Re: Downloading Debian from European Sites

2000-07-24 Thread Sergio Brandano
Hi, ... I received a few messages of reply, that are clearly missing the point. The point is that servers in Europe are slow. It is not a problem of my connection for sure. I really do not know how fast it is, I will ask, but is good enough to note the difference when connecting to these s

Re: Helix GNOME, report of compilation, 2nd edition

2000-07-24 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 10:48:09PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > I like sftp - the source should be in woody. > > > > > > If only it had some of the more advanced features of ncftp or lftp..

Re: Downloading Debian from European Sites

2000-07-24 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 10:38:37AM +0100, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > Hi, > > some time ago I reported that www.uk.debian.org is not an UK > site, as it is in fact a site in the east coast of the USA. > Today I am reporting that the situation is as it was, and that > other European sites are

Re: Downloading Debian from European Sites

2000-07-24 Thread Philip Hands
Sergio Brandano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, is xtraceroute broken? If you have an explanation, let me know > about it. Reading xtraceroute's homepage, one sees: 5: How does it work? It gets all the site names from traceroute, and then it checks them out against a few small databa

Re: g3 pismo - monitor out

2000-07-24 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>how can activate the monitor out plug. > >the external monitor works with mac os but >not with 2.2.16pre4. There's no support for it yet. You may be able to use it as /dev/fb1 by setting it up in MacOS and then using "novideo" but I never tried. Ben.

Re: Booting install system

2000-07-24 Thread Kevin van Haaren
I'm encountering the same issue on my PowerMac 7200. I tried the boot-floppy-hfs.img from 7/20 & 7/17. The 7/17 one would just spit back out. The 7/20 one gave me the computer+penguin icon for awhile and then goes to a blank screen. I made the floppies using DiskCopy 6.3.3 I also ran into

Re: Does debian PPC support this system?

2000-07-24 Thread Kevin van Haaren
I've got the desktop version of this computer (including the same cd-rw drive). I only have 128mb of memory. I had it running LinuxPPC 2000 with GNOME so I imagine Debian will run. I did not burn any cd's on it so can't comment if the cd-rw worked correctly (it did work as a cd reader). If

Re: Helix Gnome for Debian/PPC available

2000-07-24 Thread Michel Dänzer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It is finally available, Helix GNOME is avaiable as .deb on > http://idorulabs.free.fr > > Add the given lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list and get it !!! > > Please report me any problem you encounter. I wanted to finally check out evolution and did a 'apt-get insta

Re: Downloading Debian from European Sites

2000-07-24 Thread Michael Schmitz
> I think you're in the land of the not-so-clever guess, probably based > on the assumption that there is some relationship between the physical > location of www.uk.debian.org and the contact address for debian.org. > > This is a fairly dim assumption, given that www.uk.debian.org is a > CNAME fo

airport card problems

2000-07-24 Thread csanner
I'm still having "issues" with the airport card. I'm still getting that unresolved symbol message for isa_io_base we're using pismo laptops (if that helps...) just wondering if you can helpthanks... -- _ Christopher Sanner | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Downloading Debian from European Sites

2000-07-24 Thread Matthias Pfisterer
Hi, I get transfer rates of 800kB(yte)/s from ftp.de.debian.org. Too slow? The site is located in Dresden, Germany. Matthias Sergio Brandano wrote: > > Hi, > > ... I received a few messages of reply, that are clearly missing > the point. The point is that servers in Europe are slow. It is

Power Mac 7200 Series & Linux Support

2000-07-24 Thread MikeF
Hi, I have about 30 of these 7200 series macs. Does anyone know of the level of support Linux has for this hardware? If you have any tips, I'll be thankful. Mike

X Free

2000-07-24 Thread Cameron
What util does xfree86 use for configuring X on powermac? I at least want to know how to have a nice res without ANY virtual screen space (I find that to be very annoying). I have like a matrox 200 with 4 megs of ram or something, so I know I can do at least something decent. Thanks. Cameron

How to boot Potato CD Image on G4?

2000-07-24 Thread Andreas Abach
Hi everybody, I would like to install Debian Potatoe (http://ftp.fsn.hu/ftp/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/) on an Mac G4. But I don't manage to boot from the CD-image. I tried to boot it with yaboot, but I was not able to load the ramdisk image. Did anyone manage to solve this problem? Andre

Re: How to boot Potato CD Image on G4?

