Re: need help w/ XF86 failing on pismo

2002-02-14 Thread Chris Tillman
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 10:37:33PM -0500, Karen Boyette wrote: > Hello all, > > I am having a problem getting XF86 to run. This is the scenario: fresh > potato install upgraded to SID, running on Pismo powerbook (400, > firewire). When I run "X -configure", it segfaults. Neither the default > X

need help w/ XF86 failing on pismo

2002-02-14 Thread Karen Boyette
Hello all, I am having a problem getting XF86 to run. This is the scenario: fresh potato install upgraded to SID, running on Pismo powerbook (400, firewire). When I run "X -configure", it segfaults. Neither the default XF86Config-4 or other downloaded ones will work, failing w/ no screens fou

Re: PM 7500 won't install s/w

2002-02-14 Thread Chris Tillman
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 04:38:07PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on 14/02/2002 04:49, Michael Schmitz at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Obvious workaround: copy the packages to a sane filesystem before use. > > ISO9660 qualifies, BTW. > > no CD burner. It would be very easy, if you have

Re: Unusable Beige G3

2002-02-14 Thread Elizabeth Barham
"Ricardo Pardini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Everyone! Hi, This is just a suggestion: The other day I decided to upgrade my mother's computer to more RAM (I have a 512 M RAM chip that before was not being used). While in there, though, I somehow messed up her video card; it displayed th

Re: Unusable Beige G3

2002-02-14 Thread Charles Sebold
On 2 Adar 5762, Ricardo Pardini wrote: > This problem with the keyb happens also in MacOS, even in the Open > Firmware prompt - so I am sure it is a hardware problem. Now I ask myself if > the machine is forever doomed or is there a way I can workaround that. The > g3 doesn't have any other po

Re: PM 7500 won't install s/w

2002-02-14 Thread eric.s.cote
on 14/02/2002 04:49, Michael Schmitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> i have an HFS hard drive that i've downloaded stuff from the FTP mirror, and >> i've mirrored it on the drive. now, i can mount it, and i can cd thru the >> directories, but when i do dselect, it can't find the s/w, and i get erro

Unusable Beige G3

2002-02-14 Thread Ricardo Pardini
Hello Everyone! After a very good year using Debian sid on my desktop Beige G3 (233Mhz, 96Mb RAM, 4GB IDE Western Digital, ADB Keyboard & 1 button mouse, and onboard Ethernet BMAC) I had the stupid idea of turning it into our DSL router. That involved opening it up and inserting a 3COM 905 NIC

Re: Beige G3 won't boot

2002-02-14 Thread eric.s.cote
on 13/02/2002 22:34, Chris Tillman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Ah, thanks. I still have a few questions remaining... will I need to >> download the entire Debian CD or can I get away with getting some files into >> MacOS through sneakernet? Second, my first intent was to dual-boot OS X wi

Re: PM 7500 won't install s/w

2002-02-14 Thread Michael Schmitz
> i have an HFS hard drive that i've downloaded stuff from the FTP mirror, and > i've mirrored it on the drive. now, i can mount it, and i can cd thru the > directories, but when i do dselect, it can't find the s/w, and i get errors. Don't do that, then. The errors you get are from files named con