Re: 720p video on G4?
A Monday 14 September 2009 19:00:08, drz escreveu: In that package is the Firmware for R3xx ATI cards. Maaaybe this will speed things up a little, but I dont think it will be enough for 720p. A simple way to check if the CPU can decode the 720p, even with an ideal GPU : mplayer -vo null movie720.avi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Fan control ?
A Tuesday 8 September 2009 22:33:12, Niels S. Eliasen escreveu: Hi Rogério You ask ... correctly .. whether I really do net those services,,, and yes! there are a few that can be stopped ! But the intention of using an old Powerbook was . as this _is_ a mail-server, web-server and file-server. that it would be quiet! For such uses, you can even remove the fan ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: PowerPC 8500??
A Wednesday 9 September 2009 08:09:30, Brad Boyer escreveu: I went and looked on the Apple support downloads web site (which is at http://support.apple.com/downloads/) and saw a link to Older Software Downloads (http://support.apple.com/kb/TA48312?viewlocale=en_US) which appears to have page after page of old stuff, including System 6 and most of the versions of System 7 (looks like all but 7.6). Yah! This is where I have found how to start a Mac Plus that someone gave me : it can boot any MacOs till 7.5.5. With his extended 4MB of RAM, it can know the pleasure of linux ;-) I think People discovering Linux with hardware more than 10 years old should know that it will show how linux can deserve them... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: 720p video on G4?
A Saturday 5 September 2009 21:49:30, Rubén Gómez Antolí escreveu: End of video info --- This doesn't say if it is outputting to Xv, X11, or GL maybe you have a problem with that. And also, maybe compositing extension may slow down video output. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: view flash website
A Wednesday 2 September 2009 09:11:12, the grv escreveu: Oh yes, finally i do it. I setting up my debian-box into my powerbook. I'm free. Really? Now, i must to view flash websites. Gnash (please forgive) is horrible. The cost of freedom ;-) Gnash is the best free solution. The not free Adobe Flash thinks Free people with powerbook are out of their market. You have a suggestion? If you really need flash fully working as of today, use MacOS X, because even MacOS9 is forgotten by Adobe Or GOTO x86 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Complete Screen Shut-off on iMac g4 FlowerPot?
A Wednesday 12 August 2009 20:45:38, Bryan Moore escreveu: Is there anyway to completely turn-off the screen on my iMac g4 FlowerPot running Debian Testing? I've already tried the xset dpms force off method to no avail (thanks to bor_ed on the irc channel). I suppose it is a model with no fan on the CPU, so it uses the heat of the monitor to recycle air around the CPU. So, you cannot turn off the screen of the G4 iMACs without suspending to RAM (can it?) the Debian system (this is what MacOS 9 does on my system). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: OpenArena Error
A Monday 25 May 2009 20:38:51, Esteban Monge escreveu: Haved installed OpenArena for my iBook G3, first installed Lenny package 0.7.7 but dont work, send the next messaje: Instruccion ilegal (ilegal instrucction). It may have been compiled with Altivec instructions... try rebuilding it by yourself? -- 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
A Saturday 16 May 2009 15:06:15, Alex Fernandez escreveu: My old iMac g...@400 MHz could play DVDs, but I believe it used MacOSX-only hardware acceleration to do the trick. Yes, it uses ATI's proprietary MPEG acceleration, which specs never were released. It was the same on x86, for the same class of machines. Only Intel gave an open source driver with used the same functions on his 810 hardware and NVidia brought that for Linux in a closed source way for his Geforce 4 series. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
SearchAndRescue
I have this game that crashes at startup. Can anyone please confirm, as I am not sure of my Debian Stable setup? -- 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
A Sunday 10 May 2009 05:02:17, Amit Uttamchandani escreveu: 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'. Tha same chip on x86 works fine. So I think the problem is that the driver has some PPC only bugs, and not enough people to work on them... I have the same problem with the ATI 128 VR of my iMAC DV -- 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
A Friday 8 May 2009 03:36:23, Jamie Downs escreveu: I'd like to run it in dual head mode with the external monitor at 1200x1024. You must indicate in the xorg.conf that you want to use a virtual screen bigger than your laptop's one. Here is what I have for two 1024x768 screens side by side. Section Screen Identifier screen1 Device device1 Monitor monitor1 SubSection Display Virtual 2048 768 EndSubSection EndSection You will need 1280+1024 (I suppose a typo in the 1200) horizontaly so : Virtual 2304 1024 Than as said you can get it OK with something like (my own script, adapt to your config) : xrandr --addmode VGA-1 1024x768 xrandr --output VGA-1 -s 1024x768 xrandr --output VGA-1 --auto xrandr --output VGA-1 --right-of LVDS You may have some problems with 3D (DRI) as 2304 2048... -- 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.
