starting with X

2003-02-14 Thread peter
dear folk, i have had the weirdest luck with X, kde, what have you. to wit: performing a network install in dec 2003 was astonishingly easy. since then, i have had nothing but hairpulling and cursing trying to get anything other than a command line prompt. google has provided nothing but false

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Re: Partitioning?

2003-02-14 Thread Chris Tillman
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 04:22:47PM -, Ian Rutson wrote: > I have been given a Beige Mac G3/233/96Mb/4Gb > > I would like to use Linux and Mac OS dual boot on it. > > I have installed Debian Woody on a 2nd 200Mb hard drive to check everything > is Ok and it works well. But I would like to giv

Re: Booting the Debian installation CD on Powerbook G4 12"

2003-02-14 Thread Orion Buckminster Montoya
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 05:02:32PM +0100, Jerome RICHARD wrote: > I've seen in the debian powerpc mailing list that you have installed a > debian on a PowerBook G4 12". > > I've just buyed one and the Debian CD-ROM don't boot (But boot on a > eMac). Do you know how I should do ? Yes, and since

problem with starting up lyx using Qt, compiled with gcc 3.2

2003-02-14 Thread Nirmal Govind
Hi.. I'm trying to get LyX (www.lyx.org) working on my ibook with the benh kernel.. LyX uses Qt as a frontend so I downloaded and compiled qt 3.0.7 with gcc 3.2.1. I then compiled lyx with gcc 3.2.1.. compile goes fine but when I startup lyx I get the following error: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/opt/lyx-1.

RE: Building kernel

2003-02-14 Thread Pisupati, Ajay
Hi Reto, try http://www.ibooklinux.net/plain_page.php?caller=ibooklinux.php+record=86. Look for the iBook (not iMac!) benH tree kernel. This is a precompiled kernel and the config file used in building it is listed there for download. There is a very good page available out there whi

fdisk for RS/6000

2003-02-14 Thread John F Davis
Hello I am using unstable and I can longer view my partition table. fdisk and pdisk both dont work. What is the problem? JD

Re: is gnome 2 closer to OS X than 1.4 ?

2003-02-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 01:59:38PM +0200, Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote: > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 13:03, Sven Luther wrote: > > > BTW, the real version of gnome you are wanting is 2.2, which is > > available for unstable, but not yet for testing, because the new libc6 > > is not yet in testing. So you can

Partitioning, Beige G3

2003-02-14 Thread Ian Rutson
I have been given a Beige Mac G3/233/96Mb/4Gb I would like to use Linux and Mac OS dual boot on it. I have installed Debian Woody on a 2nd 200Mb hard drive to check everything is Ok and it works well. But I would like to give Linux some more space. Is there any way to split the 4Gb main drive i

Partitioning?

2003-02-14 Thread Ian Rutson
I have been given a Beige Mac G3/233/96Mb/4Gb I would like to use Linux and Mac OS dual boot on it. I have installed Debian Woody on a 2nd 200Mb hard drive to check everything is Ok and it works well. But I would like to give Linux some more space. Is there any way to split the 4Gb main drive i

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing

2003-02-14 Thread Serge Rey
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 02:26:39PM +1100, Michael Lake wrote: > Hi all, > > I am interested in upgrading from stable to testing but have a few > qualms... well will it go OK as I spend quite some time getting Debian > stable onto this machine. > I am running Debian stabel on a Ti G4 PowerBook 667M

Re: is gnome 2 closer to OS X than 1.4 ?

2003-02-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 09:44:18AM -0600, Rob Latham wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 02:11:25PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Did you try to run the new X apple released on top of OS X on top of MOL ? > > it doesn't quite work. XDarwin doesn't work either, but does give a > bit more informati

Re: is gnome 2 closer to OS X than 1.4 ?

2003-02-14 Thread Rob Latham
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 02:11:25PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Did you try to run the new X apple released on top of OS X on top of MOL ? it doesn't quite work. XDarwin doesn't work either, but does give a bit more information. I can only presume the same issue that keeps XDarwin from starting

Re: Building kernel

2003-02-14 Thread ciradrak
Reto Stalder wrote: Hi, I've tried to build my own kernel, following Mij's tips on his page. Unfortunately I get compiler errors. I guess that I mess up some settings. Would somebody send me his .config? I have an ibook 2.2 (800MHz, Radeon 7500). Regards, Reto How about the .config used to bu

Re: Upgrading from stable to testing

2003-02-14 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fre, 2003-02-14 at 04:26, Michael Lake wrote: > > I am interested in upgrading from stable to testing but have a few > qualms... well will it go OK as I spend quite some time getting Debian > stable onto this machine. There are no guarantees, but Debian upgrades tend to be smooth. :) > Having

Re: is gnome 2 closer to OS X than 1.4 ?

2003-02-14 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En ce début d'après-midi nuageux du vendredi 14 février 2003, vers 14:11, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > Did you try to run the new X apple released on top of OS X on top of > MOL ? I don't use OS X, so I haven't not tried this. -- BOFH excuse #281: The co-locator cannot verify th

Re: is gnome 2 closer to OS X than 1.4 ?

2003-02-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 01:46:51PM +0100, Vincent Bernat wrote: > OoO En cette matinée pluvieuse du vendredi 14 février 2003, vers > 10:47, Jean-Christophe Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > > Is it best to try to install Gnome 2 on woody or switch to testing ? > > Does mol (mac os 9.2) work w

Re: is gnome 2 closer to OS X than 1.4 ?

2003-02-14 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En cette matinée pluvieuse du vendredi 14 février 2003, vers 10:47, Jean-Christophe Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > Is it best to try to install Gnome 2 on woody or switch to testing ? > Does mol (mac os 9.2) work with testing ? BTW, mol is now able to run OS X. -- panic("IRQ, you lose.

Re: is gnome 2 closer to OS X than 1.4 ?

2003-02-14 Thread Tuomas Kuosmanen
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 13:03, Sven Luther wrote: > BTW, the real version of gnome you are wanting is 2.2, which is > available for unstable, but not yet for testing, because the new libc6 > is not yet in testing. So you can either try to rebuild your packages > for woody, if it is not already done

Re: is gnome 2 closer to OS X than 1.4 ?

2003-02-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 12:54:29PM +0200, Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote: > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 11:47, Jean-Christophe Michel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > it's not a troll. I run successfully woody/benh on pwb Pismo (500 MHz) > > for some months, using Gnome 1.4. > > When I compare to mac OSX I'd like to have

Re: is gnome 2 closer to OS X than 1.4 ?

2003-02-14 Thread Tuomas Kuosmanen
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 11:47, Jean-Christophe Michel wrote: > Hi, > > it's not a troll. I run successfully woody/benh on pwb Pismo (500 MHz) > for some months, using Gnome 1.4. > When I compare to mac OSX I'd like to have characters smoothing, > copy/paste working between apps (Mozilla/console/edit

is gnome 2 closer to OS X than 1.4 ?

2003-02-14 Thread Jean-Christophe Michel
Hi, it's not a troll. I run successfully woody/benh on pwb Pismo (500 MHz) for some months, using Gnome 1.4. When I compare to mac OSX I'd like to have characters smoothing, copy/paste working between apps (Mozilla/console/editors) and I wonder if Gnome2 would have this features. Is it best to tr

Building kernel

2003-02-14 Thread Reto Stalder
Hi, I've tried to build my own kernel, following Mij's tips on his page. Unfortunately I get compiler errors. I guess that I mess up some settings. Would somebody send me his .config? I have an ibook 2.2 (800MHz, Radeon 7500). Regards, Reto -- Visit us on WWW.VOLLEYTOTAL.CH