Re: Help! Newbie install problem; simple solution?

2009-01-01 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 9:06 PM, deleteme wrote: > Thanks--I think you have given me a path forward, but can you work with my > "newbie-ness" for a moment? > > 1. How would I attach the xorg.conf file? Do I need to redo the install > using a CD containing both my .iso file and your copy of the .con

Re: Help! Newbie install problem; simple solution?

2009-01-01 Thread deleteme
Thanks--I think you have given me a path forward, but can you work with my "newbie-ness" for a moment? 1. How would I attach the xorg.conf file? Do I need to redo the install using a CD containing both my .iso file and your copy of the .conf file? If you mean something else by "attaching a

Re: Help! Newbie install problem; simple solution?

2009-01-01 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 2:01 PM, deleteme wrote: > I have a New World iBook G3, and I'm installing > "Debian-40r6-powerpc-netinst.iso". Everything went smoothly until the first > boot-up of the new system. The log-in screen isn't rendered correctly--the > top half is at the bottom and the bottom is

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2009-01-01 Thread Bob Lounsbury
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 16:16 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: >> >> Just wanted to report that X and gnome are working, although it is >> very old qt looking and is being displayed at 1360x768 rather than >> 1024x768 as I have specified in the xorg.

Help! Newbie install problem; simple solution?

2009-01-01 Thread deleteme
I have a New World iBook G3, and I'm installing "Debian-40r6-powerpc- netinst.iso". Everything went smoothly until the first boot-up of the new system. The log-in screen isn't rendered correctly--the top half is at the bottom and the bottom is at the top; also the right-half of the screen is

Re: debian and b43 driver

2009-01-01 Thread oneman
On 1-jan-2009, at 19:00, Joerg Maier wrote: Hi GRV, here is the documentation: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 I guess that the kernel in debian lenny is recent enough to use the b43 module in it. What firmware to use and how to copy it where is described on the webpage i

Re: debian and b43 driver

2009-01-01 Thread Joerg Maier
Hi GRV, here is the documentation: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 I guess that the kernel in debian lenny is recent enough to use the b43 module in it. What firmware to use and how to copy it where is described on the webpage in detail. If your kernel is >= 2.6.25: Open a shell,

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2009-01-01 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 16:16 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > > Just wanted to report that X and gnome are working, although it is > very old qt looking and is being displayed at 1360x768 rather than > 1024x768 as I have specified in the xorg.conf. The iBook panel can't display more than 1024x768, wh