Re: [OT] iBook hardware problems

2004-07-27 Thread Bill Traynor
On 7/27/2004, "Jérôme Marant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Quoting bill traynor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Jérôme Marant wrote: >> >> >Hi, >> > >> >I bought an iBook one year and a half ago, and I recently >> >experienced

Re: [OT] iBook hardware problems

2004-07-27 Thread bill traynor
Jérôme Marant wrote: Hi, I bought an iBook one year and a half ago, and I recently experienced some hardware failures. It seems that closing/opening the iBook managed to damage the video signal: I have sometimes problems with colors, some snow and there is sometimes no signal at all depending o

manty's jan8 daily netinst install error

2004-01-08 Thread bill traynor
I just tried the install on my iBook using manty's Daily (jan.8) build for the netinst image (http://people.debian.org/~manty/testing/netinst/powerpc/daily/sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso) and I get the following error during installation of the base system: Debootstrap error Couldn't download libopenc

Re: linux-2.4.20-ben8 vs. iBook & 750fx CPU

2003-03-11 Thread bill traynor
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 03:41, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Hi ! > > Can users of iBook2/700 (with 750FX G3 CPU according to /proc/cpuinfo) > that used to have sleep mode working let me know if it still works > with -ben8 or not ? Works great for me. Both by using PowerPrefs to put it to sleep a

Re: Problems starting the X-server

2003-02-20 Thread bill traynor
Michel Dänzer wrote: On Don, 2003-02-20 at 08:12, Reto Stalder wrote: I have an iBook 2.2. My problem is, that the X-server does not start. The screen turns black and stays like this. There is no way to return to the console. The only way to access the machine is to login via ssh from a fo

Re: Tuxracer stopped working after the latest dri-trunk upgrade.

2002-11-21 Thread bill traynor
On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 08:51, Jesus Climent wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:13:56AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 07:30:40AM +0100, Jesus Climent wrote: > > > No. Fast as hell. > > > > > > Check www.hispalinux.es/~data/ibook/ for details. > > > > Wow, that looks fa

RE: Mozilla Flash Plugin (was Re: Mozilla Plugins)

2002-11-13 Thread Bill Traynor
>-Original Message- >From: K. Reid Wightman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 2:07 PM >To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org >Subject: Mozilla Flash Plugin (was Re: Mozilla Plugins) > > >Since this issue seems to get brought up a lot, I started >poking and prodding

RE: scsi emulation

2002-11-12 Thread Bill Traynor
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 1:05 PM >To: bill traynor >Cc: Michel D?nzer; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: scsi emulation > > >> Actually, /dev/cdrom is a link to /dev

Re: scsi emulation

2002-11-11 Thread bill traynor
On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 16:16, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 19:08, Debian User wrote: > > Still struggling with getting the scsi-emulation working in order to use > > the cd-burner on my iBook2 14". > > > > I've compiled scsi emulation into my kernel version: 2.4.20-rc1-ben0. > > I

Re: scsi emulation

2002-11-11 Thread bill traynor
On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 13:08, Debian User wrote: > Still struggling with getting the scsi-emulation working in order to use > the cd-burner on my iBook2 14". > > I've compiled scsi emulation into my kernel version: 2.4.20-rc1-ben0. > I've added an ide-scsi file in /etc/modutils containing the line

Re: scsi emulation

2002-11-01 Thread bill traynor
On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 06:41, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Don, 2002-10-31 at 02:43, bill traynor wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 13:12, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > On Die, 2002-10-29 at 04:56, bill traynor wrote: > > > > I'm getting the following e

Re: airport card on iBook2

2002-10-30 Thread bill traynor
On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 01:48, Claas Langbehn wrote: > Hello, > > > here it works fine with these settings in /etc/network/interfaces: > > > Bye, Claas > > > --- > # Wireless interface > # > # this might be eth1 for you since I have not the module for > # wired networking (sungem) loaded. > # >

Re: scsi emulation

2002-10-30 Thread bill traynor
On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 13:12, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Die, 2002-10-29 at 04:56, bill traynor wrote: > > I'm getting the following errors with kernel 2.4.20-pre11-ben0: > > > > kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2 > > > > Co

airport card on iBook2

2002-10-29 Thread bill traynor
Trying to connect my iBook2 running Debian to my Netgear MR314 access point. I did the following: Edited my /etc/network/interfaces to include iface eth1 inet dhcp wireless_essid "*" wireless_nick ** Then: modprobe airport modprobe orinoco modprobe hermes apt-get ins

scsi emulation

2002-10-28 Thread bill traynor
I'm getting the following errors with kernel 2.4.20-pre11-ben0: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2 Consequently, I can't mount my DVD/CD-RW on sr0. I noticed a previous thread regarding changes to scsi emulation recently, but I've been unable to find a solution

RE: X config on 14 inch 700mhz ibook

2002-10-24 Thread Bill Traynor
>> Now, following startx the machine returns to the console with: >> >> Could not initiate font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! > >If there are no more errors in the log, it sounds like the X >server runs fine, but the client side session aborts >immediately. Do you have a des

RE: X config on 14 inch 700mhz ibook

2002-10-24 Thread Bill Traynor
>-Original Message- >From: Michel Dänzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 12:19 PM >To: Bill Traynor >Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org >Subject: RE: X config on 14 inch 700mhz ibook > > >On Don, 2002-10-24 at 18:09, Bill Traynor

RE: X config on 14 inch 700mhz ibook

2002-10-24 Thread Bill Traynor
>-Original Message- >From: Michel Dänzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:27 AM >To: Bill Traynor >Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: X config on 14 inch 700mhz ibook > > >On Don, 2002-10-24 at 16:23, Bill Tray

X config on 14 inch 700mhz ibook

2002-10-24 Thread Bill Traynor
Hello all, I've been trying to configure X on a 14.1" iBook with an ATI Radeon M6 LY and I've been unsuccesful. I've installed kernel 2.4.20-pre11-ben0 and the dri-trunk debs. When I issue: modprobe agpgart insmod /usr/src/modules/drm-trunk/radeon.o startx the screen flickers slightly and then