Re: PowerBook G4 17" weirdness

> > > Yes. Is it an ATI based or an nVidia based model ? > > > > Ati based (a year old now). > > Weird... not sure what's up. It should all be under control of bits in > the LVSD_GEN_CNTL register and I don't see how an update could have > changed that behaviour... It just happened again, and this

Re: PowerBook G4 17" weirdness

On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 15:40 +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > Must've been more than that - neither X nor Linux fblevel/backlight could > > > talk to the backlight controller, apparently. The backlight on these > > > machines isn't controlled via the PMU, rather via the graphics chipset, > > > ri

Re: PowerBook G4 17" weirdness

> > Must've been more than that - neither X nor Linux fblevel/backlight could > > talk to the backlight controller, apparently. The backlight on these > > machines isn't controlled via the PMU, rather via the graphics chipset, > > right? > > Yes. Is it an ATI based or an nVidia based model ? Ati b

Re: PowerBook G4 17" weirdness

On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 09:55 +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > something odd happened to me today after installing the latest OsX > > > security update: after the mandatory reboot, the backlight of my PB would > > > only shortly flash on, then immediately turn off while in OF (regardless > > > of

Re: PowerBook G4 17" weirdness

On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 18:52 +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > Hi list, > > slightly off-topic: > > something odd happened to me today after installing the latest OsX > security update: after the mandatory reboot, the backlight of my PB would > only shortly flash on, then immediately turn off while

PowerBook G4 17" weirdness

Hi list, slightly off-topic: something odd happened to me today after installing the latest OsX security update: after the mandatory reboot, the backlight of my PB would only shortly flash on, then immediately turn off while in OF (regardless of whether I booted into the OF console, into the yabo

Configuring X on a Powerbook G4 17" with Mobility Radeon 9600 (128 MB)

Hello, I described my problem in . Like I said there, I can get X running with ati, radeon and fbdev drivers, but there's still a horizontal flickering. Can I somehow combine the kernel paramete

Re: Mol + Powerbook G4 17"

On 27/01/2004, at 7:16 AM, listas wrote: Anybody could tell me if could it be possible to have mol working properly with Alu 17"?, i only have 8 bit and the graphics are really ugly. Works here on an Albook 15" (same video chipset, right?). Perhaps you haven't configured your mol.video cor

Mol + Powerbook G4 17"

Anybody could tell me if could it be possible to have mol working properly with Alu 17"?, i only have 8 bit and the graphics are really ugly. Best regards --- "¿Suspiráis al recordar aquellos días de Mini

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

On Dec 15, 2003, at 10:16 AM, Michael Schmitz wrote: fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hda4 /dev/hda4: The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

> fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hda4 > /dev/hda4: > The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 > filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 > filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock >

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

On Dec 11, 2003, at 1:03 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: Thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, you nailed it; an nVidia-based 17" albook. I briefly got past the issue I had posted and experienced three different types of segmentation faults and weird hangs. Is there another

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

On Dec 11, 2003, at 1:03 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: Thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, you nailed it; an nVidia-based 17" albook. I briefly got past the issue I had posted and experienced three different types of segmentation faults and weird hangs. Is there another

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

> Thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, you nailed it; an > nVidia-based 17" albook. I briefly got past the issue I had posted and > experienced three different types of segmentation faults and weird > hangs. Is there another kernel version I should try, or am I doomed > with this

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

On Dec 10, 2003, at 6:02 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 15:08, Barry Hawkins wrote: List, I have been trying to get a 2.4.23(pre5_benh?) kernel up and running on a PowerBook G4 17". Currently I can get through the following steps without issue: Is t

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 15:08, Barry Hawkins wrote: > List, > I have been trying to get a 2.4.23(pre5_benh?) kernel up and running > on a PowerBook G4 17". Currently I can get through the following steps > without issue: Is this a first rev (nVidia based) 17" albook

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 04:05:23PM -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: > Through a series of tests, I was able to advance beyond the hangup just > after the line "hub.c: new USB device 10:1a.0-1, assigned address 2" in > the boot process. However, I am not sure that it indicates progress. > By removin

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

On Dec 10, 2003, at 4:09 PM, David Pye wrote: Hi Barry, The error you have says /dev/hda4 DOES NOT EXIST. fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hda4 This *might* be because under filesystem support in kernel config, you selected devfs... David [...] Through a serie

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

On Dec 10, 2003, at 8:39 AM, Barry Hawkins wrote: On Dec 10, 2003, at 4:09 AM, Diana Galletly wrote: On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Barry Hawkins wrote: So, if anyone has any suggestions, or even better if you already have a great kernel config file for a 17" PowerBook G4 1GHz, feel free to share.

