Re: Has GNAT been ported to PowerPC version of Debian?

On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Matthew Heaney wrote: > Sam et al: > > I was poking around to see whether GNAT had > been ported to the PowerPC version of Debian, but didn't see anything. > Do you know? Will GNAT be included in the Potato PowerPC release? Its already there:) : ||

Setting up a USB track ball

Ok.. i have an entrega usb pci card for my biege g3. And i just got a Kingston turboball track ball which is usb. It works on mac os but i am having trouble setting it up in linux. I compiled 2.2.14 with support for usb and usb mice from menu config. and i have made /dev/usbmouse with MAKEDEV b

Re: Netscape 6

On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Sven LUTHER wrote: > Well, mozilla is already available under debian/ppc right now, netscape is > i386 only (at leats not ppc). Mozilla M14 is for ppc and there is also netscape for ppc (4.6) in debian. > > Friendly, > > Sven LUTHER Logan "O God of Earth and Alta

Re: Netscape 6

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 06:38:32PM -0700, Logan Hall wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 02:04:28PM -0700, Logan Hall wrote: > > > > When Netscape 6 is available will

Re: Netscape 6

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 02:04:28PM -0700, Logan Hall wrote: > > When Netscape 6 is available will it be in pototao or just woody? If its > > netscape 6 is not out yet, and even if it were it would not go into > potato, potato is frozen

Netscape 6

When Netscape 6 is available will it be in pototao or just woody? If its going to be in woody and not potato how would i go abou tgetting it on my potato system? Logan "O God of Earth and Altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die, The walls of go

Re: pppconfig ppc bug

On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, John Hasler wrote: > I have a bug report that claims that pppconfig crashes when writing out its > files on a ppc running potato,"consuming all system resources". I can't > reproduce it either on Intel or on ppc. Has anyone else seen this? Has > anyone run pppconfig 2.0.5 o

Kingston USB trackball's

Does any one know if kingston USB trackball's work with linux on ppc? I broke my adb logitec trackman marble and i am looking at getting this kingston 4 button mac usb trackball but i want to make sure they work with linux first. also what steps would i take to get it working if i do get it? ---

XFree86 4.0

I see that XFree86 4.0 has been released. Does this release include accel for the Mach64 chips in the Biege G3's? Also 4.0 will be packaged for woody right? or will it be packaged for potato too? If it is only going to be packaged for woody, what will be the upgrade procedure for getting it work

Re: .Xdefaults and emacs

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Logan Hall wrote: > > > How do i get my .Xdefaults file to be read? I am trying to get my emacs to > > use the colors specified in my .Xdefaults. with LinuxPPC it worked but it > > seems like debian isn't even lookin

.Xdefaults and emacs

How do i get my .Xdefaults file to be read? I am trying to get my emacs to use the colors specified in my .Xdefaults. with LinuxPPC it worked but it seems like debian isn't even looking at the .Xdefaults file. If debian doesn't use this file, is there another way to get it to take my colors?

where can i find libSDLx11.so.0.10 ?

I am trying to get plaympeg and gtv working (package smpeg) and it won't run because it can't find libSDLx11.so.0.10 but unfortuanly i can't find it. I checked for that package but it doesn't exist. This package is also not inthe dependacy list for the smpeg package, but it is not in the list of

wierd virtual console problem, and rc problems.

When i first installed the debian base i had 6 vc's but now that i have everythign set up i only have the one vc and the X vc. I suspect that it may deal with the runlevel but im not sure. also is there a reson that xfs-tt, and wdm are installed on runlevels 2-5? here is another question... doi

Re: More feedback (2)

On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > Furthermore: > > - pcmcia: any support for it? > - nmap: it (still) does not work on localhost Latest nmap works on my biege G3 for localhost (127.0.0.1) but not for my chosen hostname (allanon), is this the same problem you are getting? > -

tik / gaim wierdness

Ok.. i have most things working now. but tik/gaim won't connect to aol. They say they are connecting but that they are waiting for reply, and that reply appears to never come. I didn't have this problem with linuxPPC, is the toc servers just having problems right now or is this somethign wrong w

