XFree-4.0.1/4.0.2 debs
Anyone know what happened to the dists/unstable tree? I've been looking for XFree-4.0.1 or 4.0.2 debs on a few FTP sites and none of them seem to have any binaries in the unstable (sid) tree for powerpc. I've checked sourceforge.net,freesoftware.com,ftp.us.debian.org and a few other sites that I know of. Also, could someone please tell me the appropriate CVS/rsync repository for up-to-date XFree 4 code that I can get and compile on my G3 PowerBook (Pismo)? It seems that there are several places to checkout XFree 4 code (anoncvs.xfree86.org, linuxppc.org::xfree86-pmac). I'm wondering which one will yield better results. Thanks, --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 ??
I downloaded the Xfree 4.0.2 debs and I'm running into a problem with the xlibmesa3-4.0.2-1_powerpc.deb package. It's insisting that it needs the libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 package before it can be configured. But I've looked high and low and could not find that package. Did someone goof when they made that package and put in the wrong dependency or did someone forget to upload that libstdc package into pools? -- --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
XFree86 3.3.6 config for pismo
Could someone with a pismo (PowerBook G3) send me their XF86Config for 3.3.6 (not XFree 4)? I need the modlines and settings to get XFree to do 1024x768 at 16 bit color (or 24 bit color). -- --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
Re: XFree86 3.3.6 config for pismo
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 04:29:48PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Grant Miller wrote: > > > > Could someone with a pismo (PowerBook G3) send me their XF86Config for 3.3.6 > > (not XFree 4)? I need the modlines and settings to get XFree to do 1024x768 > > at 16 bit color (or 24 bit color). > > fbset -x > > The modelines are valid for all depths. > > > 4.0.2 would be much faster and have more features though. > > Thanks! I've tried to get 4.0.2 working, but I've been fighting that for a week (or more). I'll survive with 3.3.6 until 4 is more mature on the PowerPC platform. --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
Re: XFree86 3.3.6 config for pismo
> > > I've tried to get 4.0.2 working, but I've been fighting that for a week (or > > more). I'll survive with 3.3.6 until 4 is more mature on the PowerPC > > platform. > > Have you tried either Option "UseFBDev" or Option "ProgramFPRegs" "No"? > > I've used the Option "UseFBDev" without any luck. --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
usb->serial adapter
Does anyone know which driver to use for the Palm USB->serial adapter, and what the major and minor device numbers are? I'd like to use this so I can use minicom (serial comm program) to hook up my powerbook to the serial port of a Sun box and get to the console. Thanks. -- --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
XFree 4.0.2 on Pismo
I've made another attempt to get XF 4.0.2 running on my G3 Powerbook (Pismo). I downloaded the 4.0.2-4 deb packages from the pool area and installed those. I'm running kernel version 2.4.2-pre3 (airport and sound works!) I have "video=aty128fb:vmode:10:depth:8:" in my /etc/yaboot.conf My XF86Config is at http://www.unixguru.org/~grant/XF86Config.txt When I start X up, I get a wierd plasma looking screen with changing colors. I can't kill X with Ctrl-Alt-Delete. I have to power the powerbook off :( I don't have any XFree logs since the machine locks up once I go into X. I would appreciate any help you can give. -- --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
Re: XFree 4.0.2 on Pismo
