Re: [mac68k] Do you ant to play with a floppy ?

2007-08-31 Thread Branden Robinson
nue to rock. (Sorry I can't offer any actual testing feedback, which is probably more valuable than praise. But have some praise anyway. :) ) -- G. Branden Robinson|Ambition: an overmastering desire Debian GNU/Linux |to be vilified

Re: m68k toolchain status?

2007-07-27 Thread Branden Robinson
s statement did not place blame on anyone but himself. -- G. Branden Robinson| Don't ask the barber whether you Debian GNU/Linux | need a haircut. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Daniel S. Greenberg http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: kernel 2.6.21.5 compiles

2007-06-26 Thread Branden Robinson
is is a Q605? Other than RTC, mainline 2.6.22 should be > free of those problems. The relevant patches (against 2.6.21) are here, > > http://www.telegraphics.com.au/~fthain/patches/quilt-2.6.21/ I just finished reading through those patches. Awesome work, Finn. Just

Re: mouse for x

2004-11-11 Thread Branden Robinson
PS/2 mouse as well. Richard? > > sorry for the late reply, was away for a long while. > > Q40/Q60 uses serial mouse. Thanks for the information! I have committed this update to the debconf-overhaul branch (r2024). -- G. Branden Robinson| There is

Re: mouse for x

2004-09-28 Thread Branden Robinson
contains code changes reflecting what you've told me. Thanks for your advice! -- G. Branden Robinson|If you wish to strive for peace of Debian GNU/Linux |soul, then believe; if you wish to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |be a devotee of t

Re: Bug#255439: Bug#255689: Bug#255439: d-i report

2004-09-27 Thread Branden Robinson
s not possible to propose an empty monitor lines. I have a DVI > connected LCD flat panel, and comenting out the monitor frequencies works > best. Cloning a bug for this. d-i guys, I'm done with this bug (#255439) if you want to close it. -- G. Branden Robinson| "

Re: mouse for x

2004-09-25 Thread Branden Robinson
has a PS/2 mouse as well. Richard? I could still use an answer on this point. -- G. Branden Robinson|Computer security is like an onion: Debian GNU/Linux |the more you dig in, the more you [EMAIL PROTECTED] |want to cry. http://people.

Re: mouse for x

2004-09-22 Thread Branden Robinson
n use; using devfs names for mouse" \ "port choices" mouse_port_choices="/dev/misc/psaux, /dev/tts/0, /dev/tts/1, /dev/tts/2, /dev/tts/3, /dev/input/mice, /dev/misc/atixl, /dev/gpmdata" else trace "$func(): devfs does not appear to be in use"

Re: Xf86 and fbdev, unresolved symbol

2004-09-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 08:49:55PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Branden Robinson wrote: > > >If there's anyone else interested, please talk to me. > > How exactly do you want help? I'd be willing to install things and edit > configs e

Re: mouse for x

2004-08-22 Thread Branden Robinson
ackages. Sure; someone just needs to tell me what to grep for in /proc/cpuinfo for the various sub-architectures. -- G. Branden Robinson| "Religion is nonsense." Debian GNU/Linux | "It's also a gold mine -- [EMAI

Re: Xf86 and fbdev, unresolved symbol

2004-08-20 Thread Branden Robinson
nd get what you need. > > It is the only solution I have found that works. I am extremely interested in working with people to get XFree86 4.x/X.Org working on Amigas. If there's anyone else interested, please talk to me. -- G. Branden Robinson| &q

Re: xfree86 4.3 cannot be auto-built

2004-02-19 Thread Branden Robinson
hether the buildd admins and/or archive maintainers should review the above practices is a bit beyond the scope of the "getting xfree86 built" problem, and is probably more germane to debian-devel. xfree86 4.3.0-2 builds just fine in a clean sid chroot with xlibs-dev 4.2.1-16. Many

