Re: Frozen cursor after logout; CLI escape

2002-11-02 Thread john_macphail
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 12:53:30PM -0700, Marc Stergionis wrote: > Two questions now that I've upgraded. > > Debian always goes to a graphic login. I've tried changing > /etc/inittab to runlevel 3, 4 and 5 but have never gotten a text > login. How do I? It sounds as though you don't want the gr

Re: share data with macos

2002-11-02 Thread john_macphail
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 08:59:25PM +0100, Jean-Christophe Michel wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to put some data on my mac hfs partition on a dual boot > pwbk. > But i cannot mount partition in writable mode: > > mount -t hfs -w /dev/hda12 /mac > mounts it in read only... > > Is it due to hfs ? No

Re: Canon IXUS v2 and Linux

2002-11-02 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En cette nuit nuageuse du samedi 02 novembre 2002, vers 01:19, Claas Langbehn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > 10.012570 gphoto2-port-usb(1): Looking for USB device (vendor 0x4a9, > product 0x3065)... found. > Segmentation fault I think that : limits -c unlimited gphoto2 ... gdb $(which gphoto2

kernel

2002-11-02 Thread benjamin lämmle
hello im compiling my kernel the old normal way with make dep, make bzImage . that produces 5 files ind arch/boot/images called vmlinux.coff vmlinux.elf-pmac vmlinux.gz zImage.chrp zImage.chrp-rs6k zImage.pmac -> vmlinux.coff zImage.prep what especially is this .coff file? and which one is the r

running debian on a mac laptop

2002-11-02 Thread samuel desseaux
Hi all! I plan to buy soon a laptop and , as i am fan of the mac, i will choose certainly a mac. What is the best for running debian on it: a powerbook or a ibook? what sort of problems could i meet? Can i do "easy" a dual boot with mac os x? cheers Sam -- Samuel Desseaux 01j, square des orm

Where to put commands run at boot time

2002-11-02 Thread Tim Bateman
I need to run a command at boot time, I'm used to putting it in rc.local in a RedHat system, and I haven't been able to find out where this exists in Debian. I saw something that said make a bootmisc.sh script, but mine isn't being run. Any pointers on where to put user specific startup commands ?

Re: running debian on a mac laptop

2002-11-02 Thread Jesus Climent
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 11:54:05AM +0100, samuel desseaux wrote: > Hi all! > > I plan to buy soon a laptop and , as i am fan of the mac, i will choose > certainly a mac. What is the best for running debian on it: a powerbook or a > ibook? what sort of problems could i meet? Can i do "easy" a dua

Re: kernel

2002-11-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 09:42:01AM +0100, benjamin lämmle wrote: > hello > im compiling my kernel the old normal way with make dep, make bzImage . > that produces 5 files ind arch/boot/images called > vmlinux.coff > vmlinux.elf-pmac > vmlinux.gz > zImage.chrp > zImage.chrp-rs6k > zImage.pmac -> v

Re: Where to put commands run at boot time

2002-11-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:18:47PM +1100, Tim Bateman wrote: > I need to run a command at boot time, I'm used to putting it in rc.local > in a RedHat system, and I haven't been able to find out where this exists > in Debian. I saw something that said make a bootmisc.sh script, but mine > isn't bein

Bug #89021: does it still occur?

2002-11-02 Thread Alastair McKinstry
Hello, I have recently taken over as maintainer for the console-{tools,data,common} packages, and am clearing bugs. #89021 concerns the "mac-fr3" and "mac-fr2-ext" keymaps, printing "q" rather than "a" on installation, on PowerPCs. Unfortunately the original submitter no longer has a mac, so I

Re: running debian on a mac laptop

2002-11-02 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO Pendant le temps de midi du samedi 02 novembre 2002, vers 12:19, Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > If you have the money, I would go for the PowerBook since its processor > is much more powerfull. The fact that sleep does not work on TiBook III may be annoying. I think I would not b

Re: running debian on a mac laptop

2002-11-02 Thread Eric Deveaud
On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Vincent Bernat wrote: > OoO Pendant le temps de midi du samedi 02 novembre 2002, vers 12:19, > Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > > If you have the money, I would go for the PowerBook since its processor > > is much more powerfull. > > The fact that sleep does not wo

Re: XFree86 config for tibook 667

2002-11-02 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sam, 2002-11-02 at 05:45, eric wrote: > > I rebuilt my kernel and now i'm booting to a mon> prompt before it gets > to a login prompt, and after i do an x from there i hit a kernel panic. > unfortunatly i didn't specify my orig kernel in my yaboot.conf file. Rule #1 (in big fat letters):

Re: MountX?

2002-11-02 Thread eric
On Friday, November 1, 2002, at 07:00 PM, Alexander Stagun wrote: Hi, I hope I am not too off topic here, but I am looking for a tool to mount ext2 partitions under OSX (at least read-only). Searching on google, all I found were two tools: LinuxDisks (deprecated?) and MountX (written by benh).

Re: MountX?

