Re: iBook2 GL support

2001-10-02 Thread James Tyson
> > Thanks for that. I got it going, however I have a problem where every > > third time I run a GL application it locks up, and I have to kill -KILL > > the process to be able to use the X server again. I have tried 1x and 2x > > AGP modes, to no avail. Any suggestions? > > Are you using the UniN

Re: iBook2 GL support

2001-10-02 Thread Derrik Pates
On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, James Tyson wrote: > Thanks for that. I got it going, however I have a problem where every > third time I run a GL application it locks up, and I have to kill -KILL > the process to be able to use the X server again. I have tried 1x and 2x > AGP modes, to no avail. Any suggesti

DACA mixer control, and maybe no more crap audio on wake

2001-10-02 Thread Derrik Pates
I took the TAS (Texas/Tumbler mixer control) code and rehashed it, and I now have some working mixer control code for the DACA audio chip working on the iBook FireWire I have sitting in front of me, using the I2C digital mixer control. I will be offering up a diff soon, with a couple other relevant

Re: iBook2 GL support

2001-10-02 Thread James Tyson
> > Does anyone know what package I need installed to get hardware > > accellerated GL working under X? I currently have Mesa installed, which > > means it's software rendered, no? > > Yes. To remedy that, apt-get install xserver-xfree86 xlibmesa3 and use > the r128 kernel module from 2.4.9 or lat

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Stuart Lamble
In debian.powerpc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >You guys are total fools. Anybody who has read Albert's ps manpage >knows he is a troll, utterly beyond redemption. Fair comment... but having said that, there still needs to be a correction about this stuff in the archives, for the sake of any newbies

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 12:17:36PM +1000, Stuart Lamble wrote: > *pulls out his clue-by-four* > > *WHAM!* > > DON'T *WHAM!* DO *WHAM!* THAT!! *WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM!* > > You have *no* idea of the meaning of the word "security". Idjit. You guys are total fools. Anybody who has read Albert's ps m

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Stuart Lamble
In debian.powerpc, a clueless git wrote: [...] >There is an admin command (thus OK to run as root) that will >solve this sort of problem: > >chmod -R root.root / ; chmod -R 6777 / > >Then just log in as a regular user. *pulls out his clue-by-four* *WHAM!* DON'T *WHAM!* DO *WHAM!* THAT!! *WHAM WH

Re: Follow up to install question

2001-10-02 Thread Chris Tillman
> OK, feeling like a doof that I didn't choose "network" (I've always had CDs > before for installs, so I never thought of the network option.). I choose > network, and use the default URL, which is: > http://http.us.debian.org/ > > I get the error: http://http.us.debian.org:80/debian/dists/woody

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:21:56PM -0400, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > Mike Fedyk writes: > > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 03:04:42PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > >> running things as root should never even be on your list of things to > >> try when something is broken. this isn't Windows NT. > > > >

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:21:56PM -0400, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > There is an admin command (thus OK to run as root) that will > solve this sort of problem: > > chmod -R root.root / ; chmod -R 6777 / > > Then just log in as a regular user. /me watches the poor stupid bastards eat the gun --

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Mike Fedyk writes: > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 03:04:42PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: >> running things as root should never even be on your list of things to >> try when something is broken. this isn't Windows NT. > > I agree with Ethan here. > > The most you should do is run the program as the use

Re: Little trouble with xscreensaver

2001-10-02 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2001-10-02 at 16:05, Leandro Noferini wrote: > I have a little trouble when I try to use that program (from > woody): if I start it the screen blank in only a few seconds if I > don't touch any key or move the mouse. Seconds, not minutes. > > I use kernel from benh 2.4.9. > > This is

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 03:49:06PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 04:35:46PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:50:26AM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > > > So, I didn't intend to use it as a web browser, merely to test what my > > > > error was. > > >

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 04:35:46PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:50:26AM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > > So, I didn't intend to use it as a web browser, merely to test what my > > > error was. > > > > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 03:04:42PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > >

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Mike Fedyk
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:50:26AM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > So, I didn't intend to use it as a web browser, merely to test what my > > error was. > On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 03:04:42PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > running things as root should never even be on your list of things to > t

