XFree86 4.x

Last week I decided to install XFree86 4.x. Since it was still in unstable at that time (it arrived in woody the day after :-), I upgraded part of my stuff to unstable. While my intention was to keep using the 3.x server, Debian decided to make the 4.x server the default without asking me:

DHCP client in unstable?

So what is the current solution for configuring the networking of a PowerMac running debian/unstable (kernel version 2.2.17) from a DHCP server? I used to use (actually still do) dhcpcd (1.3.17p12-8), but that seems to have been removed (dselect says it is obsolete). I'm trying to do a new

Re: help for a bootable cd for powermacs/g4

On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Francesco Lanni wrote: Hi, can anyone explain me what should I do to create a bootable CD for my G4? Is there any document available? man mkisofs (1.13 from woody): HFS BOOT DRIVER It may be possible to make the hybrid CD bootable on a Macintosh.

LILO on Debian PPC?

Hi, Does Debian PPC also uses LILO, as other Linux'es, or another startup manager?

Re: help for a bootable cd for powermacs/g4

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:32:38AM +0100, J.A. Bezemer wrote: On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Francesco Lanni wrote: Hi, can anyone explain me what should I do to create a bootable CD for my G4? Is there any document available? man mkisofs (1.13 from woody): HFS BOOT DRIVER It may

Re: LILO on Debian PPC?

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 01:01:08PM +0200, Andrei Verovski wrote: Hi, Does Debian PPC also uses LILO, as other Linux'es, or another startup manager? no LILO is a x86 only bootloader, we use something very similer called yaboot, which is installed with the lilo-like ybin userland utility.

Network analysis software

Hi - please forgive me for a non powerpc question! I'm looking for Linux network analysis software for our little company which has a flat LAN with about 100 users running on Ethernet and Bay switches. Is there anything I should have a look at? Thanks for any help Rory -- Rory

Re: help for a bootable cd for powermacs/g4

On a related subject, is it possible to get a new-world mac bootable Debian install CD at all? How do most of you guys install Debian onto your machines? On 6/2/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.A. Bezemer) wrote: On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Francesco Lanni wrote: Hi, can anyone explain me what should

Re: Network analysis software

Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: Hi - please forgive me for a non powerpc question! I'm looking for Linux network analysis software for our little company which has a flat LAN with about 100 users running on Ethernet and Bay switches. Is there anything I should have a look at? Thanks for any

Re: help for a bootable cd for powermacs/g4

On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: On a related subject, is it possible to get a new-world mac bootable Debian install CD at all? The official powerpc Binary-1 CD should be bootable on those machines. (If you're interested, see

Re: help for a bootable cd for powermacs/g4

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 12:33:17PM +, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: On a related subject, is it possible to get a new-world mac bootable Debian install CD at all? debian CDs since potato have always been bootable on newworlds. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

OF setting for Quik booting in a 7200

Could I please have your help? I have three Macs which I intend to use with Debian. I'm experienced in IBM PC-compatibles installations but never succeeded in a RISC one - have already tried a Digital Alpha and a beige G3. Now I have a 7200/75 from which I eliminated any HFS

XFree 4.0.2 ATI driver

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

Re: OF setting for Quik booting in a 7200

Leandro Dutra wrote: Could I please have your help? I have three Macs which I intend to use with Debian. I'm experienced in IBM PC-compatibles installations but never succeeded in a RISC one - have already tried a Digital Alpha and a beige G3. Now I have a 7200/75 from

Re: OF setting for Quik booting in a 7200

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 01:51:40PM -0200, Leandro Dutra wrote: Could I please have your help? I have three Macs which I intend to use with Debian. I'm experienced in IBM PC-compatibles installations but never succeeded in a RISC one - have already tried a Digital Alpha and a beige G3.

Re: OF setting for Quik booting in a 7200

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 02:10:03PM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: I've spent the last month trying to get QUIK to work on a 7200, if you want to get it working in a reasonable time, make a 50MB hfs partition install MacOS 8.5 and bootX. It'll make the easiest boot loader I've ever worked with,

Re: fdisk kernel panic

Current report is as follows... Changing the Fireball from id 1 to 0 made Mac OS boot from the device so I can get into BootX. I tried to rewrite the partition table with fdisk again, and this time got: Kernel panic: Exception in kernel pc c0205a90 signal 4 Rebooting in 180 seconds Has this

Re: DHCP client in unstable?

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 12:16:21AM -0800, Peter Canning wrote: So what is the current solution for configuring the networking of a PowerMac running debian/unstable (kernel version 2.2.17) from a DHCP server? I used to use (actually still do) dhcpcd (1.3.17p12-8), but that seems to have been

Re: fdisk kernel panic

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 11:12:27AM +1100, Bruce McIntyre wrote: Current report is as follows... Changing the Fireball from id 1 to 0 made Mac OS boot from the device so I can get into BootX. I tried to rewrite the partition table with fdisk again, and this time got: Kernel panic: