Re: USB Mouse Problem

2001-01-17 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Scott Cole wrote: > I could not find anythign on this at the web site, so I apologize if > it is an old question. > > I have an Imac DV (slot-loading New World Rom). My mouse does not > work at all. As the kernel boots I see that it will recognize my > intellimouse explorer. I rebooted with my hoc

Re: Newbie Install Question on Umax S900

2001-01-17 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 02:36:57PM -0800, Ted Swinyar wrote: > Hello, > I am interested in getting Debian PPC going on an old Umax S900 > I've got sitting around. I got the CheapBytes CDs of Debian PPC and > was able to successfully boot into the initial installer and was > able to proceed throug

Re: Compilation error of linux-2.4.0 with glibc 2.2.1-1

2001-01-17 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 11:54:39AM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > And there's even newer stuff at ftp://ftp.fsmlabs.com/pub/linuxppc based on > the > .1-pre7 source, meaning it includes reiserfs. > > Speaking of which, does anyone know if reiserfs endian/64-bit problems have > been > worked

XF4 on Wallstret PBG3

2001-01-17 Thread Sam Powers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been trying to make XFree4 work on my Powerbook G3. It has ATI Mach64 video, and crashes when I start XFree86, and it keeps me in Xpmac all the time, and I don't like xpmac, but I like the framebuffer server even less. Has there been any news a

USB Mouse Problem

2001-01-17 Thread Scott Cole
I could not find anythign on this at the web site, so I apologize if it is an old question. I have an Imac DV (slot-loading New World Rom). My mouse does not work at all. As the kernel boots I see that it will recognize my intellimouse explorer. I rebooted with my hockey puck and i saw on the

Newbie Install Question on Umax S900

2001-01-17 Thread Ted Swinyar
Hello, I am interested in getting Debian PPC going on an old Umax S900 I've got sitting around. I got the CheapBytes CDs of Debian PPC and was able to successfully boot into the initial installer and was able to proceed through the installation until the part of the install process where I was

Re: Powerbook still pops and clicks

2001-01-17 Thread Brendan J Simon
Michel Dänzer wrote: It's known to have caused _me_ endless troubles ;) It's possible that E is trying to output sound via esound, causing the clicks. Can you try removing esound and disabling E & gnome sound to see if it helps ? (At least, we would then know if esound is the culprit). I disab

Re: X4.0 debs for powerpc

2001-01-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
"W. Crowshaw" wrote: > > Are there any deb packages available of X4 for the powerpc? If so, > where are they. > > I have already checked > > deb http://people.debian.org/~branden/ woody/powerpc > > using apt-get and they don't appear to be there? They're in unstable. If you want to get them f

X4.0 debs for powerpc

2001-01-17 Thread W. Crowshaw
Are there any deb packages available of X4 for the powerpc? If so, where are they. I have already checked deb http://people.debian.org/~branden/ woody/powerpc using apt-get and they don't appear to be there? thanks, -- W. Crowshaw _ Do

Re: Compilation error of linux-2.4.0 with glibc 2.2.1-1

2001-01-17 Thread Sergio Brandano
Thanks. It compiles without irda and pcmcia. After booting, it complained about the filesystem, requiring maintenance. I am back to 2.2.18, where no maintenance is required. I have seen another similar message on this list, but I have not seen the solution yet. Sergio >linux-pmac-devel is

Re: Compilation error of linux-2.4.0 with glibc 2.2.1-1

2001-01-17 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Bastien Nocera wrote: > Quoting Sergio Brandano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > ... the kernel souces come from ftp.kernel.org, this is because > > the supposedly main tree at ppc.samba.org::linux-pmac-stable > > is still delivering a pre-version of 2.2.18. > > linux-pmac-devel is delivering 2.4

Re: Titanium experience?

2001-01-17 Thread Chris Ivanovich
At 11:43 AM -0500 1/17/01, Chad Miller wrote: Has anyone tried booting on the new Titanium PowerBook? I'm wondering how funky the hardware is. I'm considering burning a CD and visiting retailers, if I can find any with a demo model. The Titanium PowerBook isn't out yet. The only ones out the

Titanium experience?

