On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Jared wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > Reliable CD recording is something of a black art. 8X recording on my
It is not "black art". On PC Linux I've not had *one* hickup burning CDs.
In fact I've got somewhat over confident in that I can do many other
things on th
On 12 Oct 1999, Jesper Skov wrote:
> >>>>> "Fred" == Fred Heitkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Fred> On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Jared wrote:
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Reliable CD recording is
> >> something of a black ar
I want to make a backup debian installation on another disk or partition.
Is it possible to use apt or dpkg from a running system to install a
completely independent debian install on this other disk? I do not
want the installing system to be affected in any way.
It looks like the dpkg --root=
On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Chris Tillman wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 03:49:41PM -0400, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
> >
> > I want to make a backup debian installation on another disk or partition.
>
> Steps were recently added in the install manual which would work for this
>
I downloaded woody-powerpc-1.iso from
http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/debian-cd/
and it evidently does not have a kernel driver
for the ATTO U160 SCSI card I have. Consequenty I
can't get it to install, though it boots and
runs fine in the ram disk. (No harddrives are seen)
I have several kernels that
A while back I recall reading somewhere that it is
possible to boot a linux kernel directly from OF without
using yaboot. I actually did this once myself but lost
my record of it. I think I could use yaboot from say OS 9
but I would like to figure this out anyway.
I've looked around on the net
On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Chris Tillman wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 09:58:20AM -0400, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
> >
>
> The instructions for using yaboot are in the manual (link in my .sig).
>
Thanks!
> OpenFirmware is not a boot loader; yaboot was designed to bridge the
>
I copied the yaboot binary, a Linux kernel and a yaboot.conf
to the root of my OS 9 partition. I tried to get to yaboot
using OF sd:7,yaboot but that just boots OS 9 again.
After trying that a few times with variations and getting
nowhere. I thought I'd try booting yaboot off the Debian CD.
I
On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Chris Tillman wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 04:26:11PM -0400, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
> >
> >
> >
>
> boot /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ATTO,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/@6:7,yaboot
>
> Another option is to edit the yaboot.conf next to the yaboot you can
On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Björn Johansson wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I need the following two programs:
>
> LhA and a text based CD Player.
Theres a CD player called workbone. It might be
kind of old.
You can find lha source code on tuxfinder.
http://www.tuxfinder.org
> Do any of these exist in Debian3.0?
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Björn Johansson wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Do anyone know if the Debian(3.0) cds are bootable,
> or do I need to create a bootdisk first using rawrite?
> (This question aims at the intel version and the ppc version).
I booted the http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/debian-cd/woody-powerpc-1.i
Can apt be used to query just the updated packages
for a system so one could choose just to upgrade
certain ones?
Fred
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Charles R. Twardy wrote:
> Sorry. Me again. I wiped /usr/src/linux and rsync'd again and now the old
> problem is back: "make xconfig" breaks complaining:
>
I wouldn't say it's your fault necessarily. I occasionally find
bugs in the kernel configuration scripts. The Linux ke
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Petro wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 03:04:54AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> > On Don, 2002-10-10 at 02:45, Petro wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 04:36:02PM -0400, christophe barbe wrote:
> > > > Just want to point the obvious: They have a powerpc plugin that works
>
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > To be fair there is nothing like plugger for OS/2.
>
> apt-cache show plugger
Sorry I did not word that too clearly. What I meant was
there should be an application like plugger on Linux
ported to OS/2.
>
> -Brett
>
Fred
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Chris Tillman wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 07:44:14PM +0200, Eric Deveaud wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > whille trying to boot on the debian-30r0-powerpc-binary-1, bad luck,
> > neither the ata100 drive, neither the SCSI disk are seen.
> >
> The 3.0 distribution's new-powe
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Chris Tillman wrote:
> > On another (vaguely related?) note, how good is the SMP support in the
> > 2.4 kernel on PPC? And does Mac-on-Linux see both processors?
I have used SMP kernels for my dual 533 and they seem to work fine.
Two tuxes come up during booting; very cool.
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Daniel Kobras wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 08:57:03PM -0700, Evan Martin wrote:
> > I'd like to reinstall with a better file system, but I read that Reiser
> > doesn't work with noflushd and XFS does.
>
> Err, does it? For all I know, noflushd sucks with any journalling F
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, [iso-8859-1] Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Oct 25 2002, José Salavert Torres wrote:
> > I got sound in X (finally),
>
> > mp3blaster: "error while loading shared libraries: libvorbisfile.so.0:
> > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
>
> This means that
On 30 Dec 2002, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dänzer wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 11:20, Fabrice Medio wrote:
> > Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > > Michel : shall I recompile your tree with the -g option, and put gdb
> > > > to work ?
