Re: iBook and TV-out

2004-05-16 Thread Colin Charles
the TV. The iBook's don't come with a standard TV out, but a CRT out only cable. That aside, its stated to work: http://seb.france.free.fr/linux/ibookG4/iBookG4-howto-5.html#ss5.6 -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bytebot.net/

Re: Tips for a PPC newbie?

2004-04-20 Thread Colin Charles
fore I start? If not, does > anyone have any advice about installing SID to a TiBook (especially a 550)? Follow the other resources, I'm sure you'd be fine. Remember to track unstable (sid) for all the fun stuff :) -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bytebot.net/

Re: 2.6.5 & iBook 2.2

2004-04-06 Thread Colin Charles
kg Seems to be fine now, thanks for all the help (and a most likely, possible false alarm) -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bytebot.net/

Re: 2.6.5 & iBook 2.2

2004-04-04 Thread Colin Charles
in 2.6.5, my M7 wasn't displaying properly in X - I'm using the > > dri-trunk that I had while I was using 2.4.25 > > Have you tried what Mathieu Segaud wrote on 04/04/2004 at 17:25 ? Yes, my video issues are gone. I still can't mount the USB thumb drive. And yes, it works fine in 2.4.x (even on the same box :) ) -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bytebot.net/

Re: 2.6.5 & iBook 2.2

2004-04-04 Thread Colin Charles
0 The USB thumb drive is fine, and if I do try to mount /dev/sda1, it won't work. lsmod reports: scsi_mod 94280 4 sd_mod,sg,sr_mod,usb_storage So I look like I'm supposed to be set, but I'm not, which is weird -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bytebot.net/

Re: 2.6.5 & iBook 2.2

2004-04-04 Thread Colin Charles
no good for me. Plus, in 2.6.5, my M7 wasn't displaying properly in X - I'm using the dri-trunk that I had while I was using 2.4.25 Funny, all this worked fine on 2.6.2 -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bytebot.net/

Re: 2.6.5 & iBook 2.2

2004-04-04 Thread Colin Charles
unt -t vfat /dev/sda1 /floppy > > > > doesn't seem to work now either :( > > Works fine here (I use ext2, not vfat). You could be missing some > module... I have vfat, the problem is that in 2.6.5, it get's detected as sg0 on scsi0, and when I try to mount /dev/sda

2.6.5 & iBook 2.2

2004-04-04 Thread Colin Charles
(I thought I needed udev so all the others are dependencies of it). Another question - how do I mount my USB thumb drive conveniently? The old method of: mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /floppy doesn't seem to work now either :( Thanks! -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://

Re: Pointers for a ppc newbie?

2004-03-03 Thread Colin Charles
find. your best bet is burning an iso on your dell. Burnz is shareware, 10 free burns are provided. (I burnt 3 YDL CDs with it, and never ever have to use it again ;)) -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bytebot.net/ http://training.bytebot.net/ - FREE OpenOffice.org Training http://fed

Re: Modem

2004-02-28 Thread Colin Charles
On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 01:02, Luis Miguel Cabezas wrote: > Hi. I have a ibook G4 800Mhz Radeon 9200. I donĀ“t know if my modem is > compatible with > Debian. Any people with the same ibook have been using the modem?? Linuxant (www.linuxant.com) might have drivers, but I'm not too s

Can't get the modem working with 2.6

2004-02-09 Thread Colin Charles
2.6, it fails complaining: WARNING: missing file /lib/modules/2.6.2-ben1-hermione/build/include/linux/modversions.h It compiled just fine in the 2.4.x series though. Anyone able to help? Thanks. -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bytebot.net/ http://fedoranews.org/colin/fnu/ - Fedora News Updates

RE: Flash plugin for Mozilla-Firebird on ppc

2004-01-15 Thread Colin Charles
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 03:23, Boehn, Gunnar von wrote: > There was once a petition to signup to convince > macromedia to create a Flashplayer version for ppc. Maybe this is something we should get done? > Maybe you could just email macromedia ? Done before, to no avail :( -- Coli

Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems

2003-12-31 Thread Colin Charles
I can confirm both these statements. The Airport/Airport Extreme > cards are entirely new cards - different design, different chipset, > different connector, everything. If I get an iBook G4 with the Airport Extreme card, can I just replace it with an Airport card and it'll work?

Re: Monitoring tools (that will work...)

2003-12-26 Thread Colin Charles
-dev recently. Thanks. Time to look at the archives (and maybe get on another list!). -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenOffice.org Unofficial FAQ: http://www.bytebot.net/openoffice/faq.html

Monitoring tools (that will work...)

2003-12-24 Thread Colin Charles
e fan off and on at will) Thanks. -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenOffice.org Unofficial FAQ: http://www.bytebot.net/openoffice/faq.html

Re: ppc memory

2003-12-22 Thread Colin Charles
27;ll recognise, etc. Read the > manuals if possible, apple's site had the specs for mine. That's right. All these iBook2's top off at 640MB of RAM. So, a 512meg SODIMM (which is getting cheaper) will work just as well. 133MHz shouldn't be a problem (if you have an old

Re: ppc memory

2003-12-22 Thread Colin Charles
ard memory, and are there any cautions to > consider? Yes. Standard memory works fine. There is no Apple branded memory (I think). -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenOffice.org Unofficial FAQ: http://www.bytebot.net/openoffice/faq.html

Re: Modem on the iBook2

2003-10-25 Thread Colin Charles
On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 17:56, Colin Charles wrote: > 1. How do I get my software modem working? Most of the time this is not > needed, but I'll be away from home in a few weeks and while travelling > on the road, getting the software modem working will be cool. wvdialconf > d

Re: Modem on the iBook2

2003-10-22 Thread Colin Charles
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, David Friggens wrote: > > 1. How do I get my software modem working? > > Since it's a software modem you need a driver for it. Luckily there is a > binary driver for it - http://www.linuxant.com/drivers > A word of warning though - it's not 100% stable. It's generally OK but >

Modem on the iBook2

2003-10-21 Thread Colin Charles
it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Colin Charles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenOffice.org Unofficial FAQ: http://www.bytebot.net/openoffice/faq.html