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Re: powerbook and debian



El vie, 23-01-2004 a las 12:20, Sven Luther escribió:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 12:10:22PM -0300, Federico Gamio wrote:
> > El vie, 23-01-2004 a las 09:19, Sven Luther escribi�³:
> > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 02:12:35AM -0300, Federico Gamio wrote:
> > > > El jue, 22-01-2004 a las 16:27, Jaonary Rabarisoa escribi��³:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I see that you almost managed to run debian perfectly in you albook 
> > > > > 15''. So, I would ask to
> > > > > you some tips and advice because there are several things that doesn't 
> > > > > work yet in mine.
> > > > 
> > > > Sure.
> > > > I put all the files you need at
> > > > http://isadora.homelinux.net/debian/powerbook/
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > I have the same albook 15'' as you. (1,25 ghz, backlight keyboard 
> > > > > airport bluethoot).
> > > > > Untill now I've  just managed to install  debian/sid (kernel 2.6.1) but 
> > > > > I can't run most of
> > > > > my hardware. Here are my status:
> > > > > 	Xfree working
> > > > > 	sound not working
> > > > 
> > > > Well, simple, look at my kernel config file that I you can find in my
> > > > website
> > > 
> > > Mmm, i would like to know : 
> > > 
> > >   1) which kernel do you use.
> > 
> > 2.6.1-ben1 and right now I am testing 2.6.2-rc1-ben1
> 
> Mmm, where you also able to run a 2.4 -benh kernel on this machine ? I
> don't think that debian-installer is yet ready to have both the 2.6 and
> the 2.4 kernel as choice.

Yep, I have 2.4.22-ben1 also

> 
> > >   2) have a look at this config file.
> > > 
> > > And maybe ask you to contribute a bit and to try building the official
> > > powerpc kernel so that they will boot on your box, and contribute back
> > > your experience about it.
> > 
> > Sure
> > 
> > > 
> > > I am not entirely sure if the linuxppc-2.4 tree i am following will be
> > > enough and if i should switch to the -benh trees or not, but it would be
> > > really nice if we could support these machines by default when sarge is
> > > released.
> > 
> > Well, if you don't use -benh, some things simply don't work :)
> 
> But would it be enough for the installer, which mostly needs to boot and
> recognize hd and cdrom devices, as well as network ? 

Oh yes, for that level of compatibility yes, no problem at all.

> 
> Friendly,
> 
> Sven Luther
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