Re: reinstalling osx

2006-08-24 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:40:09 +0200, koham zaku wrote: > And if anyone could explain to me how does it work ? Exactly as it is written. Reinstall OSX and on next reboot hold "alt" pressed. You'll be shown a screen where you can choose which OS to boot. Boot back in Debian and reinstall yaboot with

iBook and batteries

2006-08-26 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hello List, following the recall of 1.8 million Sony batteries from iBooks and PowerBooks G4 (for those who don't know yet: https://support06.apple.com/index.html) I started looking for some info on my battery's health. My iBook is 32 months old and around the 24th month I noticed a sudden loss i

Re: iBook and batteries

2006-08-26 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:20:10 +0200, Jörg Sommer wrote: > How are the 69% calculated? Over the nominal battery capacity of 4400mAh. > Do you search /proc/pmu/battery_0? Thanks! Never looked in there. It actually gives 3039 of max_charge which is 69% of the original 4400. > My battery gets very

Re: iBook and batteries

2006-08-27 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:40:06 +0200, Jörg Sommer wrote: > I can increase the capacity considerably, if I discharge my battery until > the moment before it dies. I tried it (thanks to Michael too for pointing that out) but nothing changed. I guess the new free battery will solve the issue ;) >From

Re: iBook and batteries

2006-08-27 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:50:14 +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote: > It's a worldwide thing. At least it's working for me here in Germany. Same here in Switzerland. Oh btw, since iBooks G3 share the same form factor, it might be worth checking the serial numbers of those batteries too... -- Best Regards

Re: iBook and batteries

2006-08-27 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:00:12 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Who do you address for it ? Just go to the webpage in english. You'll be able to select your country later. > And do you need to have the original papers > and stuff like that ? Just the serial numbers of computer and battery, that are p

[Success!] Airport Extreme

2006-08-30 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hi list, sorry for spamming but I wanted to say that I received my new Airport Extreme at 10.15 this morning and now (11.00) I am happily surfing with it. Impressive work by the guys at bcm43xx. When I bought my iBook G4 2.5yrs ago, who would have thought the AE would have worked so flawlessly? F

Re: [Success!] Airport Extreme

2006-08-30 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:40:05 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > You want networkmanager-gnome too (and then start nm-applet) so you > don't need network-admin Oh yes, got that too... really sweet actually, it's a breeze. The next time I hear someone complaining "wireless linux sucks" I'll just scream

Re: [Success!] Airport Extreme

2006-08-30 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:50:08 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > hmhm, what kernel version are you using ? I am using the latest Debian kernel (2.6.17-2 IIRC). As for your issues... not sure, maybe WPA2 is the problem? I am actually using networks *ahem* not really mine... what do people expect by

Re: [Success!] Airport Extreme

2006-09-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:50:11 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > But anyway I still need to pre-up the interface, even to associate with an > open network. And I don't think that network-manager knows how to do that Well I guess it might be worth a try, in case you haven't tried yet! I am going thr

Re: [OT] Airport Extreeme - should I buy one?

2006-09-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:50:08 +0200, Eddy Petrişor wrote: > What do people which own such cards advice? Do they work well (under > Linux, of course)? Anyone seen under Linux the behaviour some acuse, or is > it a OSX problem? Well, if you take a look at the thread I opened a couple of years ago yo

Re: [OT] Airport Extreeme - should I buy one?

2006-09-02 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 08:10:07 +0200, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > take a look at the thread I opened a couple of years ago Ups, couple of DAYS ago :) -- Best Regards, Jack Linux user #264449 Powered by Debian PPC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

[bcm43xx] Two little issues

2006-09-04 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hi there list, I have bought very recently an Airport Extreme for my iBook G4 and I am very satisfied with it: it worked without effort on the first shot using the normal kernel on my Debian Sid install. I am using the firmware that debconf suggested me to download after installing fwcutter (it co

Re: grub2 on powerpc

2006-09-07 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:40:08 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but unfortunately > I can't test it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like to try it? I'd be willing to: is there a way to use it not by reinstalling? Can you provide a pointer?

Compiz + AIGLX on iBook G4

2006-10-12 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hi there list, as soon as I noticed Compiz in Debian repositories I couldn't help trying it out on my iBook G4. I have edited my xorg.conf and added the Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" in the Device section, added the "Extensions" section, restarted X and then started compiz with: $ gtk-window-de

Re: Compiz + AIGLX on iBook G4

2006-10-14 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:20:09 +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Too late ;) > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=392453 He true :) I also experience some of the effects described here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=390271 namely the incredible slow focus. All 3D i

Re: powermac fan control modules detection ...

