Re: No X Windows on PowerBook G3 Help!
> On Mit, 2003-04-02 at 05:05, befu wrote: >> >> 3.) With this new kernel I can't see any cursor on my black text screen. How >> do I get my cursor back? It is annoying to guess where the cursor could be >> and input text on the command line or in pico. > > Does disabling acceleration with fbset -accel false work around this > problem? > If you mean to insert "fbset -accel" "false" into the Section "Device" in the XF86Config-4 file like: ... Section "Device" Identifier"Generic Video Card" Driver"ati" BusID"PCI:0:17:0" Option"UseFBDev""true" Option"fbset -accel" "false" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier"Generic Monitor" HorizSync31.5-48.5 ..., I have to say that I have no missing cursor in the x-window-system, only on the basic Debian black and white screen. This is the screen that appears after booting and logging in as a user but before running startx. Only on this screen the cursor is missing, and not sporadically but always. But may be you mean I have to disable acceleration elsewhere. Please tell me where. On the command line it didn't work. My other question about the PCMCIA setup I will try to answer here, if I'm wrong please correct me: I think I only need the pcmcia-cs-3.2.4.tar.gz package and compile it into the kernel. As the kernel source of the benh_kernel folder has all of the needed modules, I don't need any additional pcmcia-modules package. So the compiling of the pcmcia-cs will do. Tanks befu
Re: possible php bug on powerpc/4.2.3
Le mer 02/04/2003 à 09:49, Jean-Christophe Michel a écrit : > Hi all, > > var_export() seems to print delirious contents when printing an array: > only the first two or three values are correctly printed. Then it seems > to be like utf8 printed in iso-latin1... The package maintener, Adam Conrad, just anwered me that it was fixed in 4.3.x that will soon be packaged. -- Jean-Christophe Michel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Weird keymap problem
Blam wrote: Hi, I'm using an iBook2.0 running 2.4.20-ben8 kernel. I'm just installing Debian for the first time but I'm having a strange problem with the keyboard. All the letters/numbers work fine but the other symbols are all out of place, even for an iBook keyboard. Eg, the underscore and minus symbol are at the /? key. Left square bracket doesn't print anything and the right square bracket prints a + symbol, etc. Are you sure you have the right keymap for your country ? Keymaps are generally the same for the letters, and diferent for symbols. You should check that Option "XkbLayout" is set to the right value in your file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 I've already got append="keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1" in my yaboot and have run ybin to update. Does anybody else know what the problem could be? -Stephen
Re: Debian with Mac.
> I'm in love with the 12" G4 but I'm beginning to fear that the Airport > Extreme will never work, which would be a major handicap, and until > sleep is working I'm dual-booting to OS X. Also, I liked being able > to slip pieces of paper behind the apple logo on the iBook, and this > seems to be non-trivial on the G4. The Airport Extreme seem to be a Broadcom BCM94306 PCI chip. I don't think there's a driver for it now, but it's probably worth lobbying Broadcom a bit so they either release some specs or a driver... Ben.
Re: Debian with Mac.
I've run Debian on a PowerBook G3 Wallstreet (233MHz), iBooks 500MHz and 600MHz, and now a PowerBook G4 12". I think an 800MHz iBook is an ideal machine. The softmodem is most unfortunate, but I haven't dialed up anywhere in a while so it doesn't bother me. DVD playing on my 600MHz was a little choppy and lip-sync sometimes was lost, but I imagine the 800MHz will help this. You might as well give it 640MB memory now rather than later. The Wallstreet was actually the best machine I've ever had (I'm young, though) -- really easy to take apart, upgradeable everywhere, easily-removed hard drive; when I switched to the iBook I really missed the majesty of the Wallstreet, and when I tried to upgrade the iBook I really missed how easy it was to hack the hardware. Heavy, though, and big. You can get a G4 upgrade for it, though, which is super. I'm in love with the 12" G4 but I'm beginning to fear that the Airport Extreme will never work, which would be a major handicap, and until sleep is working I'm dual-booting to OS X. Also, I liked being able to slip pieces of paper behind the apple logo on the iBook, and this seems to be non-trivial on the G4. O. On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 08:48:16PM +0200, stamp wrote: > BJ> 12,1-tums TFT XGA-screen > BJ> 800 MHz PowerPC G3 > BJ> 512 K L2-cache (vid 800 MHz) > BJ> 256 MB SDRAM-memory > BJ> 30 GB Ultra ATA-unit > BJ> DVD/CD-RW-unit > BJ> ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 > BJ> 32 MB graphic mem > BJ> 10/100BASE-T Ethernet > BJ> Internal 56K-modem > BJ> AirPort-ready >
Re: Debian with Mac.
