XFree86-4.2 on older TiBook -- experience

2002-03-26 Thread isaac
hi, I just had the following fun experience trying to get the latest XFree packages working on my TiBook (an older one with Rage 128 Mobility). This was originally an 8.0 install, which is now almost in sync with cooker. first, went to runlevel 1 and REMOVED all the XF-4.1.x packages (rpm -e

RE: TiPowerBook II doesn't recognize cdrom

2002-03-26 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Henrique Helder wrote: > >ide-scsi is going to probably put the dev at /dev/sgX, rather than hdc > > > >removing and adding mesh on my system, with an external CDR: > > > >scsi0 : MESH > >mesh: target 6 synchronous at 5.0 MB/s > > Vendor: MATSHITA Model: CD-R CW-7503

Re: XFree86-4.2 on older TiBook -- experience

2002-03-26 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, isaac wrote: > hi, > > I just had the following fun experience trying to get the latest XFree > packages working on my TiBook (an older one with Rage 128 Mobility). > This was originally an 8.0 install, which is now almost in sync with cooker. > > first, went to runlevel

Re: Adding a second NIC?

2002-03-26 Thread Tom Loscheider
Abe, I've had good luck with the cheapest SMC TX cards. They sell for about $12 to $15 and WILL work with Mac OS too... at least with OS 8 through 9.2. I haven't tried it with OS-X, but Linux MDK PPC works fine with them and uses the rtl8139 driver.. Go for it.. Tom Loscheider Abe Othman wrote

Re: XFree86-4.2 on older TiBook -- experience

2002-03-26 Thread Ben Reser
On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 03:26:41PM +, isaac wrote: > first, went to runlevel 1 and REMOVED all the XF-4.1.x packages (rpm -e > --nodeps ...) > > next installed all the 4.2's minus some of the unnecessary fonts. > > it wouldn't work (tried telinit 5, startx, Xtart), here are the errors... W

Re: Adding a second NIC?

2002-03-26 Thread Luis M
Yes it can. I have an old performa doing just that with an PC NIC that had not drivers on the Mac side, but did have it for Linux. I belive the NIC was a Netgear. Just get any PCI-based NIC that you know you can get tdrivers for linux (or which drivers might already be included in your /lib/module

Adding a second NIC?

2002-03-26 Thread Abe Othman
I am currently looking to set up a G3 "yosemite" to be a firewall/router. As such, I will need to install a second NIC. What kind of NIC should I be looking for? Can it be something simple like a 3com 3c905C, or what? Thanks for help/suggestions. ___

Re: Crashes partout

2002-03-26 Thread Luis M
A few additions to this email ( now that i noticed ). You are using the wrong list :-) This is just for PPC processors, AMDs should really be using the other list(s). On Tue, 2002-03-26 at 11:21, B.O. Jone wrote: > Hi, > This is my first message since subscription. If this > is a wrong starting

Re: Crashes partout

2002-03-26 Thread Luis M
You are not the only one suggesting (complaining?) about these issues. My ibook used to 'kernel' panic everywhere... So I got tired of that, and went ahead and compile the kernel myself using the Bk tree from www.tuxpcc.com ( check also http://www.ibooklinux.net/ if you have an ibook ). Also, from

Newbie Comment - Encouragement

2002-03-26 Thread Steve Sloan
I am new to this list. This is my first posting. I hope a few words of encouragement do not break the rules. I am a strong believer in open source and Linux on the PPC platform. I am not a programmer and am just getting into UNIX (thanks to Steve Jobs for giving me the starting push with Mac O

XFree86-4.2 on older TiBook -- experience

2002-03-26 Thread isaac
[apologies if you get this twice. it's been a few hours since i first posted it, and it hasn't shown up yet] hi, I just had the following fun experience trying to get the latest XFree packages working on my TiBook (an older one with Rage 128 Mobility). This was originally an 8.0 install, whic

RE: TiPowerBook II doesn't recognize cdrom

2002-03-26 Thread Henrique Helder
>ide-scsi is going to probably put the dev at /dev/sgX, rather than hdc > >removing and adding mesh on my system, with an external CDR: > >scsi0 : MESH >mesh: target 6 synchronous at 5.0 MB/s > Vendor: MATSHITA Model: CD-R CW-7503Rev: 1.06 > Type: CD-ROM ANSI

Re: powerbook g4 settings

2002-03-26 Thread Tom Hutchinson
> Actually it looks real good here, with agp, dri, glx all the other fun > stuff. I haven't changed the modeline at all, but with the latest > ldetect-lst entries a much improved XFConfig-4 got setup. I can mail you > mine if you want. > > Stew Benedict Hi - I also sometimes have those smalls li

Re: Crashes partout

2002-03-26 Thread Ben Reser
On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 08:21:10AM -0800, B.O. Jone wrote: > This is my first message since subscription. If this > is a wrong starting place please direct me to the > right site and protocol. > 8.2 certainly laid a good foundation for linux future > development ahead of all other distros. But I

Crashes partout

2002-03-26 Thread B.O. Jone
Hi, This is my first message since subscription. If this is a wrong starting place please direct me to the right site and protocol. 8.2 certainly laid a good foundation for linux future development ahead of all other distros. But I have one cripling problem on my system: crashes everywhere. Cra

RE: TiPowerBook II doesn't recognize cdrom

2002-03-26 Thread Michael Marcucio
i've got the same output here and my cdrom dosen't work.. i got some error before about supermount but i for got what error exactly... mike >From: "Henrique Helder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: TiPowerBook II doesn't recognize cdrom >Da

Re: TiPowerBook II doesn't recognize cdrom

2002-03-26 Thread Olivier Thauvin
Normally the first scsi cdrom is at /dev/scd0. /dev/sg is for all scsi device, without make the difference between type of device, it can be scanner, hd, ect... Le Mardi 26 Mars 2002 01:54, Stew Benedict a écrit : > On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Henrique Helder wrote: > > >You can see if the kernel saw