Google Chrome for PPC Linux?
Anybody using Google Chrome or Chromium for PPC Linux? Theoritically, we whould be able to build Chromium from source for PPC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100505225329.ga30...@debian
Re: boot splash : plymouth and ppc
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:34:17AM -0300, Sebastien Grenier wrote: [snip] > Would that make sense on ppc? like on a powerbook g4 @1667 (PowerBook5,6) > > I'm running squeeze with the plymouth package from unstable. I was > afraid to not be able to reboot the system in changing the KMS > parameters... Any idea? > > Thanks, > > Sébastien I have not tried plymouth yet but KMS is supported in PPC for the radeon cards. If you use the radeon driver then you should be good to go IMHO. Good luck and post back your results. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100415041450.ga25...@debian
Re: Where is libxfconf-0?
> I finally found time to try your suggestion (which means I finally > found time to backup my data and not create anything new for a while) > but now it wants another library not listed in lenny. I may have to go > with sid, or perhaps Xubuntu still it's built on sid but is a little > more stable. > > Usually if I need a few libraries I simply compile them from source and use checkinstall to install them. Of course, when you have to deal with a bunch of dependencies it is not worth it but for other libraries (e.g. webkit, soup, etc), compiling the latest from source works out fine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100330161836.ga3...@canoga.com
Re: Getting LXDE Debain
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 03:06:37PM -0400, Shawn H Corey wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently running Ubuntu 9.10 on my PowerBook G4 and I'm tried of > it's flakiness and the GNOME bloat. I found this image and I was > wondering if anyone had any experience with it. > > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-504-powerpc-xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso > > Is there anything special I need to know before I start or is it like a > Ubuntu install (which I have done several times before)? > > If you are looking for a real stable system then yes Debian Lenny is the way to go. Right now I have squeeze running on a PowerBook G4 Ti (500MHz, 512MB RAM) and it runs beautifully. The latest kernel fixed the suspend to ram issue and it works great. On mine XFCE wasn't too snappy, I haven't tried LXDE on this specific machine but it should fair better. However, if you are willing to invest some time in configuring this system, I suggest going with openbox. It is really lightweight and you can have system trays, etc. For the install, it should be straight forward if you want to format everything and install only Debian. I'm not sure if the GUI installer works for PowerPC but text based installer is quite simple as well. Hope this helps. Good luck Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100318193107.gb16...@canoga.com
Re: [Semi-OT] using a "ppc" disk on a x86 box
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 03:38:19PM +0100, ncr...@tin.it wrote: [snip] Thanks for clarifying. The other poster was right, try out compiling all the support for the filesystems in your kernel. If that doesn't work there are several things you can try: 1. Launch 'fdisk' and try to print out the partition table. You can also verify the partition table from within fdisk. If fdisk recognizes it then that is a good sign and it could be just that your kernel doesn't have support for it. 2. You can recreate the partion table using fdisk or gparted. I am not sure if this will format your data but if you just want to reuse the disk this maybe an option. 3. If you need to recover data from a disk, use 'photorec' it is a great app and can recover almost anything. 4. Try force mounting the disk. e.g. mount /dev/sda /mnt/disk. 5. Use 'TestDisk' http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk It's open source and from the same place that makes photorec. It can fix and recover partition tables, etc. I think you should take a look at #5 first and go from there. Hope this helps. Good luck and post back your results. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [Semi-OT] using a "ppc" disk on a x86 box
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 02:15:26AM +0100, ncr...@tin.it wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to read on a x86 box a disk I used on a pegasos2 box. I'm > going to use the disk through a pata2usb external box. > > I tried plugging the disk in. The system detects the disk (sda) but not > the partitions (sda1, sda2, etc.). > Based on this, I'm assuming you are using a USB disk formatted on your pegasus2 machine. [snip] > > Could anybody please give me a pointer? > There is no such thing as a "ppc" disk, there are just specific filesystems. You probably don't have the specific support for the filesystem on your machine. Do you know what filesystem was used on that disk? Once you find out you can then install the specific packages and you should be able to access the partitions on the disk. Also if you could post the kernel message output that would give us some clues. > > Thanks in advance. > > Best regards. > > /Fergus > -- > Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. > ``Don't bother us with politics,'' respond those who don't > want to learn. > > -- Richard M. Stallman > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/linux-gnu-freedom.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.2-powerpc no keyboard
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 06:19:56PM +0100, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > I just gave linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.2-powerpc a spin on my Lenny > Powerbook 5,6 and there is no keyboard when I want to enter the passphrase > for my cryptofs. So it is unusable for me. > > Powerbook 5,6 15" 2005 has a keyboard which is connected like a usb keyboard > and it seems the usb id is not recognised by the kernel. > > Bernhard > ps: send me a copy on relevant replies as I am not on all lists. > Try this out: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org/msg61377.html The "ServerFlags" section should be enough. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: HowTo Nouveau on PPC64.
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 04:01:28PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote: [snip] > I was hoping that it was at a level where it was just a matter of > subscribing to the correct repo :-( > There isn't a repo that I know of, sorry. Good luck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: HowTo Nouveau on PPC64.
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 04:39:09PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > I have a standard Lenny system installed on a G5 single with a 1.8 > GHz. processor and GeForce FX 5200 graphics card. I understand that > the Nouveau driver is still in experimental, but that there are > requests from developers to try using it on desktop machines. > Unfortunately, I have been unable to find any information about > where to download a PPC64 version or how to install it. Is there a > HowTo somewhere? Hi, I haven't installed Nouveau driver myself but I have attempted to do so before. It is not that hard to compile and set it up but you will need a fairly recent version of Xorg and its associated MESA libraries. I don't think the ones in Lenny are new enough. You might need to upgrade to squeeze or maybe even sid. But of course, it is best to research first. The instructions for x86 should work for ppc as well. Good luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: loosing wifi connection after upgrading kernel image to 2.6.32-trunk on lenny
On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 05:30:19PM +0100, Piotr Kopszak wrote: > Hello list, > > I have just installed linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-powerpc on lenny > running on Powerbook 5,6 . The only problem I have noticed is rather > weird. Wifi connection gets established but drops after 20 sec or so. > When on 2.6.26 image everything runs fine. > Can you give more details on the problem you're having? 1. Which wireless card are you using? 2. Is there anything in the dmesg output that confirms that you have lost connection? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Yaboot does not handle ext4 root partition?
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 11:49:44PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: [snip] > I don't recall an offer from the installer to try installing grub2. > Is there an incantation I'm not aware of that makes that possible? > If you boot the debian install cd and choose rescue mode you can install grub2 using apt-get or aptitude. You should have a working network connection so it can fetch the packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: r128 driver issues with latest Xorg squeeze updates. [SOLVED]
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 08:47:50PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded squeeze today and noticed a lot of X related updates. > Specifically, it updated the Xorg, mesa, and various ati drivers. > > After the upgrade, the r128 driver doesn't seem to be working. The main > complain seems to be of the missing framebuffer device. My guess is that > there is some issue with the atyfb128 driver not being loaded. > > Starting Xorg without any conf uses the fbdev driver, resulting in poor > quality. > > Any other powerpc users experiencing the same problem? Fixed the issue: Added the following lines under "Device": Option "UseFBDev" "false" Option "NoInt10" "true" Credit goes to the following post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-750740-highlight-dev+fb1.html Hope this helps others with the same problem. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: r128 driver issues with latest Xorg squeeze updates.
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 04:38:10PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 20:47 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > > I upgraded squeeze today and noticed a lot of X related updates. > > Specifically, it updated the Xorg, mesa, and various ati drivers. > > > > After the upgrade, the r128 driver doesn't seem to be working. The main > > complain seems to be of the missing framebuffer device. My guess is that > > there is some issue with the atyfb128 driver not being loaded. > > It's impossible to help with a problem like this without seeing at the > very least the Xorg.0.log file corresponding to the failure. > Sorry about that, the summary of the output is below. The complete Xorg.0.log is attached. --- (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device (EE) R128(0): Failed to open framebuffer device, consult warnings and/or errors above for possible reasons (you may have to look at the server log to see warnings) (II) UnloadModule: "r128" (II) UnloadModule: "fbdevhw" (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux//libfbdevhw.so (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. --- X.Org X Server 1.6.3 Release Date: 2009-7-31 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.26-2-powerpc-smp ppc Debian Current Operating System: Linux debian 2.6.26-2-powerpc #1 Sun Jun 21 06:56:26 UTC 2009 ppc Build Date: 06 August 2009 06:49:53PM xorg-server 2:1.6.3-1+b1 (bui...@voltaire) Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Sep 15 13:32:12 2009 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor" (**) | |-->Device "ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" (**) |-->Input Device "Synaptics Touchpad" (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, /usr/share/fonts/artwiz, /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, built-ins (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled. (WW) Disabling Generic Keyboard (WW) Disabling Configured Mouse (II) Loader magic: 0xe90 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 X.Org Video Driver: 5.0 X.Org XInput driver : 4.0 X.Org Server Extension : 2.0 (II) Loader running on linux (--) using VT number 7 (--) PCI:*(0:0:16:0) 1002:4c46:1002:4c46 ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x rev 2, Mem @ 0xb400/67108864, 0xb000/16384, I/O @ 0x0400/256, BIOS @ 0x/131072 (I
r128 driver issues with latest Xorg squeeze updates.
Hi, I upgraded squeeze today and noticed a lot of X related updates. Specifically, it updated the Xorg, mesa, and various ati drivers. After the upgrade, the r128 driver doesn't seem to be working. The main complain seems to be of the missing framebuffer device. My guess is that there is some issue with the atyfb128 driver not being loaded. Starting Xorg without any conf uses the fbdev driver, resulting in poor quality. Any other powerpc users experiencing the same problem? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: iRedMail for ppc ??
