Re: Question on installing Debian ppc on iBook with small HD

> > I would recommend a fresh installation and let the partioning tool > handling the partition > sizes. > > Adrian > > > > Adrian: Thanks for the reply, it's been so long that I ran an installation that way, I'm usually installing "custom" into drives that are sliced and diced to contain a number

Re: Question on installing Debian ppc on iBook with small HD

Hi Fritz! Apologies for the late reply! On Mon, 2023-06-26 at 08:57 -0700, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > So, I got into the Net installer on an '04 iBook with 40GB HD, I have approx > 11 GB > set for what is right now Lubuntu 16.04, which is booting from Yaboot in the > HFS > partition sda2, but that p

Question on installing Debian ppc on iBook with small HD

CC-ing you at your suse email and hopefully on the powerpc list-serve?? On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 3:32 AM Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi Fritz! > > We should probably move the discussion over to debian-powerpc [1]. > > > The partitioning scheme was changed to accommodate the switch from Yaboot > to G

Slightly off-topic: Cube Mac power supply question

Sorry for the slightly off-topic question but I recently was given a Cube Mac without a power supply. I know the cube requires a 28V supply of roughly 7A but I don't have the connector. While I can build the required supply I don't have a source for the cable and would rather not hack

Re: ppc-64 (powermac g5) question

Hello Stan! On 8/20/21 11:03 PM, Stan Johnson wrote: > I guess I thought it was powerpc-specific since 32-bit powerpc systems > don't seem to have the same issue with Debian SID packages requiring > systemd. There should be no differences between powerpc and ppc64 in this regard. You may have in

Re: ppc-64 (powermac g5) question

, most things that I try to install seem to >> require systemd. > Since this question is not powerpc-specific but a generic Debian question, > you should post it to debian-user. I can't really help you on this issue > as I personally use systemd. > > I know that there was r

Re: ppc-64 (powermac g5) question

to > require systemd. Since this question is not powerpc-specific but a generic Debian question, you should post it to debian-user. I can't really help you on this issue as I personally use systemd. I know that there was recently some discussion on debian-boot on how to replace

Re: A question regarding 32-bit debian port

Hi Andrew! On 5/23/20 11:08 AM, and...@ncrmnt.org wrote: > First, huge thanks for everyone involved in the debian project that has > been my primary desktop OS for over a decade. You rock ;) Great to hear! > Now, the big question: I was wondering about the status of debian 32-bit >

A question regarding 32-bit debian port

Hello everyone, First, huge thanks for everyone involved in the debian project that has been my primary desktop OS for over a decade. You rock ;) Now, the big question: I was wondering about the status of debian 32-bit powerpc port (anything more detailed, than 'dead and buried'

Re: grub update question

Hello! On 9/17/19 8:58 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: Or, better, is the problem fixed totally in the meanwhile? No, I haven't gotten around to fixing ofpathname yet [1] as it's longer task since we need to incorporate support for various OF device paths. I hope to do it during the next holidays

grub update question

Hi, question especially to Frank & Adrian I am upgrading the many new packages on my PowerBook which is experimentally running GRUB. I wonder, can I upgrade the GRUB packages without breaking its book or do I risk that OF parameters are rewritten with the wrong paths and so all

question about install manual

I just accessed https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual and wondered what is the difference between „Installation Guide for PowerPC“ and „Installation Guide for POWER Processors” Maybe the latter could be renamed to „Installation Guide for 64 bit POWER Processors“ and/or could have „(

Re: Question for you about IMAC and 5.05 CD iso..

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:15 PM, P.Carter wrote: > I have tried 6.05 however it ran very slow it was > crawling. And firefox was super slow... > Imac specs: > 333-400 mhz 128mb ram rage 128 video cards, > 6gb harddrive. slot loader. It sounds like your problem is the very small RAM on this m

Re: Problem with backlight control and question about kernel information and patches

Hi, Bumping this quite old thread, but with a solution. Le lundi 29 août 2011 à 09:45 +0200, Michel Dänzer a écrit : > On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 01:52 +0100, Clea F. Rees wrote: > > uname info: 3.0.0-1-powerpc #1 Sun Jul 24 13:59:10 UTC 2011 ppc GNU/Linux > > > > Machine is a 12" G4 Aluminium Power

Re: Question about compatibility...

model (M9969LL/A); it's a bit pricier, but it can take >> more RAM and has a Radeon chipset instead of a GeForce chipset, which >> means better driver support. >> >> All things considered, I think I'm leaning more towards the 12" model, >> though - I

Re: Question about compatibility...

On 10/7/11, Brian Morris wrote: > NO ! Many of these have a bad slot which does not work ! So get one that > already has the slot filled ! I'm getting a refurbished unit with a 30-day guarantee, if I get one with a bad SODIMM slot I'll just send it back. Thanks for the tip, though. On 10/7/11, Br

Re: Question about compatibility...

You are running unstable, just wait and you will see something critical break. Good luck. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Mandrantosoa 'Ndrianiaina wrote: > I'm on wheezy/sid on a PowerBook G4 15" 1.67/1.5GHz for everyday use. > > Everything does work correctly but the grahic card has some > is

Re: Question about compatibility...

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:51 PM, John Ames wrote: > On 10/6/11, Brian Morris wrote: > > if you get the 15", make sure it has the full RAM in case you want it > > someday. I have one with the common defect of the bad 2nd slot. > Oh, naturally. I had both a 1GB DDR stick (for the 12") and 2x 1GB >

Re: Question about compatibility...

Hmm. As long as it's not an insurmountable obstacle, I think I might go ahead and go for the 12" model after all. On 10/7/11, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > I collected it. My users of MintPPC reported recently that nouveau has > problems but that if you use nv, it works like a charm. > > > > Op 7/10/2

Re: Question about compatibility...

I'm on wheezy/sid on a PowerBook G4 15" 1.67/1.5GHz for everyday use. Everything does work correctly but the grahic card has some issues with KMS, gallium ... but everything was OK with squeeze (with 2.6.32 kernel) On squeeze, I've got DRI with radeon.agpmode=-1 Tosoa. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Question about compatibility...

> Can anybody confirm whether this works or > not? I'd assume it must, if they bothered to put it there... If your question is about the status of NVidia drivers on the PPC plateform, I can tell you that my Quad G5 had always worked fine first with the nv drivers, then with the Nouv

Re: Question about compatibility...

Hmm, interesting. http://mac.linux.be/files/xorg/powerbook4.txt appears to be for exactly the model I'd like to get, the 1.5GHz 12" Powerbook, using nouveau. (It seems it supports all the way down to monochrome colordepth!?!?) Can anybody confirm whether this works or not? I'd assume it must, if th

Re: Question about compatibility...

Have a look here, you will lots of xorg.conf files I collected over the years. What I found out is that nouveau does not work well, but the old nv driver works fine for nvidia cards: http://mac.linux.be/content/xorgconf-files Op 7/10/2011 schreef "John Ames" : >On 10/6/11, Brian Morris wrote: >

Re: Question about compatibility...

On 10/6/11, Brian Morris wrote: > if you get the 15", make sure it has the full RAM in case you want it > someday. I have one with the common defect of the bad 2nd slot. Oh, naturally. I had both a 1GB DDR stick (for the 12") and 2x 1GB DDR2 sticks (for the 15") on hand anyway, so whichever I get

Re: Question about compatibility...

a bit pricier, but it can take > more RAM and has a Radeon chipset instead of a GeForce chipset, which > means better driver support. > > All things considered, I think I'm leaning more towards the 12" model, > though - I really don't like big laptops, and 12" is abou

Re: Question about compatibility...

Oh, that's in nv though, not nouveau...what was your G4 running? On 10/6/11, John Ames wrote: > Yeah, there's a couple different bug reports for this chipset > reporting bad video relating to color depth, and they've been around > since 2009 and 2010 :/ I think I might have to go with the 15" aft

Re: Question about compatibility...

Yeah, there's a couple different bug reports for this chipset reporting bad video relating to color depth, and they've been around since 2009 and 2010 :/ I think I might have to go with the 15" after all, based on this... https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19714 https://bugs.freedesktop.

Re: Question about compatibility...

