Re: quadra 605

2000-05-22 Thread Josh
> I have a similar problem happening to me on my LC 630. When I go to boot the > newly installed sytem for the first time (to run dselect and all that stuff) > it > boots alright (well it complains about not finding modules for some of the > devices like ttyS0 etc) and then when it gets to init i

Re: Where are the Netscape 4.7 Debian PowerPC packages

2000-05-22 Thread Brendan J Simon
Renaud Dreyer wrote: > Any idea where I can find the Netscape 4.7 Debian PowerPC packages? > I'm really sick and tired of 4.6 constantly crashing on me and > leaving stray processes behind, that have to be killed by hand. I > can't find Kostantinos Margaritis' packages anymore, they used to be > a

Where are the Netscape 4.7 Debian PowerPC packages

2000-05-22 Thread Renaud Dreyer
Any idea where I can find the Netscape 4.7 Debian PowerPC packages? I'm really sick and tired of 4.6 constantly crashing on me and leaving stray processes behind, that have to be killed by hand. I can't find Kostantinos Margaritis' packages anymore, they used to be at: http://feanor.nuclear.de

Re: Linux/APUS site @sourceforge

2000-05-22 Thread Nicholai Benalal
Hello Michel Den 22-Maj-00, skrev Michel Dänzer: MD> (First of all: sorry for cross-posting - I don't want to miss anyone :) MD> MD> MD> We are building up a Linux/APUS project @sourceforge. The summary page MD> is MD> MD> https://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=5907 MD> MD> Well done. So

Re: [Fwd: trackpad-g3 powerbook]

2000-05-22 Thread Josh
> On Debian, I > believe you should look in /etc/rcS.d. I can't figure out which file in /etc/rcS.d to put 'trackpad notap' in. But the trackpad_tool program works fine, thanks for the help.

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Josh
> The Pentium implements the sleep function, as far as I remember, > and Linux supports it. speaking of sleep function, I am wondering: I have Debian installed on an expansion bay hard drive in my G3 Powerbook. Whenever I'm booted in Mac OS, either from expansion bay drive or internal drive, and

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread David A. Gatwood
On Sun, 21 May 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: > then look at the heat sync on a G4 -- friggen monster about the size > of a video tape ;-) Yes, but that is _all_ the cooling needed. A PIII has a monster heat sink, _and_ a cpu fan, _and_ a case fan, _and_ ;-) David

Website

2000-05-22 Thread Sinan Gürkan
Hello I`ve improved preview website..Please take a look... -Kolla`s apus logo added -FAQ link added... -SourceForge logo and link added. Can someone tell me the name of the links that will go to the blue cell on the front page... btw will you all transfer all the files from Sunsite to Sourcefo

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Michael Schmitz
> >Speaking of which: can someone point me to the URL for the 0.6 pmud > >source? If no one else is interested, I'd package it for Debian. > > Just visit my page: > http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~sb/PowerBook.html Just when I thought I'd seen all the Powerbook Linux pages :-) Thanks for the pointer.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Linux/APUS site @sourceforge

2000-05-22 Thread Alan Buxey
hi, > https://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=5907 I only got in from http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=5907 https:// didnt work. > We will have a homepage up at http://linux-apus.sourceforge.net hopefully > soon. 8-) > There are two new mailing lists: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAI

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Michel Dänzer
Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > installing Debian. Anyway, let see if we can improve the situation > > > and have the pmud package for Debian PPC. > > > > Sure, .. > > Speaking of which: can someone point me to the URL for the 0.6 pmud > source? Look at http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~sb/PowerBook.ht

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Sergio Brandano
>Speaking of which: can someone point me to the URL for the 0.6 pmud >source? If no one else is interested, I'd package it for Debian. Just visit my page: http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~sb/PowerBook.html Look under the "Power Management" section. You will find the intructions for a Debian install

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > installing Debian. Anyway, let see if we can improve the situation > > and have the pmud package for Debian PPC. > > Sure, .. Speaking of which: can someone point me to the URL for the 0.6 pmud source? If no one else is interested, I'd package it for Debian. Michael

modify a kernel

2000-05-22 Thread Xavier Grave
Hi, I have already talk about this problem but I didn't succed to solve it so I try a new message. I want to boot a diskless PreP board with a 2.3.99-pre6 kernel (Motorolla MVME 2301). The board boot fine with kernel 2.2.13. The only thing it need it's to handle correctly the boot arguments. The

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 03:16:44PM +, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > > Well, i was just installing debian on the box, it was not supposed > > to go to sleep, ... and rather busy unpacking stuff also, ... > > That task keeps the Hard Disk fairly busy and the CPU mostly quiet. > You were probably

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Sergio Brandano
> Well, i was just installing debian on the box, it was not supposed > to go to sleep, ... and rather busy unpacking stuff also, ... That task keeps the Hard Disk fairly busy and the CPU mostly quiet. You were probably doing something else with that CPU before installing Debian. Anyway, let se

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 03:01:42PM +, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > >> Using Linux? > > >Well, yes, ... what else ? > > The Pentium implements the sleep function, as far as I remember, > and Linux supports it. You probably had a broken kernel. Well, i was just installing debian on the box,

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Sergio Brandano
>> Using Linux? >Well, yes, ... what else ? The Pentium implements the sleep function, as far as I remember, and Linux supports it. You probably had a broken kernel. (I am assuming a ``normal'' use of the computer, or course, where one writes, stops, thinks, then writes again and so forth.

