General question regarding CPU fan

2004-09-26 Thread Michael Rex
Hi, I've been playing around with Linux and my iBook G4 lately to better adapt the first to the latter and now I have a question regarding the driver for the iBook CPU fan (the therm_adt746x module). Without the module loaded the iBook is as quiet as it is when running Mac OS X, even under heavie

Re: Linux on a Motorola PowerStack

2004-08-30 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Just netboot the powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd file, and you should be > dropped directly in the debian-installer. If this doesn't work, fill a bug > report against debian-installer. If it works, please go to /root, and fill an > installation report fr

Linux on a Motorola PowerStack

2004-08-29 Thread Michael Rex
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian on a Motorola PowerStack. A quite challenging task so far. The machine doesn't have a CD-ROM, nor do I have a keyboard for it. So I'm stuck with doing a netinstall using the serial console. Accessing the PowerStack via serial console works, I have a DHCP server se

Re: 802.11g on an ibook?

2004-05-29 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Rob Latham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > linux-wlan-ng works great with the dwl-122, debian unstable, and > 2.6.3-benh2 (and presumably any recent 2.6 kernel.org kernel). Had > some problems on yellowdog but they went away when we upgraded the > hotplug scripts. Ok, I think I'll look for a DWL-1

Re: 802.11g on an ibook?

2004-05-28 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Rob Latham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 05:18:44PM +0100, Lee Braiden wrote: >> I'm hoping to make my ibook2/500 do 802.11g. Do any of you know a card >> that will work well? Someone mentioned usb wireless on IRC, and that's >> a possibility, but I'd prefer an internal o

Re: Java - Eclipse 3.0 Support (SWT) on PowerPc

2004-03-08 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Jan-Hendrik Palic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You need j2sdk1.4 for Eclipse 3.x. Therefor, you will not be able to get > eclipse 3.x running on LinuxPPC, because, there are no j2sdk packages. IBM provides a 1.4 SDK for LinuxPPC: https://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/lxdk/lxdk-p "IBM SDK for 32-bit iS

Re: Java - Eclipse 3.0 Support (SWT) on PowerPc

2004-03-07 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Fabio Poroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is somebody using Eclipse 3.0M... on a PowerPc - Linux? > I tried few times to build SWT but without success. > Any hints building it ? I just recently found this document: http://www.stefanheimann.net/tutorials/installing-eclipse-linuxppc.txt It describe

Re: XFree86 touchpad driver on iBook

2004-01-30 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Colin Leroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well on my gentoo it's /dev/uinput ;-) There's a parameter to mouseemu to > specify it. Yes, I've seen this. But I'm lazy so I just changed the sources ;-) >> >Scrollwheel emulation works, but while scrolling the cursor constantly >> >moves from its curre

Re: XFree86 touchpad driver on iBook

2004-01-29 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Colin Leroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, Hi, >> As the Synaptics driver doesn't work, can somebody point me to another >> solution for these issues? I can live without a scrollwheel, but the >> movement issues are really annoying. > > My little userland tool, which you can find at > http://g

Re: XFree86 touchpad driver on iBook

2004-01-29 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Ryan Verner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 29/01/2004, at 6:25 PM, Colin Leroy wrote: > >>> I'm wondering if someone got the Synaptics driver from >>> http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/ to work on an iBook G4. >> >> I don't think Synaptics driver is for the Apple laptop's ADB touchpads.

XFree86 touchpad driver on iBook

2004-01-28 Thread Michael Rex
Hi, I'm wondering if someone got the Synaptics driver from http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/ to work on an iBook G4. I've followed the instructions in INSTALL, the driver built and installed fine, I configured the driver in XF86Config-4 and started X. Problem is, X doesn't find the mod

Re: Kernel compilation fails

2004-01-20 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ok... I have the SAME problem since a month or more. > I used to compile my kernels from there. > I'm using MOL and I need to upgrade it... Compiling the mol-modules > needs the source code of the kernel you will run mol under... Where did you get the sources fro

Re: Kernel compilation fails

2004-01-13 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth myself: > I just rsync'ed to update my linux-2.4-benh sources. The new sources > fail to compile with a lot of errors in defkeymap.c: Hm, rsync'ed again today. The sources from rsync.penguinppc.org::linux-2.4-benh still fail to compile with the same problem, but the sources from rsync.theori

Kernel compilation fails

2004-01-12 Thread Michael Rex
Hi, I just rsync'ed to update my linux-2.4-benh sources. The new sources fail to compile with a lot of errors in defkeymap.c: defkeymap.c:27: warning: excess elements in array initializer defkeymap.c:27: warning: (near initialization for `plain_map') [...] defkeymap.c:476: warning: excess element

Re: struggling with debian instalation on 12.1" ibook

2004-01-12 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Mike Power <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well, let me first thank you guys. I have been struggling installing > debian on a 12.1" ibook with firewire 400 and usb2.0 An iBook G4, I assume? > Problems encountered and solved so far [...] > Problem: Base instalation went in but yaboot will not insta

Re: Debian or Gentoo?

2004-01-08 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Where can I find your packages? > See http://dri.sourceforge.net/snapshots/README.Debian . Thanks. The only problem I was expecting after installing Debian seems to be solved. Bye, Michael -- Ich hab gerade Zeit, wo gibt's nichts zu tun?

Re: Debian or Gentoo?

2004-01-08 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Michael Rex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-07 21:50]: >> Where can I find your packages? As soon as d-i works for me Gentoo will > > Can you send in an installation report when you try d-i? beta2 should > be out soon, fwi

Re: Debian or Gentoo?

2004-01-07 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Colin Leroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>So you don't spend days compiling stuff anytime you want to upgrade a· >>package? :-) > > I installed Gentoo on my iBook G4, because it was much more up-to-date > than Debian three monthes ago - the stable Debian release wouldn't > even > install due to the

Re: Debian or Gentoo?

2004-01-07 Thread Michael Rex
Quoth Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 01:18, J.Manrique Lopez de la Fuente wrote: >> >> Despite Gentoo famous emerge system to compile packages, they say that >> Gentoo has XFree 4.4 and altivec support for the G4 iBooks that Debian >> doesn't have. Is that true? > > Abo