Hi All. First, I wanted to report back on my experience. Thanks to the information provided to me on this mailing-list, I was able to get a very nicely working Debian installation on my PowerBook G4. The only remaining little glitch is that if I send the PowerBook to sleep, on wakeup, the screen gets messed up.
Second, I am able to manage my Aiport base station modem connection using SableVM (my virtual machine) and a modified version of the http://edge.mcs.drexel.edu/GICL/people/sevy/airport/#Configurator modem utility program. I build a command-line version of the modem utility program, as AWT/Swing are not yet supported under SableVM. It is really nice not to have to boot under OS X in order to just manage the base station modem connection. :-) As the source is GPLed, I can provide it if somebody needs it. (Maybe someone is willing to package the SableVM-compatible version as a .deb for inclusion in Debian/sid/main?) Lastly, if you're interested to extend the life of your PB battery, I highly recommend the following URL: http://bulmalug.net/body.phtml?nIdNoticia=1511 Have fun! Etienne On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 10:50:30PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > For X, you may want to install xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk, > xlibmesa3-dri-trunk and drm-trunk-module-src (note that apparently you > need to build the DRM with gcc-2.95 if you want to use the DRI) from > > deb http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk/ ./ > > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk/examples/XF86Config-4.radeon > should basically work with that. > > > On Sam, 2003-01-18 at 18:57, Etienne M. Gagnon wrote: > > > > [Side question: is there some software to configure the airport base > > station from Debian, or will I have to always do so under Mac OS?] > > I've used > http://edge.mcs.drexel.edu/GICL/people/sevy/airport/#Configurator, maybe > you can get this working with SableVM? :) > > > -- > Earthling Michel D?nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer > XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Etienne M. Gagnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] SableVM: http://www.sablevm.org/ SableCC: http://www.sablecc.org/
