Re: Kernel 2.6.23-1 disables brightness controls?

2007-12-25 Thread P Kapat
Hi, As always, just my two cents of the top of my head - not really trying to provide a solution. The technically sound folks here might provide a better idea. On Dec 25, 2007 2:54 PM, Denís Fernández Cabrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello people, > > I have recently upgraded my laptop (iBook

osd for spc function keys..

2007-12-13 Thread P Kapat
A simple question this time - Though the function keys work perfectly fine themselves, I was looking for a nice way to get on screen display of the special function keys (brightness and sound) in a DE independent way. I think gnome does it. I have seen Kubuntu doing it too. A quick google informed

Re: How to unlock a hfs partition?

2007-12-10 Thread P Kapat
On Dec 10, 2007 2:33 PM, Ruben Vandeginste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:49:49 +0100, Ennio-Sr wrote: > > > > [using 2.6.18-5-powerpc GNU/Linux on a iBool] > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to copy a file from ext2 to hfs partition, but the command: > > # mount -t hfs -o

Re: command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-10 Thread P Kapat
On 12/9/07, Bin Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 9, 2007 8:34 AM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Sorry for not getting back early. Work is keeping things busy.. Thanks > > to Bin, Jörg, and Yannick for the details. I am able to c

Re: command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-08 Thread P Kapat
Hi, Sorry for not getting back early. Work is keeping things busy.. Thanks to Bin, Jörg, and Yannick for the details. I am able to connect to the wireless networks now :) I am providing the two files /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/wpa_suppliant.conf for reference and may be someone else will fin

Re: Installing Debain - Pdisk - Apple_bootstrap imac not Bootable

2007-12-07 Thread P Kapat
On 12/7/07, flebber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to install debain via 4.0r1 net.iso I couldn't get yaboot to > start cd-rom correctly so used pdisk to delete Apple_HFS partition and > recreate it as Apple_bootstrap so that yaboot may recognize it. > > However on reboot disaster Imac

Re: command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-05 Thread P Kapat
TED]> wrote: > On Dec 5, 2007 4:18 PM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i think it is better to start a new thread... > > > > On 12/1/07, Bin Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 1, 2007 5:15 PM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-05 Thread P Kapat
i think it is better to start a new thread... On 12/1/07, Bin Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 1, 2007 5:15 PM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about the wireless? Is there any command > > line version for NetworkManger? In Gnome, KDE we have eith

Re: How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread P Kapat
On 1 Dec 2007 13:47:59 GMT, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:40:10 +0100, stuart wrote: > > > What do you think guys? > > With such a slow CPU I'd get rid of both Gnome and KDE and focus on > lighter WM such as XFCE, E17 and Fluxbox. > > This won't make Firefox or

Re: Right-Click - Middle Click Lombard Keyboard - etch

2007-12-01 Thread P Kapat
On 12/1/07, Bin Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 1, 2007 6:31 AM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > btw, my question to the experienced guys here: is there any non-reboot > > method, i.e something along the lines of "/etc/init.d/ restart

Re: Right-Click - Middle Click Lombard Keyboard - etch

2007-11-30 Thread P Kapat
Hi Brian, I have been thru this just a few days back. Here's something that i have on my iBook G4 and works fine. On 11/30/07, Brian McKee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The most annoying thing at the moment is how do I get right and > middle click using the trackpad? It would be nice if I

Re: ppc installation issues...

2007-11-28 Thread P Kapat
Hi, On 11/26/07, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 03:33:32PM -0500, P Kapat wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Here are some of the issues that I faced while installing and > > upgrading debian on my iBook G4: (if I am writing to the w

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-28 Thread P Kapat
Hi Elimar, On 11/27/07, Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 the mental interface of > P Kapat told: > > [...] > > Similarly, I have tried different configurations for xorg.conf (from > > other distros and general googling)

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-25 Thread P Kapat
Hi Michel, On 11/25/07, Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 13:17 -0500, P Kapat wrote: > > > > I became a bit more adventurous and tried out the experimental ati > > driver... Hotplugging a VGA monitor seems to work (on my iBook G4 -

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-25 Thread P Kapat
Thanks Jörg, On 11/25/07, Jörg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > bottoom edge of the external monitor. How do I get back to 1024x768 > > resolution on the external display? > > xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x786 Hey that works.. thanks.. -- Regards PK ---

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-24 Thread P Kapat
On 11/24/07, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My bad: You clearly wrote of an xorg.conf for clone mode. Attached is > an xorg.conf I probably was using for display cloning for a few tests > last year. I hope it helps ... but no guarantees ... :) Thanks for the file - I'll keep this

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-24 Thread P Kapat
Hi, On Nov 23, 2007 8:49 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hotplugging a VGA monitor to an alubook 5,8 with a fresh ati driver > works ... minor mouse isues, as of yet, but working :) ... details > below .. I became a bit more adventurous and tried out the experimental ati driv

ppc installation issues...

2007-11-24 Thread P Kapat
Hi, Here are some of the issues that I faced while installing and upgrading debian on my iBook G4: (if I am writing to the wrong list, please let me know) $ cat /proc/cpu processor : 0 cpu : 7447A, altivec supported clock : 1199.999000MHz revision: 0.2 (pvr 800

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-24 Thread P Kapat
Hi, I have been playing around with my iBook G4, and here is the report: On 21 Nov 2007 20:39:43 GMT, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Honestly, I'd go for Unstable: > > 1) You get Xorg 1.4 with Xrandr 1.2 support and the latest and greatest ati > driver > 2) You get the latest kerne

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-21 Thread P Kapat
Thanks for the reply Jack., appreciate it. On 21 Nov 2007 20:39:43 GMT, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:50:08 +0100, P Kapat wrote: > > > 1. Is it possible to achieve [1] and [2] (for WPA enc) on Etch (may be > > using backports too)

getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-21 Thread P Kapat
Hello list, Greetings. I am a debian user since few years now. But relatively a new linux-on-powerpc user. I hope my questions are appropriate to this list, otherwise plz let me know. My current setup: Machine: iBook G4: $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 7447A, altivec sup