Re: java: execute .jnlp files ?

2005-06-09 Thread Barry Hawkins
the shared-mime-info database to execute javaws when .jnlp files are attempted to be launched. Regards, -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 pgpxlleN9g06g.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Apple's Developer Transition Kit

2005-06-08 Thread Barry Hawkins
has not been "purchased". 2.) This is only available to Select and Premier ADC members, which is usually far from what I would call a hacker. 3.) This is a G5 chassis desktop according to the picture shown in the keynote. -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com webl

Re: keyboard backlight working on PowerBook5,6?

2005-06-02 Thread Barry Hawkins
llent writeup. I didn't have time tonight to look at it, but I will tomorrow. I'll post back my progress; some of the other threads look promising. Thanks for your work! Regards, -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 pgpSBR4rCmb3U.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: keyboard backlight working on PowerBook5,6?

2005-06-02 Thread Barry Hawkins
was thinking some of the stuff floating around about G4 PowerBooks (this was Titanium, iirc) said that I2C character devices were a no-no; but, looks like it's working for you! Thanks, -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux Use

Re: keyboard backlight working on PowerBook5,6?

2005-06-01 Thread Barry Hawkins
9060 2 snd snd_page_alloc 9156 1 snd_pcm sbp2 25296 0 ieee1394 114536 2 ohci1394,sbp2 Thanks, -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 pgp8dW38y8lvG.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: keyboard backlight working on PowerBook5,6?

2005-06-01 Thread Barry Hawkins
's about it. I will poke around some more to see what else might be needed. I guess I should also try the 2.6.12 kernel tree to see if that makes a difference as well. Regards, -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #3

Re: Odd core dump issue with IBM 1.4.2 JDK launching Eclipse

2005-06-01 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 11:29:47AM +0200, Johannes Mockenhaupt spake thus: > Barry Hawkins wrote: > [...] > >I have been running the Eclipse JDT for Java(TM) development on a > > ppc sid install with the IBM 1.4.2 JDK for 32-bit PowerPC for some time > > now. I r

Odd core dump issue with IBM 1.4.2 JDK launching Eclipse

2005-05-31 Thread Barry Hawkins
ched to it. If anyone has any insight, I would greatly appreciate it. Also, if anyone begins to experience this behavior, please reply to this thread. [0] - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=97375 Regards, -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www

keyboard backlight working on PowerBook5,6?

2005-05-31 Thread Barry Hawkins
overlooked something. Regards, -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Questions about the new powerbook ?

2005-05-30 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 10:48:29AM +0200, Johannes Berg spake thus: > On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 23:20 -0400, Barry Hawkins wrote: > > I loaded Johannes' driver and played with it some today. It works, but > > the tracking was a bit too dodgy for typical use. There may be som

Re: Questions about the new powerbook ?

2005-05-29 Thread Barry Hawkins
n digital signal > processing or something... [...] I loaded Johannes' driver and played with it some today. It works, but the tracking was a bit too dodgy for typical use. There may be some configuration that I am not aware of which could cause the driver to be usable. -- Bar

Re: rethinking the FN key

2005-05-29 Thread Barry Hawkins
mpare. Is this fn key issue unique to the newest PowerBooks, or are other models experiencing this as well? Regards, -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 pgpdRB9I6ZiXn.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: bluetooth working on new powerbook

2005-05-26 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 06:47:16PM +0200, Johannes Berg spake thus: > On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 11:03 -0400, Barry Hawkins wrote: > > Funny thing now is that I cannot get Bluetooth to be recognized with my > > custom-compiled kernel, although I have attempted to match up what I >

Re: bounces

2005-05-24 Thread Barry Hawkins
very mail I send to > > this list... > > If you're at wintermute.rchland.ibm.com and can fix this, please do! > > I was getting this a couple of days ago, but not recently. > Same here. -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com

Re: bluetooth working on new powerbook

2005-05-24 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 12:05:24PM +0200, Johannes Berg spake thus: > Barry Hawkins said: > > Thanks so much for taking the time to write this up. Just as you > > said, this fix instantly made the CSR-based Bluetooth built into my > > 15" PowerBook G4 1.67GHz wo

Re: bluetooth working on new powerbook

2005-05-23 Thread Barry Hawkins
the Debain archive. I have already confirmed that the IrMC and GPRS functionality with my Ericsson T610 are working beautifully. I was previously using a Titanium PowerBook G4 1GHz with a D-Link DBT-120 USB dongle. Regards, -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepth

Re: Yaboot - does yaboot support splash?

2005-05-22 Thread Barry Hawkins
the yaboot prompt itself, which would need to be implemented in > > yaboot itself and isn't. > > Yes, this is correct. > Maybe ubuntu's uslpash will make this... when is done (Colin do you > happen to know anything about this :-) ? [...] Thanks for the clarification a

Re: Yaboot - does yaboot support splash?

2005-05-19 Thread Barry Hawkins
d bootstrap without finding reference to this. Could you clarify which docs you referred to? This sounds like a fun trick. Regards, -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: 10.4 tiger

2005-04-29 Thread Barry Hawkins
the last time this was asked. You set the boot device in open firmware then tell it to boot, and off you go. - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.

Re: State of Java on PPC

2005-04-18 Thread Barry Hawkins
-package 8^). It's the pSeries 32-bit if you have anything but a G5. If you have a G5, I will have to defer to someone who has one. - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gn

Re: State of Java on PPC

2005-04-18 Thread Barry Hawkins
would welcome your help in the effort! Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCY8ZJHuKcDICy0QoRAsekAKCftDtySwAP/2LU3H3/hUUxg6MVXw

Re: Linux PPC Java development

2005-03-30 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lee Braiden wrote: | On Tuesday 29 March 2005 21:03, Barry Hawkins wrote: | |>~Hello and welcome. If you would like, you can use the gcjwebplugin; |>that is about your only option for applets. | | | Marcellus: Just to give you an informed de

Re: Linux PPC Java development

2005-03-29 Thread Barry Hawkins
eports against those to help up us improve the free alternatives to the Java(TM) Trap[1]. [0] - http://packages.debian.org/java-package [1] - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registere

Re: java 1.4 in browser -- is it possible?

2005-03-20 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tamas K Papp wrote: | On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 01:28:38PM -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: | |>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- |>Hash: SHA1 |> |>Tamas K Papp wrote: |>[...] |>| Barry, |>| |>| http://www.ppcnux-projekt.de/modules.ph

Re: java 1.4 in browser -- is it possible?

2005-03-19 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lee Braiden wrote: | On Saturday 19 March 2005 18:23, Barry Hawkins wrote: | |>~Which release do you run? | | | Not sure what you're asking, but... sid, with KDE 3.3, just upgraded to 3.4. | I don't think it matters though. |

Re: java 1.4 in browser -- is it possible?

2005-03-19 Thread Barry Hawkins
as, ~That article says nothing about using IBM's JRE or JDK to enable a Java browser plugin. This, of course, makes sense, since the IBM JRE/JDK does not currently support a browser plugin. Thanks, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered

Re: java 1.4 in browser -- is it possible?

2005-03-19 Thread Barry Hawkins
e java command itself. Lee, ~Which release do you run? Thanks, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCPG497bZ6kUftWZwRAiOyAJwNu3wyDpeiaJ/RVGeI4L

Re: java 1.4 in browser -- is it possible?

2005-03-19 Thread Barry Hawkins
pretty limited. The 1.3.1 Blackdown JRE/JDK for powerpc is pretty new; the only other JDKs for powerpc-linux are those from IBM. If you use these, be sure to use the latest version of the java-package utility, which allows you to package non-free JREs and JDKs as Debian packages. Regards, - -- Barry

Re: MacOSX & Debian dual boot questions...

2005-03-15 Thread Barry Hawkins
recommend the daily install images. [...] That would be the NewWorld boot partition; be sure to specify that when manually partitioning. It's size should be 820k. Ditto on the daily image. - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #3

Re: Help please:pmud doesn't function anymore

2005-03-11 Thread Barry Hawkins
ove pmud without you knowing? What does 'dpkg -l pmud' show? Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCMeVA7bZ6kUftWZwRAomGAJ9EbH

Re: rc2 or daily images?