> > >
> > > What tree? This isn't an X server probl
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Vincent Bernat wrote:
I'm forwarding this to all. I hope I don't piss
anyone off. It's a small file anyway. Hope you
can read it.
> OoO Vers la fin de l'après-midi du lundi 30 décembre 2002, vers 16:40,
> Fred Heitkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> d
When alsa tries to start up it complains about
not find module snd.
My kernel has no module named snd.
It has:
dmasound_pmac 42312 0
dmasound_core 13336 0 [dmasound_pmac]
soundcore 4840 3 [dmasound_core]
Does anyone no how to fix this?
My kernel is:
Linux pmac 2.4.21-pre2 #2 SMP Thu J
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
> I was wondering what options (if any) there are for editing movies I've
> made on a camcorder and then burning them on a DVD with my iBook under
>
> What good software is available, however.
I don't have a camera, but I tried this software it looks
pre
I've been trying some of the latest kernels. The 2.4.x versions seem to
work OK except I can't seem to get X to work. I have a dual proc G4 and
one CPU is pegged with usage at 99%. Attaching with gdb gives: Attaching
to process 2925
0x106935a4 in ?? ()
Checking the logs shows no obvious errors t
Has anyone had an problems with the nvidia
driver on the GForce 2MX?
I have tried several of the latest XFree86 versions
and several of the latest kernels. When I start X
I get just a blank screen that requires a reboot
to clear. I can log in remotely though. I look
in the X and kernel logs an
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Nathan S. wrote:
So far I have been unable to get satisfactory sound using either
OSS or Alsa. The OSS driver plays sound through the built in
speaker and I don't know how to turn it off. I haven't been able
to get Alsa to work yet at all.
I have a G4 dual 500 MHz snakebite
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Paul Talacko wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 07:59:38AM -0500, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
> >
> > So far I have been unable to get satisfactory sound using either
> > OSS or Alsa. The OSS driver plays sound through the built in
> > speaker and I don&#x
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Paul Talacko wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 07:59:38AM -0500, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
>
> In regards, alsa, you haven't said exactly what you've tried. Have you
> installed
> the alsa-0.9 source and compiled it using 'make-kpkg modules'?
Hi,
I'm trying to install X 4.3.0 from:
http://capricorn.woot.net/~daniels/current/sid/powerpc/
How do I add this to /etc/apt/sources.list so that I
can install it using apt.
Also I trying installing using lynx and there is a
(evidently) missing archive called xlibs-data.
This comes about when
On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Patrick Baltz wrote:
I'd also add to check the display carefully.
Most new inexpensive PC laptops have an XGA display which is
1024x768. That may be fine. However you may want an
SXGA or SXGA+ if you intend to run at higher resolutions.
I've heard that most laptop displays on
I have changed the default xserverrc by deleting
the nolisten but I still get "can't open display"
when trying to open windows on Debian from a
remote computer.
Is there something else blocking Debian from
accepting X from another computer?
Fred
Error Loading Explorer.exe
You must reinstall Wi
On 13 Apr 2003, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dänzer wrote:
> On Son, 2003-04-13 at 02:01, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
> > I have changed the default xserverrc by deleting
> > the nolisten but I still get "can't open display"
> > when trying to open windows on Debian from a
>
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Raymond Born wrote:
> How do I manually install yaboot without being able to see that drive
> from OSX? Can I see it from OS9 or some other means?
I'm not sure what you mean about seeing that drive? Do you
mean seeing a Linux partition or a yaboot bootstrap partition?
It's
It's seems like every once in awhile after I install
a new kernel my keymap gets messed up when using
X. The keys no longer match there labels.
What is the typical setting in XF86Config-4 for a
macintosh USB keyboard on a powermac G4?
Fred
Error Loading Explorer.exe
You must reinstall Windows.
The last couple kernels I have tried failed to boot for me.
I use the same .config file from working kernels to build
new ones.
I just tried a kernel from rsync on bitkeeper downloaded
on the 17th (2.4.21-rc2). I compile these kernels with
gcc 3.2.2/3 When I boot the kernel complains about not b
On 21 May 2003, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 03:39, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
>
> Did you use my devel rsync/bk or the official Marcelo one ?
I use this one: source.mvista.com::linuxppc_2_4
>
> Can you copy me the messages ?
>
I will try. I will be out
I am using debian unstable.
Has anyone noticed this problem?
pmac:/home/heitkamp# apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
2 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of
On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, [iso-8859-1] Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:43:36 +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
>
>
> I mean, it would be much harder to Jobs argue the failure of
> the Mac clone if IBM was there... but why IBM would succeed with the
> Mac clone where
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Matt Price wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> thinks it's sending jobs to the printer, but the printer shows no
> signs of receiving data. How would I start to figure this out?
