Re: G3 imac, networking, 2.6.12 kernel
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:30:14AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote: [...] And the answer is bmac. This problem has been around since at least 2.6.7. FWIW, the installation still fails with linux-image-2.6-15-1-powerpc as neither hotplug nor udev can probe this particular machine. I plan on filing a bug against linux-image-2.6.15-1-powerpc, along with the script below for consideration as part of the postinst process. Is that the ''correct'' package to post against? Why not linux-image-powerpc, since the problem is not specific to 2.6.15? -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) [EMAIL PROTECTED] A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: G3 imac, networking, 2.6.12 kernel
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:44:26AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:30:14AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote: [...] And the answer is bmac. This problem has been around since at least 2.6.7. FWIW, the installation still fails with linux-image-2.6-15-1-powerpc as neither hotplug nor udev can probe this particular machine. I plan on filing a bug against linux-image-2.6.15-1-powerpc, along with the script below for consideration as part of the postinst process. Is that the ''correct'' package to post against? Why not linux-image-powerpc, since the problem is not specific to 2.6.15? The correct package to file bug against is linux-2.6, adding [powerpc] in the subject. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.6.16-rc2 powerpc timestamp skew
Paul Mackerras [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Benjamin Herrenschmidt writes: Ok, does not using NTP fixes it ? Try this patch. With this the values from gettimeofday() or the VDSO should stay exactly in sync with xtime even if NTP is adjusting the clock. This patch still has quite a few debugging printks in it, so it's not final by any means. I'll be interested to hear how it goes, and in particular whether or not you see any oops, time got ahead messages. Without your patch, the clock works perfectly when NTP is not in use, but when NTP is in use I get a large amount of skew (3 min) after about half an hour. With your patch (tested against 2.6.16-rc3), there is no skew whether NTP is running or not, and the system has been up 90 mins so far. They two times appear to be the same. Regards, Roger -- Roger Leigh Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ Debian GNU/Linuxhttp://www.debian.org/ GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848. Please sign and encrypt your mail. pgp4kHW1aH5m7.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: G3 imac, networking, 2.6.12 kernel
On Feb 16, 2006, at 3:44 AM, Hans Ekbrand wrote: On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:30:14AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote: [...] And the answer is bmac. This problem has been around since at least 2.6.7. FWIW, the installation still fails with linux-image-2.6-15-1-powerpc as neither hotplug nor udev can probe this particular machine. I plan on filing a bug against linux-image-2.6.15-1-powerpc, along with the script below for consideration as part of the postinst process. Is that the ''correct'' package to post against? Why not linux-image-powerpc, since the problem is not specific to 2.6.15? Fine by me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some problems with a radeon 8500
Hi, I have some problems with my Radeon 8500 on my Macintosh G4. I'm now under dapper but I had the same problem with a debian sid. If I kill the X server (by stopping gdm (/etc/init.d/gdm stop)) the fonts on the console (with radeonfb) become completely unreadable, if I restart X it's readable again. A second problem, the 3D seems to skip a lot of frames (the dri is enabled). For example if I run a 3D screensaver, the screensaver blinks. A last one, radeonfb seems to find 2 monitors radeonfb: Monitor 1 type CRT found radeonfb: EDID probed radeonfb: Monitor 2 type CRT found radeonfb: EDID probed I have two heads on the card but only one monitor connected. Somebody has the same problems? Regards Laurent pgpICjHGmlhpg.pgp Description: PGP signature
Mac Question
I got your email by googling a question thought maybe you could help me out. Please read below. Any help is greatly appreciated. I got a mac's it's a lap top. It's a 1.42 GHz Power PC G4; 512 level 2 cache. 512MB of DDR SDRAM' supports up to 1.5GB with a 60 GB hard drive. Anyway my question is this... when I turn it on all that happens is in the center of the screen there's a little folder icon with the two faces on it and it flashes between that and a question mark. Nothing else happens. I tried to restart with the options key press down and when I did that the screen showed two little folders one on the right and one on the left. On the right was a button that had an arrow that looked like a loop options and the other had an arrow that looked like a forward button. Any suggestions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
debian-PPC powerbook laptop support.
What (if anything) do I give up by blowing out Mac OS X entirely and going to Debian-PPC on my powerbook?Airport?Sleep / power management?Bluetooth?External Monitor support?I have a 1.67GHz powerbook 15 with 1 gig ram purchased in April of last year. I had the unit set up as dual boot debian to help me in my quest to get more familiar with linux, debian, and open source in general. But working for a living, I relied primarily on Mac OS X as my work environment, not because it was better but because I understood it and it was already configured to just work without me messing with it. Long story short, I had to send my laptop back for repairs under warranty. In the mean time I was forced to use an X86 Debian desktop. And I really liked it. As I expected they wiped out my laptop hard drive and sent it back as a blank OS X machine with none of my personal data. Unfortunately my backup was hosed. I have a second backup that is about 5 months old. So I am at a decision point. I've already lost about 5 months of data anyway.I can forget linux on my laptop and just set up mac os X (most expedient but it does not get me any closer to my long term goal of becoming more linux fluent) I can set my system back up as dual boot (most work but most flexible)I can throw away OS X and go full linux. If this were a desktop I would not hesitate to take the plunge. But battery life / sleep / suspend and all those laptop issues matter to me. What (if any) compromises would I be forced into if I go full Linux? Anybody been down this path and care to share their wisdom?Thanks in advance,David
Re: debian-PPC powerbook laptop support.
