On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 12:51:06PM +0100, Jesus Climent wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 12:28:39PM +0100, Daniele Menozzi wrote:
>
> I did not express myself properly: it goes to sleep, but the screen stays on.
> I can see light through the apple.
Problem solved. It was the "video=ofonly" which
On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 12:28:39PM +0100, Daniele Menozzi wrote:
> On 10:42:44 27/Feb , Jesus Climent wrote:
> > screen). However, when I close the lid it is pretty bad, since the screen
> > does
> > not go off.
>
> Look into your pbbuttons.conf, you have to edit this specific line :
>
> onBatt
On 10:42:44 27/Feb , Jesus Climent wrote:
> screen). However, when I close the lid it is pretty bad, since the screen does
> not go off.
Look into your pbbuttons.conf, you have to edit this specific line :
onBattery_coversleep= yes
Bye
Menoz
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On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 10:18:51AM +0100, Jesus Climent wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Also, closing the lid (or pressing the IO button) leaves the screen on, and
> resuming back to operation is not working properly, since my screen is on but
> without any characters shown.
In fact, with 2.6.8 when I press the
On Mon, Aug 13, Ehtan Benson wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:36:16AM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 12, Ehtan Benson wrote:
> >
> > > netbooting depends on OpenFirmware being sane. that is not true of
> > > any OldWorld machine.
> >
> > What problems do you see?
>
> with OldWorl
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:36:16AM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 12, Ehtan Benson wrote:
>
> > netbooting depends on OpenFirmware being sane. that is not true of
> > any OldWorld machine.
>
> What problems do you see?
with OldWorld OpenFirmware?
where have you been...
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On Sun, Aug 12, Ehtan Benson wrote:
> netbooting depends on OpenFirmware being sane. that is not true of
> any OldWorld machine.
What problems do you see?
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On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 06:24:03PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> "Martin Breidung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > booting a floppy isn't possible because g4-400pci neither have a
> > floppy build-in nor a controller onboard and i don't have any
> > external fdd's for it...
>
> You could also t
"Martin Breidung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> booting a floppy isn't possible because g4-400pci neither have a
> floppy build-in nor a controller onboard and i don't have any
> external fdd's for it...
You could also try netbooting. I played around with it once, and I
couldn't get it to work,
Martin Breidung wrote:
>
> >Ethan Benson
> >http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
>
> >woody boot-floppies take care of all these steps for you with its
> >make system bootable step, they are only required on potato, another
> >reason not to use potato bootfloppies, unless you really want to run
> >p
>Ethan Benson
>http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
>woody boot-floppies take care of all these steps for you with its
>make system bootable step, they are only required on potato, another
>reason not to use potato bootfloppies, unless you really want to run
>potato (i only know of 2 or 3 people tha
> Please can any one help
I have installed Debian 2.2 r3 on my G4, started x ok but have been
unable to sort out the mouse.
I have been able to edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config with emacs which at
this present time is set at
PROTOCOL PS/2
DEVICE /dev/mouse
Can anyone offer any advice on the
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 01:57:42PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
>
> Courtesy Ethan Benson (where should this be documented?) :
these devices already exist in the potato r2 base system so the script
isn't needed in that case... im not sure if woody's makedev supports
them yet or not there was a bug
> Please can any one help
> I have installed Debian 2.2 r3 on my G4, started x ok but have been
> unable to sort out the mouse.
> I have been able to edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config with emacs which at
> this present time is set at
> PROTOCOL PS/2
> DEVICE /dev/mouse
>
> Can anyone offer any advice o
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 09:02:24AM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Andrew Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Bruno Waes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc:
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:59 PM
> Subject: Re: ne
- Original Message -
From: "Andrew Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bruno Waes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: new installation - Next step !
> copy the root.bin file from the CD to somewhere on your hard d
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 05:51:47PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
> ok, that is nice and good, but ... i havnt installed linux yet on this
> machine and i dont find a way how to do it ...
You can download bootx with a normal web browser from macos. Don't have a
URL handy, but google turned it up last
copy the root.bin file from the CD to somewhere on your hard disk,
and specify that to BootX as the ramfs. make sure your CD is in the
drive and you should be able to proceed from there.
a
Bruno Waes wrote:
>
> ok, i guess we are at a next level, i got BootX working (needed version 5.5
> of st
- Original Message -
From: "David J. Roundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: new installation - Next step !
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 04:09:27PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
> >
> > but i still dont get it how i
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 04:09:27PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
>
> but i still dont get it how i can boot an installation system with bootx ?
