Re: Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Dean Hamstead
handy, although because i never dont use X i have no need for it. having said that, my X is just a background (insert girl of the month here), with semi-transparent eterms all over the place and gkrellm telling me whats the hap. and xmms as a nice little bar across the bottom. pbbuttonsd puring

Re: Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Alain Perry
> gmouse comes to mind but im sure thats not it. You are probably thinking of gpm. With the linux 2.6 input method, it's no longer a pain with X though (using /dev/gpmdata made it okay with previous kernels too). It works well on my PB, using F11 (my middle button equivalent) to paste selected st

Re: Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Greg Hamilton
I gather you wish to cut, copy and paste text in X. Highlight text with the mouse to put it in the copy buffer. Click the middle mouse button to paste the current contents of the copy buffer. For anything more sophisticated try using KDE or Gnome as these desktop environments offer some intere

Re: Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Dean Hamstead
in X you just select what you want and hit the 3rd mouse button and viola! it pastes crtl-c, crtl-v and crtl-x also work varying from app to app. as for on the console. well theres the mouse program that used to be popular. it was a pain with X though. anyone remember what its called? gives you

Re: Kernel 2.6.7 oops when suspending iBook 2.2

2004-06-29 Thread Jaume Sabater
Sam Halliday wrote: err... by the way, any good docs on setting that up on an iBook? i thought suspend was all ACPI specific... and the best i can seem to do in the kernel options is apm emulation. CONFIG_PMAC_PBOOK and probably CONFIG_PMAC_APM_EMU is all you need. Then just install pbbutton

Re: Kernel 2.6.7 oops when suspending iBook 2.2

2004-06-29 Thread Sam Halliday
Jaume Sabater wrote: > Warren A. Layton wrote: > >>>Do you have CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG=y/m ? > >>> > >>>That's what caused my iBook to oops on suspend with 2.6.7-rc2. I'm not > >>>sure if it has been fixed in 2.6.7 (final). > > > > I just did a quick diff between the pmac_zilog.{c,h} files in 2.6.

Re: Kernel 2.6.7 oops when suspending iBook 2.2

2004-06-29 Thread Jaume Sabater
Warren A. Layton wrote: Do you have CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG=y/m ? That's what caused my iBook to oops on suspend with 2.6.7-rc2. I'm not sure if it has been fixed in 2.6.7 (final). I just did a quick diff between the pmac_zilog.{c,h} files in 2.6.7-rc2 and 2.6.7 (final) and found no differenc

Re: Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 10:51:43AM -0700, John van V. wrote: > I gave it a few more tries. I got it to partially work but it > requries far too many keystrokes to make it usable in the real world. Ah, none of us live in the real world or do real work using our real computers, I suppose ... Cheer

Screen is worthless, other ideas ?? [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread John van V.
I gave it a few more tries. I got it to partially work but it requries far too many keystrokes to make it usable in the real world. --- "John van V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, this is typically crpytic of geeky software, not in anyway empathic, and > the primary reason folks use always

Screen [Was] Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread John van V.
Hi, this is typically crpytic of geeky software, not in anyway empathic, and the primary reason folks use always microsoft products. > > c-a-[ ... copy mode > > c-a-] ... paste > > > > c-a-? ... help I gave it a few trys, what does it mean ?? = http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-societ

Re: Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread John van V.
Hi, I have heard of it, but didnt try it. I would be so glad for your sample config file, Thanks, John --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Are there cut and paste keys or 3 button emulation keys. Alternatively, is > > there a console window that includes a edit menu tab. I have been using > the >

Re: Kernel 2.6.7 oops when suspending iBook 2.2

2004-06-29 Thread Warren A. Layton
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 06:12:19PM +0200, Jaume Sabater wrote: > Warren A. Layton wrote: > > >>Any other evil parameter? :-) > > > >Do you have CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG=y/m ? > > > >That's what caused my iBook to oops on suspend with 2.6.7-rc2. I'm not > >sure if it has been fixed in 2.6.7 (final).

Re: Kernel 2.6.7 oops when suspending iBook 2.2

2004-06-29 Thread Jaume Sabater
Warren A. Layton wrote: Any other evil parameter? :-) Do you have CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG=y/m ? That's what caused my iBook to oops on suspend with 2.6.7-rc2. I'm not sure if it has been fixed in 2.6.7 (final). Hmmm... I have. Now disabled and compiling the kernel, which will take a while.