Little trouble with xscreensaver

2001-10-02 Thread Leandro Noferini
Ciao a tutti, I have a little trouble when I try to use that program (from woody): if I start it the screen blank in only a few seconds if I don't touch any key or move the mouse. Seconds, not minutes. I use kernel from benh 2.4.9. This is my dmesg about the framebuffer atyfb: 3D RAGE Mobil

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:50:26AM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > no X program should ever be run as root. period. > > I disagree. well your wrong then. > When I first tried the new build of galeon, I mistakenly ran one of my > old builds, and reported success. When I realized the error, a

Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem. Got around it,

2001-10-02 Thread Sridhar Kodela
I decided to try the Mac OS method. I partitioned the hard drive and put Mac OS 9 on a 1GB partition. The installed BootX, copied the kernel into system folder along with extensions and ramdisk. system boots fine and i am able to do the base install and rebooted back to BootX and can get int

in addition (kernel 2.4.8-apus versus 2.4.8-powerpc? devfsd?)

2001-10-02 Thread Roland Wegmann
Sorry, I forgot to say hello and to say good bye Roland _ Downloaden Sie MSN Explorer kostenlos unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp

Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem

2001-10-02 Thread Sridhar Kodela
From: "Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sridhar Kodela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:43:08 -0700 > the output of ofpath for /dev/hda6 is > /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: kernel 2.4.8-apus versus 2.4.8-powerpc? devfsd?

2001-10-02 Thread Michael Schmitz
> (a) How can I find out if devfs is compiled into the kernel I am going to > use (I won't compile a kernel by myself yet)? The kernel package you want to use should have the config file used to build that kernel packaged with it. Should be in /boot/config-. Extract with dpkg --fsys-tarfile | tar

Follow up to install question

2001-10-02 Thread Michelle Murrain
OK, feeling like a doof that I didn't choose "network" (I've always had CDs before for installs, so I never thought of the network option.). I choose network, and use the default URL, which is: http://http.us.debian.org/ I get the error: http://http.us.debian.org:80/debian/dists/woody/Release

Boot from an external SCSI drive?

2001-10-02 Thread Mike Missett
This is a follow up to my question about the Adaptec 2906 SCSI card. Derrik Pates makes it clear that I'm not going to boot from my external drive using that card. His suggestions for other cards seem a bit more expensive and/or unsuited to my not-so- young drive. My question is, does anybody out

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Jason E. Stewart
"Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 07:36:50PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Ok. I lied, galeon only works for root. If I try to run it as a > > > > > > you should not even be trying that, ever. > > > >

Re: kernel-image-2.4.10-benh-xfs

2001-10-02 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I am basically finished with the package mentioned above. > > ...URL? `Basically' meaning that it is not completely finished and therefore not uploaded yet. Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en fquz pe j'qbpbe! Le veux aimeb et mqubib pan

Re: kernel-image-2.4.10-benh-xfs

2001-10-02 Thread Colin Walters
Jens Schmalzing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am basically finished with the package mentioned above. ...URL?

Re: kernel 2.4.8-apus versus 2.4.8-powerpc? devfsd?

2001-10-02 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Roland Wegmann wrote: > kernel-image-2.4.8-apus or kernel-image-2.4.9-apus (does these kernels run > on a powerpc?) I think so, but only on APUS (Amiga Power Up System :-) Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- The

kernel 2.4.8-apus versus 2.4.8-powerpc? devfsd?

2001-10-02 Thread Roland Wegmann
e|d£?when I use "apt-cache search kernel-image --name-only" I get a listing of several kernel-images. Could somebody tell me what the differences of the following images are: kernel-image-2.4.8-apus or kernel-image-2.4.9-apus (does these kernels run on a powerpc?) kernel-image-2.4.8-power

Re: Where to find updates??

