Re: XF86Config-4 for 266 MHz iMac

I also found a link for specifications on all Apple products: http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html Handy bookmark. -- *--v- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 v--* | | | debian-imac (potato):

Re: XF86Config-4 for 266 MHz iMac

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 09:23:26PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > Table 3-4 Display resolutions and pixel depths > > Resolution Vertical rate Pixel depth > 640 by 480 117.233 Hz 32 bits > 800 by 600 94.97 Hz 32 bits > 1024 by 768 75.03 Hz 32 bits > > --- > > It does do 1280

Re: XF86Config-4 for 266 MHz iMac

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 10:23:20PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 09:47:17PM -0400, Russell Hires wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Well, thanks for the technical discussion! ;-) Unfortunately this doesn't > > answer the question: how d

Re: XF86Config-4 for 266 MHz iMac

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 09:47:17PM -0400, Russell Hires wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Well, thanks for the technical discussion! ;-) Unfortunately this doesn't > answer the question: how do we get a 266 Mhz iMac to properly run X? > I don't know where to put the vid

Re: XF86Config-4 for 266 MHz iMac

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 09:47:17PM -0400, Russell Hires wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Well, thanks for the technical discussion! ;-) Unfortunately this doesn't > answer the question: how do we get a 266 Mhz iMac to properly run X? > I don't know where to put the vid

Re: XF86Config-4 for 266 MHz iMac

On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 02:47, Russell Hires wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Well, thanks for the technical discussion! ;-) Unfortunately this doesn't > answer the question: how do we get a 266 Mhz iMac to properly run X? > I don't know where to put the video modes that

Re: XF86Config-4 for 266 MHz iMac

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well, thanks for the technical discussion! ;-) Unfortunately this doesn't answer the question: how do we get a 266 Mhz iMac to properly run X? I don't know where to put the video modes that were mentioned, for one thing, since they don't seem to be i

Re: kernel compile advice for ext3, freeswan on pismo

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 06:19:47PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I'd be grateful for any advice on which kernel version to choose to > support the following: > > ext3 > freeswan > ipchains > and the usual mac hardware support stuff for a pismo. > > Also, I'd be grate

kernel compile advice for ext3, freeswan on pismo

I'd be grateful for any advice on which kernel version to choose to support the following: ext3 freeswan ipchains and the usual mac hardware support stuff for a pismo. Also, I'd be grateful to know what I should download to support firewire disks (if there is indee

Followup: bootfloppies on powerpc prep

Ah yes well. I forgot the link to Kaz's ppc prep linux page for those that don't know: http://ppc.linux.or.jp/~aoshimak Happy Hacking, Rubin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Followup: bootfloppies on powerpc prep

Hi all, Thanks to Kaz Aoshima's iso image, I've been able to succesfully boot my Bull Estrella Series 300 (aka Motorola Powerstack 4000 II)! As soon as I'm up to speed and have read up some debian docs, I want to work on the current bootfloppies in testing (for powerpc prep, that is). Thanks

Re: Need help with afio on powerpc

On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 17:21, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > > I have a Apple. PowerPC 7450 (PowerBook G4). Is it a big or a little > > endian system? And where is the difference. > > I wrote an article about endian issues and some other basics of portable > programming at: > > http://www.byteswa

Re: Need help with afio on powerpc

> I have a Apple. PowerPC 7450 (PowerBook G4). Is it a big or a little > endian system? And where is the difference. I wrote an article about endian issues and some other basics of portable programming at: http://www.byteswap.net/mikesnotes/2002/getting-started/ Best, Mike -- Michael D. Craw

Re: more problems with Openfirmware on a Mac G4

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 09:40:45AM -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm having some trouble getting yaboot to load on a Mac G4. I've been > trying to figure out the syntax of the OpenFirmware and I think I'm > telling it to load yaboot found at the root of the cd (this isn't the > in

Re: How real is the risk of overheating your T?iBook anyway?

On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 04:27:17PM -0700, Gordon Paynter wrote: > This thread (running powerbook with the lid down) brings up something > I've been worrying about a little lately: is there a real risk of > overheating a(n | T)iBook? > > I have a 600Mhz iBook, and frequently leave it running for ho

Re: Need help with afio on powerpc

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Dieter Schuster wrote: > Am Die, den 30 April 2002, schrieb Dirk Eddelbuettel: > > > Let's start with the usual suspects, in particular endianness. Are all > > > the types correct? If 64 bit variables are treated as 32 bit, that could > > > work on little endian systems but not

Re: Need help with afio on powerpc

Tach auch! Am Die, den 30 April 2002, schrieb Dirk Eddelbuettel: > > Let's start with the usual suspects, in particular endianness. Are all > > the types correct? If 64 bit variables are treated as 32 bit, that could > > work on little endian systems but not big endian... I have a Apple. PowerPC

more problems with Openfirmware on a Mac G4

Hi everyone, I'm having some trouble getting yaboot to load on a Mac G4. I've been trying to figure out the syntax of the OpenFirmware and I think I'm telling it to load yaboot found at the root of the cd (this isn't the install cd, but rather one that I created just to see if I could get yaboot

Re: Need help with afio on powerpc

> On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 04:46, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > > A little while back, I applied a patch to afio by our own Norbert Veber, and > > blessed upstream, to enable afio to work on archives >2gb. This was #110853. > > It added some sort of 64bit arithmetic flag > > > > We now have #1449

Re: Need help with afio on powerpc

On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 04:46, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > A little while back, I applied a patch to afio by our own Norbert Veber, and > blessed upstream, to enable afio to work on archives >2gb. This was #110853. > It added some sort of 64bit arithmetic flag > > We now have #144986 -- it appears

Video RAM detection for X

I am having trouble getting my PowerMac 6360 to run X on Woody with anything greater than 8 bit color depth. This was fine when I was setting up the system, but now it is limiting. I am using an 800x600 display. I have the Mac side of the machine displaying 16 bit color at 800x600, so I know it wor

Re: open firmware

Hi, > I was wondering if anyone knew of a good tutorial on open firmware. I'm > trying to install Debian on a new Mac G4 and I don't think I'm even > telling the open firmware to start yaboot the right way. What I think > should work is: > > boot cd:,\\yaboot > > this complains about size b

Re: open firmware

On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 05:50:17PM -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was wondering if anyone knew of a good tutorial on open firmware. I'm > trying to install Debian on a new Mac G4 and I don't think I'm even > telling the open firmware to start yaboot the right way. What I think >

Need help with afio on powerpc

A little while back, I applied a patch to afio by our own Norbert Veber, and blessed upstream, to enable afio to work on archives >2gb. This was #110853. It added some sort of 64bit arithmetic flag We now have #144986 -- it appears that powerpc is confused by this. Could some kind soul with powe