2006-10-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:20:08 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > I wonder if anyone is missing. Not sure if you are interested in 64bit only, but my iBook G4 uses therm_adt746x. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: good chipset for wifi ?

2006-11-07 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:40:07 +0100, sputnick wrote: > detected as : 64 (iBook (first generation)) As previously said, if you have the slot for the original airport, invest your money in that. On ebay are quite common but unfortunately they don't come very cheap. OTOH they are perfectly suppor

Re: i386 binary

2006-11-09 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:10:08 +0100, Enrique Morfin wrote: > I want to know if we can use wine in linuxppc? No, cause Wine Is Not an Emulator. > What is the better way to run a i386 binary? qemu? > binfmt? An how i do this? You could try with qemu-i386, but I am afraid it's going to be a pain. Ot

Re: Installing Etch without re-installing Tiger.

2006-11-13 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:20:07 +0100, Charles Plessy wrote: > Can I just resize the hfs+ partition on my drive, and install Etch > whereever partman left me some free space ? To resize an hfs+ partition you have to disable the journaling. You can do that by booting the OSX install cd/DVD, entering

Help with MOL: start in a window + networking

2006-11-26 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hi there list, I have just installed the new version of MOL (0.9.71) on my Sid install on iBook G4. It works like a charm, but I can't find a way to start it in a window instead of fullscreen. Can someone give me a hint? Plus, where can I find a guide on how to configure the network so that the v

Re: Help with MOL: start in a window + networking

2006-11-27 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:00:18 +0100, William Xu wrote: > With default settings, if you run it in X, it should be simply running > in a window... But unfortunately it doesn't :) I'll dig in it a bit more! > , > | /usr/share/doc/mol/Networking.gz > | http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ctwardy/mol-d

Re: Airport Extreme Support

2006-12-13 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:10:11 +0100, Charles Plessy wrote: > By the way, is there a user-friendly wireless manager ? Luckily, the > default insall is able to pick the nearest network, but I have no idea > about how to detect networks or swich between them... You can either use NetworkManager or wi

Re: Could someone try to reproduce #372070

2006-12-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:30:08 +0100, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=372070 I have installed it on my iBook G4 and it started. At least, I could hear the sound, but the screen was garbled. I assume it's a problem of AIGLX though. Anyway, the software starts

Re: Could someone try to reproduce #372070

2006-12-18 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:00:20 +0100, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > PowerBook5,2 256 MB of RAM. I have an iBook G4 800MHz with 640MB ram. I guess the memory is the limiting factor here... -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: CAn not mount any partition after sid install

2006-12-23 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:40:05 +0100, Zhengpeng Hou wrote: > after I installed sid on my ibook, it can not boot in system, the > root partition can not be mounted. Looks like the installation hasn't been succesful. You should maybe try again after checking the md5sum of the iso you are using, and b

Weird artifacts on resume from sleep using Compiz

2006-12-25 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hello list, and merry christmas to everyone! I was toying around with compiz+AIGLX on my iBook G4 (ATi 9200) and I am really impressed by the performance of the thing. I have a few gripes with the performance of some applications (Totem doesn't seem to be able to go fullscreen while mplayer can, s

Cannot apply network settings unless I reboot

2006-12-30 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hi there, I am fighting since the last couple of days with the network configuration on my iBook running Sid: I cannot apply new settings to my network configuration unless I reboot. I'll show you what I mean: a) Before rebooting I deactivated all interfaces. This is right after reboot: vasquez:~

Re: Cannot apply network settings unless I reboot

2006-12-30 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:10:06 +0100, Rick Thomas wrote: > I *think* (could google it, but I'm lazy) the funny IP address, > "169.254.0.0", is one of the reserved addresses that can be used if > DHCP is otherwise unable to determine the network configuration. > I've seen it before. Yeah I ha

Re: Cannot apply network settings unless I reboot

2007-01-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Ciao Giovanni Ridolfi, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: > so I restarted the networking service > > # /etc/init.d/networking restart > > and now I can reply to your mail Unfortunately I cannot get my network to work even restarting the networking service: that was the first thing I have tried :) Tha

