Re: compiling kernel

2000-07-10 Thread Josh
>install all of this: > >Depends: binutils, bzip2, fileutils (>= 4.0) >Recommends: libc-dev, gcc, make >Suggests: libncurses-dev | ncurses-dev, task-tcltk-dev, >kernel-package, bin86 libncurses-dev | ncurses-dev, task-tcltk-dev, kernel-package were installed bin 86 couldn't be found (ftp.debian.or

Re: compiling kernel

2000-07-10 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 09:30:48PM -0500, Josh wrote: > > also check that you have a /usr/src/linux symlink pointing at your > > kenrel source (did i already mention that?) > > Got that. > > > also are you using kernel sources from paul's rsync tree? or > > ftp.kernel.org? or a debian kernel sou

Re: fb-related kernel panic?

2000-07-10 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 11:53:02AM -0600, Jeremiah Merkl wrote: > I've been having issues with my video. > > Standard G3-'99, with a rage128. Seems that if I use fbset to change my > video mode to 1280x1024 (on console), as soon as I hit the bottom of the > screen, I kernel-panic...except it doesn

Re: compiling kernel

2000-07-10 Thread Josh
> also check that you have a /usr/src/linux symlink pointing at your > kenrel source (did i already mention that?) Got that. > also are you using kernel sources from paul's rsync tree? or > ftp.kernel.org? or a debian kernel source package? >From ftp.kernel.org (I think)

Re: compiling kernel

2000-07-10 Thread Josh
Sorry to repost this, I think I sent it to wrong thread berfore (and I'm kind of stuck at this point): > > install libc6-dev and at least that error will go away, you may have > > to install a couple others. I did: apt-get install libc6-dev Message was that I had the latest version. I did 'apt-g

Re: usbmouse kernel 2.2.16pre4

2000-07-10 Thread Brendan J Simon
I have the following in my /etc/X11/XF86Config for XFree86 version 4.0b. The adbmouse is for the trackpad and the usbmouse is for the external mouse. Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "BusMouse" Option "Device" "/dev/adbmouse" EndSection

Re: QUIK on the 7200

2000-07-10 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Matt Brubeck wrote: > There's a wide world of PowerPC hardware beyond Apple's [newworld] PowerMacs. > If you want to ignore it, that's fine. But please don't insult those who want > a useful operating system on the hardware that they own now. Hear, hear! Couldn't have said it better myself. So,

[Fwd: compiling kernel]

2000-07-10 Thread Josh
Josh wrote: > > install libc6-dev and at least that error will go away, you may have > > to install a couple others. > > I did: apt-get install libc6-dev > Message was that I had the latest version. I did 'apt-get update' and > 'apt-get > upgrade'. > I get the same message when I do 'make vmli

Re: Paul's 2.2.15 does not boot a 7200

2000-07-10 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > I see no reason why they wouldn't work with quick/yaboot since the > > decompressor is embedded in the boot image as well. Hence the boot loader is > > not aware that there's any compression. > > So it should also work on my

Re: usbmouse kernel 2.2.16pre4

2000-07-10 Thread Nelson Abramson
Ronnie Stevens wrote: > I have a Powerbook firewire 400 Mhz with debian installed. But I cant > get my logitech usb-mouse working. Any help would be nice. What fails? What have you tried? If you are trying it in X, are you using Xpmac or fbdev? If you are using fbdev, what does your XF86Config

Re: bootx vs yaboot vs ?

2000-07-10 Thread Nelson Abramson
aamedol wrote: > Against the warning of Bootx documents on new world macs: > Tried BootX with an image placed it in appropiate place, chose setup > in BootX pointed it to the .gz file. Strike the magic linux button and... > a click but just freezes my screen and goes nowhere. I have all the files

bootx vs yaboot vs ?