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 20:48, stamp wrote: > BJ> 12,1-tums TFT XGA-screen > BJ> 800 MHz PowerPC G3 > BJ> 512 K L2-cache (vid 800 MHz) > BJ> 256 MB SDRAM-memory > BJ> 30 GB Ultra ATA-unit > BJ> DVD/CD-RW-unit > BJ> ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 > BJ> 32 MB graphic mem > BJ> 10/100BASE-T Ethernet > BJ> Internal 56K-modem > BJ> AirPort-ready > > works really fine for me, except the modem (i don't use it anyway, but > i heard it was a real problem to get this running...) > > i didn't try to play dvd, but... hey! > you don't need GHz's to play dvd! DVD may actually be a problem with a G3 CPU, difficult to say... I would expect 800Mhz to be enough, but well... Ben.
Re: battery life
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 12:27:12AM +0100, Jan-Hendrik Palic wrote: >http://ryoko.camperquake.de/solutions Anyone tested it. Is that working? -- .''`.Jan-Hendrik Palic | : :' : ** Debian GNU/ Linux ** | ** OpenOffice.org ** ,.. ,.. `. `' http://www.debian.org | http://www.openoffice.org ,: ..` ` `- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ' ` ` pgp5cQIZrsuBN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Weird keymap problem
Hi, I'm using an iBook2.0 running 2.4.20-ben8 kernel. I'm just installing Debian for the first time but I'm having a strange problem with the keyboard. All the letters/numbers work fine but the other symbols are all out of place, even for an iBook keyboard. Eg, the underscore and minus symbol are at the /? key. Left square bracket doesn't print anything and the right square bracket prints a + symbol, etc. I've already got append="keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1" in my yaboot and have run ybin to update. Does anybody else know what the problem could be? -Stephen
Re: Debian with Mac.
BJ> 12,1-tums TFT XGA-screen BJ> 800 MHz PowerPC G3 BJ> 512 K L2-cache (vid 800 MHz) BJ> 256 MB SDRAM-memory BJ> 30 GB Ultra ATA-unit BJ> DVD/CD-RW-unit BJ> ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 BJ> 32 MB graphic mem BJ> 10/100BASE-T Ethernet BJ> Internal 56K-modem BJ> AirPort-ready works really fine for me, except the modem (i don't use it anyway, but i heard it was a real problem to get this running...) i didn't try to play dvd, but... hey! you don't need GHz's to play dvd! mfg bert -- ihr seid alles kranke kinder -- http://www.zooomclan.org
Re: Debian with Mac.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Björn Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PLEASE, mail me privately since I'm not a member > of the mailinglist. I'm sure you meant to say "please cc me, since I'm not a member of the mailing list, but this way the answers will be seen by all and will become part of the archives so no one will need to ask again." Or, possibly "please mail me privately and I will summarize responses in a later mail to the list". -- Shields.
Re: No X Windows on PowerBook G3 Help!
On Mit, 2003-04-02 at 05:05, befu wrote: > > 3.) With this new kernel I can't see any cursor on my black text screen. How > do I get my cursor back? It is annoying to guess where the cursor could be > and input text on the command line or in pico. Does disabling acceleration with fbset -accel false work around this problem? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
Re: possible php bug on powerpc/4.2.3
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 09:49:41AM +0200, Jean-Christophe Michel wrote: > Hi all, > > var_export() seems to print delirious contents when printing an array: > only the first two or three values are correctly printed. Then it seems > to be like utf8 printed in iso-latin1... > > I experienced this on a powerpc/testing with php as cgi and module, > php -v gives 4.2.3. > Could someone have the same test on some other machines ? > I don't know if it's a php bug or a ppc pkg one... though there's no bug > report till now on bugs.php.net. I also get this, and it doesn't happen on the i386 version of the same module... Have you submitted a bug report? I can't see it if you have. (4.2.3-12 here...) The stable and testing versions of PHP4 predate this function call's presence. I'll have a look at the code later on and see if there's something funny going on, endian wise... But first, I'll check the php4 CVS and see if it's a known bug... Nothing in the PHP4 bug-tracking system... In the 4.2.3-12 package, the functions are ext/standard/var.c:237-329. Nothing obviously wrong... The current PHP4 CVS has it exactly the same... I'll have a go at this with some debugging output when I've got the time... Please X-DebBugs-CC: me when you submit the bugreport, or let me know what the Bug # is, if it's reported but I've overlooked it. And make sure you tag the bug 'sid' since it's relevant to the version of PHP4 in unstable, to avoid affecting the testing-update scripts' work. -- --- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, MCSE 6th year CompSci/Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course Pacman didn't influence us as kids. If it did, we'd be running around in darkened rooms, popping pills and listening to repetitive music. -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 This email is licensed to the recipient for non-commercial use, duplication and distribution. --- pgpKPPQxCl5zt.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: possible php bug on powerpc/4.2.3
Hi Jean-Christophe
I am running testing and did the force-upgrade to unstable to get php 4.2.3.
