Re: Please test 2.4.20 packages

2003-03-26 Thread Chris Tillman
: 350MHz revision: 2.2 (pvr 0008 0202) bogomips: 697.95 machine : PowerMac2,1 motherboard : PowerMac2,1 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh detected as : 66 (iMac FireWire) pmac flags : 0005 L2 cache: 512K unified memory : 128MB pmac-generation

Re: Installing Debian(Woody) on a 7200, again

2003-03-27 Thread Chris Tillman
e onboard video to install? Another possibility might be to use BootX from MacOS as covered in the manual; MacOS would probably set up the video card correctly before BootX boots the installer. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Few Newbie Questions TiBook III - woody

2003-04-01 Thread Chris Tillman
both. > other thing is, that when I log in as root on the console, a lot of things > flash by, too fast to read, whats that??? The normal login messages, you can check them out using dmesg. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Few Newbie Questions TiBook III - woody

2003-04-01 Thread Chris Tillman
the promt for examle says: > c01beb20 rwsem_wake > before that are 2 more with a diffrent code but rwsem_something > I have no idea how to copy this, so I can hardly tell you more... kewl, man, like, psychadelic. If it's a kernel oops like Michel thinks, I think you can find it in /var/log/ksymoops ? -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: ibook 1904 clock problem: hwclock and base-config hang

2003-04-04 Thread Chris Tillman
p://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Install problem, no boot after all

2003-04-06 Thread Chris Tillman
rnel.) If you can figure out what the right path for your hard drive is, you can set the boot-device Open Firmware using nvsetenv from an installer shell. Clues may be found at www.netbsd.org, I think a more specific link might be found in the installation manual. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: No frames around windows

2003-04-07 Thread Chris Tillman
me-core, metacity, etc installed. Have you tried enlightenment? I think you might like it better. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Two screens, can't get CD out.

2003-04-07 Thread Chris Tillman
unbent paper clip usage - the official Mac disk eject tool. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: RS6000 model 44p 170

2003-04-08 Thread Chris Tillman
, and replacing both linux.bin and rescue.bin in the CD-ROM image with that. I don't think the CD is auto-bootable, but you might be able to boot it from the console. No one recently, AFAIK, has had success with floppies. http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/prep (Let me know if this page can be updated.) -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: framebuffer en PowerPC 7200/90

2003-04-08 Thread Chris Tillman
lour frame > buffer device 104x39 > Apr 8 05:32:27 nathuska kernel: fb0: platinum frame buffer device > > Esto implica que en el arranque hay ejecución del framebuffer... > > Alguna idea, alquién que me oriente? Also check www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc for notes on the platinum video driver? -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: nvsetenv

2003-04-08 Thread Chris Tillman
> oem-banner > oem-logo > nvramrc > boot-command boot Assuming quik was installed with a quik.conf, try setting boot-file to Linux (the default image name) or just typing in Linux at the boot: prompt. But maybe you don't even get the boot prompt. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: I need some help installing

2003-04-08 Thread Chris Tillman
ou plan to do that, upgrade _before_ picking extra packages from tasksel or dselect/aptitude.) Sounds like your OSX partition would be a prime candidate for deleting and re-using in the partitioning stage ... -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: filemaker db

2003-04-09 Thread Chris Tillman
there an easier way? AFAIK there is no filemaker clone, but FileMaker does offer a Linux version - maybe that's the server only. mysql and postgresql are the two mainstream databases, they should be able to import any data if you exported it in a text format. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWa

Re: pilot-manager, no permission at sync-status

2003-04-09 Thread Chris Tillman
gt; >> > > > > > >Does your Treo work now, using pilot-link? If so, then yes. > > When I hit the sync button on my TREO I get (in /var/log/messages): > > Apr 9 19:31:18 zrr kernel: usb.c: USB device 12 (vend/prod 0x82d/0x100) > is not claimed by a > ny active driver. > Apr 9 19:31:24 zrr kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 10:18.0-1 > address 12 Did you install some USB driver in modconf? -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Pismo install ... reboot gives a ?

