dropped network connection

2001-06-30 Thread Ian Marlier
I just finished installing Debian on a Mac PowerPC G3 (beige, 266 MhZ processor, 128 MB RAM right now, ethernet etc...). It's on a University network, and has a statiic IP address and a full-time connection. The kernel I built from the 2.2.9 source...I probably need to build a new one from th

Re: X together with dual scan passive matrix PB display

2001-06-30 Thread Derek Homeier
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 11:03:57AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, leif wrote: > > > > Kernel config, is that a command [did not seem like]? I launched > > linuxconfig, through which I was able to reread the start up commands. > > There I could read about my graphic card

Re: X together with dual scan passive matrix PB display

2001-06-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
leif wrote: > > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > leif wrote: > > > >>If I have understood things right then using 'video=ofonly' means that I > >>use some kind of open firmware video card emulation, is that correct? > > > > It means you are using the video settings as set up by OF at boot time. > > Not

Re: distribution of 2.4.x source for PPC (Re: Install on UATA)

2001-06-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
Tom Rini wrote: > > > Would it be too much to have the gzip'ing happen later? quik/yaboot > > > want it ungzip'ed... > > > > I don't see a problem there. > > Well then, I don't think it's a problem at all then. APUS need the same > thing quik/yaboot does. I'm _assuming_ it's stripped for space

Re: What's the best replacement editor for ae?

2001-06-30 Thread Otto Wyss
> http://segfault.org/story.phtml?id=3b3b46fb-005dd860 > The laugh I had to endure during reading this sad story almost overwhelmed me. Only with the help of my wife I could recover and survive this hideous attack at my health. Sorry this is getting a little off topic but since today is my birth

Re: What's the best replacement editor for ae?

2001-06-30 Thread Andrew Sharp
I think this sums it al up: http://segfault.org/story.phtml?id=3b3b46fb-005dd860 a Otto Wyss wrote: > > > > change xemacs to my liking but have given up. The situation currently is > > > not satisfying, there seems to be no editor which is (IMHO) good on > > > Linux. I thought at least on PPC

Re: What's the best replacement editor for ae?

2001-06-30 Thread Colin Walters
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) writes: > Unforunatly, I hoped on PPC there might be other alternatives as > well. Why? I don't see how the underlying hardware could really make a difference for a text editor... > I don't want to start a "which is better" war, all I want is an editor > which has

Re: What's the best replacement editor for ae?

2001-06-30 Thread Steven Hanley
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 11:16:46AM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: > To give an idea what I consider good keyboard shortcuts, look a this > uncomplete schema: > Files: > ^Q Quit if nothing changed > ^QN Quit, No save > ^QY Quit and save > ^S Save > ^N

Re: What's the best replacement editor for ae?

2001-06-30 Thread Otto Wyss
> > change xemacs to my liking but have given up. The situation currently is > > not satisfying, there seems to be no editor which is (IMHO) good on > > Linux. I thought at least on PPC there were a better solution. > > such a statement can only result in a dual pronged witchhunt and make > you de

Re: What's the best replacement editor for ae?

2001-06-30 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 11:16:46AM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: > change xemacs to my liking but have given up. The situation currently is > not satisfying, there seems to be no editor which is (IMHO) good on > Linux. I thought at least on PPC there were a better solution. such a statement can only res

Re: What's the best replacement editor for ae?

2001-06-30 Thread Otto Wyss
> The same as on any GNU/Linux or *NIX platform. > Unforunatly, I hoped on PPC there might be other alternatives as well. > > Is there any editor which is similar to BBedit in respect of the key > > shortcuts? > > "nano" (a free clone of pico) is perhaps the best small, easy-to-use > editor for

Re: What's the best replacement editor for ae?

2001-06-30 Thread Otto Wyss
> boot-floppies now use nano-tiny, we have taken ae out back and shot it > That's the reason I though nano-tiny might be usable, but it uses the "^\" for "replace". "^\" is not possible on a swiss-german keyboard since "\" is an AltGr key which can't be combined with "^" (control) as a command. I

Re: Compiling 2.4.x no success

2001-06-30 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 01:32:47AM +0200, Jiri Masik wrote: > quick solution is to mkdir arch/ppc/coffboot and touch vmlinux.coff. > It looks like make-kpkg wants to package vmlinux.coff which is not > built in Ben's tree. it is built, its just not created in the same place anymore. -- Ethan Be