Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Adam
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 13:23, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 14:49, Adam wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 11:42, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 13:30, Adam Done wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 10:16, Guido Guenther wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jul 07, 20

Re: ISO or Netinst?

2004-07-07 Thread dpates
Quoting Sebastian Tennant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If I were you I'd download the following ISO and burn to disk using > Disk > Utility or Toast or similar: > > http://penguinppc.org/~eb/files/boot-new-powermac-xfs.iso > > You will definitely be able to boot from the CD from there. Personally, I'

Re: Problem with ifconfig usb0

2004-07-07 Thread dpates
Quoting Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have the following error: > > ay:/home/lefevre# ifconfig usb0 192.168.129.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 > up > SIOCSIFADDR: No such device > usb0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device > usb0: ERROR while

Bootstrap partition with beta4 installer

2004-07-07 Thread Brendan J Simon
Hi, I've been trying to install Debian testing onto a Dual G4 PowerMac. I have downloaded the beta4 installer and burnt it on a CD. I am having problems booting from the CD (or a DVD version I purchased) but I will leave this issue for another thread. I have placed the install images, kernel

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Rogério Brito
Adam wrote: On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 13:15, RogXrio Brito wrote: This is probably one of the reasons why you are seeing poor performance and/or dropped frames. You should be using xv as a video output mechanism. Thanks :) Did it have any effects on your experiments? I used to get slightly bet

G4 -L2 not enabled

2004-07-07 Thread Jim Ricken
Does anyone know how to enable the L2 cache on a sonnet-cresendo G4 processor? I am using bootx. Thx Jim signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Adam
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 13:15, RogXrio Brito wrote: > On 07 de jul de 2004, at 15:30, Adam Done wrote: > > I am using a 400mHz G4 with a 800mHz processor on a 22" Apple orignal > > flatpanel monitor. > > > > vo=x11 > > This is probably one of the reasons why you are seeing poor performance > and

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Rogério Brito
On 07 de jul de 2004, at 16:49, Adam wrote: This is my output. I also have dri enabled for the x server $ glxinfo name of display: :2.0 display: :2  screen: 0 direct rendering: No This says that DRI is not working with your card. BTW, to see some amusement, see the frame rates repor

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Rogério Brito
On 07 de jul de 2004, at 15:30, Adam Done wrote: I am using a 400mHz G4 with a 800mHz processor on a 22" Apple orignal flatpanel monitor. vo=x11 This is probably one of the reasons why you are seeing poor performance and/or dropped frames. You should be using xv as a video output mechanis

Re: pbbuttonsd new problems

2004-07-07 Thread Soeren Sonnenburg
On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 17:23:49 +, Matthias Grimm wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 7. Juli 2004 09:52 schrieb Stefano Zacchiroli: [...] > It seems that the new problems occour in conjunction with kernel 2.6.7. Most > of you use it. I never saw those problems with kernel 2.4, so I have to > install kernel

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 14:49, Adam wrote: > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 11:42, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 13:30, Adam Done wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 10:16, Guido Guenther wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 09:57:19AM -0700, Adam wrote: > > Do you have dri working o

Re: pmud & pbbuttonsd confilct in sarge-testing ?

2004-07-07 Thread Cedric Pradalier
> >> Anyway, I'm not suggesting you split pbbuttonsd. I'm suggesting >someone> who wants things handled by independent components can still >do that. > >ok, I can live with this possibility ;-) I do and I'm happy. I use pmud for power, hotkeys for event and xautolock for switching screen off when

Re: pmud & pbbuttonsd confilct in sarge-testing ?

2004-07-07 Thread Matthias Grimm
Am Mittwoch, 7. Juli 2004 19:03 schrieb Michael Schmitz: > Current screen backlight level can be read from the kernel just as easy as > it's set. You should do that anyway, just in case someone changed the > backlight level using, for example, tools like fblevel. Yes. pbbuttonsd syncs its internal

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Adam
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 11:42, Michael Heldebrant wrote: On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 13:30, Adam Done wrote: > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 10:16, Guido Guenther wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 09:57:19AM -0700, Adam wrote: > > > I installed the mplayer-G4 version. It works but is very very choppy > > >

Re: pbbuttonsd new problems

2004-07-07 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:23, Matthias Grimm wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 7. Juli 2004 09:52 schrieb Stefano Zacchiroli: > > > BTW the most annoying fact about this pbbuttonsd is that when pbbuttonsd > > crashes there's no way to get it up and running again without rebooting > > the machine. "/etc/init.d/