2003-04-10 Thread Chris Tillman
it loads the kernel into memory. To recover, use Cmd-Opt-P-R to reset the PRAM, then reboot the installer. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: keymaps

2003-04-11 Thread Chris Tillman
ymap there, and it will be used at boot. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: burn cd on mac for new pc server - how?

2003-04-11 Thread Chris Tillman
-powerpc, for a 2.4 kernel you want new-powermac. If it's not there, maybe you got an i386 CD set instead of powerpc? -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Installer showing way too much free space

2003-04-12 Thread Chris Tillman
that was one of the bugs fixed in pdisk since Debian forked it. Actually, it might be nice to find out if that's the case; could I send you a MacOS pdisk-0.8 to try? -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Mac 7200 (PPC) sees Promise controller.. BUT NO DRIVES

2003-04-13 Thread Chris Tillman
; > Ahh. God bless userland scripts in /etc/*.d screwing things up. :/ For details about linux keycodes on powerpc, see http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Powerbook Install

2003-04-13 Thread Chris Tillman
oc/device-tree/aliases/hd or maybe cat /proc/device-tree/aliases/ide0 For example, I set my boot-device using nvsetenv boot-device hd:2,\\:tbxi This tells OpenFirmware to look on the second partition of the main hard disk for a blessed startup file. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: updating yaboot

2003-04-13 Thread Chris Tillman
exit -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: updating yaboot

2003-04-13 Thread Chris Tillman
open it not even use it, it will de-bless all non-Mac partitions. So maybe that's it. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Powerbook Install

2003-04-14 Thread Chris Tillman
On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 11:31:55PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Chris Tillman writes: > >Back in the installer, you might try mounting the bootstrap partition > >(not usually recommended BTW) to see if it's been loaded: > > > >mount -t hfs /dev/hda2 /mnt &g

Re: Erased boot partition on OSX Debian dual boot

2003-04-14 Thread Chris Tillman
lling from the hard disk. You'll place 4 files on your Mac partition, then boot from OpenFirmware. Once in the installer, you can use the partitioner's b command to create a bootstrap partition and then the Make Hard Disk Bootable item to re-install yaboot to the boot partition. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: debian installer not finding my hard disk on ibook

2003-04-15 Thread Chris Tillman
d partition)? If you get it booted that way, you should then be able to put the CD in and finish the install. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: PBG412 install early failure - SUCCESS but new question

2003-04-15 Thread Chris Tillman
s just to copy in the ones from the b-f set. Not sure what issues might arise from that later, though. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: keymaps

2003-04-15 Thread Chris Tillman
ymaps, instead it shows the usual Apple key > mappings. And I would prefer a PC layout in MOL..;) In OS 9 and earlier, there was a Keyboard control panel. It allowed installation of various keymaps. Maybe it's still there. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: install trouble - drive not detected 8600/300

2003-04-16 Thread Chris Tillman
s nvsetenv boot-comand begin ['] boot catch 1000 ms cr again boot If you're booting with BootX, though, I can't imagine how it would help. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: prep questions

2003-04-16 Thread Chris Tillman
bin and rescue.bin. You'll probably also need a matching drivers.tgz, see the other thread about this. The kernels currently in the archive are known not to work, BTW. Search the list for some of Rolf Brudeseth's mails, a link to his site is at www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/ . The paragraph in the install manual about replacing the kernel on the rescue floppy might be of some assistance? -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: is aptitude broken on ppc?

2003-04-16 Thread Chris Tillman
ttp://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: problem with powermac 8600

2003-04-17 Thread Chris Tillman
> > > > the kernel:2.4 > > Can you be more precise ? What version with what patches ? Where does > it come from exactly ? If he used the standard boot-floppies kernel from the debian archives, the version is 2.4.18. Actually, Linux version 2.4.18-newpmac ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #1 Thu Mar 14 22:44:49 EST 2002 is inside that kernel. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Acard 6260M and PMac Oldworld

2003-04-17 Thread Chris Tillman
ith your current system if you want, giving root=/dev/ram and having the boot loader set up the root.bin as initrd. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Important keyboard problem (^[[B sent indefinitely)

2003-04-20 Thread Chris Tillman
which uses that key. I think the "cure" was in re-using the same key, as Michel stated; and that's consistent with what we see in the visibly-repeating key case. Unfortunately, Herbert is in denial... -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: regaining Debian after erasing boot disk.

