Xpmac etc.

2000-10-03 Thread Paul Talacko
on on Xpmac. I have /dev/mouse pointing to /dev/adbmouse, btw. I've also checked out Ben H's page on kernels, and there is something there about adb mice not working without some work around. However, I don't think this is my problem because my mouse works in gpm Thanks Paul

Re: Xpmac etc.

2000-10-04 Thread Paul Talacko
Fixed it!! I'm very happy. I tried turning off gpm, but it was just the same. The trick was to recompile the kernel. There is an option which is: CONFIG_FB_COMPAT_XPMAC make sure this is set to Y. Then patch the kernel with the patch on the potato CD originating from Ben H. (I tried compilin

XF86Config

2000-10-05 Thread Paul Talacko
much anything you throw at it, but FBDev doesn't like it. ----- Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com/

rtl8319

2000-10-08 Thread Paul Talacko
and if I can't get it to work I'll bung it in my i386 box. If I really, really can't get it working are there any NICs that people would recommend? Cheers....Paul - Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com/

Re: rtl8319

2000-10-08 Thread Paul Talacko
> > After 3 years of experience with linux pmac I'd suggest de4x5, cards with > generic tulip chips. Maybe I'm just stuck in the ways, though. > OK I give up on the rtl8139. I can probably get it working if I learn how to write device drivers and I haven't got the time at the moment :-). And

NFS -fh() not implemented

2000-10-14 Thread Paul Talacko
error. My exports file seems to be alright, ftp and telnet work fine, so it doesn't seem to be the network. Am I doing something stupid? Or is there something wrong here? Should I get new sources for nfs? Thanks Paul ----- Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com/

Innd problems

2000-10-26 Thread Paul Talacko
g? Thanks Paul ----- Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com

Re: Innd problems

2000-10-27 Thread Paul Talacko
esn't seem to be permissions problems. > > Eric > > At 03:53 PM 10/26/00 , Paul Talacko wrote: > > >I can't get Innd to start and keep getting this error in my syslog: > > > >SERVER cant bdzinit /var/lib/news/history No such file or directory > &

wwwoffle

2000-10-27 Thread Paul Talacko
s fine. However, on boot it doesn't work. /etc/rc2.d/S20wwwoffle links to ../init.d/wwwoffle btw. The solution to this is probably really simple, but I just can't see it. Cheers...Paul - Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com

Re: PCMCIA-Probleme

2000-11-05 Thread Paul Talacko
On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Hadess wrote: > Hallo Mohr, > > Dein Maile ist ganz gut fur mich, aber > this mailing doesn't speak German that much... OK, pcmcia hangs his Powerbook with a kernel panic. He doesn't know whether he should use tcic or i82365. When he doesn't configure pcmcia the same hap

Modem not responding probs

2000-12-11 Thread Paul Talacko
h recovers the error and allows me to dial into my ISP is a reboot. This happened as well when I was running LinuxPPC. I asked then, but no one knew of a fix. My guess is that it is a bug in the 6500. Does any one know anything about this and of any possible work arounds? Thanks Paul --

Acroread

2000-12-14 Thread Paul Talacko
Sorry, this is probably a dumb question. Is acroread available for DebianPPC? If not are there any ways I can look at pdf files? Thanks Paul -- Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com

Re: PC hardware on PPC

2000-12-14 Thread Paul Talacko
e to hack the driver as far as I know :-) > AMD PCnet > 3com 95x > Intel EE Pro > > SCSI: > Symbios chip > > Thanks > > Mike > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com

RealPlayer

2001-01-25 Thread Paul Talacko
Is there anyway I can look at RealPlayer streamed media on Debian PPC? Thanks Paul -- Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com

Printer conundrum

2001-01-25 Thread Paul Talacko
can think of is to get an ethernet to localtalk bridge (too expensive!!), the other thing is that you can buy a serial kit for the printer (also too expensive). Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks Paul -- Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com

Re: Printer conundrum

2001-01-26 Thread Paul Talacko
On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 12:13:18PM -0600, wes schreiner wrote: > Paul Talacko wrote: > > > > I have a PowerMac 6500. I also have a Texas Instruments printer (it's > > > The only thing I can think of is to get an ethernet to localtalk bridge (too > > expens

Re: Printer conundrum

2001-01-29 Thread Paul Talacko
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 09:39:20AM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Paul Talacko wrote: > > > I have a PowerMac 6500. I also have a Texas Instruments printer (it's > > rubbish, > > and I'll never buy another TI product again, but it has around 12,000 pages

Volume control [was Re: RealPlayer]

2001-01-29 Thread Paul Talacko
ttp://scopes.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html?src=rpbform > > Just choose the Linux/PPC 2000 version, which is a simple installer. Ciao, > > Renaud > > -- Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com

Re: Printer conundrum

2001-02-05 Thread Paul Talacko
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 01:17:15PM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Paul Talacko wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 09:39:20AM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > How soon do you need this working, and how much of a hacker are you? I > > > managed to > &g

Re: Printer conundrum

2001-02-09 Thread Paul Talacko
anything amazingly special, apart from set the port speed. H > > -Adam P. > > GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 > >Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Dumb question about Xfree 4.0

2001-04-11 Thread Paul Talacko
Sorry this is a dumb question. Are there any binaries of Xfree86 4.0.x or do I have to compile it myself. If there are binaries, where are they? Thanks Paul -- Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com

