On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 04:22:59PM -0500, Josh Huber wrote:
>
> What format does netscape use to store mail? Is it mbox-like, or
> something else?
Netscape uses the mbox format. I made the switch from netscape to mutt
just last year, and it goes pretty smoothly. You can pretty easily just
use
Hello. I am running unstable on the powerpc, and use KDE.
The recent builds of kdelibs3 have caused KDE not to run at all. kdm runs
fine, except that the background is gray instead of blue, but when I log in
the screen goes blank, but I don't get a splash screen, and after maybe
thirty seconds
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:27:07AM -0600, John Wood wrote:
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> I am new at the idea of linux, and I have had little to no expirence in the
> installation of linux, but I have had tons of expirence in the Mac OS. I am
> trying to install linux on my 7200 to make it into a web server. I ordered
> th
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 05:52:21PM +, Bastien Nocera wrote:
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> Anybody knows what is so new that it needs to remove all my setup ?
Run apt-get with the -u option, and it will tell you what it is upgrading.
--
David Roundy
http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 07:50:47PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> "David J. Roundy" wrote:
>
> > The recent builds of kdelibs3 have caused KDE not to run at all. kdm runs
> > fine, except that the background is gray instead of blue, but when I log in
> > the sc
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 05:47:11PM -0600, Rick Cook wrote:
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> The appropriate apt sources.list line is:
>
> deb http://kde.debian.net/debian potato main crypto optional kde2
>
>
> Oh yes, these are as installed on my 7300/200 and seem to be working fine
> (quoth the person - me - who built the
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:42:24AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
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> I'm running testing/unstable and those packages work fine.
I've installed the potato packages and downgraded everything, and now it
works fine. Thanks a lot, everyone!
--
David Roundy
http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 01:20:44PM +1100, Brendan J Simon wrote:
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> I get the following error messages when trying to install libpaperg on
> my PowerBook. I'm running Debian Testing. It seems to be some kind of
> perl error not being able to find ConfModule.pm. How can I fix this ?
This is a
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 10:46:58AM +0200, Andrei Verovski wrote:
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> I have KDE2.1 running OK on my PPC. However, any attempt to use hardware
> information from KDE control center produces link error: undefined -
> /opt/kde2/lib/kde2/libkcm_info.so, _floatdidf.
I get the same error, except that
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 03:27:25PM -0800, Wilhelm Fitzpatrick wrote:
> running apt-get upgrade from testing today produced the following error:
>
> Setting up libpaperg (1.0.5) ...
> Can't locate Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm in @INC (@INC
> contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/powerpc-linux /usr/lib/per
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 12:51:02AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
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> gcc main.o init.o events.o tools.o screens.o game.o editor.o files.o
> cartoons.o libgame/libgame.a -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -L/usr/lib -lSDL
> -lpthread -lm -o ../mirrormagic
> libgame/libgame.a(gadgets.o): In function HandleGadge
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 02:21:09PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 12:51:02AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > gcc main.o init.o events.o tools.o screens.o game.o editor.o files.o
> > cartoons.o libgame/libgame.a -lSDL_image -lSDL_mixer -L/usr/lib -lSDL
> > -lpthread -lm
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 03:26:10PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
>
> From: "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: new installation on 4400/200
>
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 10:00:21AM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
> >> so far i managed to install deb
I'm not sure if this is powerpc-specific, or not, but I have a somewhat
annoying issue where X will die if I stop using it for a while (e.g. leave
the room or work on a virtual terminal). It does this whether I am just
sitting in kdm or if I'm logged in under X, and seems to happen every ten
minut
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 12:15:38PM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:55:06AM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
> > i really need to install linux on the box (the macos 7.5.3 that is on there
> > now can go) i have to be able to reboot the box remotely so it has to boot
> > directly i
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 03:08:01PM -0500, Charles Sebold wrote:
> On 15 Nisan 5761, David J. Roundy wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure if this is powerpc-specific, or not, but I have a
> > somewhat annoying issue where X will die if I stop using it for a
> > while (e.g. leave
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 06:28:25PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
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> > I also am using BootX, and would like to point out that just to reboot
> > remotely, BootX is fine, even though it goes through macos, since it can
> be
> > configured to go into linux directly.
> >
> > On an older machine, like you
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 04:09:27PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote:
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> but i still dont get it how i can boot an installation system with bootx ?
You just set up the bootx extension, which runs at startup. You can
configure it to by default boot to linux (after 10 seconds or whatever).
