possible to install debian on powerbook 5300c?

2002-11-21 Thread Katsumi Matsumoto
I have an old Mac Powerbook 5300c, on which I'd like to install linux. However, it does not have a CD drive (can't install from CD). It does not have ethernet port (can't do it over the internet). It does have a floppy disk drive though. And it has two pc card slots, and I can presumably ha

problem with ppp0

2002-11-14 Thread Katsumi Matsumoto
I have kernel 2.4.18 installed on powerbook g3 and am having some difficulty with remote access. I use my laptop both at home (ppp) and work (ethernet), and I have the /etc/network/interfaces file configured as: auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet dhcp iface ppp0 inet dhcp At work,

Re: /dev/dsp can't be opened

2002-10-20 Thread Katsumi Matsumoto
Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Brad Boyer wrote: > On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 06:38:48PM -0400, Katsumi Matsumoto wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. I get the error even as root. So audio group > > doesn't seem to be the problem. > > > > dmesg reveals that sound module is not l

Re: /dev/dsp can't be opened

2002-10-19 Thread Katsumi Matsumoto
ry dmesg). Have you confgured arts correctly? > > BuG > > On (17/10/02 21:40), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > add yourself to the audio group > > > > On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:58:12 -0400 (EDT) > > Katsumi Matsumoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

/dev/dsp can't be opened

2002-10-17 Thread Katsumi Matsumoto
I have a powerbook g3 and I can't seem to get any sound out of it. After booting into linux and starting KDE, I get an error message: Sound server informational message: Error while initializing the sound driver: device /dev/dsp can't be opened (no such device) The sound server will continue,usin

Re: Cannot open AMP device: File exist

2002-10-09 Thread Katsumi Matsumoto
Hi and thanks for the advise, Claas. I installed the untilities and they seem to work. I do have a follow-up question though. I am able to execute pmud command as root but not as a regular user. Why? Is it as matter of changing the permission of /dev/pmu? Thanks, On 9 Oct 2002, Claas Langb

Cannot open AMP device: File exist

2002-10-08 Thread Katsumi Matsumoto
I am trying to put my powerbook g3 (wallstreet) to sleep but seem unable to. For both "apm -s" and "apm -S" at the command line, I get: "Cannot open APM device: File exists" Also, when I just type "apm", I get: "32-bit APM interface not supported". I am able to use xapm though, so something