Re: 2.6.8.1-kernel on Powerbook G4?

Hi ben, On Don, Aug 26, 2004 at 05:51:06 GMT, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Can I have Alex email to add a proper Signed-off-by: line on the > patch please ? > My addy is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alex

Re: sarge apt-get upgrade errors

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 the mental interface of Matthew Daubenspeck told: > $ apt-get upgrade [...] > Any ideas? I tried moving the changlogs elsewhere, but it made no > difference. echo force-overwrite >> /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg HANN Elimar -- .~. /V\ L I N U X /( )\ >Phear the

Re: forgotten root password

On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 02:13, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > The "passwd" changing part is a bit tricky: I had a different keyboard > on this 'init-blah' stage, ... better: *If I recall correctly* the keyboard was different in this rescue mode ... > different from the one I have when logged in >

sarge apt-get upgrade errors

$ apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be upgraded: g++-3.3 gcc-3.3 libstdc++5-3.3-dev 3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 4 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/4512kB of archives. After un

Re: forgotten root password

On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 19:26, JGuillaume 'IoGuiX' de Rorthais wrote: > Hello, > > Giovanni Ridolfi a écrit : > > >> > >It doesn't work :-( > > > >I have yaboot 1.3.13, and this is my "screen output" > > > >boot: init=/bin/sh > >Please wait, loading kernel... > >/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

modify key bindings (CTRL-C,CTRL-Z,etc.) in the keymap

Hello all I will learn the keymapping stuff! So I read the manpages of keymaps, dumpkeys, etc., but i didn't find any information how 'key bindings' like CTRL-c,CTRL-x, etc. (for example used in the editor 'nano') have to be defined in the console keymap. Could someone of you tell me, how this ca

TV-capturing via USB with Debian on an iBook?

Hello, has anyone experiences with TV-capturing via USB with Debian on an iBook? I bought along with my iBook an El Gato Eye TV digital video recorder. This is the only thing I still use my OSX for. Ideas? thanx in advance Andreas

Re: How to boot w/o initrd?

'ello, On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 07:05, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Are you sure you built all necessary drivers into the kernel? If yes, Nope -- not really used to PPC hardware at all yet :-). I was hoping that if I left stuff out it wouldn't go this badly wrong :-). Hopefully when I have told yaboo

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Re: Loading problem

Hi, Volodymyr Podosinov writes: > > On PReP, the boot arguments are part of the kernel image. Rebuild > > your kernel with CONFIG_CMDLINE set appropriately. Alternatively, > > use preptool, but that requires patching and rebuilding the kernel > > as well. > > Wait, basically you say that I nee

Re: Re: forgotten root password

On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 17:50 +0200, Giovanni Ridolfi wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 16:30 +0200, Giovanni Ridolfi wrote: > > > Carlos Perello Marin wrote: > > > Which string shall I pass to yaboot to have a shell... > > > an then... mount /dev/hda3 > > > and erase root's password from /etc/sha

Re: forgotten root password

Hello, Giovanni Ridolfi a écrit : It doesn't work :-( I have yaboot 1.3.13, and this is my "screen output" boot: init=/bin/sh Please wait, loading kernel... /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3, \\init=/bin/sh : No such file or directory boot: it seems to be again at t

Re: Re: forgotten root password

> > > On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 16:30 +0200, Giovanni Ridolfi wrote: > > Carlos Perello Marin wrote: > > Which string shall I pass to yaboot to have a shell... > > an then... mount /dev/hda3 > > and erase root's password from /etc/shadow? > >init=/bin/sh It doesn't work :-( I have yaboot 1.3.13, and t

Re: forgotten root password

On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 16:30 +0200, Giovanni Ridolfi wrote: > Hi to everyone, >I've installed sarge on my ibook, but > I had some keymap problems > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=266691 > > and an annoying message that forced me to change > root's and my us

forgotten root password

Hi to everyone, I've installed sarge on my ibook, but I had some keymap problems http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=266691 and an annoying message that forced me to change root's and my user's passwords [1] ([1] By the way is my password too weak or it is a bu

Re: Debian-FreeBSD?

openbsd runs fine on powerpc. do you need to be running a debian-bsd? just the bsd 'distribution' (flavour i suppose is the better term) not trying to be off topic or anti debian or anything but the bsd flavours do come packaged nicely. i like them. my file server runs freebsd 5.2.1 web server f

Re: TODAY with Katie Couric and Matt Lauer

While I share your annoyance with the american news media, I think this is off-topic and does not belong on the list. Please, let's keep things Debian here. c. thomas On Aug 27, 2004, at 7:33 AM, Stephen Ellis wrote: I must say how disappointed I am in the Today Show for the upcoming interv

TODAY with Katie Couric and Matt Lauer

I must say how disappointed I am in the Today Show for the upcoming interview with Bush.  How dare you be so totally biased.  Where was the John Kerry interview prior to the Democratic Convention.   The bias is clear.  I want to know where the liberal media is?   I will no longer watch

Re: Debian-FreeBSD?

NetBSD should work on PPC right? I mean, it being a highly ported OS ... So maybe Debian GNU/ NetBSD could be of use to you? http://www.debian.org/ports/netbsd/ Rakhesh

iBook G4 PmDisk

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Re: Debian-FreeBSD?

On Friday 27 August 2004 06.52, Dean Hamstead wrote: > freebsd isnt ported to ppc so it doesnt install. - hmmm. Abandoned in 2002, it seems. NetBSD: - nothing more recent than 1997, it seems.

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Re: How to boot w/o initrd?

Hi, Matthew T. Atkinson writes: > Unfortunately, though, I am unable to fix it when I boot from the > CD. As I mentioned briefly in my last mail, I'm told that the > /dev/discs/disc0/part2 device doesn't exist when I try to mount my > hard drive :-(. Check whether you really loaded all necessar

Re: How to Back Up SQL Databases and Firewall

On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 00:31, Sean Schertell wrote: > > How do I back-up my MySQL databases to a CD disc? > Use PHPMyAdmin to export your db to a file on your HD. Then burn that > file. ugh, I don't understand everyone's dependence on phpmyadmin. `mysqldump --opt $databaseName > $databaseName_`dat

Re: How to Back Up SQL Databases and Firewall

On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 06:12, Ed Sutherland wrote: > How do I back-up my MySQL databases to a CD disc? > > Also, what is the best firewall app for Gnome users? > > Thanks. > > Ed > firestarter comes to mind... 'apt-get install firestarter' Sincerely, Jan.