Questions about notebooks and Debian

2001-08-01 Thread Rogério Brito
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Re: [Fwd: Xf86 for Laptop Dell C500]

2001-08-11 Thread Rogério Brito
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Re: Is it possible to burn MacOS bootable CD's on Linux

2001-08-11 Thread Rogério Brito
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Bug#433168: ITP: hfsprogs -- mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems (fwd)

2007-07-15 Thread Rogério Brito
of-the-box). Summarizing, if you are interested in what is written below, please let me know and I will try to shape the package as well as I can. Hope this helps, Rogério Brito. P.S.: Please, keep the Cc:, as I'm currently not following the PowerPC mailing list nor Debian User. I may subs

RFS: hfsprogs - mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems

2007-07-17 Thread Rogério Brito
policy. You can read more about it in my ITP message [*], posted this weekend. I would love if I could get any possible sponsor or, if the package is not in a shape that is currently acceptable, please let me know and I will try to fix this even today. Thank you very much for any help, Rogério Brito

Re: RFS: hfsprogs - mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems

2007-07-19 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Paul. It is quite nice that you have shown some interest in hfsprogs. I will explain what you have asked. On Jul 18 2007, Paul Wise wrote: > On 7/18/07, Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I made a package for creating and checking HFS(+) filesystems. The basic >&

Re: Bug#376159: Open21xx Bug Report

2007-08-14 Thread Rogério Brito
atever is needed. Otherwise, I would judge the code to be incorrect and losing precision in a case where such precision should not be lost. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.

Re: PowerBook G4 screen in Debian not as bright as Mac OS X or?OpenBSD

2007-08-17 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 15 2007, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > * As for my graphics card, I am using an ATI chip. This is a fairly old > PowerBook G4. You can see which version of the ATI chip you have using lspci. My iBook G3 600MHz has a Rage Mobility M3. Regards, Rogério. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PRO

Re: about partitioning the os x hd

2007-08-17 Thread Rogério Brito
ing the wrong manuals. Regards, Rogério. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Taking care of the powerpc port (was: Re: PowerBook G4 screen

2007-08-17 Thread Rogério Brito
it was on yesterday's daily-built image). Regards, Rogério Brito. P.S.: I am in the new maintainer queue. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de :

Re: PowerBook G4 and powermanagement

2007-08-23 Thread Rogério Brito
rnel, as more people would take care of endianness things. Whew! What a journey. :-( And unfortunately, Mac parts here are not common (I would be willing to work with just a first generation Airport card, but I can't find it here were I live). Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério

Re: PowerBook G4 and powermanagement

2007-08-23 Thread Rogério Brito
hen I used to use this list frequently)? :-) Thanks, Rogério. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Incorrect time

2007-08-23 Thread Rogério Brito
really know, despite having one myself). You can adjust the time with ntpdate (with the -b option) and then install openntpd (which is made by the OpenBSD people and is quite smaller than the regular ntpd). Regards, Rogério. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2

Re: Incorrect time

2007-08-24 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Norbert. On Aug 23 2007, Norbert Lange-Schäfer wrote: > Rogério Brito wrote: > > You can adjust the time with ntpdate (with the -b option) and then > > install openntpd (which is made by the OpenBSD people and is quite > > smaller than the regular ntpd). > > Even s

Re: PowerBook G4 and powermanagement

2007-08-24 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Mark. On Aug 24 2007, Mark Brown wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 09:50:10AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > > Upgrading to the 2.6.22 (which is in unstable) or compiling my own > > 2.6.23-rc3 (taken from kernel.org) doesn't let me sleep: it > > unfortunately d

Re: PowerBook G4 and powermanagement

2007-08-24 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Michel. On Aug 23 2007, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 09:52 -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > > Is it still possible to get DRI working on a Rage 128 Mobility M3? > > In theory yes, though the r128 drivers haven't seen active development > in a while, so i

Sleep problems with kernels >= 2.6.21 on powerpc

2007-08-25 Thread Rogério Brito
ied mailing lists that I think that are relevant. If they aren't, then please let me know. I would also appreciate if I were kept on carbon copies as I am only subscribed to debian-powerpc at the moment. Regards, Rogério Brito. P.S.: It unfortunately doesn't matter if I switch to a consol

Re: Sleep problems with kernels >= 2.6.21 on powerpc

2007-08-26 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Thanks, Michal. I didn't know who to include as the wizards of the matter. On Aug 27 2007, Michal Piotrowski wrote: > [Adding STR wizards to CC] > > On 26/08/07, Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I, on the other hand, use Debian's kernel 2.6.

