Hi Michel,
>> as the debian-ppc port is quite new, are there any known problems I should
>> know about?
>
>The powerpc port has matured very much in the past months (thanks to Dan and
>everybody!), there's no big difference to i386 anymore. But I'm sure I forget
>about some problems which may co
Cheers,
Sergio
chmod u+w ppc_defs.h
grep '^#define' mk_defs.s >> ppc_defs.h
rm mk_defs.s
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
-fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -D__powerpc__ -fsigned-char
-msoft-float -pipe -ffixed-r2 -Wno-uninitialized -mmultiple -
... the kernel souces come from ftp.kernel.org, this is because
the supposedly main tree at ppc.samba.org::linux-pmac-stable
is still delivering a pre-version of 2.2.18.
Sergio
Thanks. It compiles without irda and pcmcia. After booting,
it complained about the filesystem, requiring maintenance.
I am back to 2.2.18, where no maintenance is required.
I have seen another similar message on this list, but I
have not seen the solution yet.
Sergio
>linux-pmac-devel is
Package: pmud 0.7-3 for powerpc
Kernel: linux 2.2.18 from ftp.kernel.org
gcc 2.95.2-20
libc6 2.2.1-1
XFree 4.0.2-1
System: Apple PowerBook G3-400 (Lombard)
Description of bug:
Situation before sleep:
===
the system uses
/dev/input/mouse0 as core-pointer, and
/dev/input/mous
More info are available on request.
Sergio
...
make all_targets
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/video'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
-fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -D__powerpc__ -fsigned-char
-msoft-float -pipe -ffixed-
When installing it, exim is called a lot of times,
as the package installer where trying to send
a lot of emails. Why is that a print filter has to
call my email transfer agent at configuration time?
I am just mentioning the fact, but have no time to
see the details right now.
Sergio
Hi,
I solved the problem I reported when opening this thread,
by simply enabling "Backward compatibility mode for Xpmac"
in the "Console drivers" section. Please note that I am
using XFreeeV4, on a PowerBook Lombard, and I do not use Xpmac.
The compilation went on, and I know have the follo
I am sorry to contradict you, but "the main repository"
for the linux kernel is ftp.kernel.org
Sergio
Matt Brubeck wrote:
>
> On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Rolf Schatzmann wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know if there is an already patched and working source
> > that will compile cleanly for PPC out there
Hello,
It has been reported that the new version 4.0.2 of XFree includes
the accelerated server for the ATI chip. I am running this version
on a Lombard, booting with yaboot and using the new input layer.
The funny thing is that there are man pages for r128 and all other
drivers except for
... this is the config file.
Sergio
#
# XF86Config for XFree86 version 4
# http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~sb/PowerBook/
#
# Core Keyboard at input1
# USB Keyboard not defined
# Core Pointer at input3 (/dev/input/mouse0)
# USB Pointer at input0 (/dev/input/mouse1)
# Core Screen uses fbdev
#
#
... this is the log file.
Sergio
XFree86 Version 4.0.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
Release Date: 18 December 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
This is additional info. I am now running kernel 2.4.2-pre1,
still on the Lombard, and this is the result of "lspci -vv":
In the same thread, I posted the log and the config files.
Sergio
--> lspci -vv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Motorola MPC106 [Grackle] (rev 40)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusM
3:51 -0800 (PST) (19:03 GMT)
>To: Sergio Brandano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>Hello Sergio,
>
>I don't think the debian packagers have updated their 4.0.2 packages with
>the driver and core server changes from my xfree86 tree. The tree can be
>rsynced from linuxppc.
Hello Michael,
I have the same computer, and PMUD is working fine.
I am using the latest pmud debian package (devel)
and kernel 2.4.2-pre1. I assume you are using devel
too? If so, I would recommend you updating your
kernel. You can try my own, with no need to mess
around. Intructions are
Just a note.
Was X version 4 supposed to be that magic next step,
where companies like ATI and Matrox could make
their own drivers? Was X version 4 supposed to have
a mechanism for which these drivers could be addedd
modularly with no need to hack the main code? Was
that one of the reasons
Hello,
could you please tell me where do I get
debian for the G3 processor? I will buy
the PowerBook G3 400 at the end of the
week, and I need to install linux on it.
Also, is the ethernet working with it?
Are there any problems/limitations
I should be aware of?
