fwiw, sven does great work on the ppc installer.
his absence will not mean the end of debian ppc, but it will slow down and
or stop development of the debian installer. so the new gui installer
will stay where it is, and any funny bugs quirks etc in the installer
will not be tended too as we wou
Hi All,
whats the status with scanning in the airport/orinoco driver? has
anything been finalized and committed to the kernel?
Dean
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the usb mouse also wont stop pbbuttonsd from doing its thing
unless my setup is silly (but its all default)
Dean
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:02:01 +0100, Matthias Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just upgraded to the debian kernel 2.6.18-3 (I used a self-configured
> kernel before) a
i was actually looking for "iwlist ethX ap" but scanning seems to
do what i want
hmm, *looks at man page* i see ap is depreciated. good work me ;)
thanks matthias
Dean
Matthias Grimm wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:52:34 +1100
Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
hey all,
there may be a debain java list, but im no on it and this isnt super
important, so being that this query is related to ppc i will put it here ;)
for various reasons i am enjoying tinkering with java on my debianized
ibook dual usb. obviously suns java isnt available (which is fine, i
im becoming increasingly discouraged by my aging ibook g3
im looking to buy up an ibook g4 (with 1.4ghz, whatever the max is)
and im curious how well beryl with its eye candy goodness runs on
such a machine
as an elightenment devotee i am increasingly discouraged by e's
lack of progress and also
has anyone tried the powerbook g4 with a 9700 (m10)?
googling has unearthed recent commits to the main kernel.
have people had good experiences with it?
Dean
Jack Malmostoso wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:10:07 +0200, Andrzej Mendel wrote:
May I ask you how much VRAM is in your machine?
32
seconds to geany, and it has minimal dependencies beyond gtk.
Dean
Mauro wrote:
Can anyone recommend a GUI text editor for GNOME that has similar
functionality and power to these two programs (line numbers, optional
text wrap, and line ending conversions are key, but other things,
too)? I'm not
i just got a whole pile of original airport cards in
so if anyone wants one here in aus give me a yell
if not they will be on the bay
Dean
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thats so wrong in so many ways
Dean
Matteo Bigoi - Bigo! wrote:
See http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-365647.html
You have to run mol and use a tunl net device.
Tomorrow I will try this "strange" method to use a wireless card and I
will post my results!
Ciao
Bigo!
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there already seems to be *heaps* of reversed engineered information
about programming its chipset (from decompiled AP firmware).
could be off assistance also.
Dean
What we can do is also spy all IOs to the chip and use that to
understand how it works, eventually writing a linux driver...
No
from mine (working)
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
installation
#auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
wireless-key bbaadd
#wireless-key off
# wireless-essid BONG_LANS_11B
the '#'s are clearly comments. i bounce between AP's so i just do them
on the comman
hi martin,
i couldnt be bothered to make an account to heres details of my ibook g3
500 (dual usb)
chipset: tumbler
platform: g3 ibook (dual usb)
master volume: yes
speakers: yes
headphones: yes
cd: yes (digital only, no analog as per all macs)
line input: n/a (none to be supported)
mic: n/a
be
everyone is awair that quite alot of documentation is available
from a project decompiling (i believe its) a linux based linksys
router which uses the same chipset?
id hate to see a samba type situation*
Dean
*a.t. reverse engineered the protocol and built up early samba
to later find smb to be
For completion, could you report the machine type found by
"cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep machine" for your PowerMac hardware?
machine: PowerBook4,1
it is most definately in ibook though ;)
If you still use Debian on it, the data you find using a kernel 2.6.13
would be useful for this table as wel
ahh tops. good work, keep it up.
Dean
Yes, I'm part of that project, but I'm using the OSX logs and
disassembled driver to cross-check our results.
johannes
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on my ibook g3 500 (dual usb - uses tumbler chips)
headphone detection works fine. but if you leave them
in when the machine goes to sleep, when it comes back awake
the sound is really quiet, unplug and replug headphones
and were back listening to mp3s etc.
can anyone else reproduce?
2.6.12-1-p
nope
Dean
Eugen Dedu wrote:
Is the same "problem" as
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.ports.powerpc/browse_thread/thread/d68b859951b3f1fc/5274542c0e691425?lnk=st&q=eugen+dedu+debian+alsamixer&rnum=1&hl=en#5274542c0e691425
?
