Re: debian-powerpc: debconf, perl, apt-get errors

2001-06-21 Thread Steven Hanley
> You can't really down-grade, that I know of, by changing your > apt/sources.list, mainly because of dependencies and so on. You'd really > have to start over if you want to go back to potato... well actually you can, I wont gurantee that it will work (I never tried it) however put DPkg { Op

FTP tranfer stalls

2001-06-21 Thread Jamie Hutt
Hi all! I've got a puzzling problem with my ftp server and I'm hoping someone might be able to offer an investigative starting point. FTP server (I've used both wu-ftpd and just now installed ncftpd) stalls 2/3 to half-way through large file transfers. (transfers of only a couple of megabytes) Thi

Re: debian-powerpc: debconf, perl, apt-get errors

2001-06-21 Thread Russell Hires
I was told recently on this list that the task-* system is being taken out back being shot. I don't know what is replacing it. Since you're using testing and unstable, well, sounds like it's just one of those things you'll have to wait for a resolution, or join the conversation (where-ever that is

debian-powerpc: debconf, perl, apt-get errors

2001-06-21 Thread Brendan J Simon
A few weeks, I did an "apt-get upgrade" on my Titanium and now my system wont upgrade many packages. I'm using testing and unstable with testing being the default. apt-get returns all sorts of errors and I think it is a perl script which is part of debconf. I have searched the archives but

Re: pcmcia ethernet?

2001-06-21 Thread Andrew Sharp
"Bradley C. Midgley" wrote: > > thanks for the note, yes this did work. > > for others' reference, using the 2.4.3-benh kernel, i had to compile my > own current pcmcia-cs (the one in unstable didn't work) > > i had to modify the file /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to contain > > include port 0x100-0x

Re: XFree86 4.1.0: Cannot read V_BIOS (5)

2001-06-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
Ani Joshi wrote: > > I beg to differ as everything works fine without it, but let's not start a > > fight about this. > > I don't know what you mean by "everything works fine without it" This thread is about the X server segfaulting in an inb(). That simply doesn't happen without the syscall. >

Re: XFree86 4.1.0: Cannot read V_BIOS (5)

2001-06-21 Thread Ani Joshi
On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: > Now, please enlighten me: Which Mac cards need to have the VGA mode saved? All Mac Banshee, Voodoo3, and Voodoo5 boards for example. > I beg to differ as everything works fine without it, but let's not start a > fight about this. I don'

Re: XFree86 4.1.0: Cannot read V_BIOS (5)

2001-06-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
Ani Joshi wrote: > > Michel Danzer wrote: > > > The problem is that the vgaHW layer now tries to do ISA I/O using a new > > syscall to get the iobase. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on > > UniNorth > > machines. For now you'll have to either use Option "UseFBDev" or hack the > > syscall (

Re: radeon ppc fix

2001-06-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
Ani Joshi wrote: > > I've recently fixed the annoying Radeon engine init problem Wow. I've spent hours trying to track this down. > and placed a patch against XFree86 4.1.0 radeon driver and a binary > radeon_drv driver at: > > ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/users/ajoshi/radeon > > The binary driver c

Re: XFree86 4.1.0: Cannot read V_BIOS (5)

2001-06-21 Thread Ani Joshi
Michel Danzer wrote: > The problem is that the vgaHW layer now tries to do ISA I/O using a new > syscall to get the iobase. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on > UniNorth > machines. For now you'll have to either use Option "UseFBDev" or hack the > syscall (something with sysconfig_iobase)

radeon ppc fix

2001-06-21 Thread Ani Joshi
I've recently fixed the annoying Radeon engine init problem and placed a patch against XFree86 4.1.0 radeon driver and a binary radeon_drv driver at: ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/users/ajoshi/radeon The binary driver can be unzipped and placed in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ along with ati_drv.o. Y

Re: pcmcia ethernet?

2001-06-21 Thread Bradley C. Midgley
hi michel > > as i plugged an ethernet cable to my powerbook recently, i felt a static > > shock. > > Outch > > repairs are expensive for these things (g3/333 bronze) > > Are you sure it's fried? Ethernet cables are isolated by transformer > from the device electronics; those things are quite

Re: pcmcia ethernet?

2001-06-21 Thread Bradley C. Midgley
thanks for the note, yes this did work. for others' reference, using the 2.4.3-benh kernel, i had to compile my own current pcmcia-cs (the one in unstable didn't work) i had to modify the file /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to contain include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x1000-0x17ff include memory 0x80

Re: XFree 4.1.0 and Voodoo

2001-06-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
Russell Hires wrote: > My latest error is toward the end of the log, below: can't find default font > 'fixed'. apt-get install xfonts-base You probably want -75dpi or -100dpi and -scalable and/or -scalable-nofree as well. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)\ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc)

Re: XFree86 on G3/266 beige

2001-06-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
Vincent Dugat wrote: > I have some difficulties to configure xfree86 on my ppc G3/266 beige. > I installed xfree86 4.0.3 and used xf86config to configure it. When I > try startx I the x server shut down. Could someone help me. First of all, your XF86Config is clearly converted from a 3.3.x one

Re: tibook speakers vs headphones

2001-06-21 Thread Steven Hanley
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:01:04PM +0200, David N. Welton wrote: > > When I play music on my tibook (ogg123 -d oss .ogg), even when I > have headphones plugged in, the speaker emits sound too, which more or > less defeats the purpose:-) turn down the speaker volume, they are different outputs

tibook speakers vs headphones

2001-06-21 Thread David N. Welton
When I play music on my tibook (ogg123 -d oss .ogg), even when I have headphones plugged in, the speaker emits sound too, which more or less defeats the purpose:-) Ideas? Thankyou, -- David N. Welton Free Software: http://people.debian.org/~davidw/ Apache Tcl: http://tcl.apache.org/

XFree 4.1.0 and Voodoo

2001-06-21 Thread Russell Hires
Hello everyone, Round 2: I have reinstalled woody (after my boot floppy test failed), by going from reistalling potato and then upgrading to woody. I foolishly didn't back up my X settings, because I had X 4.0.3 working just fine before. Lesson Learned. However, I went through some of the same pr

Unidentified subject!

2001-06-21 Thread Vincent Dugat
Hi, I have some difficulties to configure xfree86 on my ppc G3/266 beige. I installed xfree86 4.0.3 and used xf86config to configure it. When I try startx I the x server shut down. Could someone help me. thanks Vincent %XFree86.0.log Description: application/applefile XFree86.0.log Des

Re: Slightly newer airport sleep bits for pmud

2001-06-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
Tom Rini wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 10:28:40PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > Tom Rini wrote: > > > > > > Hey all, after talking to someone else, I found out not everyone has > > > their airport modules loaded with autoclean, So I've appended my current > > > version of the script I use w

Re: Can anyone help test CD images?

2001-06-21 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 09:39:11PM -0700, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > Might as well say b-f never uses rawrite. well it doesn't ;-) b-f is just a convenient dumping ground for these utilities since it puts them next to boot images. > If nothing else, we could create a vicious cycle - put it

Re: Booting problem

2001-06-21 Thread Lorenzo De Vito
Excuse me I have done a mistake because I work both with Debian and (sigh!!) Windows (but where I work I must use Windows). When I start the system (Debian), start "fsck" . - Original Message - From: "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 3:42 PM Subject: Re