Re: pcmcia modules for powerpc not available

2001-08-07 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 06:44:10PM -0700, David Schleef wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 07:46:57PM -0700, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 10:11:02AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > > It's not in unstable or testing. Eek. How'd that happen?? > > > > I'll try to un-lag it

Re: pcmcia modules for powerpc not available

2001-08-07 Thread David Schleef
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 07:46:57PM -0700, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 10:11:02AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > It's not in unstable or testing. Eek. How'd that happen?? > > I'll try to un-lag it later this week. How do packages like this fit into the autobuilder? I g

Compiling EIDE patch on PPC

2001-08-07 Thread Mike Fedyk
Hello, I am attempting to compile a 2.2.19 kernel for a promise udma66 ide controller on PPC. Michel, what else I need to do for a working Promise UDMA66 on PPC? I have applied: 2.2.18-pci.diff ide.2.2.19.05042001.patch.bz2 and this patch (from Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on LKML): --- 2

SCSI - Logical unit not ready

2001-08-07 Thread Kevin van Haaren
I've got a tape drive (OnStream Echo ADR drive) connected to an AdvanSys SCSI card. The hard drive I have connected to the drive works fine. when I try to use the tape drive I get the error: Logical unit not ready, initializing command required Any ideas how to fix this? I'm running Debian u

Re: [ANN] yaboot critical update (1.2.3)

2001-08-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>Whoops, should have said: > >Is this also likely to affect 2.4 kernels on oldworld Macs using BootX? No. BootX is not affected, nor miBoot, nor quik. Ben.

Re: [ANN] yaboot critical update (1.2.3)

2001-08-07 Thread David Mackler
Whoops, should have said: Is this also likely to affect 2.4 kernels on oldworld Macs using BootX? David - Original Message - From: "Benjamin Herrenschmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 6:37 AM Subject: [ANN] yaboot criti

Re: [ANN] yaboot critical update (1.2.3)

2001-08-07 Thread David Mackler
Hello Ben, Is this also likely to affect 2.4 kernels on oldworld Macs? David - Original Message - From: "Benjamin Herrenschmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 6:37 AM Subject: [ANN] yaboot critical update (1.2.3) I've

Re: ZIP drive on Powerbook3400c bay

2001-08-07 Thread Michael Schmitz
> 1.How do i communicate with a ZIP drive (VST) mounted in the > expantion bay of the powerbook? Any idea? Not sure what you mean by 'communicate', but this is what works to mount a partition on my VST zip (1999 G3 powerbook) mount /dev/hdc /zip (n=1 for DOS zips, n=4 for HFS ones) If hdc isn't

Re: powerbook titanium

2001-08-07 Thread Colin Walters
James Maitland Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a 500MHz titanium with 512Mb RAM. > > > I am intending to install base from powerpc binary-1 potato, and >then upgrade to unstable. > > With the cd in the drive i booted the machine pressing 'c' whilst it > boots, all I get is a white scr

Re: Ethernet Powerbook3400c

2001-08-07 Thread Colin Walters
Pedro Alves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How do I configure ethernet settings, after debian installed? I > have a modem/ethernet card built-in in the powerbook. If I understand your question correctly, you need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file. See also interfaces(5). If you want to u

Re: powerbook titanium

2001-08-07 Thread Michel Dänzer
James Maitland Chapman wrote: > > I have a 500MHz titanium with 512Mb RAM. > > I am intending to install base from powerpc binary-1 potato, and then > upgrade to unstable. > > With the cd in the drive i booted the machine pressing 'c' whilst it boots, > all I get is a white screen and nothing ha

[bob_hunter30@hotmail.com: Fwd: Re: installation oddities]

2001-08-07 Thread Branden Robinson
- Forwarded message from Bob Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: "Bob Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Re: installation oddities Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 16:07:28 + Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Bob >From: "Bob Hunter" <[EMAI

Re: Ethernet Powerbook3400c

2001-08-07 Thread Vinai
On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Pedro Alves wrote: }Hi again } }How do I configure ethernet settings, after debian installed? }I have a modem/ethernet card built-in in the powerbook. I had this stashed away. Thought it would come in useful to someone else again :) Hope you are comfortable building your own

ZIP drive on Powerbook3400c bay

2001-08-07 Thread Pedro Alves
Hi 1.How do i communicate with a ZIP drive (VST) mounted in the expantion bay of the powerbook? Any idea? 2.What format should a CD-ROM have to be read by debian (ISO-9660)? Sorry, but i don't find this questions anywhere in the literature. Pedro -- end of e-mail __ Pedro Al

Re: powerbook titanium

2001-08-07 Thread Christoph Schaefer
Salut, > With the cd in the drive i booted the machine pressing 'c' whilst it boots, > all I get is a white screen and nothing happens... > > Have I rather missed the point? nop. Press command + option + 'o'+ 'f' to get into openfirmware and type boot cd:,\yaboot jops, Christoph. > >

Ethernet Powerbook3400c

2001-08-07 Thread Pedro Alves
Hi again How do I configure ethernet settings, after debian installed? I have a modem/ethernet card built-in in the powerbook. Pedro PS: during installation i was asked to introduce IP values, but Debian installer said that values were incorrect, although they work correctly in the MacOS in m

Re: pcmcia modules for powerpc not available

2001-08-07 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's not in unstable or testing. Eek. How'd that happen?? I would guess pcmcic-cs was forced from unstable into testing, causing the older pcmcia-modules dpeneding on the older pcmcia-cs to be booted. > I'll try to un-lag it later this week. Exc

Re: Dual booting?

