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strange problem with trackpad?

2003-04-09 Thread Grzesiek Sedek
Hello, Trackpad in my ibook seems to play strangely - it stops working and come back in few hours cycle. button goes first, few seconds later trackpad. Rebooting into OSX, taking off batery for 10 minutes doesn't fix it at all. After few hours it comes back for few hours and again. I dont know what

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Ross Vumbaca
Hi, Sven Luther wrote: My price includes tax (which we call GST of 10%). I like PowerPC (I have So there is at least a 10% price difference here, which make your price more like 1650 Euros. I don't understand your calculation? My price _includes_ the tax, if I remove the tax, it is lower.

Re: Xfree CloneDisplay and M7

2003-04-09 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2003-04-09 at 03:33, christophe barbe wrote: > I read a doc to install woody on an ibook (in French)[1]. In this page, > the author seems to indicate that it is possible to drive the CRT output > with some Xfree Radeon driver options. > In particular It points to a Xfree 4.3 man pages[2] t

Re: pilot-manager, no permission at sync-status

2003-04-09 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 07:35:36PM +0200, Zeno Davatz wrote: > Patrick Baltz wrote: > > > > > > >Zeno Davatz wrote: > > > >> > >>thanks for the info. I am using USB. Is /dev/tty an usb port? what > >>would be the usb port? How can I find the usb port in /dev ls -la usb > >>gives me nothing. > >>

java-gnome builds

2003-04-09 Thread Mark Howard
Hi, The java-gnome source package used to be in contrib due to build dependencies on ant and j2sdk1.4. I've now replaced this by writing a small script to replace ant and use a free compiler. I've also moved the package to main. Automatic builds of java-gnome have not been attempted since t

Re: filemaker db

2003-04-09 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 09/04/03, Chris Tillman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 09:42:11AM +0200, Bernhard Mollenhauer wrote: > > > > I have two filemaker databases under MacOS 9.2 on my iMac. Now I want to > > change all Mac-stuff to debian gnu/linux. How can I use these db?s under > > gnu/linu

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread florian
On Mit, 2003-04-09 at 18:44, christophe barbe wrote: > Le mer 09/04/2003 à 12:21, Geert Uytterhoeven a écrit : > > On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, christophe barbe wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:57:27PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > On 9 Apr 2003, florian wrote: > > > > > another criteria f

Odd ibook problem.

2003-04-09 Thread karrottop
Ok, I have been having an odd problem that I thought was a small matter but now I am seeing it to be much more of a problem. I have burned OS's and other cd's before and tried to load them in my ibook without luck. The cd's do not get recognized by the ibook, yet, on my imac they do. The odd thi

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Jorge Arcas
El mié, 09 de 04 de 2003 a las 17:33, christophe barbe escribió: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:57:27PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On 9 Apr 2003, florian wrote: > > > another criteria for me is also: gotta work well with eclipse and other > > > java stuff. its possible to compile eclipse by

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread CaRLoS mOGUeL
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Re: pilot-manager, no permission at sync-status

2003-04-09 Thread Zeno Davatz
Patrick Baltz wrote: Zeno Davatz wrote: thanks for the info. I am using USB. Is /dev/tty an usb port? what would be the usb port? How can I find the usb port in /dev ls -la usb gives me nothing. thanks for your time and help. Zeno /dev/ttya is probably not tied to the USB port. I

Re: pilot-manager, no permission at sync-status

2003-04-09 Thread Zeno Davatz
/dev/ttya is probably not tied to the USB port. I have a handpring visor that connects via a USB cradle, and it shows up on /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyUSB1. Interesting. I get the dialog in my pilot-manager but my TREO tells me that there was no connection (warn message). The log of my TREO te

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Michael Shields
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wrong, if you look at it really, this is not the case, you pay what you > get for, and the ibook are rather cheap for the price point. The only > negative point is that they have smaller screens, but that only means > that app

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Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread christophe barbe
Le mer 09/04/2003 à 12:21, Geert Uytterhoeven a écrit : > On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, christophe barbe wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:57:27PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On 9 Apr 2003, florian wrote: > > > > another criteria for me is also: gotta work well with eclipse and other > > > > j

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, christophe barbe wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:57:27PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On 9 Apr 2003, florian wrote: > > > another criteria for me is also: gotta work well with eclipse and other > > > java stuff. its possible to compile eclipse by hand to run on debia

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread florian
On Mit, 2003-04-09 at 16:45, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 02:15:07PM +0100, gimli wrote: > > I've have a atlhon 1.33MHz, a Celeron 1.1MHz and an ibook 700MHz. > > And do you know how an Athlon 1.33 MHz compares to a P4 ? Do you really > think a 1.4GHz P4 is faster than a Athlon 1.3

Re: filemaker db

2003-04-09 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 09:42:11AM +0200, Bernhard Mollenhauer wrote: > Hi list! > > I have two filemaker databases under MacOS 9.2 on my iMac. Now I want to > change all Mac-stuff to debian gnu/linux. How can I use these db´s under > gnu/linux? Must I learn (my)sql first or is there an easier w

