Xfree 3.x for Cirrus Logic GD 5446 on a RS 6000 clone (Bull Estrella 320)

2000-12-28 Thread Mark Lamers
Hello, Anybody got any succes with this combination? Please let me know Mark Lamers

Re: sys/io.h

2000-12-28 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 03:57:40PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: Anyone knows why /usr/include/sys/io.h is in libc6-devel on ia32, but not on ppc? Both are potato. Because it's an ia32 (and alpha) specific header file. There's just no

Re: error trying to boot on a pismo

2000-12-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 04:48:21PM +1100, Steven Hanley wrote: well I finally got a mac modem cable and hoked it up to a null modem plug and was able to get OF on my 7220, however with the computer still not booting into linux when booting from quik this wontr help much, I am havinbg well it

Re: Kernel build problem.

2000-12-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 05:16:47PM +0800, Rolf Schatzmann wrote: I am having problems trying to build a 2.4 kernel. I can and have built many 2.2 kernels and that works fine. However attempts to build the 2.4 kernel fail after I do make vmlinux. I have tried test 10 and test 12 and it does the

Re: ben's site still unavailable

2000-12-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 12:34:31AM +1100, Steven Hanley wrote: All I notice BenH's site http://ppclinux.apple.com/~benh/ is still unavailable. Are there any other sites with similar information and such available? The input layer for example is supposedly documented on there (as well as

error with new compiled kernel

2000-12-28 Thread Steven Hanley
All trying out a kernel.org 2.2.18 I jsut compiled and configured, it seems to get on there fine with ybin run after modifying yaboot.conf however when I go to boot it yaboot says boot: Loading kernel... Elf32 kernel loaded... and freezes there, nothing more happens. I should maybe find a

Re: error with new compiled kernel

2000-12-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
Steven Hanley wrote: trying out a kernel.org 2.2.18 I jsut compiled and configured, it seems to get on there fine with ybin run after modifying yaboot.conf however when I go to boot it yaboot says boot: Loading kernel... Elf32 kernel loaded... and freezes there, nothing more

Re: where is the pmud package?

2000-12-28 Thread Michael Schmitz
You'll have to get the source from unstable. It's in there: /home/archvsync/mirror/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/admin/pmud_0.7-3.deb That's in fact the binary package which should work just fine for potato installatons. Have we switched to glibc 2.2 in unstable yet? Michael

Re: where is the pmud package?

2000-12-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
Michael Schmitz wrote: You'll have to get the source from unstable. It's in there: /home/archvsync/mirror/dists/woody/main/binary-powerpc/admin/pmud_0.7-3.deb That's in fact the binary package which should work just fine for potato installatons. Have we switched to glibc 2.2 in

Re: Mouse setting in X

2000-12-28 Thread Michael Schmitz
sucessful is /dev/adb, with this I get the WindowMaker dock and Debian backround with no mouse movement. Any suggestions to get my mouse working? Thanks for your time. if its 2.2.18pre21 kernel from debian you need to use /dev/input/mice And protocol IMPS/2, perhaps (try PS/2 if

Re: where is the pmud package?

2000-12-28 Thread Michael Schmitz
Have we switched to glibc 2.2 in unstable yet? pismo(~): dpkg -l|grep libc6 ii libc6 2.2-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libc6-dev 2.2-6 GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Hea Quite some time ago. Time to upgrade I guess ...

Xautoconfig 0.13

2000-12-28 Thread Tom Rini
Hey all, I've fixed/tweaked Xautoconfig a bit more, and hopefully squashed more bugs. New in 0.13: Should work on non-redhat like systems now (By asking for info). Changes/Fixes: Only use the fontservers, but have direct font paths available. Comment out v4l module. Use the right keymap

More Mouse Problems

2000-12-28 Thread Chris Bryan
I'm having similar problems as our other mouse-troubled friend, on a g4 400. A couple questions: -What protocol should I use in XF86Config for the usb mouse? -Is /dev/usbmouse the correct setting? (porbably a dumb quesiton, just making sure ;) -Could the problem be the fact that the mouse is on

Re: More Mouse Problems

2000-12-28 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Chris Bryan wrote: I'm having similar problems as our other mouse-troubled friend, on a g4 400. A couple questions: -What protocol should I use in XF86Config for the usb mouse? -Is /dev/usbmouse the correct setting? (porbably a dumb quesiton, just making sure ;) -Could the problem be the

