Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-16 Thread Tuomas Kuosmanen
On 12 Mar 2001 22:30:27 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Alan DuBoff wrote: > > > > Adam Goode wrote: > > > > > Is it fixed? I found that this was the biggest problem I had on my > > > iMac. Because this does not cause just ldconfig to fail, but MANY > > > programs, randomly to fail on running. The

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-13 Thread Michel Dänzer
Michel Lanners wrote: > > On 13 Mar, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: > > You are right there, but the explanation is simpler: I had last rsynced on > > the 10th, when Paulus was at 2.4.2. I just did it again, I now have > > 2.4.3-pre2 but no Airport in the config anymor

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-13 Thread Michel Lanners
On 13 Mar, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: > You are right there, but the explanation is simpler: I had last rsynced on the > 10th, when Paulus was at 2.4.2. I just did it again, I now have 2.4.3-pre2 but > no Airport in the config anymore. :-/ I assume it's an overlook

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
Alan DuBoff wrote: > You have a different tree than me, or you had files in the tree that are not > there now. IOW, if you had been rsync'n in that directory already, it might > have been updated differently. No way. The point of rsync is that it makes all local copies of the files in the reposit

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-12 Thread Alan DuBoff
Michel Dänzer wrote: > > Alan DuBoff wrote: > > > > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > > It's under 'network device support', then 'PCMCIA network device support'. > > > You have to enable wireless LAN support there and you'll be presented with > > > the choice for Airport. > > > > I don't see the airpo

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
Alan DuBoff wrote: > > Adam Goode wrote: > > > Is it fixed? I found that this was the biggest problem I had on my > > iMac. Because this does not cause just ldconfig to fail, but MANY > > programs, randomly to fail on running. The most common case was in > > running subprograms out of emacs (late

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
Alan DuBoff wrote: > > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > It's under 'network device support', then 'PCMCIA network device support'. > > You have to enable wireless LAN support there and you'll be presented with > > the choice for Airport. > > I don't see the airport listed, I only show support in the P

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-12 Thread Alan DuBoff
Adam Goode wrote: > Is it fixed? I found that this was the biggest problem I had on my > iMac. Because this does not cause just ldconfig to fail, but MANY > programs, randomly to fail on running. The most common case was in > running subprograms out of emacs (latex, xdvi, ispell). It happened so >

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-12 Thread Alan DuBoff
Michel Dänzer wrote: > It's under 'network device support', then 'PCMCIA network device support'. You > have to enable wireless LAN support there and you'll be presented with the > choice for Airport. I don't see the airport listed, I only show support in the PCMCIA network device support for: A

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-12 Thread Adam Goode
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 11:07:31AM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: > Alan DuBoff wrote: > > Paulus' 2.4 tree has the airport driver (and Iain Sandoe's new dmasound > driver). That's 'nuff said for me. :) Beware that it's more experimental and > thus arguably less stable than the bk 2.4 tree. The bigge

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
Alan DuBoff wrote: > > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > Paulus' 2.4 tree has the airport driver (and Iain Sandoe's new dmasound > > driver). That's 'nuff said for me. :) Beware that it's more experimental > > and thus arguably less stable than the bk 2.4 tree. The biggest problem > > I've had is ldconf

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-12 Thread Alan DuBoff
Michel Dänzer wrote: > Paulus' 2.4 tree has the airport driver (and Iain Sandoe's new dmasound > driver). That's 'nuff said for me. :) Beware that it's more experimental and > thus arguably less stable than the bk 2.4 tree. The biggest problem I've had > is ldconfig sporadically dying with an ille

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
Alan DuBoff wrote: > > The airport driver included in Paulus' rsync tree has been working great > > for me. > > I will look into this a bit closer. I went there earlier, but saw that he > only had a 2.2.17 kernel (of the 2.2.x vintage), and 2.4.0testxxx. Maybe > it's a good time to switch over to

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-11 Thread Alan DuBoff
Michel Dänzer wrote: > The airport driver included in Paulus' rsync tree has been working great for > me. I will look into this a bit closer. I went there earlier, but saw that he only had a 2.2.17 kernel (of the 2.2.x vintage), and 2.4.0testxxx. Maybe it's a good time to switch over to the 2.4.x

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-11 Thread Michel Dänzer
Alan DuBoff wrote: > I just got a home wireless gateway and will be using the Pismo with > it...good time to look at why that airport module won't compile though...;-) The airport driver included in Paulus' rsync tree has been working great for me. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)\

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-10 Thread Alan DuBoff
Peter Cordes wrote: > Ok, since you asked for it, you're old fashioned. Happy now? :) Yeah, I feel a lot happier now! > Both chips run the same user-space binaries, so running gcc on the same > source code will give identical binaries. I take your word for it, I haven't tried and/or compared

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-09 Thread Peter Cordes
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 08:43:40PM -0800, Alan DuBoff wrote: > Due to my ignorance in differences between a G3 and G4, I would certainly opt > to compile the G4 on the native processor given the problems I've seen on > getting ppc linux to run on the G4 Titanium anyway, call me old fashioned... O

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-06 Thread Eric Deveaud
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Alan DuBoff wrote: > Eric Deveaud wrote: > > > I'm trying to install debian on a powerbook G4 (titanium). > > > > as the cd is non bootable, I grab the linux kernel and ramdisk.image.gz > > from /potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.19-2000-12-03/powermac/ > > No, that CD is bootable.

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-05 Thread Peter Cordes
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 08:43:40PM -0800, Alan DuBoff wrote: > Peter Cordes wrote: > > > That's totally bogus. Nothing depends on the hardware of the computer the > > kernel is compiled on. With a cross-compiler, you should be able to use a > > fast PPC to compile a kernel on an old x86 laptop.

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-05 Thread Alan DuBoff
Peter Cordes wrote: > That's totally bogus. Nothing depends on the hardware of the computer the > kernel is compiled on. With a cross-compiler, you should be able to use a > fast PPC to compile a kernel on an old x86 laptop. This was not meant to imply that you couldn't compile a kernel on the

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-05 Thread Peter Cordes
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 01:16:32PM -0800, Alan DuBoff wrote: > > I think you are better off getting the CD to boot and building the kernel on > the titanium. I don't like the concept of building a kernel on another > machine, since the hardware could be and probably is different, That's totally

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-05 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 01:16:32PM -0800, Alan DuBoff wrote: > Eric Deveaud wrote: > > > I'm trying to install debian on a powerbook G4 (titanium). > > > > as the cd is non bootable, I grab the linux kernel and ramdisk.image.gz > > from /potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.19-2000-12-03/powermac/ > >

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-05 Thread Alan DuBoff
Eric Deveaud wrote: > I'm trying to install debian on a powerbook G4 (titanium). > > as the cd is non bootable, I grab the linux kernel and ramdisk.image.gz > from /potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.19-2000-12-03/powermac/ No, that CD is bootable. The trick is knowing how to force the G4 titanium in

debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-05 Thread Eric Deveaud
Hi, I'm trying to install debian on a powerbook G4 (titanium). as the cd is non bootable, I grab the linux kernel and ramdisk.image.gz from /potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.19-2000-12-03/powermac/ to a mac partition of the disk, wich contains yaboot yaboot.conf (edited and modified) boot