On 10/6/11, David Lowe wrote: > Also, default video looks pretty > horrible on the Go5200 - i think i'm only seeing 256 colors though i haven't > investigated further. Hmm. I've noticed something like that on my G5, but I hadn't gotten around to looking at it; looked like it was only running in 15

Re: Question about compatibility...

For what it's worth, there is a dedicated XFCE & LXDE install CD for PPC in both stable and testing. Your mileage may vary but I've had better luck using the stable ISO which -- if you choose the advanced option -- will also allow you to choose to install a system from either stable, testing, or un

Re: Question about compatibility...

reasonable power utilization on battery and reasonable sleeping etc. mitchell --- On Thu, 10/6/11, John Ames wrote: > From: John Ames > Subject: Question about compatibility... > To: "debian-powerpc" > Date: Thursday, October 6, 2011, 2:21 PM > I'm going

Re: Question about compatibility...

hich > means better driver support. > > All things considered, I think I'm leaning more towards the 12" model, > though - I really don't like big laptops, and 12" is about as large as > I really want to go. My question is, how's the compatibility? It looks &g

Question about compatibility...

more towards the 12" model, though - I really don't like big laptops, and 12" is about as large as I really want to go. My question is, how's the compatibility? It looks from the nouveau page like support for the GeForce FX Go5200 is about on par with support for the GeForce 7800

Re: Problem with backlight control and question about kernel information and patches

On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 01:52 +0100, Clea F. Rees wrote: > I have no control over my laptop's backlight under Linux. This is a > regression since it did work fine but I'm not certain exactly when it > stopped working. > > I am very new to Linux but I think that the problem is that > /sys/class/back

Problem with backlight control and question about kernel information and patches

I have no control over my laptop's backlight under Linux. This is a regression since it did work fine but I'm not certain exactly when it stopped working. I am very new to Linux but I think that the problem is that /sys/class/backlight/ is empty. That is, I know that the directory is empty but don

lenny->squeeze upgrade success (and b43 hostapd question)

Hello debian powerpc users and developers, I would just like to report a mostly successful upgrade of a 1GHz 12" powerbook from lenny to squeeze last night. This system serves as my firewall, router, NAT, webserver, and wireless access point, and I'd been delaying the upgrade out of fear of bo

Question about a package in experimental built but not present in the archive

Hi there, people. Please excuse my lack of knowledge about the buildd network, but I would like to use a package (forked-daapd) that is only present in the experimental section of the archive, but not present in binary form. In particular, I just saw that https://buildd.debian.org/build.php?ar

Re: Question about the usability of a PS3 with Linux

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009, Rogério Brito wrote: > How usable is a PS3 with Linux installed? Is it worth the effort? Does Depends what you want to do with it. For Cell programming, it's OK. For heavy desktop work, there's not that much RAM. > it work well with Debian? Is there anything that's not workin

Re: Question about the usability of a PS3 with Linux

On 05:56 Sun 26 Apr , Rogério Brito wrote: > Hi, Geert. > > How usable is a PS3 with Linux installed? Is it worth the effort? Does > it work well with Debian? Is there anything that's not working > currently? > > Any further information is quite welcome. Hi, I professionnaly work with ag (A

Re: Question about the usability of a PS3 with Linux

Take a look at Yellow Dog Linux: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ They specialize in Linux for the Cell processor. It's not Debian, but they do have some good tools for doing serious development on and for the Cell. Rick On Apr 26, 2009, at 4:56 AM, Rogério Brito wrote: Hi, Geert.

Re: Question about the usability of a PS3 with Linux

2009/4/26 Rogério Brito : > How usable is a PS3 with Linux installed? Is it worth the effort? Does > it work well with Debian? Is there anything that's not working > currently? http://bugs.debian.org/514055 -- Regards, Wartan. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org

Question about the usability of a PS3 with Linux

Hi, Geert. How usable is a PS3 with Linux installed? Is it worth the effort? Does it work well with Debian? Is there anything that's not working currently? Any further information is quite welcome. Regards, Rogério Brito. P.S.: As I don't play any game, I'm only interested in getting the "comp

G5 Lenny Install Question

Further to my earlier question, I have established that my device is a 'rev B' model. Does this help?? Richard -- -- Linux on a Mac... delightful Irena & Richard Jenkins Canberra, AU ++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

