Re: What to buy for linux : iBook G4 12" or PowerBook G4 12" ?

2005-10-18 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:50:21 +0200, Djoume SALVETTI wrote: >> Could you tell me please which of these two models is best supported >> by Linux ? I don't need a priori any graphics acceleration. I am more >> interested in the power saving regimes and stuff like that. Any advice >> ? > > An iBook ha

Re: miboot+2.6.12+nfsroot = success

2005-10-18 Thread Brad Boyer
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 12:07:43PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > The intended aim is to use the kernel for "diskless" clients, that > will serve as X terminals, but as I stated in an earlier post, miboot > seems to put the system in a very slow mode. When quik boots the same > kernel, it runs at nor

Re: FN KEY and 2.6.1(3|4)

2005-10-18 Thread Frank Arnold
Am Dienstag, den 18.10.2005, 09:00 +0100 schrieb Jochen Voss: > Dear Stelian, > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 07:37:19AM +0200, Stelian Pop wrote: > > A modified and both technicaly and aestheticaly correct patch was > > already merged in the latest stable kernel. But it requires a modified X > > inpu

Re: Boot message : Unknown symbol ...

2005-10-18 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 10:33:13AM +0200, Bin Zhang wrote: > I built the debian linux source 2.6.13 on my ibook G4 1.2 Ghz. > Sometimes I have this boot message: > - > usbcore: registered new driver usbfs > usbcore: registered new driver hub > Lin

Re: What to buy for linux : iBook G4 12" or PowerBook G4 12" ?

2005-10-18 Thread Djoume SALVETTI
Le mar 18 oct 2005 17:25:12 GMT Cédric Boutillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Hi, > > I need a light and small notebook with a high battery life. > I run already Debian on my PC desktop. I am very interested in trying > powerpc achitecture, and I am hesitating between an iBook 12" and a > Po

What to buy for linux : iBook G4 12" or PowerBook G4 12" ?

2005-10-18 Thread Cédric Boutillier
Hi, I need a light and small notebook with a high battery life. I run already Debian on my PC desktop. I am very interested in trying powerpc achitecture, and I am hesitating between an iBook 12" and a PowerBook 12". Could you tell me please which of these two models is best supported by Linux

kernel hangs at boot on dual G5

2005-10-18 Thread Lucio Crusca
Hello *, I'm trying to install Sarge on a dual G5 from the official DVD iso, but the kernel hangs on boot with the following messages: ... ok opening diplay /[EMAIL PROTECTED],f000/ATY,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ATY,[EMAIL PROTECTED] ok opening OF device tree... done starting CPU /cpus/PowerPc,g5...f

3D acceleration

2005-10-18 Thread Philippe Hupé
Hi, Do you know if it is possible to get the 3D acceleration working on my powerbook G4. Thanks you. Phil I am using a kernel 2.6.12 with xorg server. My computer is the following: processor : 0 cpu : 7447A, altivec supported clock : 1666MHz revision:

Re: Home made kernel 2.6.14rc4 on ibook

2005-10-18 Thread Tsai Dung-Bang
Hi I use ibook with 1.2g Could you mail me the config file and deb kernel package you compile? Thanks. Best Regrade Tsai Dung-Bang Keywan Najafi Tonekaboni wrote: Hi, Am Dienstag, den 18.10.2005, 16:18 +0800 schrieb Tsai Dung-Bang: Is anyone using kernel 2.6.14rc4?? yes, I built

Re: Home made kernel 2.6.14rc4 on ibook

2005-10-18 Thread F. Heitkamp
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Tsai Dung-Bang wrote: Is anyone using kernel 2.6.14rc4?? I'm deviating a bit from your problem. I'm trying kernel 2.6.14rc3 on a SMP G4 with Radeon 9000. It still has the problem that it hangs at the point the video card is initialized. It stops at setting up cpu 0 do

Re: Boot message : Unknown symbol ...

2005-10-18 Thread Bin Zhang
On 10/18/05, Martin Habets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try running 'depmod -e'. Maybe your modules.dep is wrong/old. > Thanks. no errors running # depmod -e -F System.map-2.6.13-20051014 Bin > > This happens after udev upgrade (hotplug deleted). I don't know if > > this is a udev problem or a ke

Re: Boot message : Unknown symbol ...

2005-10-18 Thread Martin Habets
Try running 'depmod -e'. Maybe your modules.dep is wrong/old. > This happens after udev upgrade (hotplug deleted). I don't know if > this is a udev problem or a kernel problem. -- Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

miboot+2.6.12+nfsroot = success

2005-10-18 Thread Hans Ekbrand
Attached is a .config that works with linux-source-2.6.12 and gives a kernel that will use DHCP and mount / over NFS. The kernel needs the following arguments: "root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp" The following NIC drivers are compiled in: mace, bmac, de2104x, 8139too If you want to test a miboot floppy wi

Re: Home made kernel 2.6.14rc4 on ibook

2005-10-18 Thread Keywan Najafi Tonekaboni
Hi, Am Dienstag, den 18.10.2005, 16:18 +0800 schrieb Tsai Dung-Bang: > Is anyone using kernel 2.6.14rc4?? > yes, I built one based on the config of ubuntu's 2.6.12-9-powerpc > I compile it but when my ibook sleep, it never wake up. I have no problems with sleep and hibernation. But I have an

Home made kernel 2.6.14rc4 on ibook

2005-10-18 Thread Tsai Dung-Bang
Is anyone using kernel 2.6.14rc4?? I compile it but when my ibook sleep, it never wake up. But the 2.6.13 work fine. Tsai, Dung-Bang -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Boot message : Unknown symbol ...

2005-10-18 Thread Bin Zhang
I built the debian linux source 2.6.13 on my ibook G4 1.2 Ghz. Sometimes I have this boot message: - usbcore: registered new driver usbfs usbcore: registered new driver hub Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones uninorth_agp: Unknown symbol agp_br

Re: FN KEY and 2.6.1(3|4)

2005-10-18 Thread Jochen Voss
Dear Stelian, On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 07:37:19AM +0200, Stelian Pop wrote: > A modified and both technicaly and aestheticaly correct patch was > already merged in the latest stable kernel. But it requires a modified X > input driver in order to work. > > Wasn't this already discussed in > http://