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:45:11 +0200 "Niels S. Eliasen" wrote: > hi > I would really like to install iRedMail (see for instance: > http://code.google.com/p/iredmail/wiki/Installation_on_Debian) > > but it claims that "ppc" is not a supported architecture . > > Anyone knows how to get this up-and-running. > or similar alternatives that has the same functionality .. > You can download the source (*.tar.gz) file and compile it yourself. I am guessing it should work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Lenny on Apple 9600 - noobie questions
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:41:05 -0400 Jeff Fry wrote: > > Thanks for the info. I've been plodding my way through the massive > Debian-PowerPC Installation Guide and have yet to finish. > > I guess the standard procedure must be to go ahead and try to > install, then ask questions here when things don't go correctly? > Yes, that's true but I doubt you will have any problems. Debian is well supported on most hardware platforms. > I guess I'll just have to try this and see how it works. Does anybody > know when and how I would compile the driver for this? > Usually if you want support for newer hardware you would have to recompile the kernel that includes the new drivers. This is actually not as hard as it sounds. If it comes to this, just post back again. > > >> I have several video cards to choose from: > >> IX3D Ultimate-Rez Rev 1.01 (8 MB) > >> Twin Turbo 128M8 Rev 3.6 (8 MB) > >> Twin Turbo 128M/M2 Rev 3.7 (4 or 8 MB ?) > >> Twin Turbo 128M8A Rev 3.8.1 (8 MB) > >> ATi Nexus 128 (32 MB) > >> ATi Radeon 7000 Mac Edition (32 MB) > >> Are any of these video cards known to be a problem? > >> > > > > I use an ATI Radeon Mobility (8MB) VRAM. No problems so far. > > When searching through the archives for this list, I saw many people > having problems with the Twin Turbo cards. Hopefully, this has been > fixed by now. > If you are not going to be using 3D too much then you shouldn't have any problems. > > > I finally found the section in the Installation Guide about hard > drive strategies, partitioning, RAID, etc. Looks like I've got a LOT > of reading to do before I should even think about installing Debian. :-) > If you just want a basic install then configuring the partitions and installing Debian is quite straightforward. I suggest you try it out this way first then once you know your way around things then you can properly reinstall it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Lenny on Apple 9600 - noobie questions
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:55:55 -0400 Jeff Fry wrote: > I assume that following Steve Allen's installation method would > install a basic version of Lenny, and I would then need to install > various additional software applications and drivers? Also, I would > additionally install things like Apache2, php5, mySQL, phpmyadmin, > etc., from package installers? > Yes, you do need to install additional applications. I don't think you need additional drivers unless you install a hardware device that requires proprietary firmwares, etc. The lenny CD/DVD during install asks if you want to set up a mail server, web server, file server. You can select these and it will install the above software you mentioned. Although I am not too sure which ones it chooses (e.g. for database mysql or postgres). > The 9600 is currently running a Sonnet G4 400 MHz, but I can revert > back to the original 604e 300 MHz if necessary, or install an XLR8 > G3 350 MHz. Are any of these CPU options known to be a problem? > Don't think so. > I currently have 384 MB of RAM installed, but could increase it if > necessary. What would be a good amount of RAM to have installed? > Sounds like it is enough. But if you start using heavy window managers with multiple simultaneous GUI apps, you might start seeing swaps. > It has a Matsushita CR-8024 (CR-508) SCSI CD-ROM drive, which I > would assume shouldn't pose a problem. > Correct. > I want to use a TRENDnet TEG-PCITXR (ver. A or ver 3.0R) Gigabit > Ethernet PCI NIC card. I do have the makefile and source files to > compile (Realtec) drivers for Linux kernel 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6, > although I don't understand the exact procedures to follow (at this > time). Has anyone used this NIC and drivers? > > I have several video cards to choose from: > IX3D Ultimate-Rez Rev 1.01 (8 MB) > Twin Turbo 128M8 Rev 3.6 (8 MB) > Twin Turbo 128M/M2 Rev 3.7 (4 or 8 MB ?) > Twin Turbo 128M8A Rev 3.8.1 (8 MB) > ATi Nexus 128 (32 MB) > ATi Radeon 7000 Mac Edition (32 MB) > Are any of these video cards known to be a problem? > I use an ATI Radeon Mobility (8MB) VRAM. No problems so far. > I have several PCI SCSI cards to choose from: > ATTO ExpressPCI UL3D > ATTO ExpressPCI UL2D > ATTO ExpressPCI DC > Adaptec AHA-3940UWD > Adaptec AHA-2940U2W/Mac > Adaptec AHA-2930CU2W/Apple 2 Mac > Are any of these SCSI cards known to be a problem? > Not sure, but probably not. > I would assume that I could install Lenny and its applications in > its own partition, then have my file server data and web server data > on a separate SCSI drive or drives? Could the data drives be set up > as software RAID 1 (mirror) in Lenny? > Yes you can do that. > Again, I'm sorry for dumping all of these questions at once. > Obviously, I trying to plan out a strategy and determine if I can > accomplish what I envision, using the hardware I currently have. > > Thanks in advance for any and all info, comments and suggestions. > > Good luck. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:23:05 -0400 "Tomislav V. Butkovic" wrote: > Some updates: > This is a very dust free machine on the inside. No air ports are being > blocked, and I've pointed an external fan to blow at the rear vents. I've > confirmed that the internal fan still works as well. Still freezes. > > I've also downloaded the debian netinstall cd, which has frozen the last two > times I tried it. It was not even able to get past setting up dhcp. > > I had someone try to boot OS X tiger via firewire drive which also froze at > the 'apple' screen with a little counter that just keeps spinning. > > I have also tried holding option+command+p+r as well as booting into > openfirmware (option+command+o+f) and doing each of the following: > > reset-nvram, set-defaults, reset-all > > It also tells me when it loads the partioner that my drive has multiple > logic sectors for each physical sector & that this is for experimental use > only. I am not sure if that makes any difference. > Sorry to hear that you are still having problems... Have you tried booting with any live cd? Does it freeze there? The debian install cd can be used as a live rescue cd...although it doesn't boot up to a desktop environment. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:06:25 -0400 "Tomislav V. Butkovic" wrote: > Hello all, > > Thank you all for the timely reply. > > > >Based on my experiences the freezing > >probably is because of overheating. If the CPU over heats, that is > >the main cause of freezing. Do you hear the fans kick in during > >installation or does it remain off? > > It sounds likes the fans are on. The ventilation port where the hinge > is is not blocked, neither is the one next to the hard drive. If it is > overheating, how would I go about fixing this? > So far it still sounds like a CPU overheating problem. You can reduce the CPU speed to avoid overheating. I forget the exact command but I will post again when i find out. Also, try placing an electric fan near the vents so cool air will be blown in. It could also be that there is a lot of dust blocking the vents? In the meantime, try to get a minimal debian install up and running. This usually takes less than 15 minutes. In that time frame the CPU will probably not overheat. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400 "Tomislav V. Butkovic" wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the > installation process keeps freezing during various points of the > installation during various installation attempts. Most commonly > during the partintioning or during the installation of the base > system. The farthest I've gotten in the installation of the base > system is 98% then it froze. I am not sure what the problem here is. > It seems that the longer period of time that the machine is off, the > farther it can go through with the installation. > > I got the ibook from a friend with no hard drive. I put a 160gb > seagate hard drive in, pata. I have tried installing ubuntu, > opensuse, and now debian. Debian is the only installer that has > gotten this far without any other problems. > > Any help would be appreciated. I am new to linux, though I strongly > support the concept of community run open source software development > and the free distribution of information. > > Thank You, > > tomislav Sorry to hear that you are having problems. iBooks and Powerbooks are well supported by Linux in general. Based on my experiences the freezing probably is because of overheating. If the CPU over heats, that is the main cause of freezing. Do you hear the fans kick in during installation or does it remain off? Instead of installing the whole base system. Simply use the net-install CD and install the most basic system. This means when you are asked to select what kind of install you want, disable the 'Desktop System'. Another way to test out the theory is to run the debian cd in rescue mode and just leave it on. In this case you are not installing anything but simply running from the CD. If this freezes still then it is most likely the CPU overheating. Also make sure there are no obstructions blocking the heat vents or fan air flow. Good luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Cross-compile PPC kernel on x86
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:55:30 -0400 Eric Cooper wrote: > On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 01:50:01PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > At this point I would like to use the make-kpkg command but how do I > > specify the paths for the proper toolchain to use? > > > > Right now I am using the command: > > > > make-kpkg --initrd --cross-compile powerpc --revision=test.kernel_image > > I've been using prebuilt kernels for a while, so this may be out of > date, but I used to use this: > make-kpkg --arch powerpc --subarch pmac --cross-compile powerpc-linux ... > It will look for cross-tools in your PATH that are named > powerpc-linux-gcc, powerpc-linux-as, etc. Thanks for the response and the tip. I was able to get it to work using the following command: fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=rt2x00 --arch=powerpc --cross-compile=/home/amit/src/buildroot-2009.05/build_powerpc/staging_dir/ usr/bin/powerpc-linux- kernel_image I used buildroot to build the cross compiler toolchain. I was going to use emdebian but they did not have a working set for powerpc arch. Note that above I compiled the rt2x00 kernel branch since I needed to use the driver. However, this should work with any kernel. And as a final step, I had to generate the initrd image manually and set up the symbolic links for initrd and vmlinux to point to the build kernel. The initrd image was built using the following command: update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.30-rc6-wl Hope this helps somebody. Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: No rt2870sta module in linux-image-2.6.29-2-powerpc?
