Re: Partimage CD boots on my PowerMac while Debian don't

2002-05-29 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 05:50:32PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: > > > How do I build a powerpc test image with the blessed folder in the root > > > on a Debian i386. > > > > I think that could be the problem. You mean yaboot is within > > /install/powermac, right? Not just inside /install? I think that

Re: Newbie/Novice Question

2002-05-29 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Wed, 29 May 2002, Michel Lanners wrote: > On 29 May, this message from Fred Heitkamp echoed through cyberspace: > > Hmm no, the drivers play not role here... Ah wait,. you mean a drive > partitioned with DOS partitions, not Apple partitions? That would indeed Yep. > probably be seen as unini

Re: Boot Problem -- Firmware?

2002-05-29 Thread Brian Kim
On Tue, 28 May 2002, Chris Tillman wrote: > >From AppleSpec, it looks like the difference between the two machines > is that the 150 is a 604 while the 180 is a 604e. I don't think this > should make a difference to Linux, but I just thought I'd mention it. Well, it might make a difference. The n

Re: Boot Problem -- Firmware?

2002-05-29 Thread Brian Kim
On Wed, 29 May 2002, Rogério Brito wrote: > Well, I'd think that only the floppies being good may not be > sufficient. They'd have to be readable by your 8500/150's > drive, whose heads may not be aligned in the same way of your > 8500/180. Well, I don't think this would b

RE: installing debian on ibm 44p 270

2002-05-29 Thread Bianchi Michele
success! good hint for the chrp architecture. i got a kernel from suse ftp. then boot with the current woody root.bin disk image now i'm downloading the woody packages over the network and tomorrow i can post some more info. i'll try to write a report on my installation, so that i hope to help

Re: Newbie/Novice Question

2002-05-29 Thread Michel Lanners
On 29 May, this message from Fred Heitkamp echoed through cyberspace: > On the advice of some other Linux PPC coders I installed a > PC PCI LSILogic SCSI card in my G4 Mac. It works fine with > the Linux drivers. Of course the Apple OSes don't see it > and you can't boot from it AFAIK. It may w

X server 100% CPU

2002-05-29 Thread Luis M
sometimes my X server takes 100% of the cpu and stays there forever... I cannot use CTRL-DEL (backspace) to restart X, but the mouse seems fine... my only choise is to SSH to my box and kill all X processes... has anybody experienced this? this happens with either Gnome or KDE my setup: Ibook

Re: 7248-100 + 2.4.18 + E15 = 1024x768 FB

2002-05-29 Thread Alberto 'JCN-9000' Varesio
Ingvar Hagelund wrote: > > This is so cool! The E15-thing is something I have been thinking of > doing, but never got the time to look at, and David Monro has said > something like "maybe later". > It's just a: patch source / recompile / correct errors from gcc !! > Could you post a working ver

Re: 7248-100 + 2.4.18 + E15 = 1024x768 FB

2002-05-29 Thread Ingvar Hagelund
Ingvar Hagelund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Alberto 'JCN-9000' Varesio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi > > while playing with my IBM box, I finally reached this goal: > > > > Distributon : Debian for PPC 3.0 > > Kernel : 2.4.18 > > + caro-min-2.4-bk01.diff.gz > > Do you real

Re: 7248-100 + 2.4.18 + E15 = 1024x768 FB

2002-05-29 Thread Ingvar Hagelund
"Alberto 'JCN-9000' Varesio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > while playing with my IBM box, I finally reached this goal: > > Distributon : Debian for PPC 3.0 > Kernel : 2.4.18 > + caro-min-2.4-bk01.diff.gz > + ibm_e15fb.diff.gz ( w/ little editing ) >

7248-100 + 2.4.18 + E15 = 1024x768 FB

2002-05-29 Thread Alberto 'JCN-9000' Varesio
Hi while playing with my IBM box, I finally reached this goal: Distributon : Debian for PPC 3.0 Kernel : 2.4.18 + caro-min-2.4-bk01.diff.gz + ibm_e15fb.diff.gz ( w/ little editing ) from http://www.amberdata.demon.co.uk/carolina/ Yes ! I'm running a 1024

Re: Boot Problem -- Firmware?

2002-05-29 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 28 2002, Brian Kim wrote: > I've tried asking on #debian (openprojects.net) with no replies and > I'm sure my floppies are good (ran cmp after dd and the md5sum on > the disk image is good). Well, I'd think that only the floppies being good may not be sufficient. They'd have

Re: Newbie/Novice Question

2002-05-29 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Tue, 28 May 2002, Chris Tillman wrote: On the advice of some other Linux PPC coders I installed a PC PCI LSILogic SCSI card in my G4 Mac. It works fine with the Linux drivers. Of course the Apple OSes don't see it and you can't boot from it AFAIK. One nice feature is that you can use a nativ

Re: Newbie/Novice Question

2002-05-29 Thread Michel Lanners
On 28 May, this message from Chris echoed through cyberspace: > The Question: > Can I somehow use a driver built for a Debian x86 PCI card and use that card > in > a Debian PPC (OldWorld PowerMac) machine? You cannot use a binary i386 driver. Executables are very different bentween i386 and powe

Re: Partimage CD boots on my PowerMac while Debian don't

2002-05-29 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 05:50:32PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: > > > How do I build a powerpc test image with the blessed folder in the root > > > on a Debian i386. > > > > I think that could be the problem. You mean yaboot is within > > /install/powermac, right? Not just inside /install? I think that