I would file an official bug report and mention the patches. It's the only way to have it in there. It won't go in there automatically.
On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 12:22 -0600, Thomas Carlson wrote: > No, not formally. They have been issues of long standing, addressed > in the following links: > > http://ristosu.wippiespace.com/pub/alsa-tumbler-1.0.22.1-p15.diff > http://ristosu.wippiespace.com/pub/alsa-tumbler-1.0.22.1-p16.diff > http://ristosu.wippiespace.com/pub/alsa-tumbler-1.0.22.1-p16d.diff > http://ristosu.wippiespace.com/pub/alsa-driver-tumbler-patch.html > http://routerjockey.com/2009/08/28/setting-up-apple-filing-protocol-and-bonjour-under-debian/ > > They work. My point is, could these patches be included in the > upcoming stable release so that newbies to linux wouldn't have to go > through all that? > > Tom > > On Oct 28, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > > > Did you file a bug report for these two issues? > > > > On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 09:52 -0600, Thomas Carlson wrote: > > > I have been periodically installing the latest "test" version of > > > Squeeze on my PowerMac G4 (digital audio) hoping that when the > > > finalized version is released at the end of this year I can > > > recommend it as a good alternative to Mac OS X Tiger on older > > > PowerPC machines. I like how it has matured over the months and > > > it's almost there. > > > > > > Too bad, though, that Alsamixer is still broke "out of the box" > > > requiring a patch to run right, and that one has to rebuild > > > Netatalk in order to share files with OS X Snow Leopard. Most Mac > > > users just aren't going to do that and will continue to use Tiger > > > which "just works" until something better comes along. > > > > > > Thanks to those who continue to work on these problems. > > > > > > Tom > > > __ > > > Thomas Carlson > > > 2319 La Senda > > > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > > 505-603-5526 > > > http://www.ifixoldmacs.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > > > Did you file a bug report for these two issues? > > > > On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 09:52 -0600, Thomas Carlson wrote: > > > I have been periodically installing the latest "test" version of > > > Squeeze on my PowerMac G4 (digital audio) hoping that when the > > > finalized version is released at the end of this year I can > > > recommend it as a good alternative to Mac OS X Tiger on older > > > PowerPC machines. I like how it has matured over the months and > > > it's almost there. > > > > > > Too bad, though, that Alsamixer is still broke "out of the box" > > > requiring a patch to run right, and that one has to rebuild > > > Netatalk in order to share files with OS X Snow Leopard. Most Mac > > > users just aren't going to do that and will continue to use Tiger > > > which "just works" until something better comes along. > > > > > > Thanks to those who continue to work on these problems. > > > > > > Tom > > > __ > > > Thomas Carlson > > > 2319 La Senda > > > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > > 505-603-5526 > > > http://www.ifixoldmacs.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1288291316.3128.1.ca...@jeroen-mint
