Re: Woody on a G4 cube?

2001-01-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
Jeremy Radlow wrote: > > Does anyone have real world experience with Debian on a G4 cube? I don't but... > I would be using a 450 MHz G4 cube as a server. I'd like to know whether > it can function as a server (e.g. does networking work), I assume the Cube has the same network hardware as the

Re: Dvorak keymap

2001-01-28 Thread Matt Brubeck
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Bruce McIntyre wrote: > Are you talking about X when you mention "Keyboard sends Linux > keycodes" or is that some kernel argument? You can set this option by doing: echo 1 >/proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes or by using the kernel argument "keyboard_sends

Re: starting x

2001-01-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
Chris Bryan wrote: > > Using the gnome modem configurations, what init string should I use for the > standard internal modem shipped with g4's? Sorry to bother everyone, but I'm > not sure how to figure out what it is on my own, and I figured someone could > tell me without too much trouble :) Tha

Re: Dvorak keymap

2001-01-28 Thread Bruce McIntyre
Are you talking about X when you mention "Keyboard sends Linux keycodes" or is that some kernel argument? At the moment X is not a priority for me (just getting stable console would make my day!) Do you think it is best to wait for 2.6 rather than submit the driver to debian now (which I don't k

Re: Dvorak keymap

2001-01-28 Thread Bastien Nocera
Bruce McIntyre wrote: > > I have hacked together a Dvorak keymap (console) for the extended > apple keyboard. How do I submit it to the Debian project for > improvement/criticism. (my debian system is limping along so I can > not test it as much as I might like, see my SCSI woe message). I am > ve

Dvorak keymap

2001-01-28 Thread Bruce McIntyre
I have hacked together a Dvorak keymap (console) for the extended apple keyboard. How do I submit it to the Debian project for improvement/criticism. (my debian system is limping along so I can not test it as much as I might like, see my SCSI woe message). I am very much a newbie, but want to c

Re: startx

2001-01-28 Thread Matt Brubeck
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, janax wrote: > it's running well and i can use all the shells > but i'm not able to startx = command not found startx is in the xbase-clients package. Install it with: apt-get install xbase-clients If you want to install a large set of basic X11 packages all at once, you

startx

2001-01-28 Thread janax
Hello I 've installed the debian on my Pm 7200/90 on a 2Go hd (sdb5) with dselect & apt file:/hd1/debian potato main (selected all files) it's running well and i can use all the shells but i'm not able to startx = command not found should i reinstall the X server? When i run anXious it says that i

Re: Options at boot time

2001-01-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 10:06:58AM -0800, 'Mike' Michal Palczewski wrote: > type > vmlinux-2.4.0 root=/dev/hda10 > you may need something like > hd:9,vmlinux-2.4.0 root=/dev/hda10 > replace the 9 with wherever the image is you need the device and partition number always. however note that this

Re: Newbie Install Question on Umax S900 -- addendum

2001-01-28 Thread Ted Swinyar
Thanks Steve, I ran e2fsck /dev/sdb4 and told it "yes" on all the errors and on reboot everything worked as with the initial install. Unfortunately, now i'm back where I started with the following errors on startup: Starting PCMCIA services: modules/lib/modules/2.2.17/pcmcia/i82365.o: init_modu

Re: NO MOUSE

2001-01-28 Thread Matt Brubeck
> I have a three disk set and have installed the packages and booted up > _started x but no mouse! I have a Logitech usb wheelman. You probably need to modify your X server config to point at the correct mouse device. If you are running a recent kernel, including the 2.2.18pre21 kernel currently s

Re: starting x

2001-01-28 Thread Chris Bryan
Using the gnome modem configurations, what init string should I use for the standard internal modem shipped with g4's? Sorry to bother everyone, but I'm not sure how to figure out what it is on my own, and I figured someone could tell me without too much trouble :) Thanks! -Chris

Re: Options at boot time

2001-01-28 Thread 'Mike' Michal Palczewski
type vmlinux-2.4.0 root=/dev/hda10 you may need something like hd:9,vmlinux-2.4.0 root=/dev/hda10 replace the 9 with wherever the image is On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Gerhard Reuteler wrote: > Hi, > I want to compile the kernel 2.4.0 for my pismo. To test the new kernel > without changing the yaboot.c

Options at boot time

2001-01-28 Thread Gerhard Reuteler
Hi, I want to compile the kernel 2.4.0 for my pismo. To test the new kernel without changing the yaboot.conf file, what do I have to type at the boot prompt of yaboot? something like image=vmlinux-2.4.0 root=/dev/hda10 ? Thanks for help Gerhard -- Gerhard Reuteler , Reitweg 26d , A-6830 Ran

Re: Booting 7200 without MacOS?

2001-01-28 Thread Gjermund Gusland Thorsen
On søndag 28. januar 2001 14:56, Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 02:03:14PM +0100, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote: >> But quik.conf basically follows the same structure as >lilo.conf? right? > >more or less, there are a few things you often need in quik.conf that

Re: Booting 7200 without MacOS?

2001-01-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 02:03:14PM +0100, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote: > But quik.conf basically follows the same structure as lilo.conf? right? more or less, there are a few things you often need in quik.conf that do not apply to lilo.conf: 1) partition= this should be the partition number o

Re: Booting 7200 without MacOS?

2001-01-28 Thread Gjermund Gusland Thorsen
But quik.conf basically follows the same structure as lilo.conf? right? Gjermund On søndag 28. januar 2001 00:36, Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 11:00:25PM +0100, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote: >> Hi Ethan I tried that too... but I end up zapping the PRAM >trice

Re: Newbie Install Question on Umax S900 -- addendum

2001-01-28 Thread Steven Hanley
On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 12:38:56AM -0800, Ted Swinyar wrote: > scsi1: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 3, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 67 1d 07 > 00 00 80 00 > Info fld=0x671d24, Current sd08:14: sense key Medium Error > Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error > scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:14

NO MOUSE

2001-01-28 Thread Rodney Brookes
Hi I have an early G4ppc which I have run Linuxppc, SuSE, and now I want to try Debian. I have a three disk set and have installed the packages and booted up_started x but no mouse! I have a Logitech usb wheelman. Can anybody help please? Regards Rod

Re: Newbie Install Question on Umax S900 -- addendum

2001-01-28 Thread Ted Swinyar
Quick follow-up to my previous message. On reboot after the initial boot failure (see previous message below) I get the error message that "/dev/sdb4 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced." At this point, I get a huge number of SCSI errors, as follows: scsi1: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 3,

Re: Newbie Install Question on Umax S900

2001-01-28 Thread Ted Swinyar
Thank you to everyone who responded to my initial question about getting Debian going on the S900. I've gotten BootX going and pointing to sdb4 where I've installed the / partition in the initial configuration. On first boot into Debian I get the following error message: Starting PCMCIA servic

SCSI woe

2001-01-28 Thread Bruce McIntyre
Hello, While attempting to install Debian (have tried 2.2.17 & .19) I have been getting many SCSI errors at various stages in the install process as well as on restart (the time I was lucky enough to get that far). I have a Quantum Fireball TM2100s Rev 300Z which I am attempting to dual boot w

usb->serial adapter

2001-01-28 Thread Grant Miller
Does anyone know which driver to use for the Palm USB->serial adapter, and what the major and minor device numbers are? I'd like to use this so I can use minicom (serial comm program) to hook up my powerbook to the serial port of a Sun box and get to the console. Thanks. -- --Grant Miller