Re: pilot-manager, no permission at sync-status

2003-04-09 Thread Patrick Baltz
Zeno Davatz wrote: thanks for the info. I am using USB. Is /dev/tty an usb port? what would be the usb port? How can I find the usb port in /dev ls -la usb gives me nothing. thanks for your time and help. Zeno /dev/ttya is probably not tied to the USB port. I have a handpring visor

Re: filemaker db

2003-04-09 Thread christophe barbe
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 09:42:11AM +0200, Bernhard Mollenhauer wrote: > Hi list! > > I have two filemaker databases under MacOS 9.2 on my iMac. Now I want to > change all Mac-stuff to debian gnu/linux. How can I use these db?s under > gnu/linux? Must I learn (my)sql first or is there an easier w

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread christophe barbe
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:57:27PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On 9 Apr 2003, florian wrote: > > another criteria for me is also: gotta work well with eclipse and other > > java stuff. its possible to compile eclipse by hand to run on debian ppc. > > but it works kinda buggy.. > > apt-get i

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 02:15:07PM +0100, gimli wrote: > I've have a atlhon 1.33MHz, a Celeron 1.1MHz and an ibook 700MHz. And do you know how an Athlon 1.33 MHz compares to a P4 ? Do you really think a 1.4GHz P4 is faster than a Athlon 1.33 MHz ? It all depends on how you benchmark too. Friendl

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Gabriel Paubert
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 02:28:15PM +0200, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > > I currently own an iBook2, and have often wondered if it would have been a > > better plan to go for a laptop with support for `multimedia' activities > > (e.g. Altivec in a G4), and also whether I would have a copy of gcc that > >

Re: install debian on powermac 8600 /9600

2003-04-09 Thread dylan
i've done it on an 8500/250 604e video chipsets are different, but you can try this page: http://fungus.ucdavis.edu/~dylan/ if you need more help feel free to contact me. dylan on 03.4.9 1:56 AM, samuel desseaux at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > > Last week, i came back from Netherlands wi

pilot-manager with usb

2003-04-09 Thread Zeno Davatz
Hi List just curious if anybody got the pilot-manager working with usb. thanks for your feedback. Zeno

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Ross Vumbaca
Hi, Michael Cameron wrote: All these laptops have built in modems too. But beware, some are winmodems. Not all of them ? Possibly true, I haven't been shopping for a laptop for a long time though I thought that some Sonys and possibly some Dells had non-winmodems. Perhaps better advic

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Ross Vumbaca
Hi, Sven Luther wrote: Well, but they are usually more expensive, at least here in france. I would've thought that Europe has fairly competitive prices (compared to us).. My laptop has a 14" screen, DVD, 1.6 Ghz P4M, 256 MB DDR (up to 1 GB) and it cost the equivalent of 1500 euros (includin

I can come!

2003-04-09 Thread Rachel C. Ward

RE: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Michael Cameron
>> > All these laptops have built in modems too. >> > >> But beware, some are winmodems. > >Not all of them ? > Possibly true, I haven't been shopping for a laptop for a long time though I thought that some Sonys and possibly some Dells had non-winmodems. Perhaps better advice would be to watch ou

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread gimli
I've have a atlhon 1.33MHz, a Celeron 1.1MHz and an ibook 700MHz. They'r all running debian. The ibook ir comparable to de celeronbut the celeron has a riva tnt2 They both got the same amount of memory and hdparm says the disks are similar in speed... The athlon beats the crap out of th

Re: Few Newbie Questions TiBook III - woody

2003-04-09 Thread Benjamin Swatek
Hi there, sorry for not respongding a time, was offline... > > > > > > > other thing is, that when I log in as root on the console, a lot of > > > > things flash by, too fast to read, whats that??? > > > > > > The normal login messages, you can check them out using dmesg. > > > > no, its not! th

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Giuseppe Sacco
> I currently own an iBook2, and have often wondered if it would have been a > better plan to go for a laptop with support for `multimedia' activities > (e.g. Altivec in a G4), and also whether I would have a copy of gcc that > would allow me to take advantage of such hardware. Hi Ed, I actually r

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Carlos Perelló Marín
El mié, 09 de 04 de 2003 a las 13:31, Edward G. Speyer escribió: > On 9 Apr 2003, florian wrote: > > > i know that you cant really measure the overall performance in mhz. but > > after all i think its for sure that a 1ghz powerbook would not be as > > fast as a 2ghz x86 laptop, or? > > ...and on

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2003-04-09 at 12:14, florian wrote: > > i know that you cant really measure the overall performance in mhz. but > after all i think its for sure that a 1ghz powerbook would not be as fast > as a 2ghz x86 laptop, or? As always, it probably depends. :) The only way to know is to benchmark t

