Re: future of debian-ppc

2006-08-25 Thread brian
--- Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 02:20:55AM -0700, brian > wrote: > > > > > > > > Personally, to keep it straight, I > differentiate > > > between the more recent > > > > IBM as pSeries and the older as RS/6000. I > can't > > > afford a pSeries but I > > >

Re: iMac G4- etch install iso - xorg

2006-08-25 Thread brian
advise installing a simple sarge system with xfree86 and then upgrade to testing/etch, going through the xorg transition. (you may wish to save your etc/sources.list, it has security. make sure you get the security mirror as well as the main one. also those refers to http: http, not http: ftp (i

Re: Re: Full clone alubook ==> VGA [was Re: Plug and Play for external monitors on latest alubooks?]

2006-08-25 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Hi Benoit On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 05:33:08PM +0200, Benoit Chesneau wrote: > I've made a little howto (mostly not about my own experience) to use > mergedfb. This is for a powerbook 5,6 (alubook 02/2005) but it should > work for you too : > > ftp://ftp.archlinuxppc.org/other/misc/dualhead-powerbo

Re: Let me know if you're looking for PowerPC parts

2006-08-25 Thread Aurélien GÉRÔME
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 02:06:23PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Just for the history record, what was the name of that particular > > list? :) > > Must have been debian-powerpc... for general powerpc topics, we used to > have c.o.l.powerpc - remember when Usenet was the main discussion forum?

Re: Let me know if you're looking for PowerPC parts

2006-08-25 Thread Aurélien GÉRÔME
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 01:56:06PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > Yep; it's become more of a general ppc users list these days, with a bit > of kernel test reports mixed in. The port is quite mature technically, and > the autobuilder(s) seems to keep up well. > > Anyway, I don't recall much autob

Re: Where can I find the ramdisk image for sarge for Old World Macs?

2006-08-25 Thread Harold Johnson
Hans,Thanks for posting this.  Do you (or anyone else) happen to know if this will work with an OldWorld PowerBook G3 (a "Wallstreet", for example)?  I'm using BootX to boot my Linux.  Thanks for your help. HaroldOn 8/24/06, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 05:31:05PM

Re: [Alsa-devel] aoa drivers and alsa 1.0.12

2006-08-25 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 the mental interface of Takashi Iwai told: Hi tiwai ;) I didn't notice that you are reading debian-powerpc > At Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:14:19 +0200, > Johannes Berg wrote: [...] > > Are you sure that shouldn't be called aoa-codec-onyx? But then again, I > > have absolutely no ide

Re: Full clone alubook ==> VGA [was Re: Plug and Play for external monitors on latest alubooks?]

2006-08-25 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 06:11:37PM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 05:19:00PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 16:24 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > > > > I have another problem now: I can clone my alubook5,8 KDE-screen (not > > > the console, I

Re: Full clone alubook ==> VGA [was Re: Plug and Play for external monitors on latest alubooks?]

2006-08-25 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 05:19:00PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 16:24 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > > I have another problem now: I can clone my alubook5,8 KDE-screen (not > > the console, I'm sorry) > > Yeah, radeonfb doesn't support multiple outputs yet. > > >

Re: Re: Full clone alubook ==> VGA [was Re: Plug and Play for external monitors on latest alubooks?]

2006-08-25 Thread Benoit Chesneau
I've made a little howto (mostly not about my own experience) to use mergedfb. This is for a powerbook 5,6 (alubook 02/2005) but it should work for you too : ftp://ftp.archlinuxppc.org/other/misc/dualhead-powerbook56/radeon-hacked Hope it will help you. Benoit Chesneau On 8/25/06, Michel Dänz

Re: Full clone alubook ==> VGA [was Re: Plug and Play for external monitors on latest alubooks?]