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:26:08 +1000 Geoff Simmons wrote: > Hi Amit, > > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 05:55:24PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > I'm trying to set up the Belkin Wireless USB adapter on a PowerBook G4 > > running Squeeze. > > > > I followed the instructions on http://wiki.debian.org/rt2870sta and > > installed the 2.6.29-2 image. However, I can't seem to load the > > rt2870sta module. > > > > Is the module not built for powerpc kernels? > > The RT2870 driver currently in staging is x86-only, which is why no rt2870sta > module is available in Debian powerpc kernel images: > > config RT2870 > tristate "Ralink 2870 wireless support" > depends on USB && X86 && WLAN_80211 > ---help--- > This is an experimental driver for the Ralink 2870 wireless chip. > > I'll amend the wiki page to indicate this. > > Geoff I compiled the rt2x00 kernel branch from source. This includes support for rt2870. I am still trying to get it to connect, although I think this is now a basic networking problem rather than a driver issue. Since I can connect to WLAN networks. Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Cross-compile PPC kernel on x86
I am trying to use an x86 host desktop PC to compile a kernel for an old PBG4. I got as far as setting up a cross compiler toolchain for powerpc (using buildtroot). I copied the config file over and made the necessary changes. At this point I would like to use the make-kpkg command but how do I specify the paths for the proper toolchain to use? Right now I am using the command: make-kpkg --initrd --cross-compile powerpc --revision=test.kernel_image Am I proceeding correctly? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: new to powerpc, quetion about wireless
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:19:35 +1000 Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 10:10:11PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:38:17 +1000 > > Alex Samad wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I have been using debian for while, but I am looking at buying > > > one of these > > > > > > http://excito.com/bubba/products/technical-specifications.html > > > > > > Got the hint from somebody on the debian-user list. The basics of > > > it are > > > > > > 256 MB DDR2 > > > 333 MHz Power PC > > > 2 x 1000 Mbit/s > > > > > > > > > it also has a mini pci slot which I am hoping to install a minipci > > > wireless card in. > > > > > > My concern and the reason I am asking the list, is am i going to > > > run into any problem with architecture and mini pci wireless > > > cards ? > > > > > > My thoughts are to run asterisk and firewall, openvpn. Going to > > > install a SSD to run it off > > > > To find out wireless support for linux check out the following site: > > > > http://linux-wless.passys.nl/index.php > > interesting site, i guess I was after a more general answer along the > lines of if it works on i386 it should work on powerpc > Sometimes it is not as simple as that, as I found out recently. I posted a question here about using rt2870sta driver for a wireless USB chipset. The driver exists but it depends specifically on x86. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: new to powerpc, quetion about wireless
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:38:17 +1000 Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > I have been using debian for while, but I am looking at buying one of > these > > http://excito.com/bubba/products/technical-specifications.html > > Got the hint from somebody on the debian-user list. The basics of it are > > 256 MB DDR2 > 333 MHz Power PC > 2 x 1000 Mbit/s > > > it also has a mini pci slot which I am hoping to install a minipci > wireless card in. > > My concern and the reason I am asking the list, is am i going to run > into any problem with architecture and mini pci wireless cards ? > > My thoughts are to run asterisk and firewall, openvpn. Going to install > a SSD to run it off To find out wireless support for linux check out the following site: http://linux-wless.passys.nl/index.php -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
No rt2870sta module in linux-image-2.6.29-2-powerpc?
I'm trying to set up the Belkin Wireless USB adapter on a PowerBook G4 running Squeeze. I followed the instructions on http://wiki.debian.org/rt2870sta and installed the 2.6.29-2 image. However, I can't seem to load the rt2870sta module. Is the module not built for powerpc kernels? Anybody has any experiences with this? [ 589.487511] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2 [ 591.856903] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 [ 592.042996] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 592.057466] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=050d, idProduct=815c [ 592.057493] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 592.057504] usb 1-1: Product: F5D8053 N Wireless USB Adapter [ 592.057513] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Belkin Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installed Lenny on a Apple MacPro G5. Install: OK, did not boot the Kernel after.
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 08:41:53 +0800 Louie Miranda wrote: > Amit, sorry I was not able to reply sooner. I ditched the machine in the > meantime and just used a 32bit system to make my work less complicated. No problem. I hope you are having a better experience now. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: About the computational power of g4 machines
On Sat, 16 May 2009 04:59:50 -0300 Rog__rio Brito wrote: > Hi. > > I have the opportunity to buy an iBook G4 800MHz so that i can continue > working with Debian + PowerPC. > > I have two questions, which I list below. > > On May 12 2009, drz wrote: > > Anybody tried this out on a powerbook g4 (1.33Ghz here): > > Is one machine of these able to play the videos listed below? > > http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_gallery/gl1800/480p/gilmour_480p.mov > http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_gallery/gl1800/720p/gilmour_720p.mov > http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_gallery/gl1800/1080p/gilmour_1080p.mov > > If anybody could test it under other clocks (say, using the different > governors/frequency scaling), it would be very informative. > I can't get the 480p to play past the 30 second mark. It just slows to a crawl and I just see still images. This is on a 500MHz G4 with ATI Rage mobility M3 (8MB VRAM I think). But works great for everything else. Compiling sometimes take a while. e.g. compiling something like webkit-1.1.3 takes 6-7 hours. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: iBook G4 dual head
On Sun, 10 May 2009 16:07:09 +0200 Benjamin Cama wrote: > Le vendredi 08 mai 2009 __ 21:44 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani a __crit : > > On Sat, 9 May 2009 12:47:30 +1200 > > Jamie Downs wrote: > > > I have edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > > It now has Virtual 2304 768 as explained below by Jos__ > > > > > > The command I use to enable dual head is > > > xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1024x768 --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x1024 > > > --left-of LVDS > > > > > > I'm still investigating ways to make the screen mode persistent after a > > > reboot. > > > It seems like I need to write a bash script. > > > > > > > Yes, that is probably the simplest way. Depending on your desktop > > environment, you could add that line to your ~/.xinitrc. Or you could > > simply add an alias to it in your ~/.bashrc file and invoke it at will. > > The "right" way to do that is described here : > http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 > in section III. > That's great info. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: xorg.conf powerbook g4 kde 4.2.2
On Sun, 10 May 2009 02:00:56 +0200 drz wrote: > Hi there > > Im really happy to have gotten a powerbook g4, was a PC user before. > And lenny works great. No installation issues. Good work! > Maybe I should add that I encryted the whole system with the installer. > I have a PowerBook G4 and Debian has been working great here. Kudos to debian devs. > 1. I havent worked on getting the wireless to go. Any Links to HOWTOs are > welcome. > Wireless should work out of the box. I never had an issue with wireless on this PB G4. What do you get when you type 'sudo iwlist scan'? Also, you might need to install wireless-tools if that command is not available. > 2. Does anybody have a working xorg.conf for a powerbook g4 with ati 9700 > (rv350)? > > I cant enable Desktop effects on kde 4.2.2 :( If I enable effects the xserver > freezes and so I cant even get into the console by alt-ctrl-f1. Turning the > computer off is the only solution. > Compositing has always been a problem for me as well. I think it has to do with the graphics chip. You might want to checkout if you chip has compositing support. Try 'man radeon' to get a list of supported cards. Or man 'ati'. > Direct Rendering worked out of the box, but I dont really know how to get > compositing to work. > > I also have a problem with the colours in kde. Some blue colours like the > default K-Menu-symbol is some kind of orange :) > I had that same issue too...not sure why that is. I don't use KDE anymore though. > I just changed the driver to radeon in xorg.conf yet. Oh, and I set UseFBdev > to false after having a problem with weird fonts in tty1 when i stopped gdm. > > $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf > [snip] > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbRules" "xorg" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "de" > Option "XkbVariant""nodeadkeys" > Option "XkbOptions""lv3:lwin_switch" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > Driver "radeon" > BusID "PCI:0:16:0" > Option "UseFBDev" "false" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Configured Monitor" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Monitor "Configured Monitor" > EndSection > > 3. Is it possible to scroll or right click without an external mouse on the > touchpad? > Yes it is...install mouseemu package and edit the /etc/default/mouseemu config file. > Im thankful for every comment or links on this and the wireless installation. > > greetz > drz > Good luck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installing Synaptic on Lenny KDE PPC system.
On Sat, 9 May 2009 11:41:35 +0200 Brian Durant wrote: > Is there a way to install Synaptic on a KDE system and keep the GTK+ > libs to a minimum? > I don't think so. But installing synaptic doesn't really pull in too much GTK libs I think. Using aptitude you can remove the suggested or recommended packages that are being installed when you install synaptic, this might pull in less packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: iBook G4 dual head
On Sat, 9 May 2009 12:47:30 +1200 Jamie Downs wrote: > Thank you Jack, Amit and Jos__ for your quick response. > It works! > No Problems. > I have edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf > It now has Virtual 2304 768 as explained below by Jos__ > > The command I use to enable dual head is > xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1024x768 --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x1024 > --left-of LVDS > > I'm still investigating ways to make the screen mode persistent after a > reboot. > It seems like I need to write a bash script. > Yes, that is probably the simplest way. Depending on your desktop environment, you could add that line to your ~/.xinitrc. Or you could simply add an alias to it in your ~/.bashrc file and invoke it at will. Good luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: iBook G4 dual head
On Fri, 8 May 2009 13:36:23 +1200 Jamie Downs wrote: > > Has anybody had success configuring X.Org to run in dual head mode with this > hardware? > The graphics chip is ATI M9+ 5C63 [Radeon Mobility 9200]. The driver is > radeon. > > Jamie Downs > New Zealand Like the other replier said, just use xrandr. Here is a great link that explains it... http://blog.hydrasystemsllc.com/2009/02/21/xrandr-and-the-x-window-system/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Lenny KDE newbie with Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac.
