Screen blank restore problems on Wallstreet/233

2003-08-20 Thread John Keane
Hi all, I'm new to this list, so hello to everyone out there. I've just installed Debian on my Powerbook G3 Wallstret/233 with the terrible 800x600 passive LCD screen. (Yes, I know it's a piece of junk, but it was practically free...) I've got pretty much everything working perfectly at this poi

Re: old powermac things...

2003-08-25 Thread John Keane
Hi, On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Jonathan Segel wrote: > hi, i am running debian on a powermac 8500 150mhz, very oldworld... > i tried to install the 2.4.21-ben2 kernel for old world scsi, but the > keyboard map is completely estranged from the keys so that i couldn't > log in or even find the right le

Re: old powermac things...

2003-08-25 Thread John Keane
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, jmdeleu wrote: > I have the same problem with a 7300/180, "using > keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1" > does not give me a usable keyboard. Neither my usb ApplePro Keyboard or my old > Apple ADB keyboard are functional, so like the original poster i can't log in. > I'd love to

Kernel Patch for Contrast control of Passive LCD

2003-08-31 Thread John Keane
Hi all, I've written a patch to allow adjustment of the contrast on the Passive (STN) LCD on older powerbooks. (only tested on my 1998 Wallstreet/233 so far). On my machine I needed it because the contrast was always reset to max (unreadable) after sleeping. Currently, I just modified via-pmu.c a