search a package using aptitude in interactive mode

2003-01-26 Thread Roland Wegmann
Hello I know the command 'aptitude search '. But how can I execute a search when I launched aptitude in interactive mode? Does such a posibility exist at all? Kind regards, Roland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Problems with wireless on Nov 2002 ibook

2003-01-26 Thread jmuelmen
Hi! I have a Nov. 2002 ibook running a 2.4.21-pre3-ben0 kernel. I'm very happy that support for the new hardware has come appeared so quickly. There is only one unsolved problem I have with my ibook, which is that the airport card isn't communicating properly with some access points. My ibook a

How can I control the display output (number of lines)

2003-01-26 Thread Roland Wegmann
Hy all How can I control number of lines per 'page'? For example when I use the command 'aptitude search gnome' the output is a huge list, that 'runs over' my 'bash window' and I can only read the last search results. Which tool do I have to use that i can read the 'output pages' one by one?

Re: How can I control the display output (number of lines)

2003-01-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Roland! Roland Wegmann schrieb am Sunday, den 26. January 2003: > Hy all > > How can I control number of lines per 'page'? For example when I use the > command 'aptitude search gnome' the output is a huge list, that 'runs > over' my 'bash window' and I can only read the last search results

Re: How can I control the display output (number of lines)

2003-01-26 Thread olli
Am Sonntag, 26.01.03, um 11:21 Uhr (Europe/Berlin) schrieb Roland Wegmann: Hy all How can I control number of lines per 'page'? For example when I use the command 'aptitude search gnome' the output is a huge list, that 'runs over' my 'bash window' and I can only read the last search resul

Re: Trouble getting Quik working...

2003-01-26 Thread simon
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 06:55:46 -0700, Chris Tillman composed: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 11:51:05AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 21:20:44 -0800, Dylan Barrie composed: > > > > > > On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 07:32 PM, Chris Tillman wrote: > > Yes, your partit

Re: kernels and b0xen

2003-01-26 Thread simon
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 14:20:05 -0600, vinai composed: > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Michel Lanners wrote: > > > (both 4.5 GB 4200 or 5400 RPM drives, can't remember right now). But > I have a G3 375 MHz CPU (512 KB L2 cache) and 1 GB RAM, and those let > me get kernel compile times under 20 minutes.

Re: Melted tiBooks

2003-01-26 Thread Martin Karger
Claas Langbehn wrote: > Well I could not find 'em. > If you have some, please tell me the URL or > email them to me. here they are (of course they are not completely melted): http://www.spymac.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10051 http://www.spymac.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10050 bye mart

Re: external vga + ibook2

2003-01-26 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb
Hi, Vincent Bernat wrote, > OoO En cette soirée bien amorcée du samedi 18 janvier 2003, vers > 22:16, Waldemar Brodkorb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > > I can deactivate my lcd display with m3mirror, but > > I can't activate the crt. > > The CRT needs to be activated by OpenFirmware. Start your

Re: external vga + ibook2

2003-01-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 16:57, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote: > My XFree86.0.log and XF86Config-4 is here: > http://www.luusa.org/~wbx/ http://www.luusa.org/~wbx/XFree86.0.log is 403 Forbidden unfortunately. > glxinfo: direct rendering: No > tuxracer: black screen, but sound. Have you installed xlibmes

Re: external vga + ibook2

2003-01-26 Thread Jorge Arcas
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 16:57, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote: > Hi, > Vincent Bernat wrote, > > > OoO En cette soirée bien amorcée du samedi 18 janvier 2003, vers > > 22:16, Waldemar Brodkorb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > > > > I can deactivate my lcd display with m3mirror, but > > > I can't activate t

Re: external vga + ibook2

2003-01-26 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb
Hi, Michel Dänzer wrote, > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 16:57, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote: > > > My XFree86.0.log and XF86Config-4 is here: > > http://www.luusa.org/~wbx/ > > http://www.luusa.org/~wbx/XFree86.0.log is 403 Forbidden unfortunately. > > > glxinfo: direct rendering: No > > tuxracer: black sc

Re: kernels and b0xen

2003-01-26 Thread vinai
Yes - I *think* the main gain comes from the build process not having to put anything on my swap space. I was able to upgrade my 8500 with 8 of the 128 MB DIMMs at about $30-35 per DIMM. I think it's even a little cheaper now, even if you buy them new. When you are ready, take a look at http://w

How to make the tv output work ?