2005-03-05 Thread Barry Hawkins
file an installation report. I have used them over the past year or so and they have definitely gotten better and better. Just used one today, quite good. - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: Approaches to enabling scanning for AirPort (not Extreme)

2005-02-28 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Luca Bigliardi - shammash wrote: | On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:38 PM, Barry Hawkins wrote: | | |>I applied this patch, and kismet seems to work now, but after using |>kismet my wifi card sometimes goes into a seizure. During the kernel |>

Re: Approaches to enabling scanning for AirPort (not Extreme)

2005-02-28 Thread Barry Hawkins
b 24 22:52:26 EST 2005 ppc GNU/Linux It's a custom-compiled 2.6.10, sid. - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCIyml7bZ6kUftWZwRAq

Re: Approaches to enabling scanning for AirPort (not Extreme)

2005-02-25 Thread Barry Hawkins
ast drivers/net/wireless/hermes.h:499: warning: passing arg 1 of `readw' makes pointer from integer without a cast drivers/net/wireless/hermes.h:499: warning: passing arg 1 of `readw' makes pointer from integer without a cast drivers/net/wireless/hermes.h: In function `hermes_wri

Re: Approaches to enabling scanning for AirPort (not Extreme)

2005-02-24 Thread Barry Hawkins
ny talk of having that be standard with the Debian kernels for ppc? I can't think of a case where someone wouldn't want scanning enabled. Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Approaches to enabling scanning for AirPort (not Extreme)

2005-02-24 Thread Barry Hawkins
so far doesn look too promising. Driver recommendations, war stories, etc. welcome. Thanks, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux

Re: Which Kernel for Airport Support?

2005-02-24 Thread Barry Hawkins
PCMCIA slot, AirPort extreme is mini-PCI sans standard mini-PCI form factor, i.e. not replaceable by competitive offerings. - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU

Re: Which Kernel for Airport Support?

2005-02-24 Thread Barry Hawkins
ook is not a Titanium and/or your iBook is not a G3, you are out of luck for built-in wifi. Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0

Re: icons missing in several gnome apps [unstable]

2005-02-18 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim Weippert wrote: [...] | right, this seems to be a ppc specific problem. | | Workaround: | | rm /usr/share/icons/*/icon-theme.cache | | Some guys are working on the problem :) [...] Same problem here. Thanks for the workaround, guys. - -- Barry

Congrats to William Sowerbutts, Mac mini article makes it to Slashdot

2005-02-14 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saw that your Mac mini how-to for Debian got Slashdotted, William. Kudos, and thanks for the work! - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: yaboot killed after MacOS X update

2005-02-13 Thread Barry Hawkins
should be. For example, /dev/hda9 is hd:9: 0 > setenv boot-device hd:9,yaboot 0 > boot Once back in, update /etc/yaboot.conf and run ybin -v. Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIG

Re: Minimac for ben pledges

2005-02-07 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dean Hamstead wrote: | the official pay pal account is... [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] | Barry Hawkins | $50 [...] Done. When you guys go to fulfill your pledge, do not indicate "Quasi-Cash" as the Category of Purchase for your payment if you

Re: Buy benh (or other) a minimac Re: Hi question about mac - mini

2005-01-25 Thread Barry Hawkins
money to a PayPal account for Ben or something to make this move a little faster? Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux

Re: Powerbook white nights!

2005-01-14 Thread Barry Hawkins
rse!). | | What package did I remove? What did I do?! | | What do I need to sleep?.. Arnaud, ~I may be oversimplifying the question, but were you using pbbuttonsd? If so, is it still there? Just a shot in the dark... - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www

Re: Powerbook white nights!

2005-01-14 Thread Barry Hawkins
rse!). | | What package did I remove? What did I do?! | | What do I need to sleep?.. Arnaud, ~I may be oversimplifying the question, but were you using pbbuttonsd? If so, is it still there? Just a shot in the dark... - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme

Re: PBG4 kernel 2.6.10 config

2005-01-12 Thread Barry Hawkins
? All PowerBooks since 2001 have been G4s and the kernel config for them varies quite a bit, particularly with video card settings, wireless NICs, sensors, etc. Thanks, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN

Re: OT: BSD on G5 [Was: Re: Any Debian presence at MacWorld?]

