PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Tomasz Matuszczyk
I have a few questions... I usually run debian on PC but now i've had a very tempting offer to buy a PowerBook G4. What I would like to know is: 1. Will debian work fine with this computer? 2. Does apt-get work with mac or do you have to compile all programs yourself? 3. This computer onl

powerbook g4

2004-01-11 Thread Alessandro Riz -ml
Hi, Yesterday I buy a powerbook g4 12" and now I wold like to install debian sid. I found some article on internet but I've a problem... When I press at the start apple+alt+o+f it don't start Open Firmware... What should I do to enter in it? Thanks Alessandro -- Legge di Parke

powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-29 Thread Christopher Molnar
Has anyone figured out how to put a powerbook g4 to sleep when closing the cover so you do not have to reboot anytime you close the cover for more than a minute or two? Thanks, -Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

PowerBook G4 (TiBook)

2002-08-22 Thread Robert Weißgraeber
Hi! Finally I came around to install debian on my PowerBook G4. Now, I have some questions concerning Xfree86. 1) The Radeon Issue. I found some information about people who got Xfree running with the radeon driver, not only with fbdev (Its working with FBDev, but KDE3

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 18:28, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote: > I have a few questions... I usually run debian on PC but now i've had a > very tempting offer to buy a PowerBook G4. A new one or an old one? I'll assume the former; they're much more powerful but not quite as well sup

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread jtv
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:46:22PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > 1. Will debian work fine with this computer? > > Yes! Probably harder to set up than an x86 box, but the result is much > nicer. :) Hardware support is also developing nicely except for the > Winmodem-style internal modem. T

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Tomasz Matuszczyk
computer on my note i got is the following: PowerBook G4 667 Mhz/512MB/30GB/DVD Regards Tomasz On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 18:46, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 18:28, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote: > > I have a few questions... I usually run debian on PC but now i've had a > >

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread jtv
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:50:11PM +0100, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote: > > PowerBook G4 667 Mhz/512MB/30GB/DVD If it's over 500 MHz, it's the new model. Oh BTW, could you fix the quoting in your mailreader? What it appears to do at the moment is just quote the whole original messa

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Tomasz Matuszczyk
On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 18:58, jtv wrote: > > PowerBook G4 667 Mhz/512MB/30GB/DVD > > If it's over 500 MHz, it's the new model. Ok good to know :) > Oh BTW, could you fix the quoting in your mailreader? What it appears > to do at the moment is just quote the whole orig

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread jtv
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:56:28PM +0100, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote: > > > > If it's over 500 MHz, it's the new model. > Ok good to know :) Not that the old model isn't nice, though. :) > Well i thought it would be better to just write a quick reply on top of > the message since i didn't have a

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 18:50, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote: > How much better do you think the hardwaresupport will be in the > beginning of march? (thats when ill get it if i buy it) By then it will be perfect. ;) Seriously, XFree86 4.2.0 will be out which offers very decent support for the graphics c

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Wayne Pascoe
Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The trackpad has only one button. You can emulate the others with keys, > but do yourself a favour and use a decent USB mouse. :) As I should be getting my powerbook in the next week or two, what kind of decent usb mouse would you recommend ? I'd like s

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 19:28, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The trackpad has only one button. You can emulate the others with keys, > > but do yourself a favour and use a decent USB mouse. :) > > As I should be getting my powerbook in the next week or two, w

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 07:22:44PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > By then it will be perfect. ;) Seriously, XFree86 4.2.0 will be out > which offers very decent support for the graphics chip. The rest of the As it stands, it's pretty darn fast with just the framebuffer driver - unless I try to run

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Wayne Pascoe
Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'd like something that will work with OSX as well. > > All USB mice are basically the same as far as the OS is concerned. Maybe > some exotic features don't work with all OSs but basically they should > all work. So things like the microsoft Infra r

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Stefan Werner
Hi, On Thursday, January 3, 2002, at 10:36 AM, Wayne Pascoe wrote: All USB mice are basically the same as far as the OS is concerned. Maybe some exotic features don't work with all OSs but basically they should all work. So things like the microsoft Infra red mice should work then ? The M

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 19:35, Mark Brown wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 07:22:44PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > By then it will be perfect. ;) Seriously, XFree86 4.2.0 will be out > > which offers very decent support for the graphics chip. The rest of the > > As it stands, it's pretty darn

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Rogério Brito
On Jan 03 2002, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > As I should be getting my powerbook in the next week or two, what > kind of decent usb mouse would you recommend ? I'd like something > that will work with OSX as well. Humm... Wouldn't the extra mouse consume more energy and shorten the lifeti

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Rogério Brito
On Jan 03 2002, jtv wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:56:28PM +0100, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote: > > > > > > If it's over 500 MHz, it's the new model. > > Ok good to know :) > > Not that the old model isn't nice, though. :) As far as I read, the newer model uses a different processor

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Wilhelm *Rafial* Fitzpatrick
Well, the above paragraphs assume that the pb *has* f11 and f12 buttons and that other people also care for extended battery life, but I've never touched an apple notebook with which I could play for more than 1 hour. :-) I can't speak to the battery impact of an

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 00:18, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Jan 03 2002, jtv wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:56:28PM +0100, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote: > > > > > > > > If it's over 500 MHz, it's the new model. > > > Ok good to know :) > > > > Not that the old model isn't nice, though. :) > >

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Siggi Langauf
On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: (...) > > And can anybody help with some questions that I have regarding > > the new iBooks? Are the 600MHz ones sufficient to play DVDs > > under Debian (say, with xine or vlc)? I've read that both > > programs currently work with altivec, but i

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 03:35, Siggi Langauf wrote: > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > (...) > > > And can anybody help with some questions that I have regarding > > > the new iBooks? Are the 600MHz ones sufficient to play DVDs > > > under Debian (say, with xine or vlc)? I've read that

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread P Prince
Hey, On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 03:35, Siggi Langauf wrote: > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > (...) > > > > And can anybody help with some questions that I have regarding > > > > the new iBooks? Are the 600MHz ones sufficient to play

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 11:14:18PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 19:35, Mark Brown wrote: > > As it stands, it's pretty darn fast with just the framebuffer driver - > > unless I try to run something that uses OpenGL I have completely failed > > to notice that it's unaccelerat

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 07:34:34PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > As I should be getting my powerbook in the next week or two, what kind > > of decent usb mouse would you recommend ? > > The one that suits your needs best. I personally find the Logitech Cordless TrackMan very nice for use in con

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-03 Thread Derrik Pates
r 100 mA at 5 volts, which works out to about 1/2 watt. I've used USB mice with the iBook I've been using, and they don't seem to make a noticable dent in its typical ~4-hour charge life. So, I'd say that it won't be particularly visible on the PowerBook G4 either - you alrea

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-04 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 04:17, P Prince wrote: > Hey, > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 03:35, Siggi Langauf wrote: > > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > > (...) > > > > > And can anybody help with some questions that I have regarding > > > > >

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-04 Thread Tomasz Matuszczyk
On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 00:07, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Jan 03 2002, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > > As I should be getting my powerbook in the next week or two, what > > kind of decent usb mouse would you recommend ? I'd like something > > that will work with OSX as well. > > Humm... Wouldn't the ex

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-05 Thread Michel Lanners
On 3 Jan, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: >> > By then it will be perfect. ;) Seriously, XFree86 4.2.0 will be out >> > which offers very decent support for the graphics chip. The rest of the >> >> As it stands, it's pretty darn fast with just the framebuffer driver -

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-05 Thread P Prince
Hey, On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 04:17, P Prince wrote: > > Hey, > > > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 03:35, Siggi Langauf wrote: > > > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > > > > (...) > > > > > > And can anybod

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-06 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2002-01-05 at 04:00, P Prince wrote: > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 04:17, P Prince wrote: > > > > > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 03:35, Siggi Langauf wrote: > > > > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > >

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-06 Thread Derek Homeier
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 11:24:04AM +0100, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote: > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 00:07, Rogério Brito wrote: > > > > Besides, I actually like tapping the trackpad as a substitute > > for clicking (which I'm also assuming is possible with the pbs > > and ibooks). > > I don't

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-07 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 23:13, Michel Lanners wrote: > On 3 Jan, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: > > >> > hardware will also hopefully be supported in the mainline kernel by > >> > then, and if not it will certainly be in the PPC specific kernels. > >> > >> Aside from t

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-07 Thread Michel Lanners
On 7 Jan, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 23:13, Michel Lanners wrote: >> On 3 Jan, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: >> > Absolutely. When I'll become the proud owner of such a machine at last, >> > I won't be able to

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-07 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 20:05, Michel Lanners wrote: > On 7 Jan, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: > > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 23:13, Michel Lanners wrote: > >> On 3 Jan, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: > >> > Absolutely. When I'll become the prou

howto powerbook g4

2002-02-09 Thread wernagmx
can somebody help me to setup if possibel in german

Powerbook G4 667

2003-07-06 Thread Tuxbe
Hi ! What do you think of Apple Powerbook G4 667 ? I'm very interesting to by this, and i would like to know if install debian on it is easy. Can i use TiBook 3 's or ibook's install documentation to install debian on this machine ? Thank you for yours answer

Powerbook G4 15"

2004-10-20 Thread Kirill Lapshin
Hello, I am new to this port; please be gentle. I just got my new shining pbook 15", installed sarge on it using pre-rc2 debian installer, and most of the things worked just fine out of box, which impressed me a lot. Great work! However there are few things that don't work for me. 1. Sleep.

Re: powerbook g4

2004-01-11 Thread Alessandro Riz -ml
Il dom, 2004-01-11 alle 17:28, Elimar Riesebieter ha scritto: > OS X installed? yes Ciao Alessandro > > Ciao > > Elimar

Re: powerbook g4

2004-01-11 Thread Bob Hentges
Alessandro Riz -ml wrote: Il dom, 2004-01-11 alle 17:28, Elimar Riesebieter ha scritto: OS X installed? yes Ciao Alessandro Ciao Elimar As I already told you in private: The machine definetly has to load the open firmware, as far as i know. Are you sure you re pressing the cmd-alt-o-

Re: powerbook g4

2004-01-11 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 the mental interface of Alessandro Riz -ml told: > Hi, > Yesterday I buy a powerbook g4 12" and now I wold like to install > debian sid. I found some article on internet but I've a > problem... When I press at the start apple+alt+o+f it don&#x

Re: powerbook g4

2004-01-11 Thread Alessandro Riz -ml
Il dom, 2004-01-11 alle 19:17, Barry Hawkins ha scritto: > Immediately after the chime, press the keys that you have mentioned, > and continue to hold them until your OpenFirmware prompt appears. Thanks this is the problem! I'm not continue to hold them... Regards Alessandro

Re: powerbook g4

2004-01-11 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Jan 11, 2004, at 8:27 AM, Alessandro Riz -ml wrote: Hi, Yesterday I buy a powerbook g4 12" and now I wold like to install debian sid. I found some article on internet but I've a problem... When I press at the start apple+alt+o+f it don't start Open Firmware... What should I

Powerbook G4 1,33

2004-08-07 Thread Pascal Chenevas-Paule
Does an Howto Debian install exist for new Alu Powerbook 1,33 ? I search people whitch have experiences whith debian on this machine. thanks, Pascal

PowerBook G4 12"

2009-01-15 Thread Logan Airth
Good morning. I recently acquired a PowerBook G4 12" and I was thinking about installing Debian. I have had some experience running other flavours of Linux on the x86 platform. I have been doing some research however since the hardware that I am using is fairly old, I have not been able to

Power on powerbook G4

2005-01-20 Thread Guillaume Florey
Hi all, I have one question about the behaviour of the battery on my powerbook G4: When the battery is full, and the electricity cable is still plug-in, does this damage the battery ? I heard that when the battery full is, you have to unplug the cable and wait before plug-in, till the battery

