Tv out on any ibook/mac whatever

2004-06-01 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 im looking for information on how to get any form of mac (ati video card) to mirror the display to av out. im running a ibook firewire but ill start from anywhere ive googled it. not much results. maybe some X-genius will know. please?? Dean -B

Hauppage Nexus DVB-S PCI card in PowerMac 8600

2004-06-01 Thread Matthew Reath
I was just wondering if it is possible to use a Hauppage DVB-S card with Debian Linux on a powermac. I know you can't use a standard PC PCI video card but is it possible to use standard PCI sound cards or tv tuner cards? I would like to use a Hauppage DVB-S PCI card in my Powermac 8600 using De

Re: Sean, I need help,configuring dhcp

2004-06-01 Thread Nathanael Hasbrouck
On Tuesday 01 June 2004 1817, somebody named James Ricken inscribed this message: > Hi All I am sort of in a jam > I am trying to install debian on a Mac 8600 upgraded with a sonnet G4 > 400mhz proc card. > I am using the new Debian sarge installer.I got my hd partioned > Everything went well un

Re: Sean, I need help,configuring dhcp

2004-06-01 Thread Nathanael Hasbrouck
On Tuesday 01 June 2004 1846, somebody named Sean Schertell inscribed this message: > Finally, an unrelated tip: If I remember right, the installer will ask > you to select which packages you want to install using dpkg and > something else -- don't bother with them except for apt-get. Once > you'

X with kernel-2.6.6

2004-06-01 Thread Atsuhito Kohda
Hi all, I recently installed kernel-image-2.6.6-powerpc in my sarge system. It seemed to work fine but when I run startx (gnome) and then push log out button, system hanged. Only black console and not responding to any key nor mouse click nor ping. I tried twice and got the same problem. My ma

RE: Sean, I need help,configuring dhcp

2004-06-01 Thread Nirmal Govind
I have a suspicion that Jim's run into the same problem that I'm having... Jim - are you behind a router by any chance? If yes, then try hooking the machine up directly to the cable modem/DSL/broadband connection. Let me know if this works.. nirmal

Re: X woefull under 2.6.6

2004-06-01 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 |>i just dropped kernel-image-2.6.6 onto my ibook firewire boots fine |>blah blah blah but X runs _terribly_ X did just update off |>ftp.debian.org but runs perfectly under 2.4.25. | | | "Perfectly" means it doesn't use DRI at all. If you get this r

Re: Sean, I need help,configuring dhcp

2004-06-01 Thread Sean Schertell
Hi Jim, Whoever told I was a guru was lying ;-) If I was you, and if nobody has any more useful advice, I would try downloading the full Sarge CDs, instead of the net install. I think you only need the first 2. Anyone else got a better idea for this guy to get Debian installed? BTW Jim, you

Re: thinking about installing Debian

2004-06-01 Thread Lakin Wecker
> Of course, I want only to emphasize the relevance of user feedback > _in general_. This is also a good reason to choose Debian: users can > help decisively to improve the distribution. Users and developers > are together in the same collaborative process. > > Greetings :) Of course. My apolog

2.6.6 and usb problem (was Re: X on an iBook Radeom Mobility 7500 (sarge)?)

2004-06-01 Thread Cedric Pradalier
According to Cedric Pradalier, on Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:23:37 +0200, >According to Jens Schmalzing, on 01 Jun 2004 22:34:53 +0200, >>Hi, >> >>Sven Luther writes: >> >>> > And I would suggest to use kernel-image 2.6.5-powerpc, which has >>> > everything(including 3D acceleration) working perfectly.

Re: thinking about installing Debian

2004-06-01 Thread Luis Sanjuan
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 04:02:43PM -0600, Lakin Wecker wrote: > On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 15:46, Luis Sanjuan wrote: > > > I didn't have much luck with the beta 4 installer. Specifically the > > > yaboot installer failed miserably and was a pain in the ass to fix. The > > > May 24th 2004 images for S

Sean, I need help,configuring dhcp

2004-06-01 Thread James Ricken
Hi All I am sort of in a jam I am trying to install debian on a Mac 8600 upgraded with a sonnet G4 400mhz proc card. I am using the new Debian sarge installer.I got my hd partioned Everything went well until the installer had trouble getting a internet connection,so it could not install base

Re: X on an iBook Radeom Mobility 7500 (sarge)?

2004-06-01 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Sven Luther writes: > > And I would suggest to use kernel-image 2.6.5-powerpc, which has > > everything(including 3D acceleration) working perfectly. > > I doubt 2.6.5-powerpc is still available. It's not in sid any more, but hasn't expired from sarge yet. This could happen anytime, thoug

Re: thinking about installing Debian

2004-06-01 Thread Lakin Wecker
On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 15:46, Luis Sanjuan wrote: > > I didn't have much luck with the beta 4 installer. Specifically the > > yaboot installer failed miserably and was a pain in the ass to fix. The > > May 24th 2004 images for Sid worked wonderfully for me in this > > respect. I would recommend

Re: thinking about installing Debian

2004-06-01 Thread Luis Sanjuan
> I didn't have much luck with the beta 4 installer. Specifically the > yaboot installer failed miserably and was a pain in the ass to fix. The > May 24th 2004 images for Sid worked wonderfully for me in this > respect. I would recommend trying the daily built images or at least > contacting th

Re: X on an iBook Radeom Mobility 7500 (sarge)?

2004-06-01 Thread Cedric Pradalier
According to Jens Schmalzing, on 01 Jun 2004 22:34:53 +0200, >Hi, > >Sven Luther writes: > >> > And I would suggest to use kernel-image 2.6.5-powerpc, which has >> > everything(including 3D acceleration) working perfectly. >> >> I doubt 2.6.5-powerpc is still available. > >It's not in sid any mo

Re: X on an iBook Radeom Mobility 7500 (sarge)?

2004-06-01 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Sven Luther writes: > ibook 800, same model as yours probably, That's actually hard to tell, Apple used the Radeon 7500 and the PowerPC 750fx in a couple of iBook models. So there may be subtle differences. Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en fquz pe j'qbpbe! Le veux aimeb et mqubib panz

Re: X on an iBook Radeom Mobility 7500 (sarge)?

2004-06-01 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Steve Langasek writes: > I have an iBook running the latest sarge d-i snapshot, which I can't > seem to get X running on. [...] (Kernel is 2.4.25-powerpc-pmac, X > server is 4.3.0). Anyone have any insights/suggestions? See Bug#251742. That involves exactly the same hardware, and the sub

Can't figure out new installer

2004-06-01 Thread Eric David Hedekar
I have attempted to install woody a few times but failed on getting Xwindows to run, but now with all the talk about the new installer on sarge being so easy I figured I'd give the net install 110Mb (or whatever size it is) CD a try. I've got an old world Umax S900 (mac clone) and I can't figure o

Re: X on an iBook Radeom Mobility 7500 (sarge)?

2004-06-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 09:04:48PM +0200, Cedric Pradalier wrote: > According to Steve Langasek, on Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:53:10 -0500, > >Hi all, > > > >I have an iBook running the latest sarge d-i snapshot, which I can't > >seem to get X running on. I've found various hits on google that > >indicat

Re: X on an iBook Radeom Mobility 7500 (sarge)?

2004-06-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 09:15:43PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > Sven Luther writes: > > > ibook 800, same model as yours probably, > > That's actually hard to tell, Apple used the Radeon 7500 and the > PowerPC 750fx in a couple of iBook models. So there may be subtle > differences.

Re: X on an iBook Radeom Mobility 7500 (sarge)?

2004-06-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 01:53:10PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an iBook running the latest sarge d-i snapshot, which I can't > seem to get X running on. I've found various hits on google that > indicate people have gotten this running, with various configs, but none > of the

Re: X on an iBook Radeom Mobility 7500 (sarge)?

2004-06-01 Thread Cedric Pradalier
According to Steve Langasek, on Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:53:10 -0500, >Hi all, > >I have an iBook running the latest sarge d-i snapshot, which I can't >seem to get X running on. I've found various hits on google that >indicate people have gotten this running, with various configs, but >none of them see

X on an iBook Radeom Mobility 7500 (sarge)?

2004-06-01 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi all, I have an iBook running the latest sarge d-i snapshot, which I can't seem to get X running on. I've found various hits on google that indicate people have gotten this running, with various configs, but none of them seem to work on this particular kernel/X server combination. (Kernel is

Re: PPC Install CD Location?

2004-06-01 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Sven Luther writes: > Follow the powerpc 110 MB CD image, with Debian base link (well, it > is 160Mo actually). We should call it "the increasingly inaccurately named 110MB image". Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en fquz pe j'qbpbe! Le veux aimeb et mqubib panz je pézqbpbe je djuz tqtaj

Re: PPC Install CD Location?

2004-06-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 04:58:58PM +0200, Sebastian Henschel wrote: > hello ed... > > * Ed Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-06-01 16:52 +0200]: > > I'd like to give Debian a try. Where can I download the CD for > > installing on my iMac? Thanks. > > make sure to have a look at http://www.deb

Re: Latest suspend to disk patch

2004-06-01 Thread Guido Guenther
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 06:33:13PM +0200, clemens kurtenbach wrote: > I have to rmmod all *hcd modules and stop /etc/init.d/hotplug. > After that suspend to disk is working on my ibook. > There are still some sound issues, so i have to reload all modules > after resume, but i can live with that. G

Omnilife Una Nueva Forma de Vida

2004-06-01 Thread Ingresos Extras y Mejora tu Salud
DISTRIBUIDOR INDEPENDIENTE OMNILIFE TE INVITA A MEJORAR TU SALUD=20 CONSUMIENDO LA GAMA DE PRODUCTOS DE SUPLEMENTOS ALIMENTICIOS COSMETICOS Y TINTES TODOS SON PRODUCTOS NATURALES. TAMBIEN PUEDES FORMAR PARTE DE LA GRAN FAMILIA OMNILIFE COMO=20 DISTRIBUIDOR INDEPENDIENTE YA ESTAMOS EN 13 PAISES. LO

Re: Latest suspend to disk patch

2004-06-01 Thread clemens kurtenbach
Hi, On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 09:00:27AM -0300, Guido Guenther wrote: > On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 01:12:57PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > rmmod video1394 raw1394 eth1394 ohci1394 ieee1394 && \ > > echo -n disk >/sys/power/state > You have to unload all the USB modules too. that's it. > > wri

Re: thinking about installing Debian

2004-06-01 Thread Lakin Wecker
On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 09:54, Ed Sutherland wrote: > > I just finished using the beta installer and I was happily surprised by > > how easy it was to install onto my Powerbook. Of course this isn't an > > old world machine, so I don't know how smooth it is with those. > > > I'm downloading the beta

Re: thinking about installing Debian

2004-06-01 Thread Nathanael Hasbrouck
Once upon a time (Tuesday 01 June 2004 0009), in a land far, far, away, somebody calling themself Ed Sutherland inscribed this message: > This is not meant as flame-bait, but an honest question: aside from the > open vs proprietary debate, what reasons can readers give for the > average desktop co

Re: thinking about installing Debian

2004-06-01 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 01/06/04, Sean Schertell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Are there any PPC-oriented FAQs or tips that can > > ease one into X on Debian? > Not sure about X specifically (just gotta find the specs for your > harware and put 'em in your config... not so difficult), but there's > lot's of good inf

Re: Sound not working with kernel 2.6.5

2004-06-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Hi, On 2004-05-27 09:50:08 +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > The modprobe utility for 2.6 kernels, from the module-init-tools > package, reads /etc/modprobe.conf, not /etc/modules.conf. I've put install sound /sbin/modprobe dmasound_pmac in my /etc/modprobe.conf file, but the sound comes from the

Re: thinking about installing Debian

2004-06-01 Thread Lakin Wecker
> 5) Now for the bad news. Debian's a bit of a pain in the ass to install. > The > new beta installer ( http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ ) makes > things a bit easier, but you'll still have to tinker with things and use the > mailing lists, etc to get things going. But once you

Re: PPC Install CD Location?

2004-06-01 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello ed... * Ed Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-06-01 16:52 +0200]: > I'd like to give Debian a try. Where can I download the CD for > installing on my iMac? Thanks. make sure to have a look at http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/, then you might download from http://www.debian.org/distrib

Re: X woefull under 2.6.6

2004-06-01 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Dean Hamstead writes: > i just dropped kernel-image-2.6.6 onto my ibook firewire boots fine > blah blah blah but X runs _terribly_ X did just update off > ftp.debian.org but runs perfectly under 2.4.25. "Perfectly" means it doesn't use DRI at all. If you get this running properly, it's actu

PPC Install CD Location?