A Saturday 2 May 2009 17:41:05, Brian Durant escreveu: Any idea how to do any of what is suggested? I am a newbie. I think you have nothing to do. Just launch cheese -- 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.
A Friday 1 May 2009 20:03:03, Brian Durant escreveu: I have a Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac. The QuickCam is supposed to be in practice cross-platform according to ASE Labs http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=268, as the webcam has no drivers. I have tried checking to see if the device is recognized by the system, so I ran: lsusb The result was: Bus 005 Device 004: ID 046d:09a6 Logitech, Inc. What KDE programs can I use to test to see if the web camera works with Debian Lenny? Watch if a /dev/video* file exists. If not, stop there, as it means no driver is managing it. Then kopete, ekiga, cheese may be usefull. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Wifi configuration Debian Lenny Ibook G3
A Monday 9 February 2009 19:51:29, Esteban Monge escreveu: I try use wpa_supplicant, wpagui, network manager and wifi radar but I cant connect. My machine is a Ibook G3 800MHz with Airport Card. I dont like network manager because I use Enlightenment, I like more wifi-radar, but: network manager did everything for me on an iMac G3 400MHz... I just had to click, type WPA password, and it works. I don't understand how you can ask for help on how to use complicated tools just because you don't like the easier one -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: software CPU throttling on powerpc
A Friday 23 January 2009 20:52:37, Hans Ekbrand escreveu: I have an imac G3, which I want to use for a computing intensive task. I think this computer has a problem with overheating, because when it has been working for approximately 10 hours, it hangs. If it is a heating problem, it may have dust. To make what you want, I'd do a cron job that suspends the computing for 20 minutes every 9 hours, to see if it helps. But I've never seen a machine that just overheats after 10 hours of 100% CPU. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: power off with mac usb keyboard
A Monday 12 January 2009 16:59:02, Sebastien G escreveu: José JORGE a écrit : hi, I've got the annoying problem that when powering off the system, if the usb keyboard wiuth power button is connected, the system starts again. Has anyone found a way to prevent this? Thanks I've the same problem!!! When I've Apple keyboard USB connected to my and I do shutdown in KDE the system reboot... Any idea on how to debug this problem? Unfortunately not... except I have took the habits to unplug the keyboard when the system is shutting down -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: IBM power pc [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
A Monday 15 December 2008 05:27:22, dale escreveu: Paul; no, I have not with only 192mb probably would not 'windows' well that is one reason to try to get to etch and use the latest X windows modules. it is on the list of todos. dale With 192mb, my iMAC DV windows well ;-) I use KDE 3.5 with no problem due to RAM. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
power off with mac usb keyboard
hi, I've got the annoying problem that when powering off the system, if the usb keyboard wiuth power button is connected, the system starts again. Has anyone found a way to prevent this? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LogMeIn Debian PowerPC equivalent
A Sunday 30 November 2008 06:53:47, Esteban Monge escreveu: Hello... I need a LogMeIn equivalent server for my Debian PowerPC Linux... but dont recomend me VNC, I need a similar system to LogMeInc Regards... FreeNX should do want you need -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RealPlayer or equivalent for PPC?
A Monday 20 October 2008 10:09:05, Bin Zhang escreveu: You can play real video using mplayer if you download real codecs. What ones? I don't know any PPC real codecs? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RealPlayer or equivalent for PPC?
A Sunday 19 October 2008 17:44:22, Amit Uttamchandani escreveu: On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:09:10 +0930 Mike Hore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Install mplayer and mozilla-mplayer. It plays just about everything. I can even watch quicktime movies from apple's website. This is enough for Real Audio streams. But (unfortunately?) Real Video playing is still not avaliable without real codecs. I suppose this format will just disappear before any open-source developper gets any spec for it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adobe flash player replacement?
