Hi All
We "inherited" this machine from Chris Wareham (on this list) in January
and it's been fun to play with but for desktop use, it is too slow and
unstable using stretch (to get the graphics working). Much I as want to
use Debian on PowerPC, it's not viable when I'm really busy (most of th
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On 17/03/16 08:10, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Clive Menzies wrote:
On 17/03/16 00:25, Steven Grunza wrote:
Should I expect Debian debian-8.3.0-powerpc-xfce-CD-1 to work on an Apple
iMac G5?
I tried installing it and just have a blank screen.
Using Control
On 17/03/16 00:25, Steven Grunza wrote:
Should I expect Debian debian-8.3.0-powerpc-xfce-CD-1 to work on an
Apple iMac G5?
I tried installing it and just have a blank screen.
Using Control-Option-F1 I have a text console on the built-in display
that is displaying
[ looks like a timestamp
On 06/03/16 05:43, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Mar 5, 2016, at 8:20 PM, peperol...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi Rick,
I'm in the same boat with a powerbook G4; no sound cards found.
I found this a couple of weeks ago but I haven't give it a try yet.
http://ppcluddite.blogspot.mx/2015/08/debian-kernel-with-
On 12/02/16 16:29, Chris Wareham wrote:
On 12 February 2016 at 12:15 Clive Menzies wrote:
Hi Chris
I've got these and grepped apt-cache gstrreamer for mozilla/html but
couldn't find anything. Any idea of what may be missing? There seem to
be loads of them.
clive@Pandora:~$ dpkg
um 2:13 PM schrieb Clive Menzies :
Thanks Richard
Regards
Clive
On 12/02/16 13:04, Richard Kuenz wrote:
you need gecko-mediaplayer
Clive Menzies schrieb:
On 12/02/16 09:18, Chris Wareham wrote:
Hi Clive,
YouTube should just work these days, since it falls back to using a HTML5
playe
On 12/02/16 09:18, Chris Wareham wrote:
Hi Clive,
YouTube should just work these days, since it falls back to using a HTML5
player. If it's not doing
that automatically then you can go to the following page to check:
https://www.youtube.com/html5?gl=GB
I think you may need some extra gstreamer
On 12/02/16 09:18, Chris Wareham wrote:
Hi Clive,
YouTube should just work these days, since it falls back to using a HTML5
player. If it's not doing
that automatically then you can go to the following page to check:
https://www.youtube.com/html5?gl=GB
I think you may need some extra gstreamer
sebaro.com/viewtube/?ln=en
plus, i like very much
MPV player + Youtube-Viewer (by Trizen).
Starting with Jessie, MPV is available.
On Wheezy you would need to compile it yourself
https://nyxi.eu/blog/2014/01/19/compiling-mpv-in-Wheezy-2014/
cheers
rich
Am Feb 11, 2016 um 9:23 PM schrieb Cli
alsa-base seems to have done the trick
Just flash left to go...
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On 10/02/16 19:33, Peter Saisanas wrote:
It's been a while since I've played with powerpc - how and where to I
append the kernel parameter? Is it in yaboot or elsehwere?
Append the kernel parameters within the /etc/yaboot.conf file
A typical yaboot boot entry with the mentioned appended kernel
elsehwere?
I'll explore DCB from the link when I have time and try to get my head
around all this.
As an aside, I don't have sound or flash working yet - gnash doesn't
seem to work and swf-dec is not in stretch. Can anyone point me in the
right direction?
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On 07/02/16 21:34, Peter Saisanas wrote:
Do you happen to have an xorg.conf? if so, please remove it.
Xorg should probe for your screens and not need an xorg.conf.
It shouldn't need any kernel parameters passed But stranger things
have happened!
Thanks for your help Peter
No. There's no xo
On 07/02/16 17:45, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Feb 7, 2016, at 6:49 AM, Clive Menzies wrote:
Upgrading to stretch from a fresh jessie install with 4.5.0-rc2 kernel
installed worked fine. :-)
xfce4 display settings is recognising both monitors but the second (which is
different resolution to the
On 07/02/16 02:50, Clive Menzies wrote:
On 07/02/16 02:32, Brock Wittrock wrote:
I downloaded Peter's 4.5.0-rc2 kernel, installed it, and updated my
yaboot.conf but still the same issue. But honestly I could have
missed something when configuring my system to boot from his newer
k
On 07/02/16 02:32, Brock Wittrock wrote:
I'm in the same boat and unfortunately haven't found the time to sail
my way out of it just yet. What I do know is if I boot with an old
3.18 kernel I have, everything works out okay again. I believe it was
mentioned already that this could be related to
On 06/02/16 22:12, Clive Menzies wrote:
On 06/02/16 20:52, Peter Saisanas wrote:
Regarding my config, currently am running 4.5.0-rc2 kernel, xfce
desktop and on Debian stretch (testing) repo's.
