[D-I] Last chance to update the Installation Guide for Etch

2006-12-27 Thread Frans Pop
Hello porters, I've just announced the schedule [1] for the release of the Installation Guide to be included with the Etch release. That schedule leaves room for bigger updates until Dec 31 and for minor ones until Jan 7. This means that if you have any updates you'd like to get in for your po

Re: IBM Java 5

2006-12-27 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Wed, Dec 27 2006, at 09:09 +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: > Hello fellow PPC Debian users. > > I am now for the first time trying to setup and configure IBM's Java 5 > on my mac mini 1.25ghz machine running Debian Sid. I've setup Sun > before on an i386 system before but using the IBM version is

(Solved) xorg and French ibook keyboard on etch

2006-12-27 Thread Frederic Lehobey
Hi Bin, On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 08:38:57PM +0100, Bin Zhang wrote: > On 12/27/06, Frederic Lehobey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Section "InputDevice" > >Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > >Driver "kbd" > >Option "CoreKeyboard" > >Option

Re: Apple (powerpc) keyboards on etch

2006-12-27 Thread Bin Zhang
On 12/27/06, Frederic Lehobey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: a) Excerpt of /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option

Re: Who is actively porting the Debian architectures?

2006-12-27 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 26 December 2006 08:32, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 11:40:02PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > We received a BR that the list of porters for PowerPC on the > > Organization webpage [1] was outdated. However, this seems to be true > > for most ports. > > > > Please reply to d

Re: Apple (powerpc) keyboards on etch

2006-12-27 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 05:30:20PM +0100, Frederic Lehobey a écrit : > > 2/ Attempts with dpkg-reconfigure xorg > > a) > Excerpt of /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Generic Keyboard" > Driver "kbd" > Option "CoreKeyboar

Re: Who is actively porting the Debian architectures?

2006-12-27 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 01:44:12AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Tuesday 26 December 2006 12:52, Charles Plessy wrote: > > I would like to recommend that only persons who do volunteer to be > > reactive would be listed here. > This mail is bcc:ed to those listed on that wiki page, to see if th

Apple (powerpc) keyboards on etch

2006-12-27 Thread Frederic Lehobey
Hi, I am having a hard time configuring, for xorg, French keybords on respectively an iMac (Bondi Blue Rev. B, USB keyboard) and an iBook (G3, also called iBook 2 if I do not mistake) I have both upgraded to etch. I am failing to find a proper combination for having the |, \ and [ ] (and such) on

Re: ports, big and small, two questions

2006-12-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 10:34:29AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Dec 27, 2006, at 3:47 AM, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > >Terrasoft {YellowDog Linux} > > > > >They are selling non-ppc apple though. > > > Don't you mean "non-Apple ppc"? I don't recall seeing any non-ppc > machines on their w

Re: ports, big and small, two questions

2006-12-27 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 27, 2006, at 3:47 AM, Sven Luther wrote: Terrasoft {YellowDog Linux} They are selling non-ppc apple though. Don't you mean "non-Apple ppc"? I don't recall seeing any non-ppc machines on their web-store. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: sarge->etch on Performa 6360, new 2.6.18-3 kernel problems.

2006-12-27 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 27, 2006, at 3:15 AM, Michael Schmitz wrote: You can see some of the characters are corrupted - there are three columns of this corruption down the screen, flickering like there's some data flowing through the pixels in those characters, even when it sits there waiting for the root file

Re: my little porting issue 3400 to 3500 powerbooks...

2006-12-27 Thread Michael Schmitz
> i am not sure what else to try: > > a) install fresh and set up for quick or/and for > static network to link in from another machine > (is ssh in default install ??) or can i serial line in > ?? IIRC the 3400 had a serial line so you should be able to direct kernel debug messages out there. Or,

my little porting issue 3400 to 3500 powerbooks...

2006-12-27 Thread brian
--- Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [brian wrote: > > 1) has anyone ran or heard of running debian > > on the *original* g3 powerbook, aka 3500/kanga ? > > (any version, say at least 2.2 kernel/potato or > later) > > The 3400 used to work well. Oldworld, so you'll need > MacOS and Bo

Re: ports, big and small, two questions

2006-12-27 Thread brian
--- Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 12:55:47AM -0800, brian > wrote: > > 2) has anyone work or interest or heard any plans > to > > port to playstation3, or even some cell-ppc of > some > > kind ? > > I have been contacted by Sony to get the playstation > 3 work

Re: ports, big and small, two questions

2006-12-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 12:55:47AM -0800, brian wrote: > 1) has anyone ran or heard of running debian > on the *original* g3 powerbook, aka 3500/kanga ? > (any version, say at least 2.2 kernel/potato or later) > >i have been playing with one i can't get it to > boot right, and searching google

Re: Who is actively porting the Debian architectures?

2006-12-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 08:52:31PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 11:20:50AM +0100, Holger Levsen a écrit : > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/powerpcEtchReleaseRecertification lists the > > following > > people for powerpc (Bastian is missing there): > > > > Roger Leigh >

Re: ports, big and small, two questions

2006-12-27 Thread Michael Schmitz
> 1) has anyone ran or heard of running debian > on the *original* g3 powerbook, aka 3500/kanga ? > (any version, say at least 2.2 kernel/potato or later) The 3400 used to work well. Oldworld, so you'll need MacOS and BootX. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: sarge->etch on Performa 6360, new 2.6.18-3 kernel problems.

2006-12-27 Thread Michael Schmitz
> >> You can see some of the characters are corrupted - there are three > >> columns of this corruption down the screen, flickering like there's > >> some data flowing through the pixels in those characters, even when > >> it sits there waiting for the root file system. > > > > Sounds like the kern

Re: Who is actively porting the Debian architectures?

2006-12-27 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 20:52 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 11:20:50AM +0100, Holger Levsen a écrit : > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/powerpcEtchReleaseRecertification lists the > > following > > people for powerpc (Bastian is missing there): > > > > Roger Leigh > > Alexa