Many thanks,
Sergio
Are there any attempts to install Debian
on the new Apple PowerBook (Bronze keyb.)?
I am currently using LinuxPPC. Are the two
developments independent?
Sergio
To those of you who are waiting for it,
the ethernet patch is available at
http://www.terraplex.com/~dburcaw/bmac.patch
A ready-to-run kernel (2.2.10) is available at
http://www.kimagure.org/
with additional patches.
Sergio
Hi,
Please, what is the status for this machine?
Where are the instructions for installing the system?
Sergio
Timo,
thanks a lot of your reply. Today I am in the business for
for this installation, and I would like to make the miracle.
You said you installed via CD, and that the ethernet is not
working. My ethernet works on LinuxPPC. I applied
"http://www.terraplex.com/~dburcaw/bmac.patch"; to linux-2.
Hi,
I am installing the system on my Lombard laptop, but I can
not find the base tarball.
After reaching this directory:
ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/current/
no tarballs are found. What should I do?
Sergio
... under "common" I found "base2_2.tgz".
I guess it is the one.
Sergio
Hi,
I am trying to install something on top of the base tarball,
but the base system has broken dependencies. I am new with
debian. Any help?
Sergio
... some more details:
dselect -> Config reports:
>dpkg --configure returned error exit status 1
>Press RETURN to continue
preceded by a list of
>dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
apt-get -f install reports:
>The following extra packages will be installed:
> slang1 libncurses4 libst
The version I referred to is:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/current/common/
Hi Timo,
Re: ethernet
the kernel I use is 2.2.10. Yesterday I managed to install the
Debian base via ftp, so eth works also for Debian. The kernel
is the same I used for LinuxPPC (redhat) and was patched against
"http://www.terraplex.com/~dburcaw/bmac.patch";. Despite this,
as you can see from
Benjamin wrote:
> and since last week, your powerbook will be able to sleep ;-)
This is a great news.
>mkdir linux
>cd linux
>rsync -zrvz samba.anu.edu.au::linux-pmac-stable .
We are in paradise!
Sergio
they share /usr/man/man8/clock.8.gz
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>I suggest you get Paul Mackerras stable tree via rsync.
> rsync -zrvz samba.anu.edu.au::linux-pmac-stable .
Great idea, but that kernel does not work on my machine.
I get an error at booting time that I can not reproduce.
Sergio
Yuppeee
After spending the night on it, I finally managed to
install Debian potato on my Lombard. The ethernet is
fast, the mouse works and the XF86Config is set for
rock and roll. The file is at the end of this message.
Sergio
> cut here
# **
... I just rebooted...
This is from /var/state/gdm/\:0.log
>AUDIT: Thu Jan 1 01:00:47 1970: 192 X: client 1 rejected from local host
>Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
I wonder what is the problem now.
Sergio
Hi all,
why is that LinuxPPC has the latest netscape communicator
up and running but Debian does not?
Sergio
Hi all,
I installed the latest kernel. The patch for
the ethernet has been finally included, which
is a great relief. Now the problem is, at least
with my Lombard, that the /dev/rtc does not
work at all. This is a major problem, as there
does not seem to be other ways of reading the
clock signal,
Hi,
what is the device for the modem?
At boot time I have cobalt modem on tty00, but there is no
such device in /dev. I made several attempts with ttyS1
with no success. the device /dev/modem is not available
as well. If you have your modem working, could you please
tell me which device are you u
... modem device on ttyS0
The device is there, but still it does not work.
I have an old script that was just fine with a
previous version of pppd. Now things seem to be
slightly different and the ppp daemon complaints
for lack of dialtone. There is dialtone, however.
I used pppconfig, but stil
... I still have problems with it. I also tried seyon, just
to test the serial port. Both ttyS0 and ttyS1 are dead.
Again, the modem is perfectly working under MacOs.
I read somewhere that MacOs should redirect the sound
source to the internal modem, also in order to listen
the dialtones. I did
... the delay, yes. I tried that also.
A note on your comment on the ethernet. It is now perfectly
working with the new kernel 2.2.11.
Sergio
Hi,
when triggering startx un user mode,I encountered two problems.
The first one is that /dev/null was not user writable. The
other one is an error message associated to my attempt to run an
xterminal: there are no ptys available. When running as root,
the xterm comes up with no problem.
Stil
Hey there!
You know there is a binary ppc version of the new XFree on
ftp.xfree86.org?
You know there is no debian package for it?
Sergio
Hey,
I keep receiving messages of complaints like the certain
relevant package does not agree with this certain other
but dselect is messing up, then ...
Why not fixing dselect with the right dependencies?
That's what dselect is for. I can not follow all the
mails, and update the system by hand.
Hi,
My X still does not work. Then I checked for an update.
I checked all the tree in potato but I could not find
any file, exept the single file xfree86-common_3.3.5-1.
Where is XFree?
Sergio
... You are making a great job.
Thanks,
Sergio
--- Forwarded Message
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 13:01:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Elliot Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: gnome-announce-list@gnome.org
Subject: [Announce] GNOME 1.0.40, beta release
X-URL: http://www.gnome.org
I'm pleased to announce the release of GNOME 1.0.40, a beta on the road to
the ne
... did somebody managed to install it on Lombard?
Sergio
I just finished updating the system on my Lombard.
At start up, gdm takes control of the system and does
not let me in. The problem is simple: it does not
let me type the login. The cursor works, but the keyboard
does not. The other problem is that I do not manage to kill
gdm (of course), and ther
>Can't you switch to a console (CTRL-ALT-F[1-6] for me - don't know what that
>might be on a Mac...) and login there? That's what I used to do when gdm
>didn't work.
I tried. It does not work.
Sergio
Michael G Schwern:
>Just boot into single user mode. Use the kernel parameter "single" at
>your boot prompt. Then none of your services will be started.
Thank you. BootX saved me from another installation.
Now gdm is not executable (under /etc/init.d) and the
system remains in text mode.
Now,
Now the keyboard is gone also in text mode.
Nice job guys!
Sergio
>Just to let you know: the new complete Netscape rpm for LinuxPPC (as it
>was announced in the linux-pmac list) does convert to .deb quite nicely.
>Since I had several problems with wrong library versions with Netscape's
>versions of Netscape, so I was quite positively surprised by the now
>runnin
... Is there any possibility to have something
between the eMac and the E-Mac themes including
also an associated gtk theme? I mean, something
that keeps the good of both, improves the overall
quality.
Suggestions:
- the clock on the menu bar, if you want it
(y2k, of course :-)
- remo
I had problems too with 2.2.12, long ago.
I am running 2.2.13 (on Lombard), which has been
compiled and installed with no problems at all.
Sergio
Hi all,
I am updating the packages and lots of things are now misbehaving.
I'll try to summarize them all.
1. XFree complaints that it can not access the basic fonts.
This is quite surprising. I checked the paths and dirs, but all
seems fine.
2. rwhod is very undesired in this netw
Can somebody please give me a link where I can fetch it?
No cvs please, just a .deb file.
Sergio
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Recommended fix: reduce the dependency of netbase on netstd
>to a "suggests".
netstd is labeled as obsolete
netbase still depends on netstd!!!
Sergio
I am now on an Intel platform, and my dpkg says:
>Package: netbase
>Priority: standard
>Section: base
>Installed-Size: 1069
>Maintainer: Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Architecture: i386
>Version: 3.16-7
>Replaces: netstd (<< 3.00)
^^
>Depends: tcpd, libc6 (>= 2.1)
>I would say that this is version skid then, Intel had the dependency
>problem for a couple of weeks.
>
>Obviously PPC netbase is older than PPC netstd (and Intel netbase).
>Once the version skid resolves the problem should therefore clear up.
Is there an automatic way of keeping the two distri
Hi,
I finally understood why X11 does not start. At startx, the
enlightenment window manager triggers some sounds via esdplay.
Although esd is up, esdplay does not work, triggering the problem.
(/dev/dsp is working fine with sox)
What is the solution?
Sergio
>> I finally understood why X11 does not start. At startx, the
>> enlightenment window manager triggers some sounds via esdplay.
>> Although esd is up, esdplay does not work, triggering the problem.
> esd process must be own by you inorder that esdplay can run. also,
> check permission on /dev
> I doubt it, since that was a somewhat nonstandard server (requires
> it's own kernel config option).
In brackets, if you disable that option, the kernel will not compile.
Sergio
>> I doubt it, since that was a somewhat nonstandard server (requires
>> it's own kernel config option).
> In brackets, if you disable that option, the kernel will not compile.
I am using the official distribution of linux kernel 2.2.13 (no cvs).
