Re: My Debian Woody installation won't boot

2002-08-20 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 10:58:50PM +0100, Dave Turner wrote: > and the final remark from Chris:- > >What's your /etc/yaboot.conf look like? > > If I knew where I might find the /etc/yaboot.conf and how to look at > it I would tell you what it looks like. > > I did a bit more fiddling about aft

Re: On using the imstt driver on a 9600 (was: Re: X on a 9600 artifacts...)

2002-08-20 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 11:05:11PM +0200, Vinai Kopp wrote: > And here, *Ups*, I f*ckuped :( > I apt-get installed kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc kernel-doc-2.4.18, > edited /etc/quik.conf to point to /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.28-powerpc > and ran quik: seemd like using lilo - but, well, it isn't lilo :( > No

Re: My Debian Woody installation won't boot

2002-08-20 Thread Brad Boyer
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 10:58:50PM +0100, Dave Turner wrote: > >from Brad > >Where did you find something that claimed the bootstrap had to > >be partition 2? > > From the mac-fdisk doumentation. > And also from "Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 For PowerPC" version > 3.0.24 24 May 2002. > Chapter

Re: My Debian Woody installation won't boot

2002-08-20 Thread Dave Turner
from Brad Where did you find something that claimed the bootstrap had to be partition 2? From the mac-fdisk doumentation. And also from "Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 For PowerPC" version 3.0.24 24 May 2002. Chapter 6.6 and I quote:- "However, if you add a bootstrap partition later, you can

Re: On using the imstt driver on a 9600 (was: Re: X on a 9600 artifacts...)

2002-08-20 Thread Brad Boyer
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 11:05:11PM +0200, Vinai Kopp wrote: > The next thing is rescuing the box. > According to http://penguinppc.org/projects/quik/quirks.shtml > the "output-device defaults to ttya" on 9600 macs. Hm, how can I make > that output visible? Any other pointers or ideas what to do? Y

Motorola MTX, ncr53c8xx scsi timeout during boot

2002-08-20 Thread Steve Greenland
(PREP, PPC-Bug -- not OF) Using Chris Lawrence's mini-cd, it boots, runs through the normal linux startup, correctly identifies the ncr53c875 SCSI controller (on the MB), and then hangs with a timeout: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Test Unit Ready

Re: On using the imstt driver on a 9600 (was: Re: X on a 9600 artifacts and AltGr on Keyboard mapped to where?)

2002-08-20 Thread Vinai Kopp
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 10:17:41PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 21:06, Rogério Brito wrote: > > On Aug 20 2002, Vinai Kopp wrote: > > > 1) Where is the keyboard mapping for the console specified? > > > > I don't know, as I mostly use X and use xmodmap for this > > pu

Re: On using the imstt driver on a 9600 (was: Re: X on a 9600 artifacts...)

2002-08-20 Thread Vinai Kopp
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 04:06:31PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Aug 20 2002, Vinai Kopp wrote: > > 2) X starts using the fbdev driver (imstt doesn't work). > > I think that I know the solution to this one. I had problems > getting the imstt driver working until I literally specifie

Re: On using the imstt driver on a 9600 (was: Re: X on a 9600 artifacts and AltGr on Keyboard mapped to where?)

2002-08-20 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 21:06, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Aug 20 2002, Vinai Kopp wrote: > > 1) Where is the keyboard mapping for the console specified? > > I don't know, as I mostly use X and use xmodmap for this > purpose. Damn, I misread that part, maybe because it's relatively simple

Re: debian on 823e powerpc

2002-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Denk
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I'm new to this so please pardon my ignorance. > > OK so I am not trying to run debian on a Macintosh... I am however, > trying to get a cross-compiling tool chain together. My host is a > i386 running debian and my target is a "RPX Lite" from > embedd

Re: X on a 9600 artifacts and AltGr on Keyboard mapped to where?

