Re: iMac things

2004-02-18 Thread Iain Georgeson
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think we get a key event from the power button (at least on the olde > powerbooks) that's just plain ignored. Keycode 116 down (and never up > again), as per showkey. We talked about this before :-) > > Could you try showkey, Iain? The keyboard powe

Re: atyfb broken in linux-2.6.3-rc2-ben1 and later kernels

2004-02-18 Thread Sebastian Klemke
Hi! On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 09:51:07PM +0100, Sebastian Klemke wrote: > Current benh kernel (2.6.3-rc2-ben1 and up) just throws me into xmon > when trying to initialize the framebuffer console on my iBook > Tangerine. I have CONFIG_FB_ATY_GENERIC_LCD set to yes. Disabling this > is booting fine, b

Re: Install Sarge on a Ibook ?

2004-02-18 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Hi Diego On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 21:55, Diego Bellavia wrote: > Hi, > > This is my first message in this list, and I willl > begin with a presentation : I am Diego, an happy > owner of an Ibook G3 900 MHZ, combo. Some weeks ago I > upgraded my system to the panther, and in that > occasion I partit

Re: Need testers: G3 @ G4 laptops (powerbooks & ibooks)

2004-02-18 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 03:03, digger vermont wrote: > Hello Ben, > > I just rsync'd to 2.6.3-rc3-ben1 and added your patch. I get these > errors: Known problem with i2c config, make sure you have i2c and i2c-algo-bit enabled. Ben.

Re: Need testers: G3 @ G4 laptops (powerbooks & ibooks)

2004-02-18 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 02:45, Kiko Piris wrote: > On 18/02/2004 at 14:21, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > Hi need people who own those machiens, especially the recent iBook2 models > > with a G3 CPU and titanium powerbooks with a G4, to test this patch and > > tell me if sleep mode still works

j2re - A way to make it work with Mozilla ?

2004-02-18 Thread Marcin Kurek
Hell[o] I wonder is there any way to have a working Java plugin for Mozilla or any other browser ? It seems to be a quite hard to find a j2re for PowerPC CPU's, I was able to found at last 3 solutions: - blackdown j2re 1.3.1 (http://blackdown.com/) This one have a Mozilla plugin, but

Install Sarge on a Ibook ?

2004-02-18 Thread Diego Bellavia
Hi, This is my first message in this list, and I willl begin with a presentation : I am Diego, an happy owner of an Ibook G3 900 MHZ, combo. Some weeks ago I upgraded my system to the panther, and in that occasion I partitioned my HD so that a partition of 3 GB is now free just to install a debia

atyfb broken in linux-2.6.3-rc2-ben1 and later kernels

2004-02-18 Thread Sebastian Klemke
Hi! Current benh kernel (2.6.3-rc2-ben1 and up) just throws me into xmon when trying to initialize the framebuffer console on my iBook Tangerine. I have CONFIG_FB_ATY_GENERIC_LCD set to yes. Disabling this is booting fine, but then the display is completely unusable, not even X works. Anyone else

Re: Need testers: G3 @ G4 laptops (powerbooks & ibooks)

2004-02-18 Thread Lukas Th . Hey
Works fine, even on: Linux uziel 2.6.2-ben1 #1 Mon Feb 18 18:24:19 CET 2004 ppc GNU/Linux processor : 0 cpu : 750CXe temperature : 12 C (uncalibrated) clock : 499MHz revision: 34.21 (pvr 0008 2215) bogomips: 995.32 machine : PowerBook4,1 mot

Re: Need testers: G3 @ G4 laptops (powerbooks & ibooks)

2004-02-18 Thread Antonio Messina
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 02:21:36PM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Hi need people who own those machiens, especially the recent iBook2 models > with a G3 CPU and titanium powerbooks with a G4, to test this patch and > tell me if sleep mode still works reliably or becomes unstable. running o

Re: Writing a HOWTO about debian on iBook G4

2004-02-18 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 08:55, Colin Leroy wrote: > > It seems many people build their kernels in /usr/src, [...] > > ".. Linus has also pointed out several times that people should *not* > > compile kernels in /usr/src/linux, and instead do it in their home > > directory as a regular user, not root.

Re: Need testers: G3 @ G4 laptops (powerbooks & ibooks)

2004-02-18 Thread Michael Schmitz
> Hi need people who own those machiens, especially the recent iBook2 models > with a G3 CPU and titanium powerbooks with a G4, to test this patch and > tell me if sleep mode still works reliably or becomes unstable. Still works reliably on the G3 Lombard. Doesn't seem to interfere with the pmdisk

Re: Solid lockup on latest benh 2.6 kernel + PB 12"

2004-02-18 Thread David Pye
Hi, my dmesg and kern.log seem full of info which floods the useful info you requested. I did spot it mentioning initialising OpenFirmware framebuffer driver. Any idea of how to get the whole dmesg output? Also, I get many copies of this error in kern.log IN from bad port 64 at c014f020 Reg

Re: Need testers: G3 @ G4 laptops (powerbooks & ibooks)

2004-02-18 Thread digger vermont
Hi Ben, On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 22:21, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Hi need people who own those machiens, especially the recent iBook2 models > with a G3 CPU and titanium powerbooks with a G4, to test this patch and > tell me if sleep mode still works reliably or becomes unstable. > > (It won't