Re: Wlan with iMac 500-MHz PowerPC G3

2007-02-06 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:50:07 +0100, Alexander Lazarevic wrote: > Are there any other usb wlan adapter known to work with debian on ppcs? You should try with those devices that have a driver in the main kernel tree, such as zd1211 and bcm43xx. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by

Re: Suspend to disk on iBook G4 (mid 2005)

2007-02-12 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:10:11 +0100, Cédric Boutillier wrote: > Does anyone have it working on that computer ? If yes, I would be > interested in some hints to make it work. On my iBook (beginning 2004) it works just perfectly, and I don't use any scripts or unload any module before sleeping it. J

Re: Suspend to disk on iBook G4 (mid 2005)

2007-02-12 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:50:07 +0100, Cédric Boutillier wrote: > What is triggering your suspend-to-disk ? Is that powerprefs ? Yes, I do have pbbuttonsd and powerprefs installed. > usbdev3.1_ep81: PM: suspend 0->, parent 3-0:1.0 already 1 > usbdev2.1_ep81: PM: suspend 0->, parent 2-0:1.0 alread

Re: Suspend to disk on iBook G4 (mid 2005)

2007-02-13 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:20:09 +0100, Cédric Boutillier wrote: > I tried to configure powerprefs and pbbuttonsd to trigger > suspend-to-disk on button action. Ah there's the gimmick! I use suspend to ram, not suspend to disk. As I can't see the advantage of suspend to disk, why don't you try suspen

Re: New Install Questions

2007-02-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:30:15 +0100, Aenn Seidhe Priest wrote: > 1. How can Yaboot dump the current Newworld boot partition configuration - > boot order, partition list, etc.? Ybin only seems to have an option to > generate a Yaboot.conf, not modify existing values. The aim is the > modification of

Re: New Install Questions

2007-02-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:20:07 +0100, Aenn Seidhe Priest wrote: > Okay, but is there any way to write the /etc/yaboot.conf from whatever is > already on the boot partition? Boot entries (OS X, CD, Linux), boot order, > partition info? Oh now I see. You can manipulate OpenFirmware, but I don't reall

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-04 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:30:38 +0100, Mike Hore wrote: > I downloaded the netinstall iso image, burned a CD, but I can't boot off > it. Am I supposed to do something else? Check the md5sum? Just a thought. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNS

Re: Responsiveness issue(s)

2007-04-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:20:09 +0200, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > The kernel > is a custom 2.6.20.6 kernel with preemption installed (I note that > because it's not in the default powerpc kernel from etch) Preemption on PPC is (was?) a bad bad idea. Try using the Debian stock kernel for a while and see

Re: Responsiveness issue(s)

2007-04-11 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:50:30 +0200, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > I > have a 7200RPM 100GB drive in my Thinkpad that I'd prefer to use in the > PowerBook if it would help speed it up... It sure would. But be prepared to quite an adventure if you want to replace your PB's HD on your own. Unfortunately

Re: Responsiveness issue(s)

2007-04-11 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:50:11 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > been there, done that, on a last-gen tibook, and it is nowhere as > adventursome as you would think. Maybe I'm not as brave with hardware as I'm with software (i.e. running experimental) ;) I am anyway thinking about buying a new laptop t

Re: AirportExtreme and resume with 2.6.20

2007-04-17 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:40:17 +0200, Eugen Dedu wrote: > With 2.6.20-1 and -2, the wireless interface AirportExtreme (bmc43xx) > does not work anymore after resume from sleeping (PowerBook G4 Alu). I have severe problems in connecting to wireless networks with 2.6.20. Using 2.6.18 works just fine

Re: bcm43xx connects with linux-image-2.6.20-1-powerpc (was: AirportExtreme and resume with 2.6.20)

2007-04-25 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:30:27 +0200, Antonio-M. Corbi Bellot wrote: > As other people in this list I had problems (well I couldn't obtain a > dhcp ip from my router) with 2.6.20 (2.6.18 works flawlessly in this > aspect) One difference I see between .18 and .20 is in the signal strength. With .18

Re: Etch - iBook G4 - no sleep

2007-04-25 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:30:14 +0200, Typhoon wrote: > Can anyone give me some clues as to what I am missing? Does it sleep when you close the lid? If yes, it's a bug in the Gnome- power-manager. Check if you have pmud and maybe powerprefs. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debi

Re: Configuration of a Powerbook G4

2007-04-26 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:51:38 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Do you know a step by step configuration tutorial for this laptop, or do > you have any suggestions? I'd start from # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and by choosing the "nv" driver, since I think you have an nvidia video card. If yo

Re: Beryl - do I dare?

