Re: where to find benh kernel? [was: Re: Need testers: G3 @ G4 laptops (powerbooks & ibooks)]

2004-02-19 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
Lukas Th.Hey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a `central' FTP-site for your sources? Everytime I look for > one, I get different matches on google. rsync -avz --delete source.mvista.com::linuxppc-2.5-benh benh2.6 -- .''`. : :' :rnaud `. `' `-

Re: People with ATAPI problems: possible fix

2004-02-19 Thread Stefan Berndtsson
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> First impression is that it seems to work. It no longer claims to kill DMA >> when running growisofs, and it is still active when writing is done. > > And the actual datas on the written media are ok ? At least the parts of the movie I looked

Re: iBook screen cloning.

2004-02-19 Thread Juan Pablo Mendoza
Hi, Again replaying to myself, in case anyone cares i got the vt switching working with the last BenH 2.6 kernel. So i have the screen cloning working in my ibook g3 800Mhz with a hacked X to hardcode some values from the radeonfb sources and everything works nice. On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 13:23,

Re: PowerMac 7200

2004-02-19 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 04:09:38PM +, Tomy Alarie wrote: > Hi, i'm new to this list and i want to know if it's possible to install > debian on powermac 7200 and how to ? Is there a site which explain that in > details ? Yes, it is possible, but my wife's PowerMac 7200 was hand-installed by D

Re: People with ATAPI problems: possible fix

2004-02-19 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> First impression is that it seems to work. It no longer claims to kill DMA > when running growisofs, and it is still active when writing is done. And the actual datas on the written media are ok ? Ben.

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2004-02-19 Thread Tomas Haynes
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Re: PowerMac 7200

2004-02-19 Thread Rolando Abarca
yes, it's possible. I have recently (last month) installed woody on my 7200/90 and then apt-get dist upgraded it to testing. runs fine. I installed it using boot floppies, but from hard disk and then a net install: downloaded root.bin, linux.bin (I think that's the name of the 2.2.x kernel that com

Re: People with ATAPI problems: possible fix

2004-02-19 Thread Stefan Berndtsson
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi ! > > Recently, there have been lost of reports of ATAPI issues, typically > with CD/DVD burners, where DMA would be disabled for no obvious reasons, > with the driver spitting a message about a timeout waiting for dbdma > command stop. > > T

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

2004-02-19 Thread Adam D
On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 05:22, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 12:36, David Pye wrote: > Hi, > > I've got an Albook G4 12" powerbook (NVidia GFX) and I have been experiencing > a number of hard crashes since installing the latest benh rsync'd kernel and > Debian Sid (same

Re: Writing a HOWTO about debian on iBook G4 | hardware informations

2004-02-19 Thread Sébastien FRANÇOIS
Hello > It could be interesting to include a preliminary section about the > hardware components of this machine or at least a link to an Apple > page with that information. I started a such section, let me know if things are missing http://seb.france.free.fr/linux/ibookG4/iBookG4-howto.html than

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

2004-02-19 Thread David Pye
Hi Ben, I've recompiled using the provided configs, and that nasty IN message is gone. However, the FB freeze still exists, even with video=ofonly. Here's the dmesg attached: However, I've narrowed the cause of this framebuffer hang (happens with rivafb and ofonly video). A long line of

Re: Please advise iBook/Powerbook purchase

2004-02-19 Thread Matthew H. Ray
--- Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a very happy iBook user on Debian testing. I use the fluxbox and > performance is fine for my uses (95% xterms + firefox). However my > screen is giving out and I need another machine. The ability for it > to sleep and wireless support is a

Re: PowerMac 7200

2004-02-19 Thread CaRLoS mOGUeL
Hi... It´s on the compatibility list... so, it´s possible ! http://penguinppc.org/projects/hw/pmac.shtml This is a good place to start: http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/ Blessings... Carlos. --- Tomy Alarie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, i'm new to this list and i want to know if it's

Re: PowerMac 7200

2004-02-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/02/04 16:09), Tomy Alarie wrote: > Hi, i'm new to this list and i want to know if it's possible to install > debian on powermac 7200 and how to ? Is there a site which explain that in > details ? > > thanks Compatability list is at: http://penguinppc.org/projects/hw/pmac.shtml Installat

Re: PowerMac 7200

2004-02-19 Thread Luc Lefebvre
It is possible, I have done it. If I recall correctly, I did it using a set of official debian CDs but had to boot from debian boot floppies to do the install. On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:09:38 + Tomy Alarie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, i'm new to this list and i want to know if it's possib

PowerMac 7200

2004-02-19 Thread Tomy Alarie
Hi, i'm new to this list and i want to know if it's possible to install debian on powermac 7200 and how to ? Is there a site which explain that in details ? thanks - e6e9fe46b17fa16d9a250d4189e8f0cd fingerprint Quadra 650 | Debian 3.0r2 | m68k

Re: iMac things

2004-02-19 Thread Michael Schmitz
Some more comments: > > > 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,

Re: Apple iBook G4 & GNU/Linux (Debian) compatibility?

2004-02-19 Thread Antonio Messina
On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 02:48:09PM +0100, Colin Leroy wrote: > I don't know, but I know that there are some USB Wifi adapters that work. I have this: http://www.trendnet.com/sp/products/TEW-229UB.htm Work well with prism2_usb driver from linux-wlan-ng .a. -- Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca. Il M

Re: iMac things

2004-02-19 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Could you try showkey, Iain? > > The keyboard power button says Keycode 116. The monitor power button > doesn't show anything with showkeys. Same as my Powerbook. The monitor power button isn't expected to produce a keycode, I think. Did you get both key down and key up events?? > How would

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

2004-02-19 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Hi, I've been running your patch for the last 24 hours and didn't notice any issues. Seems to work. Ciao, Viktor 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

Re: Apple iBook G4 & GNU/Linux (Debian) compatibility?

2004-02-19 Thread Oriol Pellicer i Sabrià
A Dijous 19 Febrer 2004 14:48, Colin Leroy va escriure: > I don't know, but I know that there are some USB Wifi adapters that work. Yes, I have this one: http://www.trendnet.com/sp/products/TEW-229UB.htm and it works perfectly with my Ibook G4 14". The drivers are here: http://at76c503a.berlios

Re: Apple iBook G4 & GNU/Linux (Debian) compatibility?

2004-02-19 Thread Colin Leroy
> - sleep mode: whereas previous iBooks had perfect Linux support > for suspend, it doesn't (yet?) work on the newer G4. Any information on > the development status? In short, is there any hope for a sleep support > in the future? Is it scheduled? Etc. not (yet). Missing info about how to reboot t

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

2004-02-19 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 04:47, David Pye wrote: > 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

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

2004-02-19 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> > It worked fine until the latest framebuffer merges (of course without > > CONFIG_FB_ATY_GENERIC_LCD, which did not exist before the merges). > > In 2.4, CONFIG_FB_ATY_GENERIC_LCD depends on ia32. We should fix that indeed. I found other problems with the "new" atyfb from James tree (which is

Fwd: Apple iBook G4 & GNU/Linux (Debian) compatibility?

2004-02-19 Thread mike dentifrice
I'm forwarding this mail here, since I got no answer (yet) on [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Forwarded message - From: mike dentifrice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:17:50 -0500 Subject: Apple iBook G4 & GNU/Linux (Debian) compatibility? User-Agent:

Please advise iBook/Powerbook purchase

2004-02-19 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'm a very happy iBook user on Debian testing. I use the fluxbox and performance is fine for my uses (95% xterms + firefox). However my screen is giving out and I need another machine. The ability for it to sleep and wireless support is a major concern. Apart from that I don't have many other needs

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

2004-02-19 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > 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: > > 1) Why do I get this timeout on IrDA port, even though this hardware

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

2004-02-19 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Sebastian Klemke wrote: > 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

Security fix and 2.4.24 pseudo -benh packets.

2004-02-19 Thread Sven Luther
Hello, I have built security unstable packages (2.4.22-10 currently in the archive) for the latest security issue. testing user should get those in 2 or 3 days, but can in the meantime install them with : apt-get install -t unstable. Furthermore, i have rebuilt the 2.4.24 packages, which inclu

Re: XFree86 on Albook 15"?

2004-02-19 Thread Federico Gamio
El vie, 12-12-2003 a las 03:03, Ryan Verner escribió: > Hiya, > > I'm a proud owner of a new 15" 1.25ghz (w/ Superdrive) Powerbook Welcome :) > I followed various instructions to get it all installed via a later > kernel/yaboot, then compiled my own kernel from rsync'ing ben's sources. This > a

Request rebuild of cernlib on mips and powerpc

2004-02-19 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Hi all, I'm requesting a rebuild of cernlib 2003.09.03-3 on mips and powerpc for the following reasons: - the mips build failed apparently due to the hijack of xfree86 earlier this month, with package dependency errors: http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=cernlib&ver=2003.09.03-3&arch=mip

Re: XFree86 on Albook 15"?

2004-02-19 Thread Federico Gamio
El vie, 12-12-2003 a las 03:03, Ryan Verner escribió: > Hiya, > > I'm a proud owner of a new 15" 1.25ghz (w/ Superdrive) Powerbook Welcome... :) > , and although > OS X runs beautifully on this, I'm keen to dual boot it with a small Debian > install; my previous laptop (15" 500mhz Powerbook) abs