Re: Bootable cdrom powerpc? (no floppy)

2001-08-15 Thread Matt Brubeck
Petrus Enbom wrote: > on my swedish keyboard it looks like this: > > __ __ > \__ That's correct. See this page for examples: http://www.digitalalchemy.com/mercutio/overview.html Peter Meilstrup: >>__ >> _ \/ _ >> || This one is from StickyKeys, the MacOS accessibility package

Re: Bootable cdrom powerpc? (no floppy)

2001-08-15 Thread Petrus Enbom
Well, on my swedish keyboard it looks like this: __ __ \__ with the text "alt" above it. The command-key also has an apple-symbol to the left of the quadruple loop. Eh, sorry 'bout contributing this most interesting off-list topic... ;^) - Petrus - - - Writing about music is like

Re: offset x screen

2001-08-15 Thread Michel Dänzer
Bruce McIntyre wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 07:28:42PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > as fbi (the frame buffer image viewer) also wraps the screen, albeit on > > > the other side, does this mean we are barking up the wrong config? > > > perhaps this is a k

Re: Why does netbooting work from OF but not 'N' key?

2001-08-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 05:28:45PM -0400, Eric C. Cooper wrote: > I can netboot my G4 cube successfully from Open Firmware using > boot enet:,yaboot > Using ethereal, I see that the G4 gets the DHCPACK and proceeds to > download yaboot from my TFTP server. > > But when I boot holding down th

Re: kernel package for ibook2

2001-08-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 12:32:12PM -0700, tom hanlon wrote: > I grabbed a copy of this kernel for my new white ibook ibook2 > and installed it dpkg -i kernel-image > I ran ybin after updating my yboot.conf but the kernel fails during > the > mounting of the partitions. > mounbt /dev/hda12 failed n

Re: yaboot/openfirmware question [again]

2001-08-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 02:10:07PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > yup probably will. Apple_HFS is visable to MacOS, and macos very > thoroughly inspects any blessed directories to ensure they are real > MacOS, if not it renders them unbootable. It cannot do this with > Apple_Bootstrap partitions

Re: ibook2

2001-08-15 Thread Mr. Stuart Lamble
Stefan Eilers wrote: > Hi ! > > I am very satisfied with my new icebook .. = > > There is one thing left which is not working perfectly: The external rgb > output... > > Activating is no problem, using m3mirror, but the picture is not stable > =2E.. > > May I ask which experiences do you have w

I cannot get a new kernel-bh working for my iBook old model

2001-08-15 Thread Leandro Noferini
Ciao a tutti, I am trying to use the sources for the new kernel got from linuxppc.org via rsync but I couldn't get a kernel working. I think the error is in the framebuffer section because when I boot using the old kernel (2.4.5-pre3) I get different messages in the early pha

Re: Bootable cdrom powerpc? (no floppy)

2001-08-15 Thread Peter Meilstrup
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 04:16:59PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > > Ok, you have sparked my curiosity. I can maybe see the quadruple loop > being called "cauliflower"...but what does the option key have to do > with bathing tubs?? > > Apple's official symbol for "Option," which you can see in M

Re: missing ofboot.b?

2001-08-15 Thread Mark Hepburn
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 11:24:59PM -0800 or thereabouts, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:27:33AM +1000, Mark Hepburn wrote: > > I have got to the step of running mkofboot > > ('mkofboot --boot /dev/hda9 -m /target/etc/ofboot.b --root /dev/hda11 > > --partition 11'); the first time

Re: yaboot/openfirmware question [again]

2001-08-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 08:51:47PM +0200, pejvan wrote: > On 15/08/01 2:45, "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 01:43:02AM +0200, pejvan wrote: > >> > >> Well my problem is that before I installed OS X, everything worked fine, > >> and > >> i sure did use my l

Why does netbooting work from OF but not 'N' key?

2001-08-15 Thread Eric C. Cooper
I can netboot my G4 cube successfully from Open Firmware using boot enet:,yaboot Using ethereal, I see that the G4 gets the DHCPACK and proceeds to download yaboot from my TFTP server. But when I boot holding down the 'N' key, it does something different. After getting the exact same DHCP

Re: Bootable cdrom powerpc? (no floppy)

2001-08-15 Thread Colin Walters
Kerstin Hoef-Emden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've read that some people in MacOS specific German newsgroups call > these keys "Badewanne" (bathing tub = alt key) and "Blumenkohl" > (cauliflower = apple/quadrupel loop key). Ok, you have sparked my curiosity. I can maybe see the quadruple loop

Re: wireless lan config

2001-08-15 Thread J. Steinbachs
Check out QuickSwitch http://www.muthanna.com/quickswitch/Docs/docs.html -jennifer On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, NeilFred Picciotto wrote: > > Here's a version of what's in my /etc/network/interfaces. You can > > basically put anything after "up" -- see man interfaces(5). > > > > iface eth1 inet stati

Re: kernel package for ibook2

2001-08-15 Thread Bastien Nocera
Tom Hanlon wrote: Well.. installing devfsd allows your kernel package to boot up but my us english keymap becomes unusable. Well not unusable just extremely dificult :-) I will try and configure benh's kernel tree and see if I can build a working kernel and working xconfig from there. I get an

Re: wireless lan config

2001-08-15 Thread Wilhelm Fitzpatrick
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, NeilFred Picciotto wrote: > this is a pretty slick way of doing it. but does anyone have a convenient > way of switching between multiple locations (with different network > passwords, and so on)? Well, I wrote myself a little shell script that I keep in /usr/local/bin/net

Re: kernel package for ibook2

2001-08-15 Thread Tom Hanlon
Well.. installing devfsd allows your kernel package to boot up but my us english keymap becomes unusable. Well not unusable just extremely dificult :-) I will try and configure benh's kernel tree and see if I can build a working kernel and working xconfig from there. I get an error with the dri m

Re: wireless lan config

2001-08-15 Thread NeilFred Picciotto
> Here's a version of what's in my /etc/network/interfaces. You can > basically put anything after "up" -- see man interfaces(5). > > iface eth1 inet static > address 10.0.0.21 > netmask 255.0.0.0 > gateway 10.0.0.1 > up iwconfig eth1 essid BlahBlahBlah > up iwconfig

Re: kernel package for ibook2

2001-08-15 Thread Bastien Nocera
Hi, You probably forgot to install devfsd... Cheers tom hanlon wrote: I grabbed a copy of this kernel for my new white ibook ibook2 and installed it dpkg -i kernel-image I ran ybin after updating my yboot.conf but the kernel fails during the mounting of the partitions. mounbt /dev/hda12 faile

Re: kernel package for ibook2

2001-08-15 Thread tom hanlon
I grabbed a copy of this kernel for my new white ibook ibook2 and installed it dpkg -i kernel-image I ran ybin after updating my yboot.conf but the kernel fails during the mounting of the partitions. mounbt /dev/hda12 failed not valid ext2 filesystem. Has anyone else gotten this kernel to work? I

Re: serial mouse on older pmac?

2001-08-15 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > the mouse requires a PC serial port (rs232) or if it > > works on macs (rs???) as well? are the drivers for > > gpm and (most importantly) X compiled-in (or left out > > due to "improbable config")? > > Well, mac serial ports are rs232, just a different connector. I'm not sure Nope, they're R

Re: yaboot/openfirmware question [again]

2001-08-15 Thread pejvan
On 15/08/01 2:45, "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 01:43:02AM +0200, pejvan wrote: >> >> Well my problem is that before I installed OS X, everything worked fine, and >> i sure did use my linux and i simply dont want to reinstall it because it >> worked really ni

Re: wireless lan config

2001-08-15 Thread Bastien R. Nocera
Stephen R Marenka wrote: On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 12:52:08AM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: I have the /etc/network/interfaces with my eth1 (airport card) configured (IP config is correctly restored on boot). What are the options to this file to set ESSID, NICK and MODE for my station ? Or is t

Re: wireless lan config

2001-08-15 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 12:52:08AM +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > I have the /etc/network/interfaces with my eth1 (airport card) > configured (IP config is correctly restored on boot). What are the > options to this file to set ESSID, NICK and MODE for my station ? Or is > there another file th

Re: Bootable cdrom powerpc? (no floppy)

2001-08-15 Thread Derrik Pates
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Kerstin Hoef-Emden wrote: > > > Well, the "Option" key is labeled "Option". (How obvious, eh?) > > Don't forget that we are in a global village. Non-US keyboards are often > differently labelled. The only thing I can say in my defense is that I've never seen a foreign keyboar

Re: offset x screen

2001-08-15 Thread Bruce McIntyre
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 07:28:42PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > as fbi (the frame buffer image viewer) also wraps the screen, albeit on the > > other side, does this mean we are barking up the wrong config? > > perhaps this is a kernel thing... > > Unlikely. As I m

Re: triple-boot question

2001-08-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 02:13:44PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Mark Hepburn wrote: > > > In the process though I have exceeded the 15-partition limit (partion-map + > > drivers + bootstrap + swap + root + linux/macos share + os9 + osx + 2 extras > > added when you install osx on ufs). > > No su

Re: install / RS 6000

2001-08-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:45:53AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, I would like to know which floppy disk should I have to install > debian on a IBM RISC System 6000 E30. > > Thus, my question is, what is apus, chrp and prep, and which one of > > these is compatible with IBM RS6

Re: triple-boot question

2001-08-15 Thread Michel Dänzer
Mark Hepburn wrote: > In the process though I have exceeded the 15-partition limit (partion-map + > drivers + bootstrap + swap + root + linux/macos share + os9 + osx + 2 extras > added when you install osx on ufs). No such limit, you can have up to 63 partitions on an IDE disk. This isn't that ot