2007-04-26 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:40:16 +0200, Taylor Oliphant wrote: > Anyone have Beryl running? I have a powerbook g4 and would love to get > it up and running. I use compiz, as I think Beryl has just way too much stuff going on. And no, I never took the time to configure it properly :) Anyway, as sugg

Re: Beryl - do I dare?

2007-04-26 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:00:22 +0200, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > What graphics card? Compiz runs fine on my ATI RV350 with the free > radeon driver (well, what else?) and these patches: > > http://people.freedesktop.org/~daenzer/aiglx-zero-copy-tfp/ > > You _need_ these for AIGLX compositing and a di

Re: Beryl - do I dare?

2007-04-27 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:00:25 +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Instead of doing GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap by reading pixels[cut] Thanks Michel, always a pleasure to read your messages :) > I think that should be fixed in xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.6.191-1 in > experimental. I'll check it out then

Re: Flickering screen on a cinema display.

2007-04-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:50:05 +0200, Charles Plessy wrote: > My problem is that I can not ask for a new graphical card just because I > can not install linux on my work computer: working with linux is more > comfortable in some cases Why don't you install linux in a virtual machine under OSX? With

Re: unable to boot linux-2.6.18.4

2007-04-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:40:11 +0200, William wrote: > And > i'm suprised that the error is different from previous. Maybe it's time for a good hardware check. If you have a RAM module installed, try removing it and retry to install the kernel. There is a version of memtest for OSX, you could als

Re: unable to boot linux-2.6.18.4

2007-04-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:50:06 +0200, William Xu wrote: > This ibook is being well for more than three years now.. Apple's > hardware seems nice. And it sure is, my iBook is now almost 4 years old too and it's still rock solid. But a faulty ram module can always happen ;) -- Best Regards, Jack L

Re: airport extreme with linux-2.6.18

2007-05-03 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 03 May 2007 09:20:10 +0200, William Xu wrote: > "ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted". What's wrong here? I had that for a while, and it turned out to be some wrong iptables setting as a result of my tries to enable networking in MOL. If you did something like that, check what # ipta

Re: airport extreme with linux-2.6.18

2007-05-05 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 05 May 2007 16:00:08 +0200, William Xu wrote: > Ah, it seems that's the cause. After completely removing MOL, the > wireless network finally comes up, for the first time! I guess it's not fair to call this a bug, but maybe it could be useful to introduce in the MOL documentation a setup

Intel's Powertop

2007-05-13 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hello everyone, today I stumbled upon this new project from Intel: www.linuxpowertop.com and I have noticed it entered Debian's repository. So I compiled it on my iBook and tried to run it, but I didn't get any results. The only suggestion that comes out is to configure CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y in

Re: Typing an '@' symbol on an Apple keyboard

2007-05-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 16 May 2007 08:50:08 +0200, Matthias Brennwald (bwm) wrote: > Swiss-German > keymap. However, I could not figure out how to produce an '@' symbol... He, I had to fight pretty hard with it lately :) Here is the relevant portion of my xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice" Identifier

Grub2: How safe is it?

2007-05-17 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hi all, I was checking out new packages in the Debian repository and I have noticed that grub2 is now available on ppc. I'd be more than interested to try it out, but I don't really want to screw up my system. Is there anyone who tried it instead of yaboot? Is it safe to install? Are there any

Re: Grub2: How safe is it?