Re: localhost kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0

2007-08-28 Thread Rogério Brito
rrors are not saying that the drive is > dying ? I'd say that your drive is dying. > Bonus question : if necessary, can I plug the disk on a i386 machine and > run ddrescue on it? Yes. I've done this a couple of times and it worked as well as a userspace tool could work (i.e., d

Re: localhost kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0

2007-09-03 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Charles. On Aug 29 2007, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:56:00PM -0300, Rogério Brito a écrit : > > Just for curiosity, which Ubuntu CD did you use? Any gusty image? It > > only gives me psychedelic colors when I boot boot them. > > I am using Ubu

Re: localhost kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0

2007-09-03 Thread Rogério Brito
s disk, and although I can > afford losing it, I would prefer not... Of course losing it is not the preferred way. > Many thanks for your help, You are very welcome. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://w

Re: [HS] Suggestions for a new hard drive ?

2007-09-03 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Charles. On Aug 29 2007, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:56:00PM -0300, Rogério Brito a écrit : > > I'd say that your drive is dying. > > I think that I will give up tomorrow and order a new drive. This is, unfortunately, one of the things that you may

Re: How to unlock a hfs partition?

2008-01-07 Thread Rogério Brito
nter some problems with the package (which I hope that transitions soon to testing), please let me know. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects:

Re: How to unlock a hfs partition?

2008-01-07 Thread Rogério Brito
oblems. Tschüss :-) -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Looking for help with maintainance of a package

2008-05-09 Thread Rogério Brito
st nowadays (besides -devel-announce), I would appreciate CC's. Regards, Rogério Brito. [*] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4919975 -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projec

Very weird results with X.org and fresh sid install

2008-05-30 Thread Rogério Brito
a similar problem here? Thanks in advance, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Very weird results with X.org and fresh sid install

2008-06-01 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Bob. On May 30 2008, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there. Here is an old-timer coming back to the list. :-) > > Anyways, to fix it I do: > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Thanks. &qu

Re: Very weird results with X.org and fresh sid install

2008-06-01 Thread Rogério Brito
and after the card can see the AP. :-( But, as they say, one problem at a time. Regards, Rogerio Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net

Please, testers of hfsprogs are needed

2008-06-01 Thread Rogério Brito
erio Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Very weird results with X.org and fresh sid install

2008-06-02 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi again, Bob. On Jun 02 2008, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 30 2008, Bob Lounsbury wrote: > >> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > > > Thanks. "Been there, done that" b

Re: Bug#484015: xserver-xorg-video-ati: [r128][powerpc] output is limited to 800x600 even with 1024x768 display

2008-06-02 Thread Rogério Brito
e. I can bisect it now to see the culprit changeset. Thanks, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org --

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-08 Thread Rogério Brito
. Hope this is yet another step into the right direction. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debi

Cross-compiling kernels

2008-06-08 Thread Rogério Brito
and I will promptly release them in their dirty, working versions (for me). Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : l

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-08 Thread Rogério Brito
ution, as it does not require booting any operating system. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org

Re: Cross-compiling kernels

2008-06-09 Thread Rogério Brito
e's already a package to do that. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: [RFH] Mac-on-Linux for Debian lenny

2008-06-09 Thread Rogério Brito
m probably only needs communication to > the kernel team. I think that I can lend a hand here, but I'm currently not sure of how much help I can be. BTW, since you mentioned the release, it seems that the page http://wiki.debian.org/powerpcLennyReleaseRecertification is desperately in ne

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-09 Thread Rogério Brito
/proc and discover there the name to which disk is an alias. Anyway #2, booting into open firmware and issuing a devalias would be a good thing. Regards, Rogério Brito. P.S.: I just got this thread in the middle. What *precisely* is your problem? -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.

Re: Use of hfsprogs in Ubuntu

2008-06-21 Thread Rogério Brito
ors (which probably has someone that would like to get started packaging something with a patch system and that involves portability issues). On May 16 2008, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: > Rogério Brito wrote: > > I would like to ask you two things: > > > > 1 - would it be possible

Re: iBook xorg.conf file?