Re: PBButtonsd: Support for ambient light sensors

2004-02-18 Thread Alexander Clausen
Hi Matthias On Di, Feb 17, 2004 at 10:13:29 +0100, Matthias Grimm wrote: > > Some time ago there was a thread here that discussed an deamon > supporting the ambient light sensors of recent Powerbooks. I was > asked to implement this feature in pbbuttonsd and so did I. > Thanks a lot! Works OK

Re: Need testers: G3 @ G4 laptops (powerbooks & ibooks)

2004-02-18 Thread digger vermont
Hello Ben, I just rsync'd to 2.6.3-rc3-ben1 and added your patch. I get these errors: UPD include/linux/compile.h CC init/version.o LD init/built-in.o LD .tmp_vmlinux1 drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x5f01c): In function `radeon_setup_i2c_bus': : undefined reference

Re: Need testers: G3 @ G4 laptops (powerbooks & ibooks)

2004-02-18 Thread digger vermont
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 11:09, Colin Leroy wrote: > > 2.6.3-rc2-ben1 compiled fine. Does this have to do with your patch or > > did I screw up my configuration? > > > new radeonfb wants i2c-core in the kernel (CONFIG_I2C_CORE=y). Thanks digger

Re: Need testers: G3 @ G4 laptops (powerbooks & ibooks)

2004-02-18 Thread Colin Leroy
> 2.6.3-rc2-ben1 compiled fine. Does this have to do with your patch or > did I screw up my configuration? new radeonfb wants i2c-core in the kernel (CONFIG_I2C_CORE=y). -- Colin This message represents the official view of the voices in my head.

Re: Need testers: G3 @ G4 laptops (powerbooks & ibooks)

2004-02-18 Thread Kiko Piris
On 18/02/2004 at 14:21, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Hi need people who own those machiens, especially the recent iBook2 models > with a G3 CPU and titanium powerbooks with a G4, to test this patch and > tell me if sleep mode still works reliably or becomes unstable. Hi, I've compiled and I'm

rsync to cvs howto

2004-02-18 Thread Colin Leroy
Hi, I needed a way to update BenH's tree (via rsync, I don't really want to learn BK), without this removing my changes (patches from people, hacks I could have in my tree). I found a way to have a CVS mirror of this tree, which allows me to "cvs update" my working tree, keeping my changes (and ad

Re: CUPS 1.1.20final-14 is a kernel 2.6 killer on PPC

2004-02-18 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 00:52, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > I'm on an iMac CRT (rev.D, 333MHz). > > Today's CUPS upgrade in Sarge manages to kill kernels upon loading: > > On 2.6.1, it results in a hang during boot. It eventually gets over it, but > complains that "irda_setup timed out on 1st byte"

Re: iMac things

2004-02-18 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > The power button. It currently does nothing. How do I trap it? (My > > lusers are unable to cope with the concept of shutting down, so it has > > been on the receiving end of some not-so-gentle power-offs.) It would > > be quite handy to do suspends too. Problem is, I have no idea what > > pack

CUPS 1.1.20final-14 is a kernel 2.6 killer on PPC

2004-02-18 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
I'm on an iMac CRT (rev.D, 333MHz). Today's CUPS upgrade in Sarge manages to kill kernels upon loading: On 2.6.1, it results in a hang during boot. It eventually gets over it, but complains that "irda_setup timed out on 1st byte" which means that it's trying to access a port that isn't physically

Re: Recent issue with cd drive on PB 12" (matshita)

2004-02-18 Thread Olivier Crouzet
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:18:10 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Olivier! > > > i am still bugged by your problem with the 2.4 kernel. > can u send a .config > what does cdrecord -scanbus show? anything? I'll send this information in the next few days, I'm sorry I haven't got enough time now fo

Cannot use XFree86 on iMac G4 800MHz 17"

2004-02-18 Thread Vincent LADEUIL
Hello, I have already used Linux on x86 for 5 years (Red Hat, Suse). I want to experiment now with Debian on Powerpc. I googled a lot for 3 weeks now and I still have to find the correct mix of packages. Starting with debian 3.0.r2 ppc-binary, I upgrade to unstable/testing (at

Re: Writing a HOWTO about debian on iBook G4

2004-02-18 Thread Colin Leroy
> It seems many people build their kernels in /usr/src, [...] > ".. Linus has also pointed out several times that people should *not* > compile kernels in /usr/src/linux, and instead do it in their home > directory as a regular user, not root. The only time you should become > root is when you inst

Re: USB Mouse spurious disconnect/reconnect

2004-02-18 Thread Marc-Olivier Killijian
I was using /dev/input/mouse1, unfortunately I don't remember why. I moved to /dev/input/mice and see if it corrects the problem. Thank you very much for your help, Marco Le mar 17/02/2004 à 23:08, Michel Dänzer a écrit : > On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 15:04, Marc-Olivier Killijian wrote: > > > > Every

Re: USB Mouse spurious disconnect/reconnect

2004-02-18 Thread Marc-Olivier Killijian
I use a 2.4.24-ben1 and actually you are rigth, it happens since quite recently. But I had to switch because I installed Jaguar ... I'll try to use /dev/mice as the next post suggests and then I'll see. Thanks, Le mar 17/02/2004 à 17:25, Matthew H. Ray a écrit : > Which kernel version are you us