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Edward G. Speyer
On 9 Apr 2003, florian wrote: > i know that you cant really measure the overall performance in mhz. but > after all i think its for sure that a 1ghz powerbook would not be as > fast as a 2ghz x86 laptop, or? ...and on top of this, is it the case the gcc does more optimisation voodoo for x86-like

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En cette nuit striée d'éclairs du mercredi 09 avril 2003, vers 02:55, Patrick Baltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > My personal opinion is that Apple laptops are great hardware, but the > linux community using them is so much smaller that it was hard to get > some of the things common on x86. I

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On 9 Apr 2003, florian wrote: > another criteria for me is also: gotta work well with eclipse and other > java stuff. its possible to compile eclipse by hand to run on debian ppc. > but it works kinda buggy.. apt-get install eclipse? Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Fred Heitkamp
On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Patrick Baltz wrote: I'd also add to check the display carefully. Most new inexpensive PC laptops have an XGA display which is 1024x768. That may be fine. However you may want an SXGA or SXGA+ if you intend to run at higher resolutions. I've heard that most laptop displays on

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:14:58PM +0200, florian wrote: > On Mit, 2003-04-09 at 10:55, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 10:18:42AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 11:57:20PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > hi! > > > > > > > > > > im currently thinki

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread florian
On Mit, 2003-04-09 at 10:55, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 10:18:42AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 11:57:20PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > hi! > > > > > > > > im currently thinking about buying a laptop. basically i > > > > wonder if its worth to

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 07:08:08PM +1000, Ross Vumbaca wrote: > Hi, > > Sven Luther wrote: > > >Compared to same priced x86 laptops, around 1300 Euros inclusive VAT, > >the disadvantage of the ibook is that the screen is smaller (12" only) > >but with mostly the same resolution. This can maybe ev

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 10:32:48AM +0100, Michael Cameron wrote: > > All these laptops have built in modems too. > > > But beware, some are winmodems. Not all of them ? Friendly, Sven Luther

RE: RS6000 model 44p 170

2003-04-09 Thread Michael Cameron
> >I am in the process of updating/simplifying my HOWTO and adding precompiled >kernels that can be downloaded from my web site. If you have a kernel that should work on my system I'd be more than happy to try it, and the updated howto, and provide feedback. Michael Cameron

RE: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Michael Cameron
> All these laptops have built in modems too. > But beware, some are winmodems.

install debian on powermac 8600 /9600

2003-04-09 Thread samuel desseaux
Hi! Last week, i came back from Netherlands with 2 goods powermac: 1 8600/200 and 19600/250 and i'd like to install both debian (one of them will be act as server). Has someone ever installed debian on these machines? If yes, which sort of problems have you met and what are in that c

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Ross Vumbaca
Hi, Sven Luther wrote: Compared to same priced x86 laptops, around 1300 Euros inclusive VAT, the disadvantage of the ibook is that the screen is smaller (12" only) but with mostly the same resolution. This can maybe even be seen as an advantage in certain cases, as it makes for smaller laptops,

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 10:18:42AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 11:57:20PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > hi! > > > > > > im currently thinking about buying a laptop. basically i > > > wonder if its worth to get a powerpc laptop, since most > > > x86 ones are alot che

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Christian Boesgaard
On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 09:36:32PM +0200, florian wrote: > besides the nice design of the hardware, are there any > reasons? (i would only use debian on it, so things like > mac os x dont really matter) When I shopped for a laptop 1.5 years ago I found that if I wanted a small laptop with a good

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 11:57:20PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > hi! > > > > im currently thinking about buying a laptop. basically i > > wonder if its worth to get a powerpc laptop, since most > > x86 ones are alot cheaper. > > > that's their only "adventaje" And not even that is really

Re: pilot-manager, no permission at sync-status

2003-04-09 Thread Zeno Davatz
Patrick Baltz wrote: The best way to fix that is to check the permissions on /dev/ttya and put your user account in the system group that owns /dev/ttya. Do a 'usermod -G group_name userid' to add your login account to the group. You may want to run the program 'id' from the terminal after

filemaker db

2003-04-09 Thread Bernhard Mollenhauer
Hi list! I have two filemaker databases under MacOS 9.2 on my iMac. Now I want to change all Mac-stuff to debian gnu/linux. How can I use these db´s under gnu/linux? Must I learn (my)sql first or is there an easier way? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bernhard --  http://www.luki.org/ http://www.fsfeurope.o

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 02:55, Patrick Baltz wrote: > However, you really need to look at the price/performance to make your > decision. I would figure out which powerpc laptop you want, and then > look at x86 laptops with comparable features (multimedia, size, weight, > display, etc.). MHz rea

Re: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Mich Lanners
On 8 Apr, this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] echoed through cyberspace: >> besides the nice design of the hardware, are there any >> reasons? (i would only use debian on it, so things like >> mac os x dont really matter) >> > better performance. That depends heavily on your usage of the box.