Re: Disable selecting with trackpad?

2009-06-18 Thread Ross Gohlke
Thanks for the reply! Looking at /etc/pbbuttonsd.conf (and man pbbuttonsd.conf), I tried the following: TPMode= TPMode= notap #TPMode= It was originally: TPMode= drag I have restarted after each change, with no effect. Trackpad is

debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Tomislav V. Butkovic
Hello all, I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the installation process keeps freezing during various points of the installation during various installation attempts. Most commonly during the partintioning or during the installation of the base system. The farthest

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400 Tomislav V. Butkovic tomislav.butko...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the installation process keeps freezing during various points of the installation during various installation attempts. Most

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Benjamin Cama
Amit Uttamchandani a écrit : On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400 Tomislav V. Butkovic tomislav.butko...@gmail.com wrote: I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the Did you add the RAM yourself or was it added by your friend ? Do you know the brand, and its age ?

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Børge Holen
same problem On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Benjamin Cama ben...@free.fr wrote: Amit Uttamchandani a écrit : On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400 Tomislav V. Butkovic tomislav.butko...@gmail.com wrote: I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the Did you add the

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Tomislav V. Butkovic
Hello all, Thank you all for the timely reply. Based on my experiences the freezing probably is because of overheating. If the CPU over heats, that is the main cause of freezing. Do you hear the fans kick in during installation or does it remain off? It sounds likes the fans are on. The

still getting mail

2009-06-18 Thread Kevin McMahon
this is the message, usually get them daily, any Help to get these off??? ~k debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Amit Uttamchandani a écrit : On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400 Tomislav V. Butkovic tomislav.butko...@gmail.com wrote: I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram

Re: Disable selecting with trackpad?

2009-06-18 Thread stephen sefick
There is a gui that is on the pbbuttonsd website. Find out that out install it, and you should be good. I had to open it from a terminal window as a su to be able to save my configurations settings. It worked great. hth Stephen On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Ross Gohlker...@grinz.com wrote:

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:06:25 -0400 Tomislav V. Butkovic tomislav.butko...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, Thank you all for the timely reply. Based on my experiences the freezing probably is because of overheating. If the CPU over heats, that is the main cause of freezing. Do you hear the

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Peter Rooney
I had an iBook with a not-working-right fan, and I found last summer that I could prevent thermal shutdown by putting dead hard drives in the freezer, and resting the iBook on them one at a time. I had five in rotation for about a month until I felt confident enough to take the beast apart and

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Benjamin Cama
Le jeudi 18 juin 2009 à 15:06 -0400, Tomislav V. Butkovic a écrit : To me this sounds like a faulty RAM problem. Try removing any additionnal RAM module and install Debian the usual way. The additional RAM module is originally installed as the sticker on the ibook says: