Newer kernel?

2001-08-30 Thread Brice D Ruth
I'm looking for a Mandrake/PPC kernel more recent than 2.4.4-6.2 - I checked on rpmfind.net and saw a src.rpm for 2.4.8 - will this work?? I'm having serious stability issues between Mac-on-Linux, kernel 2.4.4-6.2 and MacOS 9.1 ... don't know exaclty who is the culprit, but I believe it may m

Re: sleep mode

2001-08-30 Thread Ben Reser
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:48:42AM +0200, Henrik Edlund wrote: > Do anyone feel that 8.0ppc was rushed out the door? Sadly, given that there are problems with MandrakeUpdate (lack of archetecture path in the updates dir path). Among other little things. However, IMHO it's still the best PPC dis

Re: sleep mode

2001-08-30 Thread Toby Givens
I hope Mandrake continues to provide parallel release support for x86 and ppc. I've used Mandrake-Linux on the dreaded x86 platform for some time, usually with good results. I would imagine that it will take a bit of time for the ppc port to mature as it continues to do on the x86 platform. In

Re: Installing RC1 on a 8600

2001-08-30 Thread Stew Benedict
On 30 Aug 2001, Robert M. Fuhrer wrote: > Josh Bonczkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I downloaded the RC1 ISOs over the weekend and attempted an install > > last night. I'm very glad I started to read the old messages of > > this list yesterday through the archives as it helped me get pas

RE: Problems getting XFree working

2001-08-30 Thread Stew Benedict
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Jonathan Sailor wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > What's uprmi? > [stew@powerbook-cooker stew]$ man urpmi urpmi(8) Mandrake Linux urpmi(8) NAME urpmi - rpm wrapper making installs easier for the user SYN

RE: Problems getting XFree working

2001-08-30 Thread Jonathan Sailor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What's uprmi? - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David BAUDENS Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems getting XFree working On Thursday 30 August

RE: sleep mode

2001-08-30 Thread Jonathan Sailor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just my luck - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sylvain OBEGI Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 5:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sleep mode > > You need two separate things: > > 1) s

Re: sleep mode

2001-08-30 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Toby Givens wrote: TG> Yes...but so was OSX. :-) TG> TG> Ain't life fun? Well OSX is a non-Free product so you expect it be useless, faulty and forbidden for use... :-) I noticed an 8.1 beta release for x86 now, can we expect a simultaneous 8.1ppc stable release together wi

Re: Installing RC1 on a 8600

2001-08-30 Thread Robert M. Fuhrer
Josh Bonczkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I downloaded the RC1 ISOs over the weekend and attempted an install > last night. I'm very glad I started to read the old messages of > this list yesterday through the archives as it helped me get past > a few problems. > > First, the supplied kerne

Re: Installation on B&W G3 problems: aic7xxx driver

2001-08-30 Thread Stew Benedict
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Winston Chang wrote: > I've been trying to install mandrake on a BW G3 with an Adaptec SCSI > controller and a SCSI hard drive, and it stops at the disk partitioning > stage every time. It says it can't find a hard drive to install to. > > Looking at some of the other VT's

Installation on B&W G3 problems: aic7xxx driver

2001-08-30 Thread Winston Chang
I've been trying to install mandrake on a BW G3 with an Adaptec SCSI controller and a SCSI hard drive, and it stops at the disk partitioning stage every time. It says it can't find a hard drive to install to. Looking at some of the other VT's, it appears that the aic7xxx driver doesn't get loade

Transferring from MacOS to MD Linux

2001-08-30 Thread Ken Simpson
Hi, is there a ways of mounting a macos partition under Mandrake so that I can transfer files without having to run mol? Works easy enough under YDL. How does it work in MD8? Thanks again! -- Regards Ken mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems getting XFree working

2001-08-30 Thread David BAUDENS
On Thursday 30 August 2001 11:33, you wrote: > At 5:12 -0700 27/8/01, you wrote: > >[root@powerbook root]# XFdrake > > > >This is Mandrake's X configuration tool. I doubt the generic SVGA > > will do much for you. Do you know what video card is in this > > machine? In some cases adding the: > >

Re: Problems getting XFree working

2001-08-30 Thread Ken Simpson
At 5:12 -0700 27/8/01, you wrote: >[root@powerbook root]# XFdrake > >This is Mandrake's X configuration tool. I doubt the generic SVGA will do >much for you. Do you know what video card is in this machine? In some >cases adding the: > >Option "UseFBDev" > >is the trick to getting X work

Re: sleep mode

2001-08-30 Thread Sylvain OBEGI
> > You need two separate things: > > 1) something to put the machine to sleep, detect low-battery, report > > battery levels. This is pmud > > 2) some cool widget for your desktop which waves/flashes/makes > > sounds/draws ace pictures etc which includes some battery level > > report. I would r

Re: sleep mode

2001-08-30 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, David BAUDENS wrote: DB> But for Titanium, you also need a recent kernel (2.4.8-benh0 or higher) DB> if you want use sleep function on a Titanium. Will this kernel be released/updated for 8.0ppc? Do anyone feel that 8.0ppc was rushed out the door? -- Henrik Edlund <[EMAIL

Re: sleep mode

2001-08-30 Thread David BAUDENS
On Wednesday 29 August 2001 23:08, you wrote: > > QM> pmud is for (older) laptops; I am almost certain that you will > > need QM> somet other solution for a desktop... > >RE: desktop power management > > APM kernel stuff maybe ? I do not know whether this is supported on > PPC architecture. Ther