Re: free reports that shared memory is not used

2001-10-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 10:06:24AM +0900, Joongul Lee wrote: > I happened to read a nice article on it yesterday. It is located at > "http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-fs3.html";. According to the > author, CONFIG_TMPFS=y lets you use the POSIX shared memory, and you can > access a

Re: free reports that shared memory is not used

2001-10-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 10:39:21PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > PS: I do have the line > > none /dev/shmshm defaults0 0 > > in /etc/fstab ever since I've been running a 2.4 kernel, but I have no > idea what this actually is for or what the effect of not

Re: free reports that shared memory is not used

2001-10-28 Thread Joongul Lee
On 2001 October 29 Monday 06:39, Michel Dänzer wrote: > You should RTFM in the first place. ;) point taken :-) Thanks for the info. >From the free(1) manpage: > > 'The shared memory column should be ignored; it is obsolete.' > > > PS: I do have the line > > none /dev/shmshm

nocombreloc build error in buildd logs?

2001-10-28 Thread Steven Hanley
All So I notice on http://voltaire.debian.org/buildd/buildlogs/emacs21 the buildd failed with an attempt to pass -z nocombreloc to the linker. Now I wonder is this a linker bug (as has been discussed a bit recently) and it will work again once the newer linker packages are used when it attempts a

Re: Bug#67289: Sound Support on Beige G3 Mac

2001-10-28 Thread Carlos Laviola
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 05:44:14PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > [ I'm redirecting this to the list ] > > Mutwin Kraus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there any way to get MP3Blaster to play anaything but noises? Esd > > works with nice sound, but MP3Blaster not... > > This is a known bug,

Re: free reports that shared memory is not used

2001-10-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 14:23, Joongul Lee wrote: > Ever since I upgraded the kernel to 2.4.*, my free report looks like > the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ free > total used free sharedbuffers cached > Mem:255356 240896 14460 0

Re: Bug#116780: util-linux: hwclock shouldn't be run

2001-10-28 Thread Tom Rini
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 08:16:50PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > > > As far as I understand it clock from powerpc-utils is obsolete and you can > > > use hwclock on all machines (including PReP machines?). Does that mean you > > > will remove the clo

Re: Bug#116780: util-linux: hwclock shouldn't be run

2001-10-28 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > As far as I understand it clock from powerpc-utils is obsolete and you can > > use hwclock on all machines (including PReP machines?). Does that mean you > > will remove the clock program from powerpc-utils? > > No, I'm not going to; it's obsolete,

Re: Bug#116780: util-linux: hwclock shouldn't be run

2001-10-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 04:06:34PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > BTW: Out of interest: What is the history of the renaming of "fdisk" to > > > "ddisk" on powerpc? > > > > I've no idea. I'd never heard of this, in fact. I bet it stands for > > DOS fDISK; it reads DOS partition tables an

Re: insomniac iBook2

2001-10-28 Thread Michael Schmitz
> pmud (0.7-6) on my iBook2 (Sid) is indecisive, as of an apt-get > upgrade this week. When I close the lid it spins down, lights up the > snoozelight, pauses, then spins up again and turns off the > snoozelight, then it snoozes again then it wakes up again, continuing > this cycle until the batte

Re: DGA on iBook2

2001-10-28 Thread Adrian Cox
Michel Dänzer wrote: On Sat, 2001-10-27 at 18:08, Adrian Cox wrote: It's still not perfect - the Xserver dies if I suspend the iBook when in DGA mode. Is that with APM emulation enabled in the kernel and /dev/apm_bios existing, resulting in lines like (II) Open APM successful in the X server

Re: Bug#116780: util-linux: hwclock shouldn't be run

2001-10-28 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > BTW: Out of interest: What is the history of the renaming of "fdisk" to > > "ddisk" on powerpc? > > I've no idea. I'd never heard of this, in fact. I bet it stands for > DOS fDISK; it reads DOS partition tables and not Apple ones, and > mac-fdisk supplies the 'fdisk' binary. The fdisk b

free reports that shared memory is not used

2001-10-28 Thread Joongul Lee
Hello, Ever since I upgraded the kernel to 2.4.*, my free report looks like the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:255356 240896 14460 0 3704 121232 -/+ buffers/cache: 115960

Re: CUPS and Netscape Communicator

2001-10-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 11:32:55PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > Don't know about CUPS, but mozilla is available in woody and IWFM. but you really don't want the mozilla in woody, its anchient, horrible M18, you want the mozilla in unstable. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