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is their an active alsa developer for powerpc? or is it just that
someone knocks up some code for us and we compile and hope it works?
my bug reporting of powerpc sound problems to alsa was a little
bit like talking in a vacum.
are there people on this like (or its gentoo, fedorac etc counterpar
Although i dont have an imac g5, i think that in general ben is on the
right track. its better to have something in place than nothing.
not putting down the feedback, but im not sure just how much fiddling
people will really want, and its not a huge audience. which
brings me back to the point of j
a quick google
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=PQ2FADS_ZU
gets my nomination for 'obscure hardware to run linux on' award.
this link may also be pertinant
http://www.lynuxworks.com/support/bluecat/docs/0584-00-bcl41_pq2fads_bsg.pdf
Dean
Sven Luther wrote:
On
thats real easy to fix, ill just wack some slashes on comments
for clarity
/*just get into the apples bios thingy (i know it has a real name...
/*open firmware thats the one) by pressing at boot
command + option + O + F/
/*at the openfirmware prompt type the following
boot hd:9,yaboot
/*howev
have you tried the 'stock' debian 2.6.12 kernel deb's, rather than
compiling your own? does your imac have some unusual expansion hardware?
Dean
Andrzej Mendel wrote:
Dnia 07-10-2005, pią o godzinie 13:50 +0200, Wesker napisał(a):
Hi all,
someone knows about a problem with the kernel 2.6.12 >
i understand that from time to time updates can blow away yaboot also
just keep that procedure in mind. sure beats pc bioses though.
Dean
Joubin Moshrefzadeh wrote:
awesome!
thanks Dean, that did the trick...
On 10/6/05, *Dean Hamstead* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
airport isn't (yet) auto-detected by hotplug (soon). When that will
happen, your airport driver will also be automagically loaded and there
is no way to know which one will end up eth0 and which one will end up
eth1.
this is a good argument for bsd style network interfaces
/dev/vr0 /dev/fxp0 /d
did you compile or use the unofficial debs?
ive installed from the deb-ppc debs linked from the mplayer site
mkv works for me on ppc, wmv varies from file to file
mkv is a top notch open format. wmv is a silly windows format
Dean
William Xu wrote:
Luca Bigliardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
mine are from honk.phsysik.uni. they work well
im using a g3 and the powerpc build.
Dean
William Xu wrote:
Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
did you compile or use the unofficial debs?
Unofficial debs from,
deb http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/~agx/linux-ppc/
In fact, setting it to udma2 makes it no longer work, does the kernel is
"aware" of this limitation and sets mdma2 as a consequence?
How do you set it to u/dma2 and remind me the exact machine model
cdroms dont support dma?? i thought they were pio only
with every cdrom on any arch when ives
didnt install for me on ibook dual usb (g3 500)
see output... (im pretty sure its this 'unknown pci device'
weve been hearing about)
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Selecting previously deselected package yaird.
Unpacking yaird (from .../yaird_0.0.11-8_powerpc.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2
i have a ibook dual usb
g3 500
10gig hdd
airport (classic or whatever. orinoco on a fancy bus)
dual usb (1.1)
single firewire
10/100 ethernet
56kmodem (that only half works... but modem? who cares)
r128 chip also - works fine though.
1024x768
ive also fully upgraded the ram to 643744kb (lol, /pro
hassle ati for specs.! ;)
Dean
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 22:53 -0700, Carlos Sosa wrote:
I will gladly help testing your drivers on my ibook2.2
ibook2.2
700mhz G3
256ram
Airport Oldschool
Dual USB(i think its 1.1)
Firewire
DVD/CD-RW combo.
i apologize about my bad
sven,
would you like me to try to build on amd64 from your deb source packages
does it include a .config file?
Dean
Sven Luther wrote:
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 10:23:09AM +0800, Russell Steicke wrote:
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 04:47:57PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 09:2
you were asking for others to try the sources
dont worry then
Dean
Sven Luther wrote:
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 05:21:55PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:
sven,
would you like me to try to build on amd64 from your deb source packages
Whatever for ? The amd64 kernel guys or autobuilder can
sounds like an initrd problem
Dean
Christian Müller wrote:
Rex Fernando schrieb:
Hello,
I have installed debian sarge using kernel 2.6 on a beige G3. It
installs fine, but when I try to boot into the new system using
bootx, the kernel panics because it can't find the hard drive. Is
the
on the topic of sleeping. would it be possible to get dhclient to
renew at wake up?
or check the lease and renew. you know just in general do something.
currently ill put my ibook to sleep, then come back and the dhcp
router has reassigned the ip and woha! clash. ifdown eth0 ifup eth0
Dean
Ben
go grab the installer iso, burn it to disc and drop it into the cdrom
either tell your mac to boot to it (in osx) and then reboot
or hold down c when you turn on your pc
you can also do a media free installation.