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-29 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Ciao Christopher Molnar, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > Has anyone figured out how to put a powerbook g4 to sleep when closing > the cover so you do not have to reboot anytime you close the cover for > more than a minute or two? Since the PBG4 has a nVidia graphic chip it will not sle

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-29 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO La nuit ayant déjà recouvert d'encre ce jour du samedi 29 janvier 2005, vers 23:44, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > Since the PBG4 has a nVidia graphic chip it will not sleep (AFAIK)... at > least until BenH gets one and goes one step forward in becoming a > saint. Benh will no

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-29 Thread Christopher Molnar
how to put a powerbook g4 to sleep when closing > > the cover so you do not have to reboot anytime you close the cover for > > more than a minute or two? > > Since the PBG4 has a nVidia graphic chip it will not sleep (AFAIK)... at > least until BenH gets one and goes one

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-29 Thread Mauro
My understanding is that it is working as reported by ppcaddicts Check their site. On Sat, 2005-29-01 at 23:44 +0100, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > Ciao Christopher Molnar, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > > > Has anyone figured out how to put a powerbook g4 to sleep when closing > > t

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-29 Thread Mauro
gt; Ciao Christopher Molnar, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > > > Has anyone figured out how to put a powerbook g4 to sleep when closing > > the cover so you do not have to reboot anytime you close the cover for > > more than a minute or two? > > Since the PBG4 has a nVidia gr

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-29 Thread Simo Melenius
Vincent Bernat wrote: Since the PBG4 has a nVidia graphic chip it will not sleep (AFAIK)... at least until BenH gets one and goes one step forward in becoming a saint. Benh will not be able to find out how to make it to sleep without some specs. It is the same story with ATI based one: the sleep st

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-29 Thread Christopher Molnar
005-29-01 at 23:44 +0100, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > > Ciao Christopher Molnar, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > > > > > Has anyone figured out how to put a powerbook g4 to sleep when closing > > > the cover so you do not have to reboot anytime you close the cover for > &

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-29 Thread Mauro
uo messaggio dicevi: > > > > > > > Has anyone figured out how to put a powerbook g4 to sleep when closing > > > > the cover so you do not have to reboot anytime you close the cover for > > > > more than a minute or two? > > > > > >

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-29 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 05:11:58PM +, Christopher Molnar wrote: > Has anyone figured out how to put a powerbook g4 to sleep when closing > the cover so you do not have to reboot anytime you close the cover for > more than a minute or two? It really depends on your PB G4. If you ha

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-29 Thread Alexander Clausen
Hi there... On Sam, Jan 29, 2005 at 11:44:57 GMT, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > Ciao Christopher Molnar, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > > > Has anyone figured out how to put a powerbook g4 to sleep when closing > > the cover so you do not have to reboot anytime you close the cover f

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-30 Thread Djoume SALVETTI
Le dimanche 01/30/05 Alexander Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > My first goal is to get the VGA output working, Are you aware about the job of Guido Guenther? http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/11/msg00633.html Regards. -- Djoumé SALVETTI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-30 Thread Alexander Clausen
On Son, Jan 30, 2005 at 11:17:04 GMT, Djoume SALVETTI wrote: > Le dimanche 01/30/05 Alexander Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > My first goal is to get the VGA output working, > > Are you aware about the job of Guido Guenther? > Yes, I am. I'm trying to make it work after a sleep cycle

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-30 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 01:48 +0200, Simo Melenius wrote: > Vincent Bernat wrote: > > >>Since the PBG4 has a nVidia graphic chip it will not sleep (AFAIK)... at > >>least until BenH gets one and goes one step forward in becoming a > >>saint. > > Benh will not be able to find out how to make it to sl

Re: powerbook g4 sleep

2005-01-31 Thread Guido Guenther
On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 11:44:57PM +0100, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > Ciao Christopher Molnar, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > > > Has anyone figured out how to put a powerbook g4 to sleep when closing > > the cover so you do not have to reboot anytime you close the cover for > &g

wireless for powerbook g4?

2005-03-31 Thread Fergus McKenzie-Kay
Hey, I'm trying to find a 802.11g (54g) wireless solution for my new powerbook G4. I have recently tried to buy a Netgear WG511 because I had read some good feedback, but as is always the case they have again changed the version and it won't work. I apparently have bought Netgear wg511

debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-05 Thread Eric Deveaud
Hi, I'm trying to install debian on a powerbook G4 (titanium). as the cd is non bootable, I grab the linux kernel and ramdisk.image.gz from /potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.19-2000-12-03/powermac/ to a mac partition of the disk, wich contains yaboot yaboot.conf (edited and mod

Re: PowerBook G4 (TiBook)

2002-08-22 Thread brett-debianppc
> > 1) The Radeon Issue. > I found some information about people who got Xfree running with > the radeon driver, not only with fbdev (Its working with FBDev, > but KDE3 is sloow) > Is is possible? And how? If it's *really* slow you're probably using the openfirmware

Re: PowerBook G4 (TiBook)

2002-08-22 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>> >> 1) The Radeon Issue. >> I found some information about people who got Xfree running with >> the radeon driver, not only with fbdev (Its working with FBDev, >> but KDE3 is sloow) >> Is is possible? And how? > >If it's *really* slow you're probably using the openfirmwa

PCMCIA and Powerbook G4

2003-05-19 Thread Tim Weippert
Hi together, another Problem with my new Powerbook G4 and Debian Sid. The pcmcia Cardsystem seems to work flawless, but if i attach a card in the slot i get the following messages: May 19 17:55:47 pbk4 kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.2.2 May 19 17:55:47 pbk4 kernel: kernel build

Power on powerbook G4

2005-01-20 Thread Guillaume Florey
Hi all, I have one question about the behaviour of the battery on my powerbook G4: When the battery is full, and the electricity cable is still plug-in, does this damage the battery ? I heard that when the battery full is, you have to unplug the cable and wait before plug-in, till the battery

PowerBook G4 17" weirdness

2005-08-23 Thread Michael Schmitz
Hi list, slightly off-topic: something odd happened to me today after installing the latest OsX security update: after the mandatory reboot, the backlight of my PB would only shortly flash on, then immediately turn off while in OF (regardless of whether I booted into the OF console, into the yabo

Audio on PowerBook G4

2006-03-23 Thread Otto Maddox
Hi, I have installed Debian testing on a PowerBook G4 667 MhZ (the one with DVI output and Radeon 7500). So, I followed the instructions at http://www.cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium/ to get audio output working. In particular, I created /etc/modutils/sound with the following contents

Re: Powerbook G4 667

2003-07-07 Thread christophe barbe
On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 09:25:33PM +0200, Tuxbe wrote: > Hi ! > > What do you think of Apple Powerbook G4 667 ? I am very happy with it. see http://cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium/ Christophe > I'm very interesting to by this, and i would like to know if install debian

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

2003-10-28 Thread Brendan J Simon
ever recently I have become very interested in Apples Powerbook G4 17" (1,33 GHz PowerPC G4) model nr M9110*/A. It looks very nice and seems to have some neat capabilities such as the backlit keyboard and dvd-burning capabilities. Anyway, I was wondering if you could give some feedback on the

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

2003-10-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 12:17, Brendan J Simon wrote: > > I needed xfree86 version 4.3.0 or later. I found some prebuilt .debs that > Daniel Stone put together and used apt to install it. He has a few > mirrors around the world. Do a google search and you will find them. Seems you didn't read htt

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

2003-10-28 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Hi Thomas, I have a Powerbook G4 (867 MHz/15") I'm actually a i386 user as you are, and I was forced to learn Linux newly on a powerpc environment. I had to learn because some months ago I bought a Powerbook (867 MHz/ 15"). I admit I bought it because this machine is looking bett

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

2003-10-28 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Thomas, I forgot this: You can drive at least parts of OS X with speech commands: This fact and some sort of Pacman game for OS X are some of the few reasons I still have OS X on the same machine as Linux. But at least the speech stuff will probably sooner or later be available for Linux, too (or

