Re: Bug#153948: Need help with afio on powerpc

2002-07-28 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Stephen had kindly provided a new patch which I incorporated into a revised 2.4.7-6 release candidate to be found at http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/debian/UnderReview I also added a 'test' target for Debian rules which creates an archive of the sources, minus the debian/ dire

Re: total linux newbie / advice appreciated

2002-07-28 Thread Colin Walters
On Sun, 2002-07-28 at 04:30, ccos wrote: > basically i would like the system which will > run most smoothly with the least installation troubles > from the get go. i'll eventually want to learn to tweek the system, > and try out different distros, but a lot further down the track. > i need to lear

Re: total linux newbie / advice appreciated

2002-07-28 Thread Chris Tillman
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 06:30:29PM +1000, ccos wrote: > hello, > > i would like to install a linux distro > onto a g4 867. just wondering what advice > people might have as to which one to go with? > > suse looks kind of nice, i was thinking about > debian, but i'm not sure anymore. > > b

Re: Troubleshooting X server

2002-07-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sun, 2002-07-28 at 04:03, Michael Hackett wrote: > On 27 Jul 2002 23:25:35 +0200 > Michel D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 18:54, Michael Hackett wrote: > > > Jul 26 13:28:01 crimson gnome-name-server[310]: input condition is: > > > 0x10, exiting > > > Jul 26 13:28:

total linux newbie / advice appreciated

2002-07-28 Thread ccos
hello, i would like to install a linux distro onto a g4 867. just wondering what advice people might have as to which one to go with? suse looks kind of nice, i was thinking about debian, but i'm not sure anymore. basically i would like the system which will run most smoothly with the least ins

XFS enabled Debian 3.0 powerpc installer

2002-07-28 Thread Ethan Benson
Hi, I have built a set of XFS enabled Debian boot-floppies for PowerPC. Note that only the `new-powermac' flavor is supported (which pretty much means only NewWorld PowerMacs are supported). I also provide a mini bootable CDROM iso. Please see http://penguinppc.org/~eb/files/XFS-debian-README.tx