After un-tar, I configure the kernel for no mod
Ok, here we are.
The file permissions of the devices are all fine, as well as the
owner and the group. I tried again and again, and the result is that
if the Ethernet cable is plugged in, then esd is started and
therefore enlightenment is started too. If the Ethernet is not
plugged it, noth
Hi,
If you have an Apple PowerBook G3 Lombard, could you please tell me
what is the device for the modem and what is a step by step procedure
for having minicom working?
Thank you,
Sergio
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>The modem is on /dev/ttyS0
>
>minicom needs to be patched to fix a timeout problem when opening the
>serial port:
Ok, Thank you!
That was only a step towards ppp.
Do I have to patch ppp also?
Sergio
Shiryu wrote:
>Is the lombard a good computer for Linux?
>
>well suported?
The Lombard is a *stunning* machine. I am running Debian potato,
which stability has improved a great deal in the last two months.
The port of Linux to the powerpc architecture is not a trivial
thing, but I would say
Troubles!
It crashes my G3-lombard at *every* boot.
I would like to post the kernal messages, but I can not
find the right log.
I would like to try Paul's rsync tree, what is the command?
Sergio
>It has a DVD-RAM, does Debian Linux supporting it ?
Yes it does, in the kernel, as part of the SCSI driver.
Sergio
I tried Paul's rsync tree, but still it does not work. The USB
section does not compile due to two missing files, and the Xpmac
option is still needed (if you disable it, the kernel does not
compile). By leaving the Xpmac option selected, and desecting the USB
one, the kernel compiles, but it
There is a new home page for installing Debian.
See http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/pmac
Sergio
The architecture-specific config file is missing.
Sergio
>Previously Sergio Brandano wrote:
> The architecture-specific config file is missing.
>There never was an architecture-specific config for powerpc, and as far
>as I know powerpc doesn't need it.
>
>Wichert.
Then why is that the debian package fails reporting that message?
Sergio
http://www.libranet.com/petition.html
Michel "Dänzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does it really fail? On my machine, update-modules just states that
>there is no such file, but otherwise works perfectly.
>
>If it does fail for you, post the output.
I posted it already in my initial message, however...
running dpkg --pending --con
Ok, modutils is now installed.
How to I remove console-data?
running dpkg --pending --remove ...
(Reading database ... 85758 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing console-data ...
grep: /proc/hardware: No such file or directory
substr outside of string at /var/lib/dpkg/info/conso
I do not get it...
Michel Dänzer wrote:
>> Setting up console-data (1999.08.29-9) ...
>> grep: /proc/hardware: No such file or directory
>
>This one is really broken, /proc/hardware seems to be available only
>> on APUS (and m68k).
then Ethan Benson wrote:
>> How to I remove console-data?
I am running 2.2.13
Sergio
Previously Sergio Brandano wrote:
> running dpkg --pending --configure ...
> Setting up modutils (2.3.9-2) ...
> Architecture-specific modutils configuration not found, using defaults
> depmod: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented
That's a depmod err
dselect reports:
*** Imp interpre perl-5.005 Larry Wall's Practical Extracting and Report
Language.
*** Std interpre perl-5.005-d Man pages and pod docs for Perl
*** Opt x11 enlightenmen Enlightenment Window Manager Run Time Data Files
-** Opt x11 enlightenmen The Enlightenment Wind
--- Forwarded Message
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 17:33:04 +0100
From: Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Debian Announcements
Subject: Code Freeze for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has begun
The Debian Project
It is bugged too...
> You have no controlling tty. Cannot read passphrase.
It seems that the problem has been fixed with pre27.
Sergio
xpdf-i depends on t1lib10, but t1lib10 is labeled as obsolete.
Sergio
I remember this package was available before OpenSSH has been
introduced in the distribution. As OpenSSH does not work, is it
possible to have ssh-nonfree back? Thank you.
Sergio
... then installing apache-ssl.
Sergio
P.S. I hope my messages will serve as feedback.
I updated the system, and a number of things went
wrong. Enlightenment is still broken, for example,
together with perl and ssh. And I still wonder why
is that the dependencies are different between
Deb
Thank you! What a relief! Now it works.
Sergio
Mr. Christopher F. Miller wrote:
>I had this problem on a lot of my systems, all of which
>are cloned with roots ultimately in a 1994 slackware
>A-E disk install. It seems the /dev/ directory is just
>obsolete.
>
>cd /dev
>
>./MAKEDEV std
>./MA
Hi,
I need to install apache-ssl on ppc, but the dependencies are messing
things entirely too much. The following is the difference with i386
and the suggested straightforward improvement.
Sergio
* Dependencies on i386:
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1),
libgdbmg1,
libss
Hi again,
I can not scan my own machine using nmap
(it works fine when scanning another machine though)
> nmap V. 2.12 by Fyodor ([EMAIL PROTECTED], www.insecure.org/nmap/)
Sergio
>Anyway, what precisely should I be using for my sources.dist file?
Try this:
# United Kingdom
deb http://www.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-US non-free
deb http://www.uk.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-US/main
non-US/contrib non-US/non-free non-free
deb http://www.
oops!
comment out the "stable" lines.
Sergio
Can someone *please* tell me *where* in heaven I can find them all?
Sergio
enlightenment-data_0.16.3-6.deb
enlightenment-theme-bluesteel_0.16.3-6.deb
enlightenment-theme-brushedmetal_0.16.3-6.deb
enlightenment-theme-shinymetal_0.16.3-6.deb
enlightenment_0.16.3-6.deb
Hey Laurence!
Could you *please* fix the dependencies with this package?
> enlightenment depends on enlightenment-data (= 0.16.3-6)
>
> enlightenment depends on enlightenment-data (= 0.16.3-6)
> enlightenment suggests epplets
out of the actual distribution:
>enlightenment-data_0.16.3-7.deb
>What happens here is that the themes and data are architecture all,
>so are the one built for i386, who has enlightenment 0.16.3-6.
... enlightenment 0.16.3-7 (I am running it, and no compilation was
required).
> Just get the source package and recompile it. (apt-get source should
> do the wo
> So it was built by the build daemon since your last mail.
Nope. The i386 version was available several days ago.
> How so ?
It compiles, but there are problems when using it. On the other hand,
if you had no problems, why not making it available as a bin package?
Sergio
>sure, that is the problem. Because of the i386 package all binary all -6
>packages got erased, making enlightenment uninstallable on powerpc.
Great. This enforces my original messages:
> As this happened before for other packages, I would say that, in
> principle, it is not a good thing to del
Hi, I have a little question on yaboot
http://calvaweb.calvacom.fr/bh40/test.html
- Is it the only way to boot kernel 2.2.14+ ?
- As I am still booting 2.2.13 with BootX on my Lombard, is there any
chance to boot 2.2.14+ with BootX?
- I am puzzled by the installation instructions of yaboot an
When compiling Paul's rsync tree on my Lombard, I get what follows:
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
-fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -D__powerpc__ -fsigned-char
-msoft-float -pipe -fno-builtin -ffixed-r2 -Wno-uninitialized -mmultiple
-mstring
... by the way, yes it is *unstable*, I know it. But this must not
necessarily imply that it *must* crash, right? One can also upload
the new packages and leave the freedom to the others to do some
beta-testing or keep the old one, right?
Sergio
Dear Adam,
I think the real problem is another one. That I want to run this
enlightenment and GNOME thing, while I should rather use my good
old fvwm, so to also gain in performance. Even better Motif, if
there is one for ppc. At least we had a few certainties before,
while now all things k
>> ... by the way, yes it is *unstable*, I know it. But this must not
>> necessarily imply that it *must* crash, right? One can also upload
>> the new packages and leave the freedom to the others to do some
>> beta-testing or keep the old one, right?
> Right, but when people develop on i386 o
Adam,
I wrote:
>> ... by the way, yes it is *unstable*, I know it. But this must not
>> necessarily imply that it *must* crash, right?
>> Shall we conclude that ``frozen'' is, de facto, a synonym for
>> ``unstable''? Or shall frozen better contain the 0.16.3-6 packages?
you replied:
> It sh
> Did you try building the packages yourself ? You said me that it
> don't work for you.
I compiled it and installed it long ago (directly on the ppc
machine). The problem is that it does not start up as it should.
I am busy until the 15th with issues that have far higher priority,
and I am u
Either
modify dox/dox.h and src/E.h so to include
#include
(instead of the actual #include )
or fix the configurator.
I have it installed on my Lombard, and it works fine.
Just remember to run the configurator with the option
--enable-fsstd.
I would gladly post the package but, alt
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