2005-01-12 Thread Barry Hawkins
September 2004: 42 August 2004:66 (Peter leaves ~Aug. 26th) There are some really sharp folks on that list, and I wish them the best, but it is no realm for any novice or even intermediate at this point. - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered

Re: PBG4 kernel 2.6.10 config

2005-01-12 Thread Barry Hawkins
? All PowerBooks since 2001 have been G4s and the kernel config for them varies quite a bit, particularly with video card settings, wireless NICs, sensors, etc. Thanks, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP

Re: OT: BSD on G5 [Was: Re: Any Debian presence at MacWorld?]

2005-01-12 Thread Barry Hawkins
2004: 42 August 2004:66 (Peter leaves ~Aug. 26th) There are some really sharp folks on that list, and I wish them the best, but it is no realm for any novice or even intermediate at this point. - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux

Re: Cloning to an external video projector...

2005-01-06 Thread Barry Hawkins
esentations. I know some folks have experimented with m3mirror in a thread back in October[0], but I don't think anyone has reported success. [0] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/10/msg00392.html - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.c

Re: Cloning to an external video projector...

2005-01-06 Thread Barry Hawkins
rnaud, ~Is your PowerBook G4 an Aluminum or Titanium? - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB3Wca7bZ6kUftWZwRAtR0AKC3EUFsffSS5FEomVAC5x5OnqOASwC

Re: No /dev/pmu

2004-12-27 Thread Barry Hawkins
for Gnome to fix upstream? I have not looked at the code or configuration files. [0] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/11/msg00187.html Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNAT

Re: Java missing again?

2004-12-20 Thread Barry Hawkins
free tools. [...] I'd rather have your expertise on the free tools while us junior folks work on these type things. Once I get lucene to 1.4.3 I will take a look at this. Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650

Re: Java missing again?

2004-12-16 Thread Barry Hawkins
lurry of posts about the need to use the IBM JDK, wouldn't it make sense to enhance java-package to provide an option for PPC folks, even it is a "bridge technology" of sorts while free java catches up? [0] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2004/12/msg9.html - -- Barry

Re: Java debs anyone?

2004-12-16 Thread Barry Hawkins
ut adherence to licensing, please keep it to yourself and cease with this relativistic rhetoric. Sincerely, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1

Re: jdk for ppc

2004-11-26 Thread Barry Hawkins
e 1.2 days. | | anyone knows of a 1.4.x implementation for this platform (i'm running | on a new ibook G4, btw)? | | thanks, | jao You will need to get the IBM 1.4.2 JDK for pSeries Linux (32-bit PowerPC). If you are looking for a fully-functional JDK for your platform, that's pretty

Re: Wrong permission for '/dev/pmu' device error in Gnome

2004-11-08 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kiko Piris wrote: | On 07/11/2004 at 23:24 -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: [...] |>Applying Kiko's recommendation did not change the situation. | | | Of course, because, AFAICS, the problem is not with the permissions of | /dev/pmu, the proble

Re: Wrong permission for '/dev/pmu' device error in Gnome

2004-11-07 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michel Dänzer wrote: | On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 23:04 -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: [...] |>I have removed all applets I enabled on my own, and the issue still |>persists. Does anyone have recommendations for how to plainly and |>simply is

Re: Wrong permission for '/dev/pmu' device error in Gnome

2004-11-07 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Luther wrote: | On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 10:21:36AM -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: [...] | This is a FAQ, and you should either fix the permissions, or if you use udev | go into the configuration file of used to have it set the permissions

Re: Wrong permission for '/dev/pmu' device error in Gnome

2004-11-07 Thread Barry Hawkins
ro in on it. Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBjvBd7bZ6kUftWZwRAjxUAJ4j+Af2fkiMTkpdQ/jq5TxJxgoAqQCfa4wQ xi3vvTswXnQHlC0JFYjG7Ro= =zFU3 -

