Re: Advice on a iBook ...
Carlos - I just did my install on a TiBook the other day :) Unfortunately, the upgrade to unstable has been a rough road but things are looking good now. Got to get this keymap stuff taken care of .. Not sure if I'm understanding your message right, but "default=" in yaboot.conf is referring to a kernel image label. It's the default choice when you just hit enter after getting the boot prompt. > default=Linux corresponds with > image=/vmlinux > label=Linux > root=/dev/hda10 > append="video=atyfb:mode:800x600-8" > read-only > partition=10 This way, you can add other kernel images and change the *default* kernel chosen when you boot Linux. I haven't tried this, but I bet you could change the default OS (between MacOS and Linux) on system boot by playing with the StartUp Disk control panel/preference thingy in MacOS. BTW - I don't think my config has a "macos=/dev/hdaXX" line. -- Blake CaRLoS mOGUeL wrote: Based on ... http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.txt Now my partition table is ... /dev/hda1 ... /dev/hda2 ... /dev/hda3 ... /dev/hda4 ... /dev/hda5 ... /dev/hda6 ... /dev/hda7 ... /dev/hda8 APPLE_Bootstrap bootstrap (800.0K) /dev/hda9 APPLE_UNIX_SVR2 swap (100.0M) /dev/hda10 APPLE_UNIX_SVR2 / (1001.3M) /dev/hda11 Apple_HFS untitled2 (2.0G) // MacOS /dev/hda7 ... I installed first the MacOS side an then Debian 2.2r0, before restarting the Debian installation a opened a shell a edited the yaboot.conf file like this ... default=Linux boot=/dev/hda8 macos=/dev/hda11 device=hd: delay=20 timeout=20 install=/target/boot/yaboot magicboot=/target/etc/ofboot.b /* After the firts reboot I changed the path to /boot/yaboot and /etc/ofboot.b without the /target */ image=/vmlinux label=Linux root=/dev/hda10 append="video=atyfb:mode:800x600-8" read-only partition=10 An use mkofboot -v -C /target/etc/yaboot.conf with no errors. Now I boot straight to the Linux side and if I keep the option key pushed it loads the graphical loader between MacOS and Debian, I tried to change the default OS to MacOS and choose Debian using the option key ... I changed the "default" line to "macos" and "/dev/hda11" in the yaboot.conf with no success ... any other way ? (I run ybin after every modification in the yaboot.conf file). As a note ... everytime I boot into linux it said hd:8,\\:tbxi loading Kernel ... not a valid ELF image. Thanks in advanced ... now I feel that I'm walking to the right way ( baby steps !!!). Blessings ... Carlos. --- Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 09:03:41AM -0700, CaRLoS mOGUeL wrote: to Debian. Since that everytime I reboot or start the iBook it sends me to the Open Firmware and nothing you must have an 800K type Apple_Bootstrap partition appearing before all MacOS partitions, once that is there run /usr/sbin/yabootconfig -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
Re: Advice on a iBook ... [OT - TiBook recommendation because you asked for it]
Carlos - Glad to be of help :) As far as a recommendation for a PowerBook, I have to say my TiBook is pretty nice. I went for the G4/400 model, got a ~$150 instant rebate, bought 512 MB RAM for 2x$37 and an AirPort card for $99. There are additional rebates if you want to buy things like printers too. I think I got a pretty decent deal. I've never seen or touched an iBook2 so I can't compare. Also, this is my first PPC laptop so I can't really comment on how good of a Linux laptop it will be in the long run. I think that if you're interested in using OS X down the road, you'll be better off with a G4 (disregard clock rate). At the moment, that limits your choice to a TiBook. If you're going for Linux only, your decision gets harder and you could probably get by with a G3. Of course, the TiBook is made of TITANIUM and has a 15" screen @5.3 lbs. Cool ... -- Blake Base on your recomendation I choose my default OS in the StartUp Disk Control Panel in the Mac side and it worked, the default OS is MacOS and if I use the option key at boot I get to the graphical Mac/Debian loader ... Thanks !!! ... Hapiness everywhere !!!. Blessings ... Carlos.
Re: I'm one step away from Airport
I haven't been following this thread too closely, but here's how I got my airport to work (note - I'm using dummy IP addresses but your personal network should be in the range 192.168.XXX.XXX): % ifconfig -l do you see eth0 and eth1? You should :) % ifconfig eth0 down % ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 where 192.168.0.10 is the IP address you want to use for wireless. It should be on the same subnet as your AccessPoint. This will set up the local network route in your routing table (check with route -n). Can you ping machines inside your local net now? Can you ping your gateway? You should be able to. % route add default gw 192.168.0.1 dev eth1 this adds the default route to your routing table and forwards through the gateway 192.168.0.1 for any address outside your subnet. Your routing table should now have two entries, one for the local net (192.168.0.0) and one for the default route (0.0.0.0). Give this a shot and let me know how it turns out. BTW - it will help if you start with a clean routing table so you should flush all of the entries before you do the above. If you're still having problems, be sure to send output from "ifconfig -l" and "route -n" so I can see what's going on. -- Blake On Tuesday, October 16, 2001, at 06:12 AM, Rogério Brito wrote: On Oct 15 2001, Orion Buckminster Montoya wrote: Yep, sure did: good to know. But what can I do? I tried route add -net 10.0.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth1 (based on the router and netmask from a Mac OS Mac that uses the UFO) but it told me the netmask didn't match the router. Well, 10.0.1.1 isn't a network address that mixes well with the netmask you've shown. You'd probably have to use 10.0.1.0 instead. While I have no idea of how to operate a wireless device (I have never ever *seen* one, much less played with one), I'd suggest that you first disable eth0 and only then activate eth1 if possible. Also, you'd probably need to have a default route to play with satisfactorily. I can't help you with the remaining parts of your message. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogério Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Advice on a iBook ...
