Re: CPU frequency scaling on G4 systems

2006-09-25 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:19:03 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: Hi folks, With current 2.6.17 and 2.8.16 Debian kernels, the following cpufreq modules are available: $ find /lib/modules/$(uname -r) -name 'cpufreq*' /lib/modules/2.6.18-1-powerpc/kernel/drivers/cpufreq

Re: miboot

2006-09-25 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:56:50 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 03:22:37PM +, rob rob wrote: Hello all, I have a powerpc 6500/275 and am trying to install debian etch with the floppy images from ~wouter, or the beta3 from debian for that matter. Everything works fine until

Re: possibly boot hangs refers to other devices ???

2006-07-03 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:54:24 -0700, brian wrote: hi, i have to be honest all is not rosy either with my pismo/g4-550. (runs testing with weekly update) To clarify for others who might find this post via Google, you are referring to a PowerBook G3 Series (2000) that shipped with either a

Re: Booting/ installing Debian on a G3 with Open Firmware 2.4

2006-06-26 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:41:36 -0700, Jason Self wrote: On 6/24/06, Michael Fuckner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Machine seems to be only netbootable The beige G3 is also able to boot from CD. Insert CD and hold down C on the keyboard while the machine powers up, searches for startup

Re: Can't run RAR binary

2006-06-24 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:43:54 +0800, Lawrence Li wrote: After downloading RAR and going through ./configure make make install, RAR was in /usr/local/bin, but neither rar nor unrar are executable. The error msg is: Why bother with any of that when you can install this?

Re: WLAN WPA(2) in iBook 2.2

2006-06-14 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:32:32 +0200, Tim Teulings wrote: Hello! I own an iBook 2.2 running debian testing and I would like to connect it per WLAN to my WLAN router using WPA(2) encryption. Recent web search suggest that this would be in priciple possible but the wpasupplicant package does

Re: yaboot error - load size is too small

2006-06-14 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:41:36 -0700, Warner Scott wrote: I hope you got an answer to this question because I'm having the same problem. iMac G3 266Mhz I have to admit that I was surprisingly disappointed in the lack of information and instruction on this install. No wonder Linux is

RE: I lost yaboot!

2006-06-11 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On most (but not all) models that use yaboot, you don't need to bother with a LiveCD or d-i to restore a lost yaboot. Just boot with the Option key and yaboot should be an option. A different method can work depending not on the model, but on your partition layout, and that is to zap the PRAM

Re: Trouble copying kernel Wallstreet

2006-06-11 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:51:52 -0700, Harold Johnson wrote: mount /dev/hda10 hfs -t hfs Umm, shouldn't it be the following? mount -t hfs /dev/hda10 hfs Note that this will not work if devfs is in use. I think that's the case for the sarge installer, but not for etch. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Video problems installing etch on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige G3)

2006-06-02 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:07:50 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: I've been trying to test install the etch daily netinst CD on an oldworld Mac (beige G3) and I can't get off first base because I can't get the video to co-operate. The beige G3 machines came in two generations that were externally

Re: boot from ethernet with imac g3

2006-06-02 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:23:52 +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: Before anything can be fetched from the net, the nic must be recognized. If the installer does not recognize your nic then I would suspect one of the following: A) wrong flavor used: (a initrd that has modules for different cd:s

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-31 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Tue, 30 May 2006 23:51:10 +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: I haven't used yaboot myself though (I only have oldworld machines), and I'm not sure if it does require a repartition to work (which might be impossible if MacOS cannot be booted from CD). BootX runs as a normal application, but I don't

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-31 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Tue, 30 May 2006 21:22:42 +0200, Giulio Canevari wrote: In data 30/05/2006 13:26 Giulio Canevari ha scritto: In data 29/05/2006 17:42 Daniel Gimpelevich ha scritto: The CD drive may or may not come back to life after applying this update from within MacOS (you must reboot after applying

Re: boot from ethernet with imac g3

2006-05-31 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Wed, 31 May 2006 20:02:45 +0200, Giulio Canevari wrote: Hello, i have found out that putting the net card on another pci slot on my x86 doesn't lead to instability ;) . I think solution isn't that far. I try to explain everything i did and what happened. So far i did the

