Re: powerpc b-f build compiles the kernel

2002-01-06 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
It's not so mysterious. Actually read the part I left below :) On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 09:27:05PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote: > # Fix .config for ramdisk rooting and kernel ip autoconfiguration. > # This image is >1440 KB and is suitable for CD/net booting. > sed 's:# CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL is not

Re: powerpc b-f build compiles the kernel

2002-01-06 Thread Erik Andersen
On Sun Jan 06, 2002 at 01:54:12PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 02:15:11PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > What annoys me about bootprep.sh is that it builds a kernel as part of > > > the boot-floppies build process; I don't se

Re: guppi

2002-01-06 Thread Nathan Conrad
Hi, It also gives me a crash in guppi-gnumeric. I have not looked at the guppi source, and don't think that I can be of much help in that regard. My installed versions of guppi and gnumeric: ii libguppi-dev 0.40.2-7 GNOME graph and plot component, development ii libguppi15 0.40.

Re: powerpc b-f build compiles the kernel

2002-01-06 Thread Colin Walters
[Incidentally, I'm on both -boot and -powerpc, so CCs are not necessary] On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 15:54, Tom Rini wrote: > Can someone post that? I'm sort-of curious what needs to be done > 'special' for a prep box.. As far as I can tell, this script just builds a kernel at boot-floppies build time

Re: yaboot/openfirmware flashies

2002-01-06 Thread Laurent de Segur
I don't believe that changing the bgcolor and fgcolor options in yaboot will bypass the flash effect seen when the machine starts up, as that the original post was referring to, because I tried it a while back to suppress the flash, with no effect whatsoever. I am not sure neither why the scree

Re: yaboot/openfirmware flashies

2002-01-06 Thread Chris Tillman
On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 05:46:42AM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > Hi all, > > Just recently got an iBook, installed potato, upgraded to sid, running very > nicely. :) > > One thing - totally aesthetic - that's bothering me is the flashing from > white to black to white to black when starting up. Can

guppi

2002-01-06 Thread Jack Howarth
Could someone else on debian-ppc sid please check if guppi is working for them. I am told it is fine on intel. On my machine I get a segfault in guppi-gnumeric if I try to graph anything in gnumeric. Also if I do an apt-get source guppi, ./configure and make, the demo crashes in the src dir in

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-06 Thread Derek Homeier
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 11:24:04AM +0100, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote: > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 00:07, Rogério Brito wrote: > > > > Besides, I actually like tapping the trackpad as a substitute > > for clicking (which I'm also assuming is possible with the pbs > > and ibooks). > > I don't

Latest libdb2-dev not uploaded into sid?

2002-01-06 Thread Laurent de Segur
I can't install the apache-dev package unstable because of this dependency: libdb2-dev >= 2.7.7-2.1 I have waited for it to be available for some time now, but until now no luck. How can I track the status of this package in sid? Thanks for your help, LdS

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 01:42:41PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > libmwdrivers.before it's used, and without someone giving me a log of > the actual failure (which will require dropping that silly redirection > from debian/rules), you're just guessing. Sent by private mail. -- "You grabbe

Ogg Vorbis Hissing

2002-01-06 Thread Brian Victor
Ogg Vorbis files played through xmms on my beige G3 result in static. A nearly identical setup on my pismo works fine. ogg123 works fine on both machines. This is with xmms 1.2.5. Both machines are running ben0 kernels; the desktop has 2.4.17, while the pismo has 2.4.15. Is there a known fix f

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It was easily reproduced - there's no libmwdrivers.a for powerpc and the > microwindows build tries to use that before it's built. No, no, a thousand times no. microwindows does try to build libmwdrivers.before it's used, and without someone giving m

Re: PowerBook G4

2002-01-06 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2002-01-05 at 04:00, P Prince wrote: > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 04:17, P Prince wrote: > > > > > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 03:35, Siggi Langauf wrote: > > > > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote: > >

Re: ATTENTION MICHAEL SCHMITZ

2002-01-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Worse - he wasn't using the UCI mail server as mailhub. And some bloke on > the residential network caught my attention by means of spam. Next time > I'll flame the hell out of the UCI network staff before blacklisting them > again. 1) blacklist the

Re: post install lib woes...

2002-01-06 Thread Colin Walters
On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 11:57, Richard D'Addio wrote: > colin, > this was an old posting, prior to when i used your new installer and the > 2.4 kernel. i have had no problems since. > > as mentioned earlier the new installer and the 2.4 kernel worked like a > charm on my G4. Ooops. Ok, I was just

PReP hackers wanted

2002-01-06 Thread Colin Walters
On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 14:15, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Well, the only reason I could see is if it either needs a kernel > config option enabled, not provided by the kernel-image-*-prep > package, or else if it needs a file from the kernel build not normally > provided by the package. It should be pr

Re: powerpc b-f build compiles the kernel

2002-01-06 Thread Tom Rini
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 02:15:11PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What annoys me about bootprep.sh is that it builds a kernel as part of > > the boot-floppies build process; I don't see why it can't just use a > > kernel-image package like every other

Re: powerpc b-f build compiles the kernel

2002-01-06 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What annoys me about bootprep.sh is that it builds a kernel as part of > the boot-floppies build process; I don't see why it can't just use a > kernel-image package like every other arch. Well, the only reason I could see is if it either needs a kernel

yaboot/openfirmware flashies

2002-01-06 Thread Jeff Waugh
Hi all, Just recently got an iBook, installed potato, upgraded to sid, running very nicely. :) One thing - totally aesthetic - that's bothering me is the flashing from white to black to white to black when starting up. Can I set yaboot to white, or somehow set everything else to black? - Jeff -

Re: MOL and kernel 2.4

2002-01-06 Thread Derrik Pates
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Eric Deveaud wrote: > OK, but this way you let the mol module "sleeping" in the kernel... Yeah, so? On this iBook it shows as a 42KB module (I load it at boot). sheep_net is ~ 5KB. That's really the only way to reliably run MoL without having to become root to load the module

Re: fdisk quits weirdly

2002-01-06 Thread Michel Lanners
On 6 Jan, this message from Sunnanvind Fenderson echoed through cyberspace: [snip] > "mac-fdisk must be quitting weirdly." So I went back to the menu, and > chose "execute a shell" and typed fdisk. It quit weirdly, spouting > something about a "(". > > What gives? (I tried this three times or

Re: fdisk quits weirdly

2002-01-06 Thread Chris Tillman
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 12:25:33AM +0100, Sunnanvind Fenderson wrote: > Hi. > Following the installation guide at > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ibook.html and choosing "debian only", > some weird prompt tells me my bootstrap partition should be of type > Apple_bootstrap but it then boots i

Re: post install lib woes...

2002-01-06 Thread Richard D'Addio
colin, this was an old posting, prior to when i used your new installer and the 2.4 kernel. i have had no problems since. as mentioned earlier the new installer and the 2.4 kernel worked like a charm on my G4. best regards, rich_d Colin Walters wrote: > > On Wed, 2001-12-26 at 13:22, Richard D

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > I think that's a drastically unfair judgement. I would rather ask > > every maintainer to do a few extra steps for the quality of their > > packages (or better yet, to improve automated systems to notify > > (opt-in) maintainers about such problems). The port maintainers > > Such as the pack

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Mark Brown
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 01:33:25PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > I think that's a drastically unfair judgement. I would rather ask > every maintainer to do a few extra steps for the quality of their > packages (or better yet, to improve automated systems to notify > (opt-in) maintainers about

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
I concur with Dan here - part because it's really his job, part because I've had it with filing bug reports from m68k buildds myself. But there's always two sides to that issue, so: > > I think that's a drastically unfair judgement. I would rather ask > > every maintainer to do a few extra steps

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Adam Olsen
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 01:33:25PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 03:47:30PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > (I rarely do these > > > days, rather rely on the maintainer to check build status and > > > logs).

4 package(s) to rebuild on powerpc/stable

2002-01-06 Thread Martin Schulze
These packages have to be rebuilt for stable on powerpc in order to let the packages go into 2.2r5. Please find URLs to source packages attached below for convenience. When uploading, please take care of the distribution, which should contain 'stable' and nothing else. For further explanation ple

Re: MOL and kernel 2.4

2002-01-06 Thread Eric Deveaud
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Derrik Pates wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Eric Deveaud wrote: > > > I can start mol as root (sudo startmol) but not as a lambda user. > > I bet if you started it once as root, then started it again as a normal > user, it'd work. sure, as startmol insmod his module, when quitti

Re: Euro Support on PPC?

2002-01-06 Thread Georg Koss
Hi MaX, On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 06:51:27PM +0100, MaX wrote: > > I need to obtain en visualize correctly the euro symbol in my Powerbook > with debian/Sid G4 with debian/Woody > my keyboard has the US layout. de_AT > How I can do it? Lets start ;-) Configure locales with some iso-8859-15 of y

Re: Euro Support on PPC?

2002-01-06 Thread MaX
Hi, Thanks for yor help. Finally a can use the €uro in my Evolution. Tnx MaX On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 11:41, Michel Lanners wrote: > Hi all, > > More info on the Euro symbol... > > > After that, you need to set your locale to something Euro-aware, and you > > need to get fonts that contain the

Re: ATTENTION MICHAEL SCHMITZ

2002-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > > Your ISP somehow landed itself on our blacklist. > > > > My ISP is the University of California. That's a decent enough institution :-) Could've happened to me while in Berkeley, I never used a mailhub either ... > But you're not using a U of C email address? Worse - he wasn't using the

Re: fdisk quits weirdly

2002-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
> What gives? (I tried this three times or so, same result every time.) > Sue. Broken boot-floppies build. Try the next (or previous) one. Michael

MOL: How to mount an apple cd from Os9 under Mol?

