Re: Flickering screen on a cinema display.

2007-04-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:50:05 +0200, Charles Plessy wrote: > My problem is that I can not ask for a new graphical card just because I > can not install linux on my work computer: working with linux is more > comfortable in some cases Why don't you install linux in a virtual machine under OSX? With

Re: unable to boot linux-2.6.18.4

2007-04-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:40:11 +0200, William wrote: > And > i'm suprised that the error is different from previous. Maybe it's time for a good hardware check. If you have a RAM module installed, try removing it and retry to install the kernel. There is a version of memtest for OSX, you could als

Re: Flickering screen on a cinema display.

2007-04-28 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 07:07:37AM +, Jack Malmostoso a écrit : > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:50:05 +0200, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > My problem is that I can not ask for a new graphical card just because I > > can not install linux on my work computer: working with linux is more > > comfortable i

Re: unable to boot linux-2.6.18.4

2007-04-28 Thread William Xu
Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The kernel above is a from the git repository, IINM. > The config is attached. Your config works great ! Except that my root fs is xfs, which makes me recompile it with xfs built-in. Also in yaboot.conf i changed hdc to hda. One little problem is t

Re: unable to boot linux-2.6.18.4

2007-04-28 Thread William Xu
Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:40:11 +0200, William wrote: > >> And >> i'm suprised that the error is different from previous. > > Maybe it's time for a good hardware check. If you have a RAM module > installed, try removing it and retry to install the kernel.

yet another problem with Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 on a Workgroup Server 8550/200

2007-04-28 Thread Pierre Bauduin
Hi there, After finally being able to pinpoint the reason why would not boot on a Workgroup Server 8550/200, I have now yet another problem. I reinstalled Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 for powerpc on the very same Workgroup Server 8550/200. The installation was flawless, except at the end: I did the i

Re: Flickering screen on a cinema display.

2007-04-28 Thread Wakko Warner
Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 10:22:21PM -0400, Wakko Warner a ?crit : > > Yes, I had this with a radeon 9200 on a PC and a 1600x1200 LCD connected via > > DVI (Did not occur with VGA). I had to tell xorg to ignore edid and I > > modified each mode line's dot clock to the absolut

Re: unable to boot linux-2.6.18.4

2007-04-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:50:06 +0200, William Xu wrote: > This ibook is being well for more than three years now.. Apple's > hardware seems nice. And it sure is, my iBook is now almost 4 years old too and it's still rock solid. But a faulty ram module can always happen ;) -- Best Regards, Jack L

Miscelaneous Debian Questions: PowerMac

2007-04-28 Thread De Served
I have a couple of miscelaneous Mac related questions. First Question: Is it possible to netboot an old world PowerMac? I have a beige G3 that is waiting for a Debian install. I want to experiment with running this machine diskless. This, obviously, means netbooting the machine. Is it possible?

Re: Miscelaneous Debian Questions: PowerMac

2007-04-28 Thread Brad Boyer
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 12:31:35PM -0400, De Served wrote: > Is it possible to netboot an old world PowerMac? I have a beige G3 that > is waiting for a Debian install. I want to experiment with running this > machine diskless. This, obviously, means netbooting the machine. Is it > possible? Yes,

Re: Miscelaneous Debian Questions: PowerMac

2007-04-28 Thread DeServed
Brad Boyer wrote: > Some of the details are a little different, but the setup of the > hardware and server will be the same. The main difference is just > what you use as the boot file. There is a utility in the Linux > kernel tree to package a kernel and initrd into an XCOFF file for > direct us