How is the outlook for 3d accelleration on debian-ppc?
I've found some attractive deals on voodoo 2 and 3, and wonder whether I
can expect (in the moderately near future) to see either or both of these
cards supported.
I saw (on Slashdot) that the voodoo3's drivers and DRI (for Xfree 4.0)
modules
> > # powerpc/apusamiga "Model: Amiga"
> > # powerpc/chrpi386,mac"Model: CHRP"
> > # powerpc/pmacmac "Model:
> PowerMac|[Pp]ower[Bb]ook*|Power|iMac*|PowerMac1*"
> > # powerpc/prepi386"Model: PReP"
> > # powerpc/{bbox,mbx,ppc64,82xx,8xx} Not yet suppor
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Gerald Turner wrote:
> I've tried booting PReP images several times from floppies and havn't been
> able to get anywhere (nothing runs). So now I'm following Matt Porter's
> directions for TFTP'ing the PReP image. I've got a TFTP server setup and
> tested (been able to TFTP
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Gerald Turner wrote:
> You mean add some prom_print() calls to prom_init() right? I need to
Yes.
> learn how to cross-compile a kernel from x86 - is this possible? is
> support already in Debian?
Of course it's possible. I never did this myself (I did create a cross-compil
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Gerald Turner wrote:
> > I have been able to get the Linux kernel to boot using the method
> > described at Yellow Dog Linux ("OF> boot floppy:,\ZIMAGE"), though it
> > hangs after "copying OF device tree...done" in prom_init.
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Gerald Turner wrote:
> I have been able to get the Linux kernel to boot using the method
> described at Yellow Dog Linux ("OF> boot floppy:,\ZIMAGE"), though it
> hangs after "copying OF device tree...done" in prom_init. I suppose this
> is normal considering the images that g
On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Yann Dirson wrote:
> # ppc/mac i386,mac,usb"Model: PowerMac|[Pp]ower[Bb]ook*|Power"
AFAIK Macs cannot have PC (isn't that better than i386?) keyboards
> # ppc/apusi386,mac,amiga "Model: Amiga"
APUS can have an Amiga keyboard only
> # ppc/prep?
Hello,
I'd like to run Debian PPC on my beige G3 as I am very happy with
Debian/i386 on our server.
Debian/PPC is not official released, I wonder if it is safe to install
it or should I wait the release of potato? It is for a workstation use.
Which disk image should I use to install via ftp?
Th
Hi,
Well, last night, after much tinkering, I finally managed to get PPP
working on my iMac. I was able to upgrade a few packages and surf the web
-- I was quite happy. I even tested pon/poff a few times just to make sure
the system was working.
Today I switch on my iMac hoping to rsync the pmac
Greetings,
I have a UMAX C600 that I am trying to get operational, and it's not
cooperating. The ethernet cards (both the de4x5 DEC21041 and a 3c900) will
work fine for a while (say, 15min, althgough it may have more to do with
amount of traffic), and then cut out completely. There is no error r
Hey, I'm trying to build boot disks for powerpc on a pmac system (for a pmac
system) and I seem to getting out of space on device errors when the scripts
are trying to build the disks. The resc1440pmac.bin seems to build right, but
the root1440pmac.bin script complains about not haveing enough
Hi all,
I still havn't been able to get Linux to boot on this machine...
In the last few days I've learned quite a bit more about this RS/6000 F40
(7025). I have no manuals, so learning about the F[158] keys and Open
Firmware was quite difficult and mysterious - all information about Open
Firmwa
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