Re: new to powerpc, quetion about wireless

2009-06-03 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 10:10:11PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:38:17 +1000 > Alex Samad wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I have been using debian for while, but I am looking at buying one of > > these > > > > http://excito.com/bubba/products/technical-specifications.html > >

Re: PowePC sid_d-i daily builds are not happening...

2009-06-03 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Sun, 31 May 2009, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 02:01:24PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On May 24, 2009, at 2:39 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > >> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/ > >> > >> says that "This build finished at Mon M

Brother Printer Driver

2009-06-03 Thread drz
Hi all Anybody got a Brother printer running? (Especially MFC-7420) Brother provides a driver but its compiled against i386 and there are executables (or binaries) in the package so its not possible to use the driver on a powerpc. They do not provide source packages (Brother Linux Driver cent

Re: No rt2870sta module in linux-image-2.6.29-2-powerpc?

2009-06-03 Thread Geoff Simmons
Hi Amit, On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 05:55:24PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > I'm trying to set up the Belkin Wireless USB adapter on a PowerBook G4 > running Squeeze. > > I followed the instructions on http://wiki.debian.org/rt2870sta and > installed the 2.6.29-2 image. However, I can't seem to

Re: Brother Printer Driver

2009-06-03 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 03:17:14PM +0200, drz wrote: > Hi all > > Anybody got a Brother printer running? (Especially MFC-7420) > > Brother provides a driver but its compiled against i386 and there are > executables (or binaries) in the package so its not possible to use the > driver > on

Re: Brother Printer Driver

2009-06-03 Thread Esteban Monge
They use a strange lincense which allows modification, but don't provide source. When i try download any driver show the GPL licence... -- http://nuevaeracr.blogspot.com Linux user number 478378 Linux machine number 386687 Tec. Esteban Monge Marín Tel: (506) 8379-3562 “No habrá manera de desar

Re: PowePC sid_d-i daily builds are not happening...

2009-06-03 Thread Christian Perrier
(reducing CC list. Keeping Geert CC'd as I have no real idea whether you're subscribed to the lists I'm sending this mail to) Quoting Geert Uytterhoeven (geert.uytterhoe...@sonycom.com): > I gave the one from 2009-06-03 a try on PS3, and it's still missing some > required modules (ps3rom (CD/DVD/

Re: new to powerpc, quetion about wireless

2009-06-03 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:19:35 +1000 Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 10:10:11PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:38:17 +1000 > > Alex Samad wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I have been using debian for while, but I am looking at buying > > > one of these > > >

Re: Brother Printer Driver

2009-06-03 Thread drz
Am Mittwoch 03 Juni 2009 17:56:56 schrieb Esteban Monge: > They use a strange lincense which allows modification, > but don't provide source. > > When i try download any driver show the GPL licence... This licensing is kind of weird. But my problem is solved, I made it a network printer on my lenn

Re: PowePC sid_d-i daily builds are not happening...

2009-06-03 Thread Wartan Hachaturow
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Christian Perrier wrote: > Installation on PS3 is a release goal for D-I for squeeze (see > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SqueezeGoals), so it's not that > unexpected that things don't work out of the box yet. This in fact is unexpected, since I added tho

Internal mac Modems for Dial up

2009-06-03 Thread Irena & Richard Jenkins
I have an old G4 machine ... on which I want to place Debian Lenny. My difficulty is with internet connection. I have only standard dial up access from my holiday home and I would like to use the internal modem. At one time I did try this and it came to nothing. Has there been any progress