On Sat, 2 May 2009 19:03:50 +0200 Brian Durant wrote: > Is there a KDE alternative to Cheese? I want to avoid installing 36 > GNOME packages on my system. Kopette can be used with Gtalk, but Gtalk > video isn't supported on PPC. > Not that I know of but if you want to check if video works try out the following apps: 1. camstream 2. qcam (this one is quite old, not sure if it will work) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Getting Gnash and Java to work with Lenny KDE.
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:37:53 +0200 Brian Durant wrote: > Apparently swfdec-mozilla was already installed when I installed > gnash. No incompatibilities? Weird. Anyway, I uninstalled gnash again > and I still can't get YouTube to work. Ideas? > > Are there any other flash sites that work? Not necessarily sites with embedded video but a site that has flash animations? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installed Lenny on a Apple MacPro G5. Install: OK, did not boot the Kernel after.
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:23:18 +0530 Sujit Karataparambil wrote: > Why is there an assumption that the PPC based debian is installed in the > board. > Because its installed in a Apple PMAC G5 which is a PPC based machine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Getting Gnash and Java to work with Lenny KDE.
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:11:07 +0200 Brian Durant wrote: > Gnash doesn't seem to want to work with YouTube on my new, clean, > Lenny KDE install. What do I need to do to get gnash to cooperate? > Try using swfdec-mozilla for youtube support. It might work better. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installed Lenny on a Apple MacPro G5. Install: OK, did not boot the Kernel after.
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:38:56 +0800 Louie Miranda wrote: > Hi, I am trying to install Debian 5 Lenny on a Apple MacPro G5. > > Installation was successful, however upon rebooting. It won't load the > kernel. I tried to go back to boot again the CD and tried to mount the > system, and it did. > > I am lost why the kernel did not boot properly? > > Help! Are there any error messages? What happens? Does it get stuck somewhere or does it simply not find the kernel? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: iBook G3 - Debian Lenny and one projector
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:15:51 -0600 Esteban Monge wrote: > Hello I have a iBook G3 Dual USB 800MHz, I need conect a projector to it. > Need clone my screen in the projector. > > This is my xorg.conf file: > [snip] > > How I can make it? > -- Hi there, I haven't tried it myself since I don't have access to a projector. But in order to clone or mirror your screen you need to use xrandr. If you don't have it installed then use aptitude to install it. I think the radeon driver you're using supports xrandr but there is only one way to find out. Install xrandr, plug it in, and use the xrandr command line program to clone/mirror your screen. You can use the man page to see how to use it or use the following examples in the following article: http://blog.hydrasystemsllc.com/2009/02/21/xrandr-and-the-x-window-system/ Good luck and post back your results. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Kooka Broken in Lenny?
On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 17:52:14 +1100 Irena & Richard Jenkins wrote: > Tried Kooka on my desktop this afternoon ... but it could not find my > scanner. > (Canoscan N650U). Tried installing xsane then ... and it too complained > about my missing scanner. Tried a new cable with no effect. > > Took the scanner across to my old laptop running 'puppylinux' (a 100 Meg > linux > for older machines of the x86 variety). On this machine the same scanner and > cable worked faultlessly! > > Is it a permissions problem? That was a suggestion from xsane ... and > puppylinux runs as 'root' so avoiding all these issues. Of course I would > never recommend running as 'root' ... > > Anyone beat this problem with Lenny?? When you plug in the scanner type 'dmesg' see if the kernel in Lenny detects it. Try the same in puppy linux and match the output. If the kernel in lenny doesn't detect the scanner then there is nothing Kooka or even xsane can do about it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: adobe flash
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:24:07 -0500 stephen sefick wrote: > ibook G4 Debian 5.0 Lenny > How do I install the flash plug in for ice weasel... Other things > that I have noticed are that lenny doesn't go to sleep when I close my > laptop. How do I fix this. > thanks in advance, > Regarding the sleep issue I am having the same problems with a PowerBook G4. The last working kernel I know of is 2.6.25. Maybe the newer kernels fix this issue. For flash the only choice for power pc is gnash. It works on some websites but not all -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: X Windows Screen Size Issue
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:47:17 -0600 Amos Stibolt wrote: > As a final bit of information, the video driver on this machine is > whatever Apple included standard when it built this machine, because > of this, I did not know which driver to select during configuration, > and used "fbdev" as it was the default driver selected by the > configuration program. > > Any suggestions would be much appreciated. > > Amos > First of all which version of Debian did you install? Second, the fbdev driver basically means you are not using any sort of hardware acceleration which slows down X considerably. Also, it is important to find out which video driver you are using. You can use the 'lspci' command or 'lshw' if you have that installed. From that point you can find out the graphics card information and use the correct driver for X. Please post back the above info and don't worry there are many people here who can help you :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: No X on iMac G3 400MHz
On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:17:00 -0800 "urpion urpion" wrote: > Hi, Ive just installed Debian 5.0 PPC Current Testing on IMac G3 400Mhz > (HD-Media vie network with standard system + > desktop). I tried etch and Lenny, but they didn't find the nic. All went > well. But after first reboot... black screen. The system > is fine but X is not happy. I reconfigured the package xserver-xorg a few > times, but no dice!. The video card is an ATI Rage > 128 RL/VR AGP [snip] Try using 'fbdev' as your driver. At least with that you should get X to start although of course you don't get accelerated graphics. Try that and post back. The 'r128' driver in lenny has some issues that can be worked around by specifying the proper modelines. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: External iSight with PowerBook G4
[snip] > > I no longer have my isight, but from memory it worked fine in etch but > I never got it to work in lenny. > > Below is from my notes so not sure it will help or make sense :) > > Better late than never? > I have got my isight working in ekiga today. On my g4 emac running > Debian etch. I'm not sure which packages worked as I tried a whole > bunch, below are that packages I installed. > > Installed the following packages: > dvbackup (0.0.4rj1-6) > dvgrab (1.8-4) > gscanbus (0.7.1-6) > gstreamer0.8-dv (0.8.12-6) > libdc1394-11 (1.0.0-4) > libdv-bin (1.0.0-1) > libpt-plugins-avc (1.10.2-2) > libpt-plugins-dc (1.10.2-2) > libquicktime0 (2:0.9.7-1) > libraw1394-5 (0.10.1-1.1) > > Then as root I ran coriander in a terminal and the isight showed up and > worked fine though on disconecting I had to unplug the camera and > replug it to activate it again. > > I quit coriander then I still as root setup an ekiga account and checked > enable video. then video plugin as 1394dc. > then input device as /dev/video1394/0. then auto and it worked. > > Thanks for the reply. I actually came across your post while searching in the archives. I followed your instructions but with no luck. So I guess I'm not the only one having problems with this in lenny. Do you think it's a kernel issue? Should I try the latest linux kernel? Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
External iSight with PowerBook G4
I searched the mailing list archives for reports on how to get iSight working on Linux. Most of the solutions start out by using the application 'Coriander' to test if it can display video from the camera. And then the next step is to get it to work with Ekiga. However, I am still stuck with 'Coriander'. I get the following error when trying to start from ISO control: "ISO transmission refuses to start" After trying it several times I get a segfault with the following error message: libdc1394 error: RAW1394 failure: in dc1394_video_get_supported_framerates (control.c, line 594): Could not get supported framerates The dmesg output when I plug in the iSight is: [ 2466.157624] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 [ 2466.157659] ieee1394: Node suspended: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a27000413d1e6] [ 2471.237650] ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 [ 2474.440939] IEEE 1394 device has ROM CRC error [ 2474.441029] ieee1394: Node resumed: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[000a27000413d1e6] The following is the output of 'lsmod | grep 1394' video1394 19388 0 raw139428424 0 ohci1394 35888 1 video1394 ieee1394 91584 4 sbp2,video1394,raw1394,ohci1394 Any ideas? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Using wireless on a PowerBook G4
On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:58:43 -0500 Christopher Jones wrote: [snip] > > One last thing: I tried to apt-get a newer kernel version, and I > successfully installed 2.6.24 (apt-get install linux-image-2.6.24- > etchnhalf.l-powerpc linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.l-powerpc), but > when I logged out and back in, uname -r told me that I was still > running 2.6.18-6. How can I update to the kernel that should've been > installed? > > Thanks! When you install a new kernel, a kernel image is installed in /boot. In /boot you will see initrd.img and vmlinux. When you do an 'ls -l' you will see that infact these are symlinks to a specific kernel image in /boot. So to use the newer kernel simply symlink the initrd.img and vmlinux to their respective kernel versions. For example in my lenny system they are: initrd.img -> initrd.img-2.6.26-1-powerpc vmlinux -> vmlinux-2.6.26-1-powerpc Good luck Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Using wireless on a PowerBook G4
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:42:10 -0500
Christopher Jones wrote:
> Hi all, just installed Etch on my PowerBook G4. I can't activate the
> wireless. My /etc/network/interfaces looks like
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> allow-hotplug wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> wireless-essid (my network name)
>
> When I try to connect with wifi-radar, I just get errors ("Interface
> doesn't support scanning : No such device"). Any advice for a newbie?
>
> Chris Jones
> c_jo...@mit.edu
>
>
Which version of the PowerBook is it? This would help identify which
wireless card is built in. Also, try running the following command.
This lists all the network interfaces installed/detected and paste the
output here.
$ lshw -class network
If you don't have lshw installed you can install it from aptitude (sudo
aptitude install lshw).
