Re: X on ibook2 ?

2003-01-14 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 02:58:05AM +, Paul Reilly wrote: > > I've just installed Debian 3.0r1 on my dual USB white > iBook (500/10/CD) but I can't get X to start ! > > I have done a apt-get to the latest dri-trunk version of XFree86 > but the error I am getting is that: > > (EE) No devices d

X on ibook2 ?

2003-01-14 Thread Paul Reilly
I've just installed Debian 3.0r1 on my dual USB white iBook (500/10/CD) but I can't get X to start ! I have done a apt-get to the latest dri-trunk version of XFree86 but the error I am getting is that: (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found (see full transcript below).

Re: Got this far on a 7100/80

2003-01-14 Thread dylan
oops sent that to the wrong person! there are 2 steps: first boot the machine with the kernel_installer (found here: ftp://ppc.linux.or.jp//pub/users/ekato/nubus-pmac/Debian_woody/) install the debian system, and reboot. then move that kernel+installer to a safe location, and replace it with th

Re: Got this far on a 7100/80

2003-01-14 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 05:05:38PM -0700, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > So, I used the Mach Kernel and the Apple Bootloader and I actually got some > results! > > It was kinda cool... > in any event I got the following error: > > VFS Cannot open root device sdb5 or 08:15 > Please appand a correc

iBooks and power savings (was: Re: fan in ibook3)

2003-01-14 Thread Rogério Brito
On Dec 29 2002, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Finally, on the iBook's with a 750FX CPU, you can switch it to low speed > (400Mhz). Is that possible on a 750cx CPU? I have an iBook 600MHz, 12", combo drive (late 2001 model) and I see that OS X has a configuration for somet

ibook HD upgrade

2003-01-14 Thread Norberti Lange-Schäfer
Hi, my ibook has a 10GB Harddisk and I'm thinking of replacing it with a 40GB one (probably the ibm ic25n040 ). Has someone experience with this?(besides www.webwitch.de) hardwar-problems? What to watch for while re-installing? software-problems? I hope this is the right group for this so

Re: create HFS partition [solved]

2003-01-14 Thread Brad Boyer
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 06:13:30PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > I looked on the hfs-user list, and it said hfsutils under Linux can > actually handle hfs volumes up to 4GB. However, there is also a > limitation of 32,000 files per volume, so if your files are small > you'll run out of handles be

Re: cannot make system bootable (PMac 6500)

2003-01-14 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:26:07AM -0500, Allan Streib wrote: > Still trying to get woody to install on my PowerMac 6500. I got through > the install process to the point of "Make the system bootable" using quik > (I never got to choose this, BTW.) > > It cannot. In the console log (Opt-F3) I se

Re: create HFS partition [solved]

2003-01-14 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 12:01:13AM +0100, martin krung wrote: > thank you Derrik and all > > it worked. > this tip helped me a lot. > but one questions remain, whay this 2GB limitation ? if i use HFS only > on an MacOS, then i can make partitons bigger then 2GB. so i guess its > only possible to

Re: create HFS partition

2003-01-14 Thread Derrik Pates
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 08:48:15PM -, Kevin Smith wrote: > The reason you cannot see it is due to no Apple drivers being on it, even if > you have a HFS partition. I tried the exact same thing, and kicked myself > after I found this out as this wasn't the setup I wanted. No, the magical "moun

Re: create HFS partition [solved]

2003-01-14 Thread Derrik Pates
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 12:01:13AM +0100, martin krung wrote: > but one questions remain, whay this 2GB limitation ? if i use HFS only > on an MacOS, then i can make partitons bigger then 2GB. so i guess its > only possible to read disk smaller then 2GB HFS from linux. right ?? No, the HFS filesys

Re: create HFS partition

2003-01-14 Thread Derrik Pates
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:08:17AM -1000, Angela Kahealani wrote: > On Tue, 2003-01-14 05:25, Chris Tillman wrote: > > HFS partitions may not be more than 2GB > > Do you mean that the Linux drivers for HFS partitions > fail to handle partitions which are larger than 2GB? No, HFS itself is limited