Wrong permission for '/dev/pmu' device error in Gnome

2004-11-05 Thread Barry Hawkins
, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBi5p/7bZ6kUftWZwRAgU2AKCKJKIRHldDJ9Ggv7KHjfgDxr6/0wCgl/5a RklWKMVs4caC1HPpTkVhtyk= =YBYD -END PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: Gnome install via aptitude breaks a package

2004-11-04 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Barry Hawkins wrote: | List, | ~I was wanting to try Gnome out on my sid installation, since so many | of my main apps and widgets seem to be GTK-based. When I try to install | the gnome package, I am warned of a broken package: | | libpt

Gnome install via aptitude breaks a package

2004-11-02 Thread Barry Hawkins
, have you not encountered this issue? If so, how did you handle it? Your insight would be welcomed. Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment

Re: Touchpad control on a PowerBook

2004-11-01 Thread Barry Hawkins
hack mouseemu to | disable/enable the trackpad via signal USR1/USR2. | | Johannes Guys, ~If you have the powerpc-utils package installed, the trackpad utility allows you to control the trackpad: # trackpad --help usage: trackpad notap|tap|drag|lock|show Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Com

Re: Good TiBook wallpapers?

2004-10-22 Thread Barry Hawkins
| ones as well as other arty wallpapers. | | d. | Thanks guys. - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enig

Good TiBook wallpapers?

2004-10-22 Thread Barry Hawkins
GPRS working. Thanks, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozde

Re: Permission denied on startx after suspend resume

2004-10-15 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carsten Milling wrote: | On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 10:34:42AM -0400, Barry Hawkins wrote: | [...] | |>The state of /dev/null turned out to be this: |> |>~# ls -l /dev/null |>- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2004-10-13 14:

Re: Permission denied on startx after suspend resume

2004-10-13 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Oct 13, 2004, at 8:02 AM, Ken Moffat wrote: On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Barry Hawkins wrote: List, I rebooted after waking from suspend on my Titanium PowerBook G4 500MHz and began experiencing an inability to log on via the KDM prompt. I

Permission denied on startx after suspend resume

2004-10-12 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 List, I rebooted after waking from suspend on my Titanium PowerBook G4 500MHz and began experiencing an inability to log on via the KDM prompt. I would enter my credentials, the screen would go black, then show the default X background, then relo

Re: Cannot boot via yaboot

2004-10-11 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Barry Hawkins wrote: | List, | Hello. I have a problem booting my system that's similar to issue | that others have had. So far the workarounds that I have found in | searching the list archives haven't gotten me out of this jam yet.

Cannot boot via yaboot

2004-10-11 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 List, Hello. I have a problem booting my system that's similar to issue that others have had. So far the workarounds that I have found in searching the list archives haven't gotten me out of this jam yet. The machine is a Titanium PowerBook G4 5

Cannot build Eclipse 3.0 RC3 using source fetch

2004-06-24 Thread Barry Hawkins
ible or if it is currently not possible? Thanks in advance. Regards, -- Barry Hawkins site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com

Re: How can I use kernel patches (kernel-tree 2.6.6)

2004-06-18 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jun 18, 2004, at 4:23 PM, Roland Wegmann wrote: Hi all I have apt-getted the testing kernel-tree 2.6.6. This package has some kernel patches (as far as I know), but I have no idee how to use these patches. What do I have to do that I can use the

Re: Apple built-in Bluetooth not appearing in /dev

2004-06-18 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jun 18, 2004, at 2:01 PM, Sjoerd Simons wrote: On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 12:17:02PM -0400, Barry Hawkins wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jun 18, 2004, at 2:36 AM, Sjoerd Simons wrote: On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 06:53:53PM

Re: Apple built-in Bluetooth not appearing in /dev

2004-06-18 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jun 18, 2004, at 3:34 PM, Alain Perry wrote: supposed to have been made, as a confirmation of sorts. That would make sense, since hid2hci returns the following: Yep, sorry about that, my mistake... Does that look anything like the kernel oop

Re: Apple built-in Bluetooth not appearing in /dev

2004-06-18 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jun 18, 2004, at 1:11 PM, Alain Perry wrote: Alain, Thanks for the reply. By sid installation I meant the unstable Sorry, I missed that in your first mail... branch. I forgot to include the error from hid2hci; here it is: $ hid2hci

Re: Apple built-in Bluetooth not appearing in /dev

2004-06-18 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jun 18, 2004, at 2:36 AM, Sjoerd Simons wrote: On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 06:53:53PM -0400, Barry Hawkins wrote: List, I am running a 2.6.5-rc3-ben0 kernel with a sid installation on a 1.25GHz 15" Aluminum PowerBook G4, which has bui

Re: Apple built-in Bluetooth not appearing in /dev

2004-06-18 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jun 17, 2004, at 7:17 PM, Alain Perry wrote: List, I am running a 2.6.5-rc3-ben0 kernel with a sid installation on a 1.25GHz 15" Aluminum PowerBook G4, which has built-in Bluetooth. Although bluez-utils installed just fine and all of the

Apple built-in Bluetooth not appearing in /dev

2004-06-17 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 List, I am running a 2.6.5-rc3-ben0 kernel with a sid installation on a 1.25GHz 15" Aluminum PowerBook G4, which has built-in Bluetooth. Although bluez-utils installed just fine and all of the messages on startup indicate that hcid, rfcomm, l2cap

Re: Use of external DVI with Apple 20" Cinema Display

2004-05-22 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On May 22, 2004, at 4:53 AM, Philipp Kaeser wrote: Hej Barry, OK, don't hate me for this, but I have a 20" Apple display that I use with my 15" 1.25GHz Albook. Yaboot correctly appears on the display when I power up the unit with the lid clo

Use of external DVI with Apple 20" Cinema Display

2004-05-21 Thread Barry Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 List, OK, don't hate me for this, but I have a 20" Apple display that I use with my 15" 1.25GHz Albook. Yaboot correctly appears on the display when I power up the unit with the lid closed and the display plugged in. I have even booted to the co

Re: Airport on Debian

2004-04-12 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Apr 12, 2004, at 6:38 PM, qdecavel wrote: Hi, I have read on several sites that it is possible to run Airport on Debian. Since I'm a complete beginner, I would like to know if somebody has already managed to do it, and if so, could he explain quite precisely how he did it ?

Re: XFree86 issue with PowerBook G4 15" 1.25GHz ATI Radeon 9600

2004-04-02 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Apr 1, 2004, at 11:06 PM, Federico Gamio wrote: On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 22:36, Barry Hawkins wrote: List, I have been trying to get XFree86 running on my system for several days. I have been scouring our archives and some others, which has helped me rule out a number of issues. To

Re: PCMCIA-CS 3.2.7

2004-04-01 Thread Barry Hawkins
I am having trouble getting my aironet 350 PCMCIA card working with pcmcia-cs 3.2.7 and kernel 2.6.1-benh1 on my Powerbook 15" AL 1.25ghz. I compiled support for nubus support as modules (ds and yenta_socket); compiled support for airo and airo_cs modules. When I boot, pcmcia recognizes the ca

XFree86 issue with PowerBook G4 15" 1.25GHz ATI Radeon 9600

2004-04-01 Thread Barry Hawkins
List, I have been trying to get XFree86 running on my system for several days. I have been scouring our archives and some others, which has helped me rule out a number of issues. To date, my core issue seems to be that my XFree86 installation does not recognize my video card. I have attemp

Re: 2.6.4 on a pismo?

2004-03-31 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Mar 31, 2004, at 11:12 AM, jim altieri wrote: In my continuing quest (with help from many of you), I got a working kernel compiled and installed (the 2.6.5-rc2-ben0). Of course, now my iMic has stopped working. Unfortunately, not only in my new kernel, but in my old beautiful 2.4.25 kerne

Re: Airport configuration.

