xorg issues with lenny and PowerBook G4 [Revisited]

2008-08-23 Thread Amit
s far as a blank screen but that is about it. 4. Everything else works fine in Lenny (power management, etc). I am having fun trying to accomplish my day to day tasks using the command line but I need the GUI to use inkscape and rdesktop. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBS

How to modify default keyboard map in PowerBook G4

2007-08-05 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
e they are mapped to the above mentioned keys. Anybody has similar issues? Any suggestions? If I do remap the keyboard, how do I adjust screen brightness as I am currently not using any desktop environment? Thanks for all the help, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: How to modify default keyboard map in PowerBook G4

2007-08-05 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Thanks for the quick response. That did the trick! I just simply installed it from aptitude and it works as expected. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to modify default keyboard map in PowerBook G4

2007-08-05 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Another issue that I had. How I do copy and paste between applications and terminal windows? With PC and full sized keyboard, I simply use 'Shift + Insert'. Do you have any suggestions as to how it would work in a PowerBook keyboard (I can't seem to find and insert key).

Re: How to modify default keyboard map in PowerBook G4

2007-08-05 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Perfect! I currently use the mouseemu package so I will go ahead and take your suggestions and apply it there. Thanks again! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: no sound - iBook G3

2007-08-06 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
kages from aptitude. * need to run sudo alsaconf to configure sound drivers and alsamixer to adjust. This should do the trick. If you have any more PPC related questions do feel to post. I will be watching this list. Good Luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &q

PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD

2007-08-10 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
ecking aptitude it seems that this package is out of date and would conflict with the installed pbbuttonsd. Any suggestions? Any one have similar experiences? Thanks! Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD

2007-08-11 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
/brightness > > Regards, Thanks for the response. I checked out the 'max_brightness' and 'actual_brightness' and both of them are set to 127. Is it safe to set them up at a higher level? Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD

2007-08-11 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
ed looking at other places but I can't seem to find the place where it displays Driver information. I installed it from the stable branch. Maybe the version is outdated? Also, I've read something about pommed package available in testing and unstable. Do you have any experiences with th

Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD

2007-08-13 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Yves-Alexis Perez corsac.net> writes: > > On dim, 2007-08-12 at 00:22 +0000, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > I checked out the 'max_brightness' and 'actual_brightness' and both of > > them are > > set to 127. Is it safe to set them up at a higher lev

Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD

2007-08-14 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Thank you for all your help! I guess I'll live with this. I will try reading some more on this issue. Thank's again Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD

2007-08-14 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Thank you! I did check out pommed and it requires kernel 2.6.22 I think so I will have to compile that and then compile pommed from source. I rather not move into unstable just yet. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD

2007-08-15 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
issue. In the meantime I will be able to live with this. Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or OpenBSD

2007-08-19 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
thanks for the info. It looks like I'm using the same graphics card as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

initng on powerpc

2007-08-24 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
time in half? * Any other comments? Thanks for all your help. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: initng on powerpc

2007-08-26 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Daniel Baumann debian.org> writes: > > Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > * Any other comments? > > initng is dead, both in debian and upstream wise. i'd suggest to focus > on another sysvinit replacement, such as runit or upstart. > Dead? I been looking at the

APM or ACPI on a PowerPC Laptop?

2008-01-06 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
any advantages in switching to ACPI? Do I need to have hardware support for ACPI? Note this is a fairly old laptop (round 6 years). Thanks for any help, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: APM or ACPI on a PowerPC Laptop?

2008-01-07 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:13:29 +0100 Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 23:23 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > > I am confused as to what power management technology I should be using. > > When I installed debian etch on this po

FLOSS VOIP Client Software

2008-01-25 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
using Skype clients? What do you guys use? Any information will be very helpful. Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-01-30 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
start-up) which one to boot from. Actually one more thing, any benefits to doing this? Besides the geek satisfaction that all of us get from compiling a new kernel. Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-01-31 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
ckaged kernels from sid. Will they work under etch? And how would I do this? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Looking for HOWTO use airport extreme with recent kernels

2008-02-02 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
iver (commit) There are also a lot of network (non-wireless) drivers being merged, look at the section 2.14, "new drivers ** Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lenny on powerbook g4

2008-02-09 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:33:21 +0100 Manuel Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Minor shortcommings are a lack of sun or ibm java (that's needed by some > web applications I'd like to use) and no google-earth for ppc. Check out IcedTea http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/Main_Page It is an ope

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-22 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
27;t much of a choice except for fedora and suse but both of them wouldn't even boot on this system (xorg issue again) but anyways debian etch has given life to this system...and im quite happy with it. I hope that the xorg issue gets fixed in lenny before that becomes stable thanks, amit

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-23 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:22:18 +0200 Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 22 2008, at 10:23 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > I switched back to etch on this laptop and everything worked like > > magic. > > > > So right now I am

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-24 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:01:49 +0200 "Patrick Bachmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Amit, > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:25:50 +0200, Amit Uttamchandani > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > When I installed testing I ch

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-25 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:59:31 +0200 Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23 2008, at 21:25 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:22:18 +0200 > > Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ever havin

Re: a couple of small sound issues with mac mini

2008-04-28 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:56:19 -0500 (CDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > For the most part, sound on my mac mini in debian unstable works well; i > can even get sound out of the built-in speaker and plugged-in speakers at > the same time (plugged into the headphone jack) which I couldn't do in > Mac

Re: Very weird results with X.org and fresh sid install

2008-06-02 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
is list and it looks like the driver broke things after version 6.6.3. Lenny uses 6.8 i think? Anyways, you can probably try using the latest xorg but compiling version 6.6.3 of the r128 driver. Good luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 12" G4 Powerbook with heat issues

2008-06-07 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
unately I can't get the temperature reading since this does not support it. Anyways, from reading your post you are comparing two totally different architectures (G3 vs G4). From my understanding the G4 definitely runs hotter than the old G3s. I don't think it is anything to worry

X.org composite and nv driver

2008-06-10 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
driver. It is still not fully developed but I will try it out if there is no other choice. What do you guys do for composite? Sorry for the long post... Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xorg issues with lenny and PowerBook G4 [Revisited]

2008-08-27 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:38:00 -0300 Sebastien G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amit a écrit : > > Hey there, > > > > I was unsuccessful in installing Lenny a few months ago so I reverted > > back to Debian Etch. A few days ago I dist-upgraded to lenny. > >

Re: xorg issues with lenny and PowerBook G4 [SOLVED]

2008-08-28 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:59 +0200 Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 23:44 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:38:00 -0300 > > Sebastien G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Amit a écrit :

Re: G3 Beige Tower install with BootX - help

2008-09-08 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> > I'm missing something; How does one invoke 'expert' mode in the installer ? > If I'm not mistaken, you simply type 'expert' in the 'boot:' prompt instead of hitting return or typing install. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: G3 Beige Tower install with BootX - help

2008-09-08 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:03:12 -0400 Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 8, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > >> > >> I'm missing something; How does one invoke 'expert' mode in the > >> installer ? > >

Suspend to RAM issues with Lenny

2008-09-11 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
specs are: * Powerbook 3,2 * 500MHz G4 * 512 MB RAM * ATI Rage Mobility M3 8MB VRAM. Anybody experiencing similar issues? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RealPlayer or equivalent for PPC?

2008-10-19 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:09:10 +0930 Mike Hore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Here I am again with the usual sort of question. Thanks to all for help > on something that could replace Flash Player -- now I'm after something > to play streaming audio content. I'm not interested in vi

Re: RealPlayer or equivalent for PPC?

2008-10-20 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
ec support and thus my > preferred package. :/ > I have a G4 as well. Do you notice a significant performance gain with mplayer compiled with altivec support? Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OT] Disabling hardware speculation support in GCC flags

2008-12-05 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
then disable support for this hardware speculation feature. This is just to see the difference between program run times. Any ideas which flags/options I should be using in gcc? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: [OT] Disabling hardware speculation support in GCC flags

2008-12-06 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 22:13:46 +1100 Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amit Uttamchandani writes: > > > I'm learning the PPC architecture and I have a PowerBook G4 (7410) > > 500MHz. Looking at the datasheet for the processor, it has support for > > ha

Re: [OT] Disabling hardware speculation support in GCC flags

2008-12-07 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
n runtime sequence be made correclty to an compiler > > > > What do you think? > > reminds me of hennesey and patternson chapter 03. > Yeah you have good memory. I am reading that book and trying to better understand the difference between compiler speculation and hardwar

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-26 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Rage Mobility M3 which is the same as what I have on my PowerBook G4. I've had a lot of problems with this chip but it's working great now. I have attached my xorg.conf. It should work. Let me know if there are any problems. Amit xorg.conf Description: Binary data

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-29 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
there is specifically for my screen resolution, which is 1152x768. Search for the modeline that matches your ibook and put in there. I think it should work. Good luck. > Thanks, > /Bob Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject o

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2008-12-30 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> > I tried this option and I didn't get any error messages and X seemed > to start with the typical X mouse. There were a few of warnings, but > no errors (I attached the log). However, now when I try to run > 'gnome-session' as a normal user I get: > > ** (gnome-session:3719): WARNING**: Cannot

Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!

2009-01-05 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
is > way beyond my knowledge. This bug report relates to r128. This might give you a better understanding of what's going on... http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429432 Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on

2009-01-13 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
. Any ideas? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on

2009-01-14 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:59:27 +0100 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2009-01-13 20:20:05 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > I am using powerbook 3,2 with ATI Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2X. Suspend to > > RAM works sporadically. The disk spins down but the machine locks up > > and

Re: Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on

2009-01-14 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:16:12 +0100 Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 01:59:27PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2009-01-13 20:20:05 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > I am using powerbook 3,2 with ATI Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2X. Suspend to > > > RAM w

Re: Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on

2009-01-14 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:14:28 +0100 Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 08:30:41AM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:16:12 +0100 > > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 01:59:27PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

Re: Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on

2009-01-14 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:15:55 +0100 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2009-01-14 08:29:03 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > I never had a problem with this is Etch. In fact, I just tried this, it > > works fine with kernel 2.6.25 in lenny as well. If you can try using > > kern

Re: Using wireless on a PowerBook G4

2009-01-30 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
werBook is it? This would help identify which wireless card is built in. Also, try running the following command. This lists all the network interfaces installed/detected and paste the output here. $ lshw -class network If you don't have lshw installed you can install it from aptitude (sudo apti

Re: Using wireless on a PowerBook G4

2009-01-31 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
2.6.26-1-powerpc vmlinux -> vmlinux-2.6.26-1-powerpc Good luck Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

External iSight with PowerBook G4

2009-01-31 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
1394 35888 1 video1394 ieee1394 91584 4 sbp2,video1394,raw1394,ohci1394 Any ideas? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: External iSight with PowerBook G4

2009-02-01 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
. I actually came across your post while searching in the archives. I followed your instructions but with no luck. So I guess I'm not the only one having problems with this in lenny. Do you think it's a kernel issue? Should I try the latest linux kernel? Amit -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: No X on iMac G3 400MHz

2009-02-10 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
t although of course you don't get accelerated graphics. Try that and post back. The 'r128' driver in lenny has some issues that can be worked around by specifying the proper modelines. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: X Windows Screen Size Issue

2009-02-12 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:47:17 -0600 Amos Stibolt wrote: > As a final bit of information, the video driver on this machine is > whatever Apple included standard when it built this machine, because > of this, I did not know which driver to select during configuration, > and used "fbdev" as it

Re: adobe flash

2009-02-17 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:24:07 -0500 stephen sefick wrote: > ibook G4 Debian 5.0 Lenny > How do I install the flash plug in for ice weasel... Other things > that I have noticed are that lenny doesn't go to sleep when I close my > laptop. How do I fix this. > thanks in advance, > Regarding the s

Re: Kooka Broken in Lenny?