2003-01-26 Thread Willy Morin
Hi, I would like to know how to use the TV output on a powerbook g4 400. Have you got any idea ? In fact I'd like to watch dvd on a tv :) Thank you by advance and a have a nice day :) -- / \~~~/ \[EMAIL PROTECTED] ,( ..) Uin : 68301029 / \__ __/ h

quick questions Powerbase240 Mac clone install

2003-01-26 Thread VincePanero
On the initial power up (install floppy of Debian gives you a small penguin icon aftera macintosh icon) to a beige old world mac, what key combo will slow down the linux "bios"-esque screen at the start? If no key combo, is there a file or log somewhere in the small RAM disk ash shell ( that is

resuming after suspend still doesn't work with my ibook2.2

2003-01-26 Thread ERDI Gergo
[ Please CC replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Hi, I've read in the archives of debian-powerpc that by using the drm-trunk packages and linux-2.4.20-ben3, it should be possible to resume after suspending an iBook 2.2. However, when I tried that, after waking the machine up, the colors are off (not a

Where to get Gnome2 and kde3.1 for ppc ?

2003-01-26 Thread Willy Morin
Hi, I'm looking for sources for kde3.1 and gnome2 under a debian unstable. Do you know where I can find them ? have a nice day :) -- / \~~~/ \[EMAIL PROTECTED] ,( ..) Uin : 68301029 / \__ __/ http://www.willo.fr.st /| (\ |( ^ \ /__

Re: external vga + ibook2

2003-01-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 18:49, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote: > > glxinfo > name of display: :0.0 > disabling TCL support > display: :0 screen: 0 > direct rendering: Yes > > But tuxracer still starts black. Does glxgears work? Can you test somehow (e.g. with ctrl-alt-backspace) if it's still running

Re: How to avoid goint into sleep mode with a ibook2.2?

2003-01-26 Thread Mij
Some days ago I notified ben of often crashes when CUDA support was excluded from kernel. It should not influence pmu-based machines, but the behaviour was cleanely "crashes without, works with". so, check you actually have CUDA support, this should solve your problem. however, you can disable sl

How to switch fn key setting

2003-01-26 Thread Christian Jaeger
Hello There's a utility called fnset (it's one file fnset.c which has been floating around in the lists) which is supposed to switch the fn key setting on powerbooks/ibooks/whatever under linux. I've never succeeded to get it to actually switch the setting on my powerbook g3 lombard (333mhz).

Re: How to switch fn key setting

2003-01-26 Thread Francis J. Lacoste
On dim, 2003-01-26 at 21:03, Christian Jaeger wrote: > Hello > > [...] > > Are you all hitting Cmd-Ctl-Fn-F1, Fn-F4 etc all the time or is there > a real way to toggle Apple's default? > A good way to get yourself carpian syndrome or other such goodies, isn't it? I use the powerprefs applicatio

Re: How to switch fn key setting

2003-01-26 Thread Christian Jaeger
At 21:28 Uhr -0500 26.01.2003, Francis J. Lacoste wrote: A good way to get yourself carpian syndrome or other such goodies, isn't it? I use the powerprefs application. It has a panel where this can be switched. Coooll! Thanks, Christian (on his lombard, and yes it works out of the

Re: quick questions Powerbase240 Mac clone install

2003-01-26 Thread Chris Tillman
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 06:24:14PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On the initial power up (install floppy of Debian gives you a small penguin > icon aftera macintosh icon) to a beige old world mac, what key combo will > slow down the linux "bios"-esque screen at the start? If no key combo, is