Wierd X problems

Ok. well i got X to come up now, but my virtual screen is about 4 feet tall. How can i get this set up correctly? i have it set to have a vertiual screen of 1024 by 768 and my resolution is 1024 by 768 so i shouldn't have to scroll. here is my X config file. anysuggestions? Logan "O God

Re: almost there, X config now.. and fixing all the errors

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Miura Kazunori wrote: > Hello! > > From: Logan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Miura Kazunori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: almost there, X config now.. and fixing all the errors > Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 23:36:31 -0700 (MST) > Cc: Logan

Re: almost there, X config now.. and fixing all the errors

On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Miura Kazunori wrote: > Hi, > > From: Logan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > Subject: almost there, X config now.. and fixing all the errors > Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:29:52 -0700 (MST) > > > Well i

almost there, X config now.. and fixing all the errors

Well i finaly got just about everything installed. apache wont isntall.. somthing with a bad sim link. X installed but the provided X config file was wrong for my system (biege G3 tower), and the one i saved from my LinuxPPC install just causes the blinking screen with the X respawning to fast, d

Install error

Ok. I have the packages downloaded, but durring install it comes up with this error: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/locales_2.1.3-2_powerpc.deb Trying to overwrite /usr/share/man/man1/localedef.1.gz which is also in package libc6. It then promptly dies and tells me to fix the problem.

Re: dselect tutorial

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 10:00:44AM -0700, Logan Hall wrote: > > Has dselect changed much? or am i safe getting the slink dselect tutorial? > > Also can any body tell me how dselect goes about installing the packages > > from >

dselect tutorial

Has dselect changed much? or am i safe getting the slink dselect tutorial? Also can any body tell me how dselect goes about installing the packages from the ftp site over ppp? Because i would like to let it run over night while i am sleeping (so i can get up for class tomarrow), but the tutorial m

swap partitions

Hi- I now have the base system booting but the base installer appears to have not changed the base /etc/fstab to include my swap partitions. I activated them in the installer though. Could some body please send me a example line for a swap partition as i can not remember for the life of me what t

booting the base system.

Ok. I just installed the base system. i ran through the installer and did everything except the install kernel and modules step. I manualy installed the modules and System.map from my previous LinuxPPC install. But when i boot the base system i run into trouble. It gets past the fsck but it lo

Re: booting from openfirmware

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Nelson Abramson wrote: > Logan Hall wrote: > > > > The Apple 875 card doesn't have OF drivers in it by default. But I > > > remember seeing an Apple-made flasher that adds those. I think it's > > > included in the MacOS X Server

Re: booting from openfirmware

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2000, Logan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I have run quik on my Linux partition and using some examples i found in the > >FAQ-O-MATIC i set my boot variables (i don't have them infront of me

Re: booting from openfirmware

On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2000, Logan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >What computers does the SystemDisk tool support? I have a Biege G3 > tower (the > >ones that shipped just before they switched to B&W). Also will t

Re: booting from openfirmware

On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2000, Joel Klecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >That's not true, even the most broken versions of Apple OF understand HFS > >filesystems on floppies at least. > > Hum... yes and no... > > OldWorld machines do have HFS support

Re: Forthcoming installation directions.

On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > I need to fix the major bugs I turned up this week for the powerpc > install; the current installer does not even build. And, having been > away at LinuxWorld all week, I'm far behind on everything. However, > once I can get a few basic things fixed

Re: Questions about install procedure

On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Hahn Rossman wrote: > Hello all- > > I'm having difficulty with the terse instructions for installing the > ppc port of debian. That I found at > http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/pmac > Is there a more detailed set of instructions for the PPC install > somewhere el

Java development on debian

are there deb's of the jdk? I would imagin that guavac is in there so i could compile my programs but are there any vm's? Logan "O God of Earth and Altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die, The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divi

Re: Installing debian on a beige g3

On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Nelson Abramson wrote: > Logan Hall wrote: > > > (http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/pmac) and i wan to make sure that > > the base has pppd and chat in it so that i can connect to the net to > > compleate > > the install. Also will t

Installing debian on a beige g3

Hi- It appears that the install instructions have been updated some (http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/pmac) and i wan to make sure that the base has pppd and chat in it so that i can connect to the net to compleate the install. Also will there be any problems using the 2.2.14 kernel i comp