Using your test file I got:
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I note some other funny stuff though; my php4 command line binary
doesn't load the correct .so files, and states its version as 4.1.2.
Otherwise phpinfo() gives me:
PHP Version 4.2.3
System Linux voltaire 2.4.19-powerpc-smp #1 SMP Mon Sep 9 09:11:02 EDT
2002 ppc unknown unknown GNU/Linux
Build Date Mar 15 2003 17:45:31...
On 02/04/03, Jean-Christophe Michel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> var_export() seems to print delirious contents when printing an array:
> only the first two or three values are correctly printed. Then it seems
> to be like utf8 printed in iso-latin1...
>
> I experienced this on a powerpc/testing with php as cgi and module,
> php -v gives 4.2.3.
> Could someone have the same test on some other machines ?
> I don't know if it's a php bug or a ppc pkg one... though there's no bug
> report till now on bugs.php.net.
--
Rory Campbell-Lange
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Debian with Mac.
Hi! I'm going to buy a Mac in a not far away future. So I'm wondering what Macs works best with Debian3.0? How about this one? 12,1-tums TFT XGA-screen 800 MHz PowerPC G3 512 K L2-cache (vid 800 MHz) 256 MB SDRAM-memory 30 GB Ultra ATA-unit DVD/CD-RW-unit ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 32 MB graphic mem 10/100BASE-T Ethernet Internal 56K-modem AirPort-ready I also would like know if this Mac has enough horsepower to be able to display DVD:s with good quality. PLEASE, mail me privately since I'm not a member of the mailinglist. -- Björn Johansson "Debian rocks!!"
Re: evolution 1.2
Thanks for the info: for use of people as newbie as I am, and to avoid them the searchings I did, here is how I have found to do (I have testing version on my Power Book Wall Street): - add in /etc/apt/source.list the lines corresponding to unstable and sid - I added in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf the line: "APT::Default-Release "testing"; " but it did nothing good more, so I cancelled it. - I created a file /etc/apt/prefetences, here is it: Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 500 Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=sid Pin-Priority: 200 But when I was doing apt-get update, I was getting an error message: "E: Invalid record in the preferences file, no Package header" (I also tried without "o+Debian", same result) so I cancelled this file as well. So, I just added the lines for unstable and sid in source.list. Then, I did apt-get install -t sid evolution, and it worked. I got evolution 1.2, as I wanted, I had for this to download 25 Mo sources, including upgrading for mozilla 1.3 (testing was at 1.0). It looks to work since yesterday. Then I cancelled the lines for sid in source.list. Handmade, but it worked. Le jeu 13/03/2003 à 04:25, Chris Tillman a écrit : > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:19:19AM +0100, you wrote: > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > > > Now, a question that will look stupid to many, but useful to 5,9 billion > > > people that didn't deeply read all the docs ;-) : > > > > > > I have sarge. Can I use sid version of this program, without using sid > > > for all the distribution? If yes, how do I install it? > > > > You can use > > > > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > > > > in your /etc/apt/apt.conf to keep your system mostly > > at testing (or stable, if that's where you're at) and > > then use apt-get -t to ask for a given distribution > > when installing a given package. > > > > But, I suspect a large package like evolution will drag in > > some serious dependencies like the sid-version libc6 and > > a host of others; you might want to use -s first to see > > what's going to happen. > > > > man apt-get > > man apt.conf
possible php bug on powerpc/4.2.3
Hi all,
var_export() seems to print delirious contents when printing an array:
only the first two or three values are correctly printed. Then it seems
to be like utf8 printed in iso-latin1...
I experienced this on a powerpc/testing with php as cgi and module,
php -v gives 4.2.3.
Could someone have the same test on some other machines ?
I don't know if it's a php bug or a ppc pkg one... though there's no bug
report till now on bugs.php.net.
