Re: Xfree86 and 7200/75

2001-05-30 Thread Garry Roseman
e get your monitors HorizSync and VertRefresh specs correct first and probably start with 800x600 resolution. When I found this problem with the PowerCurve I also found that I could not switch resolutions on the fly, even though every resolution in my Modes list had been tested individually and proved ok. Something is weird? YMMV -- Garry Roseman Memphis, TN

Re: output-device OF boot variable for ATI XCLAIM3D+

2001-05-18 Thread Garry Roseman
ice variable should be for it? My 7600 has that card and OF says that it is known by the name bandit/ATY,XCLAIM_LTPro -- Garry Roseman Memphis, TN

What kernel config works for Mac keyboard?

2001-05-09 Thread Garry Roseman
set 388 CONFIG_USB_WACOM=y 389 CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y -- Garry Roseman Memphis, TN

Re: Printing info or man pages

2001-05-02 Thread Garry Roseman
altalk but not ethernet, to my network for updating and backup. -- Garry Roseman Memphis, TN

Re: Install on PowerMac 7500

2001-01-10 Thread Garry Roseman
you have it available and it does fit on a smaller partition.) I agree that Quik is not an option on these machines. miBoot would be the only viable alternative to BootX. -- Garry Roseman <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Install on PowerMac 7500

2001-01-10 Thread Garry Roseman
/ppc is proving to be a very good distribution. -- Garry Roseman <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: mac-on-linux: any success yet?

2001-01-06 Thread Garry Roseman
came. We must be doing something wrong on these 7200 and clone machines, but what? Open Firmware can't be that broken that it can't boot because, after all, it does boot MacOS with absolute reliablity. If it weren't for BootX we'd have an entire class of commonly used P

Re: Install Potato 2.2r2 from CD onto Old World Mac?

2001-01-01 Thread Garry Roseman
On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 07:48:50PM -0600, Garry Roseman wrote: I bought the new official Potato CD set, 2.2r2, and tried installing Debian ppc on my PowerMac clone, a PowerComputing PowerWave 150 (it's an Old World PCI Mac, like a 7600). First, the CD is not bootable on that computer

Install Potato 2.2r2 from CD onto Old World Mac?

2000-12-31 Thread Garry Roseman
At 21:20 -0600 12/9/00, Garry Roseman wrote: I installed the Debian Potato release w/ dmasound onto a PowerMac 7600/G3 some weeks ago. I've been going up the learning curve fairly smoothly. Now that I have the fundamentals working ... I'm celebrating on New Year's Eve by in

How can I play music?

2000-12-09 Thread Garry Roseman
I installed the Debian Potato release w/ dmasound onto a PowerMac 7600/G3 some weeks ago. I've been going up the learning curve fairly smoothly. Now that I have the fundamentals working (XFree86 3.3.6, netatalk, icewm, tkdesk, tetex, lyx, mozilla) I tried to use xmms to play MOD music -- ther

Successful install but disoriented about X configuration

2000-10-12 Thread Garry Roseman
ite happy to live with a Linux console. I don't want to install a desktop manager right now but will eventually use KDE.) Thanks for giving me a shove in the right direction... -- Garry Roseman <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: making a cd bootable for a mac

2000-09-07 Thread Garry Roseman
der. Observe that it gains a Mac smile face -- the Finder has recorded some magic information in the directory. NOW burn that image to CD-R.) -- Garry Roseman <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: How do I use those PowerMac images-1.44?

2000-09-06 Thread Garry Roseman
ing the installation. -- Garry Roseman <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

How do I use those PowerMac images-1.44?

2000-09-06 Thread Garry Roseman
OS disk images. How do I make a rescue disk from the binary image? I read the ppc installation guide and didn't find any mention of this problem. -- Garry Roseman <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>