2000-07-24 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 06:12:42PM +0200, Andreas Abach wrote: > Hi everybody, > I would like to install Debian Potatoe > (http://ftp.fsn.hu/ftp/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/) on an Mac > G4. But I don't manage to boot from the CD-image. I tried to boot it > with yaboot, but I was not able t

Re: Booting install system

2000-07-24 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 08:10:58AM -0500, Kevin van Haaren wrote: > I'm encountering the same issue on my PowerMac 7200. I tried the > boot-floppy-hfs.img from 7/20 & 7/17. The 7/17 one would just spit > back out. The 7/20 one gave me the computer+penguin icon for awhile > and then goes to a

airport problems additional info

2000-07-24 Thread Chris Sanner \[ Hitchhiker \]
I'ts just been brought to my attention that I should give a little more info on my problem. I'm running a benh kernel 2.2.17pre10, compiled by hand on a pismo firewire powerbook. I'm trying to install airport module .9.3 the airport card I'm trying to install *looks* like a pcmcia card, but it's

Re: airport problems additional info

2000-07-24 Thread Michael Schmitz
> the airport card I'm trying to install *looks* like a pcmcia card, but it's > installed in the special airport slot on the inside of the laptop. > I'm getting the error "airport.o: unresolved symbol isa_io_base" does depmod -a report the same unresolved symbol for that module? Michael

pmud and backlight

2000-07-24 Thread Andre Berger
I wonder if it's possible to turn off the backlight on the PowerBook 3400, running pmud 0.6.1 and Xpmac, as part of the energy saving measures. Andre

Re: g3 pismo - monitor out

2000-07-24 Thread Nelson Abramson
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > >how can activate the monitor out plug. > > > >the external monitor works with mac os but > >not with 2.2.16pre4. > > There's no support for it yet. You may be able to use it as /dev/fb1 by > setting it up in MacOS and then using "novideo" but I never tried. Wasn't

Re: Power Mac 7200 Series & Linux Support

2000-07-24 Thread Nelson Abramson
MikeF wrote: > I have about 30 of these 7200 series macs. Does anyone know of the > level of support Linux has for this hardware? Check out the hardware compatibility list: http://www.penguinppc.org/usr/hardware/machines/ Short answer: it is supported as much as any other desktop Mac. HTH --Ne

Re: X Free

2000-07-24 Thread Nelson Abramson
Cameron wrote: > What util does xfree86 use for configuring X on powermac? > I at least want to know how to have a nice res without ANY virtual screen > space (I find that to be very annoying). I have like a matrox 200 with 4 > megs of ram or something, so I know I can do at least something decent

Re: Helix GNOME, report of compilation, 2nd edition

2000-07-24 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 10:48:09PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > I like sftp - the source should be in woody. > > > > > > > > If only it had

Re: X Free

2000-07-24 Thread Cameron
I'm using XFree 3.3.6 (I "apt-got" it). On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Nelson Abramson wrote: > Cameron wrote: > > > What util does xfree86 use for configuring X on powermac? > > I at least want to know how to have a nice res without ANY virtual screen > > space (I find that to be very annoying). I have l

Re: X Free

2000-07-24 Thread Nelson Abramson
Cameron wrote: > I'm using XFree 3.3.6 (I "apt-got" it). Oh, sorry about that :-) In that case, try Xconfigurator or Xautoconfig (former is a better choice). Is your video card being recognized at boot? If you are using the OF driver, you aren't going to get anything pretty. HTH --Nelson A

Re: X Free

2000-07-24 Thread Cameron
Both of these come in the debian packages(I'm not at home right now to check)? I'm using a matrox (g200 I think). On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Nelson Abramson wrote: > Cameron wrote: > > > I'm using XFree 3.3.6 (I "apt-got" it). > > Oh, sorry about that :-) In that case, try Xconfigurator or Xautocon

Re: X Free

2000-07-24 Thread Matt Brubeck
I believe the auto-config programs found in LinuxPPC are not packaged for Debian. They make some RedHat assumptions about file locations, so they won't run out of the box on a Debian system, and no one I know of has ported them. So, it's you, your text editor, and /etc/X11/XF86Config . If you're

Re: X Free

2000-07-24 Thread Cameron
I have to use the same settings as my frame buffer? How can I get around this, I wanna run something like 1024 x 768 or perhaps 1280 x 1024. Both of these modes with 16 bpp (or as high as I can get away with). With a matrox g200 (I think that's what it is, I got the thing just a few days ago), what

Re: Power Mac 7200 Series & Linux Support

2000-07-24 Thread Kevin van Haaren
I've run LinuxPPC 1999 Q3 & Q4 on a 7200 for quite a while. I ran it as a firewall with 2 network cards. Haven't tried running X on it. kevin At 8:12 AM -0700 7/24/2000, MikeF wrote: Hi, I have about 30 of these 7200 series macs. Does anyone know of the level of support Linux has for this

Re: X Free

2000-07-24 Thread Matt Brubeck
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Cameron wrote: > I have to use the same settings as my frame buffer? How can I get around > this, I wanna run something like 1024 x 768 or perhaps 1280 x 1024. No. The fbset trick is just a quick way to get a working config in case you don't know the timings yourself or don't

Re: X Free

2000-07-24 Thread Cameron
Ah, ok. I'll work on this when I get home from work and see what I can do, thanks. -Cameron On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Matt Brubeck wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Cameron wrote: > > > I have to use the same settings as my frame buffer? How can I get around > > this, I wanna run something like 1024 x 7

Debian on 7200 -- Success!

2000-07-24 Thread Kevin van Haaren
Installing Debian GNU/Linux on a PowerMac 7200 This is how I got Debian to install on my PowerMac 7200/75. This computer is pretty much the factory setup. It has 24mb memory & a 500mb hard drive. The only non-standard addition is an Ansante 10/100 ethernet card (for 2 network cards, this is