Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-13 Thread Michel Lanners
On 13 Mar, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: You are right there, but the explanation is simpler: I had last rsynced on the 10th, when Paulus was at 2.4.2. I just did it again, I now have 2.4.3-pre2 but no Airport in the config anymore. :-/ I assume it's an overlook

Re: debian2.2r2 on powerbook G4

2001-03-13 Thread Michel Dänzer
Michel Lanners wrote: On 13 Mar, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace: You are right there, but the explanation is simpler: I had last rsynced on the 10th, when Paulus was at 2.4.2. I just did it again, I now have 2.4.3-pre2 but no Airport in the config anymore. :-/

Re: Airport support in 2.4.x kernel

2001-03-13 Thread Michel Dänzer
Alan DuBoff wrote: No way. The point of rsync is that it makes all local copies of the files in the repository identical to the originals (using a very interesting protocol BTW - look for the RFC which describes it if you are interested). Yes, that is the point. However, if you use

What does it take to make code endian clean?

2001-03-13 Thread Gjermund Gusland Thorsen
What does it take to make code not depending on little or big endian synclink.c did not compile in the first place on my PMac 7600/132MHz I commented out the asm code in it; it was for x86 debugging, now it compiles… -- Yours Sincerely, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen For evil to triumph it is

Re: Airport support in 2.4.x kernel

2001-03-13 Thread Alan DuBoff
Michel Dänzer wrote: Michel Lanners wrote: Look harder, guys ;-) Dunno, but believe me, it wasn't in my tree yesterday - .config didn't even contain AIRPORT after oldconfig. It wasn't there, but is now. I just did an rsync from the ppc.linuxcare.com::linux-pmac-devel and it is in there.

Re: What does it take to make code endian clean?

2001-03-13 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On 13 Mar 2001, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote: What does it take to make code not depending on little or big endian - Never make assumptions about the ordering of bytes in a multi-word entity (short, int, long, long long). I.e. don't cast the address of an int to a char pointer and

Re: XFree86 on Powerbook G3 Series

2001-03-13 Thread Christoph Richardet - Mac Sys. Admin IIS ETHZ
On 13.3.2001 2:06 Uhr, Michel Dänzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry fuer die spaete Antwort - im Zweifelsfalle antwortest Du besser auch an die Liste, damit evtl. jemand anders einspringen kann. Habe nicht gemerkt, dass ein Reply diese Mail nicht an die Liste schickt. Every time I try

Re: report install debian on powerbook G4

2001-03-13 Thread Eric Deveaud
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 06:53:35PM +0100, Eric Deveaud wrote: 4) get the SystemDisk tool from apple URL:ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/macosxserver/utilities/ with this one note the number of the partition or the shared partition eg: XX

Re: XFree86 on Powerbook G3 Series

2001-03-13 Thread Michel Dänzer
Should have mentioned that the list is in English... Christoph Richardet - Mac Sys. Admin IIS ETHZ wrote: Every time I try to start the Xserver it aborts with the following message: (**) FBDev: Using XF86Config video mode database (--) FBDev: Removing mode 640x480 from list of valid

Re: Airport support in 2.4.x kernel

2001-03-13 Thread Michel Dänzer
Alan DuBoff wrote: My only complaint so far is that if you leave the machine running, and close the lid, it gets hotter than a well digger's @$$, when I open it, it seems like you can fry and egg on the palm rest areas on each side of the trackpad... Don't do that! Sleep isn't supported yet

Re: XFree86 on Powerbook G3 Series

2001-03-13 Thread Christoph Richardet - Mac Sys. Admin IIS ETHZ
On 13.3.2001 13:50 Uhr, Michel Dänzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should have mentioned that the list is in English... Christoph Richardet - Mac Sys. Admin IIS ETHZ wrote: Every time I try to start the Xserver it aborts with the following message: (**) FBDev: Using XF86Config video mode

Re: XFree86 on Powerbook G3 Series

2001-03-13 Thread Michel Dänzer
Christoph Richardet - Mac Sys. Admin IIS ETHZ wrote: I just upgraded to 4.0.2 and it works!!! Great! The only problem I have now is, that the colors are really miserable. Any idea? Try depth 15 instead of 16 or vice versa. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)\ Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Airport support in 2.4.x kernel

2001-03-13 Thread Kevin van Haaren
At 00:02 -0800 3/13/2001, Alan DuBoff wrote: My only complaint so far is that if you leave the machine running, and close the lid, it gets hotter than a well digger's @$$, when I open it, it seems like you can fry and egg on the palm rest areas on each side of the trackpad...In comparison to the

Re: Xserver boot problem: Mouse won't load

2001-03-13 Thread Michael Schmitz
Config Error: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config:217 protocol USB Mouse type not supported by this OS I don't believe this message, because of course the keyboard is USB and it You better believe it. Protocol IMPS/2 or PS/2 or BusMouse are legal values. USB is not. Deal with it.