2003-04-20 Thread Chris Tillman
se, hd will probably be something else like ide0, ultra1, or who knows. Since you know the partition number of that HFS partition where you put it, you could just substitute aliases and paths until you find the one that works. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: quik boots only manually

2003-04-22 Thread Chris Tillman
ble, I wonder if there is some issue with whatever timing mechanism quik uses, on this machine. Even 0 does not work? -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Boot with a CD on oldworld

2003-04-22 Thread Chris Tillman
atever kernel you need to the Linux Kernels folder. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: quik boots only manually

2003-04-23 Thread Chris Tillman
? You know, when quik does its 'automatic' thing, it actually types the letters on the screen L-i-n-u-x. Maybe it would work when you switch your input and output devices to kbd and screen. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: reseting the pram = breaking stuff?

2003-04-25 Thread Chris Tillman
boot the installer as a rescue system and re-run Make Hard Disk Bootable. Or, you could manually reset the settings afterwards by booting into OF and using printenv and setenv. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Sound problem

2003-04-25 Thread Chris Tillman
ere has been lots of general discussion. (Not this, IIRC, though.) http://lists.debian.org -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: OF boot to MacOSX?

2003-04-25 Thread Chris Tillman
dev/hdc12 in my yaboot.conf, but it doesn't seem to > work. How can I boot in to OSX ? Is there a open firmware > command I can use? mac-boot goes to yaboot. You might need the brokenosx flag? man yaboot.conf -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: xfree86 4.3.0-0ds4 server shut-down

2003-04-29 Thread Chris Tillman
manually with startx from console. gdm.conf doesn't allow root logins by default, you have to specifically allow them if you want. I haven't had any password difficulties, so I can't speak to that. -- http://www.lp.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Bad sound from iMac headphone jacks

2003-05-01 Thread Chris Tillman
32768 bytes as default > > Also is it possible to have the speakers muted when headphones are > plugged in as under Mac OS(9,X)? aumix seems to mute the speakers independently, using the top 2 rows to control the internal and external outputs. -- http://www.lp.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -

Re: Debian install on beige G3 (Of 2.4)

2003-05-02 Thread Chris Tillman
t at the OF prompt. If still no joy, reset the PRAM. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Procmail not picking up matches from Recipe

2003-05-03 Thread Chris Tillman
receiving Your recipe for test says the subject must _end_ with 'test'. > constant posts to debian-user@lists.debian.org and > debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org but neither the tests nor the debian > list messages are being picked up by the recipes above; they are just > dropping into the inbox. > > I suspect that I'm missing something really obvious but having gone > round in circles for the last 24 hours, I need help ;-) -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Debian install on beige G3 (Of 2.4)

2003-05-03 Thread Chris Tillman
gt; xconfigging > again? dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: making swap partition during install

2003-05-05 Thread Chris Tillman
on (using small c) and name it 'swap'. This is covered in the manual, if a bit briefly. Yes, you definitely want a swap partition if at all possible. It's true it may not use it very much with that much RAM, but a lot of software out there wants to know it's there. -- Debian

Re: kernel install

2003-05-06 Thread Chris Tillman
be > unset etc? >Thanks in advance > Nigel I'd recommend aptitude install kernel-image-xxx (Valid values of xxx from apt-cache search kernel-image) -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Sid, mp3blaster and ogg Files ...

2003-05-06 Thread Chris Tillman
came out of > the speakers. ( mp3blaster and mp3 - files works always great ) If it sounds like swooshing white noise, it is probably an endianness issue. Try switching the endianness on either the input or output. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: ibook trackpad

2003-05-10 Thread Chris Tillman
oaded a couple of months back.. please > > let > > me know if you have any suggestions for making this trackpad more usable... > > > > Thanks, > > nirmal I don't have a book, but recalling what I've read on the list you want to tell the trackpad notap. (

Re: Newbie problems

2003-05-10 Thread Chris Tillman
4 2002 /dev/scd0 You need to ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/scd0 -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: boot partition messed up after re-installing OS X

2003-05-13 Thread Chris Tillman
partitions, it still works ... but only because it's the first partition with a bootable file. When you re-run ybin, it will become re-blessed and be found more quickly. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Debian + Mac OS X and time problems ...

