Re: Kernel 2.2.13 (and earlier) and ethernet interrupt handler

1999-11-01 Thread gb
On 1 Nov, Matt Porter wrote: > What type of PowerPC system are you running on? 6500/275 (603e based), 128 MB Ram > What type of Ethernet chipset are you using? DEC chip. de4x5.o is the driver. tulip.o does recognize the card, but get's massive timeout problems on it. de4x5.o does work quite ni

Re: X

1999-11-01 Thread Kevin Puetz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Well, I got the base system plus most of the common packages > installed. Went quite smooth. But - X does provide for a bumpy > experience. Well, tI=ve gotten nowhere. Yes. Of course, I had a tarball of my old /etc when I switched to Debian from LinuxPPC, so I used my o

Re: Kernel 2.2.13 (and earlier) and ethernet interrupt handler

1999-11-01 Thread Matt Porter
On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 08:28:24PM +0100, Georg Bauer wrote: > Any ideas what might go wrong here? Any idea where to search next for hints on > what goes wrong? I have to admit that I am a bit at a loss with this. What type of PowerPC system are you running on? What type of Ethernet chipset are yo

Kernel 2.2.13 (and earlier) and ethernet interrupt handler

1999-11-01 Thread Georg Bauer
Hi! I have a problem with kernel 2.2.13 and some earlier kernels. With several versions there was the problem that when I did some intensive networking on the local network, I got "eth0 reentering interrupt handler". This was with 2.2.1, with 2.2.5 and now with 2.2.13. In between there were versio

X

1999-11-01 Thread Sundlöf
Well, I got the base system plus most of the common packages installed. Went quite smooth. But - X does provide for a bumpy experience. Well, tI=ve gotten nowhere. First, I can find no X configuration tools. Secondly, I can=t find any existing XF86Config files, for manual configuration in lack o

Re: PowerMac kernels with GCC 2.95.1

1999-11-01 Thread Georg Bauer
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Frank Petzold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Use egcs-1.1.2. gcc 2.95.x did never work for mw compiling kernels for > APUS either. Hm. egcs isn't available for potato - at least not as an easily to spot package ... bye, Georg

Re: Install on MVME1604-014

1999-11-01 Thread Matt Porter
On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 01:30:11PM +, Mark Bover wrote: > I'm hoping someone on the list > can help me. I've recently obtained a couple of > surplus MVME1604-014 VME cards (These are the PPC/ > PREP/PPCBug ones without a video controller.) on > which I would like to install a Deb

Re: Newbie Debian Questions

1999-11-01 Thread Matt Porter
On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 08:13:34PM +0100, Hartmut Koptein wrote: > > I've been investigating the possibility of getting some form of Linux up > > and running on my rev. A iMac for about a week now. Unfortunately, my > > knowledge of *nix is weak, having never seriously worked with the OS. As > > yo

Re: PowerMac kernels with GCC 2.95.1

1999-11-01 Thread Matt Porter
On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 01:27:54PM -0500, Shaw Terwilliger wrote: > I'm using GCC as part of Potato (1999/10/29) on my PowerBook (G3 Series > Lombard). Since about 1999/09/24 (my last working kernel) I haven't > been able to successfully boot a new kernel. I've been using Paul > Mackerras's archi

Install on MVME1604-014

1999-11-01 Thread Mark Bover
Hi! Everyone, I'm hoping someone on the list can help me. I've recently obtained a couple of surplus MVME1604-014 VME cards (These are the PPC/ PREP/PPCBug ones without a video controller.) on which I would like to install a Debian environment. I can load the latest boot.bin file

Re: PowerMac kernels with GCC 2.95.1

1999-11-01 Thread Frank Petzold
Thus spake Shaw Terwilliger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > kernels? Is there some other compiler I should be using (older > GCC)? Use egcs-1.1.2. gcc 2.95.x did never work for mw compiling kernels for APUS either.