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 02:44:18PM +, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > ... I am glad I have the PB. I like it. No, better, I love it! > And it feels so good at winter time. But sometimes my hands (and > legs) feel way too warm... It is not a matter of heavy work when it > happens, as word proces

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Sergio Brandano
... I am glad I have the PB. I like it. No, better, I love it! And it feels so good at winter time. But sometimes my hands (and legs) feel way too warm... It is not a matter of heavy work when it happens, as word processing is not that demanding for a CPU. 6W rather than 30W sounds good, but

[ANNOUNCE] Linux/APUS site @sourceforge

2000-05-22 Thread Michel Dänzer
(First of all: sorry for cross-posting - I don't want to miss anyone :) We are building up a Linux/APUS project @sourceforge. The summary page is https://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=5907 We will have a homepage up at http://linux-apus.sourceforge.net hopefully soon. There are two new m

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 10:52:31PM -0700, David A. Gatwood wrote: > On Sat, 20 May 2000, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > > I do not know why I am wasting time with this issue. Anyway, I have a > > very different experience on cooling both cars and computers. All the > > cars I happen to see do run t

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Sergio Brandano
> The problem with the screensaver is that it will use the CPU, and so > it prevents it from going to the DOZE mode (power saving mode). This > is done in the kernel idle task. That's why, for example, just > browsing text will eat less battery on a powerbook than doing big > compiles or calculati

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sat, May 20, 2000, David A. Gatwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You can always turn off the gnome screensaver and just use xset to turn on >screen blanking, though. :-) The problem with the screensaver is that it will use the CPU, and so it prevents it from going to the DOZE mode (power sav

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 02:35:13PM +0200, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Thu, May 18, 2000, Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >So this mean that the G3 and G4 cpus have both the equivalent of > >speedstep/whatever that AMD & Intel are introducing as a big novelty ? > > > > Yes, they

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, May 18, 2000, Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So this mean that the G3 and G4 cpus have both the equivalent of >speedstep/whatever that AMD & Intel are introducing as a big novelty ? > Yes, they do, Intel did nothing new in this regard. The G3 can monitor it's own junction tempera

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, May 16, 2000, Tim Wojtulewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >No it's definitely supposed to have a fan. It comes on in MacOS. >The problem is that the PMU is not fully supported yet, so it doesn't >understand that the processor is too hot. I'm trying to find >information about it, but

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Timothy A. Seufert
At 9:17 PM -0800 5/21/00, Ethan Benson wrote: then look at the heat sync on a G4 -- friggen monster about the size of a video tape ;-) That particular heatsink was designed to allow the processor to survive if the computer's main air circulation fan dies. It doesn't actually have to be that

Re: man-db cannot create temporary filename

2000-05-22 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 02:49:17AM -0500, Claudio Sanchez III wrote: > I just installed debian potato on my PowerBase. Now I get this error > whenever trying to view a man page: > > $ man man > man: can't create a temporary filename: Permission denied > > Man package is man-db_2.3.16-1.deb from

man-db cannot create temporary filename

2000-05-22 Thread Claudio Sanchez III
I just installed debian potato on my PowerBase. Now I get this error whenever trying to view a man page: $ man man man: can't create a temporary filename: Permission denied Man package is man-db_2.3.16-1.deb from ftp.debian.org. Installs ok. Try to make database: # mandb Processing manual pa

Re: Pauls 2.2.15 does not boot a 7200

2000-05-22 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 11:51:15PM -0700, Matthew A. McLean wrote: > > You only need to do make pmac_config the _FIRST_ time you build a kernel, > after that your options are loaded from .config in the root directory... not from my experience. once you make pmac_config your screwed, i had to ree

Re: Pauls 2.2.15 does not boot a 7200

2000-05-22 Thread Matthew A. McLean
Hey, On Sun, 21 May 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: > no i never use pmac_config any more, it absolutly SCREWS UP the > config, i needed NFS support in my kernel and no matter how many times > i re make configed it i always ended up being shut off till i found > out that the fscking make pmac-config wa

Re: Pauls 2.2.15 does not boot a 7200

2000-05-22 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Ethan Benson wrote: > > the correct solution is for the config script to filter out the x86 > > options as soon as you answer `PowerMac' for CPU type. no need for > > this lame make pmac_config kludge. > > Agreed. For example if you know of an x86-only d

Re: Pauls 2.2.15 does not boot a 7200

2000-05-22 Thread Jeff Garzik
Ethan Benson wrote: > the correct solution is for the config script to filter out the x86 > options as soon as you answer `PowerMac' for CPU type. no need for > this lame make pmac_config kludge. Agreed. For example if you know of an x86-only driver, then that driver's Config.in line should look

Re: Pismo status

2000-05-22 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 02:01:25PM -0700, Timothy A. Seufert wrote: [snip] > > Concerning computers, > > and Linux, it is running this OS that the situation improved, as far > > as Intel processors are concerned. I can say that the cpus, before > > the advent of the caged P-II, where so cold t

Re: Pauls 2.2.15 does not boot a 7200

2000-05-22 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 11:41:27AM -0400, Kevin Puetz wrote: > > Umm, VGA console would completely kill a powermac yes, as they have no vga > and > linux can have one and only one console... yes i always disable this on powerpc kernels... > > what kind of config file were you starting with th