Re: Umax Pulsar with Woody freshly installed: X freezes

2003-01-14 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Die, 2003-01-14 at 11:04, Christian Walther wrote: > > [X freezes after Startup] > > Sounds like a problem with some hardware acceleration, which you can > > verify with Option "NoAccel". If that works, you can hope that only > > certain acceleration functions are affected, and play with the va

Got this far on a 7100/80

2003-01-14 Thread Philip Larkin Waters
So, I used the Mach Kernel and the Apple Bootloader and I actually got some results!   It was kinda cool... in any event I got the following error:   VFS Cannot open root device sdb5 or 08:15 Please appand a correct "root=" boot option   kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:15  

Re: Best news for users of iBook (11-2002)

2003-01-14 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Die, 2003-01-14 at 10:21, Marta Pla i Castells wrote: > Yesterday Martin Karger say that it was possible to wake up the iBook > with the patch of Ben's kernel but he has to disable dri to do it and it > was not cleanly as he wants. No, Martin said it works perfectly on his iBook with DRI enabl

Re: Airport: Tx excessive retries

2003-01-14 Thread christophe barbe
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 12:16:48AM +0100, Michael Flaig wrote: > > By the way, I have no real trust in the wlan encryption (which AFAIK is > > not very effective) and rely more on SSH, IMAPS, HTTPS and friends. > > Hi! > > OK, but many other Protocols are unencrypted and vulnerable to spoofing >

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-14 Thread Philip Larkin Waters
okay, so explain this to me, I need a boot loader like mklinux Booter or BootX and I need the kernel that this bootloader boots ( MachKernel -. or vmlinux) and beyond that I will still need a compatible CD? >From my understanding, the bootloader boots off the Extensions folder on the MAC OS,

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-14 Thread Philip Larkin Waters
Is it NuBus? And what packages can I use for the MachLinux kernel updated 2001 June 19 - Original Message - From: "Clive Menzies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Marc Stergionis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Debian List" Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 1:43 AM Subject: Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

Re: Airport: Tx excessive retries

2003-01-14 Thread Michael Flaig
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 06:13:27PM -0500, christophe barbe wrote: [...] > By the way, I have no real trust in the wlan encryption (which AFAIK is > not very effective) and rely more on SSH, IMAPS, HTTPS and friends. Hi! OK, but many other Protocols are unencrypted and vulnerable to spoofing and

Re: create HFS partition [solved]

2003-01-14 Thread martin krung
thank you Derrik and all it worked. this tip helped me a lot. what i did now: 1. i splited with: # fdisk /dev/hdc then with the C option the 6 GB free part in 3 x 2 GB parts. as type Apple_HFS 2. i boot mac0S, the new parts are not recognized yet. i use the Drive Setup utitiliy. i check t

Re: Problem with ati r128 and xfree86 4.2.1 (unstable)

2003-01-14 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Die, 2003-01-14 at 18:48, Jérémie Pierson wrote: > * Michel Dänzer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) a écrit : > > On Die, 2003-01-14 at 15:55, Jérémie Pierson wrote: > > > > > > The complete log and my XF86Config-4 are available at: > > > http://doupatex.free.fr/fichiers/ > > > > You definitely need Option

Re: create HFS partition

2003-01-14 Thread Gary Sandine
On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 13:48, Kevin Smith wrote: > One last thing, make sure you format the Apple partition as HFS and NOT HFS+ > else you cannot access it when in Linux. Packages hfsplus + libhfsp0 provide utilities for accessing HFS+ volumes. I suggest beginning with hpmount(1) and reading all

Re: create HFS partition

2003-01-14 Thread Kevin Smith
Hi, The reason you cannot see it is due to no Apple drivers being on it, even if you have a HFS partition. I tried the exact same thing, and kicked myself after I found this out as this wasn't the setup I wanted. I think if you do all the partitioning with apples Drive Setup program, where the d

Re: create HFS partition

2003-01-14 Thread Angela Kahealani
On Tue, 2003-01-14 05:25, Chris Tillman wrote: > HFS partitions may not be more than 2GB Do you mean that the Linux drivers for HFS partitions fail to handle partitions which are larger than 2GB? -- Copyright 2003 Angela Kahealani. http://www.kahealani.com/ All Rights Reserved Without Prejudice,

cups

2003-01-14 Thread alain
Hello, I have installed cups on my imac. The test page prints perfectly (epson 740) but all other jobs don't, event as root. Any hint? TIA alain