A Monday 13 October 2008 06:13:31, Mike Hore escreveu: Sorry, I'm a bit of a Linux newbie -- I downloaded the tar.gz file and it decompressed into /tmp -- I can't work out how to install it from there. The installation instructions talked about installing from source which isn't really where I want to go. I meant to add: into Iceweasel. apt-get install moz plugin for swfdec All is already packaged! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: G3 Beige Tower install help
A Wednesday 3 September 2008 14:22:01, Stephen Allen escreveu: I've searched for an install 'how-to' and settled on the G3-Beige how to on the Debian Wiki. There is a lot of conflicting advice on installing on these old world machines in the wild, and it's quite confusing. Some say not to use Boot-X and to use quik instead for example. Which way is the debian way ? As far as I know, G3 is not oldworld. Using the Debian-Etch-PPC net install CD, I booted up with my MacOS 9 CD. However when booted with system CD, it can't see the Debian Net install cd if I put it in the scsi CD drive. If I reverse this, and put the MacOS 9 in the scsi CD player, it boots fine, but sill doesn't see the Debian net install cd, in the onboard ata CD Drive. So, I can't start the install. You should boot from the Debian Install CD to install it! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: No audio on PowerBook G4 for kernels 2.6.22
On my side, (iMacDV (G3)) sound works nicely with kernel 2.6.25, but no sound with 2.6.26. All seems OK, but speaker stays silent... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iBook xorg.conf file?
A Monday 30 June 2008 23:12:44, Rogério Brito escreveu: Yes, I get DRI (at least on the logs---I have not used any OpenGL application to confirm or glxinfo). But the DRM modules of the kernel are all loaded and I get the iBook's xorg log mentioning that DRI is enabled. Well, if I activate it, screen image is garbled, so even 2D is impossible... Definitively, DRI on Rage128 is needing some love from developpers but as time goes by, I understand it is more and more deprecated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iBook xorg.conf file?
A Wednesday 2 July 2008 16:55:52, Michel Dänzer escreveu: Where did you get that idea? It's just so much easier for someone with the hardware to track down and fix regressions... OK OK, what can I do to help? There must be a reason why it's working for Rogério but not for some others. You could start by comparing the configurations. Well, do you mean an 'lspci' or a log? I have a ATI Rage128 VR with 8MB on an iMAC DV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iBook xorg.conf file?
A Wednesday 2 July 2008 17:45:46, Michel Dänzer escreveu: E.g. compare the versions of the kernel and X packages, the xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files etc. I've got time to learn, even if I never used git. Could just someone point me which version of kernel/drm/r128 driver worked on PPC? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iBook xorg.conf file?
A Sunday 29 June 2008 06:45:46, Rogério Brito escreveu: Just to help you and other people that may be in the same situation, I attach here a xorg.conf file that works for me on my r128 iBook (iBook 2). I'm Cc'ing the debian-powerpc list so that it would be easier to get a reference as well as a starting point for further customization (like enabling DMA for XV, forcing the AGP interface to be used at higher speeds etc). Do you mean you a DRI working on an PPC r128 ? What Xserver/kernel are you using? I'm trying with Debian Testing and kernel 2.6.24, and DRI makes X useless. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dri (3d acceleration) on ati 128
hi, after a long crawl on the web, I understood that dri worked for iMAC DV video card (ATI 128 VR) until xfree 4.2 was out. Then, an engine timeout makes the thing lock the whole system. On x86, dri is still working. Is there any user using such an old debian system? What Debian release would you recommend me to get this 3D thing working? Thanks José -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
halt problem
hi, I'm having a problem with shutdown on Testing : it only reboots the system. With Stable, it shuts down the system. Is it a known problem? A misconfiguration? The hardware is a iMacDV Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual Boot Mac Os 9 and Debian PPC
A Tuesday 27 May 2008 12:42:31, Samy Mezani escreveu: hi, I had the same problem with MacOS 8.6, resolved now. You should try to boot with MacOS CD, open Hard disk tool, click on unmounted disk, then Fonctions menu and Update. Sorry for bad translations, I have only the french MacOs version. Samy A BIG THANK YOU ! Must because it is very common for MacOS users, I've never found this clue anywhere. And this is the only thing to do! So it works. I don't know if any documentation maintainer is in this list, but I think this information should be added to the PPC multiboot zone of Debian. José -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