2008-06-28 Thread Rogério Brito
n (like enabling DMA for XV, forcing the AGP interface to be used at higher speeds etc). I'm sending a copy of this to the bug report that I've opened also, so that the X Strike Force can see what they can do for making iBooks work out-of-the-box in an lenny install. Hope this helps,

Re: iBook xorg.conf file?

2008-06-30 Thread Rogério Brito
25.x). I'm mostly using 2D applications. Actually, my "operating system" is Emacs. :-) I also use iceweasel and urxvt with Fluxbox. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com

Re: iBook xorg.conf file?

2008-07-06 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi. I have been a bit distant from my computer in the last few days. On Jul 02 2008, José JORGE wrote: > A Monday 30 June 2008 23:12:44, Rogério Brito escreveu: > > Yes, I get DRI (at least on the logs---I have not used any OpenGL > > application to confirm or glxinfo). But the DRM

Re: [Pkg-mol-devel] Bug#445359: [RFH] Mac-on-Linux for Debian lenny

2008-07-19 Thread Rogério Brito
t this can't be included in Debian kernels... It's just a symbol export. Why not remove the other "for MOL" symbols then (assuming that they are *just* for mol)? I'll try to submit this patch upstream, but it seems that some ego's are getting in the way of havi

Re: What is your opinion?

2008-07-19 Thread Rogério Brito
and learn more about Debian (and also contribute as a Quality Assurance person for the next release, especially for a platform deprived of people testing it---all arches unless i386 and amd64 lack people testing it). Regards, Rogério Brito. P.S.: Shorten your signature and avoid top-posting please.

Re: Port maintainers.

2008-07-19 Thread Rogério Brito
like to continue working on PowerPC, as a different platform is way cool and trying to parallelize programs is a really nice thing. But, it seems that I won't be able to, say, get a nice environment on ppc too soon. :-( Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],i

Re: Questions for architecture requalification.

2008-07-21 Thread Rogério Brito
ilman/listinfo>. > Debian: who admins the buildds, who host the buildds, and where ? Perhaps this is a partial answer to a question you have not asked: http://buildd.debian.org/~jeroen/status/architecture.php?a=powerpc :-) IIRC, voltaire has altivec, while malo doesn't. Hope this is

Help supporting Debian on a Kurobox

2008-08-22 Thread Rogério Brito
or any help, Rogério Brito. P.S.: One of the necessary daemons seems to be at <https://sourceforge.net/projects/ppc-evtd/>, with a GPL license. P.S.2: I'm not currently subscribed to debian-devel. I would appreciate being Cc'ed. [*] http://penguinppc.org/embedded/kuro/ -- Rogér

Re: Help supporting Debian on a Kurobox

2008-08-22 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Sven. On Aug 22 2008, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 09:14:04AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > > Since this is my first incursion into the embedded arena, I would welcome > > any help (and, BTW, learn and collaborate with the emdebian project with my &

Re: Help supporting Debian on a Kurobox

2008-08-22 Thread Rogério Brito
of the efforts there seem to be geared towards newer versions of the Kurobox (like the Kurobox HG and Pro versions). Thanks, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/

Re: Help supporting Debian on a Kurobox

2008-08-22 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 22 2008, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:05:33AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > > On Aug 22 2008, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Can you get access to the dmesg output of this board, or otherwise can > > > tell us what cpu is used inside ? > > >

Re: Help supporting Debian on a Kurobox

2008-08-22 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 22 2008, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:43:40AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > > Here is the output: > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > cpu : 82xx > > revision : 16.20 (pvr 8081

RFC: packaging a daemon for an embedded platform

2008-08-23 Thread Rogério Brito
nterested, BTW, in getting things working well in small, embedded platforms. Thanks for any comments, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithm

Re: RFC: packaging a daemon for an embedded platform

2008-08-27 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, José. On Aug 23 2008, José Luis Tallón wrote: > Rogério Brito wrote: > > I intend to package a heartbeat program for an embedded computer > > (actually, a NAS) based on PowerPC, the Kurobox. > > > Yup, your thread on -devel is most detailed. I just included that

Release certification for powerpc

2008-08-31 Thread Rogério Brito
bring attention to this point. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Bug#497738: kernel-package: include ways of generating images other than vmlinux