Amit
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Re: Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:15:55 +0100 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2009-01-14 08:29:03 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > I never had a problem with this is Etch. In fact, I just tried this, it > > works fine with kernel 2.6.25 in lenny as well. If you can try using > > kernel 2.6.25 and confirm that it works for you then we can isolate the > > issue to kernel 2.6.26 in lenny. > > I didn't have any problem with 2.6.25-2-powerpc in July (when I also > used suspend). > Ok so it's definitely a kernel issue. The way I see it is I don't think we will see a new kernel in lenny. Now, we can probably further isolate the issue by doing the following: 1. Get the debian source package and build it ourselves. See if that prevents the issue. 2. Try out latest kernels 2.6.27 and 2.6.28 (by building from source) and see if that prevents the issue. What do you think? Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:14:28 +0100 Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 08:30:41AM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:16:12 +0100 > > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 01:59:27PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > On 2009-01-13 20:20:05 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > > > I am using powerbook 3,2 with ATI Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2X. Suspend to > > > > > RAM works sporadically. The disk spins down but the machine locks up > > > > > and leaves the display on. This did not happen in Etch. > > > > > > > > Probably the same problem as me (I also have a PowerBook3,2). > > > > FYI, I reported the following bug a couple of weeks ago: > > > > > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510108 > > > > > > Freezing user space processes ... (elapsed 0.00 seconds) done. > > > Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 0.00 seconds) done. > > > Suspending console(s) > > > > > > This is exacly what I see too, when suspend failed. I don't have > > > access to that box right now (it belongs to a friend of mine), but > > > when I get access, I can share with you the script, and perhaps we > > > help each other to narrow down the problem. > > > > I tried with kernel 2.6.25 as mentioned in the other post and I'm not > > having any problems. Could be a kernel issue I guess. > > I am almost certain that it is a kernel issue, since the first part of > suspending process is successful. > > Trying with 2.6.25 might be a workaround, but 2.6.25 is not available > in lenny so from where should I install it? > I guess it has been removed. But 2.6.25 was in lenny for sometime. I am not sure if there is some other way to get the package.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:16:12 +0100 Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 01:59:27PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2009-01-13 20:20:05 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > I am using powerbook 3,2 with ATI Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2X. Suspend to > > > RAM works sporadically. The disk spins down but the machine locks up > > > and leaves the display on. This did not happen in Etch. > > > > Probably the same problem as me (I also have a PowerBook3,2). > > FYI, I reported the following bug a couple of weeks ago: > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510108 > > Freezing user space processes ... (elapsed 0.00 seconds) done. > Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 0.00 seconds) done. > Suspending console(s) > > This is exacly what I see too, when suspend failed. I don't have > access to that box right now (it belongs to a friend of mine), but > when I get access, I can share with you the script, and perhaps we > help each other to narrow down the problem. I tried with kernel 2.6.25 as mentioned in the other post and I'm not having any problems. Could be a kernel issue I guess. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:59:27 +0100 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2009-01-13 20:20:05 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > I am using powerbook 3,2 with ATI Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2X. Suspend to > > RAM works sporadically. The disk spins down but the machine locks up > > and leaves the display on. This did not happen in Etch. > > Probably the same problem as me (I also have a PowerBook3,2). > FYI, I reported the following bug a couple of weeks ago: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510108 > Thanks for the link. I never had a problem with this is Etch. In fact, I just tried this, it works fine with kernel 2.6.25 in lenny as well. If you can try using kernel 2.6.25 and confirm that it works for you then we can isolate the issue to kernel 2.6.26 in lenny. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on
I am using powerbook 3,2 with ATI Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2X. Suspend to RAM works sporadically. The disk spins down but the machine locks up and leaves the display on. This did not happen in Etch. I tried using the -r switch as stated in the s2ram man page but no luck. The driver I am using is r128. Any ideas? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:33:30 -0700 "Bob Lounsbury" wrote: [...] > That was one of the first things I tried, using a working xorg.conf > from Debian Etch, but this did not work and is why this thread was > started. There seems to be more serious issues going on, but this is > way beyond my knowledge. This bug report relates to r128. This might give you a better understanding of what's going on... http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429432 Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!
> > I tried this option and I didn't get any error messages and X seemed > to start with the typical X mouse. There were a few of warnings, but > no errors (I attached the log). However, now when I try to run > 'gnome-session' as a normal user I get: > > ** (gnome-session:3719): WARNING**: Cannot open display > This a good sign I guess. At least X is starting up. I am not too familiar with how gnome starts up since I don't use it but try starting gdm as a normal user. See how that goes. So when X starts what do you see after the typical X mouse. Have you tried running xclock? If that starts and you do see a clock then I guess its simply a gnome configuration issue. > I've had about enough of arch linux at this point and am so so close > to giving up. It seems to be just one problem after another with this > distro. > I actually learned about ARCH linux PPC from your post and I've always wanted to try it. I will be installing it on my desktop PPC machine soon. > I would still appreciate any help you may have though. > Don't give up :) That's part of the fun with trying a fairly new distro (to PPC at least). I remember having a lot of trouble with r128 with Lenny but it finally ended up working after a lot of trial and errors. > Thanks, > /Bob Good luck! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!
> > I also tried using Amit's xorg.conf, but got the same error message. > At this point I don't think the problem is related to the xorg.conf > file. > Actually I just realized you will have to modify the modeline in the section "Modes" The modeline I have there is specifically for my screen resolution, which is 1152x768. Search for the modeline that matches your ibook and put in there. I think it should work. Good luck. > Thanks, > /Bob Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:27:10 -0700 "Bob Lounsbury" wrote: > Has anyone experienced the error in the attached Xorg.0.log file? I've > also attached my xorg.conf. I've tried all sorts of changes to the > xorg.conf, but nothing works. It looks like you have an ATI Rage Mobility M3 which is the same as what I have on my PowerBook G4. I've had a lot of problems with this chip but it's working great now. I have attached my xorg.conf. It should work. Let me know if there are any problems. Amit xorg.conf Description: Binary data
Re: [OT] Disabling hardware speculation support in GCC flags
On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 12:25:03 +0530 "Sujit Karataparambil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You're right, I guess we can't disable the "hardware" directly but if > > we let gcc know about this then it is possible that it will do further > > optimizations correct? > What sort of run time issues can addressed on an runtime usage. > I'm sorry I am not sure what you mean by this > > For example, I can compile a C program using regular gcc without any > > options and then adding the following and comparing the differences: > > > > "-mcpu=7400 -O2 -pipe -maltivec -mabi=altivec" > > These are stricly static rules. > > > > > This way the compiler "knows" about the hardware and tries to optimize > > the program based on that. > > How will you make an runtime sequence be made correclty to an compiler > > > > What do you think? > > reminds me of hennesey and patternson chapter 03. > Yeah you have good memory. I am reading that book and trying to better understand the difference between compiler speculation and hardware speculation. > > > > Thanks, > > Amit > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > --linux(2.4/2.6),bsd(4.5.x+),solaris(2.5+) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Disabling hardware speculation support in GCC flags
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 22:13:46 +1100 Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amit Uttamchandani writes: > > > I'm learning the PPC architecture and I have a PowerBook G4 (7410) > > 500MHz. Looking at the datasheet for the processor, it has support for > > hardware speculation which allows out-of-order execution. > > > > I wanted to test program run times by compiling using gcc with flags > > that enable and then disable support for this hardware speculation > > feature. This is just to see the difference between program run times. > > > > Any ideas which flags/options I should be using in gcc? > > It's not something that gcc has any control over. In fact there isn't > any way to turn off the out-of-order execution that I know of. > > Paul. Thanks for the reply. You're right, I guess we can't disable the "hardware" directly but if we let gcc know about this then it is possible that it will do further optimizations correct? For example, I can compile a C program using regular gcc without any options and then adding the following and comparing the differences: "-mcpu=7400 -O2 -pipe -maltivec -mabi=altivec" This way the compiler "knows" about the hardware and tries to optimize the program based on that. What do you think? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[OT] Disabling hardware speculation support in GCC flags
Hey guys, I'm learning the PPC architecture and I have a PowerBook G4 (7410) 500MHz. Looking at the datasheet for the processor, it has support for hardware speculation which allows out-of-order execution. I wanted to test program run times by compiling using gcc with flags that enable and then disable support for this hardware speculation feature. This is just to see the difference between program run times. Any ideas which flags/options I should be using in gcc? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RealPlayer or equivalent for PPC?
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:52:02 +0200 Gerfried Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Cédric Boutillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-10-20 11:47:14 CEST]: > > You can download them from: > > > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-ppc-20071007.tar.bz2 > > > > But you can also use, as Bin proposed, the script in /usr/share/mplayer to > > download and install them automatically. > > Unfortunately the script isn't included with the package mplayer-g4 > from debian-multimedia, which is built with altivec support and thus my > preferred package. :/ > I have a G4 as well. Do you notice a significant performance gain with mplayer compiled with altivec support? Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RealPlayer or equivalent for PPC?
