Re: Debian + Mac OSX: boot directly from debian?

2005-01-06 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"William" == William Xuuu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: William> Hi, On my dual system, i've to press Alt while booting to William> choose debian, or Mac OSX will boot as default. How to William> set debian as the default boot system? thanks. I'm new to Mac OS X and ppc Linux, but

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Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-06 Thread Mike Martin
Another update, More success > An update (Sucess!!!): > After jogging some people's memory I found out that this machine has a > PCI token ring card (which I wasn't using) because the on-board > ethernet went flaky. This certainly helps explain my intermitent > network, and quite possibly the shor

Debian + Mac OSX: boot directly from debian?

2005-01-06 Thread William Xuuu
Hi, On my dual system, i've to press Alt while booting to choose debian, or Mac OSX will boot as default. How to set debian as the default boot system? thanks. William

Re: Cloning to an external video projector...

2005-01-06 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Arnaud Vandyck wrote: | Thu, 06 Jan 2005 11:28:10 -0500, [...] | Yo Barry! | | I think it's a Titanium: | | $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | processor : 0 | cpu : 7447/7457, altivec supported | clock : 1249MHz | revision : 1.1 (pvr 800

Re: [patch] Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac?

2005-01-06 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sven> On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 06:24:19PM -0800, shyamal wrote: >> "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Sven> Notice that the fixed kernel is still only in unstable, and Sven> has not yet propagated to test

Re: G5 blade center under debian

2005-01-06 Thread Anton Blanchard
> Oh, if it is the js20, i think we had had some report of people trying to make > it work some time back. I don't think d-i is already upto it, but the work > Cajus is doing should help. There may be kernel issues, but maybe the latest > bunch of 970Fx fixes will help, or maybe you need a ppc64

Re: G5 blade center under debian

2005-01-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 06:18:44PM -0600, vinai wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 03:41:37PM +, grave wrote: > > > > If it is apple machine, see the thread about dual-G5 from a few days > > ago, > > especially my recent post. > > I don't think he's talking about an Apple machine. I too wa

Re: G5 blade center under debian

2005-01-06 Thread vinai
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 03:41:37PM +, grave wrote: > > If it is apple machine, see the thread about dual-G5 from a few days > ago, > especially my recent post. I don't think he's talking about an Apple machine. I too was curious about his question about the system they got, and it looks li

Re: G5 blade center under debian

2005-01-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 03:41:37PM +, grave wrote: > Hi all, > > After a few tests, my lab choose to go for a blade center with 7 dual > G5 running @2.2 GHz. I would like to know if somebody already > experimented Debian on such configuration. What exactly is it ? Is it a bunch of apple X

Re: [patch] Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac? SUCCESS!!

2005-01-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 12:05:07AM +0100, Christian Luijten wrote: > On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:51 +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Notice that the fixed kernel is still only in unstable, and has not yet > > propagated to testing, because we first need to remove the > > kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8 binary

Re: [patch] Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac? SUCCESS!!

2005-01-06 Thread Christian Luijten
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:51 +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Notice that the fixed kernel is still only in unstable, and has not yet > propagated to testing, because we first need to remove the > kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8 binary package from the archive, which needs a > ftp-master intervention. It was

Re: PowerPC desktop -- asking for trouble?

2005-01-06 Thread Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra
Em Qui, 2005-01-06 às 08:44 +0100, Ingo Juergensmann escreveu: > > Yeah, indeed... it really seems that IBM doesn't want Power(PC) to be a > successor. I assume you meant simply success, as you didn't point successor to what -- I'd assume successor to the IA-32. > But that's somewhat I

Re: [patch] Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac?

2005-01-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 06:24:19PM -0800, shyamal wrote: > > "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sven> We worked out some missing patches in the debian kernel for > Sven> support of newer kernels with benh, well, benh sent me the > Sven> needed patches, and i add

Re: AV PPC support Apple conference camera

2005-01-06 Thread vinai
On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, david howe wrote: > Hi and thanks to all > > planb sounds like the type of kernel level support I was hoping to > find, unfortunately I also have another issue with 2.4 kernels. This > 8600 is fitted with a 350EV processor and has only ever been reliable > with the 2.2 kernel,

Re: Cloning to an external video projector...

2005-01-06 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
Thu, 06 Jan 2005 11:28:10 -0500, Barry Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | I did merge XF86Config from Julian with some recommendations by Giuseppe > | Sacco (attached). The strange thing is that I have... he... abstract > | artistic colored rectangle on the video projector but the pointer is

Re: AV PPC support Apple conference camera

2005-01-06 Thread david howe
Hi and thanks to all planb sounds like the type of kernel level support I was hoping to find, unfortunately I also have another issue with 2.4 kernels. This 8600 is fitted with a 350EV processor and has only ever been reliable with the 2.2 kernel, has anyone got any pointers for specific kerne

Re: AV PPC support Apple conference camera

2005-01-06 Thread Sean Jewett
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Nathanael Hasbrouck wrote: > Well, I'm not Derrik, but I'll try to help anyway. :^) Thanks. :) > AFAIR, you'll need to use a 2.4 kernel, unless someone's fixed the planb > driver in 2.6. 2.4 is definately where it's at. In fact, while looking thru a 2.6 changelog someone

Re: AV PPC support Apple conference camera

2005-01-06 Thread Nathanael Hasbrouck
On Thursday 06 January 2005 0712, somebody named Sean Jewett inscribed this message: > Derrik, > Do you personally have planb working on your PM? If so, what > disto / version and what kernel Well, I'm not Derrik, but I'll try to help anyway. :^) AFAIR, you'll need to use a 2.4 kernel,

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Re: refresh rates of iBook G4 12"?