Dean
Dylan wrote:
I bought an iMac G5 with the sole intention of dual booting Li
have you contacted the hospital yet about having your arm and
leg removed?
apple repairs wanted to charge me au$500 for a replacement
battery. which goes for au$180 on the au apple store.
thats after charging me over $100 to install a $20 replacement
power board (which i begrudgingly paid as you
have you contacted the hospital yet about having your arm and
leg removed?
i kind of missed the joke here. but no, fortunately not yet :-)
i guess you meant they would be reluctant at doing it.
as in they charge you an arm and a leg. ie heaps.
those things off the shelf. and my ibook was j
Ah, perhaps this explains why they won't hire me at any Apple Stores!
I mention GNU/Linux and that inquisitive look always crosses Apple
people's faces (M$ Windows people just scowl). But you must start out
on the sales floor if you want to get anywhere through the Apple
Store.. they want you to
yes good point ben and well said.
im not sure why apple chose intel over amd, given that
sgi and sun both gave up their own lines in favour of
amd 64bit chips.
the best answer ive gotten is that intel are 'more professional'.
but in the 'more professional list' i would definately put
sun and sg
is there any chance ben or someone can submit these
patches to the main tree?
there are enough patches for things laying around, is
there any reason why they havent gone into the
kernel tree?
Dean
Paul TT wrote:
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:39:12 +0100
Peter Plessas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
De
the main attraction might be that intel(amd etc) hardware is
generally cheaper. the ffmpeg codec also seems to perform better
on x86.
Dean
Sven Luther wrote:
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 09:10:48PM +0100, Inge Eidem wrote:
Hi there folks
Is there a good way to install MythTV on a PowerPC based
supposedly mythtv is in portage for powerpc, also mythtv
apparently runs as a frontend on macosx also.
another option might be freevo
Dean
Inge Eidem wrote:
Maybe we can pull the project for x86 and PPC togheter, get help on
support for cards and drivers from each other!!
TOPNORDIC as
Ing
After the breaking news that Apple was switching to x86 I felt like I
had to accept the fact that I could never watch a wmv, asf, rm, flash,
on my notebook under Linux.
most wmv and asf files will play in mplayer (using ffmpeg and friends)
some rm's will also. i can honestly say that mplayer bea
One fundamental question, are all linux application packages (.rpm or
.deb) kernel-version independant?
generally they are independant. the bigger the version jump the greater
the chance that other packages will need upgrading. fortunately apt will
take care of you.
but for all inten
>E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
^^
very odd, could be a hardware error? is your machine
unstable? is it unstable under load?
Dean
KokHow Teh wrote:
Hi;
I am running kernel 2.4.26 with debian distribution on PQ2FA
look at 'dmesg' (ie. type 'dmesg' on the console) and
see if the kernel tells you why its being killed
Dean
KokHow Teh wrote:
Hi;
>E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
^^
very odd, could be a hardware error? is your ma
lol, thats so outside my ball park. but you can be
happy that its not a common problem,
im sure ben or sven will be able to say something like
'that is because of xyz'
Dean
KokHow Teh wrote:
look at 'dmesg' (ie. type 'dmesg' on the console) and
see if the kernel tells you why its being kille
running sid like the madman that i am, i just ran apt-get upgrade,
and i must say that the 2.6.15-2 kernel that just came down is
noticably faster. although it may also be xorg.
in either case something just got a bunch faster.
memory management or some sort of extra cpu instruction being
used o
powerpc is limited to what can be ported to powerpc
fortunately the only files ive ever had problems with
are very recent wmv files. all the mpeg4 type files
work fine, avi mkv work fine, ogg audio, mp3 audio
you may just need to install the additional codecs
from the mplayer unofficial reposito
you are looking for a LAN instant messanger type program?
perhaps you would consider a local jabber installation.
Dean
anthony iles wrote:
I work a lot with mac users, we've been trying to send messages over a
LAN, they seem to have trouble using a winpopup type client. Instead
I've been tryi
hey all
not strictly a powerpc questions, however, is there a deb package
containing the 'ipt_geoip' kernel module? most likely i would imagine
it being part of a greater netfilter package or source deb
anyone?