On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:09:10 +0930 Mike Hore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Here I am again with the usual sort of question. Thanks to all for help > on something that could replace Flash Player -- now I'm after something > to play streaming audio content. I'm not interested in video (yet). > RealPlayer seems to be available for the usual > Windoze/MacOSX/Linux-Intel. The usual story. I looked at the Helix > site, but there doesn't seem to be any PowerPC activity that I could > find. Any ideas? > > TIA, Mike. Install mplayer and mozilla-mplayer. It plays just about everything. I can even watch quicktime movies from apple's website. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Suspend to RAM issues with Lenny
I dist-upgraded from Etch to Lenny successfully a couple of weeks back. Everything works as expected, however there were xorg issues that were resolved by adding modeline configurations (See link). http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429432 Lenny recently upgraded the kernel to 2.6.26 and there has been issues with suspending to RAM. The hard drive spins down but the display remains active and the machine freezes (have to turn off power manually). The last message on the display is "Suspending console(s)". This was not an issue with Kernel 2.6.25. Machine specs are: * Powerbook 3,2 * 500MHz G4 * 512 MB RAM * ATI Rage Mobility M3 8MB VRAM. Anybody experiencing similar issues? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: G3 Beige Tower install with BootX - help
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:03:12 -0400 Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 8, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > >> > >> I'm missing something; How does one invoke 'expert' mode in the > >> installer ? > >> > > > > If I'm not mistaken, you simply type 'expert' in the 'boot:' prompt > > instead of hitting return or typing install. > > > > Amit > > This is how it's done in a "New World" Mac install. Stephan is doing > it on an "Old World" Mac, using the BootX bootloader. Things are a > little different there... > > Rick > I'm sure you're right. Thanks for clarifying that. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: G3 Beige Tower install with BootX - help
> > I'm missing something; How does one invoke 'expert' mode in the installer ? > If I'm not mistaken, you simply type 'expert' in the 'boot:' prompt instead of hitting return or typing install. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xorg issues with lenny and PowerBook G4 [SOLVED]
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:59 +0200 Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 23:44 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:38:00 -0300 > > Sebastien G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Amit a écrit : > > > > Hey there, > > > > > > > > I was unsuccessful in installing Lenny a few months ago so I reverted > > > > back to Debian Etch. A few days ago I dist-upgraded to lenny. > > > > Everything works as expected except for xorg. No matter what I tried I > > > > could not get past a blank screen. I expect this is related to bug > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429432 > > > > > > > > I've tried everything from that is listed from the bug report but no > > > > luck. I even tried downloading the r128 driver from etch and compiling > > > > it from source but no luck. > > > > > > > > Some notes: > > > > > > > > 1. Using ATI Rage 128 M3. > > > > 2. Works perfectly fine in Etch. > > > > 3. I get as far as a blank screen but that is about it. > > > > 4. Everything else works fine in Lenny (power management, etc). > > > > > > > > I am having fun trying to accomplish my day to day tasks using the > > > > command line but I need the GUI to use inkscape and rdesktop. > > > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Amit > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Amit, > > > > > > You don't say which version of the powerbook G4 you've. With my pb 3,3, > > > I had a similar problem when i installed unstable and Ubuntu 8.04. I've > > > made a bug report on ubuntu launchpad. > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/220887 > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. I am sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner on > > this. Regarding the powerbook model, I have a Powerbook G4 500MHz > > Titanium I think. How do I find out the exact model (e.g pb 3,3 or pb > > 3,4) ? > > grep machine /proc/cpuinfo > Thanks. The model num is Powerbook 3,2. > > > > You'll find a workaround in the bug report. At the very least, you > > > should get X with driver=fbdev > > > > I tried using driver=fbdev and it works! Thanks for this tip. I > > checked out the bug report you posted and I browsed the git sources > > for xf86-video-ati and it looks like it fixes the issue for radeon > > based hardware. The GPU I'm using using the r128 driver. Also, r128 > > has a separate repo and the fix does not look like it has been > > propagated to r128. > > The fix referred to in the Ubuntu bug report above is specific to the > radeon driver and doesn't apply to the r128 driver. > Yeah you're right about this, I was suspecting it was only radeon based fix. > Have you tried > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429432#10 ? > This worked! Using the modeline now allows me to use r128! Thanks a a lot! An important note though, in xorg.conf one needs to add UseModes "Modes0" in the monitor section. > > > As I'm writing this email, I am trying to compile the latest radeon > > drivers from the git master branch to see if I can use driver=radeon > > on this system. > > No, it's not a Radeon GPU... > Thanks again for the help. I will mark this thread as solved. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xorg issues with lenny and PowerBook G4 [Revisited]
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:38:00 -0300 Sebastien G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amit a écrit : > > Hey there, > > > > I was unsuccessful in installing Lenny a few months ago so I reverted > > back to Debian Etch. A few days ago I dist-upgraded to lenny. > > Everything works as expected except for xorg. No matter what I tried I > > could not get past a blank screen. I expect this is related to bug > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429432 > > > > I've tried everything from that is listed from the bug report but no > > luck. I even tried downloading the r128 driver from etch and compiling > > it from source but no luck. > > > > Some notes: > > > > 1. Using ATI Rage 128 M3. > > 2. Works perfectly fine in Etch. > > 3. I get as far as a blank screen but that is about it. > > 4. Everything else works fine in Lenny (power management, etc). > > > > I am having fun trying to accomplish my day to day tasks using the > > command line but I need the GUI to use inkscape and rdesktop. > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Amit > > > > > Hi Amit, > > You don't say which version of the powerbook G4 you've. With my pb 3,3, > I had a similar problem when i installed unstable and Ubuntu 8.04. I've > made a bug report on ubuntu launchpad. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/220887 > Thanks for the reply. I am sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner on this. Regarding the powerbook model, I have a Powerbook G4 500MHz Titanium I think. How do I find out the exact model (e.g pb 3,3 or pb 3,4) ? > You'll find a workaround in the bug report. At the very least, you > should get X with driver=fbdev > I tried using driver=fbdev and it works! Thanks for this tip. I checked out the bug report you posted and I browsed the git sources for xf86-video-ati and it looks like it fixes the issue for radeon based hardware. The GPU I'm using using the r128 driver. Also, r128 has a separate repo and the fix does not look like it has been propagated to r128. As I'm writing this email, I am trying to compile the latest radeon drivers from the git master branch to see if I can use driver=radeon on this system. I will post back with the results that I get. > good luck, > > Sébastien Thanks for your help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X.org composite and nv driver
Hello fellow powerpc users, What is the state of composite on nvidia-based powerpc macs? I guess its not really dependent on architecture but more on the choice of graphics card on many macs. Specifically, nvidia based macs seem most affected by this. As far as I know, nvidia only provides proprietary drivers for intel users. Currently, I am running Debian lenny on a G4 mac that has an nvidia geoforce 2MX graphics chip. I am using the 'nv' driver and everything works great so far. However, trying to use composite results in some annoyances. First, with XFCE 4.4.2 with composite enabled the shadows work fine but transparency in the terminal application is not functional at all (What I get is full transparent terminal with black background on the terminal text, window decorations such as close button is not drawn). Second, I tried using the awesome window manager with xcompmgr and get same behavior as above (shadows work, transparent terminal does not). I did some research and here are the notes that I found: * 'nv' driver is only for 2D, it does not support 3D acceleration. * The only choice for 3D in nvidia+powerpc is the 'noveau' driver. It is still not fully developed but I will try it out if there is no other choice. What do you guys do for composite? Sorry for the long post... Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 12" G4 Powerbook with heat issues
On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:02:15 -0500 "Matthew Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > I've been running vanilla PPC Etch install on my 12" 600mhz G3 iBook > as a server for some time, with months of uptime and no performance > issues. I run it with the lid closed and pbbuttonsd configured to > turn off the screen and run it in powersave mode. So it runs > downclocked to 400mhz, and /proc/cpuinfo reports that the temperature > is under 20 C. Everything's great with that machine. > > I recently installed the same vanilla PPC Etch install on my 12" > 1.33ghz G4 PowerBook and reused to pbbuttonsd configuration so I could > run it in a similar configuration. /proc/cpuinfo report 666mhz but > doesn't report the temperature, I get it from > /sys/devices/temperature/sensor*temperatures, which reports 52 and 67 > C and the fan runs frequently. I opened it up and it runs at 50 and > 65 C and the fan seems to be off, but that still seems really hot. > > Everything is updated with the latest Etch, both machines have > essentially no load, am I missing something basic for getting it to > run much cooler? I haven't dug through the latest kernel releases to > see if I'm missing something, it seems that it's a fairly old > processor so I figure everything should be standard by now. > > Thanks, > Matt > I have and old powerbook g4 500MHz, unfortunately I can't get the temperature reading since this does not support it. Anyways, from reading your post you are comparing two totally different architectures (G3 vs G4). From my understanding the G4 definitely runs hotter than the old G3s. I don't think it is anything to worry about. But again I could be wrong, so it would be interesting to find out if it was some other issue. Good luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Very weird results with X.org and fresh sid install
On Fri, 30 May 2008 19:43:08 -0300 Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there. Here is an old-timer coming back to the list. :-) > > Since Apple has no love anymore for people with G3 hardware, I figured > out that the way to go is to dump MacOS X. I have one major issue before > I do that (actually, two, but the other one may have to be dealt with > the kernel developers for the rt2x00 module). > > Anyway, the problem is the following: I have an iBook G3 600MHz Late > 2001 with 12" screen and an ATI Rage Mobility M3 card with 8MB of memory > and I *just* installed sid on this machine. > > I was quite surprised to see a really bad effect on the screen that is > the use of only an area of 800x600 (while the native resolution of this > screen is 1024x768) and the rest of the screen is black at the right and > a mirror image of whatever is on the top of this 800x600 area at the > bottom of the screen. > > This has never happened to me, since the days of using BenH's kernel > (that is, since about the 2.4 era). > > You can see for yourselves the weird problem (which also affects Ubuntu) > at > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/224343 > > (There are two photos of the sad situation at the bottom of the bug > report). > > Is there anybody else with a similar problem here? > > > Thanks in advance, Rogério Brito. > Hi there, Not sure if this will help but I am using a G4 powerbook using the same ati graphics chip. There is an ongoing issue with the r128 driver. With debian etch there isn't any problem. I tried installing lenny on this machine and I couldn't even get X to start. I posted on this list and it looks like the driver broke things after version 6.6.3. Lenny uses 6.8 i think? Anyways, you can probably try using the latest xorg but compiling version 6.6.3 of the r128 driver. Good luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: a couple of small sound issues with mac mini
