Re: how do I get a Sid package on a Woody system?

2004-07-31 Thread Derrik Pates
Sean Schertell wrote: On Saturday 31 July 2004 06:29 am, Eric D. Hedekar wrote: I've been wanting to get AMSN messenger (http://amsn.sourceforge.net/) running on my woody system however the .deb package is only available throught the Sid package list. I don't know how to program or compile

Swiss-French Keyboard - Modifier Keys

2004-07-31 Thread matthieu . linux
Hello ! I have a G3 Beige with an Apple Design Keyboard. My version of XFree is 4.3.0, so I don't use Xmodmap, as recommended in The XKB Configuration guide of XFree86 4.3.0. I could modify my XF86Config-4 file as following, to obtain the right mapping of my keyboard : Section InputDevice

Re: AmigaONE Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED]: might be because you don't have ide=nodma in the bootargs. That way lies pain and an eventual reinstall. We suspect a faulty memory. I'll try your solution, and we'll see... Update: Nope, 'ida=nodma' didn't do any difference. I'll have to wait for

Re: how do I get a Sid package on a Woody system?

2004-07-31 Thread Jesus Climent
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 09:14:40AM +0900, Sean Schertell wrote: On Saturday 31 July 2004 06:29 am, Eric D. Hedekar wrote: I've been wanting to get AMSN messenger [...] Sure, no sweat. Just edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and wherever you see the word stable, change it to unstable. Then

Re: AmigaONE Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 11:45:38AM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: Quoting Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED]: might be because you don't have ide=nodma in the bootargs. That way lies pain and an eventual reinstall. We suspect a faulty memory. I'll try your solution, and we'll see...

Re: AmigaONE Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: Quoting Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED]: might be because you don't have ide=nodma in the bootargs. That way lies pain and an eventual reinstall. We suspect a faulty memory. I'll try your solution, and we'll see... Update: Nope, 'ida=nodma'

Re: AmigaONE Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: Also notice that powerpc is phasing out the 2.4.x kernels in favor of the 2.6.x ones, which will be installable by default, so if you would be able to forward patch those, it would be really great, and we may even consider adding them to the debian

Re: AmigaONE Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 03:14:01PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: Also notice that powerpc is phasing out the 2.4.x kernels in favor of the 2.6.x ones, which will be installable by default, so if you would be able to forward patch those, it would be

usb2/firewire dvd burner

2004-07-31 Thread Pascal Chenevas-Paule
hi all, does dvd burner on usb2/firewire port are supported by linux kernel ? thanks. Pascal -- / \ ((__-^^-,-^^-__)) `-_---' `---_-'

Re: AmigaONE Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 03:14:01PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: Also notice that powerpc is phasing out the 2.4.x kernels in favor of the 2.6.x ones, which will be installable by default, so if you would be

Re: AmigaONE Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 04:24:09PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 03:14:01PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: Also notice that powerpc is phasing out the 2.4.x kernels in favor of the

Re: AmigaONE Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 04:24:09PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Sven Luther wrote: What graphic card and thus fbdev are you using ? The notorious radeon 9200se, but under 2.6.7 I'm not using a console fb yet, just a vga

quik and initrd and kernel-image-2.6.7-powerpc

2004-07-31 Thread Christian Leimer
Hi! Is it possible to boot on oldworld with quik and an initrd kernel-image like the actual 2.6.7-3? Anyone had sucsess? What do I have to add to the quik.conf file? I can not find something in my bootloader manual. Is initrd supported by quik? This does not work: image = /boot/vmlinux

Re: usb2/firewire dvd burner

2004-07-31 Thread Guido Guenther
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 05:17:22PM +0200, Pascal Chenevas-Paule wrote: does dvd burner on usb2/firewire port are supported by linux kernel ? No problem. I'm using one from plextor over firewire. Cheers, -- Guido signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: X11: version 4.3 and/or dri-trunk?

2004-07-31 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 13:51 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: how does X.org differ from xfree86.org? XFree86 managed to piss off almost everybody, so almost all X development is happening at the X.Org foundation these days. It's more open and friendly to 'outsiders' in general, and it looks like it's

Re: quik and initrd and kernel-image-2.6.7-powerpc

2004-07-31 Thread Derrik Pates
Christian Leimer wrote: What do I have to add to the quik.conf file? I can not find something in my bootloader manual. Is initrd supported by quik? The man page says the parameter in quik.conf is 'ramdisk='. Also, specify the full path to the initrd - if it's in /boot (and you don't have a

Re: migrating from newworld to oldworld

2004-07-31 Thread Derrik Pates
Seth Daniel wrote: I currently have a NewWorld mac (Blue and White G3) which I have debian unstable installed on (with kernel 2.4.19-powerpc). I will be giving away this machine and receiving an OldWorld powermac 8600. Is it possible to simply remove the hard drive from the NewWorld mac and

New Dual G5 1.8GHz

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Treis
I'm trying to boot an installer on the new 1.8GHz G5 tower (PCI, not PCI-X, with Radeon 9600 video). The sarge and sid images based on 2.6.7 (20040730) both appear to hang after openpic initialization. I'm launching with install-power4. Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.6.7-power4 linked at

Re: AmigaONE Debian (unstable?)

2004-07-31 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Ken Moffat wrote: * amigaone-2.4.25.patch.txt This is the AmigaONE patch modified slightly for 2.4.25... It's ONLY the AmigaONE relevant part. Umm, looks like you've got Configure.help.orig in your non-A1 tree, probably from a failed patch, and that forms 99% of

Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-31 Thread Matthew T. Atkinson
'ello, Thanks to everyone who replied for the advice. I have, today, ``taken the plunge'' as the very helpful Apple salesman put it -- I suppose this means I'll be seeing a lot more of this list in the future :-). One person was unsure as to how Linux affects AppleCare. I asked at two separate