2.6.39, radeon_bl and pbbuttonsd

2011-04-21 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
Hi all, I am running 2.6.39-rc4. For the backlight control this kernel uses /sys/class/backlight/radeon_bl on my PB. Starting pbbuttonsd the cpu_usage gets up much and the backlight dimms to nearly 0. Without pbbuttonsd the backlight can be controlled via `echo (0-255) >/sys/class/backlight/radeon

Re: 2.6.39, radeon_bl and pbbuttonsd

2011-04-21 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Don, 2011-04-21 at 10:30 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > I am running 2.6.39-rc4. For the backlight control this kernel uses > /sys/class/backlight/radeon_bl on my PB. Starting pbbuttonsd the > cpu_usage gets up much Unfortunately, the KMS backlight support seems to use a significant amo

Re: Anyone using a StarTech PCI420USB card? (USB 2.0, 4-port, PCI card)

2011-04-21 Thread Risto Suominen
Hi Rick, ehci-hcd can take three parameters: log2_irq_thresh (0-6): log2 IRQ latency, 1-64 microframes park (1-3): park setting; 1-3 back-to-back async packets ignore_oc (0-1): ignore bogus hardware overcurrent indications I don't really know what they mean, and I doubt they would help here, but

Re: 2.6.39, radeon_bl and pbbuttonsd

2011-04-21 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Michel Dänzer [110421 10:58 +0200]: > On Don, 2011-04-21 at 10:30 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > > > I am running 2.6.39-rc4. For the backlight control this kernel uses > > /sys/class/backlight/radeon_bl on my PB. Starting pbbuttonsd the > > cpu_usage gets up much > > Unfortunately, the

Re: Disk screwed up with ybin

2011-04-21 Thread johnny-crash
So, next step failed. There is no target mode anymore ;-( Subsequently there is only one hope left. Maybe it is the controller and not the disk. Time to have a look at ifixit.com. I'll check out the live-CD. Maybe it comes with tools I am not aware of yet. Cheers, john -- View this message in

Re: Disk screwed up with ybin

2011-04-21 Thread Benjamin Cama
Le jeudi 21 avril 2011 à 05:16 -0700, johnny-crash a écrit : > So, next step failed. There is no target mode anymore ;-( You mean, it does nothing at all? So, yes, your disk appears no to work whatever the mean. > Subsequently there is only one hope left. Maybe it is the controller and not > the

Re: Disk screwed up with ybin

2011-04-21 Thread johnny-crash
> Do you prefer that your disk controller is dead rather than the disk? > It's part of the main bourd AFAIK, so it's a much bigger pain to change > it… Anyway, you have to take the disk appart to check that. > Yes, if I'd have the choice. A G4 PB is worth next to nothing. However, I'll prepare

i can't boot my G5

2011-04-21 Thread J . Daniel Martínez
hi! first sorry for my english because is very bad. my problem is that i installed in a Mac PowerPC G5 debian, all the HD for debian i dont need mac becuse i would like have a server, when the installation was good except the deteccion off DHCP. when i finished the installation and reboot the G5 s

Re: Anyone using a StarTech PCI420USB card? (USB 2.0, 4-port, PCI card)

2011-04-21 Thread Rick Thomas
Thanks, Risto. I'll give those a try and report back. And I want to say a public "Thanks!" as well for all your work on PowerPC Debian. I, for one, appreciate it. Rick On Apr 21, 2011, at 5:38 AM, Risto Suominen wrote: Hi Rick, ehci-hcd can take three parameters: log2_irq_thresh (0-6)