Re: iBook and batteries

2006-08-29 Thread Matthias Kirschner
* Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-08-27 15:44:48 +]: > 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)

Re: iBook and batteries

2006-09-11 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello Jörg, * Jörg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-08-29 18:05:33 +0200]: > > I have also tried it several times -- but also without success. > > What have you done? I kill pbbuttonsd to prevent it shut down the machine > and than monitor the voltage value—you can do this with watch cat … If it

Re: /dev/pmu permissions, again

2006-10-10 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi Gunther, * Gunther Furtado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-26 08:36:05 -0300]: > I am receiving a slightly different message: > > "No /dev/pmu found". Me, too: woodstock:~# /etc/init.d/pbbuttonsd start Starting pbbuttonsd:ERROR: The object '/dev/pmu' doesn't exist. failed! > Everything seems

ibook G4 no hd

2003-11-10 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello I have a probelm with the new ibook g4. When I want to install via yaboot, but the debian installation programm doesn't detect my hard disk. I am working with http://people.debian.org/~branden/ibook/ Perhaps the kernel is to old and doesn't detect my ide-controller? Have you any idea what

Re: ibook G4 no hd

2003-11-10 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello Martin on the new powerbook the hdd is connected to the secondary master. Can you switch to the console (ALT+F2) and enter fdisk -l /dev/hdc fdisk -l /dev/hdc mac-fdisk: can't open file '/dev/hdc/' (No such device or adress) the same with hdb and hdd. any other proposals?? Thank you Ma

Re: ibook G4 no hd

2003-11-10 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello Gaudenz I have tested it. But the installation prozess ended with the question if i want to restart my computer. But the system wasn't even installed. After I said yes to the question if i want to restart i saw a screen where something with a list of this: critical, high, all... or so (it

Re: ibook G4 no hd

2003-11-10 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello In the article, it has a link to the linux.bin image, which is here: http://valla.uchicago.edu/ppc/vmlinux-pbg412.bz2 ok, now i see in a shell with fdisk -l /dev/hda all my partitions. But the installer said, that there is no hd. thanks Matze

Re: 12" G4 iBook

2003-11-19 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello Will * William R Sowerbutts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-19 18:50:11 +]: > Is anyone using Debian on this hardware? I suspect the problem areas would be: yes I am. > - Sleeping and successfully waking the machine doesn't work yet :( > - XFree86 acceleration for the Radeon 9200 you

Re: 12" G4 iBook

2003-11-20 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi Colin * Colin Leroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-20 10:10:42 +0100]: > > > - Sleeping and successfully waking the machine > > doesn't work yet :( > What is the problem ? I'd be glad to help (should get my iBook in a few > days ;-)) woodstock:/home/mk# /etc/init.d/pmud start Starting pmud: PM

Re: 12" G4 iBook

2003-11-20 Thread Matthias Kirschner
* Colin Leroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-20 11:31:27 +0100]: > How does `snooze -f` work ? If it works, it means "only" pmud will have to > be fixed... woodstock:/home/mk# snooze -f be warned, calling snooze with force is not advised PMU_IOC_SLEEP: Function not implemented Cheers Matze pgptIb5

Re: 12" G4 iBook

2003-11-20 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi Michael * Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-20 12:27:38 +0100]: > Meaning your kernel doesn't support sleep. From the fact that pmud dies > I'd assume other PMU functions aren't supported, either. Please look at > the syslog for further clues. Nov 20 18:48:26 woodstock kernel: Sleep

Re: iBook G4 800MHz configuration

2003-11-25 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello IoGuiX * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-25 16:07:00 +0100]: > If someone can help me... http://www.difficulties.de/ibook/ > Should I install the CVS version of XFree86?? yes, you should. And you need the kernel-patch. > PS: where is the '~' key??? you have to edit your k

Re: debian on ibook g4??

2003-11-30 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi Fabrizio on my ibook g4 same configuration as yours linux is faster then MacOSX. But I think it depend on your window-manager. * fabrizio messina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-30 12:23:03 +0100]: > I have not so much time time to install linux, and i would like to > spend my time > in the rig

Re: Regarding GTKPBBUTTONSD and list participation

2003-12-03 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello > i need to get the second mouse button running, and theres no keyboard > combination that works neither, thuough i can type emails an manage > almost all through the window menus. you have to edit your /etc/sysctl.conf. I have add #activate Mouse Buttoms dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emula

Re: [off topic] Petition MSN 6 for Mac

2003-12-10 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi Pander have you tried centericq from unstable?? Bye Matze pgpw3ywZjNkPa.pgp Description: PGP signature

strange behaviour of KDM after upgrading to testing

2006-06-30 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi all, I have upgraded to testing. But now I figured out a strange problem; I am not able to type the following letters in kdm (in both password and login field): w p s d j k x c v b I do not have any clue how to fix the problem. If I start ION, KDE or any other windowmanager all key work

Re: strange behaviour of KDM after upgrading to testing

2006-06-30 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi all, And I forgot to mention that it is a iBook G4 800 Mhz. * Matthias Kirschner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-30 12:52:03 +0200]: > I have upgraded to testing. But now I figured out a strange problem; I > am not able to type the following letters in kdm (in both password and &

