Re: X Windows (woody) and M68K problem

2002-10-27 Thread Chris Tillman
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 12:51:31AM +, Steve Hargreaves wrote: > Hi there, > > OK - I'm not sure if this is an M68k problem or a generic problem, but since > it > relates to my display, I thought I'd try here first. > > As some of you will know, I've had some real problems getting linux insta

X Windows (woody) and M68K problem

2002-10-27 Thread Steve Hargreaves
Hi there, OK - I'm not sure if this is an M68k problem or a generic problem, but since it relates to my display, I thought I'd try here first. As some of you will know, I've had some real problems getting linux installed at all, but after successfully cludging a hybrid Potato with the 3.0 kernal

Re: Cannot install from CD-ROM drive

2002-10-27 Thread Matt Ruben
Thanks for your quick response, Christian. For whatever reason, it's now working. To clarify: 1st reboot after base install: CD wouldn't mount, autodetection failed. Starting a new console and typing mount commands didn't work. "sr0" device was present, but CD still wouldn't mount. Logged into

Re: Cannot install from CD-ROM drive

2002-10-27 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 10:14:11AM -0500, Matt Ruben wrote: > Well, I've made it to reboot and have gone through some basic > configuration (set root password, create regular user, set time zone), > and I'm stuck on this same problem again. Apt won't configure--says it > was unable to detect a C

Re: Cannot install from CD-ROM drive

2002-10-27 Thread Matt Ruben
Well, I've made it to reboot and have gone through some basic configuration (set root password, create regular user, set time zone), and I'm stuck on this same problem again. Apt won't configure--says it was unable to detect a CD ROM drive. Tried setting Apt to use a filesystem instead of a CD,

Re: Cannot install from CD-ROM drive

2002-10-27 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 03:24:15AM -0500, Matt Ruben wrote: > > Goodness what a PIA! Now to see if the finished installation suffers > from the same problem... No it doesn't, it happens only in the old installer. > On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 02:51 AM, Matt Ruben wrote: > > > Hi all, > >

Re: boot-floppies 3.0.24 (fwd)

2002-10-27 Thread Thomas Sjölin
Hi Chris On 25-Okt-02, you wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 01:21:23PM +0100, Thomas Sj?lin wrote: >> messed up screen where I can't see a thing. So.. I need to get a console >> up and I don't remember what key-combo that does that trick.. so I can >> remove xdm and not get X from start... >> >

Re: Cannot install from CD-ROM drive

2002-10-27 Thread Matt Ruben
Hello again, I have found the solution (to the problem quoted below) after piecing together a few archived posts from this list. For those interested, here it is: (1) Get to new console (command-F2) (2) Make a device driver file for the CD-ROM Drive: cd /dev mknod sr0 b 11 0 chgrp cdrom sr0 chmo

Re: xserver-xfree86 on Woody 3.0r0

2002-10-27 Thread Ray Knight
On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 20:39, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 03:44:13PM +0100, Aled wrote: > > > I cannot think of any change to the X server code from 3.3.6 to 4.0 or > > > later that would have broken this. It's handled in XF86Events.c. > > > > > it works absolutely fine here

Cannot installing from CD-ROM drive

2002-10-27 Thread Matt Ruben
Hi all, I know this has been discussed a little before, but there seems to have been no resolution, so here goes: Problem: When trying to install kernel and packages from Debian 3.0 m68k CD, the installer fails with an error, "CD-ROM not mounted successfully" Basic Info: Working with: Mac Quad

Re: xserver-xfree86 on Woody 3.0r0

2002-10-27 Thread Ray Knight
On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 23:19, Branden Robinson wrote: > Please don't CC me on replies to mailing lists I read, like this one. > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 09:03:14PM -0400, Ray Knight wrote: > > [CTRL-ALT-Fn VT switching doesn't work on m68k with XFree86 4.x] > > > It's definitely an X problem and

Re: boot-floppies 3.0.24 (fwd)

2002-10-27 Thread Ray Knight
On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 10:53, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 01:21:23PM +0100, Thomas Sj?lin wrote: > > messed up screen where I can't see a thing. So.. I need to get a console up > > and I don't remember what key-combo that does that trick.. so I can remove > > xdm and not get X fro