2001-08-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 11:59:04PM -0600, Patrick Klee wrote: > Hi, > I have an iMac DVSE with MacOS. But I want MacOS to coexist with > Debian PPC? I there a HOWTO on acheiving this on a single12 gig hard > drive? penguinppc.org/usr/ybin/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.shtml penguinppc.org/usr/ybin p

Re: [ANN] yaboot critical update (1.2.3)

2001-08-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 03:37:21PM +0200, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > WARNING ! If you compile yaboot yourself, do NOT use the "yaboot.chrp" > binary on a PowerMac. Use the "yaboot" binary. The CHRP version on a > PowerMac may confuse Apple's Open Firmware quite badly, I've had reports > of mac

[ANN] yaboot critical update (1.2.3)

2001-08-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
I've uploaded yaboot 1.2.3 to http://www.penguinppc.org/~benh. This is a critical update. I found a nasty bug in all previous versions that could cause some issues with the kernel memory mappings. Newer kernels (including my rsync) are likely to be more affected, but the problem is potentially he

install in Powerbook 3400c

2001-08-07 Thread Pedro Alves
Hi folks I found the solution. I needed to change option in BootX thanks Thanks to everyone who developed the installation process, it is very easy, even for someone without experience Pedro -- end of e-mail __ Pedro Alves - PhD Student Institut Gustave Roussy, PR1 INSERM U4

bootup hang on MVME2604

2001-08-07 Thread Patryk M. Gutowski
I have MVME2604 with 761 IO board. When I try to begin installation from the Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 "Potato" - Official powerpc Binary-1 CD kernel is loading but after a while I got this mesage: scsi : 1 host. scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi 0, channel 0, id 0, lun

HELP !!!!!!

2001-08-07 Thread SalesDPT
PLEASE HELP ME !   I have nothing to do with Debian and I never suscribe to any mailing list but the following adress ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) automatically send all the Debian mailing list to my adress (see following header as exemple) and I have received more than 34 000 mails from all the

installing debian on a powerbook 3400c

2001-08-07 Thread Pedro Alves
Hi there This is my first try in Linux installation I installed in a partition HFS all the files reported on http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/pmac i also installed BootX (last version available). I booted and everything run well, partitioning, etc etc. I arrive to a dialog were debian i

Woody install problem with b-f 3.0.7

2001-08-07 Thread Marc Segelken
Dear all, Trying to install woody 3.0.7 I got a mount -t proc proc /proc failed error message. I studied the mailing lists of the previous month and found the following: Ethan Benson wrotes: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 12:09:56PM -0400, Russell Hires wrote > > > > First, I know there's a later

powerbook titanium

2001-08-07 Thread James Maitland Chapman
I have a 500MHz titanium with 512Mb RAM. I am intending to install base from powerpc binary-1 potato, and then upgrade to unstable. With the cd in the drive i booted the machine pressing 'c' whilst it boots, all I get is a white screen and nothing happens... Have I rather missed the point? Ja

Re: Bootup hanging on new world G4

2001-08-07 Thread Pascal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > I am working on installing > Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 "Potato" - Official powerpc Binary-1 CD > on a new world G4. > As far as I can tell, I have the base system installed correctly and > used mkofboot to > configure the booting

Re: es keymaps advise needed

2001-08-07 Thread Jaume Teixi
hello Michel, with this setup the keyboard is completely unusable: > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "macintosh" > Option "XkbLayout" "es" with this setup the keyboard is usable like an american one; cannot make acc

Re: Dual booting?

2001-08-07 Thread Eric Deveaud
On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Patrick Klee wrote: > Hi, > I have an iMac DVSE with MacOS. But I want MacOS to coexist with > Debian PPC? I there a HOWTO on acheiving this on a single12 gig hard > drive? first of all see http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson> the mac-fdisk tutorial after that check the yabo

Re: gpm & X settings for titanium

2001-08-07 Thread Michel Dänzer
Peter Meilstrup wrote: > (WW) R128(0): Static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 10368 kB > video memory This is the crucial warning BTW. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)\ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \XFree86 and DRI pro

Re: Macromedia Flash Play

2001-08-07 Thread Michel Dänzer
Russell Hires wrote: > I looked in the archives, and saw nothing relating to this: is there a PPC > version of the Macromedia Flash Player? There seems to be one for x86, but > not PPC There is none from Macromedia, but look at http://www.swift-tools.com/Flash/ . It works with Mozilla and Ko