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:56:19 -0500 (CDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > For the most part, sound on my mac mini in debian unstable works well; i > can even get sound out of the built-in speaker and plugged-in speakers at > the same time (plugged into the headphone jack) which I couldn't do in > Macosx. However, I have a couple of issues. > > 1. Pcspkr doesn't work. Is there any way to get this or is there just no > speaker equivalent to the internal speaker on a pc? I wouldn't mind so > much except that I'm blind and (1) it helps when backspacing to hear the > beep when the whole line is erased, and (20 there's a sound one can hear > through the speaker when gdm loads that I can't hear. > > 2. I can't seem to control my volume except by the pcm control; there > seems to be no separate volume control. I can open > alsamixer and arrow on the speakers but nothing happens; same on > headphones. . I can mute and unmute fine but can only control volume > with the one pcm control. this isn't a big problem, but i just want to > make sure my setup is correct and that this is how it is supposed to > work. The soundcard shown when I open alsamixer is SoundByLayout. > I am not sure if you have come across this debian wiki page before but it has notes on sound relating to mac mini. From http://wiki.debian.org/PowerpcSoundcards: Mac Mini * There is no mixer on this chipset, so all mixing and volume controls have to be done in software. * No Analog CD output, no analog inputs at all. * Moved to a new driver, snd-aoa. Guess you might have to try out the 'snd-aoa' driver. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:59:31 +0200 Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23 2008, at 21:25 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:22:18 +0200 > > Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ever having considered to install sid/unstable? Most of the time it > > > works like a charm on ab old titanium here: > > > > > > ** > > > > > > processor : 0 > > > cpu : 7455, altivec supported > > > clock : 667.00MHz > > > revision : 0.2 (pvr 8001 0302) > > > bogomips : 66.56 > > > timebase : 1438 > > > platform : PowerMac > > > machine : PowerBook3,5 > > > motherboard : PowerBook3,5 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh > > > detected as : 80 (PowerBook Titanium IV) > > > pmac flags: 001b > > > L2 cache : 256K unified > > > pmac-generation : NewWorld > > > > > > * > > > > > > Graphics hardware: > > > > > > :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies > > > Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 01) > > > > > > * > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > Hi > > > When I installed testing I changed the sources to sid and upgraded them. > > But I still couldn't get the Xorg issue figured out. The graphics > > controller I have is: > > > > description: VGA compatible controller > > product: Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x > > vendor: ATI Technologies Inc > > > > It seems that's the major issue. Also how did you get the power > > management to work? I couldn't get the sleep/suspend to ram working > > properly? > > I have pbbuttonsd installed ... the config file - i.e. /etc/pbbuttonsd.conf > - is attached as "pbbuttonsd.conf-tibook" - so get the machine to > sleep all I do is pressing the powerbutton of the ti-book. As to the > "Sleepkey" ID 116 in this pbbuttons.conf: I don't know what's the > right one for your computer > > Also, I attach xorg.conf that is on that tibook as "xorg.conf.tibook" > > Now, you might even want to try that kernel I'm using: I've uploaded > it quite some time ago to rapidshare: > > http://rapidshare.com/files/103023740/linux-image-2.6.25-rc3-g7704a8b-with-ben.s-pmu-patch_2008.03.06_powerpc.deb.html > > md5sum for that kernel package on the rapidshare page is > 37732ce4d345bd5b4ef7b74cdc475c16 > > My apologies for that upload solution, but I don't have another one: > It might be hard to type in the correct code (shown on that image that > rapidshare might display if one wants to download that file ... ) > .. don't give up ... :) > > The config file for that kernel is on > http://www.geocities.com/wolfgangpfeiffer/config-tibook-2.6.25-rc3-g7704a8b-with-ben.s-pmu-patch.txt > > And just in case: I've also attached /etc/modules from the tibook as > "modules-tibook" .. > > Good luck! > > Oh, I nearly forgot that: > This kernel above is heavily modularized ... no initrd image .. and > on install it might complain about a missing source directory, that I > have on the machine where I compiled the kernel ... I just ignored > that complaint for the install on the tibook, IIRC ... > > The only problem I remember with this software, is the occasionally > missing trackpad mouse pointer, on X, IIRC ... > > Also: I have a mildly fresh (lots from around March 26, IINM) unstable > Debian on that tibook, with this being installed (excerpt): > Thanks for all this! I will try it out soon enough. Rapidly approaching finals week so I don't know if I'm brave enough to try this out now. But thank you so much for your help and effort. I definitely want to try debian unstable on this system... amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:01:49 +0200 "Patrick Bachmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Amit, > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:25:50 +0200, Amit Uttamchandani > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > When I installed testing I changed the sources to sid and upgraded them. > > But I still couldn't get the Xorg issue figured out. The graphics > > controller I have is: > > > > description: VGA compatible controller > > product: Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x > > vendor: ATI Technologies Inc > > I've been experiencing the same problems with the same hardware since at > least last November. As I don't need my laptop, I just booted it every > once in a while to upgrade the installed packages, and I have no idea, > when it broke. > I spend too much time already trying to get it to work again and am too > busy for any more playing around. > I understand what you mean. Only Debian etch seems to work on this hardware. I've tried every other Linux Distro out there for PPC and I couldn't get any of them to start up X. Also, OpenBSD worked like a charm here. But I think I used OpenBSD 4.0 which was still using Xfree86. > > It seems that's the major issue. Also how did you get the power > > management to work? I couldn't get the sleep/suspend to ram working > > properly? > > Unload some of the firewire modules and unplug external USB devices before > suspending. > I didn't have any USB plugged in but I will try unloading the firewire modules next time that I am brave enough to try out testing/sid. > Greetings, > > Patrick > > Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:22:18 +0200
Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22 2008, at 10:23 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
>
> > I switched back to etch on this laptop and everything worked like
> > magic.
> >
> > So right now I am back to running etch on this machine, which is
> > great. I just had to recompile a lot of the software that I needed
> > (claws mail 3.4.0, pidgin, etc.) but it didn't take too long since I
> > knew what I was doing and which libraries to install.
>
> Ever having considered to install sid/unstable? Most of the time it
> works like a charm on ab old titanium here:
>
> **
>
> processor : 0
> cpu : 7455, altivec supported
> clock : 667.00MHz
> revision : 0.2 (pvr 8001 0302)
> bogomips : 66.56
> timebase : 1438
> platform : PowerMac
> machine : PowerBook3,5
> motherboard : PowerBook3,5 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh
> detected as : 80 (PowerBook Titanium IV)
> pmac flags: 001b
> L2 cache : 256K unified
> pmac-generation : NewWorld
>
> *
>
> Graphics hardware:
>
> :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies
> Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 01)
>
> *
>
> I don't know which "Powerbook G4 Titanium 500MHz" you have, but the
> one from cpuinfo, etc., above (maxm. 867 MHz), is having
> Debian/unstable on it since a very long time with few software
> problems, IIRC, over the last 2 or 3 years.
>
> There are problems from time to time ("unstable", sic!), sure enough,
> but most of them not difficult enough that even a lazybones like me
> would not be able find some solution to solve them ... :)
>
Hi there,
When I installed testing I changed the sources to sid and upgraded them. But I
still couldn't get the Xorg issue figured out. The graphics controller I have
is:
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
It seems that's the major issue. Also how did you get the power management to
work? I couldn't get the sleep/suspend to ram working properly?
Thanks,
Amit
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Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:50:59 +0200 Ralf Saalmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello! > > It's my personal opinion that the xorg version lenny uses, still 7.2 > and xserver v 1.3, are not useful and by far not up to date. i.e. no > dual screen with xrandr which simply doesn't work as it should with > that version of xorg. > > If dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg doesn't get you a working setup to > tune things up, try the setting fbset gives or give xrandr a try. > > I only get an undisturbed screen after I changed the default > resolution of 1440x900 with grandr to 1440x960 (Alu PBook G4). As > MacOS X and Ubuntu do use the second tft via DVI it's not a problem > with hardware neither linux. My guess is that xorg 7.2 simply isn't > made for it. It's outdated, btw. 7.3 was released in 2007. > > Sad thing that debian testing is still based on that. Same problems > with AMD64, for your reference, it's not a powerpc problem in my > opinion and up to my experience. > > That might point to the sad fact, that debian isn't for the desktop > but for servers? Is xorg 7.3 still not enough tested? > > Sorry, but it's really boring and I know I could switch. > > Ralf The problem seems to be the r128 driver. As one of the earlier poster stated, that he had similar issues with version 6.7..while 6.6 had no problems. I switched back to etch on this laptop and everything worked like magic. So right now I am back to running etch on this machine, which is great. I just had to recompile a lot of the software that I needed (claws mail 3.4.0, pidgin, etc.) but it didn't take too long since I knew what I was doing and which libraries to install. The main reason I had for installing lenny was so that I didn't have to recompile most of the software that I needed. However, i guess it still has some issues on the ppc architecture. For example, power management/sleep is broken. Debian is actually the best for this laptop. I set up everything from a basic net install and I have a system that is super fast and efficient. Mac OS X crawled on this. And I don't any other distro for ppc will come close to this...and for ppc there really isn't much of a choice except for fedora and suse but both of them wouldn't even boot on this system (xorg issue again) but anyways debian etch has given life to this system...and im quite happy with it. I hope that the xorg issue gets fixed in lenny before that becomes stable thanks, amit
Re: lenny on powerbook g4
On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:33:21 +0100 Manuel Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Minor shortcommings are a lack of sun or ibm java (that's needed by some > web applications I'd like to use) and no google-earth for ppc. Check out IcedTea http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/Main_Page It is an opensource JRE and has support for ppc machines. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Looking for HOWTO use airport extreme with recent kernels
On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:29:09 +0100 Thorsten Gunkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I recently updated the kernel on an iBook G4 (Debian/Etch) to 2.6.22-3. As > far as I understood there should be a new network stack available with this > kernel which offers the possibiltity to use WPA and WPA2 with the build > in airport extreme. Is this right? > > I searched a bit about this but failed to find a recent HOWTO which explains > how to setup this new network stack for a WEP or a WPA / WPA2 wireless > network. > > I noticed that lsmod shows that ieee80211softmac is loaded, so I guess I'm > currently still using the old network stack? > > TIA > Thorsten Hi there, Just curious to know how you upgraded your kernel to 2.6.22-3. I have a PowerBook G4 running etch that I would like to upgrade as well. As for your problem, I think you might have to upgrade to kernel 2.6.24. Here is a part taken from kernelnewbies.org: 2.3. New wireless drivers and configuration interface New wireless configuration interface In Linux 2.6.22, Linux got a new wireless stack. This new stack is backwards compatible with the old ioctl-based configuration of the old stack. However, the new stack was designed to have a much better configuration interface, based on netlink. While the backwards compatibility isn't going away, all wireless configuration tools are recommended to have long-term plans to switch to the new interface. Drivers In Linux 2.6.22, the mac80211 (formerly d80211) wireless stack was merged, but not many drivers that use this new stack have been merged (only one). Linux 2.6.24 will have a lot of new wireless drivers using the new stack; 2.3 MB of source files in total: * iwlwifi driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection and Intel Wireless Wifi Link AGN (4965) adapters (commit) * rt2x00 driver for Ralink wireless hardware (rt2400 pci/pcmcia, rt2500 pci/pcmcia, rt61 pci/pcmcia, rt2500 usb, rt73 usb). Check the hardware matrix (commit) * adm8211 driver for the ADMtek ADM8211x based wireless cards. These are PCI/mini-PCI/Cardbus 802.11b chips found in cards such as: Xterasys Cardbus XN-2411b, Blitz Netwave Point PC, Trendnet 221pc, Belkin F5d6001, SMC 2635W, Linksys WPC11 v1, Fiberline FL-WL-200X, 3com Office Connect (3CRSHPW796), Corega WLPCIB-11, SMC 2602W V2 EU, D-Link DWL-520 Revision C (commit) * b43 driver for modern BCM43xx devices. This driver supports the new BCM43xx IEEE 802.11G devices, but not the old IEEE 802.11B devices - those are supported by the b43legacy driver. This driver uses V4 firmware, which must be installed separately using b43-fwcutter (commit) * b43legacy driver for legacy BCM43xx devices from Broadcom (BCM4301 and BCM4303) and early model 802.11g chips (BCM4306 Ver. 2) used in the Linksys WPC54G V1 PCMCIA devices. Newer 802.11g and 802.11a devices need the b43 driver. This driver uses V3 firmware, which must be installed separately using b43-fwcutter (commit) * p54 driver for prism54 softmac pci/usb hardware (commit) * Driver for Marvell Libertas 8385 Compactflash 802.11b/g cards (commit) * Libertas sdio driver (commit) There are also a lot of network (non-wireless) drivers being merged, look at the section 2.14, "new drivers ** Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?
