Re: Getting a Performa 6360 to boot off of Debian

2003-01-11 Thread Chris Tillman
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 07:09:04PM -0800, Steven Schlansker wrote: > (I hope this is the right list to post this on. If it's not, please > tell me) > I have just finished installing Debian, and I tried to make it > bootable. I then restarted the machine, and Open Firmware popped up > saying 'CLAI

Getting a Performa 6360 to boot off of Debian

2003-01-11 Thread Steven Schlansker
(I hope this is the right list to post this on. If it's not, please tell me) I have just finished installing Debian, and I tried to make it bootable. I then restarted the machine, and Open Firmware popped up saying 'CLAIM failed' I looked in the documentation, and it said that my 6360 can't boot

alsa snd module

2003-01-11 Thread Fred Heitkamp
When alsa tries to start up it complains about not find module snd. My kernel has no module named snd. It has: dmasound_pmac 42312 0 dmasound_core 13336 0 [dmasound_pmac] soundcore 4840 3 [dmasound_core] Does anyone no how to fix this? My kernel is: Linux pmac 2.4.21-pre2 #2 SMP Thu J

Re: How-To backup hole harddisk of ibook

2003-01-11 Thread William R Sowerbutts
The easiest method I found was to reboot the iBook into firewire target disk mode -- hold down the T key as you reboot. This basically turns the iBook into a very expensive ATA to Firewire bridge; the internal disk is exposed as an SBP2 disk. Then plug the iBook's firewire port into another suitab

Re: I'm looking for Keymap for a french powerbook G4

2003-01-11 Thread Guillaume Morin
Dans un message du 11 Jan à 18:59, Willy Morin écrivait : > I have a powerbook since two month but my keyboard > configuration is bad. > > I'm french and I'm looking for the french keymap for the > POWERBOOK G4 400 keyboard. Where Can I find it ? and is > there a valid file for the keyboard config

Re: How-To backup hole harddisk of ibook

2003-01-11 Thread Angela Kahealani
On Sat, 2003-01-11 09:40, olli wrote: > Hi, > > does anyone know a howto for backuping the hole harddisk of an ibook Perhaps you'd prefer to backup all the data on your hard disk rather than just the freespace? -- Copyright 2003 Angela Kahealani. http://www.kahealani.com/ All Rights Reserved Wi

How-To backup hole harddisk of ibook

2003-01-11 Thread olli
Hi, does anyone know a howto for backuping the hole harddisk of an ibook and for putting it back to the harddisk again. i have worries about the partition table after writing the backup back on harddisk and about the yaboot. tia olliwolli

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 21:45, Jérôme Marant wrote: > >> But aren't your devel snapshots available with rsync? >> I was dealing with them, not the bitkeeper ones, for those like >> me who don't want to hear from bitkeeper. > > They are ;) Bu

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 21:45, Jérôme Marant wrote: > But aren't your devel snapshots available with rsync? > I was dealing with them, not the bitkeeper ones, for those like > me who don't want to hear from bitkeeper. They are ;) But I prefer people to stick to the stable tree, I'll update it

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Jesus Climent
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 09:32:01PM +0100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > You can get the devel tree via rsync. > > Instructions here: > > > > http://penguinppc.org/~benh > > No, this is the stable one, I stopped tracking bleeding edge marcelo > kernels as too many people use my kernel no

Airport: Tx excessive retries

2003-01-11 Thread Michel Lanners
Hi all, For roughly two weeks now, I've had serious problems with the Airport card in my first-gen TiBook. It will find the base station OK, get the 'usual' low link quality, and work mostly OK (i.e. as always) for shell interactive work. However, any important traffic (like starting an X app) j

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 21:08, Jérôme Marant wrote: >> >> >> >> Beware that it will still die with DRI enabled, even if you only try to >> >> enable the DRI after sleep. >> > >> > How could I download the development tree? >> >> You can get th

How-To backup hole harddisk of ibook

2003-01-11 Thread olli
Hi, does anyone know a howto for backuping the hole harddisk of an ibook and for putting it back to the harddisk again. i have worries about the partition table after writing the backup back on harddisk and about the yaboot. tia olliwolli

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 21:08, Jérôme Marant wrote: > >> > >> Beware that it will still die with DRI enabled, even if you only try to > >> enable the DRI after sleep. > > > > How could I download the development tree? > > You can get the devel tree via rsync. > > Instructions here: > > http

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Jorge Arcas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 15:28, Michel Dänzer wrote: > [...] >> > > >> > > The kernel patch is at http://people.debian.org/~hafre/radeonfb.c.diff >> > >> > Isn't this patch in the current benh kernel ? >> >> It may only be in his development tree yet. >>

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Isn't this patch in the current benh kernel ? > > A slightly different version is in my bk (2.4.21-pre3), and will > be in my rsync once I release a new snapshot (will be 2.4.20-ben2), > probably early next week. Good. > However, this wor

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 20:58, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Sam, 2003-01-11 at 19:23, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Well, as Martin says it works for him with DRI, maybe your 'slightly > different' version makes the difference? :) I doubt it, what I did was mostly to add if (M7) around the patch ;)

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Isn't this patch in the current benh kernel ? > > It may only be in his development tree yet. > > Beware that it will still die with DRI enabled, even if you only try to > enable the DRI after sleep. I'll disable DRI then. Thanks. -- Jérôme M

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sam, 2003-01-11 at 19:23, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 15:05, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > Claas Langbehn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > >> What do you mean with 'If you can't enter the sleep mode'? > > >> > > >> I found some hints about a package pmud. Do I have to i

Re: I'm looking for Keymap for a french powerbook G4

2003-01-11 Thread simonraven
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 18:59:18 +0100, Willy Morin composed: > Hello, > > I have a powerbook since two month but my keyboard > configuration is bad. > > I'm french and I'm looking for the french keymap for the > POWERBOOK G4 400 keyboard. Where Can I find it ? and is > there a valid file for the

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 15:05, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Claas Langbehn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> What do you mean with 'If you can't enter the sleep mode'? > >> > >> I found some hints about a package pmud. Do I have to install this > >> package for making the iBook sleeping? > >> > >> Whe

I'm looking for Keymap for a french powerbook G4

2003-01-11 Thread Willy Morin
Hello, I have a powerbook since two month but my keyboard configuration is bad. I'm french and I'm looking for the french keymap for the POWERBOOK G4 400 keyboard. Where Can I find it ? and is there a valid file for the keyboard configuration for X too ? Thank's a lot in advance, Have a nice day

Re: Debian using GCC-3, causing problems.

2003-01-11 Thread J Q Private
Someone I've never met wrote: > > The kernel was compiled using 3.0 or 3.2, can't > remember. The > > drm-trunk-module was compiled with the same > compiler as the kernel (as I > > compiled them both after one another). I'd lay good money there will never be a stable release of debian based on 3

Re: running Gnome2 (unstable) in testing: any problems?

2003-01-11 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sam, 2003-01-11 at 14:00, Roland Wegmann wrote: > > Are there any problems with installing Gnome2 in a testing environment? Be warned that libgk2.0-0 2.2.0-1 has several bugs which break some or all GTK2 apps. They should get fixed in the pending version 2.2.0-2 though, and then it's definitel

Re: great news for november 2002 ibooks (w. radeon)

2003-01-11 Thread Martin Karger
Michel Dänzer wrote: On Sam, 2003-01-11 at 15:42, Martin Karger wrote: a few minutes ago i downloaded the new 2.4.21-rc3-benh0 via bitkeeper: you can now close the lid, the ibook suspends. when you open the lid the ibook cleanly awakes. :-) hmm .. not 100% cleanly: with dri disabled you just

Re: Sound issue on wake

2003-01-11 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb
Hi, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote, > On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 06:59, Everett Coleman II wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have a titanium powerbook g4 667, and i'm using bitkeeper > > 2.4.21-pre2. Sometimes when i open it up from sleep the sound goes > > crazy. It sort of sounds like an high frequency p

Re: Debian using GCC-3, causing problems.

2003-01-11 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sam, 2003-01-11 at 00:01, David Röhr wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 [22:43], > Michel Dänzer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Fre, 2003-01-10 at 22:19, David Röhr wrote: > > > As for now, the unstable branch is using GCC 3 as its default compiler. > > > This causes problems when trying to

Re: great news for november 2002 ibooks (w. radeon)

2003-01-11 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sam, 2003-01-11 at 15:42, Martin Karger wrote: > a few minutes ago i downloaded the new 2.4.21-rc3-benh0 via bitkeeper: > > you can now close the lid, the ibook suspends. when you open the lid the > ibook cleanly awakes. :-) > hmm .. not 100% cleanly: with dri disabled you just have to kill th

Re: great news for november 2002 ibooks (w. radeon)

2003-01-11 Thread Martin Karger
LarstiQ wrote: Is that the M7? If so, I'll be testing this out on my TiBook, it would really be nice to have. :) yes it is the radeon mobility m7 lw :-)

Re: great news for november 2002 ibooks (w. radeon)

2003-01-11 Thread LarstiQ
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 03:42:16PM +0100, Martin Karger wrote: > a few minutes ago i downloaded the new 2.4.21-rc3-benh0 via bitkeeper: > > you can now close the lid, the ibook suspends. when you open the lid the > ibook cleanly awakes. :-) > hmm .. not 100% cleanly: with dri disabled you just ha

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Jorge Arcas
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 15:28, Michel Dänzer wrote: [...] > > > > > > The kernel patch is at http://people.debian.org/~hafre/radeonfb.c.diff > > > > Isn't this patch in the current benh kernel ? > > It may only be in his development tree yet. > > Beware that it will still die with DRI enabled, e

great news for november 2002 ibooks (w. radeon)

2003-01-11 Thread Martin Karger
a few minutes ago i downloaded the new 2.4.21-rc3-benh0 via bitkeeper: you can now close the lid, the ibook suspends. when you open the lid the ibook cleanly awakes. :-) hmm .. not 100% cleanly: with dri disabled you just have to kill the xserver after wakeup because colors are look like you ar

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sam, 2003-01-11 at 15:05, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Claas Langbehn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> What do you mean with 'If you can't enter the sleep mode'? > >> > >> I found some hints about a package pmud. Do I have to install this > >> package for making the iBook sleeping? > >> > >> Whe

Re: Saving battery power on iBooks/Powerbooks/...

2003-01-11 Thread Menaka Lashitha Bandara
On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 00:40, Claas Langbehn wrote: > you can check you the current speed by > > # cat /proc/sys/cpu/0/speed > > or > > # cat /proc/cpufreq Can anyone out there think of why these two interfaces do not exist on my ibook2? I have compiled support into the kernel, but these two in

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Claas Langbehn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> What do you mean with 'If you can't enter the sleep mode'? >> >> I found some hints about a package pmud. Do I have to install this >> package for making the iBook sleeping? >> >> Where can I found the patch? > > Yes, you need the pmud. > > The ker

running Gnome2 (unstable) in testing: any problems?

2003-01-11 Thread Roland Wegmann
Hello Are there any problems with installing Gnome2 in a testing environment? I checked the powerpc archive (back to september 2002) and I din't found any hints. But perhaps all of you, using Gnome2, run a sid (unstable) system. I have an iBook 800MHz (11.2002) running testing using Ben's Ke

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Roland Wegmann
Claas Langbehn wrote: Am I right in thinking that the powermanagment does not work yet on the latest iBook (11.2002)? There is a kernel patch out which should make it work. Nevertheless nothing happens, if I close the lid of my iBook. By the way: When I doesn't use the iBook (runnin

Re: Sound issue on wake

2003-01-11 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Sat, 2003-01-11 at 06:59, Everett Coleman II wrote: > Hello all, > I have a titanium powerbook g4 667, and i'm using bitkeeper > 2.4.21-pre2. Sometimes when i open it up from sleep the sound goes > crazy. It sort of sounds like an high frequency pitch or something. > I wanted to know if an

Re: Sound issue on wake

2003-01-11 Thread Jan
I have the same problem. With alsa, the system crashes. But I can shutdown alsa before snooze and then I got no problem. But I haven't try to do in a script ... I don't know where I have to put it. -- Jan > I have a titanium powerbook g4 667, and i'm using bitkeeper > 2.4.21-pre2. Sometimes w

Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-11 Thread Roland Wegmann
Hello Am I right in thinking that the powermanagment does not work yet on the latest iBook (11.2002)? I ask because I followed all the necessary steps (as far as I imagine) and nothing happens. History of what I have done yet. I compiled a kernel from Ben's source (2.4.20-ben1), using the opt

Sound issue on wake

2003-01-11 Thread Everett Coleman II
Hello all, I have a titanium powerbook g4 667, and i'm using bitkeeper 2.4.21-pre2. Sometimes when i open it up from sleep the sound goes crazy. It sort of sounds like an high frequency pitch or something. I wanted to know if anybody else is experiencing this and how to fix it... thank you -