2009-03-04 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 17:52:14 +1100 Irena & Richard Jenkins wrote: > Tried Kooka on my desktop this afternoon ... but it could not find my > scanner. > (Canoscan N650U). Tried installing xsane then ... and it too complained > about my missing scanner. Tried a new cable with no effect. > > T

Re: iBook G3 - Debian Lenny and one projector

2009-03-24 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
out. Install xrandr, plug it in, and use the xrandr command line program to clone/mirror your screen. You can use the man page to see how to use it or use the following examples in the following article: http://blog.hydrasystemsllc.com/2009/02/21/xrandr-and-the-x-window-system/ Good luck and post b

Re: Installed Lenny on a Apple MacPro G5. Install: OK, did not boot the Kernel after.

2009-04-28 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:38:56 +0800 Louie Miranda wrote: > Hi, I am trying to install Debian 5 Lenny on a Apple MacPro G5. > > Installation was successful, however upon rebooting. It won't load the > kernel. I tried to go back to boot again the CD and tried to mount the > system, and it did. > >

Re: Getting Gnash and Java to work with Lenny KDE.

2009-04-29 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:11:07 +0200 Brian Durant wrote: > Gnash doesn't seem to want to work with YouTube on my new, clean, > Lenny KDE install. What do I need to do to get gnash to cooperate? > Try using swfdec-mozilla for youtube support. It might work better. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to de

Re: Installed Lenny on a Apple MacPro G5. Install: OK, did not boot the Kernel after.

2009-04-29 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:23:18 +0530 Sujit Karataparambil wrote: > Why is there an assumption that the PPC based debian is installed in the > board. > Because its installed in a Apple PMAC G5 which is a PPC based machine. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: Getting Gnash and Java to work with Lenny KDE.

2009-04-29 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:37:53 +0200 Brian Durant wrote: > Apparently swfdec-mozilla was already installed when I installed > gnash. No incompatibilities? Weird. Anyway, I uninstalled gnash again > and I still can't get YouTube to work. Ideas? > > Are there any other flash sites that work? Not n

Re: Lenny KDE newbie with Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac.

2009-05-02 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sat, 2 May 2009 19:03:50 +0200 Brian Durant wrote: > Is there a KDE alternative to Cheese? I want to avoid installing 36 > GNOME packages on my system. Kopette can be used with Gtalk, but Gtalk > video isn't supported on PPC. > Not that I know of but if you want to check if video works try o

Re: iBook G4 dual head

2009-05-07 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Fri, 8 May 2009 13:36:23 +1200 Jamie Downs wrote: > > Has anybody had success configuring X.Org to run in dual head mode with this > hardware? > The graphics chip is ATI M9+ 5C63 [Radeon Mobility 9200]. The driver is > radeon. > > Jamie Downs > New Zealand Like the other replier said, just

Re: iBook G4 dual head

2009-05-08 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sat, 9 May 2009 12:47:30 +1200 Jamie Downs wrote: > Thank you Jack, Amit and Jos__ for your quick response. > It works! > No Problems. > I have edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf > It now has Virtual 2304 768 as explained below by Jos__ > > The command I use to enable

Re: Installing Synaptic on Lenny KDE PPC system.

2009-05-09 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sat, 9 May 2009 11:41:35 +0200 Brian Durant wrote: > Is there a way to install Synaptic on a KDE system and keep the GTK+ > libs to a minimum? > I don't think so. But installing synaptic doesn't really pull in too much GTK libs I think. Using aptitude you can remove the suggested or recommen

Re: xorg.conf powerbook g4 kde 4.2.2

2009-05-09 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sun, 10 May 2009 02:00:56 +0200 drz wrote: > Hi there > > Im really happy to have gotten a powerbook g4, was a PC user before. > And lenny works great. No installation issues. Good work! > Maybe I should add that I encryted the whole system with the installer. > I have a PowerBook G4 and De

Re: iBook G4 dual head

2009-05-10 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sun, 10 May 2009 16:07:09 +0200 Benjamin Cama wrote: > Le vendredi 08 mai 2009 __ 21:44 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani a __crit : > > On Sat, 9 May 2009 12:47:30 +1200 > > Jamie Downs wrote: > > > I have edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > > It now has Virtual 230

Re: About the computational power of g4 machines

2009-05-17 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sat, 16 May 2009 04:59:50 -0300 Rog__rio Brito wrote: > Hi. > > I have the opportunity to buy an iBook G4 800MHz so that i can continue > working with Debian + PowerPC. > > I have two questions, which I list below. > > On May 12 2009, drz wrote: > > Anybody tried this out on a powerbook g4

Re: Installed Lenny on a Apple MacPro G5. Install: OK, did not boot the Kernel after.

2009-06-01 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 08:41:53 +0800 Louie Miranda wrote: > Amit, sorry I was not able to reply sooner. I ditched the machine in the > meantime and just used a 32bit system to make my work less complicated. No problem. I hope you are having a better experience now. Amit -- To UNSUB

No rt2870sta module in linux-image-2.6.29-2-powerpc?

2009-06-02 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
oduct=815c [ 592.057493] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 592.057504] usb 1-1: Product: F5D8053 N Wireless USB Adapter [ 592.057513] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Belkin Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: new to powerpc, quetion about wireless

2009-06-02 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:38:17 +1000 Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > I have been using debian for while, but I am looking at buying one of > these > > http://excito.com/bubba/products/technical-specifications.html > > Got the hint from somebody on the debian-user list. The basics of it are > > 256 MB

Re: new to powerpc, quetion about wireless

2009-06-03 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:19:35 +1000 Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 10:10:11PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:38:17 +1000 > > Alex Samad wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I have been using debian for whil

Cross-compile PPC kernel on x86

2009-06-08 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
I specify the paths for the proper toolchain to use? Right now I am using the command: make-kpkg --initrd --cross-compile powerpc --revision=test.kernel_image Am I proceeding correctly? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: No rt2870sta module in linux-image-2.6.29-2-powerpc?

2009-06-14 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:26:08 +1000 Geoff Simmons wrote: > Hi Amit, > > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 05:55:24PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > I'm trying to set up the Belkin Wireless USB adapter on a PowerBook G4 > > running Squeeze. > > > > I followed the

Re: Cross-compile PPC kernel on x86

2009-06-14 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:55:30 -0400 Eric Cooper wrote: > On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 01:50:01PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > At this point I would like to use the make-kpkg command but how do I > > specify the paths for the proper toolchain to use? > > > > Right

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
In this case you are not installing anything but simply running from the CD. If this freezes still then it is most likely the CPU overheating. Also make sure there are no obstructions blocking the heat vents or fan air flow. Good luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:06:25 -0400 "Tomislav V. Butkovic" wrote: > Hello all, > > Thank you all for the timely reply. > > > >Based on my experiences the freezing > >probably is because of overheating. If the CPU over heats, that is > >the main cause of freezing. Do you hear the fans kick in du

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-20 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
it freeze there? The debian install cd can be used as a live rescue cd...although it doesn't boot up to a desktop environment. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Lenny on Apple 9600 - noobie questions

2009-07-10 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
rmine if I can > accomplish what I envision, using the hardware I currently have. > > Thanks in advance for any and all info, comments and suggestions. > > Good luck. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Lenny on Apple 9600 - noobie questions

2009-07-11 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:41:05 -0400 Jeff Fry wrote: > > Thanks for the info. I've been plodding my way through the massive > Debian-PowerPC Installation Guide and have yet to finish. > > I guess the standard procedure must be to go ahead and try to > install, then ask questions here when thi

Re: iRedMail for ppc ??

2009-07-24 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:45:11 +0200 "Niels S. Eliasen" wrote: > hi > I would really like to install iRedMail (see for instance: > http://code.google.com/p/iredmail/wiki/Installation_on_Debian) > > but it claims that "ppc" is not a supported architecture . > > Anyone knows how to get thi

r128 driver issues with latest Xorg squeeze updates.

2009-09-14 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
some issue with the atyfb128 driver not being loaded. Starting Xorg without any conf uses the fbdev driver, resulting in poor quality. Any other powerpc users experiencing the same problem? Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "u

Re: r128 driver issues with latest Xorg squeeze updates.

2009-09-15 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 04:38:10PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 20:47 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > > I upgraded squeeze today and noticed a lot of X related updates. > > Specifically, it updated the Xorg, mesa, and various ati drivers. >

Re: r128 driver issues with latest Xorg squeeze updates. [SOLVED]

2009-09-15 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 08:47:50PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded squeeze today and noticed a lot of X related updates. > Specifically, it updated the Xorg, mesa, and various ati drivers. > > After the upgrade, the r128 driver doesn't seem

Re: Yaboot does not handle ext4 root partition?

2009-12-07 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 11:49:44PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: [snip] > I don't recall an offer from the installer to try installing grub2. > Is there an incantation I'm not aware of that makes that possible? > If you boot the debian install cd and choose rescue mode you can install grub2 using a

Re: loosing wifi connection after upgrading kernel image to 2.6.32-trunk on lenny

2010-01-04 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 05:30:19PM +0100, Piotr Kopszak wrote: > Hello list, > > I have just installed linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-powerpc on lenny > running on Powerbook 5,6 . The only problem I have noticed is rather > weird. Wifi connection gets established but drops after 20 sec or so. > When o

ELF

1998-12-07 Thread Amit Garg
Hello, I am sorry for posting this a bit out of context question but can anyone tell me where can I find the details of the ELF format alongwith ELF header details. Regards & Thanks in advance Amit

Re: HowTo Nouveau on PPC64.

2010-01-23 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
for x86 should work for ppc as well. Good luck, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: HowTo Nouveau on PPC64.

2010-01-25 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 04:01:28PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote: [snip] > I was hoping that it was at a level where it was just a matter of > subscribing to the correct repo :-( > There isn't a repo that I know of, sorry. Good luck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debi

Re: linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.2-powerpc no keyboard

2010-02-01 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 06:19:56PM +0100, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > I just gave linux-image-2.6.30-bpo.2-powerpc a spin on my Lenny > Powerbook 5,6 and there is no keyboard when I want to enter the passphrase > for my cryptofs. So it is unusable for me. > > Powerbook 5,6 15" 2005 has a keyboard whi

Re: [Semi-OT] using a "ppc" disk on a x86 box

2010-02-05 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 02:15:26AM +0100, ncr...@tin.it wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to read on a x86 box a disk I used on a pegasos2 box. I'm > going to use the disk through a pata2usb external box. > > I tried plugging the disk in. The system detects the disk (sda) but not > the partitions (sda1,

Re: [Semi-OT] using a "ppc" disk on a x86 box

2010-02-06 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
isk' http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk It's open source and from the same place that makes photorec. It can fix and recover partition tables, etc. I think you should take a look at #5 first and go from there. Hope this helps. Good luck and post back your results. Amit --

Re: Getting LXDE Debain

2010-03-18 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
I'm not sure if the GUI installer works for PowerPC but text based installer is quite simple as well. Hope this helps. Good luck Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100318193107.gb16...@canoga.com

Re: Where is libxfconf-0?

2010-03-30 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> I finally found time to try your suggestion (which means I finally > found time to backup my data and not create anything new for a while) > but now it wants another library not listed in lenny. I may have to go > with sid, or perhaps Xubuntu still it's built on sid but is a little > more stab

Re: boot splash : plymouth and ppc

2010-04-14 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:34:17AM -0300, Sebastien Grenier wrote: [snip] > Would that make sense on ppc? like on a powerbook g4 @1667 (PowerBook5,6) > > I'm running squeeze with the plymouth package from unstable. I was > afraid to not be able to reboot the system in changing the KMS > paramet

Google Chrome for PPC Linux?

2010-05-05 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Anybody using Google Chrome or Chromium for PPC Linux? Theoritically, we whould be able to build Chromium from source for PPC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.

Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-19 Thread Amit T Uttamchandani
ts with the already installed laptop-mode-tools. I installed using debian lenny installer beta 1 netinst. Laptop Specs: - Powerbook G4 Titanium 500MHz G4, 512MB RAM. I need some help here... thanks, amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&

Re: Issues with Debian Lenny on Powerbook G4

2008-04-20 Thread Amit T Uttamchandani
Yes I have tried the VESA drivers but there is an error when loading it. I will post the exact error messages in a follow up email. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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