What is the package 'kernel-tree-2.6.6' for?

2004-06-11 Thread Roland Wegmann
Hi all, I'm going to compile a 2.6.6 Kernel for my iBook2.2. I read somewhere that this Kernel version doesn't need the extra xfree package from Michel Dänzer (thank's a lot for all the work you have done, Michel). But now I would like what the meta packages 'kernel-tree-x.y.z' exactly do. I read

Re: iBook problem with kernel-patch

2004-06-11 Thread Sandro Stricker
Jens Schmalzing wrote: Hi, Sandro Stricker writes: I have a problem with X. It is the same problem as discussed earlier on this mailinglist. So I built a new kernel (2.6.6) and patched it with the patch from Ben. The problem is that I can't compile the kernel. Simply use the pre-b

Re: PowerBook 5,4 (the latest alu): cpufreq/sound/eth1394

2004-06-11 Thread jaspal
Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > sorry, but the list somehow does not like my attachments. you can > download the tarball from > http://kodeaffe.de/powerbook-54-device tree.tar.bz2 > > - Forwarded message from Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PR

Re: [OT] gcc manpage and reality...

2004-06-11 Thread Le Sensei...
> The yy_* variables sound like something that (f)lex and bison use. > Perhaps you'll have to install them. You'll usually have a file with > some unusual extension (like .lex or .l, I don't know what the > convention is) that must be fed through flex for it to generate a > lexical analyser of

Re: System won't boot

2004-06-11 Thread Doug Mellot
I really don't know the URL of the CD I got. I searched on google and downloaded one when I finally found it. Do you have a link to a version that you recommend? I can try using that version of the installer. Thanks. --- Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 09:56:

Re: [OT] gcc manpage and reality...

2004-06-11 Thread Rogério Brito
On 11 de jun de 2004, at 14:30, Alain Perry wrote: Since the binaries are for the i386 platform, I just thought I would recompile them. However, the build fails on compilation of ld, because of an undefined yy_current_buffer variable. The yy_* variables sound like something that (f)lex and biso

Re: ibook G4's internal modem supported?

2004-06-11 Thread Johannes Mockenhaupt (aka Joe Malik)
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 11:26:47AM +0800, cuijianw wrote: > Hi: Hi there, > I am going to install debian on my new ibook G4 933. I want to known the > support status on ibook's internal modem. My questions are following: > Is it supported and able to work at 56K? > Do I need some patches? > Wi

Re: iBook problem with kernel-patch

2004-06-11 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Sandro Stricker writes: > I have a problem with X. It is the same problem as discussed earlier > on this mailinglist. So I built a new kernel (2.6.6) and patched it > with the patch from Ben. The problem is that I can't compile the > kernel. Simply use the pre-built kernels from deb htt

Re: System won't boot

2004-06-11 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 09:56:14AM -0700, Doug Mellot wrote: > I went to debian.org and got the .iso for the testing > release of Debian PPC. I got the minimal install CD. Exactly which CD did you get? (URL) > I burned it to a CD and booted with the CD. I then > went through the installation p

Re: PowerPC sarge installation error

2004-06-11 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 09:10:23AM -0600, Nick Golder wrote: > I am using Test Candidate 1 for PowerPC and am installing on a Power Mac > G4 350MHz. It errors out with the following: > Errors were encountered while processing: > man-db > umount: /target/dec/pts: No such file or directory > umount

iBook problem with kernel-patch

2004-06-11 Thread Sandro Stricker
Hello, I have a problem with X. It is the same problem as discussed earlier on this mailinglist. http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/05/msg00192.html So I built a new kernel (2.6.6) and patched it with the patch from Ben. http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/05/msg00221.html Th

Re: System won't boot

2004-06-11 Thread Esteban Martinez
Doug Mellot wrote: [...] I would greatly appreciate any help, because I can't even get into yaboot.conf. This is annoying because I can't get to yaboot.conf (and hence go to OS X), so all my computer can currently do is turn on and display the message posted above. I still have the Debian ins

Debian Sarge on oldworld Powermac?

2004-06-11 Thread Ralf Schlatterbeck
Hello, I recently inherited several (4) oldworld 7600 Powermacs, one of them 132MHz, the others 120. I have successfully installed woody on one of them using a boot floppy. The floppy booting is a *very* erroneous process, I was usually successful booting from a floppy only after 5-6 tries. In ad

[OT] gcc manpage and reality...

2004-06-11 Thread Alain Perry
This mail is probably out of topic, but since I don't really know who to turn to, and there are many developpers on this list, please read if you have time... I'm trying to build a custom firmware image for the Linksys WRT54G. It runs linux, and the sources and tools to build the image have been p

System won't boot

2004-06-11 Thread Doug Mellot
I was wondering if anybody could help me with an installation issue. My system will not boot, and I am pretty sure I installed in correctly since this is the second time I have installed Debian PPC. I have a powerbook with a G4 processor. Here is the exactly what happened: I went to debian.or

PowerPC sarge installation error

2004-06-11 Thread Nick Golder
I am using Test Candidate 1 for PowerPC and am installing on a Power Mac G4 350MHz. It errors out with the following: Errors were encountered while processing: man-db umount: /target/dec/pts: No such file or directory umount: /target/dev/shm: No such file or directory umount: /target/proc/bus/usb

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install yaboot (after switching hd in a powerbook)

2004-06-11 Thread Jean-Christophe Michel
Hi, I'm stuck in my hd switching. I used to have a dual boot Powerbook Firewire G3 (debian unstable/os9), and i prepared a second hd in an external firewire box with partitions for debian, osx and 9. I installed osx and 9 fine on this external disk, and mounted it from debian to copy my debian

Re: New iBook and debian install

2004-06-11 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 12:21:42AM +0200, Sandro Stricker wrote: > I tryed to install Debian on my very new 12" iBook (made on June 4th). > But none of the bootimages I tryed recognized my harddisk. And without a > hard disk I can't install it. Try sarge's new debian-installer? (http://www.debia