ok, i had no time to follow the mailing list, can someone post news
about the progress done ?
what is currently supported with 12" pb ?
nvidia backlight control ?
sleep support ?
any other powersaving feature ? (i remeber there were problems
switching off unused peripherials souch as bluetooth,
On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 10:54:10AM +0100, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
> * Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-31 10:48:54 +0100]:
>
> > > sucks. Does not work on lynx.
> >
> > Flash sucks but I need it. Some people do it as well.
>
> Have you tried swf-player? Unfortunately there is still n
* Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-31 10:48:54 +0100]:
> > sucks. Does not work on lynx.
>
> Flash sucks but I need it. Some people do it as well.
Have you tried swf-player? Unfortunately there is still no lynx plugin
availible ;)
Best wishes,
Matze
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Arne Caspari wrote:
Jérôme Marant wrote:
Quoting Emanuele Olivetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I'm not an expert but D-Link dwl-122 works pretty well. Cheap, small,
11Mbit so 802.11b.
It seems it's not possible to use another mini-PCI wireless card
because apple mini-PCI slot is not standard :(
I hope people could help and merge different sources in this site with
updated info about:* Kernel config
* Xserver or Xorg config
* Sleep config
* USB wireless config
* ...
Thanks and best regards,
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 11:15:58AM +0200, Eugen Dedu wrote:
>>
>> What about creating a Web page
On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 05:28:56PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Now, why do some manufacturers refuse to rebuild their non-free drivers for
> powerpc at all (Nvidia)? I suspect Apple asked them not to do so; it
> can't be for technical reasons ...
It can. You don't know how i386 centric their driv
On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 05:30:01PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Guido Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 01:21:57PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> >> Guido Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >> > On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 10:48:54AM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrot
Guido Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 01:21:57PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
>> Guido Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 10:48:54AM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
>> >> > And non-free sucks even more. It is like admiting that close sou
Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 10:48:54AM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
>>
>> Non-free sucks. But non-free drivers is better than no driver at all.
>
> Pretty much means they play ball and win. As long as they dont realize open
> standards and open specification
excuse me.. i have problems with power saving features.. i compiled my
own kernel and i use cpufreqd with maximum powersave settings but my
powerbook 12 works for about 3 hours on battery power..
here are my settings
http://www.dadeb.it/files/Configs/powerbook/config-2.6.7-PowerbookG4-12
http:/
On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 02:25:55PM +0100, Guido Guenther wrote:
>
> Nope even afterwards. What is the worth of a binary driver that only
> works on kernel 2.4 (like the modem driver for the pbooks). This really
> affects you _after_ buying the hardware.
Or an ATI/nVidia/Modem/whatever driver for x
On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 10:48:54AM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
>
> Non-free sucks. But non-free drivers is better than no driver at all.
Pretty much means they play ball and win. As long as they dont realize open
standards and open specifications help them to sell more, non-free keeps on
sucking
On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 01:21:57PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Guido Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 10:48:54AM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> >> > And non-free sucks even more. It is like admiting that close source
> >> > drivers
> >> > for ATI cards are good
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:24:24 -0800, Mike Power <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> petition was usefull. http://www.petitiononline.com/BCM4301/petition.html
>
Signed.
Thanks a lot.
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Guido Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 10:48:54AM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
>> > And non-free sucks even more. It is like admiting that close source drivers
>> > for ATI cards are good enough. Then they dont work on your iBook and people
>> > complain.
>>
>> Non-fr
On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 10:48:54AM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> > And non-free sucks even more. It is like admiting that close source drivers
> > for ATI cards are good enough. Then they dont work on your iBook and people
> > complain.
>
> Non-free sucks. But non-free drivers is better than no dr
Jérôme Marant wrote:
Enrico Nardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:52:00 +0200, Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
There are many. http://petitiononline.com is one
On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 10:48 +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> > PowerPC laptops are very well supported by Linux, with the small
> >> > exception of
> >> > some small glitches in the matrix, but x86 laptops suffer the same
> >> > simptoms.
> >>
> >>
Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 04:52:00PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
>> >
>> > Which sources you base your information on?
>>
>> There are many. http://petitiononline.com is one of them. I signed twice.
