On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 06:10:07 +0200, james houston wrote:
> What is the best direction to go then?
This kind of sucks, since it's not enough to edit yaboot.conf but you also
have to issue "ybin" on the CLI (that's why I hope Grub2 comes as soon as
possible).
Try booting with a livecd (Ubuntu's wi
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:30:12 +0200, Wesley Smith wrote:
> By what they wrote in the thread, they seemed to be able to
> access the yaboot.conf from a shell obtained from the installer after
> mounting the drive.
Actually I did it using the d-i. Ubuntu didn't have a PPC livecd at the
time!
But I
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:20:12 +0200, Wesley Smith wrote:
> Do you remember how you mounted the drive partitions?
I dropped to a shell and issued the "mount" command with the usual syntax.
But there was no "/dev/hdXX", it looked like more "BSDish" as
"/dev/disc0/lun0/blahblah".
After that, I chroo
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:10:11 +0200, Mike S wrote:
> Has anyone seen this message before, and could this be a problem I am
> having with my keyboard
Oh yes, I fought it for months. Then, one day, it disappeared.
It comes not from Gnome but from your XFree Keyboard configuration. I
attach here my
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:20:14 +0200, Mike S wrote:
> how do I change the root password
$ sudo passwd root
should do the trick.
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Hi list,
I need a little help with the bluetooth stuff on my iBook G4.
The internal bluetooth module works just great for sending files to mobile
phones (never tried using it as a modem, but I guess there should not be
any problem), but I cannot manage to send files from the mobile to the
iBook. T
Ciao Eddy Petrisor, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> things are easier with a frontend :
I already have that :)
Maybe I should try kbluetooth, but I don't want any qt apps on my machine...
Thanks anyway :)
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>I can (well, almost) hear you askin
Ciao Paul J. Lucas, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Comments (probably to me rather
> than the entire mailing list) welcomed.
Kudos to you, very nice work. Bookmarked.
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>I can (well, almost) hear you asking yourselves "why?". Hurd will b
Ciao Elimar Riesebieter, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> is there a tool to check /sys/devices/temperatures?
I am trying to get a gDesklet work, but it is a pain in the ass.
Maybe you could try Zenity or Kdialog.
Please let me know if you manage to do something useful.
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Hi there,
I use Sid on my iBook G4.
I am trying to write a gdesklet to monitor the cpu temperature, and I have
a problem with the output of
cat /sys/devices/temperatures/cpu_temperature
You can read what I did this far here:
http://gnomesupport.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7388
Now, I have set t
Ciao Elimar Riesebieter, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> is there a tool to check /sys/devices/temperatures?
I finally managed to write my gDesklet.
It is very primitive, but at least works:
http://gdesklets.gnomedesktop.org/categories.php?func=gd_show_app&gd_app_id=175
Please try it and tell me if
Ciao Wolfgang Pfeiffer, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> If someone out there knows a better free (free as in "free beer") place
> with higher transfer rates to store the packages please let me know ...
http://altervista.org offers free space with unlimited bandwidth. If you
want I could setup an acco
Ciao Matthieu Oppliger, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Any hint ? Does someone had the same or such problem ?
Create in the home directories a .Xmodmap file in which you write:
keycode 115 = Mode_switch
and if you use gdm create a file named /etc/X11/Xsession.options in
which you'll write:
allow-
Ciao Peter Parkes, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> I have recently installed yellow dog on my old powerbook g4, but I want
> to switch over to debian, which is what I run on most of my pc's.
Hi there,
I switched from ydl to Debian on my iBook a few weeks ago.
I simply popped the new Sarge CD and ra
Ciao Dennis Kaandorp, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Hi,
>
> I've created a patch for Tormso (http://torsmo.sourceforge.net/) to show
> the cpu temperature and fan speed.
Ok, I'll be the one asking it: could you give some more info, please?
Thank you!!!