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 13:30, Adam Done wrote: > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 10:16, Guido Guenther wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 09:57:19AM -0700, Adam wrote: > > > I installed the mplayer-G4 version. It works but is very very choppy > > > and sounds has a repeating nick to the sound. Now I can al

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Adam
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 11:00, Michael Heldebrant wrote: On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:35, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 00:31, Adam wrote: > > I have been trying for the past couple of years trying to play DVDs on > > my Linux box and every time I run into some road blocks. i ha

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Adam Done
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 10:16, Guido Guenther wrote: On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 09:57:19AM -0700, Adam wrote: > I installed the mplayer-G4 version. It works but is very very choppy > and sounds has a repeating nick to the sound. Now I can also use ogle > but it too is very choppy. Is there a way

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:35, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 00:31, Adam wrote: > > I have been trying for the past couple of years trying to play DVDs on > > my Linux box and every time I run into some road blocks. i have > > studied what other people have asked in the archives

Re: pbbuttonsd new problems

2004-07-07 Thread Matthias Grimm
Am Mittwoch, 7. Juli 2004 09:52 schrieb Stefano Zacchiroli: > BTW the most annoying fact about this pbbuttonsd is that when pbbuttonsd > crashes there's no way to get it up and running again without rebooting > the machine. "/etc/init.d/pbbuttonsd stop" doesn't work and after > manually -9-killing

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 00:31, Adam wrote: > I have been trying for the past couple of years trying to play DVDs on > my Linux box and every time I run into some road blocks. i have > studied what other people have asked in the archives with a search of > DVD in the subject and body and also in the

Re: pmud & pbbuttonsd confilct in sarge-testing ?

2004-07-07 Thread Michael Schmitz
> I don't agree that pbbuttonsd should be split up into a powermanagement and an > event part. Powermanagement is a complex thing and most of the event handling > in pbbuttonsd will be used to reduce power consumption. Even If you split up > the functionallity the programs need to work together lik

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Guido Guenther
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 09:57:19AM -0700, Adam wrote: > I installed the mplayer-G4 version. It works but is very very choppy > and sounds has a repeating nick to the sound. Now I can also use ogle > but it too is very choppy. Is there a way to watch without the > jerkyness? I'm playing DVDs with

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Adam Done
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 08:35, David Stanaway wrote: On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 01:06 -0700, Adam Done wrote: > On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 22:35, Dean Hamstead wrote: > > try using mplayer > > > I tried using apt-get install mplayer but nothing exists Also I > have tried other players.. vlc. totem.

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Adam
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 01:20, Paul van Tilburg wrote: On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:06:00AM -0700, Adam Done wrote: > On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 22:35, Dean Hamstead wrote: > > > try using mplayer > > > > > > I tried using apt-get install mplayer but nothing exists Also I > have tried other p

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread David Stanaway
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 01:06 -0700, Adam Done wrote: > On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 22:35, Dean Hamstead wrote: > > try using mplayer > > > I tried using apt-get install mplayer but nothing exists Also I > have tried other players.. vlc. totem.. xine.. but nothing works.. :( Have you tried ogle? I

PowerBook 15" 1,33

2004-07-07 Thread Tuxbe
Hi all, In few month, perhaps, I will by an apple PB 15 1,33Ghz. I search people experiences of this machine. debian Woody can be install on it or Sid/Sarge distribution is recommended ? thanks ++ Pascal ___[ Pub ] Inscrivez-vous gr

Preemptive ALSA question

2004-07-07 Thread Adrian Lester
Final job before I go away. I understand that OSS does not support the ibook's microphone. Presumably my ibook 900 has an internal microphone? I also understand that ALSA does. Is this the case and if so should I expect a trouble free installation by just selecting alsa-base within aptitude an

Re: Debian support for the lastest Powerbook 12" (1,33Ghz)

2004-07-07 Thread Guido Guenther
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 02:48:29PM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote: > On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 01:18:22PM +0200, Djoumé SALVETTI wrote: > > Guido Guenther do you know about this patch? If you need it, I will be > > happy to give you some additionnal information or perform some test, I > > think it would

Re: Debian support for the lastest Powerbook 12" (1,33Ghz)

2004-07-07 Thread Guido Guenther
On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 01:18:22PM +0200, Djoumé SALVETTI wrote: > Guido Guenther do you know about this patch? If you need it, I will be > happy to give you some additionnal information or perform some test, I > think it would be nice if this patch or an equivalent would be included > in the kerne