2008-09-03 Thread Rogério Brito
uboot-mkimage and having a blob generated by running the dtc command (from the device-tree-compiler package) on a given file. Is there any way to have such hooks into kernel-package, so that I can have everything under control of dpkg? This would be a tremendous thing. Thanks in advance, Rogério

Re: snd-aos not working on a PowerBook6,2 (PowerBook G4 12")

2008-09-08 Thread Rogério Brito
at come with Debian and compile my own kernels. This is also the solution that I proposed to rhonda (Gerfried Fuchs) when we were chatting some days ago. Please, don't forget to also install popularity contest and to update the Debian release certification for lenny on http://wiki.debian.org/

Re: snd-aos not working on a PowerBook6,2 (PowerBook G4 12")

2008-09-08 Thread Rogério Brito
of these machines). Getting a recent kernel to have glibc running (it requires kernel >= 2.6.8) and udev (it requires kernel >= 2.6.18) was a major challenge. Now, I want to get kernel-package supporting the generation of uboot images. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL P

Re: [Fwd: libfreevec benchmarks]

2008-09-08 Thread Rogério Brito
osing a different approximation method (Taylor > > approximation is pretty dumb if you ask me anyway). What are you using, BTW? CORDIC? Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie

The status of Preemptible kernels on PowerPC?

2008-09-08 Thread Rogério Brito
advance, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Call Trace and scary messages on kernel 2.6.27-rc5

2008-09-08 Thread Rogério Brito
n the target). I am open to any suggestions. If I can help chasing the cause of such scary messages in anyway, please let me know. Thanks in advance, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie

Re: Call Trace and scary messages on kernel 2.6.27-rc5

2008-09-08 Thread Rogério Brito
On Sep 08 2008, Rogério Brito wrote: > I just compiled a new 2.6.27-rc5 kernel for my standard Kurobox (an > embedded NAS that has an MPC8241 CPU, if I'm not mistaken) and upon > booting, I get these scary messages and Call Traces: (...) I obviously forgot to attach the files in

Re: The status of Preemptible kernels on PowerPC?

2008-09-08 Thread Rogério Brito
On Sep 09 2008, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Rogério Brito writes: > > In the past, there were some problems with the PREEMPT option of the > > kernel and PowerPC and I remember that BenH just recommended that we > > disabled it when compiling kernels from his tree (gee, that wa

Re: [Fwd: libfreevec benchmarks]

2008-09-08 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Konstantinos. On Sep 09 2008, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > Tuesday 09 September 2008 01:00:42 ??/?? Rogério Brito : > > This might explain my impression in a private mail to Charles Plessy > > that my iBook G3 was quite faster under Linux tha

Re: snd-aos not working on a PowerBook6,2 (PowerBook G4 12")

2008-09-10 Thread Rogério Brito
alling lenny on > Sunday 7th September using snapshot of businesscard installation CD on > Powerbook 5,6 and all went without a glitch. Sound works fine, too. Nice, I linked the certification page to your report and also put there some cosmetic changes. Thanks, Rogério Brito. P.S.: It w

Re: Kernel problems - PMU related

2008-09-10 Thread Rogério Brito
include more details. The strict message would be helpful. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.or

Re: IBM RS/6000 44P 170 Install

2008-09-10 Thread Rogério Brito
n> to list your successful installation report. > My thanks to all who contributed to this port and Ill be glad to help > anyone installing Debian on this 44P. It would be nice to have the documentation updated, so this would easy the installation of other people on this machine.

Getting Debian to release the PowerPC port

2008-09-10 Thread Rogério Brito
tion>, so that powerpc does not become "at risk" of not being released? Is the powerpc port cared by some team in special or is it just a "unified" upstream? Thanks in advance, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8

Re: IBM RS/6000 44P 170 Install (fwd)

2008-09-10 Thread Rogério Brito
. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org --- Begin Message --- On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:42 PM

Re: Call Trace and scary messages on kernel 2.6.27-rc5

2008-09-10 Thread Rogério Brito
Thanks to both Mark and Heiko. On Sep 09 2008, Marc Zyngier wrote: > On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 21:47:29 -0300 Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just compiled a new 2.6.27-rc5 kernel for my standard Kurobox (an > > embedded NAS that has an MPC8241 CPU, if I

