Using Display and VGA Port !?

2001-07-04 Thread Michael Flaig
Hi! I want to connect an projector to the vga port and show some information on the wall at meetings. Can someone help me with the XF86Config? Under MacOS there are 2 Screens if I connect to the VGA Port. I have XFree4, sid, Kernel2.4 ... Thanks for your help! greets, Michael PS. First pos

Using Display and VGA Port !?

2001-07-04 Thread Michael Flaig
Hi! I want to connect an projector to the vga port and show some information on the wall at meetings. Can someone help me with the XF86Config? Under MacOS there are 2 Screens if I connect to the VGA Port. I have XFree4, sid, Kernel2.4 ... Thanks for your help! greets, Michael

Getting Sound to work

2001-07-04 Thread Russell Hires
Hello all, I've got two problems with sound, actually. The first one is a mystery. I'm running KDE, and I've got sound support in the kernel enabled. I read a message in a previous post, from about 3-6 months ago, that talked about KDE not having a working sound server for debian-powerpc. Is th

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 08:06:44PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Worked for me (system 8.6, Lombard). I've never tried writing to the ext2 > partitions (now why would anyone want to do _that_?). Plus I rarely use > MacOS except for two legacy applications... another solution everyone seems to

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 12:02:53PM -0500, Phil Fraering wrote: > > There's something called hfsplusutils? Hmm. It doesn't seem to be > available > in debian-powerpc. yes, its in woody, apt-get install hfsplus. its very limited, only readonly and it still has some bugs i think. its development ap

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:40:16PM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote: > - HFS or HFS+ partitions: native under MacOS; directing mounting under > Linux only possible for HFS (but _dangerous_!! for writing); useable > with hfsutils or hfsplus; well if you call hfsutils usable... outside of shell scri

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:06:15AM -0500, Phil Fraering wrote: > I find myself wondering from time to time, if you don't have to run > MacOS on it, > why put up with the aggravation of using a non-X86 linux? Don't get me i would never buy any of todays x86 hardware, a couple years ago it wasn't ba

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread raphaello
- ext2 partitions: native under Linux; mountable with MountX under MacOS (no idea however about useability, stability and compatibility); Where do you find it ? The website for MountX (http://calvaweb.calvacom.fr/bh40) looks quite definitively disappeared...

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 08:06:44PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > BenH had written a system extension to read ext2 filesystems. Look for > > > MountX. I'd not bet on it working with system 9.x and above though. > > > > i tried that once, all it did was crash on powerpc. it only worked on > >

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Michel Lanners
Hi all, I'll add some noise too ;-) About accessing partitions cross-platform, there really isn't much that works in an easy, reliable way. I could think of these: - HFS or HFS+ partitions: native under MacOS; directing mounting under Linux only possible for HFS (but _dangerous_!! for writing)

Re: help: crash during apt-get install

2001-07-04 Thread Colin Walters
Phil Fraering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory. > dpkg: warning: old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2. > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead > install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Gjermund Gusland Thorsen
On onsdag 4. juli 2001 19:49, raphaello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I precise: MacOS and Debian are on the same computer, and MacOS is >unfortunately HFS+. Is there a possibility to transform it to HFS, >without doing vaudou rites dancing around the computer? What about >hfsplusutils ? > > >Th

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Colin Walters
Phil Fraering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > PS: I'm still trying to figure out how to deal with that dpkg >> > problem I'm having. It won't let me purge the packages, it won't >> > let me install new ones, it just tells me it can't lock a certain >> > file or directory or whatever and refuses t

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > BenH had written a system extension to read ext2 filesystems. Look for > > MountX. I'd not bet on it working with system 9.x and above though. > > i tried that once, all it did was crash on powerpc. it only worked on > my m68k powerbook. Worked for me (system 8.6, Lombard). I've never tried w

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Gjermund Gusland Thorsen
On onsdag 4. juli 2001 19:02, Phil Fraering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 04 Jul 2001 18:49:22 +0100, raphaello wrote: >> I precise: MacOS and Debian are on the same computer, and MacOS is >> unfortunately HFS+. Is there a possibility to transform it to HFS, >> without doing vaudou rites danci

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Gjermund Gusland Thorsen
The cheapest and best PPC hardware is probably briQ by totalimpact.com On onsdag 4. juli 2001 18:30, Steven Hanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:06:15AM -0500, Phil Fraering wrote: >> I find myself wondering from time to time, if you don't have to run >> MacOS on it, >> wh

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Gjermund Gusland Thorsen
Hmm… my attitude is: Server side: Linux, Client Side: MacOS If it’s meant to run as a server then there is debian GNU/Linux If a human being is ever to touch the machine; MacOS is the thing to use. (debian just has not come that far yet when it comes to interacting with ordinary computer opera

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Gjermund Gusland Thorsen
I do it this way too I have a CD sized HFS partition that I mount with /etc/fstab /dev/hdb<> /hfs hfs rw 2 0 On onsdag 4. juli 2001 11:13, Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:09:13AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > >> my "solution" to the filesystem access i

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Michel Dänzer
Phil Fraering wrote: > There's something called hfsplusutils? Hmm. It doesn't seem to be > available in debian-powerpc. apt-get install hfsplus apt-cache search is your friend. ;) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)\ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthu

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Stoffel
Salut, > There's something called hfsplusutils? Hmm. It doesn't seem to be > available > in debian-powerpc. Actually, there is indeed something which allows one to read from hfs+. $ apt-cache show hfsplus Package: hfsplus Priority: optional Section: otherosfs Installed-Size: 208 Maintainer: Jens

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Phil Fraering
On 04 Jul 2001 18:49:22 +0100, raphaello wrote: > I precise: MacOS and Debian are on the same computer, and MacOS is > unfortunately HFS+. Is there a possibility to transform it to HFS, > without doing vaudou rites dancing around the computer? What about > hfsplusutils ? > I don't know about t

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread raphaello
I precise: MacOS and Debian are on the same computer, and MacOS is unfortunately HFS+. Is there a possibility to transform it to HFS, without doing vaudou rites dancing around the computer? What about hfsplusutils ? Thanks in advance About the use of MacOS: I use for example QuarkXPress, for

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Colin Walters
Phil Fraering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I find myself wondering from time to time, if you don't have to run > MacOS on it, why put up with the aggravation of using a non-X86 > linux? Don't get me wrong, I am _very_ grateful for the time you and > others have put into this; it's given me two co

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Steven Hanley
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:06:15AM -0500, Phil Fraering wrote: > I find myself wondering from time to time, if you don't have to run > MacOS on it, > why put up with the aggravation of using a non-X86 linux? Don't get me > wrong, > I am _very_ grateful for the time you and others have put into this

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Phil Fraering
On 04 Jul 2001 02:30:11 -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 12:00:57PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > well, IMHO, and i'd like to apologize in advance if i hurt your feelings > > people, > > but I dont think that linux is the best for everything everything, and I > > re

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Lorenzo De Vito
I've used windows, macos (7.5 >), linux (i386 and PPC), aix, msdos, I thing MacOS is good for graphic only and S.Jobs is no better than B.Gates, he release an update every month or weeks that's isn't compatible with alls softwares.You must buy new OS version and pay for it (you must pay even for a

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 12:00:57PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > well, IMHO, and i'd like to apologize in advance if i hurt your feelings > people, > but I dont think that linux is the best for everything everything, and I > really > like to work with macOS too. GNU does everything i need

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread pejvan
En réponse à Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:09:13AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > my "solution" to the filesystem access is quite unpleasant but i've > not found > > anything better : > > I have an HFS partition (not HFS+) and i have to boot to linux to

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:09:13AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > my "solution" to the filesystem access is quite unpleasant but i've not found > anything better : > I have an HFS partition (not HFS+) and i have to boot to linux to copy the > files > i need to share with the mac on this pa

Re: ofpath not found, now what? (Warning: Extreme Newbie)

2001-07-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 03:47:17AM -0500, Patrick Klee wrote: > Hey! > I finally burned the ISO for Debian PPC; however, I can't figure > out mkofboot. I followed it BY THE BOOK, but when I do EXACTLY what it > says, it says, "ofpath not found." you have a broken iso then. -- Ethan Benson

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread pejvan
En réponse à Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 09:50:16AM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > MacOS does not read anything but MacOS filesystems. it cannot read > any > > > UNIX like filesystem. > > > > BenH had written a system extension to read ext2 filesystems. Look >

ofpath not found, now what? (Warning: Extreme Newbie)

2001-07-04 Thread Patrick Klee
Hey! I finally burned the ISO for Debian PPC; however, I can't figure out mkofboot. I followed it BY THE BOOK, but when I do EXACTLY what it says, it says, "ofpath not found." I am new to Debian PPC and somewhat new to Debian. I would appriciate ALL help. Someone on this list said they wou

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 09:50:16AM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > MacOS does not read anything but MacOS filesystems. it cannot read any > > UNIX like filesystem. > > BenH had written a system extension to read ext2 filesystems. Look for > MountX. I'd not bet on it working with system 9.x and a

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Michael Schmitz
> MacOS does not read anything but MacOS filesystems. it cannot read any > UNIX like filesystem. BenH had written a system extension to read ext2 filesystems. Look for MountX. I'd not bet on it working with system 9.x and above though. Michael

Re: reading linux from MacOs

2001-07-04 Thread Ethan Benson
[ i doubt chris meant this to be a private reply to me, i don't even have macos ] On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 07:25:29PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > To exchange information back and forth, you can use an HFS (not HFS+) > partition. Linux and MacOS can both read & write to HFS. Many Linux > utilit

Re: Booting 2.2r3 on iBook2

2001-07-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 11:05:41PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > Right, I had the same experience. Are the framebuffer patches going > to make it into the kernel for woody? I really think we should either > do that, or add video=ofonly as part of the default yaboot setup. i have added a debian-