Re: connecting projector to titanium laptop
On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 07:58:27PM +0100, Julien BLACHE wrote: > > I use Debian on my normal pc, but for work I will soon need to give > > presentations using a mac titanium laptop, connected to various > > If it's a G4 Ti with a Rage128 card, you need m3mirror and a kernel > patch (if you're running a 2.6 kernel). > > Google for m3mirror.c and look in the debian-powerpc archives for the > kernel patch I posted. > > There is no other way that I know of to get the external monitor > output to work on Linux on these machines. > I think the video card is a ATI Radeon Mobility 9000. Does that make a difference in using m3mirror.c? Thanks, Ric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
linux no longer bootable after mac os upgrade
I recently managed to get linux installed on my titanium powerbook, (it took me several days, because I had problems with some kernel options and X). It is a dual boot machine, and things were working fine until my kid updated the mac osx software (by clicking the automatic software update function). The problem is that now I no longer get the choice of linux or mac at boot time; the machine automatically boots into the mac operating system. I believe the Linux operating system is still there (the mac partition is still small), but I don't know how to get access to it. I assume if i ran ybin again, it would set things right. So, is there any way to reset the way this machine boots, or do I have to reinstall from scratch and put my kid up for adoption? Thanks, Ric
Re: linux no longer bootable after mac os upgrade
Thanks very much! My boy is very grateful that he gets to stay in the house and isn't going to be put up for adoption. I must agree with the person who recently said that running Debian on the mac is very different from running it on a pc. Thanks again, Ric
external monitor on 15" titanium
I have successfully installed Debian on my 15" titanium powerbook, and almost everything is working fine (X, ext mouse, ext keyboard). I do have a couple of questions. 1. Does anyone know how to get an external monitor working with this? I'd eventually like to be able to close the lid and use the external mouse, keyboard, and monitor (through the dvi port). I have a samsung lcd that has dvi input, but I can't get it to work. My goal is to get it to work at 1600x1200. 2. I have an Asante AeroLan XG FriendlyNET Wireless CardBus Adapter, but am unable to get it working. I don't seem to see it when I type 'lspci'. If anyone knows any way to get this working, I'd appreciate it; I installed wireless-tools and pciutils. Any help would be appreciated. I'm using kernel 2.6.5-rc3-ben0. Ric
Re: X Configuration
On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 06:25:15PM -0700, David Ramsey wrote: > Hey guys, I wrote earlier about an X Window > Installation. I followed your advice and 'startx' > works without issue now. Thanks to everyone for their > help. > > Anyways, I wonder if you guys might could do me one > more favor. When I do start X, the screen is > flickering and is displayed in very strange colors. > The mouse cursor is wavy as if it were underwater. > Trippy, but useless. :-) > > I have tried 3 or 4 different XF86Config-4 files I've > found online, but all of them have the same result. I > was wondering if anyone with similar hardware could > give me their XF86Config-4? > > I have a 15" Powerbook 867 Mhz-the kind that came with > the combo drive, not the superdrive. I'll keep > fiddling with my config, but I'd really appreciate it > if someone could share their configuration with me. > Thanks again for all the help so far. > I recently installed Debian on my titanium powerbook and had the same problem; nothing I would modify in XF86Config-4 would fix it. It fixed itself when I recompiled a custom kernel, paying close attention to the various options. Ever since then the display hasn't had any problems. If you'd like a copy of my .config file, email me. Ric
Re: external monitor on 15" titanium
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 01:03:54PM +0200, Ivo Marino wrote: > I use my iBook2 as my office workstation: USB Mouse, Keyboard and > external VGA monitor. Setting this up was quite easy. > > In order to use the ext. VGA monitor I just need to reboot my iBook > with the VGA cable plugged in and the iBook closed (iBook monitor > closed) and no pmud running for standby reasons. > > Some pics of this kind of configuration are available here: > http://winetea.mine.nu/~eim/gallery/office_workstation/ > When I tried this with my dvi monitor I originally got nothing on the screen after the yaboot prompt. I finally added 'append="video=ofonly"' to my yaboot.conf file, and then I got text on the screen when linux was starting up, and I could even login and do stuff. But when I tried to startx (using the XF86Config-4 file you sent me), the screen went blank, the powerbook screen powered up and froze. At that point I could do nothing except powerdown the machine. I then hooked up a vga monitor with an adaptor, and stuff showed up with X (it would still take a lot of work to get the resoluton right). My laptop screen didn't dim with the lid closed, but I'm sure that can be fixed at some point. So I'm thinking it simply won't work with div output, which seems odd. Ric