Re: Debian support for the lastest Powerbook 12" (1,33Ghz)

2004-07-07 Thread Guido Guenther
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 03:54:49PM +0200, Djoumé SALVETTI wrote: > I've also just discover that gtkpbbutton well detect my keypressed on > LCD_IllumDownKey and LCD_IllumUpKey, but I am not able to see any > difference on the screen from max and min value of brightness. With nv cards this only work

Re: pbbuttonsd new problems

2004-07-07 Thread Lucas Moulin
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 10:36:39PM +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote: The new pbbuttonsd has a weird behavior and crashes from time to time on my iBook G3 900. If I enable "cover sleep on AC" and close the lid, the computer does not go to sleep and pbbuttonsd no longer respo

Re: pbbuttonsd new problems

2004-07-07 Thread Jaume Sabater
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: I'm experiencing the same behaviour, but I haven't yet managed to discover the parameters which make the behaviour deterministically reproducible. Having gtkpbbuttons running seemed to be a parameter for me, but were not always true. BTW the most annoying fact abo

Re: pbbuttonsd new problems

2004-07-07 Thread Jaume Sabater
Lucas Moulin wrote: The new pbbuttonsd has a weird behavior and crashes from time to time on my iBook G3 900. If I enable "cover sleep on AC" and close the lid, the computer does not go to sleep and pbbuttonsd no longer responds. It works fine if I push the power button. This also happens to m

Re: Strange delay in starting kde and gnome

2004-07-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/07/04 10:54), Nagarjuna G. wrote: > Suddenly, I am having problems in starting both kde3.2 and gnome 2.6. > it takes around 15 minutes to get the desktop, gnome doesn't come at > all, and there is a similar delay for starting some of the programs. > It seems starting services is taking all

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Paul van Tilburg
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:06:00AM -0700, Adam Done wrote: > On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 22:35, Dean Hamstead wrote: > > > try using mplayer > > > > > > I tried using apt-get install mplayer but nothing exists Also I > have tried other players.. vlc. totem.. xine.. but nothing works.. :( It is

Re: pbbuttonsd new problems

2004-07-07 Thread float
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 09:52:31AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 10:36:39PM +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote: > > > The new pbbuttonsd has a weird behavior and crashes from time to time on > > > my iBook G3 900. If I enable "cover sleep on AC" and close the lid, the > > > co

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 10:31:48PM -0700, Adam wrote: > I have been trying for the past couple of years trying to play DVDs on > my Linux box and every time I run into some road blocks. i have studied > what other people have asked in the archives with a search of DVD in the > subject and body and

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread ViCToRy
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:06:00AM -0700, Adam Done wrote: > On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 22:35, Dean Hamstead wrote: > > > try using mplayer > > > > > > I tried using apt-get install mplayer but nothing exists Also I > have tried other players.. vlc. totem.. xine.. but nothing works.. :( Can u

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Adam Done
On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 22:35, Dean Hamstead wrote: try using mplayer I tried using apt-get install mplayer but nothing exists  Also I  have tried other players.. vlc. totem.. xine.. but nothing works.. :( Dean Adam wrote: > I have been trying for the past couple of years trying to pl

Re: pbbuttonsd new problems

2004-07-07 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 10:36:39PM +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote: > > The new pbbuttonsd has a weird behavior and crashes from time to time on > > my iBook G3 900. If I enable "cover sleep on AC" and close the lid, the > > computer does not go to sleep and pbbuttonsd no longer responds. It > > works

Re: Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Dean Hamstead
try using mplayer Dean Adam wrote: I have been trying for the past couple of years trying to play DVDs on my Linux box and every time I run into some road blocks. i have studied what other people have asked in the archives with a search of DVD in the subject and body and also in the users.

Playing DVDs on Debian

2004-07-07 Thread Adam
I have been trying for the past couple of years trying to play DVDs on my Linux box and every time I run into some road blocks.  i have studied what other people have asked in the archives with a search of DVD in the subject and body and also in the users.debian lists also.  I have read and tri

Strange delay in starting kde and gnome

2004-07-07 Thread Nagarjuna G.
Suddenly, I am having problems in starting both kde3.2 and gnome 2.6. it takes around 15 minutes to get the desktop, gnome doesn't come at all, and there is a similar delay for starting some of the programs. It seems starting services is taking all the time. If I use icewm as the desktop there is