Here is a code to test:
// file test.php
';
$a = array('hello', 'bonjour', 'Guten Tag', 'Hayo', 'Salam', 'Buon
giorno');
var_export($a);
// you can try too
// echo var_export($a, true);
?>
--
Jean-Christophe Michel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: evolution 1.2
Thanks for the info: for use of people as newbie as I am, and to avoid them the searchings I did, here is how I have found to do (I have testing version on my Power Book Wall Street): - add in /etc/apt/source.list the lines corresponding to unstable and sid - I added in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf the line: "APT::Default-Release "testing"; " but it did nothing good more, so I cancelled it. - I created a file /etc/apt/prefetences, here is it: Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 500 Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=sid Pin-Priority: 200 But when I was doing apt-get update, I was getting an error message: "E: Invalid record in the preferences file, no Package header" (I also tried without "o+Debian", same result) so I cancelled this file as well. So, I just added the lines for unstable and sid in source.list. Then, I did apt-get install -t sid evolution, and it worked. I got evolution 1.2, as I wanted, I had for this to download 25 Mo sources, including upgrading for mozilla 1.3 (testing was at 1.0). It looks to work since yesterday. Then I cancelled the lines for sid in source.list. Handmade, but it worked. Le jeu 13/03/2003 à 04:25, Chris Tillman a écrit : > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:19:19AM +0100, you wrote: > > Thanks a lot. > > > > Now, a question that will look stupid to many, but useful to 5,9 billion > > people that didn't deeply read all the docs ;-) : > > > > I have sarge. Can I use sid version of this program, without using sid > > for all the distribution? If yes, how do I install it? > > You can use > > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > > in your /etc/apt/apt.conf to keep your system mostly > at testing (or stable, if that's where you're at) and > then use apt-get -t to ask for a given distribution > when installing a given package. > > But, I suspect a large package like evolution will drag in > some serious dependencies like the sid-version libc6 and > a host of others; you might want to use -s first to see > what's going to happen. > > man apt-get > man apt.conf
Re: No X Windows on PowerBook G3 Help!
> 2.) With this kernel I can finally run the ati driver instead of the fbdev > driver (which was the only driver able to run on kernel 2.4.18). > I just get some 3-5 seconds of "erupting colourful clouds" on my screen when > starting the kde environment with startx just before the light grey screen > appears. These "clouds" I also recognise when I boot into MacOS X. But here > only for a duration of half a second. Are these "clouds" a sign for any > destructive possibility? Nope. Something isn't initialized right away, I'd guess. > 3.) With this new kernel I can't see any cursor on my black text screen. How > do I get my cursor back? It is annoying to guess where the cursor could be > and input text on the command line or in pico. I've had that on the Lombard with a previous 2.4 version - happened sporadically, no differences in the dumped register output ... Michael
Re: hwclock on a PowerMac 9500 and summertime
On 1 Apr, this message from Boris Bezlaj echoed through cyberspace: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 08:25:39PM +0200, David Ulrich wrote: >> >> I put it on summertime and add a ntp server (ntp, ntp-simple and >> ntpupdate). So the clock is always on time. >> My debian is always on time now: >> But I can fix my hardware clock on summertime: >> >> dulrich# hwclock --show >> Tue Apr 1 19:15:32 2003 -0.984699 seconds >> >> I try: >> hwclock --systohc, hwclock stop/start, hwclock force-reload >> The hardware clock get the summertime: >> >> hwclock --systohc >> daisy:/home/dulrich# hwclock --show >> Tue Apr 1 20:15:21 2003 -0.454536 seconds >> >> but some minutes later: >> dulrich# hwclock --show >> Tue Apr 1 19:18:09 2003 -0.510788 seconds Weird... > IMHO, the best practice is to keep hw clock coordinated to > UTC(Greenwich), and use the right timezone..that way you never need to > worry about summer time shift 8) Which is the best solution if you never run MacOS. However, there are two things to note here: - MacOS also keeps a DST flag in nvram, which will be honoured by Linux upon boot. So it can happen that your time is an hour off until you run ntpdate in the startup scripts. - You may have some script running which periodically updates the RTC with the current (kernel) time. Have a look at the /etc/cron.d directory and the other /etc/cron* files. It _might_ also be the kernel together with the RTC driver who's updating the clock, not sure... - The above-mentioned auto-update will likely fail if you have the wrong UTC/non-UTC setting in /etc/default/rcS. Hope this helps Michel - Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes|Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan| Learn Always. "