Re: X now working

2004-01-09 Thread Branden Robinson
er load the fonts for itself. If it is still broken and you do in fact have the fonts installed, then the problem is not with the X font server. Do you even have the xfs package installed? If not, it cannot be at fault. -- G. Branden Robinson| I suspect Linus wrote that in a

please build xfree86 4.3.0-0pre1v3 from experimental

2003-09-30 Thread Branden Robinson
else please attempt a build, and if the build is successful, upload the packages to experimental? Thank you! -- G. Branden Robinson| Debian GNU/Linux | De minimis non curat lex. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://people.debian.org/~branden

Re: 68k or m68k port status

2003-07-08 Thread Branden Robinson
is experimenting with modularization of its OS kernel and C library doesn't mean we're not working on a unified OS. -- G. Branden Robinson|Men use thought only to justify Debian GNU/Linux |their wrong doings, and speech only [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: gcc-3.3.1ds0-0pre0

2003-06-30 Thread Branden Robinson
boycott this list. -- G. Branden Robinson| Debian GNU/Linux | Music is the brandy of the damned. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- George Bernard Shaw http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | pgpRBuBbud747.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: kernel modules Unresolved

2003-06-14 Thread Branden Robinson
reconfigure xserver-xfree86" instead of "XFree86 -configure" to configure the X server. The folks on the debian-powerpc list will have more tips. -- G. Branden Robinson|It was a typical net.exercise -- a Debian GNU/Linux |screaming mob po

XFree86's HasLinuxInput symbol and m68k

2003-06-10 Thread Branden Robinson
]]] On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 04:58:57PM -0400, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 02:56:45PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > > afaik 2.4 doesn't boot on all the m68k (ex)vendors... amiga does... mac > > > does not.. :/ > > > > That's

Re: xfree86 4.3.0-0pre1v1 - request for porting help!

2003-05-27 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 01:57:56PM -0400, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 12:37:15PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > I haven't yet put the thing back together because it's very complicated > > and I can't remember how. Also I'd like to

Re: xfree86 4.3.0-0pre1v1 - request for porting help!

2003-05-27 Thread Branden Robinson
quot; or shorter 72-pin 32MB FPM SIMMS so I can max out the RAM and I never have to open the thing again. -- G. Branden Robinson|One man's theology is another man's Debian GNU/Linux |belly laugh. [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-- Robert

Re: recent sgml problems (solved)

2003-05-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 08:40:58PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 12:13:31AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 03:47:17PM -0700, Bradley Bell wrote: > > > That's good news. How does one trigger a recompilation with

Re: recent sgml problems (solved)

2003-05-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 03:47:17PM -0700, Bradley Bell wrote: > That's good news. How does one trigger a recompilation without a new source > package, anyway? I don't think you can, not an automatic one by the buildds. One can build them oneself and do binary-only NMUs, though.

Re: review wanted of new Debian X FAQ entry

2003-03-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 08:18:00PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > There are actually some 2.4 kernels available for m68k, but due to an > issue related to glibc[1] that started somewhere in the glibc-2.2 area, > they don't boot. [...] Okay, thanks! -- G. Br

Re: review wanted of new Debian X FAQ entry

2003-03-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 11:15:03AM +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote: > Le lun 03/03/2003 ? 01:36, Branden Robinson a ?crit : > > >To date, no kernels with the feature of sending Linux keycodes exist for > >m68k-based Macintoshes. > > You should perhaps indicate the date

Re: review wanted of new Debian X FAQ entry

2003-03-03 Thread Branden Robinson
eference to it in my FAQ; thanks for bringing it to my attention! -- G. Branden Robinson| There's nothing an agnostic can't Debian GNU/Linux | do if he doesn't know whether he [EMAIL PROTECTED] | believes in it or not. http://p

Re: review wanted of new Debian X FAQ entry

2003-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 02:24:15AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Op ma 03-03-2003, om 01:36 schreef Branden Robinson: > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm adding the following FAQ entry to the Debian X FAQ. > > You have a FAQ? Nice. Didn't know. Where can I find it?

