Re: no sound on powerbook G4 with wheezy

2011-12-25 Thread br...@quantifier.org
Hello. Maybe this helps: http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2011/05/msg00052.html Best, Robert On Sun, 25 Dec 2011, Piotr Kopszak wrote: Hello list, I managed to successfully install wheezy using on Powerbook5,6 with 3.1 linux kernel

Re: fresh install of squeeze cannot compile alsa

2011-05-24 Thread br...@quantifier.org
Do you know what alsaconf does? All I know is that it works. Which version of mpg321? brock@hops:~$ mpg321 -V mpg321 version 0.2.11. Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Joe Drew, Elimar -- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: fresh install of squeeze cannot compile alsa

2011-05-23 Thread br...@quantifier.org
Hmm. I guess, according to that document, they dropped alsaconf because it rarely helped, and often made things worse. That seems to call for a disclaimer, rather than dropping the package, particularly since it has always worked for me, and indeed is the only thing. I suppose I'll need

Re: fresh install of squeeze cannot compile alsa

2011-05-19 Thread br...@quantifier.org
I don't know what hardware you're using, but on my g3 ibook, I've always had to run the 'alsaconf' command and then 'alsactrl restore' and then the sound just magically worked. However, with the release of squeeze, alsaconf is missing. I don't know why:

Re: Fan won't work - system locking up as a result

2011-05-17 Thread br...@quantifier.org
Any thoughts? I haven't found any software that will let me check the temperature of the proc. I think maybe you want lm-sensors: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2780 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=230673 Those are old pages, but the idea seems right. N.B., I've never

debian ppc squeeze video weird rectangle

2011-05-14 Thread br...@quantifier.org
Hello, James. Did you ever solve your weird rectangle problem, in this thread?: http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2011/04/msg00024.html I had the same trouble, and solved it by fixing my xorg.conf. I reported my success elsewhere: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7t=63903