2003-05-14 Thread Chris Tillman
urope/Berlin)? OS X may be cognizant of UTC. But I suspect to be compatible with OS9 on the same machine, the rtc would still need to be in local time because it always was in Pre-X Mac OSs. Otherwise the time would change when switching between OS 9 and OS X. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By

Fwd: patch for building powerpc-images (version 2)

2003-05-15 Thread Chris Tillman
13 Apr 2003 11:32:55 - 1.4 +++ pkg-lists/cdrom/powerpc 15 May 2003 09:55:27 - @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ide-modules-${kernel:Version}-udeb scsi-modules-${kernel:Version}-udeb -usb-modules-${kernel:Version}-udeb -input-modules-${kernel:Version}-udeb +#usb-modules-${kernel:Version}-udeb +#input-modules-${kernel:Version}-udeb console-keymaps-amiga console-keymaps-ps2 console-keymaps-usb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] - End forwarded message - -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Request - a working XF86Config-4 for a Powermac 6400/200 - Please.

2003-05-16 Thread Chris Tillman
r display is 00:10.0, use PCI:00:16:00 . If you don't understand, post your lspci output and someone will help. To get back to the configuration step, you can use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (or you can just type the BusID into the config file). -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: yaboot

2003-05-19 Thread Chris Tillman
GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Trouble installing on a 7500/100

2003-05-19 Thread Chris Tillman
correct; it also unpacks without error. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Xfree86 / Debian 3.0 / ibook2 problems

2003-05-20 Thread Chris Tillman
the instructions at: > > <http://www.ibooklinux.net/plain_page.php?caller=ibooklinux.php3+record=85> > > and when I try to boot the new benh kernel, the keyboard map is totally > screwed (ie, "m" sends "z", "q" sends "\n", etc). I can't even log > on to run 'depmod -a' and so on. What is causing this, and how can I > avoid it? Does it sound like http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes/ ? -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Undelete?

2003-05-21 Thread Chris Tillman
e partition before installing, converting it to ext2 or ext3 format in order to install linux on it. Post the output of mac-fdisk -l and point out the partitions you are talking about. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Detecting Screen

2003-05-21 Thread Chris Tillman
r/log/XFree86.0.log -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Serious dpkg problems

2003-05-24 Thread Chris Tillman
tall --fix-broken which often does the right thing. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: segfault php4

2003-05-24 Thread Chris Tillman
(libmm13 in this last php4 version) and php have problems... > > Linux 2.4.20 benh on powerpc, Package: php4 4:4.2.3-14 debian unstable. STL, I recall reading somewhere that php is broken. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) .

Re: Resizing partitions- need more space for linux

2003-05-25 Thread Chris Tillman
to it or else re-install the MacOS system from CD and just copy your documents back. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Resizing partitions- need more space for linux

2003-05-26 Thread Chris Tillman
pace in the > middle, and files at the end. Don't ask me why. ;^) It depends on its settings. You can change them to get the result we're looking for. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: weird booting behavior

2003-05-26 Thread Chris Tillman
I think it will go away if you re-run ybin. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: segfault php4

2003-05-26 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 02:11:02AM +0200, Jean-Christophe Michel wrote: > Le sam 24/05/2003 à 22:01, Chris Tillman a écrit : > > On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 09:20:43PM +0200, Jean-Christophe Michel wrote: > > > Le sam 24/05/2003 à 17:49, Jean-Christophe Michel a écrit : > > &g

Re: Debian ISO for Powerpc

2003-05-27 Thread Chris Tillman
tion manual is 'Obtaining System Installation Media'. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Building a debian distribution base on hdd

2003-05-28 Thread Chris Tillman
und on, I'd really like > to see the basic floor plan that will really get me started. Take a look at apt-move and debarchiver. Remember, with debian, if it's at all useful somebody has probably already figured it out. apt-cache search is your friend :) -- Debian GNU/Linux Operatin

Re: Debian Installation on an IBM p630 LPAR

2003-05-28 Thread Chris Tillman
> Manuel Lässer > Ralf Strauss > Florian M. Weps > Very nice! I'll try to work this in, and in the meantime add a link on the ports page. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: mplayer and rtc _and_ possible kernel bug of enhanced rtc in 2.4.21-rc3?

