Re: tftboot.img

2003-02-12 Thread Chris Tillman
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 02:26:45AM +0100, Mikael Westerberg wrote: > Install documentation refers to using tftpboot.img to use with netboot, but > I'm unable to find it in > /dists/stable/main/disks-powerpc/current/new-powermac/ Boot-floppies for powerpc does not build a tftpboot.img. To see what

Re: tftboot.img

2003-02-12 Thread Elizabeth Barham
"Mikael" writes: > Install documentation refers to using tftpboot.img to use with > netboot, but I'm unable to find it in > /dists/stable/main/disks-powerpc/current/new-powermac/ > > Where can I get a hold of a suitible netbootimage or build my own? I assume by "tftpboot.img" you are refferring

tftboot.img

2003-02-12 Thread Mikael Westerberg
Install documentation refers to using tftpboot.img to use with netboot, but I'm unable to find it in /dists/stable/main/disks-powerpc/current/new-powermac/ Where can I get a hold of a suitible netbootimage or build my own? /Mikael Westerberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://error.netilium.org/~mikael/ IC

Re: ide-controller ACARD 6260M not working with debian 3.0

2003-02-12 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 00:43, Kevin B. Hendricks wrote: > And it also reports itself as a scsi controller under lspci. I think this > is done on purpose to allow the card to be seen properly under MacOSX so > that it can be used for booting from. It's a hack done by this card and it's OF driver

upgrading packages

2003-02-12 Thread Nirmal Govind
Hi.. how do I go about upgrading packages which have dependencies and which are necessary for other programs.. for e.g. I'm trying to upgrade my version of gcc from 2.95 to 3.2 but if I download the individual gcc, g++, g77 etc. packages and try dpkg on them I get lots of unmet dependencies like bi

Re: ide-controller ACARD 6260M not working with debian 3.0

2003-02-12 Thread Kevin B. Hendricks
Hi, ... > NOTE: the pci-IDE-controller card is named SCSI storage controller above > ! ... > this is the ide-controller with the hard disk hde connected to, in > proc/pci it is described as scsi, don't know why. ... FWIW: I have a similar ACARD and it works fine 01:14.0 SCSI storage controller: A

ide-controller ACARD 6260M not working with debian 3.0

2003-02-12 Thread Rolf Weidmann
> Hi, > > thanks for your reply and sorry for answering late, the problem is still existing: > > On 26 Dec, this message from Rolf Weidmann echoed through cyberspace: >> I'm trying to install debian 3.0(kernel 2.4.18) on a mac b&w rev1. >> Because of an built-in error of the original onboard ide-

Re: xchat broken in sid?

2003-02-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2003-02-12 at 21:20, J. Volkmann wrote: > > Is xchat broken at the moment in sid/ppc? > > I can't install it: > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > xchat: Depends: xchat-common (= 1.8.10-5) but 1.8.11-1 is to be > installed > E: Sorry, broken packages This

xchat broken in sid?

2003-02-12 Thread J. Volkmann
Hello, Is xchat broken at the moment in sid/ppc? I can't install it: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: xchat: Depends: xchat-common (= 1.8.10-5) but 1.8.11-1 is to be installed E: Sorry, broken packages Thanks for the help, mfG Johannes pgpA9jRhPmO3I.pgp Descrip

Re: Users of Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC in São Paulo, Brasil?

2003-02-12 Thread Rogério Brito
On Feb 12 2003, Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > I need to have some desktop installations at the capital and > couldn't find anyone yet by asking at the debian-sp list. I don't exactly what is your problem, if it is not esoteric, then I think that I may be able to h

Re: Video out on powerbook

2003-02-12 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb
Hi, christophe barbe wrote, > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:57:37PM -0500, christophe barbe wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 06:20:45PM -0500, Andrei Smirnov wrote: > > > > Also you could check my recent mail: > > > >Date: 06 Feb 2003 12:37:22 -0500 > > > >Subject: m6mirror kind of (m7mirro

TrueType-Fonts

2003-02-12 Thread Jens Eickmeyer
Hi all, I've installed XFree86 4.2.99.901 from xf86-debs.mirror.positive-internet.com on my PowerBook G4 and it works fine with the Radeon Mobility 9000. I tried to get TrueType-Fonts working under openbox but had no success. I installed msttcorefonts and they are available in mozilla. But neit

Re: Video out on powerbook

2003-02-12 Thread christophe barbe
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:57:37PM -0500, christophe barbe wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 06:20:45PM -0500, Andrei Smirnov wrote: > > > Also you could check my recent mail: > > >Date: 06 Feb 2003 12:37:22 -0500 > > >Subject: m6mirror kind of (m7mirror) > > > > I made a serach for m6mirro

Re: bloat tolerance?

2003-02-12 Thread Peter Bergner
Albert D. Cahalan wrote: You sure did make a mess for library developers. The Alpha is trivial to support. Maybe, but AFAIR, the Alpha doesn't have a 32-bit mode like 64-bit PowerPC processors do. IIRC, S390x and SPARC64 have the same issues... except the number of 32-bit users on those platfo

Re: Users of Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC in S

2003-02-12 Thread Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 13:08, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 12:14:12PM +0100, Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corsetti > Dutra wrote: > > I hope this is not off-topic... > > > > I would like to make email or phone contact with users of Debian > > GNU/Linux PowerPC in São Paulo, Br

Re: Initializing linux partition on install results in reboot.

2003-02-12 Thread Christian Walther
Hi Joel, Joel Schander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 11.02.03 20:22:29: > > Attempting to Initialize and Activate Swap Partition resulted in the box > apparently sitting idle for about three minutes, then rebooting. As strange as this may sound, you might have a memory problem. You should check

Re: Users of Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC in S

2003-02-12 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 12:14:12PM +0100, Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > I hope this is not off-topic... > > I would like to make email or phone contact with users of Debian > GNU/Linux PowerPC in São Paulo, Brasil. > > I need to have some desktop installations

Users of Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC in São Paulo, Brasil?

2003-02-12 Thread Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
I hope this is not off-topic... I would like to make email or phone contact with users of Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC in São Paulo, Brasil. I need to have some desktop installations at the capital and couldn't find anyone yet by asking at the debian-sp list. Obviamen

Re: What is pbuttonsd ?

2003-02-12 Thread Jens Eickmeyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Tuesday 11 February 2003 23:03 schrieb Michael Lake: > Jens Eickmeyer wrote: > > I have a small problem with pbbuttonsd on my TiBook 867MHz: When > > pbbuttonsd is started and I press the brightness-control-keys it prints > > the message "keyboard:

[ANN] Yaboot 1.3.9 released

2003-02-12 Thread Ethan Benson
Yaboot 1.3.9 is now available. This release adds compatibility with the new Apple PowerBooks which are no longer capable of booting MacOS 9. 1.3.9 also properly fixes the config file search on IBM CHRP machines with more then one primary 0x83 partition. See ChangeLog for a detailed list of chan

Re: kbdrate hangs on TiPowerBook

2003-02-12 Thread Michael Schmitz
> When i try and set the keyboard rate with kbdrate it simply hangs i.e > # kbdrate -r30 or kbdrate -r 30 > It just waits and nothing happens kbdrate is broken on powerpc: execve("/sbin/kbdrate", ["kbdrate", "-r", "30", "2"], [/* 16 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="michael", ...}) = 0