Weird suck / pppd behaviour

2001-05-04 Thread Paul Talacko
x27;m trying to avoid having to delete my entire active file. Cheers... -- Paul Talacko http://www.seditiousdiaries.com

Gnuermic compilation

2001-08-01 Thread Paul Talacko
hat will run on debianppc potato, which would make my life easier? Thanks Paul -- Paul Talacko

Re: Gnuermic compilation

2001-08-03 Thread Paul Talacko
you have all libs to compile libxml. > > cu, > > Michael > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Paul Talacko > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Upgrade woody to sarge broken X

2003-09-23 Thread Paul Talacko
Hello all, I've just upgraded from woody to sarge which went reasonably smoothly, but now the xserver won't start. I've tried to figure it out, but nothing seems to work. I'm giving up for tonight (it's 1.30 and I need some shut-eye). Any help would be appreciated. The output from Xfree86.log

Another sarge install problem - inn2

2003-09-24 Thread Paul Talacko
Hello all, I have one other problem in the upgrade to sarge. inn2 won't install. I keep getting the error: /etc/news/inn.conf: cannot create /etc/news/inn.conf.new.1464: No such file or directly. Those figures, i.e. 1464, are different for each install attempt. I don't really understand what i

Re: Upgrade woody to sarge broken X

2003-09-24 Thread Paul Talacko
Sorry all, replying to my own message. Seems like the modelines are all wrong. Funny since they were calculated automatically. :))) Paul On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 01:39:04AM +0100, Paul Talacko wrote: > Hello all, > > I've just upgraded from woody to sarge which went reasonably s

X behaviour

2003-09-30 Thread Paul Talacko
ot of these errors: FBIOPUTCMAP: Unknown error 999 Is this a known issue? More likely it is me doing something silly? I'm running xserver-xfree86 4.2.1-11 and kernel version 2.4.22-ben2 Cheers... -- Paul Talacko

Re: X behaviour

2003-10-03 Thread Paul Talacko
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 05:24:00PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 11:33, Paul Talacko wrote: > > Since updating from woody to sarge X behaves funnily. The highest > > resoluton I can now get is 640x480. In fact it's the only resolution I > > can get

Re: X behaviour

2003-10-03 Thread Paul Talacko
etter. However, my cursor has now disappeared when in console. Can I get it back??? Cheers... -- Paul Talacko

Yet another 2.4.18 Kernel Oops

2002-08-24 Thread Paul Talacko
Trace; 1000677c Before first symbol Trace; 1000b240 Before first symbol Trace; 100097a4 Before first symbol Trace; 0fe4bc30 Before first symbol Trace; Before first symbol 2 warnings issued. Results may not be reliable. Cheers, -- Paul Talacko

Re: Yet another 2.4.18 Kernel Oops

2002-08-25 Thread Paul Talacko
A bit silly replying to my own message, but I just tried it with 2.4.10 and the same thing happens. Also, that's a RealTek 8029, not 8039. Thanks, -- Paul Talacko

Re: Yet another 2.4.18 Kernel Oops

2002-08-28 Thread Paul Talacko
Problem solved. I found 2.4.19 at kernel.org compiled it and the problems have gone away. Thanks to the PPC kernel hackers for that. Cheers, On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 07:10:08PM +0100, Paul Talacko wrote: > A bit silly replying to my own message, but I just tried it with 2.4.10 > and th

2.4.19 -- no sound

2002-08-28 Thread Paul Talacko
rpe kernel: Write will use4 fragments of 32768 bytes as default Aug 28 18:44:30 euterpe kernel: Read will use4 fragments of 32768 bytes as default Does anyone have any ideas what might ne the problem? Cheers, Paul -- Paul Talacko

2.4.20-pre5-ben0 still no sound [was Re: 2.4.19 -- no sound]

2002-09-02 Thread Paul Talacko
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 06:49:12PM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > On Aug 28 2002, Paul Talacko wrote: > > As I posted in a previous thread, I've upgraded to 2.4.19 which has > > got my RTL8029 working, but now I have no sound. > > Are you using the kernel from benh

Re: 2.4.20-pre5-ben0 still no sound [was Re: 2.4.19 -- no sound]

2002-09-03 Thread Paul Talacko
have access to a mac with an awacs chipset in it. > The current driver is working (mostly) just fine with Tumbler and > Snapper based macs. > If you need me to look in /proc or find any other information let me know, and I'll do my best. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Talacko

Re: DMASOUND, scsi

2003-02-24 Thread Paul Talacko
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Re: DMASOUND, scsi

2003-02-27 Thread Paul Talacko
gt; Debian unstable and some programs compiled from scratch. I have > been using recent CVS kernels from Ben's trees. > > Good news is I finally got X working again. > > Has anyone gotten satisfactory sound on similar hardware? > > > Fred > > > Paul

Re: DMASOUND, scsi

2003-02-27 Thread Paul Talacko
p modconf, uninstall the dma modules. At the bottom of the top menu is a menu item 'alsa'. Choose it. Then choose snd-powermac, snd-pcm and snd pcm-oss. This will install the relevant modules including 'snd' into the kernel. It worked for me anyway! Cheers...Paul -- Paul Talacko