On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:25:29AM -0800, Grant Miller wrote: > > > I've made another attempt to get XF 4.0.2 running on my G3 Powerbook (Pismo). > > I downloaded the 4.0.2-4 deb packages from the pool area and installed those. > > I'm running kernel version 2.4.2-pre3 (airport and sound works!) > > I have "video=aty128fb:vmode:10:depth:8:" in my /etc/yaboot.conf > > My XF86Config is at http://www.unixguru.org/~grant/XF86Config.txt > > > When I start X up, I get a wierd plasma looking screen with changing colors. > I can't kill X with Ctrl-Alt-Delete. I have to power the powerbook off :( > Here I am, replying to my own mail... I have fixed my problem. For some strange reason, X was looking at /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, not /etc/X11/XF86Config. Once I figured that out, I copied my XF86Config to XF86Config-4 and things worked a little better. I've updated http://www.unixguru.org/~grant/XF86Config.txt to what I'm currently using. X now starts up and displays nicely (had to up the color depth to 24) and it's *fast*. No more choppy dragging of xterms around. One thing that is almost a show-stopper is the fact that the text in xterms and mozilla is distorted. I'll have to play around with xvidtune to see if that fixes things. In case people are curious, I'll post my kernel config for 2.4.2-pre3 so more of us can start using 2.4. --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org
getting kernel 2.4.2-pre3 to work
In case people are interested in getting a 2.4 kernel to compile *and* work on their powerbook, here's a quick howto on how I did it. (info from http://www.linuxppc.org/software/kernel) $ mkdir linux-pmac-stable $ cd linux-pmac-stable $ rsync -avz --delete ppc.linuxcare.com::linux-pmac-devel . I tried the standard 2.4.2-pre stuff from kernel.org, but it had some problems compiling. Rsync'ing from ppc.linuxcare.com or bitkeeper.fsmlabs.com should give you a good tree. Move this directory to /usr/src/linux and go for it! I was able to get 2.4.2-pre3 to compile and go on my Powerbook. I ran into problems with ReiserFS and Devfs, so I turned those off. Though it would be pretty cool to have ext3 or ReiserFS on a laptop... My .config is available at http://www.unixguru.org/~grant/kernel-2.4.2-pre3.config.txt --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org
Re: XFree 4.0.2 on Pismo
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 02:58:41PM +1100, Steven Hanley wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 12:45:32PM -0800, Grant Miller wrote: > > X now starts up and displays nicely (had to up the color depth to 24) and > > it's *fast*. No more choppy dragging of xterms around. > > yeah it is nice isnt it :), probably the reason I only lasted about one day > on X Free 3.3.6 on my pismo bnefore upgrading to 4.0.* > > > One thing that is almost a show-stopper is the fact that the text in xterms > > and mozilla is distorted. I'll have to play around with xvidtune to see if > > that fixes things. > > I had this problem early on, I had seen similar sort of ditortion in the > past with X when the frequency I was running a monitor at was too hight, so > I set the frequency horizontal and vertical in the X config to some lower > range and now my X is fine with no distorition in all apps (well except some > weirdness in the scroll bar on the left in emacs where there is text, but it > is not a problem or anything as it is not stopping it from being readable > like it had been previously.) > That did the trick. Thanks. I've updated my XF86Config on my website (see previous mail for link). --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org
firewire drives bootable?
Easy question: Are external firewire drives bootable (like on a 2000 Powerbook)? and is there support under Linux for firewire drives? --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org
Re: netscape ??
