Hi all,
Thanks for all of your help. I got things working.
Using lspci I was able to see that in fact I needed a BroadCom
driver. I used a wired connection to apt-get bcm43xx-fwcutter. (I'm
using kernel 2.6.18-6-powerpc).
Then modprobe bcm43xx, then I checked iwconfig and finally `ifcon
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:42:10 -0500
Christopher Jones wrote:
> Hi all, just installed Etch on my PowerBook G4. I can't activate the
> wireless. My /etc/network/interfaces looks like
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> allow-hotplug wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> wireless-essid (my net
Thanks, this does get me started in the right direction. I tried to
do "apt-cache search b43 bcm43" and nothing came up. I don't know how
to find my wireless chip type; when it was running OS X, it just ran
AirPort (which hid all the important details I guess). I guess the
easiest soluti
>> - backlight dimming is handled by gnome
>> - "function" keys are very well handled by xorg & gnome
>> - suspend to ram is handled by gnome-power-manager
>> What else do you need ?
> Not everyone's using Gnome.
I'm not arguing for/against pbbuttonsd. I just see that a lot of what
it provides is
* Christopher Jones [2009-01-30 22:42:10 CET]:
> Hi all, just installed Etch on my PowerBook G4. I can't activate the
> wireless. My /etc/network/interfaces looks like
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> allow-hotplug wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> wireless-essid (my network name)
>
>
* benoar [2009-01-30 14:40:02 CET]:
> I personally had a G4 iBook than ran without pbbuttonsd :
Fine, I didn't deny that it's not possible.
> - "function" keys are very well handled by xorg & gnome
How are xorg & gnome able to regulate the lighting of the keyboard?
Your scenario also lacks th
Hi all, just installed Etch on my PowerBook G4. I can't activate the
wireless. My /etc/network/interfaces looks like
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid (my network name)
When I try to connect with wifi-radar, I just get errors ("Interface
Top posting. Gnome default? When did that happen? Never did a default,
but how does gnome know I got backlit buttons on F9-11?
On 30. jan.. 2009, at 17.24, benoar wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:46:28 +, Rafal Czlonka
wrote:
benoar wrote:
- backlight dimming is handled by gnome
- "funct
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:46:28 +, Rafal Czlonka
wrote:
> benoar wrote:
>> - backlight dimming is handled by gnome
>> - "function" keys are very well handled by xorg & gnome
>> - suspend to ram is handled by gnome-power-manager
>>
>> What else do you need ?
>
> Not everyone's using Gnome.
OK,
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:40 PM, benoar wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:51:47 +, Rafal Czlonka
> wrote:
>> Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
>>> > So is it still useful, and if so for what?
>>>
>>> Why do you think it's not?
>>
>> +1
>
> I personally had a G4 iBook than ran without pbbuttonsd :
> - cpu
benoar wrote:
> - backlight dimming is handled by gnome
> - "function" keys are very well handled by xorg & gnome
> - suspend to ram is handled by gnome-power-manager
>
> What else do you need ?
Not everyone's using Gnome.
Cheers,
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:51:47 +, Rafal Czlonka
wrote:
> Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
>> > So is it still useful, and if so for what?
>>
>> Why do you think it's not?
>
> +1
I personally had a G4 iBook than ran without pbbuttonsd :
- cpu throttling, hard-disk power save mode and the like are handle
Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> > So is it still useful, and if so for what?
>
> Why do you think it's not?
+1
> > PS: Running on a PowerBook G4 12".
>
> PowerBook G4 15"
iBook G4 12"
Cheers,
Raf
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* Hans Ekbrand [2009-01-26 22:47:12 CET]:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 10:12:09PM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> > * Hans Ekbrand [2009-01-22 15:19:14 CET]:
> > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 02:24:34PM +0100, Bin Zhang wrote:
> > > > You can use mplayer and mozilla-mplayer (debian packages). You need
>
* Stefan Monnier [2009-01-29 21:23:44 CET]:
> I notice that my Debian testing install includes pbbuttonsd and starst
> it at boot. But looking at the home page of that project, it seems that
> what it offers is already provided by other parts of the system nowadays.
What other parts are you ref
On 30. jan.. 2009, at 02.13, Stefan Monnier
wrote:
I notice that my Debian testing install includes pbbuttonsd and
starst
it at boot. But looking at the home page of that project, it
seems that
what it offers is already provided by other parts of the system
nowadays.
Oh? Witch syste
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