You just set up the bootx extension, which runs at startup. You can
configure it to by default boot to linux (after 10 seconds or whatever).
So whenever you
ok, i guess we are at a next level, i got BootX working (needed version 5.5
of stuffit expander that works with my macos 7.5.3)
with the vmlinux image i got from the cd, that i placed in the bootx kernels
directory, and giving kernel options
video=atyfb:vmode:5,cmode:8
i saw for the first time on
Peter Cordes said at ÒRe: new installationÓ.
[11/Apr/01Wed 22:24]
> That didn't work for me, when I found myself in the same position. I found
> http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html helpful. They say that
> cmd-opt-p-r won't solve this, but the solution they propose works: Turn off
> th
- Original Message -
From: "Peter Cordes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: new installation
> > shutdown, boot up while holding down `command option p r' which will
> > reset the nvram back to its defau
euhm, sorry for using the wrong reply subject before ...
>ah... ok, some OF video drivers are REALLY bogus and try and drive
>the monitor at really absurd resolutions like 640x380-42 or something
>rediculous like that, SOME monitors are actually able to grok it but
>most don't.
on
http://www.ne
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 12:36:03AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 09:48:53AM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
> > ok, now i really screwed up ...
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > > > > command-option-O-F to boot into OF.
> >
> > i never been able to boot into OF ...
>
> i t
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 09:48:53AM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
> ok, now i really screwed up ...
>
> - Original Message -
> > > > command-option-O-F to boot into OF.
>
> i never been able to boot into OF ...
i think you have, its just sent all its output out the serial port.
> so i though
ok, now i really screwed up ...
- Original Message -
From: "Adam C Powell IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: new installation
> Andrew Sharp wrote:
>
> > Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> > >
> > > Hmm...
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 09:13:15AM -0700, Tovar wrote:
>so, to use BootX i still need macos, now this system comes with only one
> hd,
>and it has macos on it ...
>does there exist something like fips, to shrink the macos partition ? so i
>can make space for linux, or do i have to
Andrew Sharp wrote:
> Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> >
> > OF works quite well on my StarMax. That's why I'm thinking it will work on
> > Bruno's
> > 4400, since the StarMax is a 4400 clone.
>
> Not a wise inference, since Apple is involved.
I stand corrected. :-) Then again, with the same Tanzania
Adam C Powell IV wrote:
>
> Andrew Sharp wrote:
> OF works quite well on my StarMax. That's why I'm thinking it will work on
> Bruno's
> 4400, since the StarMax is a 4400 clone.
Not a wise inference, since Apple is involved. I'm glad OF works on
your StarMax. I guess that I can now admit tha
so, to use BootX i still need macos, now this system comes with only one hd,
and it has macos on it ...
does there exist something like fips, to shrink the macos partition ? so i
can make space for linux, or do i have to add a new hd ? and can i just add
a pc ide hd ?
The previous o
Andrew Sharp wrote:
> Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> >
> > Hmm... here's something which may work. Is there a .coff kernel image on
> > the
> > CD, e.g. vmlinux-2.2.18pre21.coff? If so, try copying that onto an
> > HFS-formatted blank floppy. Then when you boot, hold down something like
> > comman
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:16:51AM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> > try ofpath /dev/sda first to see if it supports that machine, ofpath
> > supports most oldworlds but i may have missed a few, people need to
> > send me more device-trees.
>
> It doesn't work on my Motor
Adam C Powell IV wrote:
>
> Bruno Waes wrote:
>
> > so, to use BootX i still need macos, now this system comes with only one hd,
> > and it has macos on it ...
> > does there exist something like fips, to shrink the macos partition ? so i
> > can make space for linux, or do i have to add a new hd
Bruno Waes wrote:
> so, to use BootX i still need macos, now this system comes with only one hd,
> and it has macos on it ...
> does there exist something like fips, to shrink the macos partition ? so i
> can make space for linux, or do i have to add a new hd ? and can i just add
> a pc ide hd ?
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 06:28:25PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
>
> > I also am using BootX, and would like to point out that just to reboot
> > remotely, BootX is fine, even though it goes through macos, since it can
> be
> > configured to go into linux directly.