2007-05-17 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 17 May 2007 11:00:09 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Just make sure you have a debian-installer media ready before you do the > try. Downloaded, just in case. Anyway the package grub-of does not install because of /usr/sbin/grub- mkdevicemap missing from the package. Bug #424757 has already

Re: "AIGLX: Screen 0 is not dri capable" on PowerBook G4 12"

2007-05-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 22 May 2007 23:50:11 +0200, Roger Valls Adors wrote: > Does this mean that some day we will have dualhead for the PB 12'' 1.33? Yes, but I'm afraid that at that time you'll have another laptop :) -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSU

Re: Beryl on iBook g4

2007-06-07 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:30:13 +0200, Dean Hamstead wrote: > 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 I run Compiz on my iBook G4 800MHz and it runs smooth enough for my taste. Not sure

Re: Beryl on iBook g4

2007-06-07 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:10:07 +0200, Andrzej Mendel wrote: > May I ask you how much VRAM is in your machine? 32MB, the standard Radeon 9200. > With 32MB (Radeon 9200) > I had to hack around DRI limits to run Beryl at 1240x1024 and then it > chockes an more than few windows. As I said, I use co

Re: keyboard on ibook G4 with kernel > 2.6.18

2007-06-14 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:40:15 +0200, Emil Nowak wrote: > Is there anyone who has keyboard working on iBook G4 on kernel > 2.6.18 > ? I do. But there's a but :) The first time I upgraded to 2.6.21 from 2.6.18 I noticed a very very weird behaviour: 1) Boot 2.6.21 2) Try associating iBook with wire

Re: keyboard on ibook G4 with kernel > 2.6.18

2007-06-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:10:10 +0200, Emil Nowak wrote: > Keyboard doesn't work even in single mode. Can you ssh to the iBook from another machine and see if it works? Maybe you could pull some useful information (lsmod and dmesg) that way. Sorry for not being more helpful... -- Best Regards, J

Re: keyboard on ibook G4 with kernel > 2.6.18

2007-06-17 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:20:07 +0200, Emil Nowak wrote: > lsmod output is more suspicious. I have the same modules however on > non-working kernel the "Used By" column in evdev shows 0. > > On non-working kernels I have less devices in /dev/input/. If you really think it's the kernel's fault, it i

Re: unstable upgrade messed things up

2007-07-12 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:50:17 +0200, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > 1) Under System->Administration->Network no cards are listed, but > Network Manager works just fine. In other words I have no problem > connecting to wired or wireless networks, the cards just aren't listed. This must be a bug, cause I ex

Re: Formula for power consumption

2007-09-27 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:30:17 +0200, Jörg Sommer wrote: > Is it > correct to calculate the power consumption with current * voltage / > 10^6? W = C * V, where W is the power, C is the charge and V is the voltage. Then, since charge is expressed in mAh and voltage in mV, you need to bring everyth

Re: ibook dying

2007-10-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:20:16 +0200, Mauro wrote: > Hi guys, my ibook g3 is about to die anytime, Congratulations, your iBook's Logic Board just got hosed. You can try to fix it by yourself following this guide: http://forums.macnn.com/66/ibook-and-macbook/210232/diy-ibook-dual-usb- logic-board/

Re: OpenSSH Login Problems / CheckInstall .deb package?

2007-10-21 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:30:12 +0200, Jeffrey Rolland wrote: > The recommended solution is to > install openssh from source using this option. So it's time to learn something new: $ sudo apt-get install debuild $ apt-get source openssh $ cd openssh-X.X $ joe/vi/emacs/nano/pico debian/rules scroll

Re: OpenSSH Login Problems / CheckInstall .deb package?

2007-10-25 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:20:09 +0200, Jeffrey Rolland wrote: > How do I find the package names for openssh if I need to uninstall it The package name is everything that comes before the first underscore, i.e.: openssh-server_4.3p2-9_powerpc.deb ^^ Btw, check the settings of your

Re: unable to do suspend2ram

2007-10-29 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:20:11 +0100, GALLIEN Matthieu wrote: > Does anyone is able to do suspend2ram with powersaved and kpowersave and > hal from unstable ? It would be interesting to know on which system you're trying to do that. Plus, has it ever worked before? Some logs would probably be helpf

Re: unable to do suspend2ram

2007-10-30 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:20:10 +0100, Matthieu Gallien wrote: > an iBook I have not my iBook anymore, but I could suspend it to ram just by closing the lid since kernel 2.6.18 (IIRC). Given my recent experience with a x86 laptop, I would suggest to remove all packages that claim to suspend your l

Re: unable to do suspend2ram

2007-10-30 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:40:09 +0100, Sylvain Joyeux wrote: > AFAIK, it always needed (at least) pbbuttonsd to make it happen. Ups, absolutely right, I forgot about that. But my point is still valid: all other packages are superfluous in my experience. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Po