Re: xrandr and dvi output

2008-09-11 Thread Rogério Brito
ion, I think that I can teach you as much as I know. :-) Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debia

Getting Installation Instructions for an OldWorld Machine (was: Re: G3 Beige Tower install help)

2008-09-13 Thread Rogério Brito
packages on the Debian CDs). > Now I can use my legacy scsi scanner on a modern OS. :-D That's one of the good things of a Free Software Operating System. Please, help to keep it alive for this arch. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.u

Newer cards on OldWorld machines (was: Re: G3 Beige Tower install help)

2008-09-13 Thread Rogério Brito
to add something like a newer USB card like one of the cards listd here: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.7598 http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4692 I hope this helps. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http:

Re: Newer cards on OldWorld machines

2008-09-16 Thread Rogério Brito
ernel team would want to know about the problems before releasing lenny. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.

Re: report on running debian on ppc

2008-09-16 Thread Rogério Brito
both of these currently run debian very well, with varied hardware > attached, and have for years. Nice. > linux gives me the flexibility i want to do with these old beasts. > they're slow sometimes, but hey, they're not dual-proc g4 or g5 beasts > ;). That's one of t

Re: IRQ not detected for a USB PCI card in a beige G3

2008-09-16 Thread Rogério Brito
B Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65) (prog-if 20 > [EHCI]) I have a two port USB 2.0 card with a VIA chipset here that I will try on my old PowerMac 8500 180/MP to see if I am able to use it. What are the problems that you found with EHCI, BTW? Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Ro

Re: Getting Debian to release the PowerPC port

2008-09-16 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Josh. On Sep 11 2008, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:55:14 -0300 Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * which is the official dtc git repository? > > I ask it here because dtc.ozlabs.org doesn't seem to work, but this is > > what

Re: Newer cards on OldWorld machines

2008-09-18 Thread Rogério Brito
On Sep 17 2008, S.D.Allen wrote: > On 2008-09-17, Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What exactly are the messages that you get? You can post them here > > on the list... > > Not sure, but that was on Etch. Since I installed Lenny and it's stock >

Re: IRQ not detected for a USB PCI card in a beige G3

2008-09-18 Thread Rogério Brito
disconnects problems that you mentioned. To be sure that we have the same hardware an "lspci -n | grep 0d.2" would be helpful. But running Ubuntu 8.04.x, I don't get them (I checked this a few minutes ago, since I left my mom watching a video that was stored on a SATA drive in an U

Bug#506566: aptitude: [powerpc] segfaults when selecting a given option in the menu

2008-11-22 Thread Rogério Brito
sired. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Bug#506570: mplayer: gives illegal instruction on ppc machines without altivec

2008-11-22 Thread Rogério Brito
. This seems *very* similar to bug #482717 (BTW, the pointer there to the mplayer mailing list is very interesting). If any further information is needed, please let me know. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers intrepid-updates APT policy: (500

Re: Bug#506566: aptitude: [powerpc] segfaults when selecting a given option in the menu

2008-11-22 Thread Rogério Brito
hatever the number is), which is based on a 603e. Thanks for your information, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : [EMAIL PROTECTED],ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth

Re: ibook G4 why wireless running slowly

2009-03-13 Thread Rogério Brito
removing the modules and load only snd-powermac. See if it helps and post to the list. Regards, Rogério. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : la

Re: Wifi configuration Debian Lenny Ibook G3

2009-04-21 Thread Rogério Brito
of those cards in my iBook G3 600MHz. If anybody could send me one, please get in touch with me. Thanks, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algori

Re: Wifi on a tray loading iMac, is it possible?

