Re: open firmware

2002-05-01 Thread Ali Bahar
> > I was wondering if anyone knew of a good tutorial on open firmware. I'm I think I glanced at these a while ago: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1061.html http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1044.html http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1062.html This will do as backgr

radeonfb support...

2002-05-01 Thread brett-debianppc
Just curious, does anybody know if the Radeon 7500 Mobile in the new G4 Powerbooks is supported by radeonfb? I know some other PC laptops have already had this hardware. I couldn't find a definitive site for radeonfb development with changelogs, etc. Thanks, -Brett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Woody install problem ?

2002-05-01 Thread Andrew Dixon
Hey everyone, Just saw this myself and I've got a fix: Restart the install system and choose to execute a shell. Now, mount your hard drive. I have debian on the forth partition on my second hard disk so for _me_ it's: #mount /dev/hdb4 /mnt If you look in /mnt/etc you'll see two files: ini

Re: TiBook keyboard/X questions

2002-05-01 Thread Nicolas Lopez
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 10:17:24AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've got sid installed, and X working great on my 550Mhz powerbook G4, > however there's a few things that drive me crazy in X: > 1. I've got the ctrl:nocaps option in my XConfig, and xkb enabled, but > the Capslock key simply doe

TiBook keyboard/X questions

2002-05-01 Thread brett-debianppc
I've got sid installed, and X working great on my 550Mhz powerbook G4, however there's a few things that drive me crazy in X: 1. I've got the ctrl:nocaps option in my XConfig, and xkb enabled, but the Capslock key simply does nothing (it doesn't work as caps lock anymore, but the light still toggle

Re: kernel compile advice for ext3, freeswan on pismo

2002-05-01 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 08:40:24AM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > Hi Eric > On 30/04/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 06:19:47PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > > I'd be grateful for any advice on which kernel version to choose to > > > support

Re: Installing Debian on Powermac 7200/75

2002-05-01 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 12:36:30AM -0700, Fletcher Bonds wrote: > Does anyone have this config? Does it work okay? Lots of people use the 7200. Its OpenFirmware is buggy, and you only have access to OF through the serial console. This doesn't sound like it would be a problem for you. (Normal ins

Re: Woody install problem ?

2002-05-01 Thread iancollier
I am also seeing excatly this problem - and would welcome any pointers. --Ian > from:Jean-Francois Gobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > date:Wed, 01 May 2002 10:03:57 > to: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > subject: Re: Woody install problem ? > > Hello all, > > I managed to install thi

Woody install problem ?

2002-05-01 Thread Jean-Francois Gobin
Hello all, I managed to install this stuff with rbootd. BUT ... when it reboots to launch base config, it loops eternally. Is your hwclock set to GMT ? then Where are you living (Continent) ? then Country/Timezone then MD5 pwd ? then Shadow pwd ? then It starts back to "Is your hwc

Re: kernel compile advice for ext3, freeswan on pismo

2002-05-01 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Hi Eric On 30/04/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 06:19:47PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > I'd be grateful for any advice on which kernel version to choose to > > support the following: > > > > ext3 > > freeswan > > ipchains > > and

Installing Debian on Powermac 7200/75

2002-05-01 Thread Fletcher Bonds
Does anyone have this config?  Does it work okay?   Also, I'm intending to use this box without keyboard, mouse and monitor and just drive it with an xwindows app from another machine.  Will the powermac POST allow me to do this or will it freak if it doesn't have these periphs plugged into