Re: help on console video problem

2003-01-27 Thread Chris Tillman
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 04:33:30PM -0500, Allan Streib wrote: > Well what I've found seems to help is to execute: > > fbset -a -accel false Thanks, Allan, this has been annoying me for a long time. I think I'll add it in a little script in /etc/rc2.d/ . > This (to my understanding) disables hard

Re: Suggest a really good email client

2003-01-27 Thread Mark Williams
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:38:41 -0500 (EST) "Shawn Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have spent a long long time researching this... As much a I wanted to > use something lightweight, fast, and good... > Why not sylpheed? Cheers, Mark

Re: scaling cpu frequency on new ibook 2.2?

2003-01-27 Thread Adam Lazur
Florian Feigenbutz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > Hi, as I was checking some files in the /cat dir for fun some days ago > I saw the following lines in "/proc/cpufreq": > > $ cat /proc/cpufreq > minimum CPU frequency - maximum CPU frequency - policy > CPU 0 40 kHz ( 57 %) - 70 kHz (

Re: Where to get Gnome2 and kde3.1 for ppc ?

2003-01-27 Thread Willy Morin
Gnome2 seems to be broken on my debian. When I execute sudo apt-get install gnome-core it finish by E:sorry broken package. Is it normal ? Le 27 Jan 2003 21:21:26 +0100 Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrivait : > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 01:29, Willy Morin wrote: > > > I'm looking for sources f

Re: How to make the tv output work ?

2003-01-27 Thread Willy Morin
ok :) so actually there is no solution... Cruel world :) thank you ! Le Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:07:05 -0500 christophe barbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrivait : > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:42:20PM +, matthew yee-king > wrote: > > > i was looking into that a while back. As far as i > > > know, m3mirr

scaling cpu frequency on new ibook 2.2?

2003-01-27 Thread Florian Feigenbutz
Hi, as I was checking some files in the /cat dir for fun some days ago I saw the following lines in "/proc/cpufreq": $ cat /proc/cpufreq minimum CPU frequency - maximum CPU frequency - policy CPU 0 40 kHz ( 57 %) - 70 kHz (100 %) - performance Does this mean that my G3 700MHz

Re: Where to get Gnome2 and kde3.1 for ppc ?

2003-01-27 Thread Jorge Arcas
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 21:21, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 01:29, Willy Morin wrote: > > > I'm looking for sources for kde3.1 and gnome2 under a debian > > unstable. Do you know where I can find them ? > > GNOME 2 (mostly 2.2) is in sid, KDE 3.1 should get there soon, if you > can

Re: help on console video problem

2003-01-27 Thread Allan Streib
Well what I've found seems to help is to execute: fbset -a -accel false This (to my understanding) disables hardware framebuffer acceleration. This has stopped the corrupted characters on my consoles. Is there any way to do this with boot args? Also I tried to set my keyboard repeat rate using

Re: Where to get Gnome2 and kde3.1 for ppc ?

2003-01-27 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 01:29, Willy Morin wrote: > I'm looking for sources for kde3.1 and gnome2 under a debian > unstable. Do you know where I can find them ? GNOME 2 (mostly 2.2) is in sid, KDE 3.1 should get there soon, if you can't wait for it there may be non-Debian apt sources for it. Check

Re: How to make the tv output work ?

2003-01-27 Thread christophe barbe
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:42:20PM +, matthew yee-king wrote: > > i was looking into that a while back. As far as i know, m3mirror only > > drives the vga output, not the svhs. You are right, sorry for my mistake. There is a 'atitvout' tool but unfortunately it's x86 only because it relies on

Re: Woody Install Won't Reboot (of course)

2003-01-27 Thread Chris Tillman
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:41:13AM -0700, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > Thanks for everybody's help. I rebooted my machine and it flashes a floppy > disk on the screen because it can't find the operating system: Just like > everybody finally said it would do. > > If anybody can help me find wha

Re: How to make the tv output work ?

