Re: Ethernet problem -- Network completely dies

2003-09-30 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 09:17:14PM -0700, Zach Archer wrote: > Hi. I just installed Debian Woody on my PowerPC 6500/225. After the > initial shock, everything seems to be working and I've even set up > SSH accounts for my friends, and am hosting a webserver... Just like > a real system admin!!!

Ethernet problem -- Network completely dies

2003-09-30 Thread Zach Archer
Hi. I just installed Debian Woody on my PowerPC 6500/225. After the initial shock, everything seems to be working and I've even set up SSH accounts for my friends, and am hosting a webserver... Just like a real system admin!!! Woo, Yay for me A little about the setup: I have DSL, connected to

Re: Installing onto external FireWire drive.

2003-09-30 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:07:32PM -0400, Zachary Brewster-Geisz wrote: > Hello. I'm a new subscriber, so please kick me in the right direction > if my question has been answered before (I have done a good deal of > searching). > > I'm trying to install Debian GNU/Linux onto an external FireWir

Installing onto external FireWire drive.

2003-09-30 Thread Zachary Brewster-Geisz
Hello. I'm a new subscriber, so please kick me in the right direction if my question has been answered before (I have done a good deal of searching). I'm trying to install Debian GNU/Linux onto an external FireWire drive, using the files from debian-imac.sourceforge.net (woody 3.0r0). I par

Re: Linux does not boot after a MacOSX upgrade

2003-09-30 Thread Michael Lake
Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 06:47, Michael Lake wrote: >>2. reinstall Linux as a stock kernel 2.4.18 prior to the benh kernel >>2.4.20 did work. I choose the later as I really needed ny system up. > You could have kept your existing system with a different kernel... as a > rule

CPU and Memory usage of XFree86

2003-09-30 Thread Nirmal Govind
Hi.. I've noticed that the XFree86 process on my ibook is taking up a decent chunk of memory and some CPU and this seems to be slowing down my machine a bit .. when I do 'top', XFree86 is a process that's constantly at the top of the list.. the process itself, when I do a ps shows up as: /usr/

Re: Playing multiple sound sources

2003-09-30 Thread Matt Price
basically, you need to install a sound-server: esd, arts, or jack are your choices, I think. Truth is, I've never gotten any of them to work reliably, so I can't help you solve the problem; but if you work with gnome or kde, and the ibook sound card is well-supported by ALSA (is it?), then you sho

please build xfree86 4.3.0-0pre1v3 from experimental

2003-09-30 Thread Branden Robinson
[I am not subscribed to most of the port lists; please reply to debian-x; followups set.] xfree86 4.3.0-0pre1v3 has been available for a couple of days in Debian experimental. i386, powerpc, and sparc binary packages are already present, and last I heard, m68k was working on it. Can everyone els

Re: openoffice.org in Sid

2003-09-30 Thread Matt Price
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:27:31AM -0400, Kevin.Hendricks wrote: > Hi, > > Actually, I can make an OOo 1.1 RC5 ppc Linux available for Debian > users if someone wants one. I was hoping to wait until it becomes OOo > 1.1 final and then release it to the YDL mirrors, but if someone has > some d

Re: Playing multiple sound sources

2003-09-30 Thread Brad Boyer
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 08:27:37PM +0200, Lucas Moulin wrote: > I'm using 2.4.22-ben2 and I was wondering of this limitation was due to > the dma_sound module or a misconfiguration. I know sound servers like > esd or arts can do this kind of thing, but I'd like it to be possible > without using any

Playing multiple sound sources

2003-09-30 Thread Lucas Moulin
Hi all, I've seen something odd using my iBook 2.3 with Linux and MacOS X. Under Apple's OS, I can play different sounds at the same time (e.g. a Quicktime movie and some song in iTunes), but not under Linux. I'm using 2.4.22-ben2 and I was wondering of this limitation was due to the dma_sound mo

Re: LSB help needed for powerpc and s390

2003-09-30 Thread Gerhard Tonn
Matt Taggart wrote: Hi debian-powerpc and debian-s390, Over on the debian-lsb mailing list we're working on LSB runtime compliance for Debian. LSB 1.3 is supported on i386, ia64, powerpc, and s390 upstream and we'd like to be able to support those archs as well. We have people running the tes

LSB help needed for powerpc and s390

2003-09-30 Thread Matt Taggart
Hi debian-powerpc and debian-s390, Over on the debian-lsb mailing list we're working on LSB runtime compliance for Debian. LSB 1.3 is supported on i386, ia64, powerpc, and s390 upstream and we'd like to be able to support those archs as well. We have people running the test suites on i386 and i

Re: X behaviour

2003-09-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 11:33, Paul Talacko wrote: > Since updating from woody to sarge X behaves funnily. The highest > resoluton I can now get is 640x480. In fact it's the only resolution I > can get. What happens if you try to use other resolutions? Please provide at least relevant snippets of

Re: Linux does not boot after a MacOSX upgrade

2003-09-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 06:47, Michael Lake wrote: > > Basically I had two choices: 1. reinstall OSX from original CD and see > if that changed back whatever was causing the problem. It wouldn't have, assuming the PMU firmware upgrade was the cause. > 2. reinstall Linux as a stock kernel 2.4.18 p

linux-2.6.0-test6 and sleep

2003-09-30 Thread Colin Leroy
Hi list, Does anyone have issues with kernel 2.6.0-test6 (vanilla kernel from kernel.org) and sleep? It works a first time on my powerbook G3 (Lombard), and subsequent tries to make the powerbook sleep (by closing the lid) yields that "hardware refused sleep request" (approx.) and the laptop becam

Re: Upgrading the iBook's HD

2003-09-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kristian Peters a écrit: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: Some time ago I've found this webpage. I hope it is still there. Be carefull, there's was a typo with the link (a space caracter between White\) and .html ) http://www.powerbooktech.com/knowledge,type-iBook-(All-Whi

Re: Woody in a G4-466

2003-09-30 Thread Gabriel Paubert
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 06:30:16PM +0200, David Campillos wrote: > Hi to everybody! > > I am trying to install woody in a Powermac G4. I have some problems: > > when I boot with the CD, I have four install options: > install ->installs 2.2 kernel > install-safe ->installs 2.2 kernel with a safe

Re: Upgrading the iBook's HD

2003-09-30 Thread Kristian Peters
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > They're a lot of web pages about ibook hard disk removing. Soory, I have > no link. But it will be easy for you to find one with google. Some time ago I've found this webpage. I hope it is still there. http://www.powerbooktech.com/knowledge,type

Re: Liberated RS/6000

2003-09-30 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Ole-Egil Hvitmyren wrote: > I still wish I could find a graphics card that was 1: supported by > Linux/X without needing the onboard BIOS (only one I know of is the > Voodoo3, which I accidentally have ;-) ) and 2: worked in the PCI slot > of the PReP I have (the Voodoo3 fai

Re: Liberated RS/6000

2003-09-30 Thread Ole-Egil Hvitmyren
Iain Georgeson wrote: Segher Boessenkool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: The badge says "RISC System/6000 380" This IBM system has a 59MHz POWER2 cpu. One other question: This machine has nothing I recognise as a monitor connector. It does has (left to right) 2 x 25 pin male D-types labelled

Re: Gamma correction on G4 PowerBook

2003-09-30 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2003-09-30 13:28:18 +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > This does indeed sound like software, as the hardware affects the > whole screen. The X gamma correction uses the hardware though. Do you mean the -gamma option of XFree86? I get very similar results to xgamma with it (except that it affects the

[Fwd: Re: Gamma correction on G4 PowerBook]

2003-09-30 Thread Michel Dänzer
The list was broken, trying again... -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer --- Begin Message --- On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 02:48, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2003-09-29 13:06:59 +0200, Mic

Re: Liberated RS/6000

2003-09-30 Thread Iain Georgeson
Segher Boessenkool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The badge says "RISC System/6000 380" > This IBM system has a 59MHz POWER2 cpu. One other question: This machine has nothing I recognise as a monitor connector. It does has (left to right) 2 x 25 pin male D-types labelled S1 and S2 1 x funky con

Re: vlc isn't playing sound

2003-09-30 Thread J. Javier Maestro
On Sep Tue 30 2003 10:00, Markus Frauenfelder wrote: > J. Javier Maestro hat mal (am Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 09:30:54AM +1000) gesagt: > > On Sep Tue 30 2003 00:27, Markus Frauenfelder wrote: > > > I'm working with gnome2 and my sound-server starts at login. > > > xine works perfectly well. > > > But

Re: [PATCH] : fix dmasound_awacs record down sampling

2003-09-30 Thread J. Javier Maestro
Just a quick silly question... This patch is for the OSS kernel driver, and not for ALSA, isn't it? How hard/time consuming would it be to port it to the ALSA tree? Thanks! -- J. Javier Maestro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://rigel.homelinux.com

Re: vlc isn't playing sound

2003-09-30 Thread Markus Frauenfelder
J. Javier Maestro hat mal (am Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 09:30:54AM +1000) gesagt: > On Sep Tue 30 2003 00:27, Markus Frauenfelder wrote: > > I'm working with gnome2 and my sound-server starts at login. > > xine works perfectly well. > > But I'd like to play a movie which is in .cue .bin -format. > > To

X behaviour

2003-09-30 Thread Paul Talacko
Since updating from woody to sarge X behaves funnily. The highest resoluton I can now get is 640x480. In fact it's the only resolution I can get. If I change the default bitdepth in XF86Config-4 to 8, it prints green splodges on the left half of the screen. XFree86.log produces a whole lot of t

[PATCH] : fix dmasound_awacs record down sampling

2003-09-30 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, The following patch implements record down sampling for awacs (recording when the requested sample rate is less than the native 44100 or 22050 hardware rates). It has been tested on a PowerBook Pismo and applies to the Debian 2.4.21 powerpc kernel source (though should be easy to apply to oth

Re: Advansys driver freezes kernel

2003-09-30 Thread Brad Boyer
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 01:15:59AM -0700, Robert Persson wrote: > I have an Advansys ABP940-U2W scsi card I would like to use on a powermac > 8600 under Linux. It works fine under MacOS. > > Unfortunately, when I either load a kernel with advansys support built in, > or I load an Advansys modul

Advansys driver freezes kernel

2003-09-30 Thread Robert Persson
Hi. I have an Advansys ABP940-U2W scsi card I would like to use on a powermac 8600 under Linux. It works fine under MacOS. Unfortunately, when I either load a kernel with advansys support built in, or I load an Advansys module, the kernel freezes. This only happens when the card is install

Re: Gamma correction on G4 PowerBook

2003-09-30 Thread Michael Flaig
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 12:32:19AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On my G4 PowerBook, this isn't much contrast for dark colors, whether > I use the LCD or a CRT monitor connected to it. When I look at the > same desktop from my RISC OS computer via a VNC client (and using the > same CRT monitor),

Re: Upgrading the iBook's HD

2003-09-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, Rogério Brito a écrit: On Sep 29 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Changed myself the hard disk for a 5400tr/min/40Go in september. Was it hard? Did you have any problems? Are you experiencing lower Well, it's not a newbie opration. But if you're cool with the hardware, no problem, you'l

Re: Linux does not boot after a MacOSX upgrade

2003-09-30 Thread Michael Lake
Hi all, This is a followup to tell you what I did. Thanks all for the suggestions on how to recover. In the end I just had to reinstall Debian. Mike Lake wrote: > I need a bit of guidance in getting a Ti PowerBook booting. > Today I allowed Apple to upgrade the OSX on my machine and now Linux >