review wanted of new Debian X FAQ entry

2003-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
you should use an XKB Model of "macintosh_old". # CONFIG_MAC_ADBKEYCODES is not set The above means that your kernel is sending Linux keycodes in "raw" mode, and you should use an XKB Model of "macintosh". [1] GNU GPL, version 2 -- G. Branden R

Re: XFree 4.1

2003-01-10 Thread Branden Robinson
interested in seeing this work, though I'm sure I don't have the brains to help very much. If you can work on this it will give me more incentive to put my Quadra 840AV back together. :) -- G. Branden Robinson| I had thought very carefull

Re: XFree 4.1

2003-01-10 Thread Branden Robinson
ent X server. I.e., not "XFree86". The "cygwin" and "xdarwin" X servers are also not "the XFree86 X server". -- G. Branden Robinson| "Why do we have to hide from the Debian GNU/Linux | police, Daddy?" [

Re: XFree 4.1

2003-01-10 Thread Branden Robinson
nd as the owner of a Macintosh Quadra 840AV that I can run once I put it back together, I'd like to see the loadable server working on m68k, even if slowly. -- G. Branden Robinson|The errors of great men are Debian GNU/Linux |venerable because they a

Re: xserver-xfree86 on Woody 3.0r0

2002-11-01 Thread Branden Robinson
t the > same as it is in your console keymap (i think) Well, if you guys are feeling brave, please try the attached files. All you should have to do is install them to /etc/X11 and restart the X server. I suggest backing up the existing versions of the files first. I don'

Re: X keyboard problem on woody

2002-10-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 01:14:18AM -0500, Ray Knight wrote: > On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 10:53, Branden Robinson wrote: > > And this is without changing the installed version of X? I smell kernel > > trouble. > > > No I mean same kernel version, but potato has the standard

Re: boot-floppies 3.0.24 (fwd)

2002-10-29 Thread Branden Robinson
the same as the left alt > key. I'm no expert on X but perhaps this will elicit a solution from > someone. /me suddenly gets a powerful headache. Looks like someone fucked up the keymap. Can you post your /etc/X11/XF86Config (or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4)? -- G. Branden Robinson

Re: boot-floppies 3.0.24 (fwd)

2002-10-28 Thread Branden Robinson
do for the 2.4.x and 2.5.x kernel to spend > any time on this however. Okay, maybe someone else can do that experiment. My Quadra 840AV is in a lot of pieces right now. -- G. Branden Robinson|I have a truly elegant proof of the Debian GNU/Linux |

Re: xserver-xfree86 on Woody 3.0r0

2002-10-26 Thread Branden Robinson
h xdm, or > started from a console with 'startx'. (on amiga) May you can help Ray out? -- G. Branden Robinson| I had thought very carefully about Debian GNU/Linux | comitting hara-kiri over this, but [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xserver-xfree86 on Woody 3.0r0

2002-10-24 Thread Branden Robinson
board support know anything about mouse button emulation, except as I described. -- G. Branden Robinson| Reality is what refuses to go away Debian GNU/Linux | when I stop believing in it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Philip K. Dick http://peo

Re: xserver-xfree86 on Woody 3.0r0

2002-10-23 Thread Branden Robinson
to figure this out. > to map the Ctrl, and Alt keys to mimic mouse buttons 2 and 3 I'll have a > really useful setup. There are two ways to do this, I think: 1) support a kernel hack to do this like the Linux/PowerPC people do 2) configure XKB to do this with its "AccessX" f

Re: xfree86 4.2.1-0pre1v1 available at the X Strike Force

2002-10-22 Thread Branden Robinson
[There is no need to CC me on mail to debian-x, which I read.] On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:25:14AM +0200, Richard Zidlicky wrote: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 02:28:39PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 06:46:03PM +0200, Richard Zidlicky wrote: > > >

xfree86 4.2.1-0pre1v2 (source,alpha,i386,hppa,powerpc,sparc) available at the X Strike Force

