On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:59:31 +0200 Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23 2008, at 21:25 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:22:18 +0200 > > Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ever having considered to install sid/unstable? Most of the time it > > > works like a charm on ab old titanium here: > > > > > > ****** > > > > > > processor : 0 > > > cpu : 7455, altivec supported > > > clock : 667.000000MHz > > > revision : 0.2 (pvr 8001 0302) > > > bogomips : 66.56 > > > timebase : 33331438 > > > platform : PowerMac > > > machine : PowerBook3,5 > > > motherboard : PowerBook3,5 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh > > > detected as : 80 (PowerBook Titanium IV) > > > pmac flags : 0000001b > > > L2 cache : 256K unified > > > pmac-generation : NewWorld > > > > > > ***** > > > > > > Graphics hardware: > > > > > > 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies > > > Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 01) > > > > > > ***** > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > Hi > > > When I installed testing I changed the sources to sid and upgraded them. > > But I still couldn't get the Xorg issue figured out. The graphics > > controller I have is: > > > > description: VGA compatible controller > > product: Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x > > vendor: ATI Technologies Inc > > > > It seems that's the major issue. Also how did you get the power > > management to work? I couldn't get the sleep/suspend to ram working > > properly? > > I have pbbuttonsd installed ... the config file - i.e. /etc/pbbuttonsd.conf > - is attached as "pbbuttonsd.conf-tibook" - so get the machine to > sleep all I do is pressing the powerbutton of the ti-book. As to the > "Sleepkey" ID 116 in this pbbuttons.conf: I don't know what's the > right one for your computer .... > > Also, I attach xorg.conf that is on that tibook as "xorg.conf.tibook" > > Now, you might even want to try that kernel I'm using: I've uploaded > it quite some time ago to rapidshare: > > http://rapidshare.com/files/103023740/linux-image-2.6.25-rc3-g7704a8b-with-ben.s-pmu-patch_2008.03.06_powerpc.deb.html > > md5sum for that kernel package on the rapidshare page is > 37732ce4d345bd5b4ef7b74cdc475c16 > > My apologies for that upload solution, but I don't have another one: > It might be hard to type in the correct code (shown on that image that > rapidshare might display if one wants to download that file ... ) > .. don't give up ... :) > > The config file for that kernel is on > http://www.geocities.com/wolfgangpfeiffer/config-tibook-2.6.25-rc3-g7704a8b-with-ben.s-pmu-patch.txt > > And just in case: I've also attached /etc/modules from the tibook as > "modules-tibook" .. > > Good luck! > > Oh, I nearly forgot that: > This kernel above is heavily modularized ... no initrd image .. and > on install it might complain about a missing source directory, that I > have on the machine where I compiled the kernel ... I just ignored > that complaint for the install on the tibook, IIRC ... > > The only problem I remember with this software, is the occasionally > missing trackpad mouse pointer, on X, IIRC ... > > Also: I have a mildly fresh (lots from around March 26, IINM) unstable > Debian on that tibook, with this being installed (excerpt): > Thanks for all this! I will try it out soon enough. Rapidly approaching finals week so I don't know if I'm brave enough to try this out now. But thank you so much for your help and effort. I definitely want to try debian unstable on this system... amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
