Re: X Windows Screen Size Issue

2009-02-12 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:47:17 -0600 Amos Stibolt wrote: > As a final bit of information, the video driver on this machine is > whatever Apple included standard when it built this machine, because > of this, I did not know which driver to select during configuration, > and used "fbdev" as it

X Windows Screen Size Issue

2009-02-12 Thread Amos Stibolt
I am running Debian on a PowerMac 8500/120, and because of hardware limitations, have been trying to run the lightest GUI desktop possible. I used "apt-get install xorg icewm" to successfully install those programs. icewm will run on the machine, but I am frustrated by being unable to get

NIC bonding on pSeries with dual VIOS

2009-02-12 Thread Frank Fegert
Hello all, i've got Debian (testing) running on a DLPAR on a pSeries 9117-570. The system gets several NICs from two VIO servers, which in turn are connected to different switches for redundancy. Two NICs within each subnet are paired via bonding devices. Now the problem: - If i choose 'balance-r

Re: SysRq key on iBook

2009-02-12 Thread Jörg Sommer
Hello Thomas, Thomas Constans wrote: > Le mardi 10 février 2009 à 12:28 +, Rafal Czlonka a écrit : >> Hi, >> >> I've been doing some searching a while ago and didn't manage to find the >> solution to my problem. >> The system's running smoothly for a long time but if it freezes I'd like >> t

Re: Wifi on a tray loading iMac, is it possible?

2009-02-12 Thread Risto Suominen
2009/2/12 Hans Ekbrand : > > Do you have to manually set the rate, or is the driver smart enough > to not try rates above 11 Mbit/s? > As I remember it, it seems to happen automatically. Risto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: SysRq key on iBook

2009-02-12 Thread Thomas Constans
Le jeudi 12 février 2009 à 19:27 +, Rafal Czlonka a écrit :. > > It hadn't froze for months so that's not the issue, I was just wondering > how to enter SysRq sequences directly from a keyboard, rather than > sending the codes, e.g. with 'echo' to /proc. I misunderstood in fact we are askin

Re: Wifi on a tray loading iMac, is it possible?

2009-02-12 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 05:32:16PM +0200, Risto Suominen wrote: > Sure it's possible. USB adapter is probably the only usable solution. > I've been successful with old Macs using Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54L > (0411:00da) and zd1211b, vendor-based community driver, svn version. > http://zd1211.wiki.sourcef

Re: SysRq key on iBook

2009-02-12 Thread Rafal Czlonka
Thomas Constans wrote: > If you are using a stock debian kernel, sysrq should be on. Check out > existence of file /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq and its content (should be 1) I know all that, I specifically mentioned the key combination for it since it's not a full-sized keyboard. > Maybe you should spe

Re: Wifi on a tray loading iMac, is it possible?

2009-02-12 Thread Risto Suominen
Sure it's possible. USB adapter is probably the only usable solution. I've been successful with old Macs using Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54L (0411:00da) and zd1211b, vendor-based community driver, svn version. http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ The speed will be limited to 11 Mbit/s because of the USB 1.1

Wifi on a tray loading iMac, is it possible?

2009-02-12 Thread Gunther Furtado
Hi, Sorry for the OTish, but I wonder if it is possible to have wifi working on an iMac 333 (tray loading) with no airport card slot running debian. So, is there a wifi USB adapter that would work on debian-powerpc? Are there other hardwere options? Thanks, -- Gunther Furtado Curitiba - Paraná

Re: SysRq key on iBook

2009-02-12 Thread Thomas Constans
Le mardi 10 février 2009 à 12:28 +, Rafal Czlonka a écrit : > Hi, > > I've been doing some searching a while ago and didn't manage to find the > solution to my problem. > The system's running smoothly for a long time but if it freezes I'd like > to use SysRq key on my iBook G4. > > Is there a

Re: Fine tuning iMac G3 400 + Rage 128 + 1-button mouse

2009-02-12 Thread Risto Suominen
2009/2/12 urpion urpion : > Thanks Risto. I have a very slow loading, but very fuctional gdm and gnome > desktop, using the r128 driver with "UseFBDev" option on. But I can't use the > HW accelleration. Hence the slow loading I suppose. Can it be made to work > somehow? Good question. I read

Fine tuning iMac G3 400 + Rage 128 + 1-button mouse

2009-02-12 Thread urpion urpion
Thanks Risto. I have a very slow loading, but very fuctional gdm and gnome desktop, using the r128 driver with "UseFBDev" option on. But I can't use the HW accelleration. Hence the slow loading I suppose. Can it be made to work somehow? Heres my current xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice"