Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Mike Martin
(Re-posting with shorter attachment to please the list gods. Sorry) > If there is such a deadline, why not consider to install first a woody (many > successes exist) then upgrading to sarge after ? Ok... trying again with Leigh Brown's boot image and a woody root floppy and a woody CD. The conso

Re: mplayer on console problem

2005-01-03 Thread William Xuuu
Helge Kreutzmann wrote: Hello, On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 12:45:02AM +0800, William Xuuu wrote: Hi, Does mplayer support '-vo fbdev2' on linux-ppc? When i try it, 'mplayer -vo fbdev2 *.avi', i get an error as follows. Any ideas? I use directfb which works fine except that I have to type

Re: still need a sponsor for quik

2005-01-03 Thread simon
hi, i need a sponsor to upload quik, and i need to upload it ASAP. the upload i want to do closes a policy bug. i've run linda and lintian on it, and both check out a-ok. URI to .dsc & .diff.gz files: http://simonraven.nuit.ca/src/quik/quik_2.1-3.diff.gz http://simonraven.nuit.ca/src/quik/quik_

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Ulrich Teichert
Hi, >Delete the "console=tty0", so you end up with: > > Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 root=/dev/ram > >and try again! [del] Right, then the installer knows what to do. I think this should go into the Debian installation docs, there are a lot of boxes with graphic cards out which are not supp

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Ulrich Teichert
Hi, [del] >> Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0 > >*** This is the point you get 5 seconds to start editing the parameters. >I guess if you specify root=/dev/ram0 or something then it will boot >from the ramdisk, rather than trying to boot from /dev/sda3. Right, now I can even boot o

Re: low sound

2005-01-03 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Ciao Antonin AMAND, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > I've set the master and pcm > channels to max level it goes without being crushy and i have to set my > speakers to max level to have a decent volume. Play a bit with the "DRC Rang" setting. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Fe

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Leigh Brown
Ulrich Teichert said: [...] > Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0 root=/dev/ram Delete the "console=tty0", so you end up with: Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 root=/dev/ram and try again! [...] >>It should never ask the console question again unless you change the >>config (plug

Re: [patch] Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac?

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 11:05:19AM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on Dec 31: > > Sven> I uploaded yesterday after the dinstall run, the next run > Sven> was a few hours ago, and the packages (both the .deb and the > Sven> .udebs used

Re: [patch] Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac?

2005-01-03 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on Dec 31: Sven> I uploaded yesterday after the dinstall run, the next run Sven> was a few hours ago, and the packages (both the .deb and the Sven> .udebs used by d-i) should be in the archive now. The d-i Sven> daily built are q

Re: USB -> Parallel

2005-01-03 Thread Colin Leroy
On 03 Jan 2005 at 18h01, Matthew T. Atkinson wrote: Hi, > 'ello, > > I need to connect to a printer that only has a parallel connection > with my PowerBook5,4. Does anyone know of any supported adaptors? I > can only see serial ones in menuconfig... >From http://www.linux-usb.org/PressRel1.h

USB -> Parallel

2005-01-03 Thread Matthew T. Atkinson
'ello, I need to connect to a printer that only has a parallel connection with my PowerBook5,4. Does anyone know of any supported adaptors? I can only see serial ones in menuconfig... Any info would be very much appreciated. bye just now, best regards, -- Matthew T. Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECT

low sound

2005-01-03 Thread Antonin AMAND
Hi, Happy new year for everyone. I have some problem with my sound as Subject say, the volume is very low. I plug a speaker kit to my heaphone output, set up alsa with snd-powermac modules and use pbbuttonsd. I've set the master and pcm channels to max level it goes without being crushy and

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 04:50:00PM -, Leigh Brown wrote: > Ulrich Teichert said: > > This seems to result in a different setting and the kernel is not able > > to figure out that it is running on a serial console. According to Leigh > > Browns, it is not possible to give the kernel parameters o

Re: mplayer on console problem

2005-01-03 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 the mental interface of Helge Kreutzmann told: > Hello, > On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 12:45:02AM +0800, William Xuuu wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does mplayer support '-vo fbdev2' on linux-ppc? When i try it, > > 'mplayer -vo fbdev2 *.avi', i get an error as follows. Any ideas? > > I u

Re: mplayer on console problem

2005-01-03 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 12:45:02AM +0800, William Xuuu wrote: > Hi, > > Does mplayer support '-vo fbdev2' on linux-ppc? When i try it, > 'mplayer -vo fbdev2 *.avi', i get an error as follows. Any ideas? I use directfb which works fine except that I have to type reset after playing to get m

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Leigh Brown
Ulrich Teichert said: >>[snip] >>> There may be some problems with 2.6 kernels and pci irqs on prep. I >>> will >>> investigate this shortly. >> >>There is definitely something strange happening. The image I used to >>do the (nearly) complete install will no longer configure the network. >>Very inc

Re: PowerPC desktop -- asking for trouble?

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 11:51:21PM -0500, Igor Khavkine wrote: > I'm thinking of getting a PowerPC box as my next > desktop and I have a few questions. Hopefully this > is the right place to ask. > > First are there viable alternatives to Apple computers > for a PowerPC desktop? Can I get decent h

Re: putting Debian on an iBook G4

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 03:11:31PM +0100, Vincent Bernat wrote: > OoO Peu avant le début de l'après-midi du vendredi 31 décembre 2004, > vers 13:48, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > > As for airport extreme, i believe that the easiest solution is to build a > > replacement hardware, u

mplayer on console problem

2005-01-03 Thread William Xuuu
Hi, Does mplayer support '-vo fbdev2' on linux-ppc? When i try it, 'mplayer -vo fbdev2 *.avi', i get an error as follows. Any ideas? (...etc...) Playing 开场DV_RC2_3kbps.avi. AVI file format detected. VIDEO: [DIVX] 640x480 24bpp 25.000 fps 2989.2 kbps (364.9 kbyte/s) =

Re: mixer doesn't work

2005-01-03 Thread William Xuuu
Elimar Riesebieter wrote: On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 the mental interface of William Xuuu told: [...] thanks! that's it. I rebuilt the kernel, making the sound modules built as modules, and load them manually. It works now, except that when playing things with mplayer, the sound is mixed with some

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Ulrich Teichert
Hi, >[snip] >> There may be some problems with 2.6 kernels and pci irqs on prep. I will >> investigate this shortly. > >There is definitely something strange happening. The image I used to >do the (nearly) complete install will no longer configure the network. >Very inconsistent. I will try it (sa

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > > > http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/downloads.php > > > > But ask Leigh for details. > > > > > > Ok, thanks. ... > > > > Do we need that added to powerpc-utils perhaps? > > Whatever is powerpc-utils ? Mmm, maybe, but then maybe mkvmlinuz would benefit WTF is mkvmlinuz? > from being added th

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 04:24:40PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > > http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/downloads.php > > > > > But ask Leigh for details. > > > > > > > > Ok, thanks. ... > > > > > > Do we need that added to powerpc-utils perhaps? > > > > Whatever is powerpc-utils ? Mmm, maybe,

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread vinai
An IBM 7043. It's a 43p-140 labeled as a 604e 332 Mhz. >> >> I suppose you meen 233 Mhz ? > > I know 332 MHz doesn't sound right ... but I'm sure that's what it > says on the IBM nameplate on the front. I'll verify this tonight According to this page: http://www.sinca.biz/IBM/rs6000_43p_

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Mike Martin
> > > An IBM 7043. It's a 43p-140 labeled as a 604e 332 Mhz. > > I suppose you meen 233 Mhz ? I know 332 MHz doesn't sound right ... but I'm sure that's what it says on the IBM nameplate on the front. I'll verify this tonight > More different than that, 140 is more recent. Have you got specs an

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 03:30:54PM +0100, Philippe Guyot wrote: > On Monday 03 January 2005 15:30, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 09:07:31AM -0500, Mike Martin wrote: > > > On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:01:02 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > >

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Philippe Guyot
On Monday 03 January 2005 15:30, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 09:07:31AM -0500, Mike Martin wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:01:02 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > What exact machine do you have again ? > > > > An IBM 7043. It's a 43p-140 la

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 09:07:31AM -0500, Mike Martin wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:01:02 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > What exact machine do you have again ? > > An IBM 7043. It's a 43p-140 labeled as a 604e 332 Mhz. Well, prep_pci.c does know about : IBM RS/

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Mike Martin
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:01:02 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > What exact machine do you have again ? An IBM 7043. It's a 43p-140 labeled as a 604e 332 Mhz. [snip] > > set > > minor is the partition, starting at 1, flag is the flag, (prep in this case) > and on|off is o

Re: mixer doesn't work

2005-01-03 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 01:33:05PM +, Martin Habets wrote: > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 08:43:25PM +0800, William Xuuu wrote: > > Comparing my config file and yours, the main difference is that most of > > the items, you've made them built as modules, i, instead, have made > > them built i

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 08:39:43AM -0500, Mike Martin wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:05:35 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > There may be some problems with 2.6 kernels and pci irqs on prep. I will > > investigate this shortly. > > There is definitely something strange

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Mike Martin
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:05:35 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > There may be some problems with 2.6 kernels and pci irqs on prep. I will > investigate this shortly. There is definitely something strange happening. The image I used to do the (nearly) complete install will no lon

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 12:57:35PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > > is, so Leigh did a piece of code named "preptools" in order to patch > > > > > the > > > > > image with the location of root. > > > > > > > > Hey, cool, where is this tool ? We need to package it for debian if it > > > > i

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > > > is, so Leigh did a piece of code named "preptools" in order to patch the > > > > image with the location of root. > > > > > > Hey, cool, where is this tool ? We need to package it for debian if it is > > > not already, and use it in d-i, and maybe even mkvmlinuz directly. > > > > > > > Just

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 11:56:07AM +0100, Philippe Guyot wrote: > On Monday 03 January 2005 11:48, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 10:56:30AM +0100, Philippe Guyot wrote: > > > On Monday 03 January 2005 05:15, Mike Martin wrote: > > > > Now I'm very confused on my next reboot ..

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Philippe Guyot
On Monday 03 January 2005 11:48, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 10:56:30AM +0100, Philippe Guyot wrote: > > On Monday 03 January 2005 05:15, Mike Martin wrote: > > > Now I'm very confused on my next reboot ... the network wouldn't > > > work. After much trial and error, I got the

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 10:56:30AM +0100, Philippe Guyot wrote: > On Monday 03 January 2005 05:15, Mike Martin wrote: > > Now I'm very confused on my next reboot ... the network wouldn't > > work. After much trial and error, I got the current unstable d-i image > > to work. It did it all right

Re: noflushd on bondi iMac

2005-01-03 Thread Joerg Sommer
Peter Teunissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed noflushd on a stock bondi blue iMac. During install it > was set to spindown the disk after 30 minutes of idleness. I can hear > the disk spin down sometimes but it immediately comes up again, even if > there's no activity on th

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Philippe Guyot
On Monday 03 January 2005 05:15, Mike Martin wrote: > Now I'm very confused on my next reboot ... the network wouldn't > work. After much trial and error, I got the current unstable d-i image > to work. It did it all right up to the reboot (where is warns you that > it doesn't have a boot load

Re: PowerPC desktop -- asking for trouble?

2005-01-03 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Igor" == Igor Khavkine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Igor> That's good to know. I think I'll hold my plans for a bit Igor> until I hear more about sound support. Are there other Igor> things that you've found missing on the G5 compared to the Igor> x86 platform? Not yet, but I

Re: 43p-140 install issues

2005-01-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:15:35PM -0500, Mike Martin wrote: > Now I'm very confused on my next reboot ... the network wouldn't > work. After much trial and error, I got the current unstable d-i image > to work. It did it all right up to the reboot (where is warns you that > it doesn't have a