[phil@hands.com: new powerpc CDs at cdimage.debian.org]

2000-06-16 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
Give these a shot, if you can - they're on cdimage.debian.org and will probably be mirrored out and about pretty soon now. - Forwarded message from Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: 16 Jun 2000 22:49:36 +0100 From: Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: new powerpc CDs at cdimag

Re: deb-ppc: recommended browser and email client ?

2000-06-16 Thread C.M. Connelly
"DJ" == Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dan, DJ> Yes, well, there is a nice simple explanation for this. DJ> If you can find me linuxppc versions of any Netscape after DJ> 4.7, we'll see what can be done with them; but to the best DJ> of my knowledge there are no such!

Re: XF4/Mach64, with a Rage LT Pro?

2000-06-16 Thread Michel Dänzer
Josh Huber wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 11:51:24AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > You'll need a kernel patch from Michael Schmitz to correct broken OF PCI > > memory ranges. > Is this patch not in the BK tree yet? Not sure, please ask on linuxppc-dev. > Is it necessary for 2.3/4 kernels?

Re: Platinum palette weirdness

2000-06-16 Thread Josh Huber
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 06:14:00PM +0100, David Given wrote: > I've finally managed to find a Mac <> VGA adaptor. After fiddling with the > DIP > switches I've finally managed to get this rather nice Belinea monitor running > at 1152x870 in 8-bit mode. > > Unfortunately, the palette is gibberis

Platinum palette weirdness

2000-06-16 Thread David Given
I've finally managed to find a Mac <> VGA adaptor. After fiddling with the DIP switches I've finally managed to get this rather nice Belinea monitor running at 1152x870 in 8-bit mode. Unfortunately, the palette is gibberish under X. Everything appears in shades of yellow. If I force xv to do pe

Re: debian ppc bafflement?

2000-06-16 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 10:35:48PM +0800, Jamie Moir wrote: > What is happening is that its getting to the very early and boring > point where it says that i need to partition the hdd, which i do so, > then it wont play ball. It says that there is no suitable partition > to install. > Well, ar

debian ppc bafflement?

2000-06-16 Thread Jamie Moir
Hi there, Im pretty new to debian ppc but not debian itself I should start by saying before I explain how confused its gotten me on a ppc =) I have successfully gotten it working on x86, sparc and alpha so im really embarassed about this *grin* Question: whats up with the installer? Ive bee

Re: wavelan (was ALERT: AirPort 1.2 update breaks WaveLAN)

2000-06-16 Thread Mike James
Hi, Hollis-- On 6/16/00 at 6:10 PM +0900 you wrote: Might I ask which WaveLan card you're using? I didn't get anywhere with a Melco WLI-PCM-L11 (listed as supported in pcmcia-cs). That is, the pcmcia stack recognized it and loaded the driver and all, but the driver apparently couldn't commu

Re: XF4/Mach64, with a Rage LT Pro?

2000-06-16 Thread Josh Huber
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 11:51:24AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > You'll need a kernel patch from Michael Schmitz to correct broken OF PCI > memory ranges. Is this patch not in the BK tree yet? Is it necessary for 2.3/4 kernels? > I have built the ati driver for my latest experimental tarballs: >

kernel compilation for pcmcia

2000-06-16 Thread Andre Berger
I would like to build my own kernel with corresponding PCMCIA modules on my PB 3400/potato. I have built a few "easy" kernels on PCs, but PPC seems to be different (has to be patched, hasn't it?). Could someone please give me some step-by-step-instructions (what to download, what to do with it) or

Re: X Trouble

2000-06-16 Thread Michel Dänzer
Edwin Rudolph wrote: > > > > > I just installed potato on my PowerBook and am having some trouble > > > > with getting the X server to work right. I first tried to fire up X > > > > with the default FBDev server, and that didn't work at all. > > > > What was the problem? > > By default with no c

Re: XF4/Mach64, with a Rage LT Pro?

2000-06-16 Thread Michel Dänzer
Josh Huber wrote: > > How's the XF4 support in terms of mach 64? I'd like to get support for my > WallStreet going. You'll need a kernel patch from Michael Schmitz to correct broken OF PCI memory ranges. I have built the ati driver for my latest experimental tarballs: http://n.ethz.ch/student/

Re: X Trouble

2000-06-16 Thread Andre Berger
Sorry to followup my own post; I made a mistake. F9/F10 is really 101/109 on the console resp. 109/117 on X here. Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It should work on (left) option 2/3 (not option F2/F3). I had a > problem using different keys. Though I had mouse button emulation on > the