> >
> > On an older machine, like you
- Original Message -
From: "David J. Roundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: new installation
> I also am using BootX, and would like to point out that just to reboot
> remotely, BootX is fine, even though it goes through
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 12:15:38PM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:55:06AM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
> > i really need to install linux on the box (the macos 7.5.3 that is on there
> > now can go) i have to be able to reboot the box remotely so it has to boot
> > directly i
Ethan Benson wrote:
> try ofpath /dev/sda first to see if it supports that machine, ofpath
> supports most oldworlds but i may have missed a few, people need to
> send me more device-trees.
It doesn't work on my Motorola StarMax 3000/160 (pmac 4400/160 clone), here's
the message:
ofpath: This ma
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:55:06AM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
> i really need to install linux on the box (the macos 7.5.3 that is on there
> now can go) i have to be able to reboot the box remotely so it has to boot
> directly into linux, how can i do this on this powerpc ? i read about OF
> (and i
ok, i found a hfs boot floppy on the installation cdrom ..
when i boot with that i get first a small computer icon with tux in front,
then when it has done reading the disk, it changes to a framebuffer screen
but that seems to have a sync that is too high or so, ... i can see the
black screen and
It was the same for most of us non-apple heads.
a
Philipp Kaeser wrote:
>
> hej,
>
> > i now have the box right beside me, it has macos 7.5.3
> > loaded on its single HD the bootx .sit file is on the
> > cdrom but it is not recognized by macos
> I suppose you already installed the StuffIt Expa
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:09:32PM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote:
>
> I took a stab at getting quik to work on my Daystar Genesis MP the other
> day. (no luck, sticking with bootx. I'll have to get myself an adapter for
> the Mac serial port, since OF seems to reset it input-device and
> output-dev
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:58:57PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> if you are lucky all you need to change is the boot-device variable,
> like this:
>
> nvsetenv boot-device "$(ofpath /dev/sda)0"
>
> try ofpath /dev/sda first to see if it supports that machine, ofpath
> supports most oldworlds but i
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 03:26:10PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
>
> i now have the box right beside me, it has macos 7.5.3 loaded on its single
> HD
> the bootx .sit file is on the cdrom but it is not recognized by macos
proprietary fileformats, you need an extractor.
> i need linux on this machine
I uploaded some more stuff to that location. Like this (s):
http://www.netfall.com/powerpc/stuffit_expander_55.bin
Even a Linux unstuffit x86 .deb which is very funky. Read the
readme. One of the funkiest parts is that every time I run dselect,
it ejects this package from my system. Oh we
hej,
> i now have the box right beside me, it has macos 7.5.3
> loaded on its single HD the bootx .sit file is on the
> cdrom but it is not recognized by macos
I suppose you already installed the StuffIt Expander?
(When I installed debian first on the PowerPC it took
me about two days to figur
Andrew Sharp wrote:
> Well, not really. I have a machine with only 7.5.2 on it, and was
> able to get stuffit and bootx on there. You just have to use the
> right version of stuffit. They have many on their ftp site.
Really? What's the right version? I could only find the most recent, which
Well, not really. I have a machine with only 7.5.2 on it, and was
able to get stuffit and bootx on there. You just have to use the
right version of stuffit. They have many on their ftp site. The
fight is not won, however, until you can get it onto the mockos
partition, unless you're downloading
D'oh! Jumped elsewhere mid-sentence...
Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> Uh oh... I wasn't able to get it to unpack in MockOS either (on a Motorola
> StarMax- pmac 4400 clone with 7.6, the newer StuffIt don't run on <8.1), had
> to
> unpack the tarball in Linux (link somewhere in the "Sand use hfscopy
Bruno Waes wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: new installation on 4400/200
>
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 10:00:21AM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
> >&
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 03:26:10PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
>
> From: "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: new installation on 4400/200
>
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 10:00:21AM +0200, Bruno Waes wr
- Original Message -
From: "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: new installation on 4400/200
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 10:00:21AM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
>> so far i managed to install debian on i386, sparc and
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 10:00:21AM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
> so far i managed to install debian on i386, sparc and alpha, and now i want
> to give powerpc a try ;-)
you will find that oldworld macs are a right pain in the ass to
bootstrap without macos. if you keep macos around you can use bootx
On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 04:03:11PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > My question is that some packages look outdated to me (I know that stability
> > is the keyword for Debian). I wanted to know where I could find .deb of
> > GNOME applications, and XFree 4.0.x. There is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My question is that some packages look outdated to me (I know that stability
> is the keyword for Debian). I wanted to know where I could find .deb of
> GNOME applications, and XFree 4.0.x. There is nothing in the woody dir, and
> couldn't find anything using Google.
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