Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-25 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:59:31 +0200 Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23 2008, at 21:25 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:22:18 +0200 > > Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ever having considered to install sid/unstable? Most o

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-24 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:01:49 +0200 "Patrick Bachmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Amit, > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:25:50 +0200, Amit Uttamchandani > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > When I installed testing I changed the sources to sid and upgraded them. > > But I stil

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-24 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Wed, Apr 23 2008, at 21:25 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:22:18 +0200 > Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ever having considered to install sid/unstable? Most of the time it > > works like a charm on ab old titanium here: > > > > ** > > > > proc

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-23 Thread Patrick Bachmann
Hey Amit, On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:25:50 +0200, Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi there, When I installed testing I changed the sources to sid and upgraded them. But I still couldn't get the Xorg issue figured out. The graphics controller I have is: description: VGA comp

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-23 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:22:18 +0200 Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 22 2008, at 10:23 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > I switched back to etch on this laptop and everything worked like > > magic. > > > > So right now I am back to running etch on this machine, whic

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-23 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Tue, Apr 22 2008, at 10:23 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > I switched back to etch on this laptop and everything worked like > magic. > > So right now I am back to running etch on this machine, which is > great. I just had to recompile a lot of the software that I needed > (claws mail 3.4.0

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-22 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:50:59 +0200 Ralf Saalmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello! > > It's my personal opinion that the xorg version lenny uses, still 7.2 > and xserver v 1.3, are not useful and by far not up to date. i.e. no > dual sc

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-22 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 17:50 +0200, Ralf Saalmüller wrote: > > It's my personal opinion that the xorg version lenny uses, still 7.2 > and xserver v 1.3, are not useful and by far not up to date. i.e. no > dual screen with xrandr which simply doesn't work as it should with > that version of xo

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-22 Thread Ralf Saalmüller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello! It's my personal opinion that the xorg version lenny uses, still 7.2 and xserver v 1.3, are not useful and by far not up to date. i.e. no dual screen with xrandr which simply doesn't work as it should with that version of xorg. If dpkg

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-20 Thread Amit T Uttamchandani
Hi there, I'm actually using the r128 driver. I've also tried 'ati' but no luck as well. Thanks for the reply. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-20 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 10:18:52PM -0700, Amit T Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I recently upgraded the hard drive of my laptop and decided to take the > chance > and plunge to lenny. I had Etch running beautifully on this laptop. > > The lenny experience started out beautifully but t

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-20 Thread Amit T Uttamchandani
Thanks for the quick reply... I tried that as well...I have tried almost everything. I can't seem to figure out what the problem is. Maybe what I will do is reinstall Debian Etch and do a dist-upgrade to Lenny. I hope that works. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-20 Thread Amit T Uttamchandani
Yes I have tried the VESA drivers but there is an error when loading it. I will post the exact error messages in a follow up email. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-20 Thread El Amigo De La Playa
-Have you tried the vesa drivers ? 2008/4/20, Amit T Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hey everyone, > > I recently upgraded the hard drive of my laptop and decided to take the > chance > and plunge to lenny. I had Etch running beautifully on this laptop. > > The lenny experience started out

Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-19 Thread Amit T Uttamchandani
Hey everyone, I recently upgraded the hard drive of my laptop and decided to take the chance and plunge to lenny. I had Etch running beautifully on this laptop. The lenny experience started out beautifully but there are several issues I came across with: 1. Xorg.conf * No matter what I tr