2000-07-10 Thread aamedol
Please excuse my ignorance in this issue. I've installed slackware and bsd on my pc but this mac linux install has got me in a loop :) I've created a bootable debian potato cdrom from the ftp site. It boots up fine right into the installer. My drive is partioned already, I follow the steps...set

Re: Broken trees? :-0

2000-07-10 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> > The rsync trees (devel and stable) are now the same??? > They very much look so, and my trees are now screwed... > > According to the official docs, 2.2.16 is the latest stable > for all platforms, but we have 2.2.17preX, that I reported > as having problems with the modem. Also, the devel tree

Broken trees? :-0

2000-07-10 Thread Sergio Brandano
Hi, The rsync trees (devel and stable) are now the same??? They very much look so, and my trees are now screwed... According to the official docs, 2.2.16 is the latest stable for all platforms, but we have 2.2.17preX, that I reported as having problems with the modem. Also, the devel tree

fb-related kernel panic?

2000-07-10 Thread Jeremiah Merkl
I've been having issues with my video. Standard G3-'99, with a rage128. Seems that if I use fbset to change my video mode to 1280x1024 (on console), as soon as I hit the bottom of the screen, I kernel-panic...except it doesn't even tell me. :) It just beeps, locks, and reboots 3 minutes later. Nea

Re: Help please

2000-07-10 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> >For installation, I assume you are booting from a disk image. First, make >sure you named the floppy image "ramdisk.image.gz" and placed it in the >top level of your MacOS System Folder. Then be sure that the "use >ramdisk" option is selected in BootX. Recent versions of BootX allow you to sele

usbmouse kernel 2.2.16pre4

2000-07-10 Thread Ronnie Stevens
I have a Powerbook firewire 400 Mhz with debian installed. But I cant get my logitech usb-mouse working. Any help would be nice. Ronnie Stevens studio ZOO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zoo.nl

Re: Help please

2000-07-10 Thread Matt Brubeck
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Drew Coon wrote: > I have a lombard G3 laptop that when I try to begin the linux > installation I get the error message > Kernel panic: No init found Try passing init= option to kernel > > I'm using BootX 1.2.2 and the current installation files on the > ftp.debian.org server

Help please

2000-07-10 Thread Drew Coon
I have a lombard G3 laptop that when I try to begin the linux installation I get the error message Kernel panic: No init found Try passing init= option to kernel I'm using BootX 1.2.2 and the current installation files on the ftp.debian.org server, and have already repartitioned my HDD in anticipa

Re: Paul's 2.2.15 does not boot a 7200

2000-07-10 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>I see no reason why they wouldn't work with quick/yaboot since the >decompressor is embedded in the boot image as well. Hence the boot loader is >not aware that there's any compression. > >BTW, is there no `decompressing kernel image' output on PowerMac? It's >possible >that it's not visible on Po

Re: CALL FOR HELP : debian boot floppies 2.2.15 on apus still not ok.

2000-07-10 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 10:40:10AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 01:36:41PM -0700, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 10:24:36PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > $ mount -r -t vfat -o loop=/dev/loop0 resceu.bin /mnt > > >

Re: CALL FOR HELP : debian boot floppies 2.2.15 on apus still not ok.

2000-07-10 Thread Michel Dänzer
Sven LUTHER wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 01:36:41PM -0700, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 10:24:36PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > $ mount -r -t vfat -o loop=/dev/loop0 resceu.bin /mnt > > > > > > > > And see if it can be mounted ... > > > > > > It works if I omit

Re: CALL FOR HELP : debian boot floppies 2.2.15 on apus still not ok.

2000-07-10 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 01:36:41PM -0700, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 10:24:36PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > $ mount -r -t vfat -o loop=/dev/loop0 resceu.bin /mnt > > > > > > And see if it can be mounted ... > > > > It works if I omit the '=/dev/loop0' , and now on th

Re: CALL FOR HELP : debian boot floppies 2.2.15 on apus still not ok.

2000-07-10 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 10:24:36PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > Everything works fine, but when i come to the step where i would normally do > > : > > > > * install os kernel & modules > > > > i give the corrct place in the requester, and dbootstrap tries to loop moun

Re: Trying to boot a PowerMac 4400/200

2000-07-10 Thread Michel Dänzer
Uwe Muench wrote: > [ disk trouble with root disk ...] > > You might try a few different floppies. Floppies are notoriously > > unreliable. > > Yeah; I tried 5 different floppies for the root image... And after > they failed, I tested them as boot-floppy and there they > worked... Putting the