I've seen some good discussion about the G3 vs. G4 on this thread, but you all are neglecting the rest of the system when comparing the TiBook vs. iBook2. TiBook as 100MHz bus vs. 66MHz in iBook2. This is a *big* deal. Also, the TiBook has large 1MB cache running at 200MHz vs. iBook2's 256KB cache running at full clock (500MHz). So, depending on your app and how it uses the cache, you could see some major performance differences here. The iBook2 will win if the cache requirements are small (disregard AltiVec for now) and TiBook will kill the iBook2 as soon as the cache requirements go up. For me, I was hesitant about investing in old processor technology. I wanted the fast system bus, more RAM expansion, and a big cache since I think that will be more useful. I'm also interested in MacOS and I think that Aqua (or whatever it's called) must be tapping into the AltiVec ... yikes! The DVD stuff is nice, but not a deciding factor since I already have another standalone player. The key is overall system balance and a little planning for how you want to use the laptop in the future. It's a tough choice, but once you get things configured the price difference is about $500. -- Blake Michel Dänzer wrote: On Tue, 2001-10-16 at 11:53, Rogério Brito wrote: My most advanced projects as a user are watching DivX movies, encoding MP3s with lame and playing files with xmms. I'd like to take the lowest (i.e., cheapest) processor that could make me watch the DivX movies without skipping. The G3 is basically enough for that, it works fairly well even on my 400 MHz Pismo. Yesterday I had a conversation with someone on IRC who suggested there might currently be problems with the dmasound drivers on iBook2s which prevent smooth playback though. The G4 can be several times as fast if Altivec is used, it's about the same speed otherwise. And what is the status of playing DVDs with an iBook2 or a TiBook? The TiBook is apparently fine now that vlc supports Altivec, the iBook2 is probably on the edge. I think it will be very hard to achieve perfect playback on a G3 without hardware iDCT and/or motion compensation. What about the region thing (i.e., the drives are unfortunately RPC2, right)? The free players don't care about that. :)
Re: Advice on a iBook ...
I just checked apple.com and words cannot describe how I feel right now since I just bought my TiBook last week. I am sooo disappointed, still like my TiBook, but I feel cheated. Do you know when these will actually be available? Sure - you can buy one now but when will you get it? -- Blake Well, this is no longer true. The 600MHz iBook has a 100MHz bus. The 500MHz model has a 66MHz bus. Both the iBook and the newest TiBook have a 256KB cache on the chip. Another difference that nobody is mentioning is the TiBook has a PCMCIA slot where the iBook has none. I use mine for better wireless ethernet (that lucent/airport rig sucks) and to attach SCSI peripherals. With the iBook I guess you would have to resort to an IEEE-1394 <-> SCSI bridge? The TiBook has gigabit ethernet and the iBook has 10/100. This probably doesn't matter to anyone but there it is. Apple have just introduced a new 667 MHz TiBook with 16 MB Radeon graphics. This should be considerably zippier than the previous model. I hope I have covered all the differences between these two laptops :) -jwb
Re: Has anyone a working XF86Config-4 for ibook2 with dri enabled?
I think the driver you need is "r128" and not "ati". This is what I have my driver section for TiBook: Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Rage 128 M3 (Mobility)" #Option "NoAccel" #Option "SWcursor" #Option "HWcursor" #Option "Dac6Bit" #Option "Dac8Bit" Option "UseFBDev" #Option "power_saver" Driver "r128" BusID "PCI:0:16:0" EndSection -- Blake Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "ati" VideoRam8192 Option "AGPMode" "1" Option "UseCCEFor2D" "false" BusID "PCI:0:16:0" Option "UseFBDev""true" EndSection
Re: GConf/galeon problems solve
While we're on the subject Is there a good APT source to get galeon and mozilla or am I on my own? They're in x86/unstable but I didn't see them right away in powerpc/unstable. I'm currently *lame* and am using the "http://http.us.debian.org/debian";'ish lines in my sources.list. Is there a better APT source for the latest powerpc stuff? -- Blake Jason E. Stewart wrote: Hey All, In case it's useful to others, there is an email describing a solution for getting galeon working if you get the dreaded: 'Cannot find a schema for Galeon preferences. Check your gconf setup, look at Galeon FAQ for more info. ' problem. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/debian-devel-200108/msg00620.html Cheers, jas.
Re: Upgrade to 2.6.16-ben0, PCMCIA broken
My Airport card is working just fine in my TiBook 1st gen (debian/unstable) with 2.4.16-pre1-ben0 if it makes you feel any better/worse??? -- Blake Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: I upgraded to 2.4.16-ben0 on my powerbook titanium 1st gen running Debian unstable. Now my PCMCIA Aironet card no long works. I get this message when the card is inserted: cs: memory probe 0x8000-0x80ff: excluding 0x8000-0x80ff cs: unable to map memory cs: unable to map memory Er, it seems that the entire memory range is excluded. Is anyone else able to use their PCMCIA cards in 2.4.16-ben0? The kernel was my only change from a previously-working system. -jwb
Re: opengl hardware acceleration on ibook2
Did you try 16 bit mode? -- Blake Dominic Buchstaller wrote: Hi I was wondering how far hardware acceleration is implemented on ibook2. I was able to compile my 2.4.17-pre8-ben0 kernel agpgart, Apple UniNorth and DRI (ATI Rage 128) support. The acceleration results have been quite poor so far. Does anybody have an idea how fast it should be by now - for example tuxracer's framerate is between 2-3fps. thx Dom
