Re: Questions about kernel 2.4.4

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 10:09:42PM +, Cameron Berkenpas wrote: > Actually, I have had a lot of trouble building working 2.4 kernels for > powerpc. I have a starmax 4000/200 (200 mhz 604e). > > Of course, I use source that's meant for powerpc. It appears linux for ppc > has a ways to go before

Re: Questions about kernel 2.4.4

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 10:25:45PM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote: > > # Disable ECN: > net/ipv4/tcp_ecn = 0 Oh yeah, that's what I forgot to do after turning on ECN in the kernel... (recompiled under duress, as the partition with my kernel images had just taken a beating from fsck, so the kernel w

No more smileys (was Re: Woody Impressions)

"Colin Walters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason E. Stewart) writes: > > > Two annoying things about recent versions of Gnus: > > * I can't turn off emoticons (and it looks really stupid in source > > code patches) > > Does (setq gnus-treat-display-smiles nil) do the tric

Re: Problems with limited numbers of partitions

On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 11:19:00AM +1000, Ross Hamilton wrote: > Interestingly, he believes that the problem would apply equally to both > SCSI and IDE disks since (by his recollection) the the partitioning code > is implemented at a layer above the drivers and so would likely be the > same for

Re: xdm

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 07:10:12PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 01:52:17PM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote: > > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 09:37:48AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > Is a good idea disable xdm starting at boot rem

Re: Woody Impressions

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason E. Stewart) writes: > Two annoying things about recent versions of Gnus: > * I can't turn off emoticons (and it looks really stupid in source > code patches) Does (setq gnus-treat-display-smiles nil) do the trick? > * It turns on reading of HTML'ized mail by default

Re: Problems with limited numbers of partitions

On Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at 11:27 PM, Ethan Benson wrote: i don't know for sure, but i know of people who have been running with more then 15 partitions. i don't have a spare IDE disk to test with. Just a quick follow up. I have been in touch with Eryk Vershen, author of pdisk, to seek h

Re: yabootconfig updated: please test, real url

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 04:53:14PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > that shell substitution should throw away everything but the first > component of the extracted fstab entry, ah wait i think i may know > why... > > you probably have: > > /dev/hda10\t/\text2 the substitution only does space

Re: yabootconfig updated: please test, real url

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 04:53:14PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > that shell substitution should throw away everything but the first > component of the extracted fstab entry, ah wait i think i may know > why... > > you probably have: > > /dev/hda10\t/\text2 the substitution only does spaces

Re: yabootconfig updated: please test, real url

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:18:27PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 03:12:28PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 09:48:53AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > > > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:15:41AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > > > > please test, and report any bugs

Re: yabootconfig: please test

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 02:12:03PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ethan, > I get errors about locating the bootstrap partition. It says i > need to create a 800k type 0x41 partition. My partition is ~ 2meg. Is it > looking for the specified size? > There may be other problems with m

Re: yabootconfig: please test

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 02:20:04PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 08:50:45AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > > i could easily make more then one backup without logrotate, how many > do you think is useful? Dunno, maybe 2? Maybe 1 will be enough. :) -- Tom Rini (TR1265) http://

Re: yabootconfig updated: please test, real url

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 03:12:28PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 09:48:53AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:15:41AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > > please test, and report any bugs that you find, preferably setup a > > > simple boot-floppy environm

Re: GNU/Linux, NetBSD and Mac OS X

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 04:32:00PM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > On Wed, 23 May 2001, Andrew Sharp wrote: > > > The question is, which UFS is Linux' UFS related to? > > As detailed in the link you quoted, the Linux kernel supports old Bell > Labs UFS, 4.4BSD FFS, a couple flavors of SunOS/Solaris

Re: yabootconfig: please test

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 06:31:35PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I got rid of the AIX label and resized the partition to 800K and still no > success. > Same error. send me the output of fdisk -l /dev/sda or whatever your root disk is. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pg

Re: GNU/Linux, NetBSD and Mac OS X

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Andrew Sharp wrote: > The question is, which UFS is Linux' UFS related to? As detailed in the link you quoted, the Linux kernel supports old Bell Labs UFS, 4.4BSD FFS, a couple flavors of SunOS/Solaris UFS, and three flavors of NeXTSTEP UFS. The UFS filesystem driver require