So whenever you
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 08:55:44PM -0500, Joseph Red wrote:
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> The best I can tell, I'm supposed to drop something in Finder (???) and
> "set it up to boot from CD". Now I can't find the page, and I don't know
> what the finder is. I was happy to be able to do the install, it only
> took 2 tries
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 03:52:35PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
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>
> Tovar wrote:
>
> > More to the point, from /var/log/xdm.log :
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > fbdevUpdateColormap: FBIOPUTCMAP failed (Function not implemented)
> >
> >
> > When reporting a problem related to a s
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:24:42PM -0700, Rod Brookes wrote:
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> I have about 7GB disk space available on my G4...can anybody give me
> a good partition breakdown for size of root, home, usr, opt etc. when
> installing Debian 2.2 r2. It seems a bit confusing with all the
> different partitions a
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 12:35:47PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
>
> I've just uploaded new versions of my preliminary Mac-on-Linux
> packages to incoming. As usual, they can also be found in
>
> deb http://samiel.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/debian sid main
> deb-src http://samiel.theorie.p
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 03:35:07PM -0500, Charles Sebold wrote:
> On 9 Iyar 5761, Leyah Cynamon wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the advice Charles.
> >
> > My ethernet aaui port is connected to a transceiver connected to a
> > cable modem connected to my Internet Service Provider. so looks like i
> > sti
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 01:57:14PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
>
> `startmol --loadonly'
I have now recompiled using the correct kernel source, and when I do
`startmol --loadonly', I get the following error message:
# startmol --loadonly
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 08:10:31PM -0600, Jason E. Stewart wrote:
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> I tried to use my old X configuration and it doesn't work at all,
> server just hangs. I figured some configuration files in /etc/X11 must
> have gotten stomped by the CVS install of X, so I ran dpkg --remove of
> xserver-common
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 01:38:13PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
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> David J. Roundy writes:
>
> > when I do `startmol --loadonly', I get the following error message:
>
> > # startmol --loadonly
> > [...]
> > /lib/modules/2.2.19pre17/misc/mol.o: unreso
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:24:18AM -0500, Kevin van Haaren wrote:
>
> Not really a debian issue, but does anyone else with a 7200 have serious
> clock issues? Bascially I'm losing 12 seconds every 10 minutes. Through
> a stupid ipchains firewall scripting error i blocked my NTP access on
> Friday
On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 08:48:08AM -0500, Craig S. Cottingham wrote:
>
> First, I need to install a TCP/IP stack in my printer :-) The
> other solution I've seen mentioned is a LocalTalk-to-EtherTalk bridge
> (again, Farallon, and possibly others), but I'm trying to find a
> lower-cost solutio
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:57:38PM -0700, Paschoud Alain wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've two questions.
>
> I'm looking for some advices for my network configuration. Here is the
> physical configuration : I've a Zyxel ADSL router wired on the Ethernet
> port (eth0). This router has a dhcp buit-in, and
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 04:10:49AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> even if you don't use quik if you have an oldworld please test this to
> 1) make sure it works correctly, and 2) that it does not output any
> garbage in the returned path.
>
> the best way to test for this is to pipe its output
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 09:24:44PM -0700, hansen wrote:
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> I have a beige, old-world G3 mini-tower. Uses ADB mouse, keyboard
>
> Testing. 2.2.19presomethin . X 4.0.2 or .3, not sure anymore.
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "keyb
On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 07:08:56PM +0200, morten wrote:
> hi
> I have just installed potato (after a lot of trouble...) on my 7200/75, but
> the
> network part doesn't work.
> I found that I don't have a netcard module installed. Does anyone know which
> net-module I'm supposed to load. I use the
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 12:46:06PM +0200, Just a friendly Jedi Knight wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 11:21:51AM +0200, Michael Flaig wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I´ve Problems with Perl in Sid ...
> >
> > perl-base can´t be installed
> >
> > perl: Depends: perl-base (= 5.6.1-2) but 5.6.0-21 is in
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 05:58:33AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> huh? Michael's message is a dpkg dependency error, rm -rfing random
> directories will change nothing in that regard (unless its
> /var/lib/dpkg).
It was a dependency error, which I believe arises because dpkg fails on
perl-base
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 10:00:19AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> morten wrote:
> >
> > people are starting to complain about the startup jingle...
> > Is it possible to turn it off or to change it?
>
> Take off the case and unplug the speaker. Then slap those whiners.