Re: 2nd and 3rd mouse buttons in XF4.0.2

2001-03-13 Thread Michael Schmitz
dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode = 101 dev.mac_hid.mouse_button3_keycode = 109 dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emulation = 1 using showkey, I found F9 to be 101 and F10 to be 109. Look in linux/input.h and use the keycodes defined there for F9 and F10. Michael

Re: Gnome: Where's my panel?

2001-03-13 Thread W. Crowshaw
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 06:44:07PM -0500, Eric Youngson wrote: I have recently gotten my xserver up and installed gnome. The only problem is that my panel (you know the thing with the main menu) is MIA! I can start it from the xterm, but it's seems kind of funky. Also, the xterm goes on

Re: 2nd and 3rd mouse buttons in XF4.0.2

2001-03-13 Thread Grant Miller
On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 02:15:15PM -0600, Michael Hope wrote: I'm trying to get a 2nd and 3rd mouse button working in XFree 4.0.2. I'm running kernel 2.4.2-pre3 from bitkeeper's sources. I have the following relevant options in my kerenl conifg: CONFIG_USB=y CONFIG_USB_HID=y

Re: XFree86 on Powerbook G3 Series

2001-03-13 Thread C. Todd Roberts
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 04:22:03PM +0100, Christoph Richardet - Mac Sys. Admin IIS ETHZ wrote: Every time I try to start the Xserver it aborts with the following message: (**) FBDev: Using XF86Config video mode database (--) FBDev: Removing mode 640x480 from list of valid modes. (--) FBDev:

Kernel 2.4.2 Compilation Error

2001-03-13 Thread Andrei Verovski
Hi, I am trying to compile stock stable 2.4.2 kernel from ftp.kernel.org with on PPC, but ALWAYS got the following error message, no matter of settings. pmac_pci.c line 550 PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLE_KL_USB undeclared I have enabled all USB, Input and other mac specific options and drivers, but

Re: KDE 2.1 packages.

2001-03-13 Thread Arne Scheffler
Ethan Benson wrote: On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 10:29:51PM -0600, Michael Hope wrote: Sorry if this is covered in a FAQ somewhere, but I've managed to build KDE 2.1 for Debian PowerPC and I was wondering if anyone else is interested in them, or even if they could be used to replace the old

Re: Airport support in 2.4.x kernel

2001-03-13 Thread Alan DuBoff
Michel Dänzer wrote: Alan DuBoff wrote: My only complaint so far is that if you leave the machine running, and close the lid, it gets hotter than a well digger's @$$, when I open it, it seems like you can fry and egg on the palm rest areas on each side of the trackpad... Don't do

Re: apt-setup from HFS

2001-03-13 Thread Simon Richardson
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 04:45:52PM -0400, Peter Cordes wrote: On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 12:06:00PM +, Simon Richardson wrote: If it is possible, how do I refer to a mac partition? I've tried things like: /dev/sdb5/debian/ You should do something like mkdir /macos mount

Re: Kernel 2.4.2 Compilation Error

2001-03-13 Thread Michael Schmitz
I am trying to compile stock stable 2.4.2 kernel from ftp.kernel.org with on PPC, but ALWAYS got the following error message, no matter of settings. pmac_pci.c line 550 PCI_DEVICE_ID_APPLE_KL_USB undeclared Stock 2.4.x kernel source is BROKEN for PPC, and has been broken for ages. Don't use

Re: Email client and conversion from Netscape Mail on win32

2001-03-13 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Mike Fedyk wrote: I'm going to keep my search to a text based email client, because I don't like to have to use vnc to view my email from home... Mutt is great in an Xterm, and picture viewing is good too. I wonder if mutt can use links or netscape for html viewing... Anyone know? It's

ProTV and DVD

2001-03-13 Thread Erik R Larsson
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone got the ProTV (the first version) in Linux, i can only get the picture, the sound or changing of channels on the tuner doesntwork (it is a bt848 chip on it). Then I wonder of there have been any success with DVD (Movies) on Debian PPC? Any help would be

running X on localhost with different user

2001-03-13 Thread Alan DuBoff
In XFree86 3.3.x, it was possible to allow the localhost to be able to use the X server so that you could allow the localhost access, change users and run as that user. I remember a friend mentioning that XFree86 requires something be put in .Xauthority, but I wasn't sure what it was. Can some

Re: running X on localhost with different user

2001-03-13 Thread Alan DuBoff
Alan DuBoff wrote: I remember a friend mentioning that XFree86 requires something be put in .Xauthority, but I wasn't sure what it was. Ooops, that should be XFree86 4.x requires -- Alan DuBoff Software Orchestration, Inc.

Re: running X on localhost with different user

2001-03-13 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 11:32:52PM -0800, Alan DuBoff wrote: Alan DuBoff wrote: I remember a friend mentioning that XFree86 requires something be put in .Xauthority, but I wasn't sure what it was. Ooops, that should be XFree86 4.x requires You can use the xhost command and enable

Change swap after adding memory?

2001-03-13 Thread Kevin van Haaren
I'm getting ready to add 64mb to my 16mb machine. Currently it has a swap of 48mb. Should I boost up the swap or just leave it? is it better to repartition to create a larger single swap or just add a 2nd swap partition? Thanks, Kevin

Re: running X on localhost with different user

2001-03-13 Thread Alan DuBoff
Mike Fedyk wrote: You can use the xhost command and enable access from the entire localhost. Yep, that is what I used to do on XFree86 3.3.x, and specifically I would issue: xhost +localhost Ah, I just figured it out... xhost +local:username does the trick...I guess XFree86 will only allow

Re: running X on localhost with different user

2001-03-13 Thread Joongul Lee
I was told that it is more secure to have export XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority executed in one of the initialization scripts (I have it in ~/.bashrc) On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 12:16:56AM -0800, Alan DuBoff wrote: Mike Fedyk wrote: You can use the xhost command and enable access from the

Re: Change swap after adding memory?

2001-03-13 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 06:09:31PM -0600, Kevin van Haaren wrote: I'm getting ready to add 64mb to my 16mb machine. Currently it has a swap of 48mb. Should I boost up the swap or just leave it? Depends, is that 2.2 or 2.4? If 2.4, you should be ok, but keep an eye on the swap usage. is

Re: running X on localhost with different user

2001-03-13 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 12:16:56AM -0800, Alan DuBoff wrote: Mike Fedyk wrote: You can use the xhost command and enable access from the entire localhost. Yep, that is what I used to do on XFree86 3.3.x, and specifically I would issue: xhost +localhost oh, I didn't know that wouldn't

Re: Powerbook 3400 install

2001-03-13 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 02:32:12PM -0800, Joseph Red wrote: I see where this is on the supported hardware list, but I've been unable to find any install instructions. Making some changes in OF to try to get it to boot from the cd-rom didn't work. Tonight I'll create the base floppies thats

Re: Change swap after adding memory?

2001-03-13 Thread Kevin van Haaren
At 17:12 -0800 3/13/2001, Mike Fedyk wrote: Depends, is that 2.2 or 2.4? If 2.4, you should be ok, but keep an eye on the swap usage. thanks for the info. currently run 2.2.18 but will probably move to the 2.4 in the future. i've got 3 drives (2 scsi, 1 ide -- very weird setup 8-) so

Re: Powerbook 3400 install

2001-03-13 Thread Wilhelm Fitzpatrick
thats an oldworld so the CD is not bootable. you need to use the boot floppies which may or may not work since they don't detect the keyboard properly for most people. (when they ask for the root floppy) Although the original author wanted to be able to remove MacOS completely, I will pass

Re: running X on localhost with different user

2001-03-13 Thread Peter Cordes
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 09:56:49AM +0900, Joongul Lee wrote: I was told that it is more secure to have export XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority executed in one of the initialization scripts (I have it in ~/.bashrc) Yes, because that stops other users on the same machine from getting in. If

Re: S900 booting via quik

2001-03-13 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... Hmm.. what was the exact message again? the code= part tells you what the crash was about; the last 4 digits are the type of exception, which can be looked up in the PPC manuals. DEFAULT

Gnome trouble: No panel

2001-03-13 Thread Eric Youngson
Ok, now everything boots up fine and Gnome starts automatically, but... When Gnome starts up, I find myself in a strange desktop with no panel. All of the documentation that I have indicates that the panel should start with the Gnome environment. I have managed to get the panel to startup

Re: Gnome trouble: No panel

2001-03-13 Thread Craige McWhirter
Eric, you may have mentioned this earlier and I may have missed it but how are you getting into X? Are you running startx (or XFree86), xdm or gdm? It sounds to me like you aren't using GNOME session management and your answer to the previous question will help qualify that. On Wed, Mar 14,