Re: Buy benh (or other) a minimac Re: Hi question about mac - mini

2005-01-25 Thread Philipp Kaeser
hej, count me in for another $50. ideally it would be good if apple's store had some sort of method of ordering and paying off. although they may have figt vouchers (which would be the way to go). just buy the gift voucher and send it to ben. I did not see any voucher over at apples store, but you

Re: Sarge on a G5?

2005-01-25 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Charles" == Charles Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Charles> Just booted the latest d-i :) netinst and it hangs on Charles> 'opening display: yada yada' after i hit enter at the Charles> boot: prompt... any suggestions? Oh yes, the things I've started taking for granted after a

Fwd: Hi question about mac - mini

2005-01-25 Thread Tommy Trussell
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:44:15 +1100 (EST), Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > has anyone even put linux on the mac-mini yet? Here's a blog of a guy who did, and installed several distros, but he had some trouble (fan, sound, monitor detection) so he's selling it on eBay. http://krussell.co

Re: Sarge on a G5?

2005-01-25 Thread Mauro
Read the "man eject" I think it is something eject -t device On Tue, 2005-25-01 at 21:21 -0500, Charles Read wrote: > Thinking... how do I eject the CR/DVD drive on my PowerMac G5 after > install? Since there is no manual button > > > > Charles Read > http://www.charlesread.com >

Re: Sarge on a G5?

2005-01-25 Thread Charles Read
Just booted the latest d-i :) netinst and it hangs on 'opening display: yada yada' after i hit enter at the boot: prompt... any suggestions? Charles Read http://www.charlesread.com 4049939992 View my schedule! (http://ical.mac.com/charles.read/Charles32Read) On Jan 25, 2005, at 9:51 PM, Shyamal P

Re: extended desktop

2005-01-25 Thread Cedric Pradalier
According to AMAND Antonin, on Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:23:28 +0100, >Hello, > >I know that there were a lot of thread dealing with clone desktop but I >was wondering if it is possible to configure my debian-sid to have >extended desktop. It is the last thing that make me use macosx more >often tha

Re: Sarge on a G5?

2005-01-25 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Charles" == Charles Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Charles> Thinking... how do I eject the CR/DVD drive on my Charles> PowerMac G5 after install? Since there is no manual Charles> button It will eject by itself, and then automatically reinsert on reboot. It's kinda wierd ;

Re: Sarge on a G5?

2005-01-25 Thread Charles Read
Thinking... how do I eject the CR/DVD drive on my PowerMac G5 after install? Since there is no manual button Charles Read http://www.charlesread.com 4049939992 View my schedule! (http://ical.mac.com/charles.read/Charles32Read) On Jan 25, 2005, at 9:17 PM, Shyamal Prasad wrote: "Charles"

Re: Buy benh (or other) a minimac Re: Hi question about mac - mini

2005-01-25 Thread Dean Hamstead
given that there is a reasonable response i have been considering just how to arrange this obviously sub $50 donations would be much appreciated but $50 was just a reasonable amount that would get the job done with jsut a few people. if there are any businesses out there that rely on linux-ppc, s

Re: Sarge on a G5?

2005-01-25 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Charles" == Charles Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Charles> Hey!! Does the ppc release of sarge work with the G5 Charles> (970) processor? Yes! If you have a recent machine (PowerMac7,3 with the 970FX) please use a recent d-i build (20050117 or later). Cheers! Shyamal -- To U

Sarge on a G5?

2005-01-25 Thread Charles Read
Hey!! Does the ppc release of sarge work with the G5 (970) processor? THX!!! Charles Read -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Buy benh (or other) a minimac Re: Hi question about mac - mini

2005-01-25 Thread Dylan Beaudette
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 03:54 pm, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 23:24 +, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > I'm interested in making a donation. > > Does Ben want one though? > > Heh ! Well, I wouldn't say no :) > > Ben. Please put me down for $10. PS: any word on using

Re: Buy benh (or other) a minimac Re: Hi question about mac - mini

2005-01-25 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 23:24 +, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I'm interested in making a donation. > Does Ben want one though? Heh ! Well, I wouldn't say no :) Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Buy benh (or other) a minimac Re: Hi question about mac - mini

2005-01-25 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'm interested in making a donation. Does Ben want one though? Rory On 25/01/05, Harvey Ussery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Count me in. And yes, I have a PayPal acct. Keep us informed. > Barry Hawkins wrote: > >Dean Hamstead wrote: > >| thats $150 ... > >| Dean > >I am willing to give $50 as

extended desktop

2005-01-25 Thread AMAND Antonin
Hello, I know that there were a lot of thread dealing with clone desktop but I was wondering if it is possible to configure my debian-sid to have extended desktop. It is the last thing that make me use macosx more often than debian. Thanks for your answers. If it is possible please tell me wher