Re: Re: Status of PCI-PCI bridge on UMAX S900

2000-12-28 Thread jingai
just a short followup to the message i sent to debian-powerpc, i applied the following diff and was able to move my usb board to the other side of the umax/s900 bridge w/o any ill effect: --- prom.c.000 Thu Dec 28 08:43:12 2000 +++ prom.c Thu Dec 28 09:06:16 2000 @@ -1563,8 +1563,8

Re: X permission problems

2000-12-28 Thread Mark Hepburn
At 01:55 AM 12/29/00 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: Mark Hepburn wrote: I'm currently trying to set up X. I have a working XF86Config, however when I type startx (or just 'X') I get the following message: X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_FBDev failed I can start up fine by typing 'xinit

Re: X permission problems

2000-12-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
Mark Hepburn wrote: At 01:55 AM 12/29/00 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: Mark Hepburn wrote: I'm currently trying to set up X. I have a working XF86Config, however when I type startx (or just 'X') I get the following message: X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_FBDev failed I can start up

Re: error with new compiled kernel

2000-12-28 Thread Steven Hanley
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 04:32:55PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: To go from the working config of the 2.2.17 kernel, cp /boot/config-2.2.17 to .config in you kernel tree, make oldconfig and then make menuconfig or whatever you use for configuration. well, using the debian .config file for 2.2.17

Re: X permission problems

2000-12-28 Thread Mark Hepburn
anywhere else I should be looking? The permissions of the binary itself are fine? They should be; I checked them against my (working) x86 box at home last night and I haven't changed anything that I can remember. /usr/bin/X11/X -rwsr-sr-x root.root /usr/bin/X11/XF86_FBDev -rwxr-xr-x

Re: error with new compiled kernel

2000-12-28 Thread Michel Dänzer
Steven Hanley wrote: On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 04:32:55PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: To go from the working config of the 2.2.17 kernel, cp /boot/config-2.2.17 to .config in you kernel tree, make oldconfig and then make menuconfig or whatever you use for configuration. well, using

Re: More Mouse Problems

2000-12-28 Thread Chris Bryan
on 12/28/00 5:05 PM, Adam C Powell IV at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Bryan wrote: I'm having similar problems as our other mouse-troubled friend, on a g4 400. A couple questions: -What protocol should I use in XF86Config for the usb mouse? -Is /dev/usbmouse the correct setting?

Re: error with new compiled kernel

2000-12-28 Thread Steven Hanley
On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 02:26:23AM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: BTW are you sure it hangs on boot? Tried to ping it or something? Maybe the display configuration is fscked up... pretty sure, last night when it was first not booting I let it sit for about 10 minutes then tried pinging, no

Network installation woes

2000-12-28 Thread Jon Becker
I'm a newbie, trying to install Debian for the first time. I can boot from the 2.2r2 install CD, but I get a kernel panic when dbootstrap tries to do the network configuration. Okay, so I skip the network configuration, set everything else up, and on reboot from the hard disk, I get another

damn, even 2.4.0 wont boot

2000-12-28 Thread Steven Hanley
All well I get the exact same error with 2.4.0-test13-pre3 as I had with 2.2.18 yaboot says Elf32 kernel loaded or something and then nothing happens at all, no disk activity or anything. I am thinking I must have done somet6hing wwrong but cant think what. the images look like this

wheee vmlinux worked

2000-12-28 Thread Steven Hanley
All my 2.4.0-test13-pre3 vmlinux (uncompressed) image worked :), I dont remember seeing in the yaboot faq or anywhere else a thing saying not to use the compressed images, oh well maybe I missed something. and to think I used to religously use the uncompressed images on my 7220 as I thought it

Re: More Mouse Problems

2000-12-28 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Chris Bryan wrote: on 12/28/00 5:05 PM, Adam C Powell IV at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Bryan wrote: I'm having similar problems as our other mouse-troubled friend, on a g4 400. A couple questions: -What protocol should I use in XF86Config for the usb mouse? -Is

Re: wheee vmlinux worked

2000-12-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 01:31:02PM +1100, Steven Hanley wrote: All my 2.4.0-test13-pre3 vmlinux (uncompressed) image worked :), I dont remember seeing in the yaboot faq or anywhere else a thing saying not to use the compressed images, oh well maybe I missed something. hmm, maybe i should