Re: iBook modem

2003-01-14 Thread Antonio Messina
Hi all and thnx! On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 06:38:22PM +0100, Mij wrote: > "tried"? it's not a "common" driver. Don't load it manually, it works > only calling hcfusbconfig scritp every time you need the module. It works! only on the 2.4.20-ben1 kernel, but it works! I have compiled a new kernel fo

Re: Problem with ati r128 and xfree86 4.2.1 (unstable)

2003-01-14 Thread Jérémie Pierson
* Michel Dänzer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) a écrit : > On Die, 2003-01-14 at 15:55, Jérémie Pierson wrote: > > * Derrik Pates ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) a écrit : > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:19:16AM +0100, J?r?mie Pierson wrote: > > > > xfree86 won't start on my g4 733 (with ati rage 128 pro pf, not the > >

Re: iBook modem

2003-01-14 Thread Mij
On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 13:29, Antonio Messina wrote: > hi all, > > first of all excuse me for my poor english :-) > > I have an iBook2 with dual usb and firewire, cfr. > http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-G3/ibook15Oct01/ > > my modem not work. > I see in

Re: iBook modem

2003-01-14 Thread Clemens Mangler
hi! i think the new ibooks use a software modem! so i guess ther is no soultion for linux yet (flame me if i am wrong) clemens On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 01:29:53PM +0100, Antonio Messina wrote: > > hi all, > > > > first of all excuse me for my poor engl

Re: cannot make system bootable (PMac 6500)

2003-01-14 Thread Vinai Kopp
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:26:07AM -0500, Allan Streib wrote: > Still trying to get woody to install on my PowerMac 6500. I got through > the install process to the point of "Make the system bootable" using quik > (I never got to choose this, BTW.) > > It cannot. In the console log (Opt-F3) I se

Re: create HFS partition

2003-01-14 Thread Derrik Pates
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 04:28:50PM +0100, martin krung wrote: > first i format the disk under macOS, with the 6 gb HFS partiton and the > other empty, so the driver > partitions are present. Ok, I see what the deal is. The "mount automatically" bit is not set. You need to go into Drive Setup, sele

Re: create HFS partition

2003-01-14 Thread martin krung
here the hole story: first i format the disk under macOS, with the 6 gb HFS partiton and the other empty, so the driver partitions are present. then i booted and started the installation, during the insallation i had the idee that i musst make a /boot partition, becaus you never now about this 10

Re: iBook modem

2003-01-14 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 01:29:53PM +0100, Antonio Messina wrote: > hi all, > > first of all excuse me for my poor english :-) > > I have an iBook2 with dual usb and firewire, cfr. > http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-G3/ibook15Oct01/ > > my modem not work

Re: Problem with ati r128 and xfree86 4.2.1 (unstable)

2003-01-14 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Die, 2003-01-14 at 15:55, Jérémie Pierson wrote: > * Derrik Pates ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) a écrit : > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:19:16AM +0100, J?r?mie Pierson wrote: > > > xfree86 won't start on my g4 733 (with ati rage 128 pro pf, not the > > > stock nvidia). I got no warnings or errors in the l

Re: create HFS partition

2003-01-14 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 12:49:50PM +0100, martin krung wrote: > hi debian on powerpc user > > i installed debian on my beige G3, no problem till now: > > i have 2 disk, one untouched, with an Mac0S 9, and the other with debian > and an HFS partiton on it. i boot with bootX over the MacOS > > >

cannot make system bootable (PMac 6500)

2003-01-14 Thread Allan Streib
Still trying to get woody to install on my PowerMac 6500. I got through the install process to the point of "Make the system bootable" using quik (I never got to choose this, BTW.) It cannot. In the console log (Opt-F3) I see dbootstrap[78]: ofpath: This machine is not supported: AAPL,e411MacRI

Re: Problem with ati r128 and xfree86 4.2.1 (unstable)

2003-01-14 Thread Jérémie Pierson
* Derrik Pates ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) a écrit : > On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:19:16AM +0100, J?r?mie Pierson wrote: > > xfree86 won't start on my g4 733 (with ati rage 128 pro pf, not the > > stock nvidia). I got no warnings or errors in the log, except in the last > > lines where x unloads all modules

Re: create HFS partition

2003-01-14 Thread Derrik Pates
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 12:49:50PM +0100, martin krung wrote: > hi debian on powerpc user > > i installed debian on my beige G3, no problem till now: > > i have 2 disk, one untouched, with an Mac0S 9, and the other with debian > and an HFS partiton on it. i boot with bootX over the MacOS > > now

Re: Problem with ati r128 and xfree86 4.2.1 (unstable)

2003-01-14 Thread Derrik Pates
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:19:16AM +0100, J?r?mie Pierson wrote: > xfree86 won't start on my g4 733 (with ati rage 128 pro pf, not the > stock nvidia). I got no warnings or errors in the log, except in the last > lines where x unloads all modules and tells me that: > "Screen(s) found, but none ha

Re: console rows/cols -- configurable?

2003-01-14 Thread Derrik Pates
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 11:01:32PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > Out of my league here, but on my box in dmesg I see that it starts out > at 80x24 but when the framebuffer (aty128fb) loads, it switches to a > clolour frame buffer device 128x48. > > I believe that stty can be used to set it after

Re: create HFS partition

2003-01-14 Thread vinai
On 14 Jan 2003, martin krung wrote: > now my problem: i want to have a 6 GB hfs partition on the second disk. > the partiton exist allready, the type is Apple_HFS, i created it with > fdisk, although its not recommeded in the installation manual. > > if i boot from the macOS, i cannot see the HFS

iBook modem

2003-01-14 Thread Antonio Messina
hi all, first of all excuse me for my poor english :-) I have an iBook2 with dual usb and firewire, cfr. http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-G3/ibook15Oct01/ my modem not work. I see in the kernel log: Jan 14 12:11:50 nano kernel: PowerMac Z8530 serial d

create HFS partition

2003-01-14 Thread martin krung
hi debian on powerpc user i installed debian on my beige G3, no problem till now: i have 2 disk, one untouched, with an Mac0S 9, and the other with debian and an HFS partiton on it. i boot with bootX over the MacOS now my problem: i want to have a 6 GB hfs partition on the second disk. the part

Re: Umax Pulsar with Woody freshly installed: X freezes

2003-01-14 Thread Christian Walther
Hi Michael, Hello All, thanks for your answer, and sorry that this has taken so long to reply. I was quite busy and just had the opportunity to test your suggestions on weekend and yesterday evening. [X freezes after Startup] > Sounds like a problem with some hardware acceleration, which you ca

Best news for users of iBook (11-2002)

2003-01-14 Thread Marta Pla i Castells
Yesterday Martin Karger say that it was possible to wake up the iBook with the patch of Ben's kernel but he has to disable dri to do it and it was not cleanly as he wants. Well, my news is that I did it. I recompile the 2.4.20-ben1 kernel with the patch http://people.debian.org/~hafre/radeonfb.c

Re: gdm 2

2003-01-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 03:45:27PM -0700, Gary Sandine wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 12:32, Jorge Arcas wrote: > > > Is a gdm2 package for debian ppc? > > I put the line > > deb http://files.hadess.net/ debian/ > > and was almost able to "apt-get install gdm2". Installation scripts i

Problem with ati r128 and xfree86 4.2.1 (unstable)

2003-01-14 Thread Jérémie Pierson
Hello xfree86 won't start on my g4 733 (with ati rage 128 pro pf, not the stock nvidia). I got no warnings or errors in the log, except in the last lines where x unloads all modules and tells me that: "Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration." (well, there is a warning around log'

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-14 Thread Clive Menzies
At 1:56 pm -0700 13/1/03, Marc Stergionis wrote: At about 12:50 PM -0700 on 1/13/03, Marc Stergionis wrote: At about 1:08 PM -0500 on 1/13/03, Allan Streib wrote: Don't know. My 6500 is a PCI machine. I only have 32 MB RAM, though. Allan On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: So

Re: console rows/cols -- configurable?

2003-01-14 Thread Chris Tillman
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 10:38:04PM -0500, Allan Streib wrote: > I'm setting up a PowerMac 6500. Since it only has 32MB RAM I am not going > to run X Windows, but instead plan to use it as a light duty server. I > previously had LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 running on this box and since that distro > is no lo