Re: Buy benh (or other) a minimac Re: Hi question about mac - mini

2005-01-25 Thread Harvey Ussery
Count me in. And yes, I have a PayPal acct. Keep us informed. --Harvey (Great idea!) Barry Hawkins wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dean Hamstead wrote: | thats $150 | | Dean [...] I am willing to give $50 as well, but I am pretty sure we could reach the amount sooner with a wa

Re: Java/Eclipse in PPC (ibook G4)

2005-01-25 Thread AMAND Antonin
Thanks, that was why i couldn't run Azureus. Antonin. Arnaud Vandyck a écrit : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:54:35 +0100, David Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: JVMDG217: Dump Handler is Processing Signal 4 - Please Wait. JVMDG303: JVM Requesting Java core

Re: G4 sound hardware question

2005-01-25 Thread William Xuuu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I own a G4 iBook 1GHz and the alsa snd_powermac module is used for sound. > If you're using OSS, I have no idea. dmasound_pmac is for OSS emulation, while one should not make both built-in kernel. Make both built as modules seems a good choice. -- William -- To UN

Re: Buy benh (or other) a minimac Re: Hi question about mac - mini

2005-01-25 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dean Hamstead wrote: | thats $150 | | Dean [...] I am willing to give $50 as well, but I am pretty sure we could reach the amount sooner with a way for folks who may only be able to contribute $10 - $30. Is there something we could do like sending mone

benh-kernel wants binutils 2.12.1 for compiling

2005-01-25 Thread Benno
Hi all I'm trying to set up a new benh-kernel and got the sources via rsync just fine but after configuring the kernel I get an error on make-kpkg: ... ... * * Cryptographic options * Cryptographic API (CRYPTO) [N/y/?] n make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/benh_kernel_2.6' /usr/bin/make\

Re: on apple battery life

2005-01-25 Thread Joerg Sommer
Luis Claudio R. Goncalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > IIRC all the new laptops have battery life cycle counted in "number of > recharges". Some PCs have this limit set around 1000 recharges. > > Usually, if your laptop is AC plugged and your battery is full you will notice > some recharge

Re: installing from source

2005-01-25 Thread Philipp Kaeser
hej, I want to know where can I set up system-wide options if I intend to install packages from source (and where do I find a list of available options). Things like setting up the processor type and (possible) optimizations. [...] Please have a look at the apt-build package. there was also quit

Re: installing from source

2005-01-25 Thread Giuseppe Sacco
Il giorno mar, 25-01-2005 alle 08:26 -0500, O. T. Suarez ha scritto: > Hi: > I want to know where can I set up system-wide options if I intend to > install packages from source (and where do I find a list of available > options). Things like setting up the processor type and (possible) > optimiz

Re: Buy benh (or other) a minimac Re: Hi question about mac - mini

2005-01-25 Thread Dean Hamstead
thats $150 Dean On Tue, January 25, 2005 11:56 pm, Kevin B.Hendricks said: > Hi, > > Put me down for $50 contribution too to get Ben a mini Mac. > > Kevin > > On Jan 24, 2005, at 8:51 PM, Dean Hamstead wrote: > >> Actually, ive been meaning to make some sort of contribution to the >> fine souls w

installing from source

2005-01-25 Thread O. T. Suarez
Hi: I want to know where can I set up system-wide options if I intend to install packages from source (and where do I find a list of available options). Things like setting up the processor type and (possible) optimizations. I also noted that FreeBSD has in its port system, a way of telling the

Re: G4 sound hardware question

2005-01-25 Thread mort
Dear matt > Please excuse me, as I am no Mac/PPC expert. I am used to x86 > hardware... > > I have been using Debian on a Mac 400MHz G4 tower and I have no idea > what sound driver to load to get things working. I have randomly tried a > few, but have not had any luck. I am currently using a 2.4.2

Re: Buy benh (or other) a minimac Re: Hi question about mac - mini

2005-01-25 Thread Kevin B . Hendricks
Hi, Put me down for $50 contribution too to get Ben a mini Mac. Kevin On Jan 24, 2005, at 8:51 PM, Dean Hamstead wrote: Actually, ive been meaning to make some sort of contribution to the fine souls who keep linux-ppc going and had been meaning to contact benh (or other) about some sort of gift. on

Re: Trouble installing debian on a 8500/120

2005-01-25 Thread Marco Gaiarin
Mandi! Holger Levsen In chel di` si favelave... > > Hem, i've just tried sarge rc2, but as i've just stated, the floppy > > image seems not bootable, and the documentation still speak about the > Try the floppy-images from > http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc/floppy-2.4/