Re: config for recent PowerBook G4

2002-09-18 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2002-09-18 at 23:05, christophe barbé wrote: > > I am interested in a .config for a recent Benjamin Herrenschmidt kernel. The .config that comes with it is a good starting point. > Concerning XFree, I am not clear about what I need to do to get it > working. > > I have already the last

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-18 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Don, 2002-09-19 at 00:38, Marc Menem wrote: > J. Volkmann wrote: > > Rog?rio Brito ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb: > > > > > >>On Sep 18 2002, J. Volkmann wrote: > >> > >>>I just heard that the iBook should be able to survive about 1 minute > >>>in sleep mode without an battery, I'll try that. >

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-18 Thread Rogério Brito
On Sep 19 2002, Marc Menem wrote: > I wouldn't recommend trying it, A friend of mine tried it with the > TiBook, and after the experience, the machine refused to power up > for a long time (he wanted to send it to apple, but then when day, > it just worked again) Thanks for sharing that. :

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-18 Thread Marc Menem
J. Volkmann wrote: Rog?rio Brito ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb: On Sep 18 2002, J. Volkmann wrote: I just heard that the iBook should be able to survive about 1 minute in sleep mode without an battery, I'll try that. I wouldn't recommend trying it, A friend of mine tried it with the TiBoo

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-18 Thread J. Volkmann
Rog?rio Brito ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb: > On Sep 18 2002, J. Volkmann wrote: > > I just heard that the iBook should be able to survive about 1 minute > > in sleep mode without an battery, I'll try that. > > Where did you learn that? I'm not with my ibook here, but I'll Someone told me i

config for recent PowerBook G4

2002-09-18 Thread christophe =?unknown-8bit?q?barb=E9?=
I have read the archive and see that there is a few titanium owner here. I am interested in a .config for a recent Benjamin Herrenschmidt kernel. Concerning XFree, I am not clear about what I need to do to get it working. I have already the last Branden X 4.2 package. If I understand correctly,

Re: Batmon & Current

2002-09-18 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2002-09-18 at 17:20, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > >Ok. I ran Batmon for the first time, after I became aware of it's > >existance. Generally, current sits on ~ -800 -> -1000. [...] BTW, you can also see the current in /proc/pmu/battery_0. > Your current seem ok, you can see it get l

Re: Screen poweroff with an ibook

2002-09-18 Thread Rogério Brito
On Sep 18 2002, J. Volkmann wrote: > Even 6 hours can be too less... and if you work really hard with > opening documents, doing stuff etc, you don't get the full uptime. > Usually I get about 3:50. Yes, I agree. If you have enough memory, something that can be tried is saving thin

Re: Batmon & Current

2002-09-18 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>I've noticed that popping out the DVD/CDROM from the media makes a >pretty big difference even if there is no CD in the cassette. Any way >to get the same effect without having to physically remove the drive? Dunno. It does that with no disk in ? Ben

Re: Booting from external FW cdrom

2002-09-18 Thread BuG
On (18/09/02 09:30), Nicolas Lopez wrote: > > I'd like to be able to boot from an external FireWire cdrom directly > > from openfirmware. > > Is it possible? > Should be, though I'd advise agains't battling OF needlessly. Holding down > C might do it, if not "Option" should. Isn't C the key to b

Re: Batmon & Current

2002-09-18 Thread Jason E. Stewart
"Benjamin Herrenschmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Ok. I ran Batmon for the first time, after I became aware of it's > >existance. Generally, current sits on ~ -800 -> -1000. Does the negative > >sign signify anything? > > Yes, negative means it's discharging the battery, positive means it

Re: Booting from external FW cdrom

2002-09-18 Thread Nicolas Lopez
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 06:16:20PM +0200, BuG wrote: > I'd like to be able to boot from an external FireWire cdrom directly > from openfirmware. > Is it possible? Should be, though I'd advise agains't battling OF needlessly. Holding down C might do it, if not "Option" should. I've not tested t

Booting from external FW cdrom

2002-09-18 Thread BuG
I'd like to be able to boot from an external FireWire cdrom directly from openfirmware. Is it possible? What is the syntax for yaboot, or which shortcat do I have to use? (I have a pismo and the external cd is a LaCIE cd-rw) Thanks BuG

Re: Batmon & Current

2002-09-18 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>Ok. I ran Batmon for the first time, after I became aware of it's >existance. Generally, current sits on ~ -800 -> -1000. Does the negative >sign signify anything? Yes, negative means it's discharging the battery, positive means it's charging. Your current seem ok, you can see it get lower if

Batmon & Current

2002-09-18 Thread Menaka Lashitha Bandara
Hi all, Ok. I ran Batmon for the first time, after I became aware of it's existance. Generally, current sits on ~ -800 -> -1000. Does the negative sign signify anything? \LaShI -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (Sid) (ibook2,powerpc), kernel 2.4.19-benh-rc3xfs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: 7181075 pub 10

Re: status of autobuilt package(s)?

2002-09-18 Thread Steve Haslam
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 12:18:50PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mit, 2002-09-18 at 12:12, Steve Haslam wrote: > > > > I've just been asked where the powerpc version of libberkeleydb-perl is, and > > I don't know-- there's a bug filed for autobuild failed on hppa, so maybe > > the autobuild fai

Re: status of autobuilt package(s)?

2002-09-18 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2002-09-18 at 12:12, Steve Haslam wrote: > > I've just been asked where the powerpc version of libberkeleydb-perl is, and > I don't know-- there's a bug filed for autobuild failed on hppa, so maybe > the autobuild failed on powerpc too? If so, how can I find this out? http://buildd.debian

status of autobuilt package(s)?

2002-09-18 Thread Steve Haslam
Hi, I've just been asked where the powerpc version of libberkeleydb-perl is, and I don't know-- there's a bug filed for autobuild failed on hppa, so maybe the autobuild failed on powerpc too? If so, how can I find this out? SRH -- Steve Haslam Reading, UK [EMAIL PR

Re: Alsa plays only wav files

2002-09-18 Thread Ole-Egil Hvitmyren
On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Ondrej Certik wrote: > >--- Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Die, 2002-09-17 at 03:35, Chris Tillman wrote: >> > >> > >> > Why don't they just put a header on the sample >> that indicates its endianness? >> > IIRC that's how tiff works. >> > >> >> I think end