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 06:52:33PM +0100, Eric Deveaud wrote: > > Hello, > > i'm just finishing to install the powerbook (pismo) of my boss. > > she want's to be abble to use netscape. > > when I apt-get install netscape (or communicator or wathever) > I get the following error > Sorry the following packages have unmet dependencies: > netscape: Depends: communicator but it is not going to be installed or > navigator but it is not going to be installed > E: Sorry, broken packages > > but when loocking at the 2 mirror I use (either > ftp.fr.debian.org or ftp.pasteur.fr ) > > I see on the non-free/binary-powerpc/web/ > the netscape 4.6 and 4.7 packages. communicator packages are also here. > > how could I install netscape. Try installing mozilla. It's a little slow, but it will work. --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
2nd and 3rd mouse buttons in XF4.0.2
I'm trying to get a 2nd and 3rd mouse button working in XFree 4.0.2. I'm running kernel 2.4.2-pre3 from bitkeeper's sources. I have the following relevant options in my kerenl conifg: CONFIG_USB=y CONFIG_USB_HID=y CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=y CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y CONFIG_INPUT_ADBHID=y /etc/sysctl.conf: dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode = 101 dev.mac_hid.mouse_button3_keycode = 109 dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emulation = 1 using showkey, I found F9 to be 101 and F10 to be 109. But F9 and F10 don't seem to do the appropriate button click. -- --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
Re: 2nd and 3rd mouse buttons in XF4.0.2
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 02:15:15PM -0600, Michael Hope wrote: > > I'm trying to get a 2nd and 3rd mouse button working in XFree 4.0.2. I'm > > running kernel 2.4.2-pre3 from bitkeeper's sources. I have the following > > relevant options in my kerenl conifg: > > > > CONFIG_USB=y > > CONFIG_USB_HID=y > > CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=y > > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y > > CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y > > CONFIG_INPUT_ADBHID=y > > > > > > /etc/sysctl.conf: > > > > dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode = 101 > > dev.mac_hid.mouse_button3_keycode = 109 > > dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emulation = 1 > > I did a grep for 101 and 109 across linux/include/input.h - 101 > is the lineffed key (?) and 109 is the pagedown key. Personally I use > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation > echo 87 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode > echo 88 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode > I tried those numbers and 67 (F9) and 68 (F10) and that didn't work. I press on those keys and I don't get a response from X. I ran xev (X event viewer) and there were no events reported when I pressed on F9 or F10. --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
Re: 2nd and 3rd mouse buttons in XF4.0.2
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 11:04:19AM -0600, Michael Hope wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Grant Miller wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 02:15:15PM -0600, Michael Hope wrote: > > > > I'm trying to get a 2nd and 3rd mouse button working in XFree 4.0.2. > > > > I'm > > > > running kernel 2.4.2-pre3 from bitkeeper's sources. I have the > > > > following > > > > relevant options in my kerenl conifg: > > > > > > > > CONFIG_USB=y > > > > CONFIG_USB_HID=y > > > > CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=y > > > > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y > > > > CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y > > > > CONFIG_INPUT_ADBHID=y > > > > > > > > > > > > /etc/sysctl.conf: > > > > > > > > dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode = 101 > > > > dev.mac_hid.mouse_button3_keycode = 109 > > > > dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emulation = 1 > > > > > > I did a grep for 101 and 109 across linux/include/input.h - 101 > > > is the lineffed key (?) and 109 is the pagedown key. Personally I use > > > > > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation > > > echo 87 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode > > > echo 88 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode > > > > > > > > > I tried those numbers and 67 (F9) and 68 (F10) and that didn't work. I > > press on those keys and I don't get a response from X. I ran xev (X event > > viewer) and there were no events reported when I pressed on F9 or F10. > > Hmm. Something else is going on then. 67 and 68 work fine for me. Do > the echo lines above do anything? > Yup, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% echo 1 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% echo 67 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% echo 68 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% cat /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% cat /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode 67 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% cat /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode 68 Still no 2nd or 3rd mouse button in X. --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me. -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"
Re: 2nd and 3rd mouse buttons in XF4.0.2