Re: Kernel 2.6.7 oops when suspending iBook 2.2

2004-06-29 Thread Warren A. Layton
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 06:01:15PM +0200, Jaume Sabater wrote: > >>CONFIG_PREEMPT=y > > > >You used the evil P word! > > > >Enabling preemption was [is ?] known for erratic behavior. > > That was the first thing I thought, so I compiled the kernel without > preempt support, but still the same ker

Re: Kernel 2.6.7 oops when suspending iBook 2.2

2004-06-29 Thread Jaume Sabater
Frank Klingenhoefer wrote: CONFIG_PREEMPT=y You used the evil P word! Enabling preemption was [is ?] known for erratic behavior. That was the first thing I thought, so I compiled the kernel without preempt support, but still the same kernel oops. Anyway, I'll try again and let you know.

Re: Kernel 2.6.7 oops when suspending iBook 2.2

2004-06-29 Thread Frank Klingenhoefer
Jaume Sabater wrote: [...] > CONFIG_PREEMPT=y You used the evil P word! Enabling preemption was [is ?] known for erratic behavior. Frank

Re: Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread float
> Are there cut and paste keys or 3 button emulation keys. Alternatively, is > there a console window that includes a edit menu tab. I have been using the > shell funciton of Xemacs but that shell is not fully compatible to the > terminal. > "CUT and paste" don't know exactly what you want, but

Re: Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Barry Skidmore
I am using KDE, but that should not be relevant. My version of gnome-terminal is 1.4.0.6 Barry On Tuesday 29 June 2004 08:56 am, John van V. wrote: > I just tried that and there is no menu at the top. I have the latest > apt-get install for enlightenment and gnome-terminal.

Re: Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread John van V.
I just tried that and there is no menu at the top. I have the latest apt-get install for enlightenment and gnome-terminal. What window manager are you using ?? TIA John --- Barry Skidmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John, > > I use 'gnome-terminal' on my iMac, specifically for its cut and pa

Re: Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread Barry Skidmore
John, I use 'gnome-terminal' on my iMac, specifically for its cut and past support. /usr/bin/gnome-terminal Barry On Tuesday 29 June 2004 08:24 am, John van V. wrote: > Alternatively, is > there a console window that includes a edit menu tab. I have been using > the shell funciton of Xemacs bu

Cut and Paste on an iMac

2004-06-29 Thread John van V.
My purple machine looks great and runs (debian) great, holding its own against machines 5 times the MHz. But the crystal mouse is not Xwindows friendly, and I need to know how to do cut and paste as with Mac OS and OSX. Are there cut and paste keys or 3 button emulation keys. Alternatively, is

Re: "Kernel Oops" suspending iBook G4

2004-06-29 Thread Jaume Sabater
Sébastien FRANÇOIS wrote: The only thing you can do, as far as I know, is to open a terminal console via serial port and then copy-paste from that console. If you're only looking for a console capture then try cat /dev/vcsa > file it should contain the console text, you may have to tweak a lit

Re: "Kernel Oops" suspending iBook G4

2004-06-29 Thread Sébastien FRANÇOIS
> The only thing you can do, as far as I know, is to open a terminal > console via serial port and then copy-paste from that console. If you're only looking for a console capture then try cat /dev/vcsa > file it should contain the console text, you may have to tweak a little to get something usabl

Re: Kernel 2.6.7 oops when suspending iBook 2.2

2004-06-29 Thread Jaume Sabater
Luca Bigliardi - shammash wrote: i've ibook 2.2 + 2.6.7 vanilla + pbbuttonsd 0.5.9-1 + libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 and all works fine. let's take a look at .config... Attached to this email is my .config. Thanks for your help. -- Jaume Sabater http://linuxsilo.net "Ubi sapientas ibi libertas" # # Au

Re: "Kernel Oops" suspending iBook G4

2004-06-29 Thread Jaume Sabater
Sébastien FRANÇOIS wrote: So, anybody knows how to get the kernel oops message into my logs files? are not they in /var/log/ksymoops ? The only thing you can do, as far as I know, is to open a terminal console via serial port and then copy-paste from that console. P.S. I had to copy it ma

Re: "Kernel Oops" suspending iBook G4

2004-06-29 Thread Sébastien FRANÇOIS
> > So, anybody knows how to get the kernel oops message into my logs files? are not they in /var/log/ksymoops ? seb _ Envie de discuter en "live" avec vos amis ? Télécharger MSN Messenger http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/m la 1ère m

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-29 Thread Adrian Lester
> > So in the XF86Config-4 file I set PCI to 00:10:0 > > lspci gives HEX output... 0x10 is actually decimal 16, so try 00:16:0 :-) Ah. OK then. In that case my problem is that the display dies at some stage during the process of starting X. I get the same result by commenting out the BusID lin

