debian-powerpc: I can't find pmud

2001-02-26 Thread Brendan Simon
Is pmud still a Debian package ??? I can't find it using apt-cache or searching www.debian.org. Is there something to replace pmud for my PowerBook G3 (firewire) ??? Thanks, Brendan Simon.

debian-powerpc: Is "testing" ready for powerpc hosts

2001-02-26 Thread Brendan Simon
Is testing ready for powerpc platforms or should I stick to stable ??? Thanks, Brendan Simon.

debian: Can't get X-4.0.2 working with a 2.2.18 or 2.4.x kernel.

2001-03-02 Thread Brendan Simon
cycle to create the /dev/hdaX links. This will solve the boot problem but still the X problem remains. If anyone can shed some light on the situation, or better still give me a solution, then I would be very appreciative. Thanks, Brendan Simon.

debian-powerpc: how do I use the keyspan usb-serial device ???

2001-03-03 Thread Brendan Simon
use a ttyS* or something similar ?? BTW: Now that I am using devfs, I don't have a /dev/modem. nor do I have any /dev/ttyS* devices Do I still need a /dev/modem ??? If so, what do I do to get it back ? Thanks, Brendan Simon.

Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread Brendan Simon
assle the gcc developers to fix it or at least report it as a bug. If gcc is doing the right thing, then change the kernel code to conform. Brendan Simon.

deb-ppc: recommended browser and email client ?

2000-06-08 Thread Brendan Simon
version of Communicator looks similar to Mozilla.  Is this true ? Thanks, Brendan Simon.

Re: PowerBook

2000-06-14 Thread Brendan Simon
partition, then use Open Firmware to boot into Linux.  A boot CD is the easiest way. Brendan Simon.

Re: PowerBook

2000-06-14 Thread Brendan Simon
Nelson Abramson wrote: Brendan Simon wrote: > Harold G. Stevenson wrote: > > > > 2- any suggestions on installing and running debian? > Get a bootable CD if one exists. When I installed Debian there was no > CD available so I _HAD_ to install MacOs on a small partitio

Re: xserver-fbdev iMac : and mouse ?

2000-06-15 Thread Brendan Simon
/iBook and /dev/usbmouse on an iMac. BTW: I'm using XFree86 version 4.0b (the binaries that Michel Danzier posted to the list). Brendan Simon.

Partitioning disks without losing data.

2000-07-19 Thread Brendan Simon
do this without losing all the information on the root partition.  It takes s long to install all this over the internet.  Maybe I should burn a CD image ?  Will something like fips do what I want ?  Are there any other tools ?? Please CC any replies to me as well as the list, Thanks, Brendan Simon.

debian-powerpc: XFree v4.0x tarballs/debs.

2000-08-14 Thread Brendan Simon
debs or deb-src, then where are the latest tarballs for powerpc-linux ? Has anybody installed 4.0.1 (or later) ?  Any problems ? Thanks, Brendan Simon.

debian-powerpc: vncserver not working !!!

2000-08-14 Thread Brendan Simon
connecting to intel machines running the vncserver. Is there something I can do to get this to work ? Any ideas or suggestions ? I'm running XFree86 version 4.0.1 which I compiled from the sources and installed into /opt/X11R6.  I don't think this should be a problem. Thanks, Brendan Simon.

debian-powerpc: powerbook make clicking/popping sounds.

2000-08-15 Thread Brendan Simon
oying and figure that it can't be good for the hardware. Thanks, Brendan Simon.

Samba on PPC

2000-08-31 Thread Brendan Simon
a ported for the PPC linux machines ? Thanks, Brendan Simon.

gnome/libxml2 backport for Woody

2006-03-12 Thread Brendan Simon
Hi, I need a version of libxml2-dev for Woody that supports the following functions. xmlTextReaderRead The version I have installed is 2.4.19-4woody2 but it does not have those function. $ nm /usr/lib/libxml2.a | grep xmlText U xmlTextConcat 66e8 T xmlTextConcat 4e34

Trouble getting airport to talk to UFO base station

2001-10-05 Thread Brendan Simon
ver but I'm not sure if the base station is setup to use DHCP. Thanks for any help or pointers, Brendan Simon.

Can't get java working with Airport Configurator

2001-11-13 Thread Brendan Simon
I successfully install a Java 1.2 Runtime Environment ? (using apt preferably). I can't find any 1.2 JRE's using "apt-cache search" and "apt-cache show". Please help. I appreciate any comments, suggestions and pointers. Brendan Simon.

Sony AIT-1 tape backup

2004-11-09 Thread Brendan Simon
what could be causing this? Has anyone successfully used a Sony AIT-1 IDE on a Linux machine (PowerPC or otherwise). Many thanks in advance for any help. Regards, Brendan Simon.

Re: Sony AIT-1 tape backup

2004-11-09 Thread Brendan Simon
(101): ONLINE IM_REP_EN Any ideas why I get I/O errors??? TIA, Brendan Simon. Brendan Simon wrote: Hi, I have a Sony AIT-1 tape backup unit (IDE) installed in a PowerMac running debian/testing with a 2.6.8 kernel. I have not had much success getting it to work :( I have made a symlink

Python error causes reboot

2004-12-16 Thread Brendan Simon
ng is user space so why does the whole machine die Regards, Brendan Simon.

Multiple versions of gcc installed

2004-10-06 Thread Brendan Simon
can't execute the older 2.95 compiler using the appropriate gcc switches. -V or -B. See below. Looks like there are a few installation problems for multiple versions of gcc. Regards, Brendan Simon. $ ls -l /usr/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-linux/ total 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 1 16:48 2