fyi it was a kernel patch. it would be very gross to hardcode 2001 in the
kernel, that's why i chose the epoch.
> I posted a patch on linuxppc-dev that pushes pre-1970 dates up to 1970 at
> boot time. I haven't followed up on it.
>
> gpm (segfaults) and the jdk (vm won't init) also refuse to work
I posted a patch on linuxppc-dev that pushes pre-1970 dates up to 1970 at
boot time. I haven't followed up on it.
gpm (segfaults) and the jdk (vm won't init) also refuse to work given
negative dates.
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On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 05:31:27PM -0500, Kevin van Haaren wrote:
> what about an init script that runs just after the network is up, but
> before postgres, that checks the date and if it's < 2001 force it to
> 1/1/2001 then run ntpdate to get the real date?
I've got an x86 laptop that sets its
At 3:40 PM -0800 4/5/01, Ethan Benson wrote:
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 05:28:14PM -0500, Kevin van Haaren wrote:
> At 2:06 PM -0800 4/5/01, Ethan Benson wrote:
> >i am curious as to why these powerbooks don't have a small lithium
> >battery to solely maintain the clock when the main batteries fa
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 05:28:14PM -0500, Kevin van Haaren wrote:
> At 2:06 PM -0800 4/5/01, Ethan Benson wrote:
> >i am curious as to why these powerbooks don't have a small lithium
> >battery to solely maintain the clock when the main batteries fail?
>
> Not just when the main batteries fail, i'
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 04:43:46PM -0700, Jason E. Stewart wrote:
> "Kevin van Haaren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > At 4:28 PM -0700 4/5/01, Jason E. Stewart wrote:
> > what about an init script that runs just after the network is up, but
> > before postgres, that checks the date and if it's
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 05:31:27PM -0500, Kevin van Haaren wrote:
> At 4:28 PM -0700 4/5/01, Jason E. Stewart wrote:
> >It would be so nice if they did. Every time this happens
> >to me, it kills postgres, because the negative dates corrupt the
> >pg_control file. Luckily I have a spare
"Kevin van Haaren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> At 4:28 PM -0700 4/5/01, Jason E. Stewart wrote:
> what about an init script that runs just after the network is up, but
> before postgres, that checks the date and if it's < 2001 force it to
> 1/1/2001 then run ntpdate to get the real date?
Hmmm
At 4:28 PM -0700 4/5/01, Jason E. Stewart wrote:
It would be so nice if they did. Every time this happens
to me, it kills postgres, because the negative dates corrupt the
pg_control file. Luckily I have a spare, uncorrupted one lying around
for just such an occasion, but man, the firs
At 2:06 PM -0800 4/5/01, Ethan Benson wrote:
i am curious as to why these powerbooks don't have a small lithium
battery to solely maintain the clock when the main batteries fail?
Not just when the main batteries fail, i've had it reset on my iBook
when I've had to reset via the little reset bu
"Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i am curious as to why these powerbooks don't have a small lithium
> battery to solely maintain the clock when the main batteries fail?
It would be so nice if they did. Every time this happens
to me, it kills postgres, because the negativ
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 11:57:37PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>
> Okay, Ethan - seems you know something about time om PowerBooks. Do you
> (or anyone else on this list) have a clue on this one also:
>
> When my TiBook dies fram a drained out battery, upon restart the time is
> reset to 1933.
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 10:00:58AM -0700, natural.resonance wrote:
[cut]
> > I thought adb was related to macintosh input devices. If not, what is it?
>
> it provides access to the raw adb bus as far as i understand, pre
> input layer the mouse was at /d
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 10:00:58AM -0700, natural.resonance wrote:
> Thanks! That worked perfectly. You're a great help at this, you know. I
> used your website quite a bit when installing debian. What do you do for a
> living?
no idea
> > /dev/adb is not a mouse or keyboard.
>
> I thought a
Thanks! That worked perfectly. You're a great help at this, you know. I
used your website quite a bit when installing debian. What do you do for a
living?
on 4/3/01 23.31, Ethan Benson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 10:58:59PM -0700, natural.resonance wrote:
>> Here's t
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 10:58:59PM -0700, natural.resonance wrote:
> Here's the deal - after finally installing debian on my titanium powerbook
> g4, the trackpad isn't working. here's the entry from the XF86Config :
>
>
> Section "Pointer"
>
> Protocol "BusMouse"
should be IMPS/2
>
Here's the deal - after finally installing debian on my titanium powerbook
g4, the trackpad isn't working. here's the entry from the XF86Config :
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "BusMouse"
Device "/dev/mouse"
/dev/mouse points to /deb/adb. Now here's some messages from my boot up
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