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Ciao Dennis Kaandorp, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Hi,
>
> I've created a patch for Tormso (http://torsmo.sourceforge.net/) to show
> the cpu temperature and fan speed.
Doesn't work for me here.
I did:
$ tar -xzvf torsmo-0.17.tar.gz
$ cd torsmo-0.17
$ patch -p1 < patch.diff
[patching went ok]
Ciao Dennis Kaandorp, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> oops, it's $adt746xcpu and $adt746xfan
:)
Damn typos!
Thank you!
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Ciao Dean Hamstead, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> it should all start working now problems
> then just edit /etc/pbbuttonsd.conf
Or install powerprefs, a nice GUI to configure pbbutons.
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Ciao s. keeling, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> This is a stand-alone iMac on a cable modem. I just want to install
> sarge onto it, preferably alongside MacOS 8.x, but I'd be satisfied
> with wiping it first and pulling from backups. I assume this iso will
> install yaboot for a boot loader, then
Ciao s. keeling, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Will tools on netinst do this (parted?), or do I need to find
> something more exotic/Mac specific?
There is a partition tool on the netinst: it is ncurses but it is quite
easy to use.
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Ciao Saïd, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> I juste need to be able to launch some programs that run
> under linux in a command line and of course being able to read the
> result (files).
Fink is probably what you are looking for:
http://fink.sourceforge.net
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Ciao Michael Hunt, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Using the net-install CD I can modify the yaboot.conf file but I can't
> run ybin (is this what I am suposed to do???).
Exactly, this is what you must do.
Start the netinst CD and exit to a shell.
Now mount your root partition (in rw!) and chroot in
Ciao Andreas Rueter, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> has anyone experiences with TV-capturing via USB with Debian on an
> iBook? I bought along with my iBook an El Gato Eye TV digital video
> recorder. This is the only thing I still use my OSX for. Ideas?
I guess you should google about the Video4L
Ciao Brian Puccio, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Can anyone confirm on this
> list that linux has no problem with the bluetooth that Apple includes
> when it is built to order?
With the kernel >= 2.6.5 I have no problem using the builtin bluetooth.
Just configure correctly your kernel (i.e. inclu
Ciao Julien PERVILLE, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> i'd like to have a VM to do testing in, without risking to trash my own
> system
Have you tried Qemu?
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Hi everybody,
I installed Gambas yesterday from the Debian repository, but when I run
it, it segfaults immediately.
Anybody could confirm this? Thank you very much.
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Jaume Sabater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Same happens here. Kernel 2.6.7 and Debian Sid updated as of right now.
Good (well, bad actually). I am filing a bug report right now.
Thank you everybody!
Ciao Benjamin Herrenschmidt, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Get it at:
>
> http://gate.crashing.org/~benh/albook-ibookg4-sleep.diff
What can I say? PERFECT!!!
Here (iBook G4 12") the only glitch I noticed is that if I press the power
button, the iBook goes to sleep, pbbuttons shows the "going to s
Ciao Pau Rul·lan Ferragut, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Well, I have to say I do not have pmud installed, just pbbuttonsd. Have you
> tried the pbbuttonsd.conf I have on bulma.net? My machine sleeps when I close
> the lid (or press the button).
If I use your pbbuttonsd.conf, the machine goes to
Ciao Pau Rul·lan Ferragut, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Was not already this your normal behaivour before the patch? It should have
> been.
No: it turned off, brutally, when close the lid.
> Bad XF86Config.
I will double check it with yours then :)
> Have you tried to sleep it by hand? ( echo
Ciao Jack Malmostoso, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
>> Bad XF86Config.
>
> I will double check it with yours then :)
Thank you so much Pau, it worked!
I have now another problem: on reboot the machine hangs saying:
usb 2-1: control timeout on ep0out
and I am forced to reboot wit
Ciao Pau Rul·lan Ferragut, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Is there something plugged?
No, nothing.
> How are the USB in your kernel config? I have them built-in, but in
> module-way-of-life should not be any problem either.