Re: new install of lenny on iBook2

2007-11-18 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:20:12 +0100, Sean Perry wrote: > * sound. On x86 alsa is king. Is this true on ppc as well? If so how do > I go about getting things setup? The linux kernel is the same on ppc too :) Just use alsaconf, in the alsa-utils package. > * sleeping. What tools do I use for putti

Re: getting wireless and dvi out (clone mode) to work on iBook G4 - help needed, plz

2007-11-21 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:50:08 +0100, P Kapat wrote: > 1. Is it possible to achieve [1] and [2] (for WPA enc) on Etch (may be > using backports too) or do I have to break my system to a hochpoch of > testing-unstable-experimental? Honestly, I'd go for Unstable: 1) You get Xorg 1.4 with Xrandr 1.2

Re: How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:40:10 +0100, stuart wrote: > What do you think guys? With such a slow CPU I'd get rid of both Gnome and KDE and focus on lighter WM such as XFCE, E17 and Fluxbox. This won't make Firefox or Openoffice any faster, but you can always replace them with Kazehakase (funny nam

Re: How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:20:11 +0100, stuart wrote: > Does anyone think that more swap will help me( I've got 640 ram ) - and > to be honest i think my bottle neck is not the RAM(free -m tells me I'm > okay from ram...) its the CPU( so for a cpu centric option like > compiling software to suit the s

Re: How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:20:11 +0100, P Kapat wrote: > How about the wireless? Is there any command line version for > NetworkManger? Well, for E17 you might like this: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/exalt/ Otherwise, as Bin suggested, good old ifup/ifdown will do. -- Best Regards, Jack L

Re: Flash viewer for PPC Etch

2007-12-04 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:30:17 +0100, Roy Butler wrote: > Is there a different plugin which would work or do I potentially have > some settings wrong somewhere? AFAIK swfdec should be compatible with youtube. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To U

Re: ibook G3 Wireless problem

2008-01-27 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:10:20 +0100, Pierre Bauduin wrote: > iBook G3 > means Airport > iBook G4 means Airport Extreme But also remember that Airport Extreme is powered (?) by Broadcom, therefore it also means trouble with linux. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Li

Re: `ondemand' not working: what to use

2009-01-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:30:08 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote: > So what else should I use? With my old iBook G4 800MHz I used powernowd. See if that helps. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debia

Re: `ondemand' not working: what to use

2009-01-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:10:08 +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > I use cpudyn and I'm quite happy with it. Never used that. > It's also able to suspend the > harddisk on inactivity. What's wrong with hdparm? > Is there any advantage to using powernowd? It's very easy to configure. And to be c

Re: iBook G4 dual head

2009-05-07 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 08 May 2009 03:40:11 +0200, Jamie Downs wrote: > Has anybody had success configuring X.Org to run in dual head mode with > this hardware? > The graphics chip is ATI M9+ 5C63 [Radeon Mobility 9200]. The driver is > radeon. I would expect it to work without a problem using the xrandr utilit

Re: dependencies

2005-08-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:50:08 +0200, Emmanuele Salvati wrote: > does anybody know how to solve this problem? It would be useful to know which branch (stable, testing, unstable) and maybe take a look at your /etc/apt/sources.list -- Best Regards, Jack Linux user #264449 Now on iBook! -- To UNS

Alternative repository for gnome-bluetooth packages

2005-08-23 Thread Jack Malmostoso
I found this repository for gnome-bluetooth packages. It includes some CVS stuff (so highly unstable!!!), but at least carries newer packages (I guess it's about an year Gnome-BT packages don't change). If anybody is able to build some packages from the CVS of nautilus-sendto, should probably subm

Re: Alternative repository for gnome-bluetooth packages

2005-08-24 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:30:20 +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > I can take care of this, I suppose it is the nautilus-sendto cvs module, > right? Hi there Filippo, Braindead passed me your repo :) Yes, it's that module, in CVS it should be able to manage the Send To Bluetooth function that disapp

Re: 2.6.13

2005-08-29 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:20:05 +0200, Bin Zhang wrote: > I have exactly the same problem on my ibook G4 1.2Ghz 12". Confirm on my iBook 12". Will try that patch. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux user #264449 Now on iBook! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: 2.6.13

2005-08-30 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:40:08 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: >> Could you please share it? > Attached Thanks, worked perfectly. Now on to Beagle :) -- Best Regards, Jack Linux user #264449 Now on iBook! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Research on cpufreq for power management - please help

2005-09-11 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:00:15 +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote: > I do some research on this issue to integrate CPU scaling policy into a > future power management concept. Your help will be appreciated. I hope I am not late :) iBook G4, 800MHz: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ for i in /sys/devices/system/cpu/

Re: New MOL packages available.