On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 02:11:10AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Grant Miller wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% echo 1 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% echo 67 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% echo 68 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% cat /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation > > 1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% cat /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode > > 67 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% cat /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode > > 68 > > > > Still no 2nd or 3rd mouse button in X. > > Have you set it up to use /dev/input/mice and have three buttons? > > Well I feel stoopid :) That works. Previously I had the trackpad set to /dev/input/mouse0. What makes /dev/input/mice work with the mouse button emulation and not /dev/input/mouse0? --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org
Re: 2nd and 3rd mouse buttons in XF4.0.2
On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 05:43:16PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Grant Miller wrote: > > > > > Still no 2nd or 3rd mouse button in X. > > > > > > Have you set it up to use /dev/input/mice and have three buttons? > > > > Well I feel stoopid :) > > Don't. > > > That works. > > Great! > > > Previously I had the trackpad set to /dev/input/mouse0. What makes > > /dev/input/mice work with the mouse button emulation and not > > /dev/input/mouse0? > > If mouse0 is indeed the trackpad, I have only one idea - does the button > emulation only work for 'mice'? > > That appears to be the case. Very strange. --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org
upgrade to MacOS 9.1, now lilo dissapears
A strange problem on my powerbook appeared when I blew away my MacOS 9.0.4 install and put MacOS 9.1 on it. I booted off of the 9.1 CD and formatted the partition that had OS 9.0.4 installed on it (/dev/hda10). Then I installed MacOS 9.1. At some point after I erased the OS 9.0.4 partition, a disk called bootstrap showed up on the MacOS desktop. This disk has never appeared before in MacOS. The bootstrap disk is at /dev/hda9 is named Apple_Bootstrap and is of type HFS. Once the bootstrap disk showed up in MacOS, lilo did not appear when booting. I was able to boot off of the Debian CD and get into Linux and run ybin to get lilo back, but whenever I booted into MacOS, lilo would get nuked. I looked at the partition table (or what mac-fdisk showed), and there was no change in the partition names or types from before I did this upgrade and after. Is there a way to get the Apple_Bootstrap partition to not be seen by MacOS even though it is a HFS partition? Or does MacOS 9.1 do some "extra stuff" to blow away the bootstrap records? Thanks in advance. -- --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths. -- Steve Wright
Re: upgrade to MacOS 9.1, now lilo dissapears
On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 01:13:01PM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Grant Miller wrote: > > > At some point after I erased the OS 9.0.4 partition, a disk called > > bootstrap showed up on the MacOS desktop. This disk has never > > appeared before in MacOS. The bootstrap disk is at /dev/hda9 is named > > Apple_Bootstrap and is of type HFS. > > > > Once the bootstrap disk showed up in MacOS, lilo did not appear when > > booting. > > Minor note: the newworld bootloader is called yaboot, not lilo. > > > Is there a way to get the Apple_Bootstrap partition to not be seen by > > MacOS even though it is a HFS partition? > > Yes. The type (not the name) of the partition should be Apple_Bootstrap > rather than Apple_HFS. This will prevent MacOS from mounting the partition > and unblessing the boot script. > Yea, that did the trick. I went into mac-fdisk and deleted that partition and created it again, this time setting the type to Apple_Bootstrap. Ran ybin and everything works now. --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths. -- Steve Wright
Re: Call for info: slave drives bootable from OpenFirmware (OldWorl d)
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 10:52:10AM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 07:47:40AM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote: > > > > > > Yes, sorry for not being clear, I did mean the first _bootable_ > > > partition. > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 10:42:43PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > hmm, can more then on partition be marked bootable on mac tables? > > > > i am not sure how to unmark a partition as bootable. > > > > Uhmm, how do you _set_ the bootable flag? In potato, there is only: > > h help > p print partit > P partits by base address > i init new part map > s size of map > c create > C create with type > d delete > r reorder > w write map > q quit > > what combination sets the bootable flag? Or is that the creation type? > > Mike > I don't think there is a bootable flag setting on Macs. What you do need is a small (32MB) partition with the type and name set to Apple_Bootstrap. That is what yaboot/ofboot is installed into. --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths. -- Steve Wright
Re: Compiling kernel 2.4.3 on iBook/Debian2.2r2
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 08:21:41AM +0200, Jean-Noel Colin wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to compile kernel 2.4.3 downloaded from www.kernel.org. > I made a make menuconfig to select the configuration and that ran > make vmlinux, I get the error messages below. > Don't use the 2.4 kernels from kernel.org. They don't have all the fixes for powerpc. Do a rsync -avz penguinppc.org::linux-2.4-benh linux-2.4-benh Or get the source from bitkeeper.com --Grant Miller grant at unixguru dot org A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths. -- Steve Wright