2003-05-30 Thread Chris Tillman
problem with it though: when booting, > the machine hangs 2 or 3 times. Pressing CTRL-C helps out. > I have no clue, what it's about. Maybe broken init-scripts? I thought it was CONFIG_PPC_RTC you wanted. I've seen other posts here saying CONFIG_RTC is a source of problems. -- De

Re: mplayer and rtc _and_ possible kernel bug of enhanced rtc in 2.4.21-rc3?

2003-05-31 Thread Chris Tillman
t, that way others can benefit if a solution works. How about adding to your /etc/sysctl.conf: /dev/rtc/max-user-freq=1024 -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: cannot install netatalk

2003-06-01 Thread Chris Tillman
the need for other architectures to be listed. apt-cache search works fine, BTW. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Installation problems on StarMax

2003-06-01 Thread Chris Tillman
into OpenFirmware and see what's going on. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Installation problems on StarMax

2003-06-02 Thread Chris Tillman
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 04:39:13AM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > scripsit Chris Tillman: > The system seems to be working fairly normally now, provided I stick > with the 2.2 kernel. When I boot the 2.4.20-powerpc kernel, I get an > immediate kernel panic. (This is the stock apt-g

Re: booting Debian cd freezes on iBook 600Mz (G3)

2003-06-02 Thread Chris Tillman
ebian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: OpenOffice on Mac G4

2003-06-02 Thread Chris Tillman
t it _would_ do using apt-get dist-upgrade --no-act but you need to put the sarge source back in sources.list and apt-get update to try it. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: compiling kernel on G4/867 12"

2003-06-03 Thread Chris Tillman
\ > IMAGE_TOP=debian/tmp-image version=2.4.20-ben10 debian/post-install;\ > fi > cp > cp: missing file argument > Try `cp --help' for more information. For a punt, you could just try commenting out this cp in the Makefile. Remember to get the latest version of yaboot f

Re: has anyone solved the oldworld mac framebuffer problem yet?

2003-06-04 Thread Chris Tillman
o=atyfb:vmode:6 However, with the 2.4 kernel it doesn't work the same. In fact, I haven't gotten the video to work at all (using BootX). The machine boots, and I have to log in and reboot blind or with ssh. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Quik and framebuffer problems on StarMax

2003-06-05 Thread Chris Tillman
. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: How to get dmasound Device Driver after install?

2003-06-06 Thread Chris Tillman
I > have compiled the benh10 kernel already. > Never think about re-installing with Debian. In this case, modconf. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: dist-uprgrade

2003-06-07 Thread Chris Tillman
hange your sources to testing instead, if you want the most recent software, and I bet you won't have any problems. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: powerpc/debian question

2003-06-07 Thread Chris Tillman
e in the System file. I found that 9600 was a really bad speed to use, because it is out of sync with the serial drivers. It would respond at about 1 cps. You also need to setenv kbd ttya setenv console ttya in OF, if they're not already set that way, so you will see the output on the

Re: mounting old ext2 - "does not exist"

2003-06-08 Thread Chris Tillman
not available -- Apple_Free # was SuSE root partition > > I'm willing to re-install debian if necessary... I need access to the > old data. This is pretty confusing; can you post the results of mac-fdisk -l and mount /dev/hdb8 /oldsuse ? -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: dist-uprgrade

2003-06-08 Thread Chris Tillman
if they are really unstable CDs. I wouldn't think many people would want them. You could check the /.disk/info file on the CD, I think that is supposed to say which distribution is represented. woody=stable sarge=testing sid=unstable -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: mounting old ext2 - "does not exist"

2003-06-08 Thread Chris Tillman
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:50:04AM -0700, Torben Brosten wrote: > Chris Tillman wrote: > > >This is pretty confusing; can you post the results of > > > >mac-fdisk -l > >and > >mount /dev/hdb8 /oldsuse > >? > > > sure... (sorry for the confusio

