Gnome 2.12 doesn't show icons of removable media on desktop

2006-04-13 Thread Matthias Grimm
Hi, I have a problem with the debian gnome installation and I don't know which package to blame. I came from sarge and updated the gnome packages (2.12) from testing. After that I don't see any removable media devices on the desktop. Nautlius won't create appropriate icons anymore. I had the gno

Re: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1

2006-04-13 Thread Paul Mackerras
Benjamin Herrenschmidt writes: > > _GLOBAL(power_save_6xx_restore) > > mfspr r11,SPRN_HID0 > > rlwinm r11,r11,0,10,8 /* Clear NAP */ > > mtspr SPRN_HID0,r11 > > b transfer_to_handler_cont > > > > If I take out that rlwinm, it boots. Bizaare. > > Gack ? Didn't

Re: Re: Re: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1

2006-04-13 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 13:10 +0200, Enrico Cataldi wrote: > Finally, got it! > 2.6.17-rc1 plus patch from Paul Mackerras, now i've it running! > Thanks a lot for the great work! The patch isn't entirely correct though. It just hides the problem. I think I've found out what's going on and wi

Re: G4-cube console switching problem

2006-04-13 Thread Olof Johansson
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 09:17:04PM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote: > How do I switch text-consoles with an Apple Pro Keyboard. Neither > cmd-ctl-F(n) nor opt-ctl-F(n) do anything. > I can switch _from_ the gdm using cmd-ctl-F(n)...but I can't get > back! What am I missing? Did you try Alt-F? Also

G4-cube console switching problem

2006-04-13 Thread Rich Johnson
How do I switch text-consoles with an Apple Pro Keyboard. Neither cmd-ctl-F(n) nor opt-ctl-F(n) do anything. I can switch _from_ the gdm using cmd-ctl-F(n)...but I can't get back! What am I missing? The system is a G4 running testing--and soon to run MOL. Please don't tell me I need to use

Re: 7447A strange problem with MSR:POW (WAS: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1)

2006-04-13 Thread Olof Johansson
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 08:37:21AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > I need to verify what's up with the 970. I noticed Apple has some 970 keeps executing too. I guess it's never bitten hard enough to trigger anything serious. -Olof -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: 7447A strange problem with MSR:POW (WAS: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1)

2006-04-13 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> FYI, the user's manual recommends this sequence: > loop: >sync >mtmsr POW >isync >b loop Ok, that's what OS X does... I always wondered ... So ideally, we should do something similar to the above and set some global bit somewhere telling the exception path t

Re: 7447A strange problem with MSR:POW (WAS: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1)

2006-04-13 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> > The above code should really look like this: > > mfmsr r7 > ori r7,r7,MSR_EE > orisr7,r7,[EMAIL PROTECTED] > sync > isync > mtmsr r7 > isync > label: > b label > blr Ohhh ... we always assumed mtmsr wi

Re: Monitor never suspends on G4 Mac Mini with Sony Flat Panel

2006-04-13 Thread Pancho Horrillo
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 08:30:31AM -0700, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > Cool - some one with exactly the same configuration :) > Yeah! :) > Are you running stable or testing? > testing > Pancho> Do you use DVI or plain vga cable? > > DVI With the cable that came with the monitor? Just a wild idea

Re: Monitor never suspends on G4 Mac Mini with Sony Flat Panel

2006-04-13 Thread Roger Leigh
Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a very straight forward Debian etch installation on a G4 Mac > Mini. > > One issue with X (xorg) is that the monitor (a Sony flat panel, SDM > S204) never seems to go into the sleep state. The screen seems to > blank and all, but the monitor cont

Re: Monitor never suspends on G4 Mac Mini with Sony Flat Panel

2006-04-13 Thread Shyamal Prasad
> "Pancho" == Pancho Horrillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pancho> On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:20:20PM -0700, Shyamal Prasad Pancho> wrote: >> One issue with X (xorg) is that the monitor (a Sony flat panel, >> SDM S204) never seems to go into the sleep state. The screen >>

Re: XEN...if ever?