On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 11:29 -0600, David Smoot wrote: What (if anything) do I give up by blowing out Mac OS X entirely and going to Debian-PPC on my powerbook? Airport? nope. Sleep / power management? nope. Bluetooth? nope. External Monitor support? a bit maybe, TV out doesn't work and I don't see linux doing two different things on the different displays and setup is a bit strange sometimes. I have a 1.67GHz powerbook 15 with 1 gig ram purchased in April of last year. Got the same machine, purchased a month earlier maybe :) If this were a desktop I would not hesitate to take the plunge. But battery life / sleep / suspend and all those laptop issues matter to me. What (if any) compromises would I be forced into if I go full Linux? Battery life is decent under linux, the bcm43xx driver needs power management (meaning I have to reverse engineer it). Anybody been down this path and care to share their wisdom? I've been using osx only in MOL and really infrequently and am happy with debian on my powerbook. More technical information is on my homepage http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/PowerBook johannes signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: debian-PPC powerbook laptop support.
On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 19:10 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: Airport? nope. I should've elaborated on that: it doesn't always work reliably (though on the older powerbook you have it has a better chance). Also: you do loose at least some 3D acceleration (I run without r300 driver completely) johannes signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Test version of the glibc built with gcc-4.0
Hi PowerPC users! I am currently trying to switch the compiler used to build the glibc to gcc 4.0 on all the architectures. PowerPC is one of the architectures still using gcc 3.4. gcc 3.4 is used to workaround some gcc 4.0 bugs, but it seems that now gcc 4.0 is working correctly on PowerPC. I am using a glibc built with it on my system for a week without any problem. However I may have miss some problems, and I am unable to test the 64-bit version of the glibc as my computer does not support it. I am therefore asking for some people to test it. I have put my packages on http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/glibc/powerpc/ . Please report me any problem if you find some. Thanks, Aurelien -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] `-people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ipt_geoip
hey all not strictly a powerpc questions, however, is there a deb package containing the 'ipt_geoip' kernel module? most likely i would imagine it being part of a greater netfilter package or source deb anyone? Dean -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian-PPC powerbook laptop support.
a bit maybe, TV out doesn't work and I don't see linux doing two different things on the different displays and setup is a bit strange sometimes. Dual head actually works ... somewhat ;) The main problem currently is that X doesn't do any proper dynamic reconfiguration so switching between single/dual head setups tend to require config file changes and server restart. There are some patches for TV out floating around, so it might become a reality sooner or later. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian-PPC powerbook laptop support.
On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 19:22 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 19:10 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: Airport? nope. I should've elaborated on that: it doesn't always work reliably (though on the older powerbook you have it has a better chance). Also: you do loose at least some 3D acceleration (I run without r300 driver completely) Note that I'm currently running x.org CVS HEAD with DRI from Mesa CVS HEAD on one of these machines and 3D acceleration seems to work fine :) Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian-PPC powerbook laptop support.
On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 10:40 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: Note that I'm currently running x.org CVS HEAD with DRI from Mesa CVS HEAD on one of these machines and 3D acceleration seems to work fine :) Great. I've just been to lazy to compile it all :) Maybe I will now that I have the quad and can use distcc with it :)) johannes signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Some problems with a radeon 8500
On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 15:32 +0100, Laurent Bigonville wrote: If I kill the X server (by stopping gdm (/etc/init.d/gdm stop)) the fonts on the console (with radeonfb) become completely unreadable, if I restart X it's readable again. This only happens when you stop X from the console, right? It's a known long standing issue; it hasn't bothered anybody enough to track it down though... A second problem, the 3D seems to skip a lot of frames (the dri is enabled). For example if I run a 3D screensaver, the screensaver blinks. That's usually an application bug, it probably doesn't use double buffering. In particular, the KDE screensavers were known for this for a long time, not sure they're fixed even now. A last one, radeonfb seems to find 2 monitors radeonfb: Monitor 1 type CRT found radeonfb: EDID probed radeonfb: Monitor 2 type CRT found radeonfb: EDID probed I have two heads on the card but only one monitor connected. Is this really a problem? :) The worst that should happen is that the second connector uses a little more power. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast| http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