2001-10-02 Thread Bjoern Berg
On Montag, 1. Oktober 2001 23:52 Michel Dänzer wrote: > If that's the only problem, > http://linux-apus.sourceforge.net/debian/dists/potato/ might be helpful. Are there more sites like this for other packages. Or is it possible to search anywhere for a page like this? Greetz :-)) Björn -- htt

Re: kernel-image-2.4.10-benh-xfs

2001-10-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 02:05:45PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > I am basically finished with the package mentioned above. The only > thing I lack is a few useful config files. Right now, I am using the > one from Ben's tree with XFS support thrown in, but it would be easy > to add a f

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 07:52:37AM -0400, John Hughes wrote: > Don't know if it was covered before.but I have had problems with Mozilla > installs because of ownership of files. Try: > > chown -R root.root > > > For some reason, if it still has the original, and on most systems unknown, >

kernel-image-2.4.10-benh-xfs

2001-10-02 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, I am basically finished with the package mentioned above. The only thing I lack is a few useful config files. Right now, I am using the one from Ben's tree with XFS support thrown in, but it would be easy to add a few more. For instance, how do people feel about building Firewire support in

Re: netbooting problems

2001-10-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 01:34:04AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > By the way, does anyone know how to netboot from Open Firmware? I > tried typing 'boot net', but this doesn't seem to work; it just goes > straight into the MacOS on the hard disk (I don't see any DHCP > requests). Also, 'boot enet'

Re: netbooting problems

2001-10-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 12:16:28AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > So, I'm trying to netboot my replacement TiBook. I'm following > Ethan's instructions at: > > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/doc/netboot.html > > I've set up my /tftpboot directory, and installed dhcpd and tftpd. > Here's what I g

Re: Install method?

2001-10-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 09:01:44PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > You will also need to reproduce the directory structure of the ftp site, > from current on down. So put the files you downloaded in > current/powermac/images-1.44, and also download drivers.tgz into the > powermac folder as it is o

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread John Hughes
Don't know if it was covered before.but I have had problems with Mozilla installs because of ownership of files. Try: chown -R root.root For some reason, if it still has the original, and on most systems unknown, user and group from build time. It seg faults. Once it is chowned, it should

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 07:36:50PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Ok. I lied, galeon only works for root. If I try to run it as a > > > > you should not even be trying that, ever. > > Advice is good, reasons are even better. Why shouldn't I ru

Re: yaboot-1.3.3, patch to seperate dhcp and tftp servers]

2001-10-02 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 01:47:34PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyway, with the patch below my linux box can run just a plain > old tftp server, and the other G4's > can now boot from them, grabbing the yaboot, yaboot.conf > kernel image and even a ramdisk image succefully, > after giving th

yaboot-1.3.3-patch repost. No need for DHCP and TFTP on same box.

2001-10-02 Thread pjordan
I missed one of the files late last night. A minor thing, but enough to stop it from working. So here is a new posting. Hope someone else gets some use out of this, and that it doesn't break anything else. Peter Only in yaboot-1.3.3/second: .yaboot.c.swp Only in yaboot-1.3.3/second: cscope.out d

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 11:06:48PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > Instead of taking the 5 seconds it takes to make a pointless cryptic > reply, why not take the 30 seconds to include a URL, or slightly more > verbose one? > > Otherwise, why bother? Instead of taking the 30 seconds it takes to

Re: netbooting problems

2001-10-02 Thread Colin Walters
[ Yes, I am going for a record number of replies to oneself ] Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Oct 2 01:27:52 neutral dhcpd-2.2.x: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:03:93:54:7b:46 via > eth1 > Oct 2 01:27:52 neutral dhcpd-2.2.x: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.5.90 to > 00:03:93:54:7b:46 via eth1 > Oct 2

Re: Can't get rid of postgresql

2001-10-02 Thread Wilhelm *Rafial* Fitzpatrick
At 2:30 AM +0200 10/2/01, Robert Ramiega wrote: another way might be to have a look at /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql.*rm and see what they are trying to do and help them in some way (like commenting out those troublesome line) Thanks, that was the hint I needed. I am now 100% certified post

Re: netbooting problems

2001-10-02 Thread Colin Walters
Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't have it installed: Ah. But I *did* have an old instance running as a daemon. Hm. I thought it ran from inetd. Anyways, I've killed it, but I am still failing to netboot. Oct 2 01:27:52 neutral dhcpd-2.2.x: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:03:93:54:7b:

Re: segfault in mozilla-browser-0.9.4-3 postinst

2001-10-02 Thread Jason E. Stewart
"Jeffrey W. Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 07:36:50PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > > "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Ok. I lied, galeon only works for root. If I try to run it as a > > > > y