2.4 kernel

2000-10-04 Thread Cameron Berkenpas
I can't seem to create a working 2.4 kernel in debian ppc. Maybe the problem is that boot X doesn't support 2.4 kernels? I would like to have a working 2.4 kernel so I could get a voodoo3 and actually have X running at a decent speed on my starmax 4000/200 at the high res I put it on. Also, I'd

Re: 2.4 kernel

2000-10-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:50:14AM +, Cameron Berkenpas wrote: I can't seem to create a working 2.4 kernel in debian ppc. Maybe the problem is that boot X doesn't support 2.4 kernels? I would like to have a working 2.4 kernel so I could get a voodoo3 and actually have X running at a decent

Re: 3dfx accelerated XF4.01 in Potato

2000-10-04 Thread Michel Dänzer
Pepijn Bruienne wrote: I followed the instructions to install XFree86 4.01 with the current development drivers (through rsync) for tdfx support as listed on penguinppc.org/usr/xf4. After a compile and a full recompile (the first attempt made a total mess of the Debian install) I now am able

Re: report on iMacDV/iBook SE (was Re: Installing Debian on an Imac DV)

2000-10-04 Thread Hadess
Hi, I'm really annoying, sorry... Quoting Michel Dänzer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What do the Debian XFree packages include ? XFree86 CVS from sometime after 4.0.1c + PPC patches from Ani Joshi's rsync tree. Good enough for DRI ? If I understand well, I could get: X Strike-force deb

Re: Xpmac etc.

2000-10-04 Thread Paul Talacko
Fixed it!! I'm very happy. I tried turning off gpm, but it was just the same. The trick was to recompile the kernel. There is an option which is: CONFIG_FB_COMPAT_XPMAC make sure this is set to Y. Then patch the kernel with the patch on the potato CD originating from Ben H. (I tried

Re: exim 3.16-3.1 and 3.16-4 (and libc6 2.1.3-13)

2000-10-04 Thread Robert Ramiega
Hi! On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 03:54:33PM +0100, Sergio Brandano wrote: I am using libc6 2.1.3-10, that also seems the only one available for woody, together with exim 3.16-3.1 and I am reporting no problems so far. Where did you get libc6 2.1.94 from? The c libs I guess my wording is not

Re: Xpmac etc.

2000-10-04 Thread Robert Ramiega
On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 08:27:58PM +0100, Paul Talacko wrote: I went and got Xpmac. It works! Well sort of. My mouse freezes in X, but it works fine in gpm. There is an older thread somewhere here saying that new kernels don't support adb mice. How come it works in gpm then? I don't

porting troubles

2000-10-04 Thread Sergio Brandano
Hi, Out of blue, why is that Linux now runs stable on six (6) different platforms but commercial software like Star, Corel, Adobe and IBM, just to mention a few, are only available for ix86? Are there any political or technical reasons for it? Sergio

Re: porting troubles

2000-10-04 Thread C.M. Connelly
SB == Sergio Brandano [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: SB Out of blue, why is that Linux now runs stable on six (6) SB different platforms but commercial software like Star, SB Corel, Adobe and IBM, just to mention a few, are only SB available for ix86? Are there any political or technical

Re: porting troubles

2000-10-04 Thread Michael Schmitz
SB Out of blue, why is that Linux now runs stable on six (6) SB different platforms but commercial software like Star, SB Corel, Adobe and IBM, just to mention a few, are only SB available for ix86? Are there any political or technical SB reasons for it? There are some

Re: porting troubles

2000-10-04 Thread Nelson Abramson
Sergio Brandano wrote: Out of blue, why is that Linux now runs stable on six (6) different platforms but commercial software like Star, Corel, Adobe and IBM, just to mention a few, are only available for ix86? Are there any political or technical reasons for it? heavily biased Because

Re: porting troubles

2000-10-04 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Sergio Brandano wrote: Out of blue, why is that Linux now runs stable on six (6) different Only 6? :-) platforms but commercial software like Star, Corel, Adobe and IBM, just to mention a few, are only available for ix86? Are there any political or technical reasons

Re: 2.4 kernel

2000-10-04 Thread Cameron Berkenpas
Well, don't I need to use the frame buffer or does XFree 4 get around this problem? On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:50:14AM +, Cameron Berkenpas wrote: I can't seem to create a working 2.4 kernel in debian ppc. Maybe the problem is that boot X doesn't

Re: 2.4 kernel

2000-10-04 Thread Michael Schmitz
Well, don't I need to use the frame buffer or does XFree 4 get around this problem? What exactly is the problem? Missing support for a particular frame buffer in 2.2? Michael