Re: XFree86 Success!

2000-12-15 Thread Matt Brubeck
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Phil Fraering wrote: > Now all I have are minor problems, such as the lack of a couple of > mouse buttons, the fact that I can't run this as a user despite the > fact that the Xserver file has "Console" available, and getting > a good set of applications. It's probably in the

Re: Configuring XF4 for Lombard (works with accel!)

2000-12-15 Thread steven alyari
i got it to work. being an end-user is easy. install XF-4.0.1-12.deb, if you -version X you get XF 4.0.2 but whatever.. the ati_drv.o file on the latest deb only looks for r128 and radeon chips, so.. because you need to compile new drivers, you'll have to grab the source as indicated on http://l

XFree86 Success!

2000-12-15 Thread Phil Fraering
Well, I downloaded the binary from http://hadess.net, and it works. Whee! Now all I have are minor problems, such as the lack of a couple of mouse buttons, the fact that I can't run this as a user despite the fact that the Xserver file has "Console" available, and getting a good set of applicati

Re[2]: PC hardware on PPC

2000-12-15 Thread Kaz Aoshima
Hi, Return for : >From: Cort Dougan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on " Re: PC hardware on PPC " date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:24:51 -0700 >>> >} >> 3com 95x >} >> Intel EE Pro >} Sorry. > >Sorry meaning it won't work? I lacked "I don't know that works or not of these hardwares." Best regards.

Re: PC hardware on PPC

2000-12-15 Thread Cort Dougan
} >> 3com 95x } >> Intel EE Pro } } Sorry. Sorry meaning it won't work? I've had good reports about eepro's working under linux/ppc. Some of those reports from Donald Becker. Same goes for the 3com 59x (never heard of a 95x).

Re[2]: PC hardware on PPC

2000-12-15 Thread Kaz Aoshima
Hi, Some PCI cards for PC machines works well on PPCLinux. If the drivers for some devices is endian-free drivers, the devices have some ability to work on PowerPC machines. Return for : >From: Paul Talacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on " Re: PC hardware on PPC " date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:59:33 + >

Re: new input layer

2000-12-15 Thread Bastien Nocera
Sergio Brandano wrote: > > Hi Adam, > > Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > > Yes, echoing on /proc is what I did too. The values are 103 and 111 > > > but I still report the problem. > > > > And you echoed to the mouse_button_emulation too? And when you read it, it > > gives 1? That's very strang

Re: new input layer

2000-12-15 Thread Sergio Brandano
Hi Adam, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > Yes, echoing on /proc is what I did too. The values are 103 and 111 > > but I still report the problem. > > And you echoed to the mouse_button_emulation too? And when you read it, it > gives 1? That's very strange. The Debian kernel is working fine for m

Re: Considering switch back to Linux, some questions

2000-12-15 Thread Bastien Nocera
Olaf Grewe wrote: > > Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > Power management exists in the kernel, supported by the user space PMU > > daemon (pmud) that's available in unstable (though it should install fine > > on a stable system). > > > > So, why is it then, that I don't get a result, if I search the

Re: Considering switch back to Linux, some questions

2000-12-15 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Power management exists in the kernel, supported by the user space PMU > > daemon (pmud) that's available in unstable (though it should install fine > > on a stable system). > > > > So, why is it then, that I don't get a result, if I search the debian > package list at debian.org for pmu (des

Re: x11: not again...

2000-12-15 Thread Bastien Nocera
Phil Fraering wrote: > > > > Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I tried out TigerT's suggestion of > > > enabling the "UseFB" option. It still didn't work, but the failure > > > mode was a lot interesting: there were a bunch of almost-horizontal > > > diagonal stripes on the screen. (Unfortunately, the

Re: Considering switch back to Linux, some questions

2000-12-15 Thread Olaf Grewe
Michael Schmitz wrote: > Power management exists in the kernel, supported by the user space PMU > daemon (pmud) that's available in unstable (though it should install fine > on a stable system). > So, why is it then, that I don't get a result, if I search the debian package list at debian.org fo

Re: RS6000 40p installation problem

2000-12-15 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Dec 15, Michael Spanier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm trying to install debian on a RS/6000 40p. When i insert the disk created >from boot.bin, it only loads something from the disk, removes the iconbar >from the startup and the screen shows "Power PC" (The same as during start >up). T

Re: Problem with ifup on Pmac

2000-12-15 Thread Mike Fedyk
"Knapp, Robert (CAP, CMC)" wrote: > > Are you using DHCPCD/PUMP in your > ifup/ifdown. > > I've had stuff like this happen > when my roadrunner server was having > problems. > > RobK > Yes, it is using pump. The IP address is set correctly, but I cannot ping anything. If I do a ifconfig d

Re: x11: not again...

2000-12-15 Thread Phil Fraering
> > Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I tried out TigerT's suggestion of > > enabling the "UseFB" option. It still didn't work, but the failure > > mode was a lot interesting: there were a bunch of almost-horizontal > > diagonal stripes on the screen. (Unfortunately, the stripes weren't > > orange and

Re: x11: not again...

2000-12-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 11:35:27AM -0600, Phil Fraering wrote: > OK, some graphite iBooks may be the pre-iBook DV models; the DV models have > a firewire port. It's the third revision of the iBook (the first had > 32 megs of ram; the second had 64 megs, and I think some video changes, > but I'm not

Re: x11: not again...