> > Actually one more thing, any benefits to doing this? Besides the geek > > satisfaction that all of us get from compiling a new kernel. > > I think self-compiling kernels is generally overrated. I'd suggest > trying pre-packaged kernels from sid first. > Pre-packaged kernels from sid. Will they work under etch? And how would I do this? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?
Hey guys, I apologize for the fairly primitive question. But I have been fairly curious as to the advantages of compiling the most recent kernels. As I understand, the new kernel has a new scheduler (CFS). Haven't seen much benchmarks but the early ones I have seen showed some fairly decent performance gains. Next, I am using Debian Etch on a old 500MHz PPC system. Thus, if there any performance improvements, they probably would be noticeable on old system like this. And finally, there should be no risks in compiling a new kernel right? If I am not mistaken, I can choose (at start-up) which one to boot from. Actually one more thing, any benefits to doing this? Besides the geek satisfaction that all of us get from compiling a new kernel. Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FLOSS VOIP Client Software
Hello fellow debian users, I am trying to look for a decent FLOSS VOIP software that allows me to communicate to Windows/Mac users. Skype is out of the question since it does not even support Debian PPC (which I have). I have heard of Ekiga. How is that? Does that work with Windows/Mac users using Skype clients? What do you guys use? Any information will be very helpful. Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: APM or ACPI on a PowerPC Laptop?
On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:13:29 +0100 Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 23:23 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > > I am confused as to what power management technology I should be using. > > When I installed debian etch on this powerpc Apple PowerBook, apm was used > > as default. > > > > Things are working great here and I have no complaints. However, I > > understand there is also ACPI, which is newer. > > > > Are there any advantages in switching to ACPI? > > TTBOMK there's no ACPI on PowerPC at all. > > > Do I need to have hardware support for ACPI? Note this is a fairly old > > laptop (round 6 years). > > As with all PowerMacs, even APM is just emulated on top of the native > PMU/SMU then. > Ahhh very interesting...Thanks for clearing that up! No wonder acpi was not available on the debian powerpc repos!
APM or ACPI on a PowerPC Laptop?
Hey guys, I am confused as to what power management technology I should be using. When I installed debian etch on this powerpc Apple PowerBook, apm was used as default. Things are working great here and I have no complaints. However, I understand there is also ACPI, which is newer. Are there any advantages in switching to ACPI? Do I need to have hardware support for ACPI? Note this is a fairly old laptop (round 6 years). Thanks for any help, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: initng on powerpc
Daniel Baumann debian.org> writes: > > Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > * Any other comments? > > initng is dead, both in debian and upstream wise. i'd suggest to focus > on another sysvinit replacement, such as runit or upstart. > Dead? I been looking at their website and there seems to be regular updates. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
initng on powerpc
Hey everyone, Has anybody tried to use initng on a powerpc debian system? Currently I'm running Debian Etch 4.0r1 and would like to experiment with initng. But before diving into it, I wanted the opinions of others. * Is it quite stable in its current form? * Does it really cut the boot time in half? * Any other comments? Thanks for all your help. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD
thanks for the info. It looks like I'm using the same graphics card as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD
Hey there, Thanks for the response. It is good to know that this is not a debian specific issue. * As for my graphics card, I am using an ATI chip. This is a fairly old PowerBook G4. * Kernel Version: 2.16.18.4-powerpc I will definitely try to do a bit more research about the backlight curve issue. In the meantime I will be able to live with this. Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD
Thank you! I did check out pommed and it requires kernel 2.6.22 I think so I will have to compile that and then compile pommed from source. I rather not move into unstable just yet. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD
Thank you for all your help! I guess I'll live with this. I will try reading some more on this issue. Thank's again Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD
Yves-Alexis Perez corsac.net> writes: > > On dim, 2007-08-12 at 00:22 +0000, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > I checked out the 'max_brightness' and 'actual_brightness' and both of > > them are > > set to 127. Is it safe to set them up at a higher level? > > If max_brightness is 127 you won't be able to set it to higher value. Hmmmso i guess there is no other way then? Maybe a newer kernel version? Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD
> I think your system uses the new SysFS Brightness interface which has > 128 or maybe 256 brightness steps on your system. You could check this > with the program Powerprefs, go to the display page (light bulb) and > check which "Driver" is currently active in pbbuttonsd to control the > display brightness. > Thanks for the quick response. I installed 'powerprefs' from aptitude and followed your instructions. A few points from the display page. * Under LCD Tab: Current Brightness Level: 100% * Under Options: Simply has framebuffer options I tried looking at other places but I can't seem to find the place where it displays Driver information. I installed it from the stable branch. Maybe the version is outdated? Also, I've read something about pommed package available in testing and unstable. Do you have any experiences with that? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD
> If you have the sysfs interface with radeon card, you can try to look > in /sys/class/backlight/radeonbl0/ > > Especially check for max_brightness and actual_brightness. If you want, > you can manually adjust it using: > > echo 127 > /sys/class/backlight/radeonbl0/brightness > > Regards, Thanks for the response. I checked out the 'max_brightness' and 'actual_brightness' and both of them are set to 127. Is it safe to set them up at a higher level? Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD
Hey guys, I have Debian 'etch' installed on this system and my God it is a beautiful system. It gives life back into this old baby. No major issues at all. Great job by the developers! However, I have a small issue with the brightness level. I had OpenBSD (4.1) and Mac OS X (10.4) installed at one point and the brightness level was much higher than what I have here in Debian. I installed pbbuttonsd and brightness keys were working but still can't get it as bright as OpenBSD or OS X. Searching the ppc mailinglist suggest the use of ikeys to give 15 brightness levels? But checking aptitude it seems that this package is out of date and would conflict with the installed pbbuttonsd. Any suggestions? Any one have similar experiences? Thanks! Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: no sound - iBook G3
I just recently installed etch on my laptop as well. Although this one is a PowerBook G4. Sound worked out of the box without configuring. However, I did have the issue of sound on my desktop with etch. So I just ran the following commands. Install 'alsa-base' and recommended packages from aptitude. * need to run sudo alsaconf to configure sound drivers and alsamixer to adjust. This should do the trick. If you have any more PPC related questions do feel to post. I will be watching this list. Good Luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to modify default keyboard map in PowerBook G4
Perfect! I currently use the mouseemu package so I will go ahead and take your suggestions and apply it there. Thanks again! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to modify default keyboard map in PowerBook G4
Another issue that I had. How I do copy and paste between applications and terminal windows? With PC and full sized keyboard, I simply use 'Shift + Insert'. Do you have any suggestions as to how it would work in a PowerBook keyboard (I can't seem to find and insert key). Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to modify default keyboard map in PowerBook G4
Thanks for the quick response. That did the trick! I just simply installed it from aptitude and it works as expected. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to modify default keyboard map in PowerBook G4
Hey Guys, Just installed Debian etch and it's working great! Only issue is with Midnight Commander. Debian has automatically detected the F1-F6 keys in the PowerBook as brightness +/-, volume +/-, numlock, and mute, respectively. Now, I can't seem to use MidnightCommander F1-F6 since they are mapped to the above mentioned keys. Anybody has similar issues? Any suggestions? If I do remap the keyboard, how do I adjust screen brightness as I am currently not using any desktop environment? Thanks for all the help, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
