On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 12:10:22PM -0300, Federico Gamio wrote: > El vie, 23-01-2004 a las 09:19, Sven Luther escribió: > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 02:12:35AM -0300, Federico Gamio wrote: > > > El jue, 22-01-2004 a las 16:27, Jaonary Rabarisoa escribió: > > > > Hi, > > > > I see that you almost managed to run debian perfectly in you albook > > > > 15''. So, I would ask to > > > > you some tips and advice because there are several things that doesn't > > > > work yet in mine. > > > > > > Sure. > > > I put all the files you need at > > > http://isadora.homelinux.net/debian/powerbook/ > > > > > > > > > > I have the same albook 15'' as you. (1,25 ghz, backlight keyboard > > > > airport bluethoot). > > > > Untill now I've just managed to install debian/sid (kernel 2.6.1) but > > > > I can't run most of > > > > my hardware. Here are my status: > > > > Xfree working > > > > sound not working > > > > > > Well, simple, look at my kernel config file that I you can find in my > > > website > > > > Mmm, i would like to know : > > > > 1) which kernel do you use. > > 2.6.1-ben1 and right now I am testing 2.6.2-rc1-ben1
Mmm, where you also able to run a 2.4 -benh kernel on this machine ? I don't think that debian-installer is yet ready to have both the 2.6 and the 2.4 kernel as choice. > > 2) have a look at this config file. > > > > And maybe ask you to contribute a bit and to try building the official > > powerpc kernel so that they will boot on your box, and contribute back > > your experience about it. > > Sure > > > > > I am not entirely sure if the linuxppc-2.4 tree i am following will be > > enough and if i should switch to the -benh trees or not, but it would be > > really nice if we could support these machines by default when sarge is > > released. > > Well, if you don't use -benh, some things simply don't work :) But would it be enough for the installer, which mostly needs to boot and recognize hd and cdrom devices, as well as network ? Friendly, Sven Luther
