Re: Booting the Debian installation CD on Powerbook G4 12"

2003-02-21 Thread Segher Boessenkool
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: If you're going to reimplement the delays using the time base, why not use the KeyLargo timer instead? It runs at the same frequency (18.432MHz) on all machines, so that'll save a multiply ;) Too bad for the non-Macs, but else you'll have to special-case the 601 (a

Re: airport on tibook: surfing vs. ssh/scp

2003-02-21 Thread Johannes Muelmenstaedt
> "Michel" == Michel Lanners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michel> I'm still waiting for an opportunity to put my card Michel> in an OS X computer, since Apple has newer firmware Michel> than 8.40, but only bundled with the OS X Airport Michel> software. When I gave my ibook an

Re: computer suspends unexpectedly

2003-02-21 Thread christophe barbe
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:07:35PM -0700, Nirmal Govind wrote: > I just upgraded to testing from woody and there seems to be some > problem.. my computer (ibook2) just suspends (screen switches off) if > there is no activity for a couple of minutes.. I haven't setup pmud.. > and I can't get it to c

Re: Strange fn-key behaviour on TiBook III

2003-02-21 Thread christophe barbe
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 10:20:40PM +0100, Raph HP wrote: > on my TiBook III the fn-key is acting in a strange way. When I got this > computer a few months ago, I had to use the combination fn-alt-ctrl-FX > in order to switch from X to console X. But then, I only had to press > alt-ctrl-FX without t

Re: AW: ALSA problems

2003-02-21 Thread Todd Marek
Thanks for the advise. I got alsa base to stop crying and the modules to install but when it runs the start up script I'm getting a bunch of unresolved symbols for the various modsules-> Unpacking replacement alsa-modules-2.4.18-newpmac ... Setting up alsa-modules-2.4.18-newpmac (0.9.0rc7-3) ..

computer suspends unexpectedly

2003-02-21 Thread Nirmal Govind
I just upgraded to testing from woody and there seems to be some problem.. my computer (ibook2) just suspends (screen switches off) if there is no activity for a couple of minutes.. I haven't setup pmud.. and I can't get it to come back up without rebooting the machine using Ctrl-Command-Rebootbutt

Strange fn-key behaviour on TiBook III

2003-02-21 Thread Raph HP
Hello, on my TiBook III the fn-key is acting in a strange way. When I got this computer a few months ago, I had to use the combination fn-alt-ctrl-FX in order to switch from X to console X. But then, I only had to press alt-ctrl-FX without the fn-key. It was like that during about 2 months. Now, a

Geforce2MX with ADC flat panel

2003-02-21 Thread P Oscar Boykin
Should I expect the Geforce2MX card to work with a flat panel? I have read conflicting things about rivafb and the XF86 nv driver. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://pobox.com/~boykinjabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fingerprint=159A FA02 DF12 E72F B68F 5B2D C

Re: DMASOUND, scsi

2003-02-21 Thread Nathan S.
--- vinai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Nathan S. wrote: > > > The problem I'm having with scsi is a bit weird. With the 2.2 > kernel I > > can mount the zip drive on /dev/sda, but with the 2.4 kernel I > can't > > because I don't have access privileges, but root can. I adde

Re: upgrading to KDE 3.1

2003-02-21 Thread John Schmidt
On Friday 21 February 2003 10:24 am, Nirmal Govind wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade to KDE 3.1 using the following deb address: > > deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1/Debian stable main > > But I can't seem to get apt-get to install kde using "apt-get install > kde".. what's the right way to do t

upgrading to KDE 3.1

2003-02-21 Thread Nirmal Govind
I'm trying to upgrade to KDE 3.1 using the following deb address: deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1/Debian stable main But I can't seem to get apt-get to install kde using "apt-get install kde".. what's the right way to do this? Thanks, nirmal

other brands airport cards

2003-02-21 Thread Jean-Christophe Michel
Hi, Do you know if the new cards like the D-Link DWL-650+ (pcmcia 22Mbps, 256bits crypt) would be recognized on a powerbook (Pismo) with debian ? Or is it necessary to bui Apple's cards ? -- Jean-Christophe Michel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: playing region 2 dvd's on ibook?

2003-02-21 Thread christophe barbe
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:07:16PM +0100, Vincent Bernat wrote: > It is useless with linux players : they do not ask the drive for the > key to decrypt the disc. A RPC-1 drive always give unconditionally the > key to decrypt the disc. A RPC-2 drive does not. Your RPC-2 drive can > be zoned or not.

