Packages question

Which file or directory contains the list of packages that are installed on my system? Sorry to ask this to the list but I couldn't find this in the manuals. -- Greg __ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhos

Mozilla plugins

I'd like to install Mozilla plugins. I tried using 'apt-get install flashplugin' but got an error message that the package couldn't be found. I searched the Debian Packages web site and did find a package named flashplugin_5.0r48-7 in both testing and in unstable. So I'm surprised that it wasn't fo

USB Printer Setup Question

Could someone point me to a document that shows how to setup a USB printer, or give instructions on how to do so. Neither the Printer Howto nor the USB Howto seems to cover it. Thanks, -- Greg __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Y

Bootable Rescue CD's

Could someone point me to where to find info about creating bootable rescue cd's for ppc machines. Thanks, -- Greg __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com

Which Video Capture Cards Work?

I'm trying to find out which PCMCIA video capture cards work on a PowerBook G3 Series with Linux. Will all of the popular ones work such as Margi, Hauppauge, Nogatech, and Datavideo, or do I need a card that is Macintosh specific like the iRez Capsure? Also, is there any difference in quality betw

Problems mounting cdrom

I'm trying to mount the cdrom on a PowerBook G3 Lombard, running Testing. When I enter the command 'mount /dev/cdrom' I get the error 'mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist'. I have an entry for it in /etc/fstab. What else needs to be done? -- Greg _

Enabling the Power Button

How do you enable the power button to shutdown the system? I'm using Woody on a PowerBook G3 Lombard. Greg __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com

Re: Installing Window Maker

> > I'm trying to install Window Maker on Woody. > > [...] Therefore what needs to be > > done to set this up as your window manager? > > update-alternatives --config x-window-manager I entered this command, and /usr/bin/wmaker is selected, however Sawfish along with Gnome still starts after re

Installing Window Maker

I'm trying to install Window Maker on Woody. I downloaded it with 'apt-get install wmaker', ran 'ldconfig', then tried to run 'wmaker.inst' to set it as my default window manager. However I get the error message 'command not found'. Searching the packages shows that this script is not included. Th

Re: Installing from SCSI drive problem

> > I'm trying to install on a PowerBook G3 Lombard, which should > > be a New World machine... > > The devices in OF have different names than in Linux. You're using > the Linux name, but the OF name would be something like scsi/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]:0... > > I was under the impression that the Lom

Re: Installing from SCSI drive problem

> > I'm trying to install on a PowerBook G3 Lombard, which should > > be a New World machine... > > The devices in OF have different names than in Linux. You're using > the Linux name, but the OF name would be something like scsi/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]:0. > Remember to substitute the numbers (0:0) wi

Installing from SCSI drive problem

I'm trying to install on a PowerBook G3 Lombard, which should be a New World machine. I've downloaded the base system onto an external SCSI drive and am trying to boot off of that. At the OpenFirmware prompt I've tried entering the following commands but each time, the system seems to check the SCS