2002-08-20 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 11:26, Vinai Kopp wrote: > 1) Where is the keyboard mapping for the console specified? >I would like to map the right alt key to act as the AltGr key. >I can't type the tilde, pipe or at symbols (~ | @) witout it >(it's a german qwertz keyboard). If your keyboard

On using the imstt driver on a 9600 (was: Re: X on a 9600 artifacts and AltGr on Keyboard mapped to where?)

2002-08-20 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 20 2002, Vinai Kopp wrote: > 1) Where is the keyboard mapping for the console specified? I don't know, as I mostly use X and use xmodmap for this purpose. > 2) X starts using the fbdev driver (imstt doesn't work). I think that I know the solution to this one. I had

X on a 9600 artifacts and AltGr on Keyboard mapped to where?

2002-08-20 Thread Vinai Kopp
Hello, I set up Woody on my 9600/300 this weekend. No Problems during the, Open Firmware boots linux without complaints. But (there always is a but) two issues are still bugging me: 1) Where is the keyboard mapping for the console specified? I would like to map the right alt key to act as the

debian on 823e powerpc

2002-08-20 Thread curt brune
I'm new to this so please pardon my ignorance. OK so I am not trying to run debian on a Macintosh... I am however, trying to get a cross-compiling tool chain together. My host is a i386 running debian and my target is a "RPX Lite" from embeddedplanet.com with a Motorola 823e PowerPC. I would li

Which Video Capture Cards Work?

2002-08-20 Thread Greg Howland
I'm trying to find out which PCMCIA video capture cards work on a PowerBook G3 Series with Linux. Will all of the popular ones work such as Margi, Hauppauge, Nogatech, and Datavideo, or do I need a card that is Macintosh specific like the iRez Capsure? Also, is there any difference in quality betw

Re: Auto-repeat problem: released key not always detected

2002-08-20 Thread Jeffery von Ronne
On Mon, 19 August 2002 23:05:57 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Has anyone had similar problems? I've experienced this on my first generation 400 MHz qwerty kbd TiPB. -- Jeffery von Ronne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Graduate Student Information and Computer Science University of California, Irvine

Re: new G4, radeon9000 support

2002-08-20 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 03:36:31PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 15:11, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 01:25:39PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 11:49, Eric Deveaud wrote: > > > > > > > > my boss told me that christmas is comming now,

Re: Auto-repeat problem: released key not always detected

2002-08-20 Thread ali bengali
On Mon, 19 August 2002 23:05:57 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Has anyone had similar problems? yes, on a 550-tibook (second generation) with qwertz-keyboard regards, ali.

Re: KDE 3 and PowerPC (was: Re: KDE 3.0.2 problem)

2002-08-20 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 16:21, Egidio Corsini wrote: > I'm back. I apt-update yesterday crolssing my fingers and hoping for a ppc > kde > 3.0.2 version. > Nothing. Instead an updated qt 3.0.5 version... but new version old problems! > So probably we could try to compile the brand new 3.0.3 kde. > I

Re: new G4, radeon9000 support

2002-08-20 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 11:49:51AM +0200, Eric Deveaud wrote: > > Hi, > > my boss told me that christmas is comming now, I can order a new bi G4. > with a 17' ADC flat panel > > I think I will order the following: > biG4 1.25GHz > 1Gb SDRAM > 2 UltraSCSI 72 Gb > ATI Radeon 9000 > SCSI c

Re: KDE 3 and PowerPC (was: Re: KDE 3.0.2 problem)

2002-08-20 Thread Egidio Corsini
I'm back. I apt-update yesterday crolssing my fingers and hoping for a ppc kde 3.0.2 version. Nothing. Instead an updated qt 3.0.5 version... but new version old problems! So probably we could try to compile the brand new 3.0.3 kde. I've downloaded the tarballs from kde.us.themoes.org/pub/kde/stab

Re: new G4, radeon9000 support

2002-08-20 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 15:11, Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 01:25:39PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 11:49, Eric Deveaud wrote: > > > > > > my boss told me that christmas is comming now, I can order a new bi G4. > > > with a 17' ADC flat panel > > > > You've