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

2003-10-28 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Brendan J Simon writes: > I have now finally got X working on the PB17. [...] I needed xfree86 > version 4.3.0 or later. I found some prebuilt .debs that Daniel > Stone put together and used apt to install it. JFTR, Brendan's Powerbook is the old 17" model with the nVidia graphics card. I

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

2003-10-28 Thread Johnathon Jamison
Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: Detailed version: After getting the machine I was playing for 3 or 4 months with Mac OS X (10.2.*) only and in the end was a bit fed up by various issues on that OS: IIRC I never got the XFree virtual desktop working on it (I think it was because fink had problems downl

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

2003-10-28 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En ce doux début de matinée du mardi 28 octobre 2003, vers 08:43, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > But at least the speech stuff will probably sooner or later be > available for Linux, too (or is it already available?) ... See, for example, KVoiceControl. -- printk("What? oldf

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

2003-10-28 Thread Brendan J Simon
Hi Michel, You are correct. I didn't read the README at http://penguinppc.org/~daniels/xfree86/README I had read the README at http://penguinppc.org/~daniels/xfree86/archive/README which is what google through up at me. Thanks for the pointer. Last time I looked (not that long ago), XF 4.3

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

2003-10-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 01:46, Brendan J Simon wrote: > > You are correct. I didn't read the README at > http://penguinppc.org/~daniels/xfree86/README > I had read the README at > http://penguinppc.org/~daniels/xfree86/archive/README which is what > google through up at me. > Thanks for the poin

New Powerbook G4 12"

2003-12-29 Thread Wolfram Quester
Hi alltogether! This patch is against 2.4.23-ben1. With it applied the kernel recognizes my new 12" G4 PowerBook correctly. It changes the line detected as : 287 to detected as : 287 (PowerBook G4 12") in cat /proc/cpuinfo. Wolfram Quester --- /home/wol

Re: Powerbook G4 15"

2004-10-20 Thread Guglielmo Dapavo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kirill Lapshin wrote: | Hello, | | I am new to this port; please be gentle. | | I just got my new shining pbook 15", installed sarge on it using | pre-rc2 debian installer, and most of the things worked just fine | out of box, which impressed me a lo

Re: Powerbook G4 15"

2004-10-21 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 00:37, Guglielmo Dapavo wrote: > . > | > | 1. Sleep. When I close lid, backlight turns off, if I reopen it > | right away, it will turn back on as expected, however if I wait for > | few minutes, and then open the lid, pbook won't wake up. I've seen > | quite a few messages

Re: Powerbook G4 15"

2004-10-21 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 11:07, sean wrote: > > tibooks work already, aluminium are the one that don't. > I've been struggling with sleep on my TiBook 550 for many many months. > The screen just stays black when the system wakes up. Would you be so > kind out as to spell out for me exactly what the m

Re: Powerbook G4 15"

2004-10-21 Thread sean
> tibooks work already, aluminium are the one that don't. I've been struggling with sleep on my TiBook 550 for many many months. The screen just stays black when the system wakes up. Would you be so kind out as to spell out for me exactly what the magic combination is using a 2.6 kernel? ie: wha

Mol + Powerbook G4 17"

2004-01-26 Thread listas
Anybody could tell me if could it be possible to have mol working properly with Alu 17"?, i only have 8 bit and the graphics are really ugly. Best regards --- "¿Suspiráis al recordar aquellos días de Mini

PowerBook G4 15" Alu

2004-02-27 Thread Federico Gamio
Hi, I have an Apple PowerBook G4 15" 1.25 Ghz and I posted at http://isadora.homelinux.net/debian/powerboook/ all the stuff needed to make this toy work with Debian. You can find there my last 2.6 kernel (images and source in Debian Package), sources.list for apt, XF86Config for XFree

Debian on PowerBook G4

2004-05-10 Thread Gilly Bates
hi, since jesterday I am trying to install debian on my powerbook g4 (the new 1 with 1.33GHz) so I have download the iso file from debian.org for powerpc and have burn it, but I just cannot boot from the CD. I have find some tutorials online where it says I need to copy the root.bin