> Let me guess, they love t
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 10:45:20PM +1200, Alan Macdougall wrote:
>
> However I'm still getting X crashing if it's left idle for a while (at
> least that's what I think it's doing - I come back to find the logon
> window looking at me) - this is even when setting the screensaver in
> Gnome to only
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 05:21:52PM -0700, Peter Meilstrup wrote:
>
> Here is the lasest output of apt-get update && apt-get upgrade. It seems
> to be complaining about a Perl script, and will not go through with the
> upgrade. This seems serious; how can I fix this? I have tried running
> apt-get -
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 01:56:45PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>
> My $CFLAGS looks like this: -pipe -O2 -Wall -mcpu=750 -fstrict-aliasing
>
> It's not entirely clear from the gcc docs if code generated this way runs on
> older CPUs than G3s though. Should I rather use -mtune=750? What would be
>
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 02:40:59PM -0400, Gaby Levinson wrote:
>
> I am quite new to debian (ex 4-year LinuxPPC user) and am desperatly
> trying to figure out how to use apt-get etc.
>
> I have been able to get debian (potato, installed from burned CD images)
> mostly running on my tibook, b
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 03:40:37PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 10:56:14PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote:
> > What small editors are in use on the PowerPC? Is there any editor which
> > is similar to BBedit in respect of the key shortcuts?
>
> bbedit is a macos app right? thos
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 12:08:19PM -0400, Russell Hires wrote:
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> I then attempted the 2.2.19 kernel from debian via apt-get, but no dice
> there, either. Should there be more instructions listed about what to do once
> I apt-get install 2.2.19? I remember seeing something about build
> instru
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 02:06:04PM -0400, Russell Hires wrote:
>
> Okay, so I read the doc I was told to, followed the instructions, and I now
> have this error message:
>
> poet:/usr/src# dpkg -i kernel-image-2.2.19_custom.2.2.19g_powerpc.deb
> (Reading database ... 57558 files and directories c
On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 04:45:56AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> One other possibility is have Option 1 also create a new temporary
> initscript with the following and link it to 06 in runlevel S:
>
> /etc/init.d/keycode-fix.sh
> #!/bin/sh
>
> if [ "$(/sbin/sysctl -n dev/mac_hid/keyboard_sends_
I believe you meant to send this to the list...
- Forwarded message from Duncan Sands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 21:38:21 +0200
To: "David J. Roundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Proposed transition plan for adb -> linux keycodes
F
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:51:14PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:34:03PM -0700, Wilhelm Fitzpatrick wrote:
> > I've noticed for awhile now that pretty much everything in testing is held
> > back when I go to do an apt-get upgrade. Today, as an emperiment, I tried
> > to man
On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 02:36:52PM -0300, Carlos Laviola wrote:
> [ Please Cc me on replies, I'm not subscribed to this list. ]
>
> Can someone take a look at bug #67289[1] and tell me if it's still valid,
> and, perhaps, provide a bit more of debugging info? I don't have PowerPC
> boxes to test t
On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:08:24AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 08:58:42PM +0200, Duncan Sands wrote:
> >
> > I had the same problem. Try running X at 15bpp.
> >
> > Duncan.
>
> I have done this now, but problem is not yet fully solved. There was a small
> improvem
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 04:42:41PM -0600, Bradley C. Midgley wrote:
> what is the story with this error? i'm seeing it at dynamic-lib-loadtime
> in a project i build for work that has lots of dynamically loaded modules.
Is there any chance you could make the project use static linking? I think
thi
Hello everyone.
I was wondering whether there are any catches to using sound cards with the
powerpc (e.g. endian bugs in drivers). I have gotten tired of not being
able to record sound on my powermac 7300, and was thinking that I might be
able to just buy a cheap pci sound card and use that.
Has
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 09:24:37PM -0500, Patrick Klee wrote:
>
> Anywho, if someone knows what the settings are for a USB Kensington
> wheel mouse under GPM config, please gimmie a holler, and I will have
> Debian running on two machines...WOOHOO! :-)
Assuming you have the new input layer (w
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 07:58:35PM +0200, Roland Wegmann wrote:
>
> First, I have to say thank you for the tips you gave me to solve my CD-ROM
> problems! Now, I can eject my Disks. But unfortunately, the next problem is
> waiting to be solved. After Potato has booted, my screen shows a login
>
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 08:11:40AM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 07:16:35PM +1000, Steven Hanley wrote:
> > All
> >
> > I have a 7200/120 here with its standard 500 MB disk, I was able to pull a 2
> > GB disk out of a broken 7300/200. I just put the 2 GB disk in and plugged
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