As a side note, on the testing repo's, the only package that I
personally have notice
On 06/02/16 20:52, Peter Saisanas wrote:
Regarding my config, currently am running 4.5.0-rc2 kernel, xfce
desktop and on Debian stretch (testing) repo's.
As a side note, on the testing repo's, the only package that I
personally have noticed that has broken and affected me recently is
binutils
On 06/02/16 17:01, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Feb 6, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Clive Menzies wrote:
On 06/02/16 07:26, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Feb 5, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Clive Menzies wrote:
In this context, reading back through the threads I see that Peter has rolled
some 4.* kernels. Any suggestions
Sorry Rick if this is the third time but Icedove started screwing around
and sending messages from the wrong address which isn't registered with
the list. See below.
On 06/02/16 17:27, Clive Menzies wrote:
On 06/02/16 17:01, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Feb 6, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Clive Me
On 06/02/16 17:01, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Feb 6, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Clive Menzies wrote:
On 06/02/16 07:26, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Feb 5, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Clive Menzies wrote:
In this context, reading back through the threads I see that Peter has rolled
some 4.* kernels. Any suggestions
On 06/02/16 10:16, Clive Menzies wrote:
On 06/02/16 07:26, Rick Thomas wrote:
If your G5 is a "PowerMac11,2" like mine, then Peter's
"4.4.0-rc7-powerpc64" kernel works well for me with the "VGA
compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 660
On 06/02/16 07:26, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Feb 5, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Clive Menzies wrote:
In this context, reading back through the threads I see that Peter has rolled
some 4.* kernels. Any suggestions as to which one I try first and any
particular messages in the thread I should pay attention
ble and you should be able to get OpenGL working with nouveau
and your particular GPU.
> >
> > Google drive link for kernel debs below:
> >
> >
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8pqd5Ots1vfT2puX09CYjEwcFk&usp=sharing
> >
> > Please let me know how you go.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Peter
>
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On 28/06/12 06:15, deleteme wrote:
Just installed Squeeze (debian-6.0.4-powerpc-netinst.iso) on a working
New World iBook G3, and everything went smoothly until the first boot
up of the new system. After displaying the typical sequence of
line-by-line boot progress, the log-in screen was presen
On 02/12/10 15:36, Gregory Seidman wrote:
On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 02:46:14PM +, Clive Menzies wrote:
On 02/12/10 13:04, Gregory Seidman wrote:
[...]
Has anyone else had any luck with netatalk (supporting OpenSSL) on PPC?
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and I googled on "beige g3 old world mac debian" and found this:
http://knol.google.com/k/bootx-and-debian-ppc-on-old-world-macintosh-architecture#
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Shawn H Corey wrote:
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:03:56 +
Clive Menzies wrote:
Beware, thar be dragons :-)
That you're asking these questions suggests it is a bit early for you
to consider upgrading to sid (he's the one in Toy Story who breaks
toys in spectacular fashion) aka un
gename
/It should notify you of missing dependencies etc.
If it does install without a hitch, go back to your sources.list and
change sid to lenny again. Do another apt-get update and all will be
back to normal. When you're a bit more familiar with Debian and feeling
adventurous, googl
metamind wrote:
Hi Carlos, I tried this yesterday :D and worked fine for me. Linux
doesn´t come with afp enabled and you need to download all the
packages and install it in the right way plus some mods in the
extensions. It is a little bit hard to do it, and I tried two times
before with no
the grv wrote:
Hi list. Sorry for my bad english.
Into my powerbook 1,67, i have debian lenny testing with 2 user: normal user and root. I not istall
GDM and i can open X with the command "startx". my problem is that the normal user not
have a simple command as "ifconfig". Bash reply me that
Hi
I've got a PowerMac G4 QuickSilver (OpenFirmware 3) which I'm setting up
as a file server. Etch is installed on /dev/hda and is working fine. I
bought a PCI IDE2 card to add two additional 750Gb ide drives which I
propose to configure as RAID1 using mdadm for /home.