2005-01-06 Thread Sam Halliday
Choy Kho Yee wrote: 2) I would like to get it to display at a higher screen resolution, like 1280x960. Is that possible? what makes you think you can get more than 1024x768?? there are only 1024x768 *physical* pixels on your screen!! cheers, Sam -- Free High School Science Texts http://

G5 blade center under debian

2005-01-06 Thread grave
Hi all, After a few tests, my lab choose to go for a blade center with 7 dual G5 running @2.2 GHz. I would like to know if somebody already experimented Debian on such configuration. thanks in advance for any information. xavier

Re: Cloning to an external video projector...

2005-01-06 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Arnaud Vandyck wrote: [...] | | I have already a patched kernel but no more the sources! it was about | sleeping (and I prefer this option). According to: | http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/09/msg00272.html will the | patch be integrated in

Re: Cloning to an external video projector...

2005-01-06 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:49:58 +0100, Eugen Dedu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have already used my PowerBook G4 15" for videoprojection. You need > to patch the kernel (I have patched 2.6.8.1). See videoprojection > topic, reply of Julien Blache, at > http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianOnPowe

Re: AV PPC support Apple conference camera

2005-01-06 Thread Sean Jewett
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Derrik Pates wrote: > If it connects via composite/S-Video, then dare I say it's just a plain > old camera, not requiring any special support. Agreed. At a minimum it's a camera that you could hook to any SVHS compatible device. That's kinda cool. > Also, I don't know a

Re: Cloning to an external video projector...

2005-01-06 Thread Eugen Dedu
I have already used my PowerBook G4 15" for videoprojection. You need to patch the kernel (I have patched 2.6.8.1). See videoprojection topic, reply of Julien Blache, at http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianOnPowerPC. Friendly, -- Eugen Dedu Assistant Professor / Maître de conférences http

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 01:19:32PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > from being added there too, not sure. In any way i believe it has more > > > > its > > > > place inside mkvmlinuz, than inside the more userland powerpc-utils. > > > > > > Whatever. Just thought people might want to use it to

Re: AV PPC support Apple conference camera

2005-01-06 Thread Derrik Pates
david howe wrote: I have a 8600 AV PPC running debian using the stock 2.2 debian kernel. I also have an old Apple conference camera which connects via the s-video or composite video inputs on the 8600. After perusing the net looking for pointers, I have found a lot of pointers to USB style devi

Re: Cloning to an external video projector...

2005-01-06 Thread Giuseppe Sacco
Il giorno gio, 06-01-2005 alle 12:30 +0100, Arnaud Vandyck ha scritto: > Hi, > > I'd have to make a presentation tomorrow (yes!) and I'd like to make it > on my Debian PowerBook ;-) The presentation is about a training in Linux > and the whole session (6 month, full time) will be on Debian boxes!

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > > from being added there too, not sure. In any way i believe it has more its > > > place inside mkvmlinuz, than inside the more userland powerpc-utils. > > > > Whatever. Just thought people might want to use it to change kernel > > options on the fly, without invoking mkvmlinuz. > > Well, we wo

AV PPC support Apple conference camera

2005-01-06 Thread david howe
Hi all I have a 8600 AV PPC running debian using the stock 2.2 debian kernel. I also have an old Apple conference camera which connects via the s-video or composite video inputs on the 8600. After perusing the net looking for pointers, I have found a lot of pointers to USB style devices or qu

Cloning to an external video projector...

2005-01-06 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
Hi, I'd have to make a presentation tomorrow (yes!) and I'd like to make it on my Debian PowerBook ;-) The presentation is about a training in Linux and the whole session (6 month, full time) will be on Debian boxes! Imagine how I feel to present it on a Windows laptop! :-P So, I'd like to run t

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-06 Thread Philippe Guyot
message resent on the list because an accident. On Wednesday 05 January 2005 17:52, you wrote: > On Jan 5, 2005, at 10:18 AM, Philippe Guyot wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 January 2005 17:08, Sven Luther wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 09:45:13AM -0600, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > >>> The size of

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 10:35:50PM -0500, Mike Martin wrote: > > > > I am begining to believe that there is some sort of hardware problem > > > > with your > > > > box or it is an upgraded version which was a -140 in it's previous > > > > life, but my > > > > -140 is rock solid with Leigh's 2.4.1

Re: [patch] Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac?

2005-01-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 10:09:15PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sven> On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 11:05:19AM -0800, Shyamal Prasad > Sven> wrote: > > >> Sorry to bother you again. It seems that the last d-i powerpc > >> daily

Re: PowerPC desktop -- asking for trouble?

2005-01-06 Thread Ingo Juergensmann
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 07:21:27AM +0200, Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > > i was referring as list price for cpu doubling suddenly if you go > > against IBM markets and such stuff. Bet what will happen to G5 > > availability if we were to release a machine in the imac G5 class ?

Re: refresh rates of iBook G4 12"?

2005-01-06 Thread Arnaud Lavrard
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 02:16:04PM +0900, Choy Kho Yee wrote: > 1) What is the correct pair of Horizontal and Vertical referesh rates >for this iBook? The rates in the config file is generated by the >auto-config tool. HorizSync 28-50 VertRefresh 43-75 > 2) I wo

Re: [patch] Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac?

2005-01-06 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sven> On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 11:05:19AM -0800, Shyamal Prasad Sven> wrote: >> Sorry to bother you again. It seems that the last d-i powerpc >> daily build was on Dec 31. Any idea what is sticking? Sven> Because debiandoc-