mp3 encoder for debian ppc

2003-02-23 Thread Raph HP
Hello, this might be a stupid question, but where can I find an mp3-encoder for debian ppc? Actually I'm only using ogg, but unfornatly not everybody uses open formats. Thanks for your help raph - Unix IS user-friendly. It just chooses its friends carefully clef publique -

Strange fn-key behaviour on TiBook III

2003-02-21 Thread Raph HP
Hello, on my TiBook III the fn-key is acting in a strange way. When I got this computer a few months ago, I had to use the combination fn-alt-ctrl-FX in order to switch from X to console X. But then, I only had to press alt-ctrl-FX without the fn-key. It was like that during about 2 months. Now,

Re: turn off the stupid sound

2003-02-15 Thread Raph HP
Hello, Does anyone know how to turn off the stupid sound that goes on when you turn your lovely ibook on? if you hold F3 down before pressing the power button and release F3 after that, the sound won't come. But I do not know how to turn it off completely. raph - Unix IS

MIDI adapter for TiBook

2003-02-11 Thread Raph HP
Hello, could anybody using MIDI on an apple notebook tell me, what is the best way to connect MIDI for use under Debian PPC? I have a TiBook III and I do not know much about MIDI. I would like to be able to connect a keyboard/synthetiser (like YAMAHA DX 7 or DX 21) to my computer. The only thing

eth0: switched to forced 10bt

2003-01-06 Thread Raph HP
Hello, I have a TiBook III with Ben's kernel 2.4.20-ben1. When I do not have any ethernet cable plugged in, every 5 seconds I get a message eth0: switched to forced 10bt and eth0: switched to forced 100bt Is it normal? Is there a way to get rid of it without turning eth0 down? In a general way,

Re: installing mac os x after

2003-01-06 Thread Raph HP
Hello, i currently have a debian and mac os 9 installed. i was wondering if it could cause any trouble, if i install mac os 10.2 over the partion, which currently mac os 9 is using.. You won't be able to boot debian anymore, mac os X will boot by default. But there is a way to get yaboot back.

Fan too loud - pmu?

2002-12-05 Thread Raph HP
Hello, I have a TiBook IV, and to my regret it is faster than the older ones and with that... louder! Under Linux, the fan turns on after about half an hour and never turns off. When I unplug the power supply, it turns off after some time. Then I can re-plug it and it takes a time before it turns

Re: the apple key

2002-11-21 Thread Raph HP
I have an apple powerbook G4 (very very awsome), and I was wondering is there a way i can use the 'apple' key within X. yes, using xmodmap. For getting the keycode of the apple key, try xev. On my TiBook, it's 115. (I allready answered this question more exactly in this mailing list yesterday or

Re: Debian on iBook issues

2002-11-20 Thread Raph HP
Hello, Mouse: Is there a way to make the really stupid one-button mouse do a right click, say, as holding the Ctrl key and clicking? somebody, some times ago post a patch to do this. browse the archives it will be easy to find I'm sorry, but I'm also interested by that and I can't find

Control CPU-fan

2002-11-19 Thread Raph HP
Hello, does anybody of you know if there is a possibility to control the cpu activity in order to prevent the cpu-fan to turn on? I have a TiBook 867mHz, I would have prefered a slower one, exactly because of the cpu-fan, but they are not produced anymore. Under OS X, I can turn it off, it never

Re: TiBook 867mHz + ATI Radeon 9000

2002-11-18 Thread Raph HP
I just bought the TiBook from the new series, it comes with a ATI Radeon 9000. I'm using the newest dri-trunk stuff from people.debian.org/~daenzer/ and the 2.4.20-rc1-ben0 kernel and the XF86Config-4.1280x854 and kernel config file from penguinppc.org/~danzer/debian/dri-trunk/. I can

TiBook 867mHz + ATI Radeon 9000

2002-11-17 Thread Raph HP
Hello, I just bought the TiBook from the new series, it comes with a ATI Radeon 9000. I'm using the newest dri-trunk stuff from people.debian.org/~daenzer/ and the 2.4.20-rc1-ben0 kernel and the XF86Config-4.1280x854 and kernel config file from penguinppc.org/~danzer/debian/dri-trunk/. I can

Re: TiBook 867mHz + ATI Radeon 9000

2002-11-17 Thread Raph HP
Hello, Christophe gave me a hint that works for the split mouse pointer problem: I have not played with that (I have a TiBook3, you have a more recent one) but most X driver have option to disable hardware cursor (the cursor is then draw s all other object on screen). For example