Re: iMac G5 - Help

2005-11-07 Thread Marc Coevoet
I bought a Blue White rev 1 and it doesn't even do OS X ;-( I see that linux does install sometimes, but only with one 64Mb memory chip or so... Yesterday my Apple dealer gave me 2 128Mb SDRAM, to no avail ... Memory in the G5 is precious too .. the story's on http://users.fulladsl.be/spb1381

Re: iMac G5 - Help

2005-11-07 Thread Dean Hamstead
go grab the installer iso, burn it to disc and drop it into the cdrom either tell your mac to boot to it (in osx) and then reboot or hold down c when you turn on your pc you can also do a media free installation. Dean Dylan wrote: I bought an iMac G5 with the sole intention of dual booting Li

iMac G5 - Help

2005-11-07 Thread Dylan
I bought an iMac G5 with the sole intention of dual booting Linux; however, I'm not too Linux savvy and have postponed the installation until now (I bought the machine late June). I'm primarily an OS X guy and have only run Linux on old x86 boxes. Would it be asking too much of you if I were to as

Re: Bug in powerpc gdb?

2005-11-07 Thread Till Straumann
Roger. I suspect that some argument variables not being available is the result of optimization or normal program flow. Roger Leigh wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Till Straumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: -- snp (gdb) bt #0 sbuild_session_setup_chroot (session=0x1004

Re: 2.6.14 on iMac G5

2005-11-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 12:19:12PM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 23:19 -0300, Eduardo Trápani wrote: > > >>Has anybody succesfully booted that kernel? I get lots of "format > > >>errors" while trying to load modules. And then, at the end it just > > >>blocks, it s

Re: 2.6.14 on iMac G5

2005-11-07 Thread Eduardo Trápani
Has anybody succesfully booted that kernel? I get lots of "format errors" while trying to load modules. And then, at the end it just blocks, it says something like "waiting for /dev/sda to come up" and that's it. Have you built a 64 bits kernel ? I used apt-get form unstable, yes the powe

Re: 2.6.14 on iMac G5

2005-11-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 23:19 -0300, Eduardo Trápani wrote: > >>Has anybody succesfully booted that kernel? I get lots of "format errors" > >>while trying to load modules. And then, at the end it just blocks, it says > >>something like "waiting for /dev/sda to come up" and that's it. > > > > >

Re: xcdroast v k3b

2005-11-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 10:39:43AM +1100, david wrote: > Hi all > > Just a short informational > > I recently upgraded this quicksilver g4/800 to debian. One of the big > plusses was the onboard cdr. Running a standard debian install with a > stock 2.6.8 kernel I found xcdroast problematic.

xcdroast v k3b

2005-11-07 Thread david
Hi all Just a short informational I recently upgraded this quicksilver g4/800 to debian. One of the big plusses was the onboard cdr. Running a standard debian install with a stock 2.6.8 kernel I found xcdroast problematic. K3b proved utterly faultless. I recommend K3b to anyone in a simil

Re: 2.6.14 on iMac G5

2005-11-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 12:02 -0300, Eduardo Trápani wrote: > Hi, > > Has anybody succesfully booted that kernel? I get lots of "format errors" > while trying to load modules. And then, at the end it just blocks, it says > something like "waiting for /dev/sda to come up" and that's it. Have you

Re: Bug in powerpc gdb?

2005-11-07 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Till Straumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Roger. Hi! > just dug around in gdb's guts and came up with a new > patch. It seemed to fix the simple test case (test::testmethod) > with gcc (GCC) 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13) / gdb-6.3 (stock). > > If you

Re: noise from line in on G5

2005-11-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> maybe mix->acs should be initialized to another value ? Maybe ... > > Is this a known bug? Also, what's the status of the line in and optical > > connections? I don't really mind if it doesn't grok digital, but analog > > input would be great. > > any news on the digital i/o front ? No, haven

Re: How best to install appletouch driver?

2005-11-07 Thread Jesús de Cos Pérez
This precompiled kernel image runs powerbook's trackpad and Function Key. Enjoy it! Good luck! JeS.

Re: Powerbook 2005 bluetooth

2005-11-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 09:48 +, Douglas Russell wrote: > Actually, it is working perfectly now, If I recall, it was my own fault, > something to do with hid2hci failing. Ahhh, so we have to run that hid2hci tool to turn it back into an HCI ? Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: 2.6.14 USB vs. sleep issues

2005-11-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> i've applied your patch and it seems that when i put my powerbook to > sleep ( by closing the lid ) the kernel just crashes since everytime i > come back, the machine is turned off. I had a look at the logs and i see > that i'm having a reboot almost immediateley after the lid is closed. > Howev

How best to install appletouch driver?

2005-11-07 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I have a 1.5GHz 15 inch PowerBook, and am using a 'testing' 2.6.12-1-powerpc kernel. I'm keen to find a kernel with the new appletouch driver built in :-). If one is not available, I would be grateful to know which kernel/config combo I should patch/configure to use it. I'm assuming I should use o

How to remap ~ key?