2004-06-01 Thread Ed Sutherland
I'd like to give Debian a try. Where can I download the CD for installing on my iMac? Thanks. Ed

X woefull under 2.6.6

2004-06-01 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 i just dropped kernel-image-2.6.6 onto my ibook firewire boots fine blah blah blah but X runs _terribly_ X did just update off ftp.debian.org but runs perfectly under 2.4.25. it seems like things are redrawing really slowly. im using the ati driver

Sound on powermac G5, anybody ?

2004-06-01 Thread jaspal
Hi, I have to confess first I've got gentoo on my powermac g5. So if it is rude to ask on another list then please tell me and I will polietly be on my way ;-) Ok i have kernel 2.6.6 (from kernel.org) and I enabled alsa and powermac modules. However, when I do modprobe snd-powermac FATAL: Error

Re: mozilla-firefox: crash on extension installation

2004-06-01 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 31/05/04, Derrik Pates ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Has anyone else noticed/filed a bug about the fact that sometimes images > end up with colors shifted/otherwise messed up in images? I haven't noticed any problems of this type. -- Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Latest suspend to disk patch

2004-06-01 Thread Guido Guenther
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 01:12:57PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > rmmod video1394 raw1394 eth1394 ohci1394 ieee1394 && \ > echo -n disk >/sys/power/state You have to unload all the USB modules too. > writes an image to disk and brings me to a monitor-console. There's already someting wrong h

Re: Latest suspend to disk patch

2004-06-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, > On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 10:06:20AM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote: > > On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 04:54:14PM +0200, clemens kurtenbach wrote: > > > kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x1fca0): In function `do_magic_resume_2': > > > : undefined reference to `__flush_tlb_global' > > > kernel/built-in.o(.text+0

Re: Compile error benh-2.6

2004-06-01 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 15:41, Nirmal Govind wrote: > Hi, > > While I'm still hoping for a solution to the network/router problem I'm > having, I decided to compile the 2.6 benh kernel. I downloaded the source > using rsync from mvista yesterday. The compile fails with the error below.. > not su

Re: where is MOL icon?

2004-06-01 Thread Atsuhito Kohda
From: Jens Schmalzing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: where is MOL icon? Date: 01 Jun 2004 09:51:54 +0200 > > Thanks for your kind reply. Then is there any easy and safe > > way to see MOL disk image? > > The images are in /usr/share/mol/images. In order to mount them no > matter whether mol t

Re: install sarge on dual G5 -> quasi-success

2004-06-01 Thread Eric Deveaud
On Mon, 31 May 2004, Michal wrote: > > tip for the fans. modprobe therm_pm72 > > the modprobe is succesful in the 2.4 kernel, but does nothing to > reduce the vacuum-cleaner level of the fans... sorry I could not answer as the G5 is running an home brew self compiled 2.6.4 Eric -- E

Alert from virusscanner

2004-06-01 Thread mailscanner
In een door u verzonden emailbericht is een VIRUS gevonden. Het VIRUS is door ons verwijderd. Afhankelijk van het soort VIRUS is het mogelijk dat de geadresseerde het bericht niet of onvolledig heeft ontvangen. Wij adviseren u om uw computer(s) te controleren op VIRUSSEN mbv een actuele virussc

Re: Compile error benh-2.6

2004-06-01 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Nirmal Govind writes: > While I'm still hoping for a solution to the network/router problem > I'm having, I decided to compile the 2.6 benh kernel. I downloaded > the source using rsync from mvista yesterday. The compile fails > with the error below.. not sure what the problem is.. Please l

Re: where is MOL icon?

2004-06-01 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Atsuhito Kohda writes: > Thanks for your kind reply. Then is there any easy and safe > way to see MOL disk image? The images are in /usr/share/mol/images. In order to mount them no matter whether mol thinks they are needed or not, add a line blkdev: /usr/share/mol/images/moldisk.dmg to

Compile error benh-2.6

2004-06-01 Thread Nirmal Govind
Hi, While I'm still hoping for a solution to the network/router problem I'm having, I decided to compile the 2.6 benh kernel. I downloaded the source using rsync from mvista yesterday. The compile fails with the error below.. not sure what the problem is.. Please let me know if there's a fix

Re: thinking about installing Debian

2004-06-01 Thread Sean Schertell
> The one item preventing me from trying Debian is the X-Windows > configuration horrors. Well... I dunno about "horrors" ;-)  I think people tend to overstate these things about Debian installation.  The thing is, it won't auto-detect your hardware.  So that just means you have to edit your XF