Re: New Ibook out today- possible problems?

2002-11-14 Thread Jesus Climent
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 09:10:15PM +0100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > It's still interesting to "count" ourselves. The interesting datas > to collect are: > > - Machine model (cat /proc/cpuinfo, "machine" line) > - Video chip model (lspci) Any machine? or just the ATI 7500/9000 ones? J

Re: New Ibook out today- possible problems?

2002-11-08 Thread W. Michael Petullo
> Well, my iBook seems to have some problems trying to keep up > with decoding DVDs in software. :-( I believe I have the same iBook as you (white dual-USB, 600MHz). At one point I was running a self-compiled xine and my iBook played DVDs fine. I recently replaced my xine installation with the on

Re: New Ibook out today- possible problems?

2002-11-08 Thread Rogério Brito
On Nov 07 2002, christophe barbe wrote: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 12:49:28AM -0200, Rog?rio Brito wrote: It seems that your mutt configuration is a tiny bit weird. I'm using the following lines in my muttrc: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # U

Re: New Ibook out today- possible problems?

2002-11-07 Thread christophe barbe
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 12:49:28AM -0200, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > On Nov 07 2002, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > ATI finally replied ;) > > That's lovely! :-) That's a great news! > It would be nice if they released the specs for hardware > decompression of DVDs, but I don't k

Re: New Ibook out today- possible problems?

2002-11-07 Thread Rogério Brito
On Nov 07 2002, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > ATI finally replied ;) That's lovely! :-) It would be nice if they released the specs for hardware decompression of DVDs, but I don't know if their support would go as far as that. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=

Re: New Ibook out today- possible problems?

2002-11-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> Ok, I'm going to setup an email address to collect petitions for ATI, > which I'll announce shortly on this list; and perhaps the regular debian ppc > list as well. > > Michel, do you or Ben have any suggestions as to what > would motivate ATI as far as what data we should collect? I'm thinki

Re: New Ibook out today- possible problems?

2002-11-07 Thread brett-debianppc
> > > but I've heard they'res some problems with the 7500 and sleep. Can > > anyone comment? > > It simply doesn't work yet, we don't have enough information on how to > put the chip to sleep and wake it up properly. > Ok, I'm going to setup an email address to collect petitions for ATI, whic

Re: New Ibook out today- possible problems?

2002-11-07 Thread Mighty Germ
I am getting a laptop for x-mas and I want one I'd like to put linux on. Do you think that sleep support is coming soon? If not, how important is the sleep to the machine? Basically what I am asking is would you buy this laptop knowing what you know now. Thanks. Michel Dänzer wrote: >On Mit, 200

Re: New Ibook out today- possible problems?

2002-11-06 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2002-11-06 at 19:54, Mighty Germ wrote: > $1,299.00 > 800MHz PowerPC G3 > 512K L2 cache @800MHz > 128MB SDRAM memory > 30GB Ultra ATA drive > ATI Radeon 7500 > 32MB dedicated video memory > Combo Drive > Built-in 56K v.92 modem > AirPort ready > Up to 5 hr. battery life > > This looks swe

New Ibook out today- possible problems?

2002-11-06 Thread Mighty Germ
$1,299.00 800MHz PowerPC G3 512K L2 cache @800MHz 128MB SDRAM memory 30GB Ultra ATA drive ATI Radeon 7500 32MB dedicated video memory Combo Drive Built-in 56K v.92 modem AirPort ready Up to 5 hr. battery life This looks sweet, but I've heard they'res some problems with the 7500 and sleep. Can an