Re: new G4, radeon9000 support

2002-08-20 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 01:25:39PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 11:49, Eric Deveaud wrote: > > > > my boss told me that christmas is comming now, I can order a new bi G4. > > with a 17' ADC flat panel > > You've got a nice boss. :) > > > I think I will order the following:

Re: backup methods

2002-08-20 Thread Ole-Egil Hvitmyren
Lars Noodén wrote: I've been trying this on a running system, perhaps that's why tar doesn't work. I guess I could try the restore after booting from a floppy disk instead when using an old world macintosh. However, I'd like to avoid a boot-disk dependent method because the G4 I will eventu

Re: new G4, radeon9000 support

2002-08-20 Thread Eric Deveaud
On 20 Aug 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 11:49, Eric Deveaud wrote: > > > > my boss told me that christmas is comming now, I can order a new bi G4. > > with a 17' ADC flat panel > > You've got a nice boss. :) isn't it ;-)) > > I want to now about the Xfree support of the rade

Re: backup methods

2002-08-20 Thread Lars Noodén
I've been trying this on a running system, perhaps that's why tar doesn't work. I guess I could try the restore after booting from a floppy disk instead when using an old world macintosh. However, I'd like to avoid a boot-disk dependent method because the G4 I will eventually use does not hav

Re: new G4, radeon9000 support

2002-08-20 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 11:49, Eric Deveaud wrote: > > my boss told me that christmas is comming now, I can order a new bi G4. > with a 17' ADC flat panel You've got a nice boss. :) > I think I will order the following: > biG4 1.25GHz > 1Gb SDRAM > 2 UltraSCSI 72 Gb > ATI Radeon 9000 > SCSI car

Re: Install manual ? 5.3 Booting from floppies

2002-08-20 Thread Lars Noodén
Chris, I do insert the floppy before booting, but it goes unrecognized unless I use the cmd-opt-p-r key combination after the reboot chord. It would be normal to expect it to eject a non-bootable disk, but I've never seen the machine eject the disk except as part of the net install procedure

new G4, radeon9000 support

2002-08-20 Thread Eric Deveaud
Hi, my boss told me that christmas is comming now, I can order a new bi G4. with a 17' ADC flat panel I think I will order the following: biG4 1.25GHz 1Gb SDRAM 2 UltraSCSI 72 Gb ATI Radeon 9000 SCSI card I want to now about the Xfree support of the radeon9000 (I don't want a nvidia

Re: dselect thinks it is not installed....

2002-08-20 Thread Joss Winn
no, I've not been hacking. I did upload sources for testing which seemed to become mixed up with stable and testing sources showed dselect as a separate package. Here's how it looks on stable/woody: linux:~# dpkg -S `whereis dselect` dpkg: *dselect:* not found. dpkg: /usr/bin/dselect dpkg: /usr/

Re: Framebuffer and PowerPC's

2002-08-20 Thread Brad Boyer
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 10:28:21AM -0400, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > I'm pretty sure a stock 8500 can only use the framebuffer driver. The 8500 > doesn't have an actual video card. It is possible to use a video card in > an 8500, but if you're using the built-in video you have to use FBDev. >

Framebuffer and PowerPC's

2002-08-20 Thread Michael D. Crawford
Carlos, I'm pretty sure a stock 8500 can only use the framebuffer driver. The 8500 doesn't have an actual video card. It is possible to use a video card in an 8500, but if you're using the built-in video you have to use FBDev. It happens I got X11 reconfigured for my venerable old 8500 just

Re: dselect thinks it is not installed....

2002-08-20 Thread Colin Walters
On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 18:46, Michel Dänzer wrote: > It probably isn't, then. :) dselect used to be in the dpkg package, it only > became its own package after Woody. Hmm...but dpkg still Pre-Depends on dselect, so unless Joss hacked his dpkg package, something is screwy...