2002-01-06 Thread MaX
hi all, as subject, there is a way to mount a apple cdrom in a OS9 under Mol emulation? Mol works grat, but for me is very importan to access to my mac cds. regards, MaX -- Massimo Biffi LocTeam Barcelona - Spain Debian/Sid on PowerBook Apple G3 Home: www.maximumdebian.org

Re: ATTENTION MICHAEL SCHMITZ

2002-01-06 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On 5 Jan 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Your mailer is rejecting valid email messages from me with no > > > explanation. FIX IT. > > > > 550 We don't accept mail from spammers isn't enough of an > > explanation? > > Nope. > > > Your ISP

Re: Euro Support on PPC?

2002-01-06 Thread Michel Lanners
Hi all, More info on the Euro symbol... > After that, you need to set your locale to something Euro-aware, and you > need to get fonts that contain the Euro symbol. > > Have a look here: > > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Euro-Char-Support/index.html So far, I have xterm and tkrat working

Re: Euro Support on PPC?

2002-01-06 Thread Michel Lanners
On 4 Jan, this message from MaX echoed through cyberspace: > I need to obtain en visualize correctly the euro symbol in my Powerbook > with debian/Sid > > my keyboard has the US layout. > > How I can do it? I'm in the process of checking this out myself. For one, you need to map the Euro symb

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > I've rescheduled the 0.88pre11-4 build hoping the build dependencies > > install now. But that doesn't relate to #121459 at all. > > As far as I can tell, it doesn't work: > > http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=microwindows&ver=0.88pre11-4&arch=powerpc&stamp=1010178840&file=log&as=raw The

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
> microwindows is not building on powerpc, but I don't know why. The make[1]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/microwindows-0.88pre11/build/fb/microwin/src' make[2]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/microwindows-0.88pre11/build/fb/microwin/src/apps' make[3]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/mi

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Mark Brown
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 08:18:59PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > What do you mean by "the build report"? Do you mean bug report > 121459? The bug, sorry. -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever." pgppEauWGvXT6.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 03:47:30PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > (I rarely do these > > days, rather rely on the maintainer to check build status and > > logs). > > This is not such a good idea. Maintainers are generally not > responsible

Re: ATTENTION MICHAEL SCHMITZ

2002-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
> Your mailer is rejecting valid email messages from me with no > explanation. FIX IT. 550 We don't accept mail from spammers isn't enough of an explanation? Your ISP somehow landed itself on our blacklist. I'll look into that immediately :-) Michael

Re: ATTENTION MICHAEL SCHMITZ

2002-01-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Your mailer is rejecting valid email messages from me with no > > explanation. FIX IT. > > 550 We don't accept mail from spammers isn't enough of an > explanation? Nope. > Your ISP somehow landed itself on our blacklist. My ISP is the University

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think that's a drastically unfair judgement. I would rather ask > every maintainer to do a few extra steps for the quality of their > packages (or better yet, to improve automated systems to notify > (opt-in) maintainers about such problems). R

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's why (only the last of four identical errors). According to the > package listing page at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages there's no > libmwdrivers.a in any of the PowerPC packages, any distribution. On ix86 > the file is in libmicrowindow

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's why (only the last of four identical errors). According to the > package listing page at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages there's no > libmwdrivers.a in any of the PowerPC packages, any distribution. On ix86 > the file is in libmicrowindow

fdisk quits weirdly

2002-01-06 Thread Sunnanvind Fenderson
Hi. Following the installation guide at http://people.debian.org/~branden/ibook.html and choosing "debian only", some weird prompt tells me my bootstrap partition should be of type Apple_bootstrap but it then boots into the installer anyway. After configuring the keyboard (but "dvorak" wasn't

Re: Voodoo3 3000 in a PM?

2002-01-06 Thread Daniel Lamblin
* Ron Farrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020105 19:10]: > > Hello, > > Going over the list archive as well as a few of the PPC sites, it looks > like you can put a voodoo3 3000 in a PCI PM by changing the firmware on > the video card. My question is, how does one do this? I've got a voodoo3 > 3000 that

Re: Voodoo3 3000 in a PM?

2002-01-06 Thread Kevin Puetz
On Friday 04 January 2002 06:06 pm, Ron Farrer wrote: > Going over the list archive as well as a few of the PPC sites, it looks > like you can put a voodoo3 3000 in a PCI PM by changing the firmware on > the video card. My question is, how does one do this? I've got a voodoo3 > 3000 that I'd like t

Re: post install lib woes...

2002-01-06 Thread Colin Walters
On Wed, 2001-12-26 at 13:22, Richard D'Addio wrote: > continuing to have woody post-install woes with libs. either not found > or configed leading to seg. faults and other related fun such as dpkg > and dselect failures. Are you still having problems? I suspect the hardware (likely memory) is at