powersaving on NW iMac?

2000-12-03 Thread Ralf Stephan
Hi, would it be possible to turn off a ruby iMac hd/monitor by using a kernel module for Powerbooks - which one? Thanks in advance for any pointers, ralf We're on a road to nowhere...

Re: XFree 4.0.1-8 won't run on r128/ppc

2000-12-03 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: dog wrote: FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument Fatal server error: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 the FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument is the same message i get when trying to use fbset to change resolution

Re: powersaving on NW iMac?

2000-12-03 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 09:42:57AM +0100, Ralf Stephan wrote: Hi, would it be possible to turn off a ruby iMac hd/monitor by using a kernel module for Powerbooks - which one? the monitor should already go into powersaving on its own when in the console (does anynone know how to control that?),

X keyboard

2000-12-03 Thread Olof
Hello, another question about X : In my XF86Config file, I have (Keyboard section) : XkbKeymap xfree86(fr_CH) for the swiss-french keyboard. But under X, the keyboard is unusable. It's not an US or UK keyboard but in place of 'f', I have '2', for exemple ! Must I specifie at any place

Re: glibc

2000-12-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
Sergio Brandano wrote: Are the new C libraries OK now??? Can we install them I haven't had any problems with the upgrade. Michel -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI

Re: XF4 on Mach64 and 2.2 kernel?

2000-12-03 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Adam C Powell IV wrote: Michel Dänzer wrote: Adam C Powell IV wrote: Then I tried startx using XF86Config.new, but got the message that it needed a Driver line in the Device section. So I copied the line ``Driver fbdev'' from the Screen section to the Device section. This

Re: XFree 4.0.1-8 won't run on r128/ppc

2000-12-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: dog wrote: FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument Fatal server error: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 the FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument is the same message i get when trying

Re: How to create Modeline and Mode in XF86Config file (was re : Can'tstart X)

2000-12-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
Olof wrote: You need to edit the timings in the Monitor section. If you want to use the same mode as in console, you can either use 'fbset -x' to get a mode definition for it or just enter current as a mode in the XF86Config Screen Section. Michel Ok, now, I can launch X in

Re: XF4 on Mach64 and 2.2 kernel?

2000-12-03 Thread Michel Dänzer
Adam C Powell IV wrote: I'll look into the signal 11 in xf86cfg. I wouldn't bother about it. If you want to try the ati driver, copying the fbdev Device Section and adding Option UseFBDev may work. Good luck :) And it fails with 2.2.18pre21 for two reasons: the fb doesn't give it a default

Re: powersaving on NW iMac?

2000-12-03 Thread Chad Miller
On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 09:42:57AM +0100, Ralf Stephan wrote: Hi, would it be possible to turn off a ruby iMac hd/monitor by using a kernel module for Powerbooks - which one? Use 'setterm' for the console. - chad -- Chad Miller [EMAIL

Re: Fwd: Re: problems starting X (was RE: Can't start X)

2000-12-03 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: If you want to use the same mode as in console, you can either use 'fbset -x' to get a mode definition for it or just enter current as a mode in the ^^^ XF86Config Screen Section.

Re: XF4 on Mach64 and 2.2 kernel?

2000-12-03 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: Andrew B. Arthur wrote: XFree86 4.0 ati driver started without a problem on my machine, although it crashes hard my machine after a bit of use. The fbdev driver is a bit more stable, but it leaves large black sploches on the screen,

Re: How to create Modeline and Mode in XF86Config file (was re : Can'tstart X)

2000-12-03 Thread Olof
Michel Dänzer wrote: Olof wrote: You need to edit the timings in the Monitor section. If you want to use the same mode as in console, you can either use 'fbset -x' to get a mode definition for it or just enter current as a mode in the XF86Config Screen Section. Michel

Need help installing Potatoe on G4

2000-12-03 Thread Pej \(chez\)
Hello everybody, I've got a really weird problem : While installing the potatoe, everything goes rigth until the moment I have to choose the root password. When I enter a pass and its confirmation, the install program kinda loop and reasks me the same question. I solved the problem by loging in

3COM 3c905c again

2000-12-03 Thread Jonathan Lane
Okay, I swapped cards around, and it turns out that *anything* in PCI slots 3-6 are not correctly configured (this is on a UMAX S900). I moved the USB card and NIC to slots 1 and 2, and my video card to slot 4, which appears to be working (although I've not tried using X yet, as XF86 4.0.1 is

Re: powersaving on NW iMac?