I have them builtin. Maybe it's something bluetooth module related, I
thi
Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I have them builtin. Maybe it's something bluetooth module related, I
> think the kernel sees it as USB. I'll make a couple of tries.
I have tried disabling all bluetooth stuff (daemons
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL
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> No, it's all normal.
>
> Ben.
Mmm I'll check my .config with Pau's then, and see if there are any
differences.
Hi there everybody,
I am going nuts on this.
I am using a Debian 2.6.9-3 kernel source patched with the latest BenH
sleep patch (#5).
If I sleep the machine, it hangs saying:
usb 2-1: control timeout on ep0out
It happened with my first tries with my old 2.6.7 config, so I gave a try
with Pau Rul
Ciao Andrea Giusto, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Now the point is: is there any external (perhaps) usb linux supported modem
> that fit my pbg4 12''?
I think you should better watch the PCMCIA market. Should be less painful.
www.linmodems.org, anyway.
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Ciao Colin Leroy, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> remove usb modules before sleeping, put them back after. It's painful
> but can be put in pmud or pbbuttons scripts.
Well it actually *is*... since I don't use sleep very much I think I will
stay with this...
> Also, I've been told by
> David Browne
Ciao Sean Neakums, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Alas, the 12" PowerBook G4 does not have a PCMCIA slot.
Thought it did as the 15". Sorry :)
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Ciao Benjamin Herrenschmidt, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> There are still pending issues, like cpufreq on some machines will
> "think" it's running at full speed on wakeup while it's in fact running
> at slow speed (thankfully not the opposite). I don't think I'll fix this one
> in 2.6.9, but rathe
Ciao Bjorn Johansson, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> I think I found Netscape 4.72 for ppc att Netscape:s homepage,
> but that is not good enough. I need a browser which I can make
> bank transactions with. I tried Mozilla 1.8 alfa, and I managed to
> log in, I didn't wan't to get any further than th
Hi there,
often I saw people asking for a USB 802.11g dongle.
Today I stumbled across this:
http://www.planet.com.tw/news/productnews/WL-U356.htm
They supply a Linux driver that has to be compiled, so I think there would
be no problem using it on PPC.
I think tomorrow I will buy it and try it, i
Ciao Dean Takemori, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Unfortunately it turns out that the driver will not compile
> against the Yellowdog 4.0 (2.6.8-1.ydl.7) ppc kernel. I'm
> no expert but in addition to probable endian problems, the
> main issue appears to be x86 assumptions and asm usage.
Firts of
Ciao Julien PERVILLE, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> too bad for them, a company that would sell a linux friendly 802.11g
> adapter would make a killing.
I googled a bit and found this stuff:
1) It is based on a ZyDAS chipset (zd1211, incredible uh!), and looking at
the logo I think those people ar
Ciao Dean Takemori, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Trying to modprobe the module into the kernel gives
>
> zd1211: Unknown symbol write
> zd1211: Unknown symbol read
> zd1211: Unknown symbol open
> zd1211: Unknown symbol close
Yes, same here.
> I've also tried to compile and load the driver on an
Ciao Sylvain "Skarsnik" Colinet, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> First question :
> But now I not enable to have a well working Xfree (I loose my odl
> config :(), what the magic configuration entry in XF86Config-4 ?
Give a try to Pau Rullan configuration.
> Second question :
> It there kernel-image
Ciao froinds, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Hi
> I'm pretty new to Linux. I need to know how to set up my NIC with a
> static IP instead of DHCP using terminal commands since I'll do it
> remotely through ssh.
If you are working on a Debian machine, you'll like a lot the
/etc/network/interfaces f
Ciao froinds, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> After I set up the network file and restart the network, will the dhcp
> client application continue running?
Yes.
> if so, how do I stop ip from
> running at startup?
