Re: Internal AirPort card and AirPort base station not working

2001-07-12 Thread Steven Hanley
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:18:07PM -0400, Jeremy Radlow wrote: > Has anyone gotten this combination working? Here's my setup, and a > description of my problems: > > * Router > - IP address 192.168.1.1 > * AirPort base station > - IP address 192.168.1.100 > - transparent bridging, no

Re: nVidia support: Where to start?

2001-07-12 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 02:59:25AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Hacking on undocumented hardware is like (I'm not a native English > speaker, someone please fill in a horrible metaphor for me :). ...wiping a camel's butt with your tongue? -- G. Branden Robinson| Optimists belie

Internal AirPort card and AirPort base station not working

2001-07-12 Thread Jeremy Radlow
Has anyone gotten this combination working? Here's my setup, and a description of my problems: * Router - IP address 192.168.1.1 * AirPort base station - IP address 192.168.1.100 - transparent bridging, no encryption, gateway == router * Laptop - Internal AirPort card - IP address

Re: nVidia support: Where to start?

2001-07-12 Thread fheitka
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/13/01 at 11:02 AM, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >My internal modem works fine under kernel 2.4.7-pre3 - it links up to >/dev/ttyS0... I think I have a snakebite (I'm not up on the Apple terminology, so I don't know if thats correct. I says snakebit whe

Re: nVidia support: Where to start?

2001-07-12 Thread fheitka
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/13/01 at 10:28 AM, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Thanks for the speedy reply Michael! >There's enough people out there with AGP GeForce cards in their G4's that >something really needs to happen...I was thinking the 'nv' driver as well >- >what real bene

Re: nVidia support: Where to start?

2001-07-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
Tony Arnold wrote: > > If I had to deal with this (I'm glad I don't) I'd start with the XFree86 > > nv driver because it offers more benefit (decent 2D acceleration, XVideo, > > ...) . > > > > That seems to be the attitude of most linux users to nVidia (I can > understand why!), but somebody need

Re: nVidia support: Where to start?

2001-07-12 Thread Tony Arnold
Andrew Sharp wrote: >If he gets the rivafb driver working, does that mean that the X >frame buffer driver could be used? (My ignorance is showing.) If >not, then I agree, the nv driver would have more benefit. The 'rivafb' driver is already 'working' (not well though) - it supports messed up 8-b

Re: nVidia support: Where to start?

2001-07-12 Thread Andrew Sharp
First, try to avoid html formatted email on this list -- there are some heated opponents to such things on this list who might be hazardous to your health. Personally I find that netscape often crashes when replying to html emails with plain text formatted option set. So often I don't reply to su

Re: nVidia support: Where to start?

2001-07-12 Thread Tony Arnold
Thanks for the speedy reply Michael! > > If I had to deal with this (I'm glad I don't) I'd start with the XFree86 nv > driver because it offers more benefit (decent 2D acceleration, XVideo, ...) . > That seems to be the attitude of most linux users to nVidia (I can understand why!), but somebody

Re: nVidia support: Where to start?

2001-07-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
Tony Arnold wrote: > I'm thinking of trying to "fix" nVidia support on ppc, but I have absolutely > no idea where I should start. Would I be better off trying to fix 'rivafb' > in the kernel, or the 'nv' driver in XFree86? It depends if you want to use console or X. ;) > I know very little about

nVidia support: Where to start?

2001-07-12 Thread Tony Arnold
All,   I'm thinking of trying to "fix" nVidia support on ppc, but I have absolutely no idea where I should start. Would I be better off trying to fix 'rivafb' in the kernel, or the 'nv' driver in XFree86? I know very little about coding, so I'm not interested in 3D/advanced feature support a

Re: upgrading testing?

2001-07-12 Thread Wilhelm Fitzpatrick
On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:34:03PM -0700, Wilhelm Fitzpatrick wrote: > > E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential > > package libnss-db due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, > > but if you really want to do

Autodetected raid on PPC (root-raid)

2001-07-12 Thread Mike Fedyk
Hi, I'm trying to get a raid setup on my ppc 7200/120. I've been able to put two 1.2gb drives inside, I've patched my 2.2.19 kernel, and I've made a raid1 device. The problem is that it won't autodetect the raid devices. Is it possible to have root-raid on ppc? I'd guess I need to change somet

Re: configuring X for Lime iMac (have tried many things...)

2001-07-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
Noah John wrote: > ps: is there a way to set up my stupid mouse to emulate at least 2 buttons? > i'm perfectly willing to use some key-click combo... this is the main > reason i don't use linux more than macos, so any help would be much apprec.. >From my /etc/sysctl.conf: dev/mac_hid/mouse_b

RE: configuring X for Lime iMac (have tried many things...)

2001-07-12 Thread Noah John
*bah* I really wish my stupid imac was on the internet (and with me at work:P). currently...can't get the keyboard correctly mapped or the mouse to be recognized at all. i have a 266mhz LIME iMac with 97 keys on the >keyboard (not including the power button.) i have a 1-button (*frown*) round >i

Re: "Can't read superblock" booting 2.4.anything" **Fixed**

2001-07-12 Thread John Andersen
- Original Message - From: "Colin Walters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 4:35 PM Subject: Re: "Can't read superblock" booting 2.4.anything" > "John Andersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > For some reason, any 2.4 kernel I try and boot (I've compiled two > >

Re: debian and nvidia card?

2001-07-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
esoteric wrote: > > so i have a new g4 with a 32 meg nvidia geforc2 mx. i finally got debian > (potato) installed. boots ok, but when i 'startx', x starts, but the colors > are all screwed up, and the box locks up. is that just the result of having > an nvidia card, and is the card not supporte

Re: IBook

2001-07-12 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 12:23:26PM +0200, fis wrote: > Sorry, I´ve just buy an IBook and I´m install Debian, and them problems > appears with the boot.I just start with the Cd-rom and then push the > Tab and then write > linux noinitrd root=/dev/hda7( Is my root partition) > and push Enter > Then

Re: debian and nvidia card?

2001-07-12 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:39:55PM -0700, esoteric wrote: > so i have a new g4 with a 32 meg nvidia geforc2 mx. i finally got debian > (potato) installed. boots ok, but when i 'startx', x starts, but the colors > are all screwed up, and the box locks up. is that just the result of having > an

IBook

2001-07-12 Thread fis
Sorry, I´ve just buy an IBook and I´m install Debian, and them problems appears with the boot.I just start with the Cd-rom and then push the Tab and then write linux noinitrd root=/dev/hda7( Is my root partition) and push Enter Then Debian start and I´m working now in it,but the mouse is not confi

debian and nvidia card?

2001-07-12 Thread esoteric
so i have a new g4 with a 32 meg nvidia geforc2 mx. i finally got debian (potato) installed. boots ok, but when i 'startx', x starts, but the colors are all screwed up, and the box locks up. is that just the result of having an nvidia card, and is the card not supported by debian? ==