However, the card is
On (19/02/07 21:04), Ananda Samaddar wrote:
> I like my current iBook a lot but it's a bit slow for some of my
> needs. I was hoping someone on this list could point me to somewhere
> I can get a used / refurbished Powerbook G4 from at a reasonable price
> in the UK. Please don't say eBay! My ho
On (19/02/07 20:52), Ananda Samaddar wrote:
> I like my current iBook a lot but it's a bit slow for some of my
> needs. I was hoping someone on this list could point me to somewhere
> I can get a used / refurbished Powerbook G4 from at a reasonable
> price. Please don't say eBay! My housemate ru
> At Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:24:05 +, Ananda Samaddar wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Is anyone running unstable at the minute and if yes, what is it's
> > current state like? I'm thinking of biting the bullet and upgrading
> > this little gem of an iBook to Sid. I've got everything more
On (22/01/07 16:49), Ananda Samaddar wrote:
> I am new to the PPC platform after having use either Debian or Ubuntu
> on X86 for a while now. I would describe myself as an intermediate
> user, I can usually get most things working on my own, but this one
> has got me stumped.
>
> After selecting
Hi
For the last 24 hours 'aptitude update' gets 99% of the files but just
hangs on the bzip2 source. Removing deb-src from the sources list
eliminates the problem.
Anyone else seeing this?
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On (28/11/06 10:56), Frédéric Massot wrote:
> Yes, there is the package "powerpc-utils" and the command "autoboot" :
>
> AUTOBOOT(8)
> NAME
> autoboot - tool for setting/resetting servermode booting of PowerMacs
> SYNOPSIS
>autoboot [-v] on
>autoboot [-v] off
>autoboot -V
On (28/11/06 10:26), Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > I found this through Rich Johnson, the maintainer of the "autoboot"
> > utility.. and I've just pulled plug on one of our G4 servers and lo!
> > the server_mode=1 survived the reboot. It also remains after a
> > conventional reboot.
>
> Y
On (27/11/06 19:14), Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:52:46PM +0100, Frédéric Massot wrote:
> > I will like that my server G4 boot again when restore on AC power. I
> > believe that it is a question of enabling the "server mode".
> >
> > In dmesg I have : via-pmu: Server Mode is di
On (02/11/06 14:58), James Dunn wrote:
> I am trying to get Debian up and running on my iBook G3, 900Mhz, 640MB
> RAM. I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserverxfree86 and then edited the
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file with nano as it was still not working. I
> amended the file according to this:
> http://w
On (30/10/06 09:48), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This is what I have to work with:
>
> debian-31r3-powerpc-netinst.iso install on a wallstreet:
> old world, sonnet G3 500, 318 meg ram, cdrom, floppy
>
> Turned off journaling on my osx volume and checked and it is says no
> under journaling
> I h
On (25/08/06 11:28), Clive Menzies wrote:
> 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 th
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
On (25/08/06 00:04), Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote:
> I am not so inclined to post here, because I do not want to buy
> anything (especially old hardware), but I take the opportunity
> to state that I am looking for Nubus machines to renew the Nubus
> subarch on 2.6 kernels and to port EMILE (the Mac68k bo
On (21/05/06 21:27), ben wrote:
> My 5400 rpm 80gb ATA drive in my powerbook just failed the other day.
> It was making a weird buzzing sound whenever I tilted the laptop,
> eventually it got so bad that the drive wouldn't read without rocking
> my laptop back and forth. My linux partition was form
On (17/03/06 09:37), Nelson Castillo wrote:
> A user said she will bring a Macintosh Performa 6400/180 with
> 16MB RAM [1] to the installfest[2].
>
> Will the sarge installer work with only 16 MB of RAM?
>
> I would like to know whether I can manage to install sarge
> there.
>
> I'm a little con
On (14/03/06 07:09), Terry Shannon wrote:
> Quick question for those who don't have time to read the whole saga
> below: aptitude shows all packages selected for deletion (don't know
> how I got it into that state.) How do I unselect all the packages
> for deletion?
Ctl-u before exiting
On (09/01/06 18:11), Chris Fisichella wrote:
> I am on my sixth attempt to install Debian on a Powerbook G3
> (Wallstreet). I am out of ideas. I have OpenFirmware < 3.0, so I tried
> the following:
>
> 1. boot from floppies. four floppies, two different writing methods; I
> think my floppy driv
On (05/01/06 13:35), David Pead wrote:
> Now however, in my fumbling around trying to fix the Xserver I've messed up
> the keyboard mapping. I need to get back to the command line to reconfigure
> but can't use the usual alt-F1. How can I boot and not start the X server?
