
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 01:47:54PM +0200, Manuel Reiter wrote: Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap This message means: I'm throwing all out your XKB configuration and falling back to whatever the kernel tells me the keymap is. -- G. Branden Robinson|Kissing girls is a goodness. It is Debian GNU/Linux |a growing closer. It beats the [EMAIL PROTECTED] |hell out of card games. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |-- Robert Heinlein pgpd2gc3R84uZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Debian on new ibook dual USB: Net Install
[I posted this to debian-laptop a week ago, but got no reply. I hope you can help me.] Hi, Saturday I tried to install Debian on my friend's brand new ibook. I am experienced with debian on i368, but don't know about macs. Also, I don't have any Debian CDs of the PPC build, so I tried a net install. This all worked smoothly on a iMac. But I had some problems on the new iBook dual USB: I booted the installation system that I downloaded from sourgeforge [1] using yaboot, everyting went fine, till I tried to install the rest of the system over the net. It claimed Unknown PHY ID (forgot the number). It seems, debian does not recognise the ethernet adapter of the ibook. Is there a updated installation system? Do you have any other ideas, how to install debian on a new iBook? Thanks in advance, Matthias [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/debian-imac/ -- PGP KeyID: 1024/CC000471 FP: B52B ECBC 6DCF ABD0 51C3 2B92 5D2F 88D0
iBook (firewire) backlight
Machine: iBook 366 FW Kernel: linux 2.4.4-pre4 (benh) glibc: 2.1.3-17 with 2.4.4-pre4 headers* I am having trouble getting Debian to control the backlight. The backlight program (both the potato distribution and the pmud 7.2 version) does nothing, and neither does fblevel. It does not seem to matter if I have pmud installed or not. Am I missing something or do I need to use a more recent kernel? I would prefer not using a more recent kernel as that would likely require rebuilding glibc with new headers. Cheers, Kin Hoong *Actually necessary since I wanted pppd to work---new kernel ppp modules had headers which did not correspond to the old headers :-(. PS. With luck, rotmail will not htmlise this. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: New: installation on g4
On Mon, Aug 13, Ehtan Benson wrote: On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:36:16AM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote: On Sun, Aug 12, Ehtan Benson wrote: netbooting depends on OpenFirmware being sane. that is not true of any OldWorld machine. What problems do you see? with OldWorld OpenFirmware? where have you been... Well, I was able to netboot all my machines so far. 7200, 7500, beige G3 and Wallstreet. It needs a proper bootp server, dhcpd is broken because it doesnt set the ARP cache. It seems that my 7200 requires the System Disk control panel, run it at least once... Gruss Olaf -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...
curious about java servlets
Hi! I'd like to introduce the Apache server on my mild mannered PowerMac 8500 to the wild and crazy ways of jsp. I'm learning as I go, but I'm missing a couple pieces of the big picture. From a thread on this list last month, I know to get the JDK/JRE tarball from Blackdown since a deb is not available. That's great, but now what? For example, when try to apt-get gnujsp, I get: gnujsp: Depends: jserv (= 1.102) but it is not installable Can anyone shed some light on why jserv isn't available, or recommend any next steps? Thanks in advance, Bill Lovett
Re: curious about java servlets
Bill Lovett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can anyone shed some light on why jserv isn't available, or recommend any next steps? Write once, run anywhere is hampered by crappy proprietary licensing from Sun. You might have better luck with a %100 open source solution. -- David N. Welton Free Software: http://people.debian.org/~davidw/ Apache Tcl: http://tcl.apache.org/ Personal: http://www.efn.org/~davidw/
Woody, security and architectures
As people have probably noticed we've done a number of security advisories over the last few days, and doing those has made it clear that the way we currently do those will not scale with future release. The problem is the number of architectures we have to support. For potato we have to recompile on 4 architectures, which is a hassle but doable. Besides having to wait for recompiles to finish we also frequently run into missing build-depends and have to wait for someone from DSA to install those for us, which means it might (worst case) take days before we have all the needed packages. With the extra architectures that woody will add that is simply not going to work anymore. Now it so happens there is an excellent solution for this: rbuilder. With rbuilder one can simply send an email to a build machine and it will install the build-depends and build the package automatically. This means we can spent our time a lot more effectively. This brings me to my point: with the release of woody the security team can no longer handle doing all the recompiles manually, and as a result of that we will only support architectures which have a working rbuilder setup that we can use. I realize that setting up rbuilder is not trivial, but given that woody won't be released soon there should be plenty of time for people to set those up. Wichert. -- _ / Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | | 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D |
Re: curious about java servlets
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Bill Lovett wrote: when try to apt-get gnujsp, I get: gnujsp: Depends: jserv (= 1.102) but it is not installable It looks like jserv hasn't been build for powerpc. Voltaire is down right now, but when it's back you can find out why jserv is missing at: http://voltaire.debian.org/buildd/buildlogs/jserv By the way, that dependency should be on jserv (= 1.1-2), not (= 1.102). Hopefully that was just a typo; otherwise something is really wrong.
