Re: Configuring XFree86 on PowerBook G3 Lombard (Bronze)

2003-06-10 Thread nik gaffney
this page is probably as usefull (explains how to get DRI running on mach64) http://www.geekounet.org/powerbook/driplusxv.html > Bad news: Sergio Brandano's Mach64 page > (http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~sb/First-Aid/) is gone! Do you still have > Sergio's file? > > Eric P. > Sunnyvale, CA > > > F

Re: Configuring XFree86 on PowerBook G3 Lombard (Bronze)

2003-06-09 Thread nik gaffney
> I need your help: I can't get Xserver 4.1.0.1 to work on my PowerBook G3. > (I'm using Woody.) i recall several threads here about getting xfree86 working on lombard, the reassuring answer it that it does! and with acceleration ( if you are looking for a challenge. . see http://people.debian.

Re: installing xfree86 4.3.0

2003-03-06 Thread nik gaffney
> I'm trying to install X 4.3.0 from: > http://capricorn.woot.net/~daniels/current/sid/powerpc/ > > How do I add this to /etc/apt/sources.list so that I > can install it using apt. try adding the line deb http://capricorn.woot.net/~daniels/sid/powerpc/ ./ > Also I trying installing using lynx a

Re: Woody KDE 3.0.3

2002-10-06 Thread nik gaffney
try deb http://kde.ping.uio.no/ppc ./ also chekout the pages at http://mypage.bluewin.ch/kde3-debian/ the howto info should probably be read carefully > Has anyone gotten KDE 3.0.3 working on PowerPC yet? If so, got an apt > source for it? > > Thank you! > > Barry deFreese > NTS Technology

Re: modem, mol, gnome session on Pismo/woody

2002-08-05 Thread nik gaffney
>> Second point is the maconlinux that i would like to >> use to have some MacOS specific soft running. >> It always tell me that no modules are found. >> Maybe it's because i compiled the benh kernel ? >> (2.4.19-rc1-ben0) > > You need to install the package mol-sources and to compile it. you can

Re: KDE 3 and PowerPC (was: Re: KDE 3.0.2 problem)

2002-08-03 Thread nik gaffney
On Saturday 03 August 2002 17:11, Egidio Corsini wrote: > On i386 side kde 3.0.2 is available since june. And 3.0.1 version has some > BIG performance problem with the new qt (3.0.4). I really don't know if and > when kde3 will enter the official unstable distro. Probably we'll have to > ask it to

Re: Woody on a powerbook G3

2002-06-28 Thread nik gaffney
> If anyone has a woody on a powerbook G3 series "Lombard", i have debian running happily on my lombard, using the 'unstable' (or sid?) which i upgraded to after getting base install working. i used the disks from here -> http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net/ and there are some usefull instructi

Re: A couple of questions (more specific...Sorry)

2002-06-26 Thread nik gaffney
> Sorry John, > I meant to say XFree86 4.2. I apologize, I wrote the email too fast I add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file deb http://people.debian.org/~branden sid/powerpc/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Re: KDE 3.0.1 powerpc.deb

2002-06-01 Thread nik gaffney
> I've seen (with happiness) the release of a pre-definitive version of kde > 3.0.1 debs. But AFAIK only on i386 arch. The ppc debs are still dated. > Anyone knows if they've been compiled? > And if yes any apt-url some of the .debs can be found here http://kde3.geniussystems.net/debian-ppc/ unf

minicom + usb-serial

2002-04-12 Thread nik gaffney
hi, has anyone managed to use minicom to communicate with a serial device, using a mac usb port? ive setup usb-serial and some other kernel modules, mknod'ed a /dev/ttyUSB0, but minicom doesnt seem to think the device exists. (im also using the 'ipaq' module in an attmept to communicate with

Re: Installing onto a powerbook for the first time

2002-04-03 Thread nik gaffney
> > > I started installing Debian onto a powerbook (or any PowerPC hardware > > > for that matter) for the first time. When I originally set the system > > > up I predicted that Linux may be on the cards at a later stage and I > > > split the hard disk into 2, and left roughly half the disk unuse

Re: ARM cross compiles

2002-03-26 Thread nik gaffney
:: Saturday 23 March 2002 22:48, Laurent de Segur :: i found this to be quite usefull -> http://www.gimp.org/~crichton/make.sh.txt (and im almost certain i didnt have to modify anything, but dont quote me!!) the ARM toolchain "works", but was incredibly slow to compile compared to a simila

Re: map 2nd 3rd mouse buttons?

2002-03-19 Thread nik gaffney
On Tuesday 19 March 2002 10:07, ragnar wrote: http://lists.debian.org is a good place to start. for example -> http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2001/debian-powerpc-200105/msg00791.html > I'm using a powerbook 3400c which of course has a one button touch pad. > Does anyone know how to map

Re: powerbook g3 lombard crashes

2002-03-11 Thread nik gaffney
On Monday 11 March 2002 21:29, Christian Jaeger wrote: > Hello > > I'm continuing to be annoyed by the relative instability of my > powerbook. Well first I had these X crashes once or twice a week, but > these seem either to have vanished in the mean time or been drowned > by the recent hard lockup

Re: Lombard, woody, need some docs. ;)

2002-03-11 Thread nik gaffney
On Monday 11 March 2002 04:23, Chris Tillman wrote: > sysctl.conf it should contain something like .. . .. # use f11 and f12 for middle and right mouse button dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emulation=1 dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode=87 dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode=88

Re: mol + networking problems

2002-03-08 Thread nik gaffney
> > the sheep_net isnt intialising for some reason. [...] what could be > > going wrong??! > > Does the device node /dev/sheep_net exist? If not, you have to create > it manually with mknod. > > Regards, Jens. /mknod /dev/sheep_net c 10 198 seemed to do the trick, thanks jens (and the mol arch

mol + networking problems

2002-03-07 Thread nik gaffney
hi, im having some problems getting tcp/ip to work under MOL, ive built the modules from the source .deb but the sheep_net isnt intialising for some reason. this is its error -> Can't open /dev/sheep_net, please check module is present ! Failed to initialize the sheep- device yet lsmod

Re: hfs related crashes

2002-03-05 Thread nik gaffney
> Do not use the HFS file system support in the kernel. If you want to > access HFS partitions, use the tools from the hfsutils package which > are stable and do not corrupt data. If you want a partition that you > can share between Mac OS and Linux, use some sort of FAT format. > > Regards, Jens

Re: hfs related crashes

2002-03-04 Thread nik gaffney
> > Do not use the HFS file system support in the kernel. If you want to > access HFS partitions, use the tools from the hfsutils package which > are stable and do not corrupt data. the problem with this is it doesnt integrate too well with the non hfsutil programs (expect perhaps thru the kio

hfs related crashes

2002-03-04 Thread nik gaffney
hi, currently im having consistent (but erratic) problems reading from an hfs partition using kmail. im not sure what the problem is, but quite often when i try to access a mail folder which is symlinked to the hfs partition, i get some nice blakc lines at the top of my screen + the system is comp