2002-10-01 Thread Branden Robinson
p" flags in $DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS - explicitly tell dh_strip to strip the modules in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/{drivers,input} * debian/xserver-xfree86.config.in: tweak validation of BusID specifications to permit exactly one to three digits in each field of a PCI bus spec -

xfree86 4.2.1-0pre1v1 (mips,mipsel,m68k,powerpc,sh4) available at the X Strike Force

2002-09-17 Thread Branden Robinson
eep out of the S/390 guys, who haven't built any of my 4.2.x pre-releases. Come on, guys, spare X a few cycles on those big time-shares, will ya? ;-) -- G. Branden Robinson|I have a truly elegant proof of the Debian GNU/Linux |above, but it is to

Re: xfree86 4.2.1-0pre1v1 (source,i386) available at the X Strike Force

2002-09-11 Thread Branden Robinson
.2.1-0pre1v1/sh4/ And they are now at the X Strike Force as well. Thanks! -- G. Branden Robinson| Debian GNU/Linux |Yeah, that's what Jesus would do. [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah. http://people.de

Re: xfree86 4.2.0-0pre1v3 (source,i386) available at the X Strike Force

2002-09-01 Thread Branden Robinson
[Please followup to debian-x. I am not subscribed to debian-hppa.] On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 06:29:44PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 02:20:17AM +0900, ISHIKAWA Mutsumi wrote: > > On m68k, mac64 dynamic loading driver cannot have worked from > >

Re: xfree86 4.2.0-0pre1v3 (source,i386) available at the X Strike Force

2002-09-01 Thread Branden Robinson
deo.c Therefore I get the feeling that atimach64.c is doing something wrong. compiler.h does go to a lot of trouble to set up macros that expand to these various functions. I'll see if I can puzzle it out. -- G. Branden Robinson| Q: How does a Unix guru hav

Re: a small C program to test xdm's /dev/mem reading on your architecture

2002-08-26 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 03:28:18PM -0400, Jeff Sheinberg wrote: > Why does anyone need to read megabytes of urandom? Nobody does. Or, at least, xdm doesn't. Markus is opining without the benefit of having checked the facts. -- G. Branden Robinson| What influenc

Re: a small C program to test xdm's /dev/mem reading on your architecture

2002-08-26 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 09:10:54PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 12:50:22PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > I can't believe he actually intends to keep it like this.. > > > > I'm going to #define DEV_RANDOM /dev/random for Linux

Re: a small C program to test xdm's /dev/mem reading on your architecture

2002-08-26 Thread Branden Robinson
idea this > really is, to show upstream the error of their ways. Well, I hadn't reached that conclusion a priori. > I can't believe he actually intends to keep it like this.. I'm going to #define DEV_RANDOM /dev/random for Linux systems. -- G. Branden Robinson

Re: a small C program to test xdm's /dev/mem reading on your architecture

2002-08-26 Thread Branden Robinson
uch all modern UNIX platforms? > > *shudder* I see you haven't read the thread. -- G. Branden Robinson| Debian GNU/Linux | De minimis non curat lex. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | pgp1WrRCCVgIN.pgp Description: PGP signature

a small C program to test xdm's /dev/mem reading on your architecture

2002-08-26 Thread Branden Robinson
t;fragile" helps it 4) if scenario 3) causes problems, what the last line of output was Remember, this program must be run as root. If normal users can read from /dev/mem on your machine, you're in trouble. :) -- G. Branden Robinson| No math genius,

XFree86 4.2.0-0pre1v3 build failure on m68k

2002-08-23 Thread Branden Robinson
ctory `/build/younie/xfree86-4.2.0/build-tree/xc-xserver-xf ree86-dbg/programs/Xserver' Any assistance tracking this problem down would be appreciated. It's probably just poor #ifdef placement. -- G. Branden Robinson| Organized religion is