> Can I hold down a key whe
On (17/12/05 08:40), Tara Athan wrote:
> Clive- thanks for your response, However, Performa 6400 is PCI, not
> NuBus.
My bad :(
I'll go back and reread your post :)
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On (16/12/05 23:11), Tara Athan wrote:
> I have been attempting to follow the instructions in
>
> http://www.us.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/
>
> to install debian on my Performa 6400/180.
> I have done the following:
> 1. created 2 partitions on my hard disk, one with the Mac OS installed,
On (10/11/05 15:41), Leonardo Marques wrote:
> What is a nubus box? How i to do to discover if it is or isnt a nubus?
>
> Thans for attention ;)
>
> On 11/10/05, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 02:11:28PM -0200, Leonardo Marques wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I
On (25/09/05 22:36), Stelian Pop wrote:
> Le dimanche 25 septembre 2005 à 12:28 -0700, Kim Cascone a écrit :
>
> > - I partitioned my sons G3 iMac into three parts: [OS X (HFS): 50G],
> > [Ubuntu PPC (ext3): 5G], and [New World part/boot (HFS): 250M]...
> > - everything installed fine, I was abl
On (24/08/05 09:00), Sven Luther wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 10:19:42PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote:
> > On (23/08/05 17:31), Paulo Vaz wrote:
> > > I'm trying to install Debian on a Performa 6360. I
> > > created the disk with boot image as described in
On (23/08/05 17:31), Paulo Vaz wrote:
> I'm trying to install Debian on a Performa 6360. I
> created the disk with boot image as described in the
> Install Manual in a PC computer.
>
I believe this is a nubus mac, which will only boot using MkLinux:
http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/powerpc/ch-
On (23/08/05 06:04), R Charles Flickinger wrote:
> haven not broken through this "wall" for eighteen hours now. nothing
> I can think of makes any difference
If it is a minor consolation, it took me somthing like 6 months to
complete my first successful Debian install. However, that was two
ve
On (04/08/05 14:36), DEBIAN wrote:
> To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, debian-boot@lists.debian.org
> From: DEBIAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 14:36:14 +0200
> Subject: help
>
> hello i need help to install Debian in my powerpc power3 IBM RS/6000
> CHRP 44p-170 how can install
On (01/08/05 01:31), Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> Steven Gilbreath wrote:
> > how do i get/install I am new to linux. Do i use
> > dselect apt-get those are the only 2 I know how to use
> > I am willing to learn anything though
> >
>
> Well, Xfce 4.2 isnt in Debian Sarge, nor in Etch (it will enter
On (28/07/05 14:22), Luke Miller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed debian (alright ... ubuntu) on my flatmate's 2001
> iBook (128 mb memory). He says it runs slower than Mac OS 10.1 (which
> he was running). Does anyone have any tips for quick speed increases?
> I'd like to keep running gnome if t
On (26/07/05 18:01), Marco Guidetti wrote:
> On Jul 26, 2005, at 4:23 PM, Clive Menzies wrote:
>
> >Many people including me have been using KDE on powerpc sid (and Gnome
> >as well, I suspect). Why do you say they are unusable?
>
> 'cause when i try
>
> #a
On (26/07/05 15:29), Marco Guidetti wrote:
> i managed to get debian on the new ibook.
> finally i feel at home. :)
>
> (not yet checked if macosx's working, tho)
>
> the first step was moving to unstable (eh), but here i find that i
> can't install a lot of thing i used to have on x86: kde or g
On (25/07/05 18:13), Rainer Gutkas wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> Maybe I'm just to dumm to complete this task, because I know I did it
> once, but can't remember how.
>
> The problem is that I try to set up Ubuntu-Warty as server OS on my G3
> Powerbook Wallstreet, which is old-world. So I got the
>
On (13/07/05 23:38), Rainer Gutkas wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I would like to (re)install linux on a g3 powerbook Wallstreet, but I
> can't find BootX anymore.
> All links seem to broken. Is there anywhere I can download it?