Re: Twin Turbo 128 in PPC 9600/350

2003-02-21 Thread dylan
you can get a nice pre-compiled kernel for that machine at: http://www.ppckernel.org/kernel.php?id=24 works very well on my 8500 here. cheers, dylan on 03.2.21 3:36 AM, Eric Deveaud at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Rogério Brito wrote: > >> On Feb 21 2003, David Campillos wr

Re: french keyboard for pwb/testing

2003-02-21 Thread Jean-Christophe Michel
Le ven 21/02/2003 à 05:09, Chris Tillman a écrit : > On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 08:10:47PM +0100, Eric Boese-Wolf wrote: > > Just download the package you used before. > > dpkg -e console-data-.deb . > > then copy the stuff you need, where you need it ;) > > > > If think it will go from ./usr/share/k

Re: Twin Turbo 128 in PPC 9600/350

2003-02-21 Thread Eric Deveaud
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Feb 21 2003, David Campillos wrote: > > I'm trying to configure gdm with a Twin Turbo 128 video card in a PPC > > 9600/350. > (...) > > I know that lspci can help me, but I have 2.2 kernel, and that > > command only outputs hex addresses. > > Fi

Re: Twin Turbo 128 in PPC 9600/350

2003-02-21 Thread Rogério Brito
On Feb 21 2003, David Campillos wrote: > I'm trying to configure gdm with a Twin Turbo 128 video card in a PPC > 9600/350. (...) > I know that lspci can help me, but I have 2.2 kernel, and that > command only outputs hex addresses. First of all, you should compile yourself a 2.4 kernel,

Twin Turbo 128 in PPC 9600/350

2003-02-21 Thread David Campillos
Title: Mensaje Hi!   Help for a dummie! I'm trying to configure gdm with a Twin Turbo 128 video card in a PPC 9600/350. I'm using imstt driver, but the device is not detected in the start process. I think that the dec address in the XF86Config-4 file is not correct, but I don´t know how to

AW: how to start kde ?

2003-02-21 Thread Reto Stalder
> > dear folk, > > > > i am in need of step by step instruction to begin using kde. > > > > i have a fresh re-install of debian; the default runlevel is 2. > i had the > > mistaken belief that typing > > X :0 kdm > > would put me into kde. what am i missing? what document have > i not read? >

AW: ALSA problems

2003-02-21 Thread Reto Stalder
> I'm having some trouble getting ALSA up on a fresh install (uname > -r 2.4.18-newpmac). > > I've been following the instructions at-> > > > http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&fil > e=index&req=viewarticle&artid=541 > > and am fine until I try to install the .deb of als

Re: How to Run X11 on a 400MHz iMac

2003-02-21 Thread Evan Martin
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:05:43PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:17:56AM -0500, John van Vlaanderen wrote: > > I installed debian after OSX proved to be too unstable and complicated > > to create webserver appliance. > > > > I have a 400MHz 1 1/2 yr old iMac, though I ca

AW: how to start kde ?

2003-02-21 Thread Reto Stalder
> dear folk, > > i am in need of step by step instruction to begin using kde. > > i have a fresh re-install of debian; the default runlevel is 2. i had the > mistaken belief that typing > X :0 kdm > would put me into kde. what am i missing? what document have i not read? I can start kde from the

AW: Problems starting the X-server

2003-02-21 Thread Reto Stalder
> >You didn't look hard enough. ;) > > > > He's right. Try searching the archives for this thread: X config on 14 > inch 700mhz ibook > > I had the same problem as you and this thread fixed it. > > > > > > > > >>Fatal server error: > >>could not open default font 'fixed' > >> > >> > > > >Make sure

Re: viewing linux partition on OS X?

2003-02-21 Thread Rob Latham
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 10:48:27PM -0700, Nirmal Govind wrote: > How do I view my linux partition from OS X? There's a utility called > explore2fs with which I used to be able to copy my linux files into > windows while I was booted up in Windows.. is there a similar utility > for OS X that lets on

ALSA problems

2003-02-21 Thread Todd Marek
Hello- I'm having some trouble getting ALSA up on a fresh install (uname -r 2.4.18-newpmac). I've been following the instructions at-> http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=541 and am fine until I try to install the .deb of alsa-mo

viewing linux partition on OS X?

2003-02-21 Thread Nirmal Govind
How do I view my linux partition from OS X? There's a utility called explore2fs with which I used to be able to copy my linux files into windows while I was booted up in Windows.. is there a similar utility for OS X that lets one copy files from the linux partition? Thanks, nirmal