Re: curious about java servlets
Bill Lovett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can anyone shed some light on why jserv isn't available, or recommend any next steps? I'm happily developing JSPs and servlets on my TiBook under Debian. As you have already figured out, you have to install the Blackdown JDK by hand. In order to run and test servlets JSPs, you need a servlet container as well. Tomcat is the open source servlet contain from the Apache Jakarta project that was derived from Sun's original reference code, and while it is not perfect, for development purposes it works very well. Again, it'll be something you have to install by hand, but it is not difficult: http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/ -- __ Eric: I want to live in a world where software doesn't suck // Richard: Any software that isn't free sucks // [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linus: I'm interested in free beer / http://www.3roses.com/
ibook: Problem with booting
Hi, I try to install Linux Debian on the new ibook. After some help and problems my debian was on the ibook. I wanted the new kernel and installed it. It's Ben's new 2.4. After the reboot yaboot say it was the wrong kernel.I try to boot from cd (potato). After the booting the install startet. I cancel it and try to reinstall the old kernel from the harddisk. I called the new ybin from woody. He said can't found printf! But I reboot. There is the error I think. The reboot fail. He can't find the kernel. After this I can't boot from cd. The error message was: ok copying OF device tree...done Calling quiesce ... DO-QUISCE finishedbooting... - That's all. MacOS 9 and MacOS X are okay. Linux not. :-( Has anybody a Idea?? bye Thorsten
Re: Compiling EIDE patch on PPC
On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 08:47:04AM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote: Hi all, On 10 Aug, this message from Mike Fedyk echoed through cyberspace: OK, I've been able to compile it successfully. Changes included. Good. I haven't booted the kernel yet. Can someone take a look at the patch to see if I may have made any bad changes? Well, if it compiles and works like that, than it should be OK. You only changed #include's, after all... Maybe the actual files in asm-ppc should be changed instead? Which ones are you refering to? You only changed .c files; no header files. Under asm-ppc, there are only header files. Someone mentioned that the ppc headers were missing some definitions that are in i386. I'm referring to copying those changes instead of changing the includes... I just wanted to mention it, in case it affects something I don't know about. If it is good, I'll send it to Hedrick for the next patch release. Looks good to me. THough I am a bit surprised by you being able to remove asm/ide.h from generic IDE driver files... asm/ide.h is included from linux/ide.h, and IIRC gcc doesn't care how far away the code is included... as long as it gets what it needs. Probably just including everything before parsing... Also, there is an include for asm/ide.h in apus_setup.c. I didn't change it because I don't have any prep machines for testing, and for some reason it is also including from the m86k arch. APUS is not PREP, its some Amiga stuff. Basically, originally 68k-Amigas upgraded with PPC processors; so no wonder they're a hybrid of m68k and ppc ;-). I would _guess_ they need the asm/ide.h replaced by linux/ide.h too. Oops, brain fart. Did any of those APUS have PCI? If not, then the change may not be needed. Michel, I'm going to do another compile with your pci-fixup patch. Do you have any idea if it is needed on 7200, 6500, or oldworld g3 powermacs also? I never tested it there; but since the problem (for your IDE card) is with access to PCI IO ports, _any_ ppc 2.2 kernel would suffer from that problem, independant of the precise hardware. Michel, your pci-fixup patch is incompatible with Donald Becker's rtl8139.c (from his site) driver with the new pci-scan.c module from his web site. I thought I'd let you know. When I insert the module, I get an oops. On these machines (PPC mac 7200, 6500, oldworld g3) I have had to use his new drivers to get reliable ethernet access. The ones in Linus' kernel haven't been reliable for me. Is there any chance that your pci patch would fix any problems I've been having with the eth drivers in the kernel.org kernel? What behavior could I expect from the system if I used the ide patch without the PCI-fixup patch on a promise udma66 card? Mike
Re: Choosing which 2.4 kernel tree to use for OldWorld
On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 09:25:29AM -0700, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: I've never been quite clear on what kernel I should use. There seem to be kernels on mvista.com, which I gues are considered the official powerpc kernel. Then there are the benh kernels which I used to use but don't anymore because I no longer know where the definitive source can be found. What kernel is recommended for use on the tibook? I've currently got 2.4.7 from mvista, and the kerboard is hosed and the hardware clock doesn't work. Let me ask this question also, but for oldworld machines, specifically, 7200, 6500, and oldworld g3. Will kernel.org ppc 2.4 kernels be ok for these systems? The systems I would be running would mostly be headless routers, file print servers, and such. Mike
Re: evolution builds for powerpc?
Michel Dänzer wrote: p.s.: I had one minor problem building the package, because building evolution needs access to an XServer at some point (failed first with Cannot open display...). But I don't think this is powerpc specific. It would still be nice if you reported a bug against the offending package. Indeed, AFAIK this prevents the package from being autobuilt at all, so it must be hand-built on all of the ten Woody platforms! (Assuming the Potato six, HPPA, IA-64, mips and mipsel. I don't remember, does Policy have something to say about this?) Zeen, -- -Adam P. GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://lyre.mit.edu/%7Epowell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg