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Barry Hawkins wrote: > I still think my issue is strongly tied to my ignorance as to what I > am compiling into the kernel, but I just noticed the following snippet > on the page titled Debian GNU/Linux -- PowerPC Port > (http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/): If I were

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

On Dec 10, 2003, at 4:09 AM, Diana Galletly wrote: On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Barry Hawkins wrote: So, if anyone has any suggestions, or even better if you already have a great kernel config file for a 17" PowerBook G4 1GHz, feel free to share. Total shot in the dark -- but does 2.4.22 work

Re: Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Barry Hawkins wrote: > So, if anyone has any suggestions, or even better if you already have > a great kernel config file for a 17" PowerBook G4 1GHz, feel free to > share. Total shot in the dark -- but does 2.4.22 work fine? I've spent most of the last few days with an

Kernel hangs during boot on PowerBook G4 17 1GHz

List, I have been trying to get a 2.4.23(pre5_benh?) kernel up and running on a PowerBook G4 17". Currently I can get through the following steps without issue: make clean make menuconfig make dep make-kpkg --revision benh.1 kernel-image cd ..; dpkg -i *.deb However, upon rebo

Re: XFree86 for PowerBook G4 17 w/nVidia

On Nov 28, 2003, at 2:22 PM, Justin Lott wrote: On Nov 28, 2003, at 1:06 PM, Barry C.Hawkins wrote: In light of the fact that I seem to have the North Korea of video cards, what would you (and anyone else) recommend in terms of trying to get XFree86 working on a PowerBook G4 17"

Re: XFree86 for PowerBook G4 17 w/nVidia

On Nov 28, 2003, at 1:06 PM, Barry C.Hawkins wrote: In light of the fact that I seem to have the North Korea of video cards, what would you (and anyone else) recommend in terms of trying to get XFree86 working on a PowerBook G4 17" 1GHz? eBay and another machine? Man, I hope not. T

XFree86 for PowerBook G4 17 w/nVidia (was Re: problems ... Powerbook G4 1,25 alu)

erver with older libraries to some extent. That's a gross understatement. :) my new PowerBook G4 (17" 1.33GHz) I am using a PB G4 17" 1GHz running sid. That model has a different graphics card, [...] Indeed, and xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk is useless for nVidia cards. -- Ear

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 01:46, Brendan J Simon wrote: > > You are correct. I didn't read the README at > http://penguinppc.org/~daniels/xfree86/README > I had read the README at > http://penguinppc.org/~daniels/xfree86/archive/README which is what > google through up at me. > Thanks for the poin

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

Hi Michel, You are correct. I didn't read the README at http://penguinppc.org/~daniels/xfree86/README I had read the README at http://penguinppc.org/~daniels/xfree86/archive/README which is what google through up at me. Thanks for the pointer. Last time I looked (not that long ago), XF 4.3

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

OoO En ce doux début de matinée du mardi 28 octobre 2003, vers 08:43, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > But at least the speech stuff will probably sooner or later be > available for Linux, too (or is it already available?) ... See, for example, KVoiceControl. -- printk("What? oldf

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: Detailed version: After getting the machine I was playing for 3 or 4 months with Mac OS X (10.2.*) only and in the end was a bit fed up by various issues on that OS: IIRC I never got the XFree virtual desktop working on it (I think it was because fink had problems downl

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

Hi, Brendan J Simon writes: > I have now finally got X working on the PB17. [...] I needed xfree86 > version 4.3.0 or later. I found some prebuilt .debs that Daniel > Stone put together and used apt to install it. JFTR, Brendan's Powerbook is the old 17" model with the nVidia graphics card. I

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

Thomas, I forgot this: You can drive at least parts of OS X with speech commands: This fact and some sort of Pacman game for OS X are some of the few reasons I still have OS X on the same machine as Linux. But at least the speech stuff will probably sooner or later be available for Linux, too (or

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

powerbook with the Debian install CD. :) But I don't know whether this still works for your machine. Hint: If you want a 2.4 kernel for the install: If I recall correctly the necessary option to choose for this is: install24 Hoping it helps. Best Regards, Wolfgang > > Thomas Nyman wrote

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 12:17, Brendan J Simon wrote: > > I needed xfree86 version 4.3.0 or later. I found some prebuilt .debs that > Daniel Stone put together and used apt to install it. He has a few > mirrors around the world. Do a google search and you will find them. Seems you didn't read htt

Re: Powerbook G4 17"

ever recently I have become very interested in Apples Powerbook G4 17" (1,33 GHz PowerPC G4) model nr M9110*/A. It looks very nice and seems to have some neat capabilities such as the backlit keyboard and dvd-burning capabilities. Anyway, I was wondering if you could give some feedback on the

Debian on a Powerbook G4 17"

Well, I've already installed debian on a powerbook G4 17" with most of the hardware (the one I need most :) working including the complete system, X at 1440x900 16bits, USB, network (cable, no airport) and sound. I've made this iso image with a 2.4.20-benh kernel: http://people.