Dean
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i feel somewhat silly in asking this - especially here.
nevertheless, could someone point me to where debian stores its
iptables data? (ie the config files)
cheers
Dean
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perhaps i should explain myself
where iptables rules are stored so they are restored
at boot time
Dean
Michael Tautschnig wrote:
i feel somewhat silly in asking this - especially here.
nevertheless, could someone point me to where debian stores its
iptables data? (ie the config files)
Which
so the kernel now has its own method of retaining iptables
rules?
Dean
Michael Tautschnig wrote:
perhaps i should explain myself
where iptables rules are stored so they are restored
at boot time
There is no such script (anymore) in init.d, but you can get the old one from
/usr/share/doc/ipt
im pretty sure you sign on that condition when you put it in for service.
fortunately the few times ive used apple service they havent wiped my
machine, but i dont dual boot.
Dean
On Fri, March 24, 2006 8:18 pm, Paul TT wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:04:02 -0600
> "David Smoot" <[EMAIL PROTECTE
Although im not able to help in this regard i would like to express
my thanks to sven for his work
Dean
Frans Pop wrote:
Hi all,
Sven Luther has recently announced [1] that he will no longer work on
PowerPC support in Debian Installer.
Colin Watson has already taken over the daily building
you definately want MOL, i dont think macosx supports xen -
afaik xen isnt a totally emulated environment you have
to port the kernel to it.
Dean
Dieter Schuster wrote:
Tach auch!
Am Di, den 11 April 2006, schrieb Rich Johnson:
I'm getting tired of dual-booting (it kills processes). I'd muc
Can we all just get along please?
Everyone please just take a big bite of humble pie, step back
and realize that everyone wants the same thing - ie a good debian
operating system!
People will cross people, but lets all be grown ups and forgive
people their weaknesses looking forward to their val
perhaps a comprehensive sound test would be in order, akin perhaps to
the one the winehq chaps are doing right now
Dean
Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
Hi Johannes
Thanks for the update .. :)
I loaded the new drivers, and they work, as it seems. In the end it
will probably need a bit more use of th
, Dean Hamstead wrote:
perhaps a comprehensive sound test would be in order, akin perhaps to
the one the winehq chaps are doing right now
Not being sure if I got that one ... :)
Regards
Wolfgang
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are you sure??
i recall my voodoo3 3500 having 32bit desktop and only 16bit
in 3d accel? (on intel)
Dean
Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 the mental interface of
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[...]
(**) TDFX(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
The maximum depth the good old Voodoo
alsa or oss emulated output?
Dean
On Tue, August 1, 2006 4:19 pm, Lawrence Li wrote:
> hi list:
>
> I've recently switched to KDE from Gnome on my iBook G3 with Debian
> Sarge, so far I'm happy with KDE, except for one thing.
>
> I use amaroK to play audio files, during the playback, some clicks
definitely upgrade from 2.6.8!
Dean
Lawrence Li wrote:
> Personally, I use xmms with Blackbox on my Linux running PowerMacs, and
I don't get any clicks or pops. Do you have both desktop environments
installed (KDE and Gnome)? Or did you delete Gnome when you switched
to KDE?
No I di
I have just had access to a brand new iMac, and it just feels
good to have such a snappy machine; with a better OS such as GNU/Linux
-- Mac OS X still freezes for short periods, specially when using
QuickTime for playing streams -- it could be serious competition.
With Apple not supporting
I'm starting out on a PowerMac dual G5. It comes pre-formatted with the
OS, and I'll probaly reformat it to my liking, but I am wondering how I
can set up the partitioning. I want to use various flavors of Linux
(YDL, gentoo, and debian, maybe knoppix) and FreeBSD.
a little off topic but im n
the question of linux on dual g5s is so regular
im wondering if someone could ut together some
documents and link them off the debian ports page
the existing linked documents were invaluable in
my first few times of putting linux on mac hardware
(much like the i386 install docos), so hat goes
of to
someone buy me one, and i volunteer to play around with it
Dean
Colin Leroy wrote:
On 15 Jan 2005 at 11h01, Richard L. wrote:
Hi,
Debian PPC that works on MAC Mini would be awsome.
I'm guessing Mac mini shares a lot with latest G4 ibooks. We'll know for
sure when someone tries it :)
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dont rule out there being a physical connection problem
interferance from other devices might be causing the problem
do other programs transmit data at a suitably high transfer
rate?