Powerbook G4 12" backlight

2004-05-14 Thread David Pye
Hi, I've got an Nvidia-based 12" G4 albook. I'm well aware that in the forseeable future sleep etc, will not be possible on these machines. However, it seems that, based on some other posts about turning backlights off, that it might be possible to turn off the backlight when the lid is close

powerbook g4 +dual screen

2004-05-17 Thread Timo Reimerdes
Hi, I have tortured google for some days now trying to get my old monitor here to work as a second screen. I can start it with a correct XF86Config, but I get weird yellowish look on both screens. I hear that problem has been resolved before, but I didnt find anything except "use Daenzer's dri-tr

Re: Powerbook G4 1,33

2004-08-07 Thread Sebastian Henschel
salut pascal.. * Pascal Chenevas-Paule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-07 12:17 +0200]: > Does an Howto Debian install exist for new Alu Powerbook 1,33 ? > > I search people whitch have experiences whith debian on this machine. check these out: http://tuxmobil.org/apple.html cheers, sebastian --

Re : Powerbook G4 1,33

2004-08-12 Thread Contact Debian-ch.org
Hi.. I have the new Powerbook 15" 1.5GHZ. The material is smilar on your powerbook. I have install sucessfully with the current sarge installer ( 40 mo). All work no problem just make a new kernel for the X support for my graphic card Ati 9700 mobility radeon 128mb. But you have only 2D not the 3

PowerBook G4 and powermanagement

2007-08-20 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
Hi! I have two proplems I might want to address: I haven't yet found out how to suspend to disk, that is, not running out of power when I leave my PowerBook in standby mode for three days or such. I have found the pm-hibernate utility, but it immediately restarts my system again, failin

lenny on powerbook g4

2008-02-09 Thread Ralf Saalmüller
Hello, I like to share some information on running lenny on my powerbook g4. More information on hardware and features is attached. * On installation I run into a freeze, once more at the point when the time was configured but that's not the point as I found out. I have a pcmcia m

Re: PowerBook G4 12"

2009-01-15 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Logan Airth wrote: > Good morning. I recently acquired a PowerBook G4 12" and I was thinking > about installing Debian. I have had some experience running other flavours > of Linux on the x86 platform. I have been doing some research however since

Re: PowerBook G4 12"

2009-01-15 Thread Michael Fox
On 15-Jan-09, at 1:07 pm, Logan Airth wrote: Good morning. I recently acquired a PowerBook G4 12" and I was thinking about installing Debian. I have had some experience running other flavours of Linux on the x86 platform. I have been doing some research however since the hardware that

Re: PowerBook G4 12"

2009-01-15 Thread benoar
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:07:16 -0800, "Logan Airth" wrote: > Good morning. I recently acquired a PowerBook G4 12" and I was thinking > about installing Debian. I have had some experience running other flavours > of Linux on the x86 platform. I have been doing some rese

Re: PowerBook G4 12"

2009-01-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
>>>>> "Logan" == Logan Airth writes: > Good morning. I recently acquired a PowerBook G4 12" and I was thinking I finally installed Debian (testing) on my PB 12" G4 a few weeks ago. I followed the directions at http://philobsd.free.fr/Debian/branden.html fo

Re: PowerBook G4 12"

2009-01-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:07:16AM -0800, Logan Airth wrote: > Good morning. I recently acquired a PowerBook G4 12" and I was > thinking about installing Debian. I have had some experience running > other flavours of Linux on the x86 platform. I have been doing some > research

Re: PowerBook G4 12"

2009-01-18 Thread Logan Airth
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 2:01 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:07:16AM -0800, Logan Airth wrote: > > Good morning. I recently acquired a PowerBook G4 12" and I was > > thinking about installing Debian. I have had some experience running > > othe

Re: PowerBook G4 12"

2009-01-19 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 08:04:14PM -0800, Logan Airth wrote: > Thank you all for your excellent information. My apologies regarding the lack > of information on my platform. For those that care but about it, I am running > a PowerBook G4, 1.33Ghz. with 60gB HD and the nVidia Geforce Go 5

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