Re: 'gdm could not write to the auth file' -- ubuntuPPC_5.04

2005-10-08 Thread Alexander Wirt
Kim Cascone schrieb am Freitag, den 07. Oktober 2005: > I have two machines (both of which dual boot into Ubuntu 5.04 and OS X > 10.3.9) > - an iBook G3 running Ubuntu 5.04 (all current updates) on a 4G > partition > - an iMac DV G3 running Ubuntu 5.04 (all current updates) on a 5G part This is

Keyboboard Illumination on Powerbook 5,4

2004-06-26 Thread Alexander Wirt
k, neither automatically nor manual. Has anybody an idea to get it working or where to look in pbuttonsd (I have the last release) or in the kernel source? Thank you very much Alexander Wirt

Re: Help? Kernel Build Howto for PowerBook G4 (5,2)

2004-11-30 Thread Alexander Wirt
Timo Reimerdes wrote: Hi, for about a week now I am using ubuntu linux on my powerbook. It runs really nice for allmost everything I want. Two issues I haven't got to work: Sleep (with the latest sleep patch by benh) which would be s nice Airport Extreme (Broadcom Corporation BCM94306 802.1

Re: TEST: Sleep patch #6

2004-12-01 Thread Alexander Wirt
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: (As usual, I'm cross posting several lists, please don't reply to all of them, and CC me as I'm not subscribed to all of them neither) Ok, here's the 6th version of the sleep patch for ATI based albooks & iBook G4. Other machine users, please test too as it may caus

Re: TEST: Sleep patch #7

2004-12-06 Thread Alexander Wirt
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: I provided some kernel debs at: http://people.debian.org/~formorer/ppc. Patch #7 is working fine here, thanks Benjamin. Alex

Re: Debian 3.1 LinuxTag 2005 on PowerBook G4 (Superdrive)?

2005-07-06 Thread Alexander Wirt
W. Borgert schrieb am Mittwoch, den 06. Juli 2005: > Hi, > > a colleague of mine cannot boot the LinuxTag Sarge DVD on > his PowerBook G4. Any experiences with that DVD on powerpc > platform, good or bad? Many thanks in advance! I installed my Powerbook 5,4 (G4 1,5Ghz) from this DVD as my hardd

Re: Few problems with PowerBook(5,7)

2005-07-30 Thread Alexander Wirt
Shiv Dayal schrieb am Freitag, den 29. Juli 2005: > Recently i purchased an Apple Powerbook 17"(5,7) and > installed Sarge 3.1 on it. There are certain problems > which i am not able to fix nor find a solution on net. > Fist problem is that sound doesn't work and there is > no 3D acceleration. I h

Re: Few problems with PowerBook(5,7)

2005-07-30 Thread Alexander Wirt
Benjamin Herrenschmidt schrieb am Samstag, den 30. Juli 2005: > On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 11:49 +0200, Alexander Wirt wrote: > > Shiv Dayal schrieb am Freitag, den 29. Juli 2005: > > > > > Recently i purchased an Apple Powerbook 17"(5,7) and > > > instal

Re: Time to change the debian-ports "list"?

2014-09-10 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Wed, 10 Sep 2014, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 06:39:10PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >Hi folks, > > > >I believe the existing debian-ports setup (as an exploder pointing to > >all the different port lists) is not working well at all. It's a > >confusing setup to many peop