Re: compiling packages on powerpc

1998-08-10 Thread Dan Jacobowitz
On Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 03:15:26PM -0700, Alex Romosan wrote: > >scsi didn't keep crashing). In fact, I am going to upload X to master > >as soon as I clear the NMU with Branden. > > did you include the Xpmac server, or is there something else you are > supposed to use on a ppc? Both. I include

Re: compiling packages on powerpc

1998-08-10 Thread Alex Romosan
>scsi didn't keep crashing). In fact, I am going to upload X to master >as soon as I clear the NMU with Branden. did you include the Xpmac server, or is there something else you are supposed to use on a ppc? --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | adv

Re: compiling packages on powerpc

1998-08-10 Thread Alex Romosan
>to be in the /etc/inittab. With the current getty you can't login! >So change it before you reset! yes, i've rebooted the computer quite a few times. but i am using kernel version 2.1.115 (otherwise you can't login, as you noticed). --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a para

Re: compiling packages on powerpc

1998-08-10 Thread Dan Jacobowitz
On Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 06:53:17PM +0200, Hartmut Koptein wrote: > > scsi didn't keep crashing). In fact, I am going to upload X to master > > as soon as I clear the NMU with Branden. > > Hmmm, have you my xfree diff from branden? This should go in with a > newer xfree version. No, I don't. Sen

Re: compiling packages on powerpc

1998-08-10 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> scsi didn't keep crashing). In fact, I am going to upload X to master > as soon as I clear the NMU with Branden. Hmmm, have you my xfree diff from branden? This should go in with a newer xfree version. MfG, Hartmut -- Hartmut Koptein EMail: Friedr

Re: compiling packages on powerpc

1998-08-10 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> i am working with the powerpc tarball i got from master, and then i > did a dselect update, etc. things seem to be working okay, i changed > /etc/inittab to use getty instead of mingetty, which was in the > tarball, but didn't seem to belong to any package. anyway, the tarball > seems to work fin

Re: compiling packages on powerpc

1998-08-10 Thread Dan Jacobowitz
On Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 01:50:04AM -0700, Alex Romosan wrote: > i know how to compile debian packages, i maintain a few myself. it's > only that until now i dealt only with intel (and a brief aborted > attempt with an alpha) machines. i realize the distribution is mostly > experimental, and i am tr

Re: List for missing packages

1998-08-10 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> here is a list for packages that makes trouble. Some more, some less. Notice: the older packages will be hopefully removed in the next days from master. This should prevent deselect to install packages with the old libc for users that doesn't know that. MfG, Hartmut -- Hartmut Koptein

Re: RFI What Macintosh platforms are supported.

1998-08-10 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> Sorry for the intrusion. I am curious as to what the Macintosh hardware > requirements are to use Debian Linux? As i know old nubus systems makes trouble. All others should work. Reports for sucessful installations on G3 systems still increasing. If you have the money, get the G3 Laptop :-) M

Re: compiling packages on powerpc

1998-08-10 Thread Sven
i have to apologize, because i thought the message was from linux-apus mailing lkist. build never worked for me, i think it depend on which debian builder package you have installed. i have been succesfully building m68k packages until now. Friendly, Sven LUTHER

Re: compiling packages on powerpc

1998-08-10 Thread Alex Romosan
i know how to compile debian packages, i maintain a few myself. it's only that until now i dealt only with intel (and a brief aborted attempt with an alpha) machines. i realize the distribution is mostly experimental, and i am trying to help as much as i can. right now i am trying to compile the la

Re: compiling packages on powerpc

1998-08-10 Thread Sven
not sure how you do that, but normally, compiling a debian package is done as followsd : but all thre files in a directory of your choice (/usr/local/debian ?) you cshould then do a dpkg-source or something similar, don't remember exactly, with the .dsc file as argument. then you have to go t