2006-04-13 Thread Rich Johnson
On Apr 13, 2006, at 3:41 AM, Sven Luther wrote:[...snip...]Xensource's 05-Dec-05 press release which states:[...]a port of Xen to IBM’s Power PC architecture by IBM is close to  completion, signaling broad cross-platform adoption of Xen.So one can hope :-) This is for G5 and up or other 64bit power

Re: XEN...if ever? -- MOL on 2.6

2006-04-13 Thread Rick Thomas
On Apr 13, 2006, at 6:10 AM, Sven Luther wrote: Just a clarification, Jens was only the debian maintainer of MOL, not the upstream author of it, which is Samuel Rydh. Unless something happened to Samuel Rydh too (which could explain his MIAness), but this would be a sad coincidence. Thanks

Re: PCMCIA to usb reader for a WiFi card

2006-04-13 Thread Alessandro De Zorzi
Andrea Lusuardi - UoVoBW wrote: >>I do know if exists the adapter you want >> >> > >i think you meant "don't" ;).Thanks, anyway. > > of course, sorry for my bad English ;-P Alessandro -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

Re: XEN...if ever?

2006-04-13 Thread Rich Johnson
On Apr 13, 2006, at 3:41 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 05:01:15PM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote: If I understand things correctly: - Xen isn't yet available for powerpc and some think it'll never be. Xen isn't available on 32bit powerpc. - MOL won't run 2.6, _and_ I couldn't f

Re: Monitor never suspends on G4 Mac Mini with Sony Flat Panel

2006-04-13 Thread Børge Holen
On Thursday 13 April 2006 12:17, Pancho Horrillo wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:20:20PM -0700, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Hi! > > > I have a very straight forward Debian etch installation on a G4 Mac > > Mini. > > Same thing I have. > > > One issue with X (xorg) is that the monito

7447A strange problem with MSR:POW (WAS: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1)

2006-04-13 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
(For those who haven't followed the beginning, current git locks up at boot on most recent powermacs. It was tracked down to a weird problem with the idle code. My latest experiments seem to show something dodgy with MSR_POW). Help from Freescale folks would be appreciated. On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 1

Re: Monitor never suspends on G4 Mac Mini with Sony Flat Panel

2006-04-13 Thread Pancho Horrillo
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:20:20PM -0700, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > Hi folks, > Hi! > I have a very straight forward Debian etch installation on a G4 Mac > Mini. > Same thing I have. > One issue with X (xorg) is that the monitor (a Sony flat panel, SDM > S204) never seems to go into the sleep

Re: XEN...if ever? -- MOL on 2.6

2006-04-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:00:04PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > The author (and upstream maintainer) of MOL died about a year or so Just a clarification, Jens was only the debian maintainer of MOL, not the upstream author of it, which is Samuel Rydh. Unless something happened to Samuel Rydh too

Re: XEN...if ever?

2006-04-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 07:02:41AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 16:35 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > Well... MOL does it pretty well :) It's more difficult but technically > > > possible > > > without too much performance loss. > > > > Still, it is currently imp

Re: XEN...if ever?

2006-04-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 07:02:41AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 16:35 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > Well... MOL does it pretty well :) It's more difficult but technically > > > possible > > > without too much performance loss. > > > > Still, it is currently imp

Re: XEN...if ever? -- MOL on 2.6

2006-04-13 Thread Rick Thomas
Maybe I'm confused. If so I'm sorry for spreading misinformation. Rick On Apr 13, 2006, at 2:14 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 21:00 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: The author (and upstream maintainer) of MOL died about a year or so ago. A couple of folks offered to pick

Re: XEN...if ever?

2006-04-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 05:01:15PM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote: > If I understand things correctly: > - Xen isn't yet available for powerpc and some think it'll never be. Xen isn't available on 32bit powerpc. > - MOL won't run 2.6, _and_ I couldn't find any explicit mention of it > supporting 10.