Dean
Bjorn Johansson wrote:
Hello!
I have a problem here. I'm running Sarge on two computers
in a small local networ
pegasosii has no true AGP? *shudder*
and to think i was planning on buying on
how many people are using pegasos machines?
Dean
On Sat, January 22, 2005 11:48 pm, Sven Luther said:
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 11:23:57AM -0500, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>> On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 11:03 +0100, Bartosz Soko
providing proper
agp support. making my hard earned (ok thats debatable,
i work in IT) cash less likely to transfer to their accounts
i can probably get a second hand g4 1ghz for cheaper
anyway... *shrug*
Dean
On Sun, January 23, 2005 12:08 am, Dean Hamstead said:
> pegasosii has no true AGP? *shu
> For linux Radeon's are prefered. the new radeon 9250 are perfect matches i
> think, i would not invest in more expensive cards. The Voodoo, well, it
> was
> never all so well supported on powerpc, and X has trouble driving them.
>
>> so they have weezled their way out of providing proper
>> agp s
> as 9700/9800, but not the 9600/9550 ones. There are no 3D drivers above
> the
> 9250 ones anyway, so a 9250 with 256MB of ram like the one sapphire build
> is a
> perfect match (an i think it is even fanless).
that woudl explain why they only sell ati 9200's. the world makes sense
again ;)
>> T
has anyone even put linux on the mac-mini yet?
Dean
On Tue, January 25, 2005 12:42 am, linuxx said:
> Anyone know if is posible boot this machine without keyboard,mouse and
> monitor of course after install linux in it , and how it work under
> debian-ppc ?
> I would like to get one to have 24h/d
wouldnt be tax
deductable anyway (i think, im not american)
so like, 9 or so more people and bam, ordered.
Dean
On Tue, January 25, 2005 12:44 pm, Dean Hamstead said:
> has anyone even put linux on the mac-mini yet?
>
> Dean
>
> On Tue, January 25, 2005 12:42 am, linuxx said:
>&
thats $150
Dean
On Tue, January 25, 2005 11:56 pm, Kevin B.Hendricks said:
> Hi,
>
> Put me down for $50 contribution too to get Ben a mini Mac.
>
> Kevin
>
> On Jan 24, 2005, at 8:51 PM, Dean Hamstead wrote:
>
>> Actually, ive been meaning to make some sort of con
chers (which would be the way to go). just
buy the gift voucher and send it to ben.
thoughts?
(ill add up the pledges so far later today - im kind
of running in and out)
Dean
On Wed, January 26, 2005 5:22 am, Barry Hawkins said:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
&
would seem that sound doesnt work and the hard disk is
a laptop hard disk
(5400rpm, 2mb sounds laptop to me)
Dean
Tommy Trussell wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:44:15 +1100 (EST), Dean Hamstead
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
has anyone even put linux on the mac-mini yet?
Here's a blog of a
thus far we have (im assuming US dollars here people)
Dean Hamstead
$50
Keving Hendricks
$50
Barry Hawkins
$50
Harvey Ussery
$50
Dylan Beaudette
$10
Philip Kaeser
$50
Wilhelm Fitzpatrick
$50
so $310, we are about 4 donations short
Dean
Dean Hamstead wrote:
Actually, ive been meaning to make some
money from a different nice market. ie, those of
us that cant afford g5's and usually buy old mac gear off ebay. ;)
Dean
Tommy Trussell wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:14:49 +1100, Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
would seem that sound doesnt work and the hard disk is
a laptop hard di
idea!!
I can give you $40. But how can I send you the money? Western Union
takes $9.50 away. You would get ~$30 in the end. How does all the others
send you there money?
bye
Roland Wegmann
Am Mittwoch, den 26.01.2005, 22:19 +1100 schrieb Dean Hamstead:
thus far we have (im assuming US dollars here p
First: Great idea!!
I can give you $40. But how can I send you the money? Western Union
takes $9.50 away. You would get ~$30 in the end. How does all the others
send you there money?
bye
Roland Wegmann
Am Mittwoch, den 26.01.2005, 22:19 +1100 schrieb Dean Hamstead:
thus far we have (im assuming US do
the other thing is, it wouldnt make sense to western union money
transfer it to me as im in australia.
What's the problem with Australia, BTW? Are you aware that Ben is living
in Australia ATM?
