as no hda3 in
/dev (must be something at a lower level).
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fusing to boot from CD) and then booting into
rescue mode and running "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade".
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ave networking and if pen drives aren't properly handled how do
you get the new (or older) version onto the machine? [If I'm lucky there
may be something in the apt cache, but I doubt it]
TIA
James
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On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:49:13 +0100
James Tappin wrote:
JT> On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 16:39:46 +0200 (CEST)
JT> "Jeroen Diederen" wrote:
JT>
JT> JD> Try here:
JT> JD> http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-ibook-g3-500-dual-usb-0
JT> JD>
JT> JD>
JT>
JT&
anything. However that does remind me
that I think I have an old Ubuntu live CD that used to work so maybe I
can use that to make a valid Xorg.conf.
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t find the root partition.
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ut I've never figured out how to work them out.
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.conf safe (e.g. at least have a copy somewhere outside
/etc in case a later upgrade overwrites it).
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en the time went to
1904. My guess then was that the 2 systems had different origins for the
H/W clock, and if there was no ntpdate to fix it, then the system clock
was set from an h/w clock in a different format (I don't recall a
corresponding problem going the other way (no 2104 date).
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graphics outputs (I don't recall the URL).
You may also find you need a kernel patch to get rid of the waves in the
external display -- I know I posted that to the Ubuntu forums a couple
of years back.
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iswrapper or am I out of luck.
SS> thanks
SS>
I'm afraid you're out of luck, ndiswrapper loads windows drivers and is
therefore x86* only. AFAIK there's no equivalent to load MacOS drivers
on PPC.
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r than Debian (you may get X but only
600x480 resolution.
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ng) fix is to keep an oldish live-CD that is known to work, boot
that and copy the xorg.conf to a pendrive, then use that xorg.conf. [I
used the Ubuntu 6.06 install CD, but Knoppix of comparable vintage
should also be OK].
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ars
back at least in which it was suggested that the wiring to the built-in
screen for iBooks of that era was "non-standard").
James
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lso had to use pc105 and also switch KDE from using the
gb layout to the us layout (it remains gb in the xorg config file). (I
even tried using an external keyboard
with the same results). Unfortunately on the Ubuntu lists I didn't get
any answers.
Sorry I can't give more help, but you'
me ;-)
WX>
WX> Why not sid ? :P
WX>
In the next few months there will probably be a lot of upheaval in Sid
(e.g. xorg, gcc 4 ...) so it's likely to actually be unstable for a bit.
James
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is NOT (The 54Mb/s version)
I'm not sure when they switched for the iBook -- my 3 year old G3 has
the original Airport.
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it in appropriate
runlevels so that it starts AFTER the display manager. Of course there
may be security implications for running gtkbuttons as root which would
make this inadvisable.
Any comments anyone?
James
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presumably Apple have access
to some features of the graphics chip that ATI won't tell about.
James
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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) I can only boot Linux. Whenever
o joy.
My question therefore is: Has anyone else had a similar problem and if
so have you found a solution (e.g. a change in the yaboot config files)?
TIA
James
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; 'dmesg' and 'hwinfo' -
MÉR> just to name a few.
MÉR>
G3 iBook (600MHz) reports, awacs chipset. ALSA playback works, but the
microphone doesn't. Beep -- I'm not sure but I don't think it works
(cat beep.txt where beep.txt is a file with ^G's in it yi
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:31:14 +0100
Colin Leroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
CL> I didn't try older kernels yet; Any idea about this? Is it a kernel bug
CL> or a configuration issue?
Or a bad CD?
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her hand is a total non starter with any
kernel.
James
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:09:39 +
James Tappin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
JT> I've been trying to get the external monitor output of my G3 iBook
JT> (ca. 2002) working.
JT>
JT> Does anyone know which (if any) of the various kernel patches that
JT> are floating around
hanks to all that have made
V> LinucPPC so great!
You might try a few iterations of
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get -f install
Probably best to avoid dselect (if you want a similar tool aptitude is
much better).
James
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articular the basic 75 & 100 dpi bitmaps fonts they
may be ugly but at least they are something).
James
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f not whether there is anything that does fix the problem -- or what
settings I might try tweaking?
TIA
James
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message to this list or somewhere
CL> > else?
CL>
CL> Yes, here :)
CL>
I think you mean
sudo tar -zcf device-tree.tgz /proc/device-tree
^
James
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On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:13:47 +0100
David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DK>
DK> [Copy by mail since I don't know whether posting to the Usenet
DK> mirror will propagate back to the list]
DK>
DK> James Tappin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DK>
DK> >
is is a packaging
problem, a configuration problem on my iBook (and if so what) or an
upstream problem?
FWIW auctex does work with "carbon emacs" on the Mac OSX side.
TIA
James
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:53:53 +1100
Nick Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
NC> Can't see these two as debppc packages. Need to look further afield.
arecord is in alsa-tools, gwc is in testing and unstable.
James
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as sending anything
to your speakers as the results could be harmful to them and to your
ears.
As far as getting anything done about it -- I wouldn't hold you breath;
to be perfectly honest it is legacy software. For recording, I usually
use arecord from the command line these days and gwc
whole thing is a non-starter or what???
TIA
James
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media sets suggests bad memory. Unfortunately I don't think
there's a bootable memory tester for powerpc.
James
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k on macupdate.com
James
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ed to fully erase the disk not just repartition it as Macs
can't boot off a DOS partition table.
James
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x27;ve got output working
here with snd_powermac, but it doesn't give any valid input channels in
the alsa mixers.
James
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cess point where there are continual variations even
when the computer is just sitting on my desk).
James
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system without a network connection
you get a wildly wrong clock.
James
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On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:55:39 -0400
Derrik Pates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DP> James Tappin wrote:
DP> > I have an iBook with an airport card which is configured to
DP> > dual-boot Debian Sarge or OSX Panther, that I would like to be
DP> > able to use on both the wire
have any idea what to try (other than dumping the ME102 and
getting a decent AP).
TIA
James
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, but when it got
to the bootloader install it found it).
James
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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:12:31 +0200
Djoumé SALVETTI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DS> Le lundi 07/05/04 James Tappin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
DS> > I've been trying to install pbbuttonsd on my iBook (G3) and every
DS> > time I try to install it I get the fo
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 16:51:16 +0100
James Tappin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
JT> I've been trying to install pbbuttonsd on my iBook (G3) and every time I
I should have added that this is 0.5.9 in Sarge.
James
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R: Server is already running. Sorry only one instance allowed.
[This is not altered by the presence or absence of the pid file]
Any ideas?
TIA
James
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172k total, 272452k used, 113720k free,41680k buffers
Swap: 515564k total,4k used, 515560k free, 129496k cached
The kernel is the current debian 2.6.6-powerpc package.
Any suggestions?
James
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time in decimal (e.g. PCI:0:16:0). Leave everything else unchanged.
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sent to the relevant package maintainers for
SH> hopeful inclusion in the next release.
Calling it an ibook-g4 map is not really accurate. It also works for the
G3 iBooks which lack a # key (I have a G3 600MHz from mid-2002 and it
works on that). Thanks.
James
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