>
> Check my installation guide for iBook 2.2 and you wi
On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 04:52:00PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> >
> > Which sources you base your information on?
>
> There are many. http://petitiononline.com is one of them. I signed twice.
Check my installation guide for iBook 2.2 and you will see that everything is
working here. iBook G4 is
Enrico Nardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:52:00 +0200, Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>>
>> There are many. http://petitiononline.com is one of them. I signed twice.
>
> I searched the site but couldn't find a peti
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:52:00 +0200, Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> There are many. http://petitiononline.com is one of them. I signed twice.
I searched the site but couldn't find a petition about Airport. Am I
blind or what? :-P
Enrico
Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 05:48:03PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
>>
>> Buying Apple hardware is often a bad choice regarding linux support. I
>> bought an iBook 2 years ago because the ratio quality/price was good, but
>> these days, there are much nicer
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 11:15:58AM +0200, Eugen Dedu wrote:
>
> What about creating a Web page (wiki?) for "Linux support on Apple
> machines"?
http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianOnPowerPC
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On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 05:48:03PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
>
> Buying Apple hardware is often a bad choice regarding linux support. I
> bought an iBook 2 years ago because the ratio quality/price was good, but
> these days, there are much nicer alternatives in the x86 world.
Which sources you
Jérôme Marant wrote:
Quoting Emanuele Olivetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I'm not an expert but D-Link dwl-122 works pretty well. Cheap, small,
11Mbit so 802.11b.
It seems it's not possible to use another mini-PCI wireless card
because apple mini-PCI slot is not standard :( . On new ibooks (from
1. Sleep mode. According to [1], sleep doesn't work at all. However,
others are not reporting any trouble with it (basically saying
everything except the Airport Extreme works fine). Does sleep work
on this unit?
2. Video. Not only are there conflicting stories (ranging from
"acce
Quoting Emanuele Olivetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Graham Wilson wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:58:46PM +0100, Sam Halliday wrote:
> >>John Goerzen wrote:
> ...
> >>i can't see this card ever being supported... get a USB one. i'd also be
> >>keen to hear recommendations.
> >
> > Is it possibl
Graham Wilson wrote:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:58:46PM +0100, Sam Halliday wrote:
John Goerzen wrote:
...
i can't see this card ever being supported... get a USB one. i'd also be
keen to hear recommendations.
Is it possible to use another mini-PCI card that is supported by Linux
instead of
On 2004-10-28, Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> These days, people seem to recommend IBM X40 series, but I don't
> know if they are cheap enough for you.
Yep, nice series. Unfortunately, configured the same as an ibook for
the things that mat
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:58:46PM +0100, Sam Halliday wrote:
> John Goerzen wrote:
> > 3. The Airport Extreme. Everybody agrees that it doesn't work now.
> >Some people are saying there are projects to reverse engineer it.
> >But I've never found any solid info on any of these projects.
>
On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 13:37 +, John Goerzen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am considering purchasing a new 12" iBook from Apple. The intent is
> to use this with Debian. However, in researching the state of support
> for this unit, I've found wildly contradictory information. So I'm
> wondering if s
John Goerzen wrote:
> 1. Sleep mode. According to [1], sleep doesn't work at all. However,
>others are not reporting any trouble with it (basically saying
>everything except the Airport Extreme works fine). Does sleep work
>on this unit?
it looks like benh has just started work on t
John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Buying Apple hardware is often a bad choice regarding linux
>> support. I bought an iBook 2 years ago because the ratio quality/price
>> was good, but these days, there are much nicer alternatives in
>> the x86 world.
>
> Perhaps you have a recommendatio
On 2004-10-28, Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quoting John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am considering purchasing a new 12" iBook from Apple. The intent is
>> to use this with Debian. However, in researching the state of support
>> for this unit, I've found wildly
Quoting John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hello,
>
> I am considering purchasing a new 12" iBook from Apple. The intent is
> to use this with Debian. However, in researching the state of support
> for this unit, I've found wildly contradictory information. So I'm
> wondering if someone could
Hello,
I am considering purchasing a new 12" iBook from Apple. The intent is
to use this with Debian. However, in researching the state of support
for this unit, I've found wildly contradictory information. So I'm
wondering if someone could help clear this up for me.
1. Sleep mode. According
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