Re: Xfree86 4.2.1 on iMac

2003-09-13 Thread pieter
Hi Michel, Il Venerdì, settembre 12, 2003, alle 01:50 PM, Michel Dänzer ha scritto: Apple's X server isn't at all the same as the Linux XFree86 server, it uses Quartz. XDirectFB uses a similar approach. thanks again for your attention however, ehm... that doesn't really solve my problem doe

Re: Xfree86 4.2.1 on iMac

2003-09-12 Thread pieter
Thanks Michel, I take your word for it however, xserver performance under Debian/Linux woody ppc rimains limited. Why does XFree86 in darwin perform so much better than under Linux? At the end, XF86 is XF86 and as the video h/w is the same A kernel problem? Pieter Il Venerdì

Xfree86 4.2.1 on iMac

2003-09-11 Thread pieter
Hello everybody, I think this issue may apply to everybody running ppc on a an apple mac with ATI Rage 128 video card... I have started installing from a debian-ppc/woody 3.0r0 and finally managed to obtain a working xserver after a lot of struggling with the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 c

Re: About yabootconfig

2003-09-07 Thread pieter
Hi Nick, i guess kernel crashes is part of the game, isn't it? :) I have actually solved this problem by downloading a kernel-image (2.4.22-ben2) ready to use for my iMac DV+ Problem is that I am still working on missing modem/ethernet connection as well as sound capabilities. BTW some time a

Re: About yabootconfig

2003-09-06 Thread pieter
Hi Nick, last night I did it again... :-) due to a bad kernel I lost control of my linuxbox after start and had to force a reboot as the system had frozen solid. Problem I couldn't see my ext2 partition from OSX so that possibility wasn't there anymore. I had however noted down the exact path t

Re: Xfree86 help on PowerBook 17

2003-09-05 Thread pieter
your keyboard) and see what happens. You might be surprised! Pieter PS In any case don't give, up you'll succeed at last :-)

Re: About yabootconfig

2003-09-05 Thread pieter
when it comes to libraries and other important packages coming from unstable or testing. But, of course, this is my personal opinion as I should always keep in mind that: "when the going gets tough" Happy computing! Pieter

About yabootconfig

2003-09-04 Thread pieter
back. I guess there must be a better way to recover from a mistake but What am I doing wrong? Pieter

no modem & no sound on a iMac

2003-09-03 Thread pieter
at as I am also missing the sound server? Actually after having added the sound module (dma_sound) with modconf I get some sort of noise but not yet any sound... Can anybody suggest as where to go from here? Any help woul be most appreciated Pieter