2005-11-07 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I am using a 1.5GHz 15 inch PowerBook. The ~ key on my keyboard has moved down to where apple puts it! I'd like to swap input on the +/- key under escape to ~/` and vice versa -- or even to use both as ~/`. The keycodes for the target key is '0x56 0xd6' and the code for the existing ~/` key i

Re: Powerbook5,6: keyboard's backlight

2005-11-07 Thread Matthias Grimm
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:36:21 +1100 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anybody help me? I enclose my /etc/pbbuttonsd.conf > > Last time I looked, the way pbbuttons detects the lmu controller on i2c > is a disgusting hack which might not work on those new models. I you know

Re: [XFree] keyboard mapping

2005-11-07 Thread Thomas Harding
On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 01:39:20PM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > The key modifiers are Shift, Alt and Shift Alt. No alt gr. OK - that's true for the new keyboard mapping I use now one from http://linux-france.org/macintosh/clavier_V4.html Thanks, -- Thomas Harding -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Terminal problems

2005-11-07 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 10:48:34AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=337221 . Thanks, this was the one I remember reading as well (and thats what I based my earlier post on). Greetings Helge -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann, Dipl.-Phys.

Re: 2.6.14 USB vs. sleep issues

2005-11-07 Thread Federico Gamio
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Follows the crash information: radeonfb (:00:10.0) suspending to state:2 radeonfb (:00:10.0) resuming from state:2 PCI:Enabling device :00:10.0 (1->0003) radeon: PAD_CTRL_STRENGTH doesn't stabilize! PCI: Enabling device :10:1b.0 (0

Re: 2.6.14 USB vs. sleep issues

2005-11-07 Thread Federico Gamio
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am using kernel 2.6.14 without preemptive support and Ben USB sleep patch. Here is mi cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 7447/7457, altivec supported clock : 765MHz revision: 0.1 (pvr 8002 0101) bogomips: 508.92 m

Re: 2.6.14 on iMac G5

2005-11-07 Thread arthur
im running 2.6.14-rc4 on my g4 powerbook and i've had no troubles. will you post your kernel config and dmesg? arthur Eduardo Trápani wrote: Hi, Has anybody succesfully booted that kernel? I get lots of "format errors" while trying to load modules. And then, at the end it just blocks, it

2.6.14 on iMac G5

2005-11-07 Thread Eduardo Trápani
Hi, Has anybody succesfully booted that kernel? I get lots of "format errors" while trying to load modules. And then, at the end it just blocks, it says something like "waiting for /dev/sda to come up" and that's it. Eduardo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: 2.6.14 USB vs. sleep issues

2005-11-07 Thread Wolfram Quester
Hi Charles-Edouard, On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 10:13:02AM +0100, Charles-Edouard Ruault wrote: [...snip...] > Hi Ben, > i've applied your patch and it seems that when i put my powerbook to > sleep ( by closing the lid ) the kernel just crashes since everytime i > come back, the machine is turned off.

Re: installing G3/266 beige: which vmlinux ??

2005-11-07 Thread Rogério Brito
On Nov 06 2005, Derrik Pates wrote: > I've got quik set up on my PowerMac 7500 with a JFS root filesystem > and an ext2 /boot, and it works just fine. I didn't install it just > recently (it's probably been 2+ years since I installed it, > actually). I can tell you that it does work, at least. Rig

Re: noise from line in on G5

2005-11-07 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 12:46 +, Paul Brossier wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 05:01:06AM +, Paul Brossier wrote: > > > > I have been trying to boot this PowerBook7,2 on 2.6.14, but it fails for > > me (see #336993), so maybe this got fixed since 2.6.12. > > right, i can reproduce this

Re: noise from line in on G5

2005-11-07 Thread Paul Brossier
Hello, On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 05:01:06AM +, Paul Brossier wrote: > Hi, > > I have been trying to boot this PowerBook7,2 on 2.6.14, but it fails for > me (see #336993), so maybe this got fixed since 2.6.12. right, i can reproduce this on 2.6.14 too. > When i boot on 2.6.12, with the headpho

[powerpc] daily-builds of the gtk-d-i available (Was: gtk d-i miniiso rebuilt)

2005-11-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 05:49:28AM +0200, Eddy Petrişor wrote: > Hello, > > I have just updated the miniiso with the graphical debian installer for > powerpc. > > Image is available for download : > http://eddyp.homelinux.net/debian/miniiso/mini-20051105-powerpc.iso > > the build log is in ther

Re: Powerbook 2005 bluetooth

2005-11-07 Thread Douglas Russell
Actually, it is working perfectly now, If I recall, it was my own fault, something to do with hid2hci failing. Cheers On Sunday 06 November 2005 22:14, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 10:55 +0100, Douglas Russell wrote: > > I've corresponded with Johannes Berg a bit on this

Re: Terminal problems

2005-11-07 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 19:27 -0800, Mike S wrote: > > Looking at the failsafe terminal output I keep getting the massage > xterm: Cannot allocute color "whatever" sometimes green, somtimes > black, I think I have seen every color after this warning at one point > or another > > I did dist-upgr

Re: 2.6.14 USB vs. sleep issues

2005-11-07 Thread Charles-Edouard Ruault
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: >For those who experience crashes on sleep and/or wakeup (typically due >to USB) with 2.6.14, I made a test patch that might help. Please let me >know if it makes things more reliable. > >http://gate.crashing.org/~benh/fix-ohci-sleep.diff > >Note that the patch is tot