Re: powerpc.d.o -> voltaire.d.o

2001-10-28 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 09:21:44AM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > > > Since tervola.Infodrom.North.DE isn't really useful nowadays, the > > > CNAME powerpc.debian.org should probably be changed to > > > voltaire.debian.org. > > > > FWIW, when I created voltaire.d.o, debian-admin implied that they

Re: powerpc.d.o -> voltaire.d.o

2001-10-28 Thread Martin Schulze
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 06:10:34AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Since tervola.Infodrom.North.DE isn't really useful nowadays, the > > CNAME powerpc.debian.org should probably be changed to voltaire.debian.org. > > FWIW, when I created voltaire.d.o, debian-a

Re: Bug#116780: util-linux: hwclock shouldn't be run

2001-10-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 02:32:41PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Hi Daniel, hi *, > > after reading this discussion I have the following questions/remarks: > > As far as I understand it clock from powerpc-utils is obsolete and you can > use hwclock on all machines (including PReP machines?). Does t

Re: CUPS and Netscape Communicator

2001-10-28 Thread David Schleef
On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 05:32:07PM +0200, Roland Wegmann wrote: > Hello all, > > Is it true, that Netscape is only available for the intel-architecture. I > found this hint on the Debian Hompage with regard to potato. At the moment I > have installed woody. I tried an apt-get install ..., but it

insomniac iBook2

2001-10-28 Thread Orion Buckminster Montoya
pmud (0.7-6) on my iBook2 (Sid) is indecisive, as of an apt-get upgrade this week. When I close the lid it spins down, lights up the snoozelight, pauses, then spins up again and turns off the snoozelight, then it snoozes again then it wakes up again, continuing this cycle until the battery dies (a

Re: powerpc.d.o -> voltaire.d.o

2001-10-28 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 06:10:34AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > Hi, > > Since tervola.Infodrom.North.DE isn't really useful nowadays, the > CNAME powerpc.debian.org should probably be changed to voltaire.debian.org. FWIW, when I created voltaire.d.o, debian-admin implied that they'd rather depreca

Re: Bug#116780: util-linux: hwclock shouldn't be run

2001-10-28 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 02:32:41PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Hi Daniel, hi *, > > after reading this discussion I have the following questions/remarks: > > As far as I understand it clock from powerpc-utils is obsolete and you can > use hwclock on all machines (including PReP machines?). Does t

Re: CUPS and Netscape Communicator

2001-10-28 Thread Chris Tillman
On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 05:32:07PM +0200, Roland Wegmann wrote: > Hello all, > > Is it true, that Netscape is only available for the intel-architecture. I > found this hint on the Debian Hompage with regard to potato. At the moment I > > have installed woody. I tried an apt-get install ..., but

Re: CUPS and Netscape Communicator

2001-10-28 Thread Colin Walters
"Roland Wegmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it true, that Netscape is only available for the > intel-architecture. We don't have the souce code, so our hands are tied in fixing its numerous bugs. I think there is an ancient version available, which is filled with security problems. > I a

iBook2 (and maybe more) special keys working

2001-10-28 Thread Bastien Nocera
Hi, After fiddling around, for much longer that it should have taken, it's there: http://hadess.net/files/ppc/hotkeys/ I'd like to have some feedback, especially for other laptops. The Apple USB Pro Keyboard isn't supported yet because of an endianess bug in the USB keyboard driver... or so

powerpc.d.o -> voltaire.d.o

2001-10-28 Thread Josip Rodin
Hi, Since tervola.Infodrom.North.DE isn't really useful nowadays, the CNAME powerpc.debian.org should probably be changed to voltaire.debian.org. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.

Re: DGA on iBook2

2001-10-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2001-10-27 at 18:08, Adrian Cox wrote: > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 19:12, Adrian Cox wrote: > > > >>I think I've found what was wrong with XFree86 DGA on the iBook2, and by > >>extension, on everything that used the r128 driver with fbdev. > >> > > > > Nice catch

Re: DGA on iBook2

2001-10-28 Thread Adrian Cox
Michel Dänzer wrote: On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 19:12, Adrian Cox wrote: I think I've found what was wrong with XFree86 DGA on the iBook2, and by extension, on everything that used the r128 driver with fbdev. Nice catch! I'll see to it that this gets fixed for 4.2.0 . It's still not perfect