2003-01-27 Thread Willy Morin
m3mirror is for vga outpout but I'm looking for a way to use the svideo outpout. Don't you have any idea about this ? Le Mon, 27 Jan 2003 08:47:42 -0500 christophe barbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrivait : > Try m3mirror at http://penguinppc.org/~benh/ > > Christophe > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:2

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-27 Thread Brad Boyer
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 09:39:16AM -0700, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > I still don't know what quik is and I'll be researching that, because if it > works with mine it sounds like the best option. But until I get the MACOS > CD's i'm going to take a rest for a while. I believe I was the one who m

Re: Woody an a new ibook (Radeon Mobility)

2003-01-27 Thread Mij
http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/ On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 18:47, Christoph Siess wrote: > Hi there, > > i managed to get a login console on my ibook, but what about X? > I read Branden's guide where he say that XFree 4.2 may be required. But > where to get XFree 4.2? I mean of course it's not in

Re: removing yaboot?

2003-01-27 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 18:07, J. Volkmann wrote: > > my iBook is damaged, so it doesn't boot anymore properly for more than > 2-5 minutes. Therefore I will return it, but I want to remove yaboot > first, so they can't say it was my fault and a software error. FWIW, I had to send in this TiBook for

Re: removing yaboot?

2003-01-27 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb
Hi, J. Volkmann wrote, > Hello, > > my iBook is damaged, so it doesn't boot anymore properly for more than > 2-5 minutes. Therefore I will return it, but I want to remove yaboot > first, so they can't say it was my fault and a software error. What hardware error your hardware-test-cd has found?

Woody an a new ibook (Radeon Mobility)

2003-01-27 Thread Christoph Siess
Hi there, i managed to get a login console on my ibook, but what about X? I read Branden's guide where he say that XFree 4.2 may be required. But where to get XFree 4.2? I mean of course it's not in woody, I haven't found any powerpc backports to woody. Has anyone got some links/sucess stories fo

help on console video problem

2003-01-27 Thread Allan Streib
I've posted this question before but did not see the answer. I am running Debian Woody on a PowerMac 6500 with 32 MB RAM. I am just using the console, e.g. no X windows due to the low memory. I've noticed some problems with the console, specifically when I edit text in emacs or at the command lin

removing yaboot?

2003-01-27 Thread J. Volkmann
Hello, my iBook is damaged, so it doesn't boot anymore properly for more than 2-5 minutes. Therefore I will return it, but I want to remove yaboot first, so they can't say it was my fault and a software error. Unfortunately it doesn't live long enough to just reinstall macOS X so I have to do it

Woody Install Won't Reboot (of course)

2003-01-27 Thread Philip Larkin Waters
Thanks for everybody's help. I rebooted my machine and it flashes a floppy disk on the screen because it can't find the operating system: Just like everybody finally said it would do.   If anybody can help me find whatever version of MACOS will go on a Power PC 7100/80 with 24 MB Ram I'd app

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-27 Thread Philip Larkin Waters
Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't want you to think I was panicked. Admittedly I sent a few emails, but I just wanted to get all the information in. >"Get into the installer like I advised" If it was you that advised the MachKernel installer I'm already in there: thank you, that was a big help. You know

Re: How to make the tv output work ?

2003-01-27 Thread matthew yee-king
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:49:17 + matthew yee-king <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 08:47:42 -0500 > > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:23:25PM +0100, Willy Morin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I would like to know how to use the TV output on a > > > powerbook g4 400. Have you got any idea ?

backgroundled on pb wallstreet

2003-01-27 Thread benjamin laemmle
hello can anybody tell me how to turn off the background led when running X. the screen turns black, but the lights are still on. when i'm in console, they turn off after a couple of time. benjamin { 3nails+1cross=4given }

Re: How to make the tv output work ?

2003-01-27 Thread matthew yee-king
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 08:47:42 -0500 > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:23:25PM +0100, Willy Morin wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to know how to use the TV output on a > > powerbook g4 400. Have you got any idea ? In fact I'd like > > to watch dvd on a tv :) > > > > Thank you by advance and a have a nic

Re: resuming after suspend still doesn't work with my ibook2.2

2003-01-27 Thread christophe barbe
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 12:37:32AM +0100, ERDI Gergo wrote: > > [ Please CC replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Hi, > > I've read in the archives of debian-powerpc that by using the drm-trunk > packages and linux-2.4.20-ben3, it should be possible to resume after > suspending an iBook 2.2. Howeve

Re: How to make the tv output work ?

2003-01-27 Thread christophe barbe
Try m3mirror at http://penguinppc.org/~benh/ Christophe On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:23:25PM +0100, Willy Morin wrote: > Hi, > I would like to know how to use the TV output on a > powerbook g4 400. Have you got any idea ? In fact I'd like > to watch dvd on a tv :) > > Thank you by advance and a ha