Re: A last question to Pismo owners (floppy drive)

I have used this exact same device on a Lombard with no troubles what so ever. I can not recall right now whether I tried one on a Pismo. On the Lombard it showed up as an IDE device and functioned fine with floppies. I can not remember if I tried actual 120 disks or not. I do not have a Pismo no

Re: Request: Success reports of using quik to boot an OldWorld Mac

On Thursday 01 February 2001 23:02, Rick Cook wrote: > Ok, > > I finally got my Power Macintosh 7300 to boot directly into Linux using > quik. > > > Now, the only down-side. Even though fbset reports (the correct) 1280x1024 > geometry, X, using the "default" Modes, creates a window with a geomet

Re: new package to enable mouse button emulation

Yes this is exactly what it does. And it always asks before blowing stuff away :) * Ethan Benson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 06:12:35PM -0500, Eric Dorland wrote: > > Hmmm, yes this is probably the way to go. I guess you could argue that > > not everyone wants the emulatio

Re: new package to enable mouse button emulation

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 06:12:35PM -0500, Eric Dorland wrote: > Hmmm, yes this is probably the way to go. I guess you could argue that > not everyone wants the emulation, but since its just an extra shell > script its hardly that much bloat. I'll intergrate it into powerpc-utils > and send a patch

Re: LS-120 drive

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 08:54:40PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > :) > > But I wonder if that's even necessary? When setting up a Sony cam for my gf's > father, I just had to install the standard Windoze USB mass storage drivers > and it worked - does this imply the cam uses FAT? Or some kind o

Re: Printer conundrum

Paul Talacko wrote: > On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 01:17:15PM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > But in the meantime, kudos to InfoWave for at least giving us the specs. > > Now if > > I could only find a good serial reference for some kind of standard way to > > send > > "packets" to the serial por

Re: LS-120 drive

Michael Schmitz wrote: > Granted. So we can use digital cameras as portable storage - where's the > camfs ? Actually, gphoto2 has a gnome-vfs plugin so any and all suppored cameras can be browsed and have files drag-and-dropped from them (though not sure about to all of them) right in Nautilus.

Re: new package to enable mouse button emulation

Hmmm, yes this is probably the way to go. I guess you could argue that not everyone wants the emulation, but since its just an extra shell script its hardly that much bloat. I'll intergrate it into powerpc-utils and send a patch later this week. * Daniel Jacobowitz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On

Re: new package to enable mouse button emulation

* Vinod Kurup ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 07:39:43PM -0500, Eric Dorland wrote: > > Hmm, the subject kinda of says it all. I wrote a init script and > > debconf scripts to enable 3 mouse button emulation for the newer kernels > > with input layer support. It took me a whil

Re: Regarding 7500 debian install

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 03:20:41PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for letting me ask you several questions. And I will cc them to > debian-powerpc. So > here they are: > 1) Do you have X up and running? Yes. It took a little bit of tweaking, though. I'll try to r

Regarding 7500 debian install

Thanks for letting me ask you several questions. And I will cc them to debian-powerpc. So here they are: 1) Do you have X up and running? 2) Do you use /dev/ttyS0 for your modem ppp connection or do you use /dev/cua0? 3) Have you had any success running diald? I'm sure I have other questions, bu

Re: LS-120 drive

Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > Granted. So we can use digital cameras as portable storage - where's the > > > camfs ? > > > > :) > > > > But I wonder if that's even necessary? When setting up a Sony cam for my > > gf's father, I just had to install the standard Windoze USB mass storage > > drivers

Re: LS-120 drive

> > Granted. So we can use digital cameras as portable storage - where's the > > camfs ? > > :) > > But I wonder if that's even necessary? When setting up a Sony cam for my gf's > father, I just had to install the standard Windoze USB mass storage drivers > and it worked - does this imply the cam

Re: LS-120 drive

Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > So does a camera really qualify as a mass storage device then? > > > > Some do, I was also amazed by that. And it makes a lot of sense too, you > > can just copy the files to and from. > > Granted. So we can use digital cameras as portable storage - where's the > ca

Re: LS-120 drive

> > So does a camera really qualify as a mass storage device then? > > Some do, I was also amazed by that. And it makes a lot of sense too, you can > just copy the files to and from. Granted. So we can use digital cameras as portable storage - where's the camfs ? Which LUN does represent the stor

Re: LS-120 drive

Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > most of the time. And just fine on my Lombard all of the time. That's > > > with a 250MB Zip drive on the bus and nothing else, and building the > > > uhci or usb-uhci drivers as modules instead of builtin seemed to help a > > > lot with stablity for some reason. > >

Re: LS-120 drive

> > most of the time. And just fine on my Lombard all of the time. That's with > > a 250MB Zip drive on the bus and nothing else, and building the uhci or > > usb-uhci drivers as modules instead of builtin seemed to help a lot with > > stablity for some reason. > > interesting, in my case the devic

Re: SMP G4 and 22" Apple Cinema Display

T E Whalen wrote: Let me add a few comments... > SubSection "extmod" > Option "omit xfree86-dga" > EndSubSection This is an example for how one can disable certain extensions from the extmod module and often causes questions like "why doesn't XFree86 4.0.x support DGA?" ;) > Option

Re: A last question to Pismo owners (floppy drive)

>I am very glad that Linux runs this well on my Pismo, yet I belong to that >apparently vanishing (at least in Steve Jobs' opinion) group of people who >still use floppies on a regular basis, and therefore decided to order a >VSTTech Superdisk/1.44 floppy drive for my Pismo's right-hand side exp