In your /etc/network/interfaces there is an entry for your eth interface
regarding
Ciao Jack Malmostoso, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> 3) I found only another occurrence of the driver on this page:
>
> http://home.arcor.de/ironpanther/usbstick/
>
> would be nice to know if Mr.Ironpanther here is the author of the driver
> or is just "hosting" it for
Ciao Choy Kho Yee, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> So
> would somebody please point me to some well-documented guides?
Take a look at this:
http://seb.france.free.fr/linux/ibookG4/iBookG4-howto-5.html#ss5.6
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Ciao Ruben Pollan, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> In MacOSX you can see diferent things in external display than in
> internal, Is it possible in Linux?
Maybe Xinerama is what you are looking for. There is a post just above
this one "Again on Cloning display" that looks good for you.
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Ciao Tim Cox, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> hi!
>
> I just ordered Debian 3 r3
Get yourself the Sarge Debian Installer. Will be much easier.
> Is there any issues with Debian that i should be aware of? is the
> power pc version good?
Take a look at the last 6 months' messages here and you will
Ciao Pablo Gil, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> As far as I know I'm using ALSA. At least the loaded modules are named
> snd_* and that belongs to ALSA, right?
Right.
> I just don't have a clue where the problem is... Can someone hel me, please?
Try killing the esd daemon and use the alsa plugin.
Ciao Igor Khavkine, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> First are there viable alternatives to Apple computers
> for a PowerPC desktop? Can I get decent hardward without
> an OS for a reasonable price?
As for the first question, take a look here:
https://www.pegasosppc.com/store.php
As for the second q
Ciao Gunnar von Boehn, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> You can use these files through wine and i386 emulation.
Well actually no, since wine just translates the system calls to match a
windows environment. And since Windows cannot work on ppc, you cannot use
wine.
> Qemo works great!
> I have a work
Ciao Gunnar von Boehn, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> b) Linux user mode emulation. You can use it to just run i386 Linux
> binaries on a PPC Linux install.
> So with it you can run all program available for i386 Linux on PPC.
> With this you can run WINE on PPC too.
Yeah looks quite tw
Ciao Antonin AMAND, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> I've set the master and pcm
> channels to max level it goes without being crushy and i have to set my
> speakers to max level to have a decent volume.
Play a bit with the "DRC Rang" setting.
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Ciao Arnaud Vandyck, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Many thanks, I had the same problem and it's solved, great!
Good.
> Happy New Year! ;-)
To you :) !
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Ciao Joerg Rossdeutscher, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> What does one do if one wants xfs?
I guess recompile your own kernel from debianized sources?
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On Oct 5 1991, 8.53 AM; Linus Benedict Torvalds said:
>I can (well, almost) hear you asking yourselves "why?". Hurd will be
>out in a year (or t
Ciao Jesus Climent, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Any progress on this?
They never replied to me.
I maybe write to some other address on the site.
I will do it right now, and open a new thread if news come out.
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On Oct 5 1991, 8.53 AM; Linus Benedict Torvalds said:
>I can (well, almost) hear yo
Ciao Colin Leroy, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> I'm guessing Mac mini shares a lot with latest G4 ibooks.
I bet my 0.02 on that too!
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:10:08 +0200, Mike S wrote:
> I am in no way on that architecture (you lucky ducks) but this
> has intrigued me, is it a bad thing that my 2 fans are always going in
> this G4?
On an iBook G4 you should load the module therm_adt746x.
$ modinfo therm_adt746x
On your gener
On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 10:30:15 +0200, Mike S wrote:
> I don't think you would call it generic, it's the G4 Dual 450, "Gigabit
> Ethernet" I think is what apple called it.
That's what I meant: speaking about "G4" doesn't mean that much. G4 dual
450 whatever is more helpful.
But actually I don't hav
On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:50:10 +0200, Matt Price wrote:
> Anyone remember what I'm looking for??
checkinstall
But you may want to give a good look to dpkg-buildpackage, which is better
integrated in Debian :)
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Hi list,
after last upgrade I am experiencing some problems with pbbuttonsd.
Everytime I start my iBook G4 all settings are lost, and I have to make
them new, editing /etc/pbbuttonsd.conf. In addition, powerprefs does not
allow me to save the changes I make through it.
The volume buttons don't wo
Ciao Matthias Grimm, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> I released a beta version of the comming pbbuttonsd 0.7.0.
Hi Matthias,
first of all thanks for your work.
I have installed this beta and it managed to correct my problems (I
couldn't save my settings, there is a message a couple of lines up).
No
On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 21:00:14 +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote:
> Which error message do you mean?
I mean a message I wrote to this list a couple of days ago :)
> The hotkeys for brightness and volume control should be exclusive to
> pbbuttonsd (and powerprefs). So if you tune your brightness no help
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:40:12 +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote:
> Sorry, I don't have it anymore. If you don't post it again, I can't help
> you with it.
Nevermind, it is solved yet. If you want to read it, here is Google:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/linux.debian.ports.powerpc/browse_thread/th
Hi list,
today I experienced this ops resuming from a quite long sleep time:
Jul 5 16:23:21 localhost kernel: eth0: suspending, WakeOnLan disabled
Jul 5 16:23:25 localhost kernel: uninorth-agp: disabling AGP on device
:00:10.0
Jul 5 16:23:25 localhost kernel: uninorth-agp: disabling A
On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:50:12 +0200, Matthias Grimm wrote:
> You configured F1 and F2. This solved the riddle. Set them as follows and
> your problem is solved:
>LCD_IllumUpKey= 225
>LCD_IllumDownKey = 224
>
> You need to press Fn+F1 or Fn+F2 to change brightness. If you don't
Hi there list,
Finally Debian switched to xorg (no more Ubuntu hacks), so I'd like to ask
some help about the external video output of my iBook G4 12".
I have followed some discussions here in the list about some success
cases, but never managed to obtain the same results.
Can anybody post a xor
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:10:14 +0200, Spuhler, Peter wrote:
> Anyone know when 2.6.12 is going to make it into unstable? If it's going
> to be a while does anyone know of any unofficial debs that I can
> install?
I can give you mine for an iBook, but I guess you can do one on your own:
http://www.
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:50:05 +0200, victor piscue wrote:
> Then you can start installation with debian installer and when you're on
> stage to setup your hard disk, go to console and use parted to modify
> your partitions as you like.
When you're done remember to reenable journal on the HFS parti
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:20:15 +0200, victor piscue wrote:
> You can leave it disabled no?
I cannot see why, since linux can R/W partitions with HFS+. It is
definitely better for your OSX installation health :)
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Ciao joe, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> Has anyone else run into this or have any other ideas on what to try?
You should try spinning down the disk with hdparm.
$ man hdparm will help you!
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Well, kind of.
The credit for this goes to the Gentoo forum:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=117774
I simply did:
# apt-get install qemu
# apt-get install mozplugger
downloaded the flash_x86.tar.bz2 file linked in the gentoo forum page and
then edited /etc/mozpluggerrc by adding:
##
Ciao Alessandro De Zorzi, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> this is not macromedia, I find it not bad:
>
> ii libswfdec0 0.2.2-7SWF (Macromedia Flash) decoder library
> ii swf-player 0.2.2-7SWF (Macromedia Flash) player
I tried them: did not work and crashed browser and/or s
Ciao David Schleef, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> So you filed a bug, right?
I don't like filing bug reports that say "Hell it does not work".
But hey, I did not dig very deep the causes of the crashes, I must admit.
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Dear list,
I have an old iBook G4 800MHz which I don't need anymore, and I was
wondering if some Debian PPC developer would like to have it for
development purposes.
I have tried to contact the Debian hardware donation email address but
did not get an answer.
Please let me know if there is any i
On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:20:01 +0200
Rick Thomas wrote:
> An 800MHz G4 with a stripped down system is plenty "quick enough" for
> development or just about anything not too computationally
> intensive. I have a couple of them that I use for testing.
This machine has OSX Tiger installed, and it is
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