2002-11-02 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sam, 2002-11-02 at 16:40, eric wrote: > > i just can't remember the exact name of my other kernel.. and am not > looking forward to starting all over over again. You can use the installer as a rescue system. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree8

VGA Out

2002-11-02 Thread J. Volkmann
Hello, I looked in the list archives, but all I found was about getting it with fbdev to work (or something like that, I hardly understood it). So, is there a way to get VGA Out running with Michel Dänzers XFree86 (drm is running fine)? Would be perfect if it would even work with both, the ibook

Re: running debian on a mac laptop

2002-11-02 Thread Rogério Brito
On Nov 02 2002, Eric Deveaud wrote: > other fact to consider, is that iBook is much more robust than tiBook. I don't know about this. > but it's "only" a G3 Yes, and this speaks huge volumes. See the archives for all my struggles trying to get DVD playing on my late 2001

Re: kernel

2002-11-02 Thread Rogério Brito
On Nov 03 2002, benjamin lämmle wrote: > im compiling my kernel the old normal way with make dep, make bzImage . (...) > and which one is the right kernel for my pb g3 wallstreet? The vmlinux file that sits at the top of your kernel tree. Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-

Re: XFree86 config for tibook 667

2002-11-02 Thread christophe barbe
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 02:37:13PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: > On Sam, 2002-11-02 at 05:45, eric wrote: > > > > I rebuilt my kernel and now i'm booting to a mon> prompt before it gets > > to a login prompt, and after i do an x from there i hit a kernel panic. > > unfortunatly i didn't specif

Re: Canon IXUS v2 and Linux

2002-11-02 Thread christophe barbe
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 01:03:33AM +0100, Claas Langbehn wrote: > > > > > The Canon IXUS v2 is already supported by the current gphoto2, but > > > gphoto2 is not aware of it. > > Right. > > > > > It is not the cleaner solution since you should customize the version > > > of the .deb, but I think

Re: Canon IXUS v2 and Linux

2002-11-02 Thread christophe barbe
Ok you trigger a known bug. I know where it segfaults but i am not able to find where the real problem occurs (long before the segfault). This unexplained bug has disappeard in current cvs. I will try to work on the package for the upcomming release this week and keep you informed. Christophe On

Re: XFree86 config for tibook 667

2002-11-02 Thread delysid
yes, you just saved my ass, it was the -newpmac part that was killing me. I thank you for saving me many many hours or reinstalling... and thanks to everyone else that offered ideas. whew now to get things set back correctly eric > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 02:37:13PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote:

Re: Canon IXUS v2 and Linux

2002-11-02 Thread Claas Langbehn
> Ok you trigger a known bug. I know where it segfaults but i am not able > to find where the real problem occurs (long before the segfault). > This unexplained bug has disappeard in current cvs. I will try to > work on the package for the upcomming release this week and keep you > informed. Tha

Re: kernel

2002-11-02 Thread Claas Langbehn
> hello > im compiling my kernel the old normal way with make dep, make bzImage . you do something wrong. Let me guess, you are mainly using x86-PC's, right? On an PPC machine you need not use "make bzImage". Exactly this was one of my first problems on my Apple :) Just do an "make all" and th

Re: The '@' Key

2002-11-02 Thread Mij
On Fri, 01 Nov 2002 22:17:03 +0100 "Steve Langdon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its scarcely beleivable but my German iMac doesnt have an @ key. What does > the freakin 'i' stand for Mr Jobs?? > > How can I use it within Linux? What's chosen with AltGr under x86 becomes Fn+Alt here bye > >

Re: Where to put commands run at boot time

2002-11-02 Thread simon . raven
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 12:26:59 +0100, Sven Luther composed: > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:18:47PM +1100, Tim Bateman wrote: > > I need to run a command at boot time, I'm used to putting it in rc.local > > in a RedHat system, and I haven't been able to find out where this exists > > in Debian. I sa

Re: VGA Out

2002-11-02 Thread simon . raven
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 17:13:39 +0100, J. Volkmann composed: > Hello, > > I looked in the list archives, but all I found was about getting it with > fbdev to work (or something like that, I hardly understood it). > > So, is there a way to get VGA Out running with Michel Dänzers XFree86 > (drm is

Re: The '@' Key

2002-11-02 Thread Steve Langdon
mij , Claas Thats for your help. I couldnt get any key combination to work, so in the end I used loadkeys to map it manually to q. Any of you using a DSL internet connection on an iMac incidentally? Steve From: Mij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Steve Langdon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-pow

Re: Bug#167234: Problems XFree86 + NvidiaGeforce 2 MX400 twinwiev + Apple Studio Display 15'

2002-11-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 10:31:27PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Fre, 2002-11-01 at 17:10, Branden Robinson wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 02:18:56PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > The nv driver has only been fixed for PPC after 4.2.0, i.e. you'd need > > > current CVS. > > > > I didn't

Re: kernel

2002-11-02 Thread Colin Walters
On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 12:05, Claas Langbehn wrote: > or just do all in a batch like this: > make oldconfig && make dep && make clean && make all && make modules && make > modules_install Or even better, use kernel-package to make a .deb from one command: fakeroot make-kpkg --revision hostname.

Re: VGA Out

2002-11-02 Thread christophe barbe
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 01:46:11PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > there are howto's for things you didn't even know existed in *nix :) > just get yourself to http://www.tldp.org/ and go to the individual (or single) > list of howtos, then search with the browser's search in page function. Do y