2009-04-21 Thread Rogério Brito
hardwere options? I use a dlink dwl-g122 with firmware revision b1 and it works with the rt2500usb driver. Hope this helps, -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de

Re: libvlccore0: VLC shuts down with "Illegal Instruction" warning opening any media

2009-04-25 Thread Rogério Brito
I implemented the linearblend deinterlacer in C in xinelib, while ia32 had already a linearblend deinterlacer in mmx, I think). Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.b

Re: VLC Illegal Instruction

2009-04-25 Thread Rogério Brito
d to vlc (I use mplayer almost exclusively) and it works fine. But, as I said above, you probably know these things by now. Regards, -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbri

Re: [RFH] Update of Debian Installer for 2.6.29

2009-04-25 Thread Rogério Brito
dragging more and more dependencies. Getting miboot and miboot-enabled kernels would be a good thing. And I can try to see how things are going if the kernel doesn't work... Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.us

seg fault of apt-get on a linkstation (was: Re: Problem: update hell: apt-get gives segmentation fault consistently)

2009-04-26 Thread Rogério Brito
ate suggesting a "install from scratch". It is way more enlightening to know how things work with the system up and running. > Have got to the "totally p*ssed off" stage, I throw myself upon the > mercy of the newsgroup and humbly request any help that is offered.

Re: Wifi on a tray loading iMac, is it possible?

2009-04-26 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Gunther. On Apr 21 2009, Gunther Furtado wrote: > 2009/4/21 Rogério Brito : > > I use a dlink dwl-g122 with firmware revision b1 and it works with > > the rt2500usb driver. > > Yes! It does. It is way much easier to look for a brand than for a > chipset. The iMac wa

Re: Wifi configuration Debian Lenny Ibook G3

2009-04-26 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi yet again, Gunther. Somehow, I missed this message earlier, for some strange reason. On Apr 21 2009, Gunther Furtado wrote: > 2009/4/21 Rogério Brito : > > Unfortunately, I can't find almost anything apple-related here in > > Brazil, but I would still like to put one

Re: Wifi configuration Debian Lenny Ibook G3

2009-04-26 Thread Rogério Brito
uled to start in less than 5 minutes. In places like this, an USB thingy is not as convenient to use. :-( Thanks anyway, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Proj

Question about the usability of a PS3 with Linux

2009-04-26 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Geert. How usable is a PS3 with Linux installed? Is it worth the effort? Does it work well with Debian? Is there anything that's not working currently? Any further information is quite welcome. Regards, Rogério Brito. P.S.: As I don't play any game, I'm only interested

Re: Bug#521865: linux-image-2.6.29-1-powerpc: keyboard not working at all

2009-04-27 Thread Rogério Brito
an ADB or an USB one? * is the evdev module loaded (compiled in the kernel?)? If this bug is not fixed yet, I think that those points are worth investigating... Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : htt

Re: hwclock: NVRAM flat battery sets date to 1904

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
lution (while still quick'n'dirty) would be to put the date of the last shutdown in a given file and, in the hwclock script, see if it such a file (like, say, the files in /etc/default/) is readable and update the clock from that, while, otherwise, falling back to a date like yours.

About the computational power of g4 machines

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
rds, Rogério. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org w

Re: Wifi configuration Debian Lenny Ibook G3

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi yet again, Gunther. On Apr 26 2009, Gunther Furtado wrote: > domingo, 26 de abril de 2009, Rogério Brito escreveu: > >I would warmly be receptive of this card, if possible. > > There are two ifs. If you don't mind a little waiting No, I don't mind. > or If the

Re: About the computational power of g4 machines

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 16 2009, drz wrote: > Am Samstag 16 Mai 2009 09:59:50 schrieb Rogério Brito: > > http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_gallery/gl1800/480p/gilmour_480p.mov > > http://images.apple.com/movies/us/hd_gallery/gl1800/720p/gilmour_720p.mov > > http://images.apple.com/movies

Re: kino on powerpc

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
too? I don't have a firewire cam, but if you have a reproducible setting where the bug can be controlled, I could try to test it on my iBook. Regards, -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.macken

Re: Do my packages work?

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
m the maintainer of both libtorrent and rtorrent. If anything of it doesn't work, it would be best to have Debian's (and upstream's) versions corrected. Please, do consider the fact that we have an active maintainer of these packages (actually, a team of 3 people maintaining

Re: Want to install lenny on older Powerbook G4 mac

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
nstalling, whatever is the situation (burning the CD on another computer or not), use Disk Utilities to see if you can read the whole CD as an ISO image and compare the md5sum against what is in the repositories. Hope this sheds a bit of light, Rogério. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenz

Re: Bug#520763: hwclock: NVRAM flat battery sets date to 1904

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
pletely ignored. Just put a configuration variable there defaulting to allow unattended boots to proceed, while still providing the opportunity for the sysadmin to do what you proposed in your patch. Regards, -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime

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