MTA revisited, and another question

didn't fix the problem of the very slow startup, but something between then and now has fixed it -- I've been regularly updating with the Synaptic Package Manager so something in lenny has got fixed :-) Now my next question is another newbie question -- I want to try to run the Helix aud

Hardware Question

Hello... I do not know if I can ask about hardware, but I do not have to ask who I saw in Ebay the next processor. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280269062091 I have a Sawtooth AGP

Re: Question about booting

Hi Brad, On 8/16/07, Brad Boyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for the late reply. Also, the pancutan-devel list is private, so > my messages won't show up there. I'm leaving it in the CC list in case > you reply which would get this content onto the list. Ah yes, sorry. I forgot about that.

Re: Question about booting

Sorry for the late reply. Also, the pancutan-devel list is private, so my messages won't show up there. I'm leaving it in the CC list in case you reply which would get this content onto the list. On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 06:03:38PM +0100, Martín Ferrari wrote: > On 8/8/07, Brad Boyer <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Question about booting

Hi again, On 8/8/07, Martín Ferrari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a tool for testing the Debian CDs for the Google Summer > of Code (http://pancutan.alioth.debian.org/), this tool will run all After a lot of reading and guessing, plus the tips that Brad gave me, I think I un

Re: Question about booting

Hi, On 8/8/07, Brad Boyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - the /install folder is -hfs-blessed, but don't know what that means, > > - there is another chrp descriptor called ofboot.b, but I don't know what > > it is, > > - the yaboot boot loader is present, but I couldn't find what enables it,

Re: Question about booting

On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 02:24:51AM +0100, Martín Ferrari wrote: > I'm working on a tool for testing the Debian CDs for the Google Summer > of Code (http://pancutan.alioth.debian.org/), this tool will run all > sort of tests over the iso files, and I'm fairly lost about the > different booting metho

Question about booting

Hi, I'm working on a tool for testing the Debian CDs for the Google Summer of Code (http://pancutan.alioth.debian.org/), this tool will run all sort of tests over the iso files, and I'm fairly lost about the different booting methods in powerpc (which I will inspect to be sure that the cd is boota

Re: question about yaboot and radeon 9200

> different things,like video= radeonfb:1024x768 but the only thing that> seems to work is video=ofonly.I remember a few months ago I was able > to do this with something like "option:1024x768",but I cant> remember.append="video=radeonfb:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"Where @70 is t

Re: question about yaboot and radeon 9200

ems to work is video=ofonly.I remember a few months ago I was able > to do this with something like "option:1024x768",but I cant > remember. append="video=radeonfb:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Where @70 is the refresh rate. > Another question; I cant switch from X to a > v

question about yaboot and radeon 9200

boot up at 1280x1024?I have tried a number of different things,like video=radeonfb:1024x768 but the only thing that seems to work is video=ofonly.I remember a few months ago I was able to do this with something like "option:1024x768",but I cant remember.Anyone know?Another question; I can

Re: keyboard backlight on PB 5,4 and question about modem

> >> the module i2c-dev is loaded but not used by anyone... > >You might need i2c-powermac, too. > > I have it too, but, as i2c-dev, the modules is not used :( > I also made /dev/i2c-4 (as I found somewhere in the web), but the keyboard > backlight still does't work... IIRC limiting the i2c bus sc

Re: keyboard backlight on PB 5,4 and question about modem

> >> I'm unable to make the keyboard backlight working :( > >> the module i2c-dev is loaded but not used by anyone... > > >Did you installed pbbuttonsd (or kblevel, see a previous thread on this > >list) ? > > ops, yes, I forgot to write.. I have the latest pbbuttonsd release (and it > works for al

Re: keyboard backlight on PB 5,4 and question about modem

After modprobing i2c-dev, you need to /etc/init.d/pbbuttonsd restart too... If you run powerprefs you should see that the Keyboard Illumination tabs are activated. If the tabs are greyed out it means pbbuttonsd doesn't see that you have a backlight available. It might be worth checking your k

Re: keyboard backlight on PB 5,4 and question about modem

>> the module i2c-dev is loaded but not used by anyone... >You might need i2c-powermac, too. I have it too, but, as i2c-dev, the modules is not used :( I also made /dev/i2c-4 (as I found somewhere in the web), but the keyboard backlight still does't work... thank you MAS! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: keyboard backlight on PB 5,4 and question about modem

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:19:25 GMT Marco Stagno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using Debian/SID (kernel 2.6.16) on my PB G4 (15",rev 5.4, 1.5GHz) and > I'm unable to make the keyboard backlight working :( > the module i2c-dev is loaded but not used by anyone... You might need i2c-powermac, too.