Re: dist-uprgrade

2003-06-08 Thread Chris Tillman
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 03:02:20AM -0700, Torben Brosten wrote: > Chris Tillman wrote: > > >On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 10:45:58PM -0700, Torben Brosten wrote: > > > > > >>>Since you are a newbie, you must not upgrade to unstable. You are on > >>&g

Re: Newbie needs help: apt configuration problem installing woody on PM9600 (long)

2003-06-09 Thread Chris Tillman
if it makes a difference. It sounds like the bad blocks test is an ideal one to try. MacOS is generally more tolerant of memory problems. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: mac os doesn't like hformat

2003-06-09 Thread Chris Tillman
(Silly, huh?) Commercial tools will let you work with a partition. pdisk for MacOS will let you delete and create partitions individually, but not resize them. I mean, it seems to, but MacOS doesn't recognize the changes and you might get some pretty weird results. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Boot fails on PowerMac 9500/120

2003-06-10 Thread Chris Tillman
oting from harddisk with BootX 1.2.2, as in install manual, but it > fails > with floppy disks too. You have the ramdisk checked in BootX, and have chosen root.bin? -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: the kernel compile, and boot on PB2

2003-06-10 Thread Chris Tillman
e black and that's it > the kernel boot. But I cant do anything, because I can not > see anything. > It's far before the launching of Xfree it's just in the begining. > > thank you for all help ! Try adding video=ofonly to your boot arguments? -- Debian GNU/Linux O

Re: KDE for the Single-Button Mouse

2003-06-10 Thread Chris Tillman
l) on Mac? Take a look in /usr/share/doc/HOWTOs/en/mini for the 3-button mouse HOWTO, or easier, search this list for sysctl.conf . -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: benh kernel compile failure

2003-06-12 Thread Chris Tillman
The search form for the list archives is a little strange, and also has a bug (I reported it). The strangeness is that you separate terms to be ORed with a ; and the bug is that it really only searches the first of the lists you choose, not all of them. - Original Message - From: "Thanasis

Re: Boot-floppies for PowerBook G3 Wallstreet

2003-06-14 Thread Chris Tillman
p. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Boot-floppies for PowerBook G3 Wallstreet

2003-06-15 Thread Chris Tillman
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 08:26:06AM -0700, Henry House wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 04:01:29PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > [...] > > If you're working strictly from floppies, you need to burn a separate > &

Re: Installed for the first time, strange problems

2003-06-16 Thread Chris Tillman
r something. It would be safe inside a disposable aluminum baking dish. If it was new it would be better, to avoid any grease. Aluminum foil would also probably work, but regular foil has a layer of vegetable oil on it. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: iMac static

2003-06-16 Thread Chris Tillman
hat fsck takes quite a long time when starting up on large disks. I believe ext3's fsck is much faster for large disks, and may not need to run as often. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Errors Installing Debian 3.0r1 on Performa 6360

2003-06-16 Thread Chris Tillman
exactly what it is. You may try the install again and it may work the next time. (Or not.) I have seen the problem myself also, and then successfully installed on a retry. So it's one that comes and goes and it's very hard to track down. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: Boot-floppies for PowerBook G3 Wallstreet

2003-06-17 Thread Chris Tillman
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 09:00:22PM -0700, Henry House wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 09:29:35AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > [...] > > So, you have 3 floppies now, right? > > > > boot-floppy-hfs.img root.bi

Re: ppc segfaults

2003-06-19 Thread Chris Tillman
t was only 17 or so. > > Nothing serious on this machine, so I'm not really concerned if I > have to blow it away, but I wouldn't mind saving some time. You told it to downgrade from testing to stable? Was it your intention to downgrade? That is not really supported. -- D

Re: ppc segfaults

2003-06-19 Thread Chris Tillman
t was only 17 or so. > > Nothing serious on this machine, so I'm not really concerned if I > have to blow it away, but I wouldn't mind saving some time. However to fix it, just put testing back in the sources.list and apt-get dist-upgrade. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

Re: A major and minor question

2003-06-19 Thread Chris Tillman
orking for > dselect and apparently apt, not show up in aptitude? Try apt-cdrom to set it up on sources.list? -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)

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