>
> Thanks in forth,
>
> Rainer
>
In the installation manual:
'Download and
On (27/06/05 09:47), Dimitri Apostola wrote:
> I was wondering -- the Installation Manual for using OldWorld Macs and
> hard drive booting says to use the Woody installation files, and those
> seem to work alright, but the directory structure on the FTP has
> naturally changed between Woody and Sar
On (15/06/05 05:58), Thomas Carlson wrote:
> I have been waiting to see some response to this post. Are there
> others out there who have had success with Sarge on Old World machines.
> My Powermac 9500 is partitioned and ready to go once the CD set
> arrives in the mail. I plan to use Boo
On (27/05/05 13:54), Mauro wrote:
> Can someone plese take the following target off the mailing list?
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I keep on getting:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> mailed back to me for some time now.
I'm mildly curious as to why some are seeing this and others, like
myself aren'
On (25/05/05 11:13), Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > > Is there any documentation on these partition maps?
> > >
> > > Use the source, Luke. Or search the Apple techinfo database. I don't know
> > > of any other documentation.
> >
> > Apple's documentation of this stuff is surprisingly useful. If you
On (24/05/05 13:03), Johannes Berg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is anyone else getting a lot of bounces from an IBM server for a person
> subscribed to this list? I keep getting one bounce for every mail I send
> to this list...
> If you're at wintermute.rchland.ibm.com and can fix this, please do!
>
> joh
On (21/04/05 01:36), Eddy Petrisor wrote:
> Mauro wrote:
> >On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 21:49 +0300, Eddy Petrisor wrote:
> >
> >>I have encountered the clock problem when using the ubuntu kernel
> >>2.6.10. After most of the sleeps the laptop could not recover and I
> >>was
> >>forced to reset. Invari
On (23/04/05 18:41), Darrel wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2005, Clive Menzies wrote:
>
> I do not see an nv driver for X and am going to select vga. I wonder if
> the driver selections would have been different had I selected XDM or KDM.
No they wouldn't been any different. However
On (23/04/05 16:38), Darrel wrote:
> At the step called 'Apt Configuration' the install prompts for the second
> compact disk, but the eject key will not open the disk tray.
>
> I chose the United States English keyboard.
>
> How can I continue?
You can switch to a second console with Alt+F2 (o
On (18/04/05 17:42), James Tappin wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:28:17 +0100
> James Tappin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> JT> I have a G3 iBook that is supposed to dual-boot Debian/Sarge and
> JT> MacOS X.
> JT>
> JT> I use the yaboot boot loader, but since the latest OSX release
> JT> (10.3.9)
Hi
Apologies if this is not of interest but I have some debian boxen to
dispose of.
Background: I've acquired/inherited a fair amount of kit over the last
2/3 years in the course of exploring Debian. Space constraints and
energy consumption demand that I (reluctantly) let some of this kit go.
De
On (30/03/05 21:00), Mehul Sanghvi wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:03:53 +0100, Lee Braiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 29 March 2005 21:51, Mehul Sanghvi wrote:
> > > Does anyone know how to get LogWatch to create web based reports ?
> > > If I understand it
> >
> > You could fi
On (16/03/05 07:18), Daniel E. Jonsen wrote:
> I have Debian and Panther on a G4/350, but I have the luxury of having 2
> internal HDs, which might be more difficult with a PowerBook. Anyway, I
> first installed Panther on hdb and used Disk Utility to wipe hda clean of
> all partitions. Then I
On (11/03/05 14:33), Michael wrote:
> OK I am going linux crazy. I have been trying to install linux on my
> mac for about a year now to no avail. The common answer I got was that
> linux didn't like the combination of my rage 128 pro card with my studio
> display monitor. Can anyone help me?
On (22/02/05 00:51), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> has anyone had any success installing debian on an old world G3?? i
> could really use some help with MKlinux or BootX installations
Start here:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-files-oldworld
Although,
On (22/02/05 00:00), Charles Read wrote:
> Hey everybody!
>
> In a REAL crunch here! Was playing around with adding a new firewire
> drive to my PowerMac linux system, wouldnt you know a power outage
> shows up... as a result I cant boot and I need to be able to get to my
> hard drive to edit
On (14/02/05 12:48), vze26m98 wrote:
> Sorry to bother, but I'm a fairly new user and have dug myself into a
> hole and my searches of the Debian lists haven't turned up what I'm
> needing.
>
> Recently did an install of Woody on a Pismo, things have been fine.
>
> Added the Debian testing distri
On (29/01/05 18:11), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm running Sarge on a Beige G3 266 Mhz with a ATI Radeon 7000. I'd
> like to upgrade from kernel 2.4 to kernel 2.6 (the latest if possible).
