Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-28 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 01:52:39PM +0100, Sam Halliday said > ok, i have that module. but where (apart from running hddtemp) can i get a > reading of the CPU temperature? In /sys/devices/temperatures/. -- Words of the day:Perl-RSA Bellcore Iran Soviet Peking Khaddafi Adriatic signature

Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-27 Thread Sam Halliday
Rob Weir wrote: > Sam Halliday said > > Rob Weir wrote: > > > Sam Halliday said > > > > 1 - powernowd does not work! with cpu frequency stuff all built > > > > into the 2.6.7 kernel, the modules loaded for 2.6.6 and > > > > sysfs mounted correctly... the folder > > > >/sys/device

Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-27 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 11:59:32PM +0100, Sam Halliday said > Rob Weir wrote: > > Sam Halliday said > > > 1 - powernowd does not work! with cpu frequency stuff all built > > > into the 2.6.7 kernel, the modules loaded for 2.6.6 and > > > sysfs mounted correctly... the folder > > >

Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-26 Thread Sam Halliday
Sébastien FRANÇOIS wrote: > > Sam Halliday writes: > > > i'm pretty lucky then that FB support for my graphics card was just > > > added to 2.6.7 then!! > I've probably missed something but I still use my ibook G4 with a 2.6.3 > kernel, using a FB for the ati radeon mobility 9200 M9+. how long ha

Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-26 Thread Sébastien FRANÇOIS
> Sam Halliday writes: > > i'm pretty lucky then that FB support for my graphics card was just > > added to 2.6.7 then!! I've probably missed something but I still use my ibook G4 with a 2.6.3 kernel, using a FB for the ati radeon mobility 9200 M9+. seb ___[ Pub ]

Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-26 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Sam Halliday writes: > i'm pretty lucky then that FB support for my graphics card was just > added to 2.6.7 then!! That's how things go in Linux, especially on Macs - it just takes a little longer to get things supported. > as soon as 2.6.7 is available for the debian-installer... it will m

Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-25 Thread Sam Halliday
Colin Watson wrote: > Sam Halliday wrote: > > the debian default of "video=ofonly" is what is breakign things! > I couldn't quite tell which installer you were using, but if you're > using the new debian-installer then video=ofonly is only the default > post-first-reboot if you booted the installer

Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 01:18:57AM +0100, Sam Halliday wrote: > WOOHOO!!! > > the debian default of "video=ofonly" is what is breakign things! I couldn't quite tell which installer you were using, but if you're using the new debian-installer then video=ofonly is only the default post-first-reboot

Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-25 Thread Sam Halliday
> > You need to have at least 2.6.7-rc2, or the radeon is unusably flickery. > > I've attached my XF86Config-4. Note that I have DRI disabled, since it > > (iirc) makes pmdisk fail to resume. > unfortunately this has brought me no closer to having X on my system. what > framebuffer do you use? i h

Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-25 Thread Sam Halliday
Rob Weir wrote: > Sam Halliday said > > 1 - powernowd does not work! with cpu frequency stuff all built > > into the 2.6.7 kernel, the modules loaded for 2.6.6 and > > sysfs mounted correctly... the folder > >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0 > > is completely empty! no sub folde

Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-25 Thread Sam Halliday
Rob Weir wrote: > Sam Halliday said > http://lists.linuxppc.org/linuxppc-dev/200406/msg00024.html. > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=108782322527299&w=2 > My kernel .config is attaced to give you a head start. rob... you are THE MAN! i'll try this all within the hour and get back to

Re: iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-25 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 09:10:11PM +0100, Sam Halliday said > hi there, > > well, besides the lack of an Xserver yet, i am setting up my system according > to: > http://seb.france.free.fr/linux/ibookG4/iBookG4-howto.html > http://www.twolife.org/debian/ibook.php > but i am getting nowhere fast

iBook G4 install turning into a nightmare

2004-06-24 Thread Sam Halliday
hi there, well, besides the lack of an Xserver yet, i am setting up my system according to: http://seb.france.free.fr/linux/ibookG4/iBookG4-howto.html http://www.twolife.org/debian/ibook.php but i am getting nowhere fast. i have installed the latest kernel image from here http://twolife.fre