Modem configuration on Ti PowerBook G4

2002-07-03 Thread John Gilger
I recently did a network install of Woody on a Ti PowerBook G4 -- congrats to the install team, it was slick and easy. I am trying to setup a modem to use when a dialup is the only available connection to the 'net. Wvdial is configured similar to my i386 box and seems to work OK up to a point

Right-click on a Ti PowerBook G4

2002-07-03 Thread John Gilger
Forgive what may be a dumb question, but... How do I get the trackpad to perform a right-click? The OS X method of Option+Click doesn't translate to Debian ;( John Gilger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

Re: Modem configuration on Ti PowerBook G4

2002-07-03 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 11:36:48PM -0700, John Gilger wrote: > I recently did a network install of Woody on a Ti PowerBook G4 -- > congrats to the install team, it was slick and easy. > > I am trying to setup a modem to use when a dialup is the only available > connection to the 'net. Wvdial is

Re: networking issues on G3 b&w & Re: Can I use suse /dev dir. in debian /dev

2002-07-03 Thread Michel Lanners
On 2 Jul, this message from Adam echoed through cyberspace: > I have tried every thing from recompiling the kernel (2.4.18-powerpc) > and still no luck with networking. I have exhausted my whole arsonal > of ideas and the only thing left is to do a fresh install of debian > directly on my G3, w

Re: Can I use suse /dev dir. in debian /dev

2002-07-03 Thread Michel Lanners
> Adam wrote: > >> Can I use my suse-ppc /dev directory in debian? suse has more devices >> in the tree or does each distro use slightly different device drivers? Don't confuse the device entries in /dev with real hardware having one doesn't make the other appear automatically :) Then, the

Re: Modem configuration on Ti PowerBook G4

2002-07-03 Thread Michel Lanners
Don't reply to unrelated messages and change the subject to something else. It breaks following a thread... On 2 Jul, this message from John Gilger echoed through cyberspace: > I am trying to setup a modem to use when a dialup is the only available > connection to the 'net. Wvdial is configured

Re: Partitioning Tool in Debian

2002-07-03 Thread Michael Schmitz
> In Suse and Yellogodlinux I used pdisk to partition my hard drives. I > noticed in Debian we don't have that application. Is there a good > partitioning app for Debian. mac-fdisk, included in the installer. It's actually pdisk in disguise. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

modem on the new ibook2

2002-07-03 Thread Mij
Hi What's the developing status of the modem driver for the newest ibook2? bye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Woody on a powerbook G3

2002-07-03 Thread Michael Schmitz
> I have troubles configuring Xfree : it does not recognize the lcd "monitor" > Do you know the command to indicate in order that it works all right ? Use a vsync range from 35 to 75 for the panel in XF86Config-4. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Booting from CD on PowerMacintosh 7600/132

2002-07-03 Thread Michael Schmitz
> Great! That will be good to have in the manual. I see the reference in > the mac-fdisk man page, but that's only available once the system is up > and running. The man page for the regular fdisk was missing that tip. The mac-fdisk manpage should be available in disks-powerpc/current/ somewher

Re: modem on the new ibook2

2002-07-03 Thread Michael Schmitz
> What's the developing status of the modem driver for the newest ibook2? Won't happen. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: modem on the new ibook2

2002-07-03 Thread Rogério Brito
On Jul 03 2002, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > What's the developing status of the modem driver for the newest ibook2? > > Won't happen. And what about the rumour about binary-only modules? I'd appreciate anything about the modem, even if it is a binary-only module. O

Re: modem on the new ibook2

2002-07-03 Thread Alexander Stagun
Mij wrote: > What's the developing status of the modem driver for the newest > ibook2? It seems as if there will be support in the future. The Ibook2 has a Conexant HCF USB modem. As stated on their website, Conexant is planning to release drivers this summer. also check here: http://www.mbsi.ca

kernel & keyboard

2002-07-03 Thread Mij
Morning Compiled the latest 2.4.19-rc1 benh kernel tree times. Booting, the keyboard doesn't respond neither passing keyboard_sends_linux_leycodes=1 to the kernel. I tried to remove HID support the first time, and seeing this problem i recompiled with it included. The problem leave. What's t

Re: modem on the new ibook2

2002-07-03 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO Peu avant le début de l'après-midi du mercredi 03 juillet 2002, vers 13:37, "Alexander Stagun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: >> What's the developing status of the modem driver for the newest >> ibook2? > It seems as if there will be support in the future. The Ibook2 has a > Conexant HCF USB mo

Re: modem on the new ibook2

2002-07-03 Thread Alexander Stagun
Vincent Bernat wrote: > The latest changelog for the PCI version confirms this : > > Tue Jun 25 2002 Marc Boucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >* Renamed PCI driver package to hcfpcimodem in preparation >for release of hcfusbmodem. Most pathnames and script >prefixes also changed fr

PowerPC frequency

2002-07-03 Thread FASSINO Jean-Philippe FTRD/DTL/GRE
Title: PowerPC frequency Hi, I bought the new PowerBook 800Mhz and i see that Linux detect only 667Mhz (seen in /proc/cpuinfo and in /proc/device-tree/cpus/PowerPC,G4/clock-frequency) whereas MacOS X see 800Mhz. Does someone see that before ? Is it a Linux problem or is it a Apple whi

Re: modem on the new ibook2

2002-07-03 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> >> > What's the developing status of the modem driver for the newest ibook2? >> >> Won't happen. > > And what about the rumour about binary-only modules? I'd > appreciate anything about the modem, even if it is a > binary-only module. > > Of course, an open-source driver

Re: Modem configuration on Ti PowerBook G4

2002-07-03 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>If it's a second- or third-gen TiBook (all other speeds): you're out of >luck, it's a USB softmodem (aka winmodem, although there's no Windows >involved here..). > >Why do you conclude it finds the modem? Any positive feedback from >wvdial? It's not exactly a "winmodem" or "softmodem" as it does

Re: PowerPC frequency

2002-07-03 Thread vinai
On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, FASSINO Jean-Philippe FTRD/DTL/GRE wrote: > I bought the new PowerBook 800Mhz and i see that Linux detect only > 667Mhz (seen in /proc/cpuinfo and in > /proc/device-tree/cpus/PowerPC,G4/clock-frequency) > whereas MacOS X see 800Mhz. > Does someone see that before ? > Is it a Li

Re: IPv6 ND on PPC hardware

2002-07-03 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 02:39:31AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > Yes, allmulti fixes it. Where else should I look? Well, I definitely think you've found a card with broken multicast support. > 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet > LANCE] (rev 26) You should pr

Woody ISO images

2002-07-03 Thread Matteo
Probably FAQ. Where can I find Iso image for powerpc? I've found only i386 iso. Thanks, Matteo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can I use suse /dev dir. in debian /dev

2002-07-03 Thread Josh Huber
Michel Lanners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Don't confuse the device entries in /dev with real > hardware having one doesn't make the other appear automatically > :) Actually, it does -- since I think the OP mentioned earlier that he's using devfs... :) -- Josh Huber

Re: Can I use suse /dev dir. in debian /dev

2002-07-03 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 16:35, Josh Huber wrote: > Michel Lanners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Don't confuse the device entries in /dev with real > > hardware having one doesn't make the other appear automatically > > :) > > Actually, it does -- since I think the OP mentioned earlier that

Re: Finally got debian installed, X configured, and am locked out of Linux

2002-07-03 Thread andrew may
On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 10:29:36PM -0500, Bert Knabe wrote: > After much wailing and nashing of teeth, I have gotten Linux installed and > Xwindows almost working. Installing Linux was the easy part. Now when I boot > Linux, it boots into a Debian graphic login, but it won't let me login. > Whether

Re: Can I use suse /dev dir. in debian /dev

2002-07-03 Thread Josh Huber
Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Read the thread again, he never said so. Sorry, it was in a different thread, started by the same author, with subject "CD Rom unreachable.. dev is not in /dev dir", msgid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. ttyl, -- Josh Huber | [

kernel patch for PReP users

2002-07-03 Thread Tom Rini
Can anyone with access to an IBM PReP box (who compiles their own kernels as well preferably) give the following patches (one vs linuxppc_2_4, one vs linuxppc_2_4_devel) a shot, and let me know if the correct ammount of memory is reported still? This has also been tested on my Motorola PowerStack,

Re: Woody ISO images

2002-07-03 Thread Mij
Matteo wrote: Probably FAQ. Where can I find Iso image for powerpc? I've found only i386 iso. First URL searching "woody iso powerpc" on google. http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/debian-cd/ read notes before install. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Woody ISO images

2002-07-03 Thread Matteo
- Original Message - From: "Mij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: Re: Woody ISO images > Matteo wrote: > > >Probably FAQ. > > > >Where can I find Iso image for powerpc? I've found only i386 iso. > > > First URL searching "woody iso powerpc" on goog

Re: Woody ISO images

2002-07-03 Thread Mij
Matteo wrote: - Original Message - From: "Mij" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: Re: Woody ISO images Yes, but it is a base system. I've already installed it. I need the other 7 iso images now. Some weeks ago I found somthing on transo.net/unoffic

Re: Woody ISO images

2002-07-03 Thread Matteo
> > > They're intended to prepare a base system as starting point for > installing through > apt-get other needed packages from network. You don't need thousand cds, you > only need to install a base working system, plug the ethernet/ppp cable > and install I can't download 3x680MB using a 56K mo

Re: Woody ISO images

2002-07-03 Thread Mij
Matteo wrote: I can't download 3x680MB using a 56K modem! My friend Tommaso, a windows user, has an ADSL. He dowloads the isos for me. Matteo, you ought to consider two things you maybe don't know yet: a) debian ppc is in strongly development status, expecially for the newest hw. This mean

Re: Woody ISO images

2002-07-03 Thread Matteo
> > If you do not have a flat contract, things can be different, but find a > good+working+updated iso isn't > an easy job. > I think that jigdo can solve my problem. cdimage.debian.org has a jigdo-area directory. The ppc one is of 1st July. I will try in the next days. Thanks for yours opin