2.4.7-ben0: mozilla-cvs enter xmon

2001-08-15 Thread Edouard G. Parmelan
Hi, I'm running 2.4.7-ben0 rsync'ed on Jul 27 19:56 (date of ChangeSet file). Linux adam 2.4.7-ben0 #1 Mon Jul 30 11:41:55 CEST 2001 ppc unknown ii mozilla-browser-cvs 0.0.20010717.01.trunk An Open Source WWW browser for X and GTK+ (CVS version) I was connected with PPP using Z8530 ESCC (co

install / RS 6000

2001-08-15 Thread zenon
Hi, I would like to know which floppy disk should I have to install debian on a IBM RISC System 6000 E30. Looking at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-installation-sources I have the following choices: Rescue Floppy images: http://http.u

Re: Bootable cdrom powerpc? (no floppy)

2001-08-15 Thread Kerstin Hoef-Emden
Hi, On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Adrian Cox wrote: > Derrik Pates wrote: > > Well, the "Option" key is labeled "Option". (How obvious, eh?) Don't forget that we are in a global village. Non-US keyboards are often differently labelled. > On my UK ibook2 it's actually labelled "Alt", even though the App

Re: cannot install console-common_0.7.*

2001-08-15 Thread Fabian Jakobs
Am Mittwoch, 15. August 2001 02:05 schrieb Michel Dänzer: > Fabian Jakobs wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 14. August 2001 00:01 schrieb Michel Dänzer: > > > Fabian Jakobs wrote: > > > > since about version 0.7.4 console-common doesn't install anymore. It > > > > only gives me this error-message: > > > > >

Re: Bootable cdrom powerpc? (no floppy)

2001-08-15 Thread Adrian Cox
Derrik Pates wrote: Well, the "Option" key is labeled "Option". (How obvious, eh?) On my UK ibook2 it's actually labelled "Alt", even though the Apple manuals refer to it as "Option". -- Adrian Cox http://www.humboldt.co.uk/

Re: Debian on new ibook dual USB: Net Install

2001-08-15 Thread Michel Lanners
On 15 Aug, this message from Sven echoed through cyberspace: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 03:50:51PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: >> > I booted the installation system that I downloaded from sourgeforge [1] >> > using yaboot, everyting went fine, till I tried to install the rest of >> > the system ove

Re: missing ofboot.b?

2001-08-15 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 11:28:36PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 06:48:00PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > > is not necessary with the new version. However the potato install manual has > > you always need the -m switch when installing yaboot manually in > potato, even if

Re: triple-boot question

2001-08-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 04:33:07PM +1000, Mark Hepburn wrote: > Thanks to everyone's help I now have testing installed on my ibook2. > > In the process though I have exceeded the 15-partition limit (partion-map + > drivers + bootstrap + swap + root + linux/macos share + os9 + osx + 2 extras > adde

Re: missing ofboot.b?

2001-08-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 06:48:00PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > is not necessary with the new version. However the potato install manual has you always need the -m switch when installing yaboot manually in potato, even if your machine is not as picky as the imacs and blue G3s about what format t

Re: missing ofboot.b?

2001-08-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:27:33AM +1000, Mark Hepburn wrote: > I have got to the step of running mkofboot > ('mkofboot --boot /dev/hda9 -m /target/etc/ofboot.b --root /dev/hda11 > --partition 11'); the first time this complained that no such ofboot.b file > existed; I have an iMac running potato s

Re: Bootable cdrom powerpc? (no floppy)

2001-08-15 Thread Derrik Pates
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm sorry im such a newbie on powerpc.. i dont know which are the > command and option keys? (how do they look) Well, the "Option" key is labeled "Option". (How obvious, eh?) The "Command" key has the open Apple and the 4-way-curly-que thing. Basica

Re: Debian on new ibook dual USB: Net Install

2001-08-15 Thread Sven
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 03:50:51PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > [I posted this to debian-laptop a week ago, but got no reply. I hope you can > > help me.] > > > > Hi, > > > > Saturday I tried to install Debian on my friend's brand new ibook. > > I am experienced with debian on i368, but don't kn

Re: xfree86 4.x on a powerbook 3400c

2001-08-15 Thread Wilhelm Fitzpatrick
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Ian Eure wrote: > hi there. i recently installed debian on my powerbook 3400c, and it > seems to run ok, but i still have some problems. If no one has a more "up to date" suggestion, I'll mention that I ran Debian on my 3400c (always with a 2.2.x kernel) up until a few months

triple-boot question

2001-08-15 Thread Mark Hepburn
Thanks to everyone's help I now have testing installed on my ibook2. In the process though I have exceeded the 15-partition limit (partion-map + drivers + bootstrap + swap + root + linux/macos share + os9 + osx + 2 extras added when you install osx on ufs). Sure enough, osx (on partition 16) is i

Re: Bootable cdrom powerpc? (no floppy)

2001-08-15 Thread tripz
Thanks... I'm sorry im such a newbie on powerpc.. i dont know which are the command and option keys? (how do they look) /beginner tripz :) > On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > Maybe you have to enter boot cd:,\\yaboot at the OF prompt (ctrl & command > > & O > > & F to boot to ge