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-30 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Tue, 30 May 2006 06:53:16 -0700, Jason Self wrote: On 5/29/06, Daniel Gimpelevich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So when did they remove USB booting, then? Hmm? It hasn't been. Even the Intel Macs of today feature this ability. http://www.flickr.com/photos/inju/98558407/ The article

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-30 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Tue, 30 May 2006 14:26:43 +0200, Giulio Canevari wrote: I can anyway reopen the imac ( a thing that i really don't like to do again ), put its hd into my x86 and copying the files ( hfs write seems to be supported ), then remount the hd and try to install the updates. As I explained

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-29 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 29 May 2006 01:33:24 +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 04:34:33PM +0200, Giulio Canevari wrote: Hello, i have just received as a gift an Imac G3 233 Mhz with 96 mb of ram and a 4 GB hd with macos 8.1, where the monitor contains the processor and so on. It

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-29 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 29 May 2006 10:46:52 -0700, Jason Self wrote: On 5/29/06, Daniel Gimpelevich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apple has NEVER made ANY machine that could boot from USB. That is incorrect. Take, for example, this Apple document which specifically states that slot-loading iMacs can: http

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-29 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 29 May 2006 19:20:22 -0700, Jason Self wrote: On 5/29/06, Daniel Gimpelevich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That document is mistaken in that regard, AFAICT. The Apple-produced document is correct. If you have access to a slot-loading iMac, connect a USB device to it watch in amazement

Re: SMP PReP (was Re: The powerpc port should be removed from etch release candidates ...)

2006-05-26 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On May 24, 2006, at 9:14 PM, Troy Benjegerdes wrote: On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 05:00:15PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 07:09:08PM -0700, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: On Thu, 04 May 2006 23:41:28 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 10:52:49AM -0500, Olof

SMP PReP (was Re: The powerpc port should be removed from etch release candidates ...)

2006-05-19 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Thu, 04 May 2006 23:41:28 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 10:52:49AM -0500, Olof Johansson wrote: On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 12:12:56PM +0200, Gabriel Paubert wrote: On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 08:41:34AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 04:38:07PM +1000,

Re: [Formac Watchandgo DTV] is it supported on debian?

2006-04-20 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:07:54 +0200, Stefano Melchior wrote: On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:23:08PM -0500, vinai wrote: Dear all, [quoted text muted] using 'lspci' it displays that it has no information about the chipset :( Very bad! SteX Try 'cardctl ident' instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Does Shockware Flash Plugin for Mozilla work on powerpc arch?

2006-03-22 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:04:01 -0500, Mike Small wrote: On this topic, has anyone tried Gnash? I got an announcement about it from the FSF early in January (they were asking for more developers, if anyone's interested), but haven't heard anything about it since. Is it more or less mature than

Re: Boot Mac 5500/225 in Linux

2006-03-21 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:16:43 -0600, kendall14 wrote: I don't know much about linux or mac but I want to install a linux operating system to a old mac. The system is a mac 5500/225 with a 2GB HDD and all downloading will be done on a windows xp computer. The mac does not boot, it will just put

Re: Status of miBoot in Debian?

2006-03-06 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mar 5, 2006, at 11:38 PM, Sven Luther wrote: On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 10:42:55PM -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: Please forgive me for trying to start a discussion off any mailing list, but the Debian lists are rather high-traffic for my tastes. I Well, nothing forces you to read

Re: Status of miBoot in Debian?

2006-03-06 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mar 6, 2006, at 1:11 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 12:45:33AM -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: On Mar 5, 2006, at 11:38 PM, Sven Luther wrote: have only now noticed that you have a Debian package for miBoot, and that it is based on a very early release. I have put forth

Re: Status of miBoot in Debian?

2006-03-06 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:43 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 02:01:05AM -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: We use an alioth project with a svn repo and a mailing list to hold commit logs. We have there two branches, the stable branch which you control, and a more free-working devel

Re: Status of miBoot in Debian?

2006-03-06 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:34 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 03:27:40AM -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: Ok. But like said, thanks to Piotr, we have a reverse engineered spec of the boot block, and can do a clean-room reimplementation. The spec of the boot-block structure has