Re: free download macos 7.5

2001-04-30 Thread Robert Thompson
check out ftp://ftp.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/ You can find System 7.5.3, and if you back up a directory, you can find the 7.5.5 update, which will apply. 7.6 is the oldest non freely-downloadable MacOS. I thoug

Re: Success! (was Re: External Monitor under Pismo)

2001-04-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
(Adding CC: to linuxppc-dev to reach more potentially interested people) "Jason E. Stewart" wrote: > I'm writing this email to you off my ViewSonic21 running at measly > 1280x1024 but it's much better than the 1024x768 I got using > 'mirror'. > > I rebuilt r128_driver.c with the CRTOnly code co

Re: Install Disk Partitions

2001-04-30 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 12:03:20PM -0700, David J. Roundy wrote: > > What I did, was I just used one large partition. This works fine for a > home computer, and is much easier. its also pretty much impossible to recover from if something goes wrong. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erb

Re: Install Disk Partitions

2001-04-30 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:24:42PM -0700, Rod Brookes wrote: > I have about 7GB disk space available on my G4...can anybody give me > a good partition breakdown for size of root, home, usr, opt etc. when > installing Debian 2.2 r2. It seems a bit confusing with all the > different partitions as

Re: X dies while I'm not looking...

2001-04-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
"David J. Roundy" wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 03:52:35PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > Tovar wrote: > > > > > More to the point, from /var/log/xdm.log : > > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > fbdevUpdateColormap: FBIOPUTCMAP failed (Function not implemented) > > > > > > > > >

Re: noflushd segfault (was Re: Spin down of pismo's Disk and sound) (fwd)

2001-04-30 Thread Daniel Kobras
> > This sounds like an excellent idea, but when I run apt-get I get a > > segfault: > > > > Setting up noflushd (2.4-2) ... > > Starting No Flush Daemon: BUG at disk_info.c line 169: Unable to determine > > device dir at /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc > > /etc/init.d/noflushd: line 47: 10

Success! (was Re: External Monitor under Pismo)

2001-04-30 Thread Jason E. Stewart
"Michel Dänzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Jason E. Stewart" wrote: > > > I don't want to mess up my existing configuration so I only want to > > 'make install' if I can get it to happily install someplace other than > > /usr/X11R6/* > > You'd have to set ProjectRoot in host.def before the b

Re: mirrormagic on powerpc

2001-04-30 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:02:06PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 05:54:01PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > Drew Parsons wrote: > > > > > > Could anyone say if the autobuilder is running OK, or alternatively could > > > anyone confirm that mirrormagic 2.0.0-7 builds on power

Re: noflushd segfault (was Re: Spin down of pismo's Disk and sound)

2001-04-30 Thread Jason E. Stewart
"Michel Lanners" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 29 Apr, this message from Jason E. Stewart echoed through cyberspace: > > Starting No Flush Daemon: BUG at disk_info.c line 169: Unable to determine > > device dir at /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc > > /etc/init.d/noflushd: line 47: 1018

Re: USB printing

2001-04-30 Thread Jason E. Stewart
"Georg Koss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am a relativley newby to linux so excuse a probably foolish > explanations but had, long trouble with USB-printing - it now works. > > > I am unable to use my USB printer with my pismo. I'm running the > > latest BenH kernel (2.4.4-pre7) > I have 2.2.

Re: Install Disk Partitions

2001-04-30 Thread David J. Roundy
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:24:42PM -0700, Rod Brookes wrote: > > I have about 7GB disk space available on my G4...can anybody give me > a good partition breakdown for size of root, home, usr, opt etc. when > installing Debian 2.2 r2. It seems a bit confusing with all the > different partitions a

Re: Mouse in X

2001-04-30 Thread Georg Koss
Paschoud Alain wrote: But of course, I find other problems. The biggest one is that my mouse is not recognized, so I haven't any mouse in X. I have the standard USB mouse from Apple. I am relative new as well but probably try following: Does it work on the konsole? If so you have to edit

Re: USB printing

2001-04-30 Thread Georg Koss
Jason E. Stewart wrote: Hey All, Hi! I am a relativley newby to linux so excuse a probably foolish explanations but had, long trouble with USB-printing - it now works. I am unable to use my USB printer with my pismo. I'm running the latest BenH kernel (2.4.4-pre7) I have 2.2.18pre21 at th

Re: noflushd segfault (was Re: Spin down of pismo's Disk and sound)

2001-04-30 Thread Michel Lanners
On 29 Apr, this message from Jason E. Stewart echoed through cyberspace: >> apt-get install noflushd >> >> which works well too. > > This sounds like an excellent idea, but when I run apt-get I get a > segfault: > > Setting up noflushd (2.4-2) ... > Starting No Flush Daemon: BUG at disk_info.c

Install Disk Partitions

2001-04-30 Thread Rod Brookes
I have about 7GB disk space available on my G4...can anybody give me a good partition breakdown for size of root, home, usr, opt etc. when installing Debian 2.2 r2. It seems a bit confusing with all the different partitions as to what size is correct for my useage. I will be using it for home u

Little white lines in X4

2001-04-30 Thread Jason E. Stewart
Hey, So I'm running X4.0.3 from Brandon using the r128 in my pismo, and I boot my kernel without any args (no video=aty128fb or cmode/vmode). When I run X I get two lines of little white dots that appear on the display one at the left side and one in the middle. Is there some setting I can use

USB printing

2001-04-30 Thread Jason E. Stewart
Hey All, I am unable to use my USB printer with my pismo. I'm running the latest BenH kernel (2.4.4-pre7) configured with: CONFIG_USB=y # CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y # CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH is not set # CONFIG_USB_UHCI is not set # CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT is not set CONFIG_USB_OH

Re: X dies while I'm not looking...

2001-04-30 Thread David J. Roundy
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 03:52:35PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > Tovar wrote: > > > More to the point, from /var/log/xdm.log : > > > > Fatal server error: > > fbdevUpdateColormap: FBIOPUTCMAP failed (Function not implemented) > > > > > > When reporting a problem related to a s

Re: mirrormagic on powerpc

2001-04-30 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 05:54:01PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > Drew Parsons wrote: > > > > Could anyone say if the autobuilder is running OK, or alternatively could > > anyone confirm that mirrormagic 2.0.0-7 builds on powerpc? > > Tha autobuilder is fine, and the current status for mirrormagic

Re: Mouse in X

2001-04-30 Thread Ethan Benson
device: /dev/input/mice X11 protocol: IMPS/2 gpm protocol: ps2 On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 08:29:19AM -0700, Paschoud Alain wrote: > Hello, > > I want to thank everybody that help me for installing Debian distribution. I > now manage to install and start. > > But of course, I find other problems.

Mouse in X

2001-04-30 Thread Paschoud Alain
Hello, I want to thank everybody that help me for installing Debian distribution. I now manage to install and start. But of course, I find other problems. The biggest one is that my mouse is not recognized, so I haven't any mouse in X. I have the standard USB mouse from Apple. Is there any wa