A last question to Pismo owners (floppy drive)

Hello everyone, I am very glad that Linux runs this well on my Pismo, yet I belong to that apparently vanishing (at least in Steve Jobs' opinion) group of people who still use floppies on a regular basis, and therefore decided to order a VSTTech Superdisk/1.44 floppy drive for my Pismo's right

SMP G4 and 22" Apple Cinema Display

How I got XFree 4.0.2 working on this machine: * got the apple cinema display patch from * applied the patch to the bitkeeper 2.4 kernel from bitkeeper.fsmlabs.com * compiled the new kernel * rebooted, with the kernel op

Re: potato + X on iMac Rev A

Ross Hamilton wrote: > > I am in process of putting Debian 2.2 onto a Rev A iMac and am > becoming increasingly confused over its X configuration. > > Can anyone contribute frequencies for the built-in monitor on this > machine? The claimed vertical refresh is a little higher than I am > used to

Re: new package to enable mouse button emulation

On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 07:39:43PM -0500, Eric Dorland wrote: > Hmm, the subject kinda of says it all. I wrote a init script and > debconf scripts to enable 3 mouse button emulation for the newer kernels > with input layer support. It took me a while to figure out how to do > this when i install d

Re: debian: where can I find ieeefp.h header file.

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 05:15:45PM +1100, Brendan J Simon wrote: > Pollywog wrote: > > libc5-altdev: /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/include/i386/ieeefp.h > >>> > >> OK I found this by doing the search, but I have a powerpc based > >> machine. It doesn't seem to be available for powerpc !!! > >> Anyo

Re: new package to enable mouse button emulation

On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 07:39:43PM -0500, Eric Dorland wrote: > Hmm, the subject kinda of says it all. I wrote a init script and > debconf scripts to enable 3 mouse button emulation for the newer kernels > with input layer support. It took me a while to figure out how to do > this when i install d

Re: HFS Boot with tbxi-Type OS Chooser

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 10:01:59AM +0200, Andrei Verovski wrote: > After all, it works, it simple, and it do not require manual editing of > open firmware variables, and I use this HFS partition for file exchange, > too. it will usually require manual editing of OpenFirmware since MacOS will de

potato + X on iMac Rev A

I am in process of putting Debian 2.2 onto a Rev A iMac and am becoming increasingly confused over its X configuration. Can anyone contribute frequencies for the built-in monitor on this machine? The claimed vertical refresh is a little higher than I am used to entering and scouring apple.com

Re: Printer conundrum

On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 01:17:15PM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Paul Talacko wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 09:39:20AM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > How soon do you need this working, and how much of a hacker are you? I > > > managed to > > > get docs for the PowerPrint mac seri

Re: new package to enable mouse button emulation

Eric Dorland wrote: > > Hmm, the subject kinda of says it all. I wrote a init script and > debconf scripts to enable 3 mouse button emulation for the newer kernels > with input layer support. It took me a while to figure out how to do > this when i install debian on my G3, and this package would s

Re: Installation permissions

N Cohen wrote: > > I have installed debian v.r2.2 OK on my 8600 on a number of occasions > when XF86Config worked OK but now after I install when I attempt to > use XF86Config I get permission denied. If I add chmod g+rx or 0755 > then the file will not execute but simply shows as a text file. A

Installation permissions

I have installed debian v.r2.2 OK on my 8600 on a number of occasions when XF86Config worked OK but now after I install when I attempt to use XF86Config I get permission denied. If I add chmod g+rx or 0755 then the file will not execute but simply shows as a text file. I dont know what has hap

Re: X86Config for FW iBook (no frame buffer)

"andrei.verovski" wrote: > If someone managed to get X to work in true accelerated mode (not frame > buffer) on the FireWire iBook (Summer 2000 model), please share wise > experience. This has been discussed here before, anyway: Use Option "ProgramFPRegs" "no" instead of UseFBDev. The fbde

How to Switch to Degest Mode?

Hi, Anyone knows hoe to switch to digest mode? Thanks for suggestions.

X86Config for FW iBook (no frame buffer)

Hi, If someone managed to get X to work in true accelerated mode (not frame buffer) on the FireWire iBook (Summer 2000 model), please share wise experience. Thanks in advance. Andrei Verovski

HFS Boot with tbxi-Type OS Chooser

Hi, I am managed to install SuSE Linux on my FireWire iBook without much trouble (BTW, SuSE 7.0 CD also CANNOT be started on FW iBook, just like Debian 2.2r2 CD). However, I am still not giving up Debian. I suggest to explore the same technique I used to install SuSE for Debian, please let me

Re: debian: where can I find ieeefp.h header file.

Pollywog wrote: libc5-altdev: /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/include/i386/ieeefp.h OK I found this by doing the search, but I have a powerpc based machine. It doesn't seem to be available for powerpc !!! Anyone know if I can install this from a non-debian source ??? libc5-altdev: /usr/i486-linuxlib

Re: Q: MOL patch available?

On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 10:46:35PM -0600, Phil Fraering wrote: > A while back someone mentioned a patch that would help get > maconlinux working on a Debian machine. > > Is this patch still available? here is my hackish patch to make mol install in /usr/local where it belongs and to actually comp

Re: debian: where can I find ieeefp.h header file.

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 04:53:33PM +1100, Brendan J Simon wrote: > Pollywog wrote: > > >> I'm trying to compile SystemC (opensource C++ HDL) from > >> www.systemc.org. It configures but will not build because it can't find > >> ieeefp.h. Does this file exist in any debian pacakges ? If so, wh