Re: keyboard backlight on PB 5,4 and question about modem

On 6/24/06, Marco Stagno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: and there is a way to use the internal modem/fax? Theoretically the non-free drivers from linuxant should allow that. I have personally tried to make them work and install a proper debian package, but there are a ew things which didn't went qu

Re: keyboard backlight on PB 5,4 and question about modem

>> I'm unable to make the keyboard backlight working :( >> the module i2c-dev is loaded but not used by anyone... > >Did you installed pbbuttonsd (or kblevel, see a previous thread on this >list) ? ops, yes, I forgot to write.. I have the latest pbbuttonsd release (and it works for all except keyb

Re: keyboard backlight on PB 5,4 and question about modem

On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 08:19 +, Marco Stagno wrote: > I'm unable to make the keyboard backlight working :( > the module i2c-dev is loaded but not used by anyone... Did you installed pbbuttonsd (or kblevel, see a previous thread on this list) ? -- Yves-Alexis Perez -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

keyboard backlight on PB 5,4 and question about modem

I'm using Debian/SID (kernel 2.6.16) on my PB G4 (15",rev 5.4, 1.5GHz) and I'm unable to make the keyboard backlight working :( the module i2c-dev is loaded but not used by anyone... what is wrong? and there is a way to use the internal modem/fax? thank you in advance bye bye! MAS! -- To UN

Re: video card - old world mac question

On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 06:26:31PM -0500, Daniel Boyd wrote: > I was reading through the installation instructions for PowerPC > Debian and I saw that it basically said that it would work with any > video card that XFree86 has support for. Is that also true for an > old PCI Power Mac like my

video card - old world mac question

I was reading through the installation instructions for PowerPC Debian and I saw that it basically said that it would work with any video card that XFree86 has support for. Is that also true for an old PCI Power Mac like my Performa 6400? Don't I need an Open Firmware-enabled card? What

Re: Question for all candidates: handle debian-admin more openly

Let's move this to elsewhere than -vote for technical discussion, d-ppc and d-ppc64 are good places for this. On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 02:21:12AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 01:03:47PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Are bruckner and voltaire overloaded or do they lack se

netboot64 question - WAS:: powerpc64 install from external firewire cd failed - can't load sbp2

Sven- I went ahead and tried to continue with the neboot64 image, but it appears that this will not work on the Xserve. It only configures one interface (eth0) and it thinks the interface is firewire apparently. When I do an lsmod, no network driver has been loaded for the gigE ports: ~ # ls

Re: netboot64 question - WAS:: powerpc64 install from external firewire cd failed - can't load sbp2

On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 08:12:58AM -0500, Toni L. Harbaugh-Blackford [Contr] wrote: > Sven- > > I went ahead and tried to continue with the neboot64 image, but it appears > that this will not work on the Xserve. It only configures one interface > (eth0) and it thinks the interface is firewire ap

Re: Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 10:32:49PM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > 2- Will this affect the aptitude upgrade process? I mean, if I'm > > successful, > > how can I prevent aptitude from overwriting my kernel? > > I never heard that some upgrade whatsoever would delete a kernel - if > a new

Re: Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 09:49 -0600, David Smoot wrote: > Dead link and Google was no help either. Somebody have a working > link? site works again. sorry about the downtime. johannes signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 02:34:16PM +0200, Sammy wrote: > I have a PowerBook G4 1.67GHz with an ATi Radeon 9700 video card. (I have > noticed that Johannes Berg has the same system that's why I thought he might > be the best to answer the question.) > > Which kernel v

Re: Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

> > Well, 2.6.15.x works great. Currently I'm running 2.6.16-rc4-f52ee1 > > (straight from git) > > What's git?! The source code management system used for the Linux kernel. apt-get install git-core && man git Really, google is your friend. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

Yes you guys, I'm really sorry. I should have just Googled! On Thu, 2006-03-02 17:27:10 +0200, Sammy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, 2.6.15.x works great. Currently I'm running 2.6.16-rc4-f52ee1 > > (straight from git) > > What's git?! "Jan-Benedict Glaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in messag

Re: Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

On Thursday 02 March 2006 16:49, David Smoot wrote: > Dead link and Google was no help either. Somebody have a working > link? Hey David, it's still in Google's cache. Patrick -- Six pizzas a day keep the doctor away -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

has the same system that's why I thought he might> be the best to answer the question.)You could start with his website: http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/PowerBookRegards,--Yves-Alexis Perez--To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

On Thu, 2006-03-02 17:27:10 +0200, Sammy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, 2.6.15.x works great. Currently I'm running 2.6.16-rc4-f52ee1 > > (straight from git) > > What's git?! Google for "git linux" and probably the very first result will tell you. MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw [EMA

Re: Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

>> I have a PowerBook G4 1.67GHz with an ATi Radeon 9700 video card. (I have >> noticed that Johannes Berg has the same system that's why I thought he >> might >> be the best to answer the question.) > Yeah, but please don't put it into the subject.

Re: Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

> I have a PowerBook G4 1.67GHz with an ATi Radeon 9700 video card. (I have > noticed that Johannes Berg has the same system that's why I thought he might > be the best to answer the question.) Yeah, but please don't put it into the subject. That'll just stop other peopl

Re: Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 14:34 +0200, Sammy wrote: > I have a PowerBook G4 1.67GHz with an ATi Radeon 9700 video card. (I have > noticed that Johannes Berg has the same system that's why I thought he might > be the best to answer the question.) You could start with his

Kernel Question (Johannes Berg?)

I have a PowerBook G4 1.67GHz with an ATi Radeon 9700 video card. (I have noticed that Johannes Berg has the same system that's why I thought he might be the best to answer the question.) Which kernel version (according to experience) should I best be using? I'm currently using

Re: Mac Question

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:23:47 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I got your email by googling a question thought maybe you could help > me out. Please read below. Any help is greatly appreciated. I got a > > mac's it's a lap top. It's a 1.42 GHz Power PC G4; 512 le

Mac Question

I got your email by googling a question thought maybe you could help me out. Please read below. Any help is greatly appreciated. I got a mac's it's a lap top. It's a 1.42 GHz Power PC G4; 512 level 2 cache. 512MB of DDR SDRAM' supports up to 1.5GB with a 60 GB har

Re: hi and first and hopefully last question

On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 11:48:08AM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello Sven, > On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 09:46:50AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 08:11:36AM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > > I remember that in a recent issue of a german Linux magazin a work > > > around

Re: hi and first and hopefully last question

Hi, On 12 Feb, this message from Andrzej Mendel echoed through cyberspace: > On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 18:05 +0100, Daniel Payno wrote: >> I plan to install linux but: >> * Ubuntu/PPC 5.10's Live/Install kernels don't support my Superdrive > Impossible, both Ubuntu 5.10 and Debian Sarge supports

Re: hi and first and hopefully last question

On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 18:05 +0100, Daniel Payno wrote: > Hello all! > > This is my first e-mail all because a few days ago bought myself a > brand new iPowerBook 15" (Alubook so it seems :) with MACOsX > > It bundles a new dl superdrive: > > MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846: > >Revisión del firmwa

Re: hi and first and hopefully last question

Hello Sven, On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 09:46:50AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 08:11:36AM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > I remember that in a recent issue of a german Linux magazin a work > > around for this was presented: Use the 2.4 kernel to do a (minimal) > > install and

Re: hi and first and hopefully last question

On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 08:11:36AM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > I remember that in a recent issue of a german Linux magazin a work > around for this was presented: Use the 2.4 kernel to do a (minimal) > install and then build your own kernel (> 2.6.8 in Sarge). There were > some minor tips arou