Re: PowerPC frequency

2002-07-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2002-07-04 at 16:20, FASSINO Jean-Philippe FTRD/DTL/GRE wrote: > > I bought the new PowerBook 800Mhz and i see that Linux detect only > 667Mhz > (seen in /proc/cpuinfo and in > /proc/device-tree/cpus/PowerPC,G4/clock-frequency) > whereas MacOS X see 800Mhz. > Does someone see that before

Re: kernel & keyboard

2002-07-03 Thread Mij
resolved -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

usb-ohci hard lock

2002-07-03 Thread Brian Victor
I have a reproduceable condition which is producing a hard lockup (no keyboard input even at console, no network activity) consistently. I installed a Belkin BusPort USB card (listed as supported at penguinppc.org) and installed the usb-ohci driver as a module. I attached a Samsung ML-1210 printe

Re: Can I use suse /dev dir. in debian /dev

2002-07-03 Thread Adam
Sorry.. I have been trying a install the system and have not been booted into this one for most of the day... I actualy did not have devfs installed on my G4 at the orrig time of writing and when I did I lost all mouse control, most noticablily in X but then i noticed it was not working in c

Re: PowerPC frequency

2002-07-03 Thread Michel Lanners
On 4 Jul, this message from FASSINO Jean-Philippe FTRD/DTL/GRE echoed through cyberspace: > I bought the new PowerBook 800Mhz and i see that Linux detect only > 667Mhz > (seen in /proc/cpuinfo and in > /proc/device-tree/cpus/PowerPC,G4/clock-frequency) > whereas MacOS X see 800Mhz. > Does someo

Re: Finally got debian installed, X configured, and am locked out of Linux

2002-07-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 17:51, andrew may wrote: > On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 10:29:36PM -0500, Bert Knabe wrote: > > After much wailing and nashing of teeth, I have gotten Linux installed and > > Xwindows almost working. Installing Linux was the easy part. Now when I boot > > Linux, it boots into a De

Re: Finally got debian installed, X configured, and am locked outof Linux

2002-07-03 Thread Andreas Wüst
Hi > On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 17:51, andrew may wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 10:29:36PM -0500, Bert Knabe wrote: >> After much wailing and nashing of teeth, I have gotten Linux installed and >> Xwindows almost working. Installing Linux was the easy part. Now when I >> boot Linux, it boots into

DHCP

2002-07-03 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Does it work? I've tried every daemon that looked like a client: dhcpcd, pump, dhclient... This is with debian-testing, ppc, and a 2.4.16 kernel. I even know the interface works. I have a working client on a Red Hat x86 system. It reports this: DHCP Client Daemon v.1.3.18 Copyright (C) 1996 - 19

Re: DHCP

2002-07-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Thu, 2002-07-04 at 00:14, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > Does it work? I've tried every daemon that > looked like a client: dhcpcd, pump, dhclient... > This is with debian-testing, ppc, and a 2.4.16 kernel. > I even know the interface works. pump's been working fine for me. Have you read interfa

Re: Patch for IBM PRePs

2002-07-03 Thread Tom Rini
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 09:02:32PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote: > On Mon, Jul 01, Tom Rini wrote: > > > Lemme know if you still have the correct ammount of memory reported > > still. Thanks. > > ocan you provide a new patch for _devel? I used that one and it doesnt > compile D'oh. I forgot to add

Re: DHCP

2002-07-03 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Michel D\344nzer writes: > On Thu, 2002-07-04 at 00:14, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: >> Does it work? I've tried every daemon that >> looked like a client: dhcpcd, pump, dhclient... >> This is with debian-testing, ppc, and a 2.4.16 kernel. >> I even know the interface works. > > pump's been working fi

Re: DHCP

2002-07-03 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 08:20:37PM -0400, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > Michel D\344nzer writes: > > On Thu, 2002-07-04 at 00:14, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > >> Does it work? I've tried every daemon that > >> looked like a client: dhcpcd, pump, dhclient... > >> This is with debian-testing, ppc, and

Re: DHCP

2002-07-03 Thread Eric C. Cooper
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 08:20:37PM -0400, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > Reading interfaces(5) was certainly interesting. > It helps explain why an insmod for my network > hardware will configure a static address for me. > It also says I can't use pump with a 2.4.xx kernel. The man page should say pum

ppc dpkg binaries- apt-get can't locate or install

2002-07-03 Thread Adam
I have a handfull  of apps I can't find approiate ppc binariees for.. I have searched every where for them.. even did a search on google and only found i86 or rpm binaries.  I am installing unstable.  I would like to have the proper ones even if i can get them in stable. I am trying to locat

Re: DHCP

2002-07-03 Thread Rogério Brito
On Jul 03 2002, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > It also says I can't use pump with a 2.4.xx kernel. I use and it works with my iBook2 and my Compaq Armada V300 (i.e., on both x86 and ppc). Works fine for me. I use ifup/ifdown/interfaces. The gmac (or was that bmac?) is c