Re: PowerPC sarge installation error

2004-06-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 02:33:18PM -0600, Nick Golder wrote: > On 2004-06-11 20:17 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 09:10:23AM -0600, Nick Golder wrote: > > > I am using Test Candidate 1 for PowerPC and am installing on a Power Mac > > > G4 350MHz. It errors out with the foll

Re: "Kernel Oops" suspending iBook G4

2004-06-29 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 03:27:56PM +0100, Imobach Gonz?lez Sosa said > You are right, it could be useful, but this messages aren't in my /var/log/ > directory. I use syslog-ng and the 'sync' parameters is set to '0' (lines). > And copy the entire message is painful (I'll do it if there isn't anot

Re: Netgear MA111 - USB works perfectly in a Debian PowerBook

2004-06-29 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 10:09:21AM +0200, Cedric Pradalier said > My problem is this ssid. Since I'm logging in an hotspot, I've no idea > of this ID. I've read that all machine on a network should be on the > same ssid. How can I just ask for the list of available networks ? Ah, "kismet" will te

Re: iBook G4 British Keyboard

2004-06-29 Thread James Tappin
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:04:02 +0100 Sam Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SH> hi there, SH> SH> to anyone looking for keymaps for the new iBook G4 British keyboard; SH> i have attached the console-data keymap (save as SH> /usr/share/keymaps/mac/ibookg4-british.kmap.gz). type SH> `install-keymap

Re: Kernel 2.6.7 oops when suspending iBook 2.2

2004-06-29 Thread Jaume Sabater
Jaume Sabater wrote: I have an iBook G3 800 MHz (rev 2.2, afaik) running GNU/Debian Linux Sid with kernel 2.6.7 vanilla and pbbuttonsd 0.6.0-1 package. When the system tries to suspend (automatically or forced by me) then I get a (long) kernel oops and I have to reboot. By the way, here you

Re: Netgear MA111 - USB works perfectly in a Debian PowerBook

2004-06-29 Thread Cedric Pradalier
According to Rob Weir, on Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:08:02 +1000, >[please don't take questions off-list] Sorry for that. > >On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 10:28:06AM +0200, Cedric Pradalier said >> According to Rob Weir, on Sun, 27 Jun 2004 17:49:57 +1000, >> >On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 11:08:07AM +0200, Cedri

Kernel 2.6.7 oops when suspending iBook 2.2

2004-06-29 Thread Jaume Sabater
Hi everyone! I have an iBook G3 800 MHz (rev 2.2, afaik) running GNU/Debian Linux Sid with kernel 2.6.7 vanilla and pbbuttonsd 0.6.0-1 package. When the system tries to suspend (automatically or forced by me) then I get a (long) kernel oops and I have to reboot. I have not been able to find

Re: sdl

2004-06-29 Thread david howe
my lspci output [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci :00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth AGP :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) 0001:01:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth PCI 0001:01:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-29 Thread Ivo Marino
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 09:40, Javier de la Cueva wrote: > El Martes, 29 de Junio de 2004 09:16, Ivo Marino escribió: > > Have you verified local loopback is up? It seems gnome needs a > connected lo. I had that same problem and after configuring lo > everything went fine. > Affirmative, loopbac

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-29 Thread Javier de la Cueva
El Martes, 29 de Junio de 2004 09:16, Ivo Marino escribió: > > I have noticed that my GNOME session (2.6) seems to hang when my > iBook (2001) is not connected to any network. This is quite > strange. As far as I'm most time connected, either via wireless or > ethernet, to a network I had not yet a

Re: MACHTYPE

2004-06-29 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 09:56:54PM +0100, Sam Halliday said > hi there, > > i noticed my MACHTYPE is set to powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu, but since i am on > mac > hardware should it not be set to powerpc-mac-linux-gnu? what sets this value, > and how can i fix it? zsh: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> echo $MA

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-29 Thread Ivo Marino
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 08:48, SteX wrote: > > [snip] > > My own problem instead is the face that when the session is started and > the system started to launch all the gnome-desktop componets, at a moment > (maybe when launching one of them, which I haven't had the chance to > recognize) > it seem

Re: ibook 900 startx failure

2004-06-29 Thread SteX
Hi all, the same for me! but what I did was to comment this entry out in the XF86Config-4 file and the startx command seemed to work. >Adrian Lester wrote: >> lspci gives: 00:10:0 VGA Compatible Controller: ATI Technologies >> >> So in the XF86Config-4 file I set PCI to 00:10:0 > >lspci gives