gpg key generation

Has anyone else had any trouble with key generation for gpg? I'm using a reva imac; I've tried different sizes and types of keys, and do lots of typing, mouse moving, try to give the hard disk stuff to do, etc, but it still complains about not having enough entropy and needing another 2-300 byt

Re: gpg key generation

Thanks for that; I was beginning to wonder if it was just me! Still having problems, but if need be I suppose I can just drop in my files from my x86 box. Cheers, Mark. > > This is a known issue. PowerPCs are built too well, and don't gain > disorder as fast as, say, i386 does. > > If this d

Re: Problem installing debian on G3 beige

> documentation does need to be improved, but this is a volunteer > effort. when you see holes volunteering to help is the best approach > to getting them fixed. > Just my 2c worth; I ran into a small problem during my installation due to section '4.6.1 Partitioning newer Macs' which says the t

LS-120 drive

Hi, I'm running 2.2r2, kernel 2.2.1pre20-ben3 and I'm trying to get my imation LS-120 superdrive to work (on my revA imac) I've applied the patch to usb-storage.c and compiled and inserted it, but I seem to be having trouble with scsi emulation still. When I try 'mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt' I ge

truecolor on fbdev?

Hi, I've just been trying to install realplayer, but it won't play and complains that it needs true/pseudocolor. fbset -i in the console gives "Visual: PseudoColor", yet in X says "Visual : Directcolor". Adding a 'Visual "TrueColor"' (or "PseudoColor") in XF86Config produces a message in

thanks

ee os both at home and now at work. It's thanks to you that Debian is (IMHO) the best distro out there. Thanks guys, Mark. -- Mark Hepburn Engineering/Computer Science, University of Tasmania pgp public key: http://bronte.comp.utas.edu.au/~mark_h/pgpkeys.asc

ibook2 hangs during install

y ideas on how to progress? I intend to dual-boot (with a shared partition) so I might be able to boot from a macos partition, and I'll also upgrade to testing as soon as I can get an initial install. Thanks, Mark. -- Mark Hepburn Engineering/Computer Science, University of Tasmania pgp public key ID: 91602C17

missing ofboot.b?

quot;create hfs filesystem on /dev/hda9" message, to which I answered no and it aborted. The only long line in ofboot.b was the section; I removed an entry from that but with the same result. Have I missed a step in the installation, or can anyone help me? Thanks in advance, Mark. -- Mark

Re: missing ofboot.b?

ved an entry from that but with the same result. Oops; was missing a '\n' on the last line. Sorry about that. :/ (I can't remember from my last install; I presume you have to answer yes to the "create hfs filesystem?" question? It aborts when you answer no). -- Mark

triple-boot question

o get both os in the same partition. My question: is it still possible to specify in yaboot.conf macos= and macosx= being the same partition, or is it neccessary to boot into one, change the startup disk and reboot? Thanks in advance, Mark. -- Mark Hepburn Engineering/Computer Science, Uni

Re: missing ofboot.b?

On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 11:24:59PM -0800 or thereabouts, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:27:33AM +1000, Mark Hepburn wrote: > > I have got to the step of running mkofboot > > ('mkofboot --boot /dev/hda9 -m /target/etc/ofboot.b --root /dev/hda11 > > --part

Re: ibook2 hangs during install

On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 11:18:54PM -0400 or thereabouts, Colin Walters wrote: > Mark Hepburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've just been trying to boot my ibook2 using a set of 2.2r0 cds > > (using the 'debian video=ofonly' boot arguments) and it appear

framebuffer problems on revA iMac

Hi; I've been through the archives but couldn't find anything related. I've just installed debianppc on my reva imac. The first couple of times I tried booting from cds everything went fine; however I messed up the partitioning the first installation attempt and had to try again. Since then howe

X permission problems

I'm currently trying to set up X. I have a working XF86Config, however when I type startx (or just 'X') I get the following message: X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_FBDev failed I can start up fine by typing 'xinit /usr/bin/enlightenment -- /usr/bin/X11/XF86_FBDev' as root, but cannot of course do t

Re: X permission problems

At 01:55 AM 12/29/00 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: >Mark Hepburn wrote: >> >> I'm currently trying to set up X. I have a working XF86Config, however >> when I type startx (or just 'X') I get the following message: >> X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_FBDev f

Re: X permission problems

anywhere else I should >> be looking? > >The permissions of the binary itself are fine? > > They should be; I checked them against my (working) x86 box at home last night and I haven't changed anything that I can remember. /usr/bin/X11/X -rwsr-sr-x root.root /usr/bin/X11/XF86_FBDev -rwxr-xr-x roo

Re: X permission problems

Not sure how many people have been following this thread, but I've just apt-get upgraded and everything works fine. Not sure if it was something I'd inadvertantly done or not, but all seems to be fine now. Thanks to everyone, cheers Mark. At 12:10 PM 12/29/00 +1100, Mark Hep

Re: framebuffer problems on revA iMac

On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 03:34:56PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: > > Mark Hepburn wrote: > > > I finally cured the console problem by using a 'novideo' option in my > > > yaboot.conf (after

Re: framebuffer problems on revA iMac

On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 01:56:18AM +1100, Mark Hepburn wrote: > On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 03:34:56PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: > > > Mark Hepburn wrote: > > > > I finally cured the console problem by u