2004-02-24 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Feb 24, 2004, at 4:18 PM, Josh Lauricha wrote: If its an airport just modprobe airport and configure it like a normal wireless card (I'd guess). If it is an AirPort Extreme, complain to broadcom and try to get them to release a driver for it (that runs on PPC Linux). On Tue 02/24/04 21:51, D

Re: Java - Eclipse 3.0 Support (SWT) on PowerPc

2004-02-23 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Feb 23, 2004, at 11:44 AM, Fabio Poroli wrote: Hi Is somebody using Eclipse 3.0M... on a PowerPc - Linux? I tried few times to build SWT but without success. Any hints building it ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

Re: Installing Debian using debian-sarge-netinst.iso (powerpc)

2004-02-23 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Feb 22, 2004, at 5:26 PM, Seb Tennant wrote: [...] Did you burn your .iso image in OS X? If so, how did you do it so that it would boot from your computer? Yes I did burn my .iso image to disk in OS X. I used Roxio's Toast Titanium. I'm not sure why, but Toast often works where Disk

Re: Installing Debian using debian-sarge-netinst.iso (powerpc)

2004-02-23 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Feb 23, 2004, at 1:45 AM, Derrik Pates wrote: sebyte wrote: I have partitioned my hard drive, (using Apple's Disk Utility), as follows: As was mentioned in another reply, you shouldn't try to do the partitioning through Apple's Disk Utility. IMHO, it's terrible, not to mention it wastes

Re: powerbook g4

2004-01-11 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Jan 11, 2004, at 8:27 AM, Alessandro Riz -ml wrote: Hi, Yesterday I buy a powerbook g4 12" and now I wold like to install debian sid. I found some article on internet but I've a problem... When I press at the start apple+alt+o+f it don't start Open Firmware... What should I do to enter in it

Re: yaboot 2.6.0 OSX 10.3.2

2003-12-23 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Dec 23, 2003, at 8:22 PM, Chris Tillman wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:29:06PM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: Hi all, I am new in installing Debian on a ppc. I've installed testing, compiled a 2.6.0-ben1 succesful and want to have a dualboot. When booting the yaboot panel appears. cho

Caution when choosing PCMCIA wireless cards (was Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems)

2003-12-23 Thread Barry Hawkins
ebian.org/debian-powerpc/2003/debian-powerpc-200312/ msg00521.html). Regards, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com MESSAGE 1: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Wirelessdriver-support] Re: PowerBook G4 15"/OS X 10.3

Re: Recommended Orinoco PCMCIA card?

2003-12-21 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Dec 21, 2003, at 11:16 AM, Michael Shields wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Barry Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It looks like the Proxim Orinoco wireless cards work well with those needing to avoid the Broadcom-based Airport Extreme ca

Recommended Orinoco PCMCIA card?

2003-12-15 Thread Barry Hawkins
List, It looks like the Proxim Orinoco wireless cards work well with those needing to avoid the Broadcom-based Airport Extreme cards in Apple portables. Any recommendation or enlightenment on whether the Silver World card versus the Gold World card makes a difference regarding Linux use? Ar

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

2003-12-15 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Dec 15, 2003, at 10:16 AM, Michael Schmitz wrote: fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hda4 /dev/hda4: The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

2003-12-12 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Dec 11, 2003, at 1:03 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: Thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, you nailed it; an nVidia-based 17" albook. I briefly got past the issue I had posted and experienced three different types of segmentation faults and weird hangs. Is there another

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

2003-12-11 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Dec 11, 2003, at 1:03 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: Thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, you nailed it; an nVidia-based 17" albook. I briefly got past the issue I had posted and experienced three different types of segmentation faults and weird hangs. Is there another

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

2003-12-10 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Dec 10, 2003, at 6:02 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 15:08, Barry Hawkins wrote: List, I have been trying to get a 2.4.23(pre5_benh?) kernel up and running on a PowerBook G4 17". Currently I can get through the following steps without issue: Is t

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

2003-12-10 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Dec 10, 2003, at 4:09 PM, David Pye wrote: Hi Barry, The error you have says /dev/hda4 DOES NOT EXIST. fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hda4 This *might* be because under filesystem support in kernel config, you selected devfs... David [...] Through a serie

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