installing mod-perl

2002-09-19 Thread dylan
hi-- i am trying to install mod_perl onto my system via apt-get... i tried the command: apt-get install libapache-mod-perl after the installation was finished i checked my httpd.conf file... there was no new reference to a mod_perl. i tried adding one, but apache died when restarting with and

Re: kept back packages

2002-09-19 Thread Chris Tillman
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 04:10:41PM +0200, Fran?I wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a list of packages kept back (every time I issue an apt-get update > this is recalled by apt-get). > > I have used aptitude to try to understand why these are kept back. They're > all related to > xfree 4.2.1.pre0 w

Re: Beige G3 kernel panic

2002-09-19 Thread Chris Tillman
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 10:09:56AM +0200, Patrik Nyman wrote: > I also tried running the installer from the ramdisk, and then I > realized, that not only does it not find the root partition, it does > not find the hard drive at all! When installing from floppies, there's > no problem. > > So,

Re: gnome2 and Applications menu

2002-09-19 Thread Jack Howarth
Christophe, The missing menus are normally a sign of modules not being built in gnome-vfs2. The current build of gnome-vfs2 on ppc is definitely broken with some missing modules but no one has done binary only rebuild on voltaire. Follow through the thread on... http://lists.debian.org/debian

airport in /etc/network/interfaces

2002-09-19 Thread christophe =?unknown-8bit?q?barb=E9?=
Hi again, 'modprobe airport' seems to work. So I try to connect to my base station with the following lines in my /etc/network/interfaces file : iface eth1 inet dhcp wireless_essid abcd wireless_key s:efgh where abcd is the network name provided by the airport base and efgh is th

ibook ref update

2002-09-19 Thread Mij
Hi I updated my pages about debian on the new iBook2. http://mij.oltrelinux.com/ibook/

Re: gnome2 and Applications menu

2002-09-19 Thread christophe =?unknown-8bit?q?barb=E9?=
I am not sure which problem rebuilding gnome-vfs2 is supposed to solve but I have done it and restarted X without any difference. Thanks, Christophe On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 05:21:42PM -0400, Jack Howarth wrote: > Christophe, >The current gnome-vfs2 build on ppc is fubar'd. If you > do an apt-

Re: gnome2 and Applications menu

2002-09-19 Thread Jack Howarth
Christophe, The current gnome-vfs2 build on ppc is fubar'd. If you do an apt-get source and rebuild it locally, once gnome-vfs2 is re-installed using a local build it should work fine. It appears to be a reoccurring problem with gnome-vfs2 that modules are not built. I suspect some Build-Depends

Re: Batmon & Current

2002-09-19 Thread Jason E. Stewart
"Benjamin Herrenschmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >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

Re: Yaboot question

2002-09-19 Thread Rogério Brito
On Sep 19 2002, Gilger.John wrote: > It simply booted to OSX (default). (...) > Any ideas for a solution? Press "option" after the boot chime, select linux and run ybin as root. It should work (I think). Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: iBook questions

2002-09-19 Thread Rogério Brito
On Sep 19 2002, SteveC wrote: > 3) Linux seems incapable of playing DVD's at full rate on the > ibook, I'm guessing because any assembler optimized routines are for > x86. Does anyone play dvd's on their ibook and can show me a good > setup? Tried xine / ogle etc in SHM X11 OGL and other modes, no

gnome2 and Applications menu

2002-09-19 Thread christophe =?unknown-8bit?q?barb=E9?=
I have just installed gnome2 from experimental. It works fine except two problems : The 'Applications' menu is empty. I guess a package is missing but I have no idea which one. Some icons in toolbar of gnome1 apps are corrupted. I haven't these problems on my intel computer so perhaps it's a pro

Re: Airport card on PowerBook G4

2002-09-19 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>I don't have a /proc/device-tree/radio node. Well, it should be more like /proc/device-tree/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/mac-io/radio Ben.

Yaboot question

2002-09-19 Thread Gilger.John
It's a wierd day. I dual boot Debian and MacOSX on my Ti PowerBook. It has been working fine for quite a whiile. Today, I started my laptop and it did not display the usual yaboot screen giving me a choice between OSX and Dabian. It simply booted to OSX (default). Has anyone experienced the s

Re: Airport card on PowerBook G4

2002-09-19 Thread Andrew Keedle
I don't have a /proc/device-tree/radio node. On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:19:35 +0200 "Benjamin Herrenschmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >modprobe airport > > /lib/modules/2.4.20-pre5-ben0/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/airport.o: > >init_module: No such device > > Hint: insmod errors can be caused b

Re: iBook questions

2002-09-19 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 09:26:27AM -0400, SteveC wrote: > I have a white ibook2 running Testing and some wierd things happening: > > 1) The X view is shifted down one line. the top line of the screen is > actually the bottom line. if I mova a window around the bottom of the > screen the top line

Re: XF86Config-4 for a 1280x854 TiBook

2002-09-19 Thread christophe barbé
Thanks for your config file. It works perfectly. I will publish all my configuration details, as soon as possible, for the next TiBook users. Thanks again. I will certainly be back to you for the next config problem. Christophe On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 03:31:10PM +0100, Andrew Keedle wrote: > I'

Re: Batmon & Current

2002-09-19 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> >Hmm... Ok. Does the ethernet need to be compiled in as a module for >this? > >BTW... Compiled your 2.4.20-pre5 kernel today for someone's ibook2 >700MHz. I compiled the Sun GEM driver, and when network isn't connected, >it keeps dumping a message on to the console that 100bt is enabled. yes, th

Re: Batmon & Current

2002-09-19 Thread Menaka Lashitha Bandara
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 01:20, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Yes, negative means it's discharging the battery, positive means it's > charging. Ah. I see. > Your current seem ok, you can see it get lower if you dim the backlight, > if you ifconfig your ethernet down, remove your airport module, et

Re: XF86Config-4 for a 1280x854 TiBook

2002-09-19 Thread andrew lattis
On 2002/09/19 10:14:03AM -0400, Thu, christophe barb? wrote: > I am desesperately looking for a working X config file. > I am using branden's 4.2 package and I am unable to get X working. > > Thanks, > Christophe first off, make sure your using a recent benh kernel..with radeon fb support, i thin

Re: XF86Config-4 for a 1280x854 TiBook

2002-09-19 Thread Andrew Keedle
I've sent you my XF86Config-4 privately, but I had to use BenH's 2.4.20-pre5-ben0 kernel to get the video card detected properly for the frame buffer to work. On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:14:03 -0400 christophe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am desesperately looking for a working X config file. > I

XF86Config-4 for a 1280x854 TiBook

2002-09-19 Thread christophe =?unknown-8bit?q?barb=E9?=
I am desesperately looking for a working X config file. I am using branden's 4.2 package and I am unable to get X working. Thanks, Christophe

Re: iBook questions

2002-09-19 Thread Jesus Climent
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 09:26:27AM -0400, SteveC wrote: > I have a white ibook2 running Testing and some wierd things happening: > > 1) The X view is shifted down one line. the top line of the screen is > actually the bottom line. if I mova a window around the bottom of the > screen the top line

Re: iBook questions

2002-09-19 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb
Hi, SteveC wrote, > I have a white ibook2 running Testing and some wierd things happening: > > 1) The X view is shifted down one line. the top line of the screen is > actually the bottom line. if I mova a window around the bottom of the > screen the top line changes. what gives? Friend has the

kept back packages

2002-09-19 Thread FranI
Hello all, I have a list of packages kept back (every time I issue an apt-get update this is recalled by apt-get). I have used aptitude to try to understand why these are kept back. They're all related to xfree 4.2.1.pre0 while I'm currently having a 4.1.0-17 runinng X environment. How could I

iBook questions

2002-09-19 Thread SteveC
I have a white ibook2 running Testing and some wierd things happening: 1) The X view is shifted down one line. the top line of the screen is actually the bottom line. if I mova a window around the bottom of the screen the top line changes. what gives? Friend has the same problem, both ATI Radeo

Re: Airport card on PowerBook G4

2002-09-19 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>modprobe airport > /lib/modules/2.4.20-pre5-ben0/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/airport.o: >init_module: No such device > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, >including invalid IO or IRQ parameter?s > /lib/modules/2.4.20-pre5-ben0/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/airport.o

Airport card on PowerBook G4

2002-09-19 Thread Andrew Keedle
I've got one of the latest PowerBooks (1280x854) and am trying to get my airport card to work. Using BenH's 2.4.20-pre5-ben0 kernel sources: I've built with PCMCIA support, failed to detect PCMCIA bridge. I've then tried building without PCMCIA support, built and installed pcmcia-source. This d

Re: Beige G3 kernel panic

2002-09-19 Thread Patrik Nyman
I have now run some tests suggested by Charles Tillman and Michel Lanners. The results differ if I run them from the boot floppy or from the ramdisk image via BootX. 'e2fsck -c /dev/hda3' (the root partition is now at hda3) when I boot from the ramdisk yields e2fsck: No such device while trying to