Unable to fsync updated status of 'xxxxxx': Input/output error

1999-10-26 Thread David Welton
Any idea why I might be getting this error from dpkg when trying to install packages? It seems to be sort of random... I straced it and it is indeed fsync failing. This is on an unstable system that was brute force installed (uncompress base*.tgz). I have a feeling that this is the cause of the

Re: MOL works on PB3400

1999-10-26 Thread Georg Bauer
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Vinai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just checked out 0.9.22 with LinuxPPC, and it boots great with a 2.2.12 > kernel, unpatched !! Sam - tremendous job ;-) !! G. If I only had a 8500 to fetch a rom from ... bye, Georg (has to wait until the 6500/275 is

Re: wmaker and libproplist0

1999-10-26 Thread Robert Ramiega
On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 11:11:05AM +0200, Robert Ramiega wrote: > On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 08:15:16PM -0700, Peter Abrahamsen wrote: > > Hallo, > > > > Our wmaker is very out of date (0.60.0). The only reason (afaict) that we > > don't have a newer one is that 0.61.1 doesn't compile with our vers

Re: potato boot-floppies for powerpc uploaded

1999-10-26 Thread Susumu OSAWA
> Good question considering it just use plain VGA console...which relies on > the BIOS putting the VGA card into text mode. There must be something > seriously wrong with the way the IBM firmware initializes a display > adapter. What is the your firmware type/rev and what type of display > adapt

Re: potato boot-floppies for powerpc uploaded

1999-10-26 Thread Shuichi OONO
Hi, I have a same machine as Susumu has, IBM PowerSeries 830. At Wed, 20 Oct 1999 22:53:58 -0700, Matt Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good question considering it just use plain VGA console...which relies on > the BIOS putting the VGA card into text mode. There must be something > seriously

Re: wmaker and libproplist0

1999-10-26 Thread Robert Ramiega
On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 08:15:16PM -0700, Peter Abrahamsen wrote: > Hallo, > > Our wmaker is very out of date (0.60.0). The only reason (afaict) that we > don't have a newer one is that 0.61.1 doesn't compile with our version of > libproplist0, which is also horribly out of date. I can't find an

Re: MOL works on PB3400

1999-10-26 Thread Vinai
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Mike James wrote: ->MOL on PB3400 confirmed: -> ->Mac-on-Linux (mol-0.9.21) boots Mac OS 8.6 from an HFS partition on a ->PowerBook 3400 (603e) running Debian potato. (No, I haven't confirmed ->that it works under LinuxPPC ... Just checked out 0.9.22 with LinuxPPC, and it bo