Re: hi and first and hopefully last question

On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 07:56:48AM +0100, Daniel Payno wrote: > El 11/02/2006, a las 22:17, Mich Lanners escribió: > >>I plan to install linux but: > >>* Ubuntu/PPC 5.10's Live/Install kernels don't support my Superdrive > >What do you mean; doesn't support the SuperDrive? > >The DVD drive is a

Re: hi and first and hopefully last question

On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 10:17:41PM +0100, Mich Lanners wrote: > > Does the latest Debian/PPC 3.0 iso support it? I planned to use the > > easeness of ubuntu as starting point, but aint afraid of a debian > > vanilla install. > > Debin can be installed more easily these days than many people us

Re: hi and first and hopefully last question

Hello, On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 07:56:48AM +0100, Daniel Payno wrote: > El 11/02/2006, a las 22:17, Mich Lanners escribió: > >>I plan to install linux but: > >>* Ubuntu/PPC 5.10's Live/Install kernels don't support my Superdrive > >What do you mean; doesn't support the SuperDrive? > >The DVD dri

Re: hi and first and hopefully last question

El 11/02/2006, a las 22:17, Mich Lanners escribió: I plan to install linux but: * Ubuntu/PPC 5.10's Live/Install kernels don't support my Superdrive What do you mean; doesn't support the SuperDrive? The DVD drive is a generic MMC3-compatible IDE drive; there is no issue of support inv

Re: hi and first and hopefully last question

Hi, On 9 Feb, this message from Daniel Payno echoed through cyberspace: > This is my first e-mail all because a few days ago bought myself a > brand new iPowerBook 15" (Alubook so it seems :) with MACOsX Congrats :-) > It bundles a new dl superdrive: > > MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846: [snip] > >

hi and first and hopefully last question

Hello all! This is my first e-mail all because a few days ago bought myself a brand new iPowerBook 15" (Alubook so it seems :) with MACOsX It bundles a new dl superdrive: MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846: Revisión del firmware:FAAG Interconexión:ATAPI Soporte de grabación: Sí (

Re: beige g3 - "FIRST DISK" question

On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 12:21:50AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > Hi again Adrian, > > Some folks on the lists strongly prefer "bottom posting", so my reply > is at the end of this -- after all the context quoting, which has also > been rearranged to conform to "bottom posting" standards. Nice, bu

Re: beige g3 - "FIRST DISK" question

here that are much smarter than me; please give me a hint/guide me on what to do. Thanks for help! _adrian_ From: Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 17, 2006 12:46 AM To: adrian crisan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: beige g3 - "FIRS

Re: beige g3 - "FIRST DISK" question

On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 08:56:20PM -0500, adrian crisan wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to install woody on a beige g3, 266 some 256 mb and a 4 gig ide > hard. > I start the process via floppy, partition the hard, install the base file, > however when is time to make "system > bootable" it gives

Re: beige g3 - "FIRST DISK" question

Hi Adrian, Is there some reason you are using woody? Sarge has been out for several months, and lots of folks have had excellent luck with it -- even some of us with Beige G3's. My own experience has been using BootX and MacOS-9, so I can't help you with the "quik" bootloader, which is what

beige g3 - "FIRST DISK" question

Hi all, I'm trying to install woody on a beige g3, 266 some 256 mb and a 4 gig ide hard. I start the process via floppy, partition the hard, install the base file, however when is time to make "system bootable" it gives me this error: "THE REQUIRED ACTION CANNOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE ROOT PAR

[solved] A stupid question about windfarm

On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 08:35:44AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote : > On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 23:32 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I installed sid's 2.6.15-1 kernel on a 8,1 powermac, and modprobed > > windfarm_pm81. The module loads, but noting changes. Google searches > >

Re: A stupid question about windfarm

On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 08:35:44AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote : > On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 23:32 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I installed sid's 2.6.15-1 kernel on a 8,1 powermac, and modprobed > > windfarm_pm81. The module loads, but noting changes. Google searches > >

Re: A stupid question about windfarm

On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 23:32 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Dear all, > > I installed sid's 2.6.15-1 kernel on a 8,1 powermac, and modprobed > windfarm_pm81. The module loads, but noting changes. Google searches > with keywords as G5 and fan control point me to the kernel patches. Am > I missing so

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