> Can anyone provide me with a link to a kernel that I can run in this
> computer?
> Thanks
> EJ
You can i
On (24/01/05 09:15), Marco Gaiarin wrote:
> Mandi! Clive Menzies
> In chel di` si favelave...
>
> > Suggest you try the new sarge d-i rc2 - it's 'soon' to be the next
>
> Hem, i've just tried sarge rc2, but as i've just stated, the floppy
> imag
On (21/01/05 18:23), Mauricio Hernandez Z. wrote:
> Rich Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > I've got a '98 G3/Wallstreet, that is _about_ to become a debian
> > machine. I've had similar problems between OS9/OSX dual booting, but I
> > never got to the bottom of it.
> >
> > My WA guesses a
On (21/01/05 18:23), Mauricio Hernandez Z. wrote:
> Rich Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > I've got a '98 G3/Wallstreet, that is _about_ to become a debian
> > machine. I've had similar problems between OS9/OSX dual booting, but I
> > never got to the bottom of it.
> >
> > My WA guesses a
On (21/01/05 13:50), Marco Gaiarin wrote:
> [i'm not subscribed to this list, so, please, reply also by email]
>
> I've got a PowerMac 8500/120, and misses the SCSI disk. This is my
> first powermac, so i've no system no another mac box to build bootable
> macos media.
>
> But i don't want macos,
On (21/01/05 13:50), Marco Gaiarin wrote:
> [i'm not subscribed to this list, so, please, reply also by email]
>
> I've got a PowerMac 8500/120, and misses the SCSI disk. This is my
> first powermac, so i've no system no another mac box to build bootable
> macos media.
>
> But i don't want macos,
On (01/12/04 19:21), Clive Menzies wrote:
> Hi
>
> I first raised this last January incidental to a problem I was having
> playing CDs (resolved).
>
> It only happens occasionally, persists through a number of reboots and
> then strangely dissappears. I upgrade almos
On (22/12/04 12:56), vinai wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. wrote:
>
> > I want to install sarge in my Old-World Mac 9500.
> > I know I need to use BootX, and that I should copy linux.bin and
> > ramdisk.image.gz into the "Linux Kernels" folder, but I can't find
> > those fil
On (19/12/04 16:11), Eric Scott wrote:
> Yo;
> Just installed Woody on my ol' PowerMac 7300 with it's integrated video
> system. How on earth do I get Xfree up and chipper? dpkg-reconfigure
> xserver-xfree86 does it's "Please enter the video card's bux
> identifier," but lspci does me no good
Hi
I first raised this last January incidental to a problem I was having
playing CDs (resolved).
It only happens occasionally, persists through a number of reboots and
then strangely dissappears. I upgrade almost daily and it may be
related to conflicts in the upgraded system that eventually are
On (26/11/04 18:04), Sven Luther wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 10:58:48AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > cc:s added to gain more attention, reply-to: set.
> >
> > On Friday 26 November 2004 10:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On (16/11/04 12:11), facemann wrote:
> Hi all,
> I hope this is the correct list for this. If not,
> please advise.
> I have just loaded woody 2.4.18-newpmac on an older
> G4. Runs great from the command line. When I run
> 'startx' the KDE splash screen comes
> on, I have a mouse, then it fails
On (07/11/04 21:27), Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (07/11/04 20:32), Cristo Saulo Bolaños Trujillo wrote:
> > Clive Menzies wrote:
> >
> > >Hi
> > >
> > >This is something that's been bugging me ever since I started running
> > >Debian on my
On (07/11/04 20:32), Cristo Saulo Bolaños Trujillo wrote:
> Clive Menzies wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >
> >This is something that's been bugging me ever since I started running
> >Debian on my G4. I can't seem to find a way of producing # from the
> >k
Hi
This is something that's been bugging me ever since I started running
Debian on my G4. I can't seem to find a way of producing # from the
keyboard (I end up having to cut and paste from elsewhere).
Googling produced some info for G4 powerbooks which didn't seem appropriate
for this PowerMac G
On (01/11/04 21:36), Tommy Trussell wrote:
> I have heard some positive things about kword, but koffice is not in
> the debian-ppc standard archives, and packages for other distros look
> pretty outdated.
>
> Why is there no ppc version of koffice in Debian?
Hi Tommy
Here koffice shows on both si
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