2000-12-03 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 09:21:26AM -0800, Matt Brubeck wrote: On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: the monitor should already go into powersaving on its own when in the console (does anynone know how to control that?), for X you need to either use xset to enable dpms or enable it in

strange problem with lombard in X (keyboard)

2000-12-03 Thread Josh Huber
I'm having an interesting problem with my keyboard in X all of a sudden. I believe this was after the upgrade to 4.0.1-8, but I didn't restart X, so I don't think that's the problem. Very strange: according to xev, my left arrow key produces Alt_R, right arrow gives Pause, up gives Print, and

Re: 3COM 3c905c again

2000-12-03 Thread Tony Mantler
At 6:49 PM -0600 12/3/2000, Jonathan Lane wrote: (although I've not tried using X yet, as XF86 4.0.1 is currently broken...). X4 works for me[tm] on my 9600 with debian. Of course, I seem to be the only person on the planet who's got X working in a 9600, with an imstt, in the bottom slots,

XFree86 on a Beige G3

2000-12-03 Thread Craige McWhirter
Having a few problems getting this to run properly. I've been following earlier threads and search the archive but none of these sources have provided a solution yet. I configure via Dexter, run startx, the screen blanks then returns with a Caught signal 11 as per the below logs. Does anyone have

Re: XFree86 on a Beige G3

2000-12-03 Thread Craige McWhirter
I know the log says it but I forgot to mention it was XFree86 4.0.1f On Mon, 04 Dec 2000 15:15:00 Craige McWhirter wrote: Having a few problems getting this to run properly. I've been following earlier threads and search the archive but none of these sources have provided a solution yet. I

Re: Need help installing Potatoe on G4

2000-12-03 Thread Eric Reischer
Ok Al Gore. Try manually entering in information in the /etc/passwd file and see if it saves ok. It appears as though the install program is attempting to read configuration information from the disk but isn't finding a file, so it defaults back to ask you for the information again. I

Re: 3COM 3c905c again

2000-12-03 Thread Eric Reischer
As for the PCI slots, I'm afraid I can't be much of any help. The error you are describing in your syslog, that basically means that your DHCP server does not have any more IP addresses to give out to clients. If you administer this server, then you might want to consider adding more

sorry, I can't build 4.0.1-9pre10v1 for powerpc

2000-12-03 Thread Branden Robinson
My build box has a slight problem: make[7]: Entering directory `/home/branden/xfree86/xfree86-4.0.1/build-tree/xc/lib/GL/mesa/src/drv/gamma' rm -f gamma_gl.o gcc -c -O2 -g -fsigned-char -I../../../../../../lib/X11 -I../../../../../../include/extensions -I. -I.. -I../../include

Re: sorry, I can't build 4.0.1-9pre10v1 for powerpc

2000-12-03 Thread Eric Reischer
Appears to be a memory/swap related problem. Open up another tty and run 'top' while the make is going on, and watch your total free memory and your total free swap..they might get too small for cc to run successfully. (VM is the virtual memory driver) Eric At 12:17 AM 12/4/00 ,

Re: sorry, I can't build 4.0.1-9pre10v1 for powerpc

2000-12-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:24:35AM -0500, Eric Reischer wrote: Appears to be a memory/swap related problem. Open up another tty and run 'top' while the make is going on, and watch your total free memory and your total free swap..they might get too small for cc to run successfully. (VM