[solved] Re: strange behaviour of KDM after upgrading to testing

2006-07-02 Thread Matthias Kirschner
* Matthias Kirschner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-30 13:58:30 +0200]: > I just figured out that the "j" is not working in ION and KDE, all other > keys are fine. Now I am really puzzled. I reconfigured xserver-xorg several times and now it is working. With best wishe

Re: New Powerbook 12" No HD found (ATA 100)

2005-03-14 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi Brian, * Brian W. Carver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-13 17:57:42 -0800]: > Or is there some other simple solution? Thanks. Get a new CD with the new Debian installer [1], that should work. Best wishes, Matze 1. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ -- Join the Fellowship and pro

Re: iBook G4: Mouse pointer jumping

2005-04-27 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello Joerg, * Joerg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-04-23 08:20:10 +]: > Has everyone else ever seen this problem? You can't really control the > touchpad, the pointer jumps wild to and from and walk around when you > away from the touchpad. This is really crazy. I had the same problem. It

Re: Success story : 802.11g on ibook

2005-04-30 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi Yannick, * Yannick Roehlly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-04-29 23:18:23 +0200]: > This afternoon, I decided to buy a Trendnet TEW-424UB which is base on > zd1211 chipset, chipset for which a free driver exists at > http://zd1211.sourceforge.net/. I was not sure if it would work, but the > device i

Re: True state of support for 12" iBook G4

2004-11-10 Thread Matthias Kirschner
* Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-31 10:48:54 +0100]: > > sucks. Does not work on lynx. > > Flash sucks but I need it. Some people do it as well. Have you tried swf-player? Unfortunately there is still no lynx plugin availible ;) Best wishes, Matze signature.asc Description: Digit

Re: VIDEO OUT

2004-11-12 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Dear Augusto, thanks to Wolfi my external VGA monitor is now working. The only nasty thing is, that the internal LCD monitor is flickering a bit if you use the external Display. my configuration: iBook G4 833 Mhz Radeon Mobility 9200 You only have to trigger between: Screen "Default Sc

Re: VIDEO OUT

2004-11-12 Thread Matthias Kirschner
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-12 19:00:18 +0100]: > here is my config: > http://seb.france.free.fr/linux/ibookG4/XF86Config-4.dri-trunk-patched Thank you, but I tried your config. But the same problem. The internal LCD is flickering... any ideas? Best wishes, Matze signature

Re: usable config-2.6.8 for iBook G4 1GHz

2004-11-12 Thread Matthias Kirschner
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-12 18:21:31 +0100]: > After installing, the root device was on /dev/hdc7. > With the new kernel it should be on /dev/hda7 but it isn't. > I would be grateful for a config file to compare it withe my config. Do you have an entry like this in your /e

Re: VIDEO OUT

2004-11-15 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi Seb, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-12 22:17:30 +0100]: > Have a close look at your /var/log/XFree86.0.log > You should see it detect the modes supported by both screen and may see some > warnings or things like that? In the moment I can't test it because I don't have an ex

Re: Cant start from CD

2003-12-25 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi Simon i have installed it with the discription here: http://www.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/~schmidtm/apple/powerbook.en.php Some other stuff i described on: http://www.englishbookshop.de/difficulties/ibook/ The Boot CD's haven't worked for me too. The aren't already booting. Bye Matze pgp6yPpe

your keyboard

2004-01-07 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello Arnaud * Arnaud Vandyck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-07 11:39:58 +0100]: > (except this @&# keyboard! I don't have alt and meta keys!.. I'll > investigate) you have to made your own .xmodmap. My german keyboard works without any problems. Alt=alt and the apple key as altgr. Cheers Matze

Re: Can't configure network right

2004-01-16 Thread Matthias Kirschner
* Steven Schlansker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-15 20:44:25 -0800]: > waiting for a response. If I ping 192.168.0.255 (this is a local IP), > it only shows itself. I ran ifconfig to give it an ipv4 addr - for > some reason it defaulted to ipv6 only. It still could not do anything. IIRC when

when executing mplayer, xine etc. ibook crash

2004-04-14 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello, after installing kernel 2.6.5 my ibook crash when i execute mplayer, xine or kprinter (the only kde programm i have installed). I don't have a clue what is the problem. I have included my kernel config. Hope someone can give me a hint. Thank you Matze # # Automatically generated make con

Re: when executing mplayer, xine etc. ibook crash

2004-04-15 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello Ben, sorry for my bad description of the problem. * Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-15 15:40:54 +1000]: > It would be more useful if you could explain what you mean by "crash" > _precisely_ By crash, I mean that X freeze and I can't do anything. I have to switch off and

Re: when executing mplayer, xine etc. ibook crash

2004-04-15 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hi Ben * Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-15 21:20:38 +1000]: > [...] > suppose something is wrong with your config. Can you try compiling the > kernel with the default pmac_defconfig, just remove the "pmac zilog" > driver ? I will try it tonight. Regards, Matze signature.as

Re: when executing mplayer, xine etc. ibook crash [solved with new kernel config]

2004-04-15 Thread Matthias Kirschner
Hello Ben, * Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-15 21:20:38 +1000]: > [...] > suppose something is wrong with your config. Can you try compiling the > kernel with the default pmac_defconfig, just remove the "pmac zilog" > driver ? Now it is working. Thank you for your help! Mat