2005-09-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:40:22 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > mol-modules-2.6.12 is currently in NEW, but my packages can be found also on : > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/mol > > If you want to go and grab them earlier, altough NEW processing should be > rather fast. Hello Sven, I have tri

Re: New MOL packages available.

2005-09-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:20:09 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Tiger is 10.4 right ? Mol does not (yet) support that. At least not the > packaged version. Uh I thought the patches to make Tiger work were included. Well thanks anyway, MOL is not vital to me at the moment. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux u

Re: New MOL packages available.

2005-09-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:10:10 +0200, Bin Zhang wrote: > There is a new bootloader : > http://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~nissler/mol/index.html Thank you, I will try to patch the code and rebuild the packages. I thought Sven already included those patches. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux user #264449 N

Re: New MOL packages available.

2005-09-17 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:40:12 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Now, if you test the above patches, and they work, file a bug report, and i > will see if it applies. I tried quickly, and the build fails complaining that it does not find "yacc". I looked for it, but in which package does it reside? > Y

qemu and skype

2005-10-02 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hello there list, I was trying to play a little with skype and qemu (not that I really need that, but still...). I apt-got qemu and downloaded the Skype 1.2.0.17 tarball with static QT, untarred and when I try to start it I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/downloads/skype-1.2.0.17$ qemu-i386 skype /lib/

Re: qemu and skype

2005-10-02 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:20:11 +0200, Luca Bigliardi wrote: > qemu wants the i386 one. Yeah I figured that out. As usual the good hint comes one minute after sending the message to the list :) > You should get qemu-gnemul from Bellard's page, put it in /usr/gnemul > and then copy missing libraries

Re: iMac g3 and kernel 2.6.12 >=

2005-10-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:00:09 +0200, Wesker wrote: > It works! > The problem was the DRM support with my video card. > I compiled without the DRM module, and now it goes with no problems. > Thank you all :) I told you it was the right place to ask ;) -- Best Regards, Jack Linux user #264449 Powe

Re: [debian-ppc] Disable the first apple DOOOONG!!

2005-10-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:50:16 +0200, Saladino wrote: > Thats my question, is it possible? i work in silent places normally > and the sound of the ibook starting is to noisy. > Saladino As suggested, just turn off the volume in OSX before turning off the Mac. I personally use a little utility calle

Linux driver for Airport Extreme

2005-10-19 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hello there list, I don't know if it has been mentioned, but looks like there is a project for an OSS driver for Airport Extreme: http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ It looks quite tricky yet, and i don't have an AE to toy with, so if anybody has maybe he/she could try. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux user

Re: hdc errors on post-june ibook 12"

2005-11-03 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:00:18 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > OP said it wasn't this, but I'm sure it's related to laptop mode or > smart or something else trying it's function on all devices where it's > only valid on hdds. Roger that. I modified /etc/hdparm.conf or something laptop-mode related an

Re: Terminal problems

2005-11-06 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 03:30:11 +0100, Mike S wrote: > Has anyone used apt-get source or > dpkg-buildpackage to compile sid lately? I did, cause I needed Beagle that is just i386. But why in the world would you want to do that? Btw, my Beagle package compiled perfectly and works perfectly, so I gu

Re: joy. AirPort Extreme

2005-11-08 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:10:25 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Yesterday, the free driver for the first time received data. Cheers!!! -- Best Regards, Jack Linux user #264449 Powered by Debian PPC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: Under PPC debain, is there any app like iScroll2?

2005-11-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:20:12 +0100, Tsai Dung-Bang wrote: > If under ppc debain, I could use my two finger to scroll the firefox, it > will be so cool!! I applied the patch to use my iBook's touchpad as a Synaptics driver and I can do almost the same. iScroll2 is slightly cooler, I agree. -- Be

Re: Under PPC debain, is there any app like iScroll2?

2005-11-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:20:40 +0100, Tsai Dung-Bang wrote: > which patch you apply, thanks... http://www.artha.org/shammash/ppc/adb_syn/ -- Best Regards, Jack Linux user #264449 Powered by Debian PPC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

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