Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-31 Thread Matthew T. Atkinson
'ello, Thanks to everyone who replied for the advice. I have, today, ``taken the plunge'' as the very helpful Apple salesman put it -- I suppose this means I'll be seeing a lot more of this list in the future :-). One person was unsure as to how Linux affects AppleCare. I asked at two separate

Re: AmigaONE && Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Ken Moffat wrote: > > * amigaone-2.4.25.patch.txt > > This is the AmigaONE patch modified slightly for 2.4.25... It's ONLY the > > AmigaONE relevant part. > > Umm, looks like you've got Configure.help.orig in your non-A1 tree, > probably from a failed patch, and that forms

New Dual G5 1.8GHz

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Treis
I'm trying to boot an installer on the new 1.8GHz G5 tower (PCI, not PCI-X, with Radeon 9600 video). The sarge and sid images based on 2.6.7 (20040730) both appear to hang after openpic initialization. I'm launching with "install-power4". Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.6.7-power4 linked at

Re: migrating from newworld to oldworld

2004-07-31 Thread Derrik Pates
Seth Daniel wrote: I currently have a NewWorld mac (Blue and White G3) which I have debian unstable installed on (with kernel 2.4.19-powerpc). I will be giving away this machine and receiving an OldWorld powermac 8600. Is it possible to simply remove the hard drive from the NewWorld mac and pla

Re: quik and initrd and kernel-image-2.6.7-powerpc

2004-07-31 Thread Derrik Pates
Christian Leimer wrote: What do I have to add to the quik.conf file? I can not find something in my bootloader manual. Is initrd supported by quik? The man page says the parameter in quik.conf is 'ramdisk='. Also, specify the full path to the initrd - if it's in /boot (and you don't have a se

Re: X11: version 4.3 and/or dri-trunk?

2004-07-31 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 13:51 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: > how does X.org differ from xfree86.org? XFree86 managed to piss off almost everybody, so almost all X development is happening at the X.Org foundation these days. It's more open and friendly to 'outsiders' in general, and it looks like it's

Re: usb2/firewire dvd burner

2004-07-31 Thread Guido Guenther
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 05:17:22PM +0200, Pascal Chenevas-Paule wrote: > does dvd burner on usb2/firewire port are supported by linux kernel ? No problem. I'm using one from plextor over firewire. Cheers, -- Guido signature.asc Description: Digital signature

quik and initrd and kernel-image-2.6.7-powerpc

2004-07-31 Thread Christian Leimer
Hi! Is it possible to boot on oldworld with quik and an initrd kernel-image like the actual 2.6.7-3? Anyone had sucsess? What do I have to add to the quik.conf file? I can not find something in my bootloader manual. Is initrd supported by quik? This does not work: image = /boot/vmlinux

Re: AmigaONE && Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 04:24:09PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: > > > What graphic card and thus fbdev are you using ? > > > > > The notorious radeon 9200se, but under 2.6.7 I'm not using a console fb > > yet, just

Re: AmigaONE && Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 04:24:09PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 03:14:01PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > > > Also notice that powerpc is phasing out the 2.4.x kernels in favor of

Re: AmigaONE && Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 03:14:01PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > Also notice that powerpc is phasing out the 2.4.x kernels in favor of the > > > 2.6.x ones, which will be installable by default, so if you wo

usb2/firewire dvd burner

2004-07-31 Thread Pascal Chenevas-Paule
hi all, does dvd burner on usb2/firewire port are supported by linux kernel ? thanks. Pascal -- / \ ((__-^^-,-^^-__)) `-_---' `---_-'

Re: AmigaONE && Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 03:14:01PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Also notice that powerpc is phasing out the 2.4.x kernels in favor of the > > 2.6.x ones, which will be installable by default, so if you would be able to > > forward patch those, it would b

Re: AmigaONE && Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: > Also notice that powerpc is phasing out the 2.4.x kernels in favor of the > 2.6.x ones, which will be installable by default, so if you would be able to > forward patch those, it would be really great, and we may even consider adding > them to the debian k

Re: AmigaONE && Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > might be because you don't have ide=nodma in the bootargs. That way > > lies pain and an eventual reinstall. > > We suspect a faulty memory. I'll try your solution, and we'll see... > > Update: Nope, 'id

Re: AmigaONE && Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 11:45:38AM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > might be because you don't have ide=nodma in the bootargs. That way > > lies pain and an eventual reinstall. > > We suspect a faulty memory. I'll try your solution, and we'll see...

Re: how do I get a Sid package on a Woody system?

2004-07-31 Thread Jesus Climent
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 09:14:40AM +0900, Sean Schertell wrote: > On Saturday 31 July 2004 06:29 am, Eric D. Hedekar wrote: > > I've been wanting to get AMSN messenger [...] > Sure, no sweat. Just edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and wherever you > see the word "stable", change it to "unstable".

Re: AmigaONE && Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > might be because you don't have ide=nodma in the bootargs. That way > lies pain and an eventual reinstall. We suspect a faulty memory. I'll try your solution, and we'll see... Update: Nope, 'ida=nodma' didn't do any difference. I'll have to wait for

Swiss-French Keyboard - Modifier Keys

2004-07-31 Thread matthieu . linux
Hello ! I have a G3 Beige with an Apple Design Keyboard. My version of XFree is 4.3.0, so I don't use Xmodmap, as recommended in The XKB Configuration guide of XFree86 4.3.0. I could modify my XF86Config-4 file as following, to obtain the right mapping of my keyboard : Section "InputDevice"