On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:19:31PM +0200, Timo Reimerdes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, Hi there, > > I am currently getting lost configuring my kernels for my Powerbook. > > I wonder - is there a page that collects kernel-configs for powerbooks? Yes, among others: http://ppcconfdb.sourceforge.net/ > Does anyone have a working or at least mostly working config for a Powerbook > like mine? Or is anyone interested in creating a config together with me and > share it with the world? > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I am running debian testing/unstable on this computer: > root:/usr/src/linux # lspci > 0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 AGP > 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility > Radeon 9600 M10] > 0001:01:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 PCI > 0001:01:12.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g > Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) > 0001:01:13.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus > Controller > 0001:01:17.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid Mac I/O > 0001:01:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB > 0001:01:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB > 0001:01:1a.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB > 0001:01:1b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) > 0001:01:1b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) > 0001:01:1b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) > 0002:06:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 Internal PCI > 0002:06:0d.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Intrepid ATA/100 > 0002:06:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 FireWire > (rev 81) > 0002:06:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 GMAC (Sun > GEM) (rev 80) > > > root:/usr/src/linux # cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > cpu : 7447/7457, altivec supported > clock : 765MHz > revision : 1.1 (pvr 8002 0101) > bogomips : 508.92 > machine : PowerBook5,2 > motherboard : PowerBook5,2 MacRISC3 Power Macintosh > detected as : 287 (PowerBook G4 15") > pmac flags : 0000000a > L2 cache : 512K unified > memory : 512MB > pmac-generation : NewWorld > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The frequency is so low due to the running powernowd - so thats ok. > Problems I have: > * no working console on local login: "respawning too fast issue" > * no working suspend (okok - thats something to wait for) You may try suspend to disk aka. hibernation as an alternative. > * no working DRI (same as suspend and not that important to me) > * no working airport extreme (waiting again) Waiting is unlikely to help with airport extreme; search the archive, this one came up quite a few times already. > ... > > Questions: > * How to get console working again? I can login via ssh but wont get a single > prompt locally. I tried google for around a month now... none of the hints > helped me. > * can anyone provide me with a kernel-config that works? Mine got a little > bloated whilst trying to fix the console issue. > * does keyboard lighting work on this system? how? Try pbbuttonsd (and gtkpbuttons and powerprefs if you like pbbuttonsd) > > NO-Kernel-Question: > * what is the best handling for the backlight/volume/keyboard-backlighting > keys when running kde? just switched from gnome ;) IMHO it's pbbuttonsd again ;-) > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > What I would like to get: > a working powerbook config and a little page where anyone can take a look. > Could put it into my university webspace ;) I put up a wiki for stuff like this which is currently limited to ibooks, but since ibooks and powerbooks have a lot in common this could be added; see http://ibook.sdbk.de/ if you like > > thx and everything - I hope to get this system into a working state when I > dont have to sacrifice too much of the functionality I'd have under macOSX > but have the freedom and the multitude of applications and > configuration-options of debian. > > greetings > > Timo Reimerdes > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBKcS578tYjc5G2DgRArnTAJ9gDxvQAAR35F0PdQ4CP4cid231GgCgs8AG > 2HflZi9S5Ht1ZyNfIWo2K9k= > =hoo3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Johannes -- 3. The most fun you can have with your clothes on.
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