PReP bootdisk and IBM Power Series 830

Hello, I have IBM Power Series 830 (IBM's desktop PReP machine) and I tested bootprep.bin on http://master.debian.org/~porter/ I use bootp & tftp to boot image. Bootprep.bin can boot up my IBM 830 and it works good without network. IBM 830 has AMD79c970 on-board Ethernet controller. But bootprep.

Successful 2.2.11 kernel compile

Just wanted to report that the 2.2.11 kernel, compiled from source, works right out of the box on a G3 Powerbook (Wallstreet II), no patches or fiddling necessary (I had to patch drivers/video/atyfb.c in 2.2.10. It looks like that patch has been rolled into 2.2.11 with additional fixes) That FB O

Re: netscape?

On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 06:30:01AM -0500, Jeramy B Smith wrote: > > why is that LinuxPPC has the latest netscape communicator > > up and running but Debian does not? > > > > Sergio > > I thought it was because Netscape 3,4 aren't totally free. Maybe 5 will make > the Debian requirements. Debian

A PB G3 266Mhz reporting it's a 400Mhz???

Hi, My brother got a PB G3 266Mhz (Wallstreet) running Potato. At first it reported that the processor was running at 265Mhz, but now it says 400Mhz!! Has anyone experienced this problem before...? BTW. The System Profiler in MacOS says the same thing - 400Mhz... -- mvh./Best regards Juri Jur

Re: netscape?

> > Hi all, > > why is that LinuxPPC has the latest netscape communicator > up and running but Debian does not? > > Sergio I thought it was because Netscape 3,4 aren't totally free. Maybe 5 will make the Debian requirements.

netscape?

Hi all, why is that LinuxPPC has the latest netscape communicator up and running but Debian does not? Sergio

gdm troubles

... I just rebooted... This is from /var/state/gdm/\:0.log >AUDIT: Thu Jan 1 01:00:47 1970: 192 X: client 1 rejected from local host >Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server >Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server I wonder what is the problem now. Sergio

I made it!!!!!

Yuppeee After spending the night on it, I finally managed to install Debian potato on my Lombard. The ethernet is fast, the mouse works and the XF86Config is set for rock and roll. The file is at the end of this message. Sergio > cut here # **

Re: Lombard [which base?]

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: >I suggest you get Paul Mackerras stable tree via rsync. > rsync -zrvz samba.anu.edu.au::linux-pmac-stable . Great idea, but that kernel does not work on my machine. I get an error at booting time that I can not reproduce. Sergio

conflict: util-linux vs powerpc-utils_1.1.1-2

they share /usr/man/man8/clock.8.gz