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1999-07-26 Thread Jeramy B Smith
I have a new web site up for PowerPC linux hobbyists and developers. Check it out at: http://www.corplinux.com/powerpenguin The site is meant for power users on all PPC platforms and distributions. It features news/reviews/downloads and compilation successes and failures. If you don't like it, yo

Re: serial port screw up

1999-07-26 Thread Jeramy B Smith
What was your upgrade? Possible resource conflict? When the kernel talks to the conflicting device you get garbage maybe? - Original Message - From: Geert Uytterhoeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian GNU/Linux PPC Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 5:03 PM Subject: serial port screw up > > Sinc

serial port screw up

1999-07-26 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
Since I upgraded my system after three weeks of inactivity and rebooted after that, my serial port (NS16550 type) is screwed up: I get weird characters instead of the login prompt on my terminal. However, I can login, and everything I type is echoed correctly. `cat'ing a file to /dev/ttyS0 gives g

Re: Unpacking ad infinitum

1999-07-26 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > Robert Ramiega wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 02:25:33PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > Previously Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > Besides, I'm afraid that won't help. If I try to install anything using > > > > dselect instead of pla

installation questions (device names, Apus, etc)

1999-07-26 Thread Martin Keegan
We have here two PowerMac 7200s (lent me for a month or two for investigating Debian on ppc) and a Umax Apus 2000 (lent me for a day or two for installing Linux on). We managed to install Debian on another PowerMac 7200 without much difficulty, though this was through installing a minimal LinuxPPC

Re: Dead modem, and other newbie install gripes

1999-07-26 Thread Adam C. Powell
Hartmut Koptein wrote: > Moin, > > > > > Thanks very much, got it successfully (though for others wishing to use > > > > it, it > depends > > > > on perl-5.004, so it can't be used with newer perl5-dependent packages). > > > > > > I put the new ssh in some minutes on > > > http://powerpc.debian.

Re: Dead modem, and other newbie install gripes

1999-07-26 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Adam C. Powell wrote: > A couple of other questions (sorry for the barrage!): how do I get buttons 2 > and 3 on a > 1-button ADB mouse? left/right option-click and option-2/3 (both from > LinuxPPC) don't > work, even with "Buttons 1" in the XFree86Config Pointer section, and

Re: Dead modem, and other newbie install gripes

1999-07-26 Thread Hartmut Koptein
Moin, > > > Thanks very much, got it successfully (though for others wishing to use > > > it, it depends > > > on perl-5.004, so it can't be used with newer perl5-dependent packages). > > > > I put the new ssh in some minutes on > > http://powerpc.debian.org/~koptein/nonus > > I tried this deb,