2001-01-17 Thread Chad Miller
Has anyone tried booting on the new Titanium PowerBook? I'm wondering how funky the hardware is. I'm considering burning a CD and visiting retailers, if I can find any with a demo model. - chad -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://we

Re: Thank you Ethan

2001-01-17 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 12:47:28PM +0100, Christian Pernegger wrote: > Hi! > > Thank you Ethan for the excellent documentation you wrote. > (http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/) All this should really > go in the install manual for powerpc! thank you, some of it is in the debian manual, some more wo

Re: Compilation error of linux-2.4.0 with glibc 2.2.1-1

2001-01-17 Thread Bastien Nocera
Quoting Sergio Brandano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > ... the kernel souces come from ftp.kernel.org, this is because > the supposedly main tree at ppc.samba.org::linux-pmac-stable > is still delivering a pre-version of 2.2.18. linux-pmac-devel is delivering 2.4.0... /Bastien Nocera http://hadess

Re: Compilation error of linux-2.4.0 with glibc 2.2.1-1

2001-01-17 Thread Sergio Brandano
... the kernel souces come from ftp.kernel.org, this is because the supposedly main tree at ppc.samba.org::linux-pmac-stable is still delivering a pre-version of 2.2.18. Sergio

Re: bootX and MacOS 9.1?

2001-01-17 Thread Chris Ivanovich
At 12:57 PM +0100 1/17/01, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: >However I read some reports on linuxppc-users from people not being able to boot Linux from MacOS 9.1/BootX anymore. Has anyone else had trouble/success booting into Linux from 9.1 with BootX, especially on an OldWorld machine? Thanks,

Compilation error of linux-2.4.0 with glibc 2.2.1-1

2001-01-17 Thread Sergio Brandano
Cheers, Sergio chmod u+w ppc_defs.h grep '^#define' mk_defs.s >> ppc_defs.h rm mk_defs.s gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -D__powerpc__ -fsigned-char -msoft-float -pipe -ffixed-r2 -Wno-uninitialized -mmultiple -

Re: X on new iBook

2001-01-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
Bastien Nocera wrote: > > Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Christian Pernegger wrote: > > > > > Even though it says on penguinppc.org that the ati(r128) > > > driver from XFree 4.0.2 should work out-of-the-box, it > > > doesn't on my iBook FireWire. (I tried the debs in sid > > >

Re: X on new iBook

2001-01-17 Thread Bastien Nocera
Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Christian Pernegger wrote: > > > Even though it says on penguinppc.org that the ati(r128) > > driver from XFree 4.0.2 should work out-of-the-box, it > > doesn't on my iBook FireWire. (I tried the debs in sid > > and those from penguinppc.org.) > > > >

Re: Powerbook still pops and clicks

2001-01-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
Brendan J Simon wrote: > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > >> Is esound known to be broken on powerpc ? > >> Is there a better sound daemon that is recommended for powerpc ? > > > > It's known to have caused _me_ endless troubles ;) It's possible that E > > is trying to output sound via esound,

Re: X on new iBook

2001-01-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
Christian Pernegger wrote: > Even though it says on penguinppc.org that the ati(r128) > driver from XFree 4.0.2 should work out-of-the-box, it > doesn't on my iBook FireWire. (I tried the debs in sid > and those from penguinppc.org.) > > But then maybe it isn't supposed to, for some reason? > Can

X on new iBook

2001-01-17 Thread Christian Pernegger
Hi! Even though it says on penguinppc.org that the ati(r128) driver from XFree 4.0.2 should work out-of-the-box, it doesn't on my iBook FireWire. (I tried the debs in sid and those from penguinppc.org.) But then maybe it isn't supposed to, for some reason? Can someone give me appropriate pointers

Re: New iBook _does_ boot from CD

2001-01-17 Thread Bastien Nocera
Quoting Christian Pernegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > While i couldn't get my iBook FireWire to netboot, > it will boot off the first potato CD. > > Press c immediately after booting starts to boot from > CD, then hold [TAB] until the machine seems to hang. In > reality you've got a boot prompt. >

New iBook _does_ boot from CD

2001-01-17 Thread Christian Pernegger
While i couldn't get my iBook FireWire to netboot, it will boot off the first potato CD. Press c immediately after booting starts to boot from CD, then hold [TAB] until the machine seems to hang. In reality you've got a boot prompt. Carefully type debian video=ofonly[ENTER] and you're s

Re: bootX and MacOS 9.1?

2001-01-17 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>However I read some reports on linuxppc-users from people not being >able to boot Linux from MacOS 9.1/BootX anymore. Has anyone else had >trouble/success booting into Linux from 9.1 with BootX, especially >on an OldWorld machine? Thanks, Don't kill you existing MacOS so you can revert to it if

Thank you Ethan

2001-01-17 Thread Christian Pernegger
Hi! Thank you Ethan for the excellent documentation you wrote. (http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/) All this should really go in the install manual for powerpc! Christian P.S: I'd have maild you personally, but my ISPs mail server seems to be on alaska.net's black list

bootX and MacOS 9.1?

2001-01-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
I was about to upgrade to MacOS 9.1 on my PowerMac 7300, which I also dual-boot with BootX to Debian potato. However I read some reports on linuxppc-users from people not being able to boot Linux from MacOS 9.1/BootX anymore. Has anyone else had trouble/success booting into Linux from 9.1 with