2000-12-15 Thread Bastien Nocera
Phil Fraering wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 12:00:19AM -0600, Phil Fraering wrote: > > > Well, I tried running X after downloading the new X binary, > > > and got the same result as always... suggestions welcome. Who > > > else besides me and Hadess has an iBook DV here? > > > > I got my fi

Re: 3COM 3c905c again

2000-12-15 Thread Gjermund Gusland Thorsen
There is loads’s shet you need to turn off on the NIC with the floppy disk from a PC… no automatic stuff… no Full duplex and so on… On mandag 4. desember 2000, Jonathan Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Okay, I swapped cards around, and it turns out that *anything* in >PCI slots 3-6 are not correc

Re: Acroread

2000-12-15 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Bastien Nocera wrote: > Quoting Paul Talacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Sorry, this is probably a dumb question. > > > > Is acroread available for DebianPPC? If not are there any ways I can > > look at > > pdf files? > > > > Thanks > > > > Paul > > You can use Xpdf, Xpdf-crypto (in the non-US bra

Re: x11: not again...

2000-12-15 Thread Michel Dänzer
Phil Fraering wrote: > Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I tried out TigerT's suggestion of > enabling the "UseFB" option. It still didn't work, but the failure > mode was a lot interesting: there were a bunch of almost-horizontal > diagonal stripes on the screen. (Unfortunately, the stripes weren't >

RS6000 40p installation problem

2000-12-15 Thread Michael Spanier
Hi, I'm trying to install debian on a RS/6000 40p. When i insert the disk created from boot.bin, it only loads something from the disk, removes the iconbar from the startup and the screen shows "Power PC" (The same as during start up). It doesn't seem to react to keystrokes. Anyone knows what's

Re: PC hardware on PPC

2000-12-15 Thread Adrian Cox
Mike Fedyk wrote: > [...] > Do you know if there are any hardware differences between PCI on x86 and PPC? > As far as I can tell, "Mac Certified" only means that it interacts with Open > Firmware. That's the only real difference. This is important for video cards, which need to run a BIOS, but sho

Re: x11: not again...

2000-12-15 Thread Phil Fraering
> > --IMjqdzrDRly81ofr > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 12:00:19AM -0600, Phil Fraering wrote: > > Well, I tried running X after downloading the new X binary, > > and got the same r

Re: PC hardware on PPC

2000-12-15 Thread Mike Fedyk
Adrian Cox wrote: > > Mike Fedyk wrote: > > I have several cards that I would like to use on my 7300 Pmac. Does anyone > > know > > if any will work on this arch with Linux? > > > Ethernet: > > AMD PCnet > > These work just fine on other PowerPC machines under Linux. > > - Adrian Cox, AG Elec

Re: new input layer

2000-12-15 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Sergio Brandano wrote: > Hi Adam, > > >Sergio Brandano wrote: > > > >> Thank you Ethan. Now I have kernel 2.2.18pre21 up and running, which > >> is the latest stable from samba. In order to have X11 (old) running, > >> I had to modify the pointer section from > >> > >> BusMouse on /dev/adbmou

Re: Configuring XF4 for Lombard

2000-12-15 Thread Michel Dänzer
steven alyari wrote: > > > > (WW) ATI: PCI Mach64 in slot 0:17:0 could not be detected! > > > See README.ati for details > > > > Is this with the latest debs? > > > you asked if i am using the latest debs.. i am close to it. i am using > 4.0.1-10, and i rsynced the drivers, compiled, and copied an

Re: x11: not again...

2000-12-15 Thread Michel Dänzer
Phil Fraering wrote: > > Well, I tried running X after downloading the new X binary, > and got the same result as always... suggestions welcome. I'd really like to suggest something, but unfortunately I don't remember what your problem was :-/ A description and the relevant parts of your config

Re: Considering switch back to Linux, some questions

2000-12-15 Thread Michael Schmitz
Could you wrap the text in e-mail please? Aside from the inconvenience of wrapping your lines manually in order to quote on reply, not all mail transfer agents may accept long lines. > I used to run LinuxPPC on my Lombard laptop, now I am running OS X PB, > which is better than the "classic" MacOS

RE: Considering switch back to Linux, some questions

2000-12-15 Thread Knapp, Robert \(CAP, CMC\)
I use Linux (recently debian, used to be linuxppc) almost exclusively. When I need to view a word doc, I fire up mac-on-linux. This may be changing with an announcement on penguinppc.org that the star office port is "finished." My wife, however still prefers the mac interface. -Original M

Re: Considering switch

2000-12-15 Thread Olaf Grewe
Hi Bruce, since I eventually figured out how to dual-boot my PowerBook with MacOS 9 and Debian, I'm quite satisfied with what I got. I use Debian mainly for development work and MacOS for anything else. As for power management, I currently don't use it, as it's not readily available for stable and

Considering switch back to Linux, some questions

2000-12-15 Thread Bruce Sturgen
I used to run LinuxPPC on my Lombard laptop, now I am running OS X PB, which is better than the "classic" MacOS, but still chains me to a pretty much unchangeable system (OTOH, LinuxPPC had/has a nasty habit of using what appears to be non-standard directory structures). However, there were 2 co

Re: x11: not again...

2000-12-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 12:00:19AM -0600, Phil Fraering wrote: > Well, I tried running X after downloading the new X binary, > and got the same result as always... suggestions welcome. Who > else besides me and Hadess has an iBook DV here? I got my fiance a graphite iBook (a.k.a an iBook DV, I thi

Debian Installation on a power MAC 7500 -- summary.

2000-12-15 Thread benoit . marchal
About the installation of a 7500, it' relativelly easy, when you know the different trouble. You normally should follow the installation step, and just at the end, change some details... First you will boot with diskette, and create 3 partitions : one for the apple need, one for swap, named swap,

Re: Configuring XF4 for Lombard

2000-12-15 Thread steven alyari
you asked if i am using the latest debs.. i am close to it. i am using 4.0.1-10, and i rsynced the drivers, compiled, and copied and overwrote ati_drv.o i'll try the latest though. yours, steven alyari On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 03:57:32PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > steven alyari wrote: > >