Enable L2 and L3 Caches in Sonnet Encore ZIF/G4 CPU Upgrade Card

2006-08-02 Thread Jason Self
Has anyone been able to enable the L2 and L3 caches in Sonnet Encore ZIF/G4 CPU Upgrade Card? (The Sonnet part# EG4-1000-1M-U, although the EG4-500-1M should be the same. See http://www.sonnettech.com/product/encore.html) The card can be used but the L2 and L3 caches aren't enabled. According

Re: Debian installer/live stock kernels iMac G5

2006-07-27 Thread Jason Self
On 7/26/06, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See earlier messages about this topic, but don't worry, if debian/etch is released with 2.6.17, i will make available newer kernels for etch later on, as i did for sarge, until the devfs killoff at least, and the resulting udev mess. I inquired

Re: Fwd: Upcoming Release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0

2006-07-27 Thread Jason Self
On 7/27/06, maximilian attems [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2.6.18 is considered as release kernel, so please don't draw to quick conclusions. I'll be happy if 2.6.18 makes it in but ultimately I don't suppose it matters whether it's 2.6.18 proper, or 2.6.17 with the changes backported, as long as

Re: Debian installer/live stock kernels iMac G5

2006-07-25 Thread Jason Self
On 7/25/06, Dennis de Vaal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have some comments on the current Debian PowerPC port. The testing and unstable distributions should at least provide a 2.6.18 or higher kernel. Here's why: 1) The stock kernel used on the Debian sarge and etch installer/livecd does not

Re: Booting/ installing Debian on a G3 with Open Firmware 2.4

2006-06-24 Thread Jason Self
On 6/24/06, Michael Fuckner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Machine seems to be only netbootable The beige G3 is also able to boot from CD. Insert CD and hold down C on the keyboard while the machine powers up, searches for startup devices, finds the CD and then begins to boot it. You can then

Re: new g5 dual core macs

2006-06-19 Thread Jason Self
The PowerPC-based Macs run it fine, altough Apple's new Intel dual core machines don't. I hear that's being worked on, but depends on how many developers get access to the new machines. On 6/19/06, Thorsten Johannvorderbrueggen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello all, does anybody know, if the new

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-30 Thread Jason Self
On 5/29/06, Daniel Gimpelevich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So when did they remove USB booting, then? Hmm? It hasn't been. Even the Intel Macs of today feature this ability. http://www.flickr.com/photos/inju/98558407/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-29 Thread Jason Self
On 5/29/06, Daniel Gimpelevich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apple has NEVER made ANY machine that could boot from USB. That is incorrect. Take, for example, this Apple document which specifically states that slot-loading iMacs can: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58471 Each USB port

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-29 Thread Jason Self
On 5/29/06, Daniel Gimpelevich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That document is mistaken in that regard, AFAICT. The Apple-produced document is correct. If you have access to a slot-loading iMac, connect a USB device to it watch in amazement as it boots. :) Albeit, USB 1.1 is slloo. In

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-28 Thread Jason Self
On 5/28/06, Giulio Canevari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who knows, on lowendmac they write it's unable. You cannot boot the iMac from an external USB drive. But in fact it's not a drive... They call this model The Original iMac (Rev. A) . This has 96 MB of ram. lowendmac is correct. Your

Re: Linux on Mac PPC vs AMD64

2006-05-26 Thread Jason Self
Apple supports hardware for the duration of your warranty (or the warranty + the AppleCare duration if you've purchased it.) They'll continue to do that even during the Intel transition and after. With AppleCare you've got a guaranteed 3 years of hardware support. After that time, the computer is

Re: iMac Sleep

2006-05-17 Thread Jason Self
On 5/15/06, Benjamin Herrenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What happens if you do in X xset +dpms force off ? If that works, then that's it. The display is turns off properly. Woo Hoo! Thank you.

Re: iMac Sleep

2006-05-17 Thread Jason Self
On 5/16/06, Jason Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/15/06, Benjamin Herrenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What happens if you do in X xset +dpms force off ? If that works, then that's it. The display is turns off properly. Woo Hoo! Thank you. Well, maybe not entirely properly... I've

Re: iMac Sleep

2006-05-15 Thread Jason Self
: On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 05:46 -0700, Jason Self wrote: On 5/7/06, Benjamin Herrenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you send me a tarball of /proc/device-tree on your machine ? Here it is. Looks like an IVAD 1, there is code in Darwin to drive it... Ben.

Re: iMac Sleep

2006-05-08 Thread Jason Self
I'm not sure how to accomplish that. I keep encountering errors saying that it's not a normal directory. (???) Something like this should work, shouldn't it? tar --create --directory /proc --file /home/jason/proc.tar On 5/7/06, Benjamin Herrenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you send me a

iMac Sleep

2006-05-07 Thread Jason Self
I'm sorry for having to post my question. My searches through Google and the Debian list archives returned no data on iMac power management. If my question's already answered somewhere I just didn't find it, a URL would make me happy. I've finished installing Debian Sarge 3.1r2 onto an old iMac

Re: Quota Support in Kernel

2006-03-15 Thread Jason Self
I think that's outdated. Since this is only a test system I reformatted and repartitioned the drive to use ext2 and had the same results. Previously I was trying to compile kernel version 2.6.15.6. I decided to try 2.6.8, since that's what matches what is in 3.1r1. It compiled successfully. The

Quota Support in Kernel

2006-03-14 Thread Jason Self
I am looking to add quota support. This isn't my first time using Linux, but it is my first serious attempt, and my first time with Debian. I love Debian's package management stuff. It makes installing and managing software so easy, but I digress... I am looking to replace all of our servers

Re: Network boot of RS/6000 CHRP systems

2006-03-14 Thread Jason Self
Perhaps it's the monitor? Have you tried using it with another machine? On 3/14/06, Maes, Roel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear sir, My company just bought a second hand IBM RS/6000 F50 server. When i try to boot it, onfortunately, the screen remains blank. I removed the VGA card, en installed