Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-29 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin / Hamster
Hi On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 12:55:32AM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28 2007, at 10:59 -0500, P Kapat wrote: > > Hi Elimar, > > > > On 11/27/07, Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 the mental interface of > > > P Kapat told: > > > > > > [...] > >

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-28 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Wed, Nov 28 2007, at 10:59 -0500, P Kapat wrote: > Hi Elimar, > > On 11/27/07, Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 the mental interface of > > P Kapat told: > > > > [...] > > > Similarly, I have tried different configurations for xorg.conf (from > > > other dis

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-28 Thread P Kapat
Hi Elimar, On 11/27/07, Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 the mental interface of > P Kapat told: > > [...] > > Similarly, I have tried different configurations for xorg.conf (from > > other distros and general googling) to mirror the LCD screen to a > > projector

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-27 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 the mental interface of P Kapat told: [...] > Similarly, I have tried different configurations for xorg.conf (from > other distros and general googling) to mirror the LCD screen to a > projector in clone mode - no results, hence I am here. I was adviced to have a look at http

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-25 Thread P Kapat
Hi Michel, On 11/25/07, Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 13:17 -0500, P Kapat wrote: > > > > I became a bit more adventurous and tried out the experimental ati > > driver... Hotplugging a VGA monitor seems to work (on my iBook G4 - > > powerbook 6,5) exactly as ho

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-25 Thread P Kapat
Thanks Jörg, On 11/25/07, Jörg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > bottoom edge of the external monitor. How do I get back to 1024x768 > > resolution on the external display? > > xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x786 Hey that works.. thanks.. -- Regards PK ---

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-25 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Hi Jörg On Sun, Nov 25 2007, at 10:14 +, Jörg Sommer wrote: > Hello P, > > P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do I get back to 1024x768 resolution on the external display? > > xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x786 Ahhh, that 'mode' option - what it does, that is - was what I was mi

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-25 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 13:17 -0500, P Kapat wrote: > > On Nov 23, 2007 8:49 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hotplugging a VGA monitor to an alubook 5,8 with a fresh ati driver > > works ... minor mouse isues, as of yet, but working :) ... details > > below .. > > I became

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-25 Thread Jörg Sommer
Hello P, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 23 2007, at 09:55 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: >> > Note that hotplugging a monitor per se isn't expected to have any direct >> > effect; something like >> > >> > xrandr --output DVI-0 --auto > > I don't actually need to do this, but if I d

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-24 Thread P Kapat
On 11/24/07, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My bad: You clearly wrote of an xorg.conf for clone mode. Attached is > an xorg.conf I probably was using for display cloning for a few tests > last year. I hope it helps ... but no guarantees ... :) Thanks for the file - I'll keep this

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-24 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sat, Nov 24 2007, at 03:20 -0500, P Kapat wrote: > @Wolfgang: thanks for the file, > but I couldn't see anything specific to a dual monitor setup (at least > in clone mode) in there. I think I did not make my self clear - My bad: You clearly wrote of an xorg.conf for clone mode. Attached is a

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-24 Thread P Kapat
Hi, On Nov 23, 2007 8:49 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hotplugging a VGA monitor to an alubook 5,8 with a fresh ati driver > works ... minor mouse isues, as of yet, but working :) ... details > below .. I became a bit more adventurous and tried out the experimental ati driv

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-24 Thread P Kapat
Hi, I have been playing around with my iBook G4, and here is the report: On 21 Nov 2007 20:39:43 GMT, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Honestly, I'd go for Unstable: > > 1) You get Xorg 1.4 with Xrandr 1.2 support and the latest and greatest ati > driver > 2) You get the latest kerne

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-23 Thread Bin Zhang
On Nov 23, 2007 2:54 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23 2007, at 14:49 +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > Sidenotes: > > > > Since installing the new driver some artifacts are visible around the > > mouse-pointer in its default "arrow" image ... Please let me know

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-23 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Fri, Nov 23 2007, at 14:49 +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > No sidenote: > All that is real fine progress, Michel. > So last, but most certainly not least thanks to everyone who made all > this possible, among them > > Rickard E. (Rik) Faith > Kevin E. Martin > Alan Hourihane

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-23 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Fri, Nov 23 2007, at 14:49 +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > Sidenotes: > > Since installing the new driver some artifacts are visible around the > mouse-pointer in its default "arrow" image ... Please let me know if This last line should have been saying: "mouse-pointer on X in its default

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-23 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Hotplugging a VGA monitor to an alubook 5,8 with a fresh ati driver works ... minor mouse isues, as of yet, but working :) ... details below .. On Fri, Nov 23 2007, at 09:55 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 03:04 +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > > What I know is, that

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-23 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 03:04 +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > What I know is, that with xrandr 1.2 hotplugging a 2nd monitor to a > 5.8 alubook doesn't do anything at all. Not out of the box, and not > here on unstable Debian with packages from a few days ago and kernel > 2.6.18 ... The kernel

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-22 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Thu, Nov 22 2007, at 09:24 -0600, Javier Ramirez wrote: > You can check this site. > > It helped me a lot. > > http://ozlabs.org/~jk/docs/mergefb/ Thanks for this - but IINM this should be dated now: I just realized that hotplugging monitors is possible now with xorg 7.3: http://budlite.blog

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-22 Thread Javier Ramirez
You can check this site. It helped me a lot. http://ozlabs.org/~jk/docs/mergefb/ I hope it helps. Orlando. On Nov 22, 2007 5:52 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21 2007, at 23:22 -0500, P Kapat wrote: > > [ ... ] > > > I have been playing around with xorg.

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-22 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Wed, Nov 21 2007, at 23:22 -0500, P Kapat wrote: [ ... ] > I have been playing around with xorg.conf in the past. Could you be > kind enough to provide a "working" xorg.conf - so that I can start > >from there... > > Thanks, Attaching xorg.conf, working here on an alubook, and on a r

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-21 Thread P Kapat
Thanks for the reply Jack., appreciate it. On 21 Nov 2007 20:39:43 GMT, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:50:08 +0100, P Kapat wrote: > > > 1. Is it possible to achieve [1] and [2] (for WPA enc) on Etch (may be > > using backports too) or do I have to break my sys

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-21 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:50:08 +0100, P Kapat wrote: > 1. Is it possible to achieve [1] and [2] (for WPA enc) on Etch (may be > using backports too) or do I have to break my system to a hochpoch of > testing-unstable-experimental? Honestly, I'd go for Unstable: 1) You get Xorg 1.4 with Xrandr 1.2

getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-21 Thread P Kapat
Hello list, Greetings. I am a debian user since few years now. But relatively a new linux-on-powerpc user. I hope my questions are appropriate to this list, otherwise plz let me know. My current setup: Machine: iBook G4: $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 7447A, altivec sup