Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-23 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Michael Flaig wrote: >Hi all, > >I thought about buying the Powerbook G4 15" 1GHz, but have a few >GNU/Linux related questions. So I would be happy If someone who has this >TiBook could give me some answeres ... Model IV? see http://spacepants.org/hw/tibook/ >As far

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-19 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sam, 2003-04-19 at 02:33, Brett Carter wrote: > > My current dri-trunk packages without Option "UseFBDev", basically. Some > > people have posted hints here. > > Why does one have to remove the 'UseFBDev'? Because neither radeonfb nor the X radeon driver support the external output with thi

Re: Pismo question (was Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...)

2003-04-19 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sam, 2003-04-19 at 02:09, Brian Victor wrote: > On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 01:31:30AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > >On Sam, 2003-04-19 at 01:53, Thomas Bodenmann wrote: > >> Michel D?nzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > It did last I tried, that was with the M7, but I don't expect any change >

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-18 Thread Brett Carter
> My current dri-trunk packages without Option "UseFBDev", basically. Some > people have posted hints here. Why does one have to remove the 'UseFBDev'? Also, isn't fbdev required for using the internal lcd screen? So mirroring isn't supported? -Brett

Pismo question (was Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...)

2003-04-18 Thread Brian Victor
On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 01:31:30AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: >On Sam, 2003-04-19 at 01:53, Thomas Bodenmann wrote: >> Michel D?nzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > It did last I tried, that was with the M7, but I don't expect any change >> > with the M9 there. >> Mirroring or Xinerama? >Anything

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-18 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sam, 2003-04-19 at 01:53, Thomas Bodenmann wrote: > Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fre, 2003-04-18 at 19:38, Brett Carter wrote: > >> > All in all, I'm not aware of any hardware component of this machine > >> > (except the built-in microphone maybe?) that's not supported. :)

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-18 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sam, 2003-04-19 at 01:07, Brett Carter wrote: > > It did last I tried, that was with the M7, but I don't expect any change > > with the M9 there. Now that you mention this though, there's probably on > > way to use the S-Video output yet. > > Really? Can you let me in on the secret? My curren

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-18 Thread Brett Carter
> It did last I tried, that was with the M7, but I don't expect any change > with the M9 there. Now that you mention this though, there's probably on > way to use the S-Video output yet. Really? Can you let me in on the secret? I've been trying to get my 667 DVI to work with an external 21" mon

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-18 Thread Thomas Bodenmann
Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fre, 2003-04-18 at 19:38, Brett Carter wrote: >> > All in all, I'm not aware of any hardware component of this machine >> > (except the built-in microphone maybe?) that's not supported. :) >> >> Don't forget the external monitor port, it doesn't rea

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-18 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fre, 2003-04-18 at 19:38, Brett Carter wrote: > > All in all, I'm not aware of any hardware component of this machine > > (except the built-in microphone maybe?) that's not supported. :) > > Don't forget the external monitor port, it doesn't really work at all iirc. It did last I tried, that

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-18 Thread Brett Carter
> All in all, I'm not aware of any hardware component of this machine > (except the built-in microphone maybe?) that's not supported. :) Don't forget the external monitor port, it doesn't really work at all iirc. -Brett

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Don, 2003-04-17 at 15:50, christophe barbe wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 02:48:54PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > There's definitely no room left in a TiBook for a second battery. You > > can hotswap batteries though. > > Do you mean that you can hotswap the battery when the power cord is

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-17 Thread christophe barbe
On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 02:48:54PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > There's definitely no room left in a TiBook for a second battery. You > can hotswap batteries though. Do you mean that you can hotswap the battery when the power cord is plugged in or something else like while in sleep (I heard that

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 02:51:42PM +0200, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 14:32, Michael Flaig wrote: > > Do you know If there will be an Powerbook with bigger battery or an G4 > > with lower power consumption in the near future? > > I don't know. The 7447/7457 are rumored t

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-17 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 14:32, Michael Flaig wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 11:11:13PM +0200, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 16:16, Michael Flaig wrote: > > [...] > > > Good, I just got mine today ;) > > i wonder if you have all notebooks released by apple *g* I would l

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Don, 2003-04-17 at 13:58, Michael Flaig wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 06:48:24PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Mit, 2003-04-16 at 16:16, Michael Flaig wrote: > > > > How long can you work with your powerbook on battery power? > > > Yes, i know, this depends on what you do with the Power

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-17 Thread Michael Flaig
On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 11:11:13PM +0200, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 16:16, Michael Flaig wrote: [...] > Good, I just got mine today ;) i wonder if you have all notebooks released by apple *g* > > How long can you work with your powerbook on battery power? > > I hav

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-17 Thread Michael Flaig
On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 06:48:24PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mit, 2003-04-16 at 16:16, Michael Flaig wrote: > [...] > Right, except that 3D acceleration works with my dri-trunk packages. :) Hey, great :-) Thanks btw. for your great work ... !!! > > Do this components work? > > - PCMCIA S

RE: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-16 Thread Crawford Rainwater
Pardon my ignorance on which 15" 1GHz machine this is (I am researching getting a 15" machine for Debian PPC in the near future), but I heard a rumor about a "newer" version of the 15" that is comparable to the 17" (save of course the screen size) in the works and possibly on the shelf at Apple HQ'

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-16 Thread florian
> > How long can you work with your powerbook on battery power? > > I haven't had it for long enough yet ;) I set it up so that it switches > the CPU to 667Mhz when running on battery, it seem to have reasonable > consumption, I suspect it can go up to 4 hours, maybe more if you are > careful. s

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-16 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 16:16, Michael Flaig wrote: > Hi all, > > I thought about buying the Powerbook G4 15" 1GHz, but have a few > GNU/Linux related questions. So I would be happy If someone who has this > TiBook could give me some answeres ... Good, I just got mine today ;) > As far as I know >

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-16 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mit, 2003-04-16 at 16:16, Michael Flaig wrote: > > I thought about buying the Powerbook G4 15" 1GHz, but have a few > GNU/Linux related questions. So I would be happy If someone who has this > TiBook could give me some answeres ... > > As far as I know > - Powermanagement does work with latest

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-16 Thread Gabriel Paubert
Hi, On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 04:16:19PM +0200, Michael Flaig wrote: > Hi all, > > I thought about buying the Powerbook G4 15" 1GHz, but have a few > GNU/Linux related questions. So I would be happy If someone who has this > TiBook could give me some answeres ... > > As far as I k

Re: powerbook 15" 1Ghz question ...

2003-04-16 Thread florian
On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 16:16, Michael Flaig wrote: > Hi all, > > I thought about buying the Powerbook G4 15" 1GHz, but have a few > GNU/Linux related questions. So I would be happy If someone who has this > TiBook could give me some answeres ... great choice! i just got mine yesterday =) > As far