No im not stalking him ;)
thats great that he is. are you ben? where? probably next door :)
thats grea
can you confirm that, $100 ?
Deab
Philipp Kaeser wrote:
hej,
count me in for another $50.
ideally it would be good if apple's store had some sort
of method of ordering and paying off. although they may
have figt vouchers (which would be the way to go). just
buy the gift voucher and send it to ben.
So -- unfortunately, but as I am just a poor PhD student --
it's "just and only $50". sorry for the misunderstanding!
thats why i asked ;)
Dean
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could be opengl related
Dean
Mauro wrote:
Anyone out there aware of lockups on the slot loading iMacs initiated
when xscreensaver and sarge's default xserver are installed?
I'm interested if anyone is aware of the cause, or does no one run
debian and X on these machines?
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ical is a macosx application?
the callender plugin for the mozilla suite can do ical files etc
and is functionally identical or superiour to ical.
the stand alone calendar - sunbird - isnt as stable as running
as a plugin. i dont think sunbird is available for ppc. but the
plugins are platform inde
due to the overwhelming sucess of the "Get a minimac for ben" project
and requests now for getting him a g5. I have now decided to ask
for interested parties to make pledges towards buying ben a g5.
The best option is to buy him a new imac g5 17" 1.8ghz
which will cost us$1500, or for the same pric
turns out im in the same country as ben, or maybe ben is in
the same country as me. i suppose that depends whos a citizen :)
Dean
Nathanael Hasbrouck wrote:
On Thursday 27 January 2005 1426, somebody named Philipp Kaeser inscribed
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additionally, concerning the discussion that evolved
While getting me machines is a good idea (hint hint hint :) , it's
mostly useful when those represent a significant change in the HW
design. When they don't (like the minimac), it's a nice toy that I can
put to good use, but the linux support itself doesn't require me to have
access to the HW more
well quick keeps wanting to take over when i apt-get upgrade
historically ive just used yaboot happily.
any thoughts on changing over?
Dean
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ill just remove the package then
Dean
Ruben Pollan wrote:
http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/quik/
Quik is for OldWorld Macintosh and yaboot is for NewWorld Macintosh.
El Lunes, 31 de Enero de 2005 14:07, Dean Hamstead escribió:
well quick keeps wanting to take over when i apt-get upgrade
ben mentioned some thoughts he had on improving the
driver, many of which (or mainly from what i read)
involved dividing up the driver into
chipset groups... something like that
as obviously not every mac has the same sound hardware
but for some wierd reason we just have an all in one
driver (which
Wouldn't it be a good idea to place a bounty to encourage Ubuntu PPC
developers to get around fixing snd-powermac for all Mac PPC chips?
Sorry but I failed to parse your message.
Are the Ubuntu people setting a bounty? Or you want us to set a bounty so that
Ubuntu people can fix the problem and g
05-02 at 13:08 +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote:
Wouldn't it be a good idea to place a bounty to encourage Ubuntu PPC
developers to get around fixing snd-powermac for all Mac PPC chips?
Sorry but I failed to parse your message.
Are the Ubuntu people setting a bounty? Or you want us to set a boun
point. It
should definitely be a ppc distro if not debian/ubuntu.
On Sat, 2005-05-02 at 14:25 +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote:
im talking about suse supporting alsa
Dean
Mauro wrote:
There is no such thing as suse ppc and there hasn't been for a few
versions. Things have to get tested after po
the official pay pal account is... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
which is ben's 'australia' pay pal account. there is
no middle man, so your donations go straight to the
man himself.
and here is a list of the kind people who have pledged to help
out.
Dean Hamstead
$50
Keving Hendricks
$50
Ba
or get out your electron microscope and some really small probes
and start reverse engineering the chips ;)
powerpcs are such a great cpu, alas the hardware attached seems
to be the playing ground of closed door hardware development.
did you get your mac mini yet ben?
Dean
Sven Luther wrote:
On Thu
given that ben paid a little out of his pocket
im sure it will payback a little and still count
ben will no doubt still be warmed by your donation ;)
looking forward to seeing some pics and some results
Dean
On Fri, February 11, 2005 7:47 pm, Philipp Käser said:
> hej ben,
>
>> Ok, I've revived
which model and what options did you buy?
Dean
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 10:41 +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote:
or get out your electron microscope and some really small probes
and start reverse engineering the chips ;)
powerpcs are such a great cpu, alas the hardware attached
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