Re: yabootconfig: please test

I got rid of the AIX label and resized the partition to 800K and still no success. Same error. Phil Strauss 05/23/2001 02:06 PM To: Debian-powerpc cc: Subject:Re: yabootconfig: please test Ethan, I get errors about locating the bootstrap parti

Re: yabootconfig: please test

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 02:12:03PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ethan, > I get errors about locating the bootstrap partition. It says i > need to create a 800k type 0x41 partition. My partition is ~ 2meg. Is it > looking for the specified size? > There may be other problems with m

Re: yabootconfig updated: please test, real url

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 09:48:53AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:15:41AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > please test, and report any bugs that you find, preferably setup a > > simple boot-floppy environment and make sure that --chroot works > > correctly. > > Well, on a dev

Re: yabootconfig: please test

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 09:48:53AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:15:41AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > please test, and report any bugs that you find, preferably setup a > > simple boot-floppy environment and make sure that --chroot works > > correctly. > > Well, on a dev

Re: Woody Impressions

"Mike Fedyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 11:55:55PM -0400, Josh Huber wrote: > > Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 10:26:37PM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > > Oh- a couple more Mozilla goodies: more markup of text emails, like

Re: yabootconfig: please test

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 08:50:45AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:15:41AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > existing /etc/yaboot.conf is saved to /etc/yaboot.conf.old, only one > > backup is kept, eg, the .old is overwritten the next time yabootconfig > > runs. please suggest

Re: Questions about kernel 2.4.4

Hi, On 22 May, this message from Leandro Noferini echoed through cyberspace: > I compiled a kernel from my iBook using the sources from the > kernel-sources-2.4.4 package and the patches from > kernel-patch-2.4.4-powerpc. I don't know what debian's current patches

Re: Questions about kernel 2.4.4

On 23 May, this message from David N. Welton echoed through cyberspace: > There are several linux-based operating system kernels, such as the > one developed by BenH, that are rumored to work well with PPC hardware > and GNU userland environments. The Linux kernel, however, more often > than not,

Re: GNU/Linux, NetBSD and Mac OS X

`UFS' is a catch-all, and stands for Unix File System. That NeXTStep/OS-X calls its filesystem UFS is a conceit: it's really ffs with a few _minor_ tweaks, as mentioned. For instance, the default file system on Solaris is UFS, however UFS on Solaris is now journaling! SCO's UFS is incompatible w

modules.conf, modules.dep and module dependencies problems?

I'm sorting out why I can't seem to get atalkd running. I recompiled the kernel to support appletalk, but now I seem to have run into a modules problem. On startup, modprobe complains: "Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/ modules.dep" This is indeed true because

Re: yabootconfig: please test

Ethan, I get errors about locating the bootstrap partition. It says i need to create a 800k type 0x41 partition. My partition is ~ 2meg. Is it looking for the specified size? There may be other problems with my partitions, though. This is an RS/6000 that used to run AIX and fdisk com

Re: Woody Impressions

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 11:55:55PM -0400, Josh Huber wrote: > Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 10:26:37PM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > Oh- a couple more Mozilla goodies: more markup of text emails, like > > > stuff *between asterisks* is made bold, sign

Re: yabootconfig: please test

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:15:41AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > please test, and report any bugs that you find, preferably setup a > simple boot-floppy environment and make sure that --chroot works > correctly. Well, on a devfs system, yabootconfig dies before the check is run. :) # ./yabootconfi

Re: Questions about kernel 2.4.4

[ hope this isn't a repeat - funny mail problems... ] Cameron Berkenpas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone else have so much trouble building working 2.4 kernels > for powerpc? There are several linux-based operating system kernels, such as the one developed by BenH, that are rumored to

Re: yabootconfig: please test

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:15:41AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > existing /etc/yaboot.conf is saved to /etc/yaboot.conf.old, only > one backup is kept, eg, the .old is overwritten the next time > yabootconfig runs. please suggest other/better methods

Re: XFree86 on Wallstreet

Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > (II) FBDev(0): using default device > > > (WW) INVALID MEM ALLOCATION b: 0x8200 e: 0x82ff correcting > > That's a classic example for 'better use yaboot'. If you can't, search the > linuxppc-dev list archive (and perhaps the debian