2006-08-25 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 16:24 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > I have another problem now: I can clone my alubook5,8 KDE-screen (not > the console, I'm sorry) Yeah, radeonfb doesn't support multiple outputs yet. > need to move the mouse on the alubook to see the rest of the alu > screen on th

Re: Let me know if you're looking for PowerPC parts

2006-08-25 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Once upon a time, this list was actually used for its purpose as > > declared on > > > > http://lists.debian.org/ports.html > > Just for the history record, what was the name of that particular > list? :) Must have been debian-powerpc... for general powerpc topics, we used to have c.o.l.powerp

Re: Let me know if you're looking for PowerPC parts

2006-08-25 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Maybe this is because there are so few powerpc porters left in debian ? Or > > those who used to be porters got interests in something else, leaving only > > me, > > which kind of burned out earlier this year ? > > I'm not talking about d-i. Someone's obviously taking care of the > autobuilder

Re: future of debian-ppc

2006-08-25 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 02:20:55AM -0700, brian wrote: > > > > > Personally, to keep it straight, I differentiate > > between the more recent > > > IBM as pSeries and the older as RS/6000. I can't > > afford a pSeries but I > > > can afford a 7026-H50 (dual 604e 332, expandable > > to 4-way), 25

Re: Plug and Play for external monitors on latest alubooks?

2006-08-25 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 13:26 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > I was invited to a Computer club this evening. Most of those coming > there are using Windows or OSX. I'd like to show them that Linux, when > it comes to connecting devices to a computer, will do automagically > many things like Wind

Plug and Play for external monitors on latest alubooks?

2006-08-25 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Hi Everyone I was invited to a Computer club this evening. Most of those coming there are using Windows or OSX. I'd like to show them that Linux, when it comes to connecting devices to a computer, will do automagically many things like Windows or OSX does -- USB Plug'n Play, e.g., *most* of the ti

Re: Nubus machines wanted (was: Re: Let me know if you're looking for PowerPC parts)

2006-08-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/08/06 03:34), Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote: > Yes, I am interested in it. England is not so far from France, but > there is the Channel between us... Maybe do you appear to cross the > EuroTunnel to come next year to the FOSDEM in Bruxelles? ;) I'll contact the school and see whether they've made

Re: [Alsa-devel] aoa drivers and alsa 1.0.12

2006-08-25 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:14:19 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > > Hi Elimar, > > > ./configure \ > > --with-cards=aoa,aoa-fabric-layout,aoa-onyx,aoa-soundbus,aoa-soundbus-i2s > > ends up with "Unsupported soundcard aoa-onyx" > > > > ./configure \ > > --with-cards=aoa,aoa-fabric-layout,aoa-tas,aoa-sou

Re: Let me know if you're looking for PowerPC parts

2006-08-25 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 09:39 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > We need to rebuild the community, get new and fresh blood, and have some > people with an overview of all the problems and TODO items, or simply a > coordinated wiki page (andsomeone wiki-friendly who can coordinate it or > something) to ho

Re: future of debian-ppc

2006-08-25 Thread brian
> > Personally, to keep it straight, I differentiate > between the more recent > > IBM as pSeries and the older as RS/6000. I can't > afford a pSeries but I > > can afford a 7026-H50 (dual 604e 332, expandable > to 4-way), 256 MB > > expandable to 3GB, three PCI busses over 9 slots. > wow, coo

Re: aoa drivers and alsa 1.0.12

2006-08-25 Thread Johannes Berg
Hi Elimar, > ./configure \ > --with-cards=aoa,aoa-fabric-layout,aoa-onyx,aoa-soundbus,aoa-soundbus-i2s > ends up with "Unsupported soundcard aoa-onyx" > > ./configure \ > --with-cards=aoa,aoa-fabric-layout,aoa-tas,aoa-soundbus,aoa-soundbus-i2s > ends up with "Unsupported soundcard aoa-tas" > > a

Re: Let me know if you're looking for PowerPC parts

2006-08-25 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 09:11:31AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 21:12 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 04:16:20PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 15:33 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > > > > > > i.e. to discuss technical issues

iMac G4- etch install iso - xorg

2006-08-25 Thread Ralf Saalmüller
Hello at DebianPPC, after I was done with Ubuntu DapperDrake on my iMac G4/800 I tried the current Debain etch install-iso and was very pleased. Not only that everything worked, it worked as expected. Even Xorg, which don't start. What about the following message that keeps disturbing the ter

Re: Let me know if you're looking for PowerPC parts

2006-08-25 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 21:12 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 04:16:20PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 15:33 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > > > > i.e. to discuss technical issues of the Debian powerpc port. Now this > > > > has disappeared almost comp