Re: usb support

2000-11-05 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 09:06:26AM +, Hadess wrote: [billshit trolling snipped] > Yes, there are absolutely no problem, 'till the day you > 're not gonna be able to bootup your computer because > you made a syntax error in your yaboot.conf. > yaboot is the boot-loader, and ybin could be the e

Re: KDE2 mysterious crashes...

2000-11-05 Thread Patrice LaFlamme
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 12:08:03AM + or thereabouts, Hadess wrote: > Well then just launch the app from the command-line and check if the pb > is the same ! Thanks for making me feel dumb (hm, studying for those exams must have made my mind go away...) ;) But that still wouldn't excuse the e

Re: KDE2 mysterious crashes...

2000-11-05 Thread Hadess
Patrice LaFlamme wrote: > > Hello, > > I would just like to know if my case is an isolated one... On my Powerbook > 3400, > when I run KDE2, many of the kde apps crash when I quit them. ie, I run the > control center, change stuff, and close the app (either by the X button, or > the > file->qui

KDE2 mysterious crashes...

2000-11-05 Thread Patrice LaFlamme
Hello, I would just like to know if my case is an isolated one... On my Powerbook 3400, when I run KDE2, many of the kde apps crash when I quit them. ie, I run the control center, change stuff, and close the app (either by the X button, or the file->quit), and the hard drives whirs a bit, and the

Re: PCMCIA-Probleme

2000-11-05 Thread Michael Schmitz
[note to poster: this mailing list uses english language per convention. There are german language lists AFAIK, see the web site. Germans do learn English in school, that I know for a fact, so the language should not pose much of a problem as not all of us are native speakers here.] > ich versuch

Re: Motif or GNOME? (semi-repost)

2000-11-05 Thread Michael Schmitz
> The Windows port might be nice, but GNOME doesn't have it? You're confusing the toolkit libraries (qt vs. gtk) and the desktop environment built on top (KDE / GNOME). Both qt and gtk should be available for windose. Michael

Re: Motif or GNOME? (semi-repost)

2000-11-05 Thread Jonathan Belson
Hiya >Thanks Hadess. I wasn't aware of these issues. BTW, I did not mention >that I will be using the application only under X Windows >environments, and I guess what I was really asking was how does Motif >compare to GNOME or KDE? Why is Motif (relatively) crappy? That's >what I'm after. I'

Re: cursing my yboot'd Lombard

2000-11-05 Thread Michael Schmitz
> Wouldn't that mean it's a yaboot problem, then? Of course, the kernel > should do all it can, but if the loader makes a tremendous difference Nope, atyfb problem (or fbcon problem) rather. But that's just my gut feeling, nothing more. Prove me wrong if you can. The reason why BootX makes a

Re: cursing my yboot'd Lombard

2000-11-05 Thread Chad Miller
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 05:10:17PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Hi, all. I just set up yaboot to boot instead of BootX. I rebooted, and > > notice that the cursor is black. The kernel is 2.2.17 out of woody on a > > Lombard (1999 G3 333MHz PowerBook). > > Happens sometime, for reasons yet

Re: Motif or GNOME? (semi-repost)

2000-11-05 Thread Bill
Thanks Hadess. I wasn't aware of these issues. BTW, I did not mention that I will be using the application only under X Windows environments, and I guess what I was really asking was how does Motif compare to GNOME or KDE? Why is Motif (relatively) crappy? That's what I'm after. Am I correct

Re: PCMCIA-Probleme

2000-11-05 Thread Paul Talacko
On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Hadess wrote: > Hallo Mohr, > > Dein Maile ist ganz gut fur mich, aber > this mailing doesn't speak German that much... OK, pcmcia hangs his Powerbook with a kernel panic. He doesn't know whether he should use tcic or i82365. When he doesn't configure pcmcia the same hap

Re: Motif or GNOME? (semi-repost)

2000-11-05 Thread Hadess
Bill wrote: > > Hi, I tried to ask this earlier but got my terminology mixed up and I > don't think my question made sense. I'll try again. > > I need to develop an app for analyzing data and graphically (3D) > displaying results, preferrably with C++, X Windows, and OpenGL. > > I need to be abl

Re: PCMCIA-Probleme

2000-11-05 Thread Hadess
Hallo Mohr, Dein Maile ist ganz gut fur mich, aber this mailing doesn't speak German that much... Although I understood the Please help, you'd like to repost your call for help in English. There might be a couple of German pals that's able to help you aus Deutsch. Tobias Mohr wrote: > > Hallo,

Re: Motif or GNOME? (semi-repost)

2000-11-05 Thread Jonathan Belson
Hiya >Hi, I tried to ask this earlier but got my terminology mixed up and I >don't think my question made sense. I'll try again. I was scratching my head when I read it ;^) >I need to develop an app for analyzing data and graphically (3D) >displaying results, preferrably with C++, X Windows, a

Motif or GNOME? (semi-repost)

2000-11-05 Thread Bill
Hi, I tried to ask this earlier but got my terminology mixed up and I don't think my question made sense. I'll try again. I need to develop an app for analyzing data and graphically (3D) displaying results, preferrably with C++, X Windows, and OpenGL. I need to be able to move my development ef

PCMCIA-Probleme

2000-11-05 Thread Tobias Mohr
Hallo, ich versuche verzweifelt Debian 2.2 auf meinem Powerbook zu installieren. Jedesmal, wenn ich im Installationsprogramm PCMCIA konfigurieren möchte, hängt sich der Mac auf (Kernel panic: machine check rebooting in 180 seconds). Ich weiß auch nicht, ob ich einen i82365 oder tcic -Controller ne

PCMCIA-Probleme

2000-11-05 Thread Tobias Mohr
Hallo, ich versuche verzweifelt Debian 2.2 auf meinem Powerbook zu installieren. Jedesmal, wenn ich im Installationsprogramm PCMCIA konfigurieren möchte, hängt sich der Mac auf (Kernel panic: machine check rebooting in 180 seconds). Ich weiß auch nicht, ob ich einen i82365 oder tcic -Controller ne

Re: [BUG?] Dependency issues

2000-11-05 Thread Adam C Powell IV
"C.M. Connelly" wrote: > 3. Just like 1 or 2, but one of the binary packages cannot be > built on PowerPC because of a coding or dependency problem. > These problems won't be fixed until someone can take a look at > the problem, solve it, and submit a patch or upload a new > versi

Re: cursing my yboot'd Lombard

2000-11-05 Thread Michael Schmitz
> Hi, all. I just set up yaboot to boot instead of BootX. I rebooted, and > notice that the cursor is black. The kernel is 2.2.17 out of woody on a > Lombard (1999 G3 333MHz PowerBook). Happens sometime, for reasons yet unknown. What seems to happen is that the cursor changes color to black. Fe

Re: usb support

2000-11-05 Thread Hadess
Blue Thomas wrote: > > --- Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:21:12PM -0800, Blue > > Thomas wrote: > > > > > pohl's right with the instructions, follew them > > and u > > > should be fine. if u dont have a zip disk, boot > > off > > > the CD if u can. u dont ne