I had trouble getting my printer to work on Linux, but on
a PC. I haven't been following this thread closely
On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Brendan J Simon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone recommend a good solid SCSI card that works with Linux and
> tape backaups.
I think there is basically only a few to choose from.
Adaptec, ATTO, and SIIG.
I have a ATTO card. It works great and is LSI based.
The Linux drivers work ju
I recently lost access to my Debian Testing setup when
I did an apt-get upgrade. The system tries to boot,
goes into a disk check and quits with a 'fsck by hand'
message, but the keyboard/login does not work.
I have tried to use the Woody install disk to rescue
my system, but the kernels have no
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Chris Tillman wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 08:08:23AM -0400, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
> >
>
> Hmmm... You could burn a CD with your kernel substituted for the
> linux.bin file in the install/new-powermac folder; I think that's what
> you were sugges
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Chris Tillman wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 09:14:38PM -0400, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Chris Tillman wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 08:08:23AM -0400, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
> > > >
>
> The root.bin i
Since my testing upgrade blew up on me a couple days
ago I have been wondering if a fresh install of it will
run OK. Can anybody fill me in, or point me to a message that
explains what happened to Testing.
Unless it was just me. In that case forget it. :)
Fred
Error Loading Explorer.exe
You mu
I have been trying to compile a new kernel for
my newworld G4 SMP snakebite Mac.
I've finally narrowed down the Oops problem to the
Adaptec aic7xxx driver/modules.
When I compile the aic7xxx support (either old or new)
into the kernel it Oopses. When I compile it as a module
it getseither a bus
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > I have been trying to compile a new kernel for
> > my newworld G4 SMP snakebite Mac.
> >
> > I've finally narrowed down the Oops problem to the
> > Adaptec aic7xxx driver/modules.
> >
> > When I compile the aic7xxx support (either old or new)
> > int
On 21 Jul 2003, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 14:43, F. Heitkamp wrote:
> > I hope know one beats me up too bad for posting this.
> > This is a oops I got when trying the aic7xxx driver.
> >
> > Fred
>
> Send me machine model, kernel version and lspci -vvv
> output (as root
On 23 Jul 2003, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
See if this helps: I'm pretty much a virgin at this stuff.
> Can you try putting the 2.4.20 aic7xxx driver into 2.4.21
> and let me know if that fixes it ? Also, The oops log is
I will try to do this in the next few days.
> rather useless with the
On 24 Jul 2003, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 09:53, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
> > On 23 Jul 2003, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> >
> It seem you have something not matching between the running kernel,
> the modules installed and /boot/System.map. Make su
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> Are these module load warnings? Bus error or warnings happen with the same
> identical modules?
The bus error happens with the benh kernel. The module load
warnings happened with the linuxppc_2_4 2.4.22-pre6 kernel.
Fred
Error Loading Explorer.exe
Y
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Rose Humphrey wrote:
>
> Le jeudi, 24 juil 2003, à 09:49 Europe/Paris, Ole-Egil Hvitmyren a
> écrit :
> >
> > Anyway, choosing Debian was ok for a lot of people, but there's always
> > someone who just CAN'T keep from buying newer and bigger and better,
> > so suddenly we had
On 27 Jul 2003, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 08:39, Fred Heitkamp wrote:
>
> I think you are hitting a bug in the driver I'm currently
> trying to track down. Can you verify that putting the aic7xxx
> driver from 2.4.20 into 2.4.21-ben2 makes it work
Is there an archive of the debian rules scripts and so
forth for XFree86?
Fred
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Clive Menzies wrote:
> Sometime ago I managed to recompile a 2.4.18 SMP kernel and most things
> work OK but a few issues remain:
I have a dual 533 G4 and run an SMP kernel. Right now I'm running
2.4.22-ben2.
>
> Poor sound quality
I've noticed fuzz, noise, and distortion a
On Tue, 28 May 2002, Chris Tillman wrote:
On the advice of some other Linux PPC coders I installed a
PC PCI LSILogic SCSI card in my G4 Mac. It works fine with
the Linux drivers. Of course the Apple OSes don't see it
and you can't boot from it AFAIK. One nice feature is that
you can use a nativ
On Wed, 29 May 2002, Michel Lanners wrote:
> On 29 May, this message from Fred Heitkamp echoed through cyberspace:
>
> Hmm no, the drivers play not role here... Ah wait,. you mean a drive
> partitioned with DOS partitions, not Apple partitions? That would indeed
Yep.
> prob
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Chris Tillman wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 03:28:59PM -0500, Scott Royston wrote:
> > Has anybody gotten xfree up and running with an nvidia card, with the
> > latest ppc woody version?
>
> Michel has posted a link for 4.2 binaries several times on this list.
I have suces
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