Re: yabootconfig: please test

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:15:41AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > existing /etc/yaboot.conf is saved to /etc/yaboot.conf.old, only one > backup is kept, eg, the .old is overwritten the next time yabootconfig > runs. please suggest other/better methods of handling this > situation if you find this s

yabootconfig: please test

Hi, i have written a new utility yabootconfig, which will be included in the next release of ybin. it is inspired by quikconfig and liloconfig. when it is run it will determine what type of machine its running on and then ask whether you want to generate a small yaboot.conf and install the y

Re: Recovering yaboot

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 01:18:05PM +0200, PARIS Jean-François wrote: > > Hi > > I've got an ibook. Macos 9 and a potato whre installed on it. > During the boot sequence yaboot was starting and I could chose beetwenn macos > or debian > Yesterday I upgraded to MacOS X. Now my ibook boots directly

Re: Mpeg video player

Xine works alot better than OMS anyway. Still not good enough to watch a movie on my TiBook-400Mhz, but I guess it will improve over time. I'm new to the "power-pc scene", so this might sound stupid. There seems to be different kernel's around (benh, bitkeper, etc), will one of these give be

Re: Mpeg video player

Bastien Nocera wrote: > > For DivX, we're out of luck I'm afraid. I've been trying in vain to get > > OpenDivX working, and even if it worked it wouldn't play all the DivX > > movies available. For those you need Win32 codecs. > > I managed to get it to somewhat work in February. The only problem

Re: Mpeg video player

On 23 May 2001 13:23:10 +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Mark Nellemann wrote: > > > I installed the libsmpeg and the smpeg-xmms packages. XMMS plays all my > > mpeg's perfectly now! > > > > What about DivX and DVD's? Anyone got a tip? > > For DVD, you can try my Xine packages: > > http://people.d

Re: Woody Impressions

"Jason E. Stewart" wrote: > > "Wilhelm Fitzpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 22 May 2001, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > > > > I use mozilla daily (for browsing only) and have had scattered luck. I > > > find that there are more pages that won't display properly under 0.9 > > > than with

Re: Mpeg video player

Mark Nellemann wrote: > I installed the libsmpeg and the smpeg-xmms packages. XMMS plays all my > mpeg's perfectly now! > > What about DivX and DVD's? Anyone got a tip? For DVD, you can try my Xine packages: http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/xine/ or VLC from drjones.dk . Beware that neither g

Recovering yaboot

Hi I've got an ibook. Macos 9 and a potato whre installed on it. During the boot sequence yaboot was starting and I could chose beetwenn macos or debian Yesterday I upgraded to MacOS X. Now my ibook boots directly under macOS X and I can't tell yaboot anymore to boot Linux. How can Y do to get

Re: Woody Impressions

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 03:53:40PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > "Wilhelm Fitzpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 22 May 2001, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > > > > I use mozilla daily (for browsing only) and have had scattered luck. I > > > find that there are more pages that won't disp

Re: some problems on recent installation(sid)

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: some problems on recent installation(sid) Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 17:48:08 -0700 > > First, it seems dpkg-divert left several *dpkg-devert.tmp > > (not *dpkg-divert.tmp!). This should be wrong. > > dpkg is of 1.9.4. > > Fixed in 1.9.5 or 1.

Re: GNU/Linux, NetBSD and Mac OS X

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 11:07:15PM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > > This page has fairly detailed explanation, and I'm sure the NetBSD > developers will be happy to fill you in on any more details: > > > > [This FAQ also has a very excellent O

Re: GNU/Linux, NetBSD and Mac OS X

On Tue, 22 May 2001, Cameron Berkenpas wrote: > OS X supports UFS? Which UFS? As in FFS (which open/net/free use)? That's > pretty cool but I figured OS X would have some nifty brand new filesystem. Apple's "nifty brand new filesystem" is HFS+, which they have made the default on all MacOS 9/ X i

Re: GNU/Linux, NetBSD and Mac OS X

On Tue, 22 May 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: > > It appears that the NetBSD bootstrap system is very similar to that > > used by yaboot/ybin, so it may not be difficult to make ybin work with the > > NetBSD bootloader as well. > > this has been something i have yet to get around to doing... i was > g