Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-06 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 12:08:15PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Branden Robinson wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 09:59:01AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > Of course. I was just wondering if and how the DRI stuff is currently > > > integrated in your packages. I see the *_dri.so modules

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-06 Thread Michel Dänzer
Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 09:59:01AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > Of course. I was just wondering if and how the DRI stuff is currently > > integrated in your packages. I see the *_dri.so modules are in the > > xserver-xfree86 package - they are useless without libGL t

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-06 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 09:59:01AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Of course. I was just wondering if and how the DRI stuff is currently > integrated in your packages. I see the *_dri.so modules are in the > xserver-xfree86 package - they are useless without libGL though, so wouldn't > they rather be

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-05 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 09:59:01AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > I'm sorry, I need some more specific instructions than this. > > > > * XFree86 periodically takes snapshots of the Mesa CVS tree for inclusion > > in the XFree86 sources (xc/extras/Mesa) > > * I periodically generate packages fro

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-05 Thread Hadess
Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hadess wrote: > > > Hum, another question. I've already got the 4.0.1 PPC debs. Can I > still use > > my iBook with that ? > > I don't understand your question, especially the 'still'? I mean, I know that DRI-PPC does work with the Rage 128 Mobility

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-05 Thread Michel Dänzer
Hadess wrote: > Hum, another question. I've already got the 4.0.1 PPC debs. Can I still use > my iBook with that ? I don't understand your question, especially the 'still'? It may not work, but you can try without Option "UseFBDev". Michel -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS studen

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-05 Thread Michel Dänzer
Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 03:43:43PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > Hadess wrote: > > > > > > > What do the Debian XFree packages include ? > > > > > > > > XFree86 CVS from sometime after 4.0.1c + PPC patches from Ani Joshi's > > > > rsync tree. > > > > > > Good enough f

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-05 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 03:43:43PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Hadess wrote: > > > > > What do the Debian XFree packages include ? > > > > > > XFree86 CVS from sometime after 4.0.1c + PPC patches from Ani Joshi's > > > rsync tree. > > > > Good enough for DRI ? > > No. To be exact, the 2D drive

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-04 Thread Michel Dänzer
Hadess wrote: > > > What do the Debian XFree packages include ? > > > > XFree86 CVS from sometime after 4.0.1c + PPC patches from Ani Joshi's > > rsync tree. > > Good enough for DRI ? No. To be exact, the 2D driver should be good, but you need the libGL stuff from DRI. I guess I'll put all that

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-04 Thread Hadess
Hi, I'm really annoying, sorry... Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What do the Debian XFree packages include ? > > XFree86 CVS from sometime after 4.0.1c + PPC patches from Ani Joshi's > rsync > tree. Good enough for DRI ? > > If I understand well, I could get: > > X Strike-

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-03 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > I'm currently reworking the mac-fdisk man page (which should be in the > > install section) to cover the 'reorder to place bootstrap partition before > > ah cool, i did notice that the broken man page link seems to have been > fixed since last time i looked. i still think my doc would be usef

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-03 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 12:51:28PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > Ethan, your mac-fdisk document should really be added to the Debian/PPC > > > install > > > doc. Invaluable. > > > > Good idea - want to add that to CVS, Ethan? > > I'm currently reworking the mac-fdisk man page (which shoul

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-03 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Ethan, your mac-fdisk document should really be added to the Debian/PPC > > install > > doc. Invaluable. > > Good idea - want to add that to CVS, Ethan? I'm currently reworking the mac-fdisk man page (which should be in the install section) to cover the 'reorder to place bootstrap partition

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
Hadess wrote: > > Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hadess wrote: > > > > > I still have to test XF4 on these 2 machines. Does the ati128 driver > > > recognize the Rage 128 Mobility ? > > > > The latest CVS probably does, but it doesn't work nevertheless because > > it can't cope

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-03 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hrm, that should be doable from the dbootstrap menu, we already have > floppy eject. Anyone see a reason not to add cdroms to the list of > ejectable devices? No. Go ahead, I think... > > Ethan, your mac-fdisk document should really be added to t

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-02 Thread Hadess
Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hadess wrote: > > > I still have to test XF4 on these 2 machines. Does the ati128 driver > > recognize the Rage 128 Mobility ? > > The latest CVS probably does, but it doesn't work nevertheless because > it > can't cope with the flat panel :( > > In

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-02 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 10:48:04PM +0200, Hadess wrote: > Works nifty indeed. I've used this trick to install Debian on my iMac/DV this > week-end. I had a bit more problems with the iBook SE (the new one with DVD), > the kernel doesn't recognize the Rage 128 Mobility so the display *seems* to >

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-02 Thread Michel Dänzer
Hadess wrote: > I still have to test XF4 on these 2 machines. Does the ati128 driver > recognize the Rage 128 Mobility ? The latest CVS probably does, but it doesn't work nevertheless because it can't cope with the flat panel :( In the DRI PPC branch I have added an option "DisableFP" to surpass

report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-02 Thread Hadess
Hi, Quoting Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > put all this at the root of your macos partition and create a > yaboot.conf like this: > > device=hd: > > image=linux > label=debian > initrd=root.bin > initrd-size=8192 > > then boot into OpenFirmware (command option o f) an

Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV

2000-09-24 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 11:11:58AM +0100, John Winters wrote: > > This seems to address my problem exactly. I've got an iMac DV and it > won't boot the Debian CD. Can you point me in the direction of > instructions for what these two files are and how to use them please? > I'm completely new to

Installing Debian on an Imac DV

2000-09-24 Thread John Winters
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: [snip] > is your machine a `newworld' type, (colored case for desktops, made > 1999 or later for powerbooks) > > if so debian can do this quite easily, you only need to download a > couple small files and enter OpenFirmware to boot them. the rest of > the s