Re: Powerbook G3 Wallstreet Problems!!!
Here is some general old-world specific linux stuff:
http://fungus.ucdavis.edu/~dylan/linux/
Note that I have Sarge installed on my powerbook G3 (now a powerbook G4),
and sound works quite well, you just need to do a modprobe
`dmasound_pmac`.
Also, if you are interested, I have the 300Mhz + 1Mb Cache processor
daughter card for your machine. Contact me off-list if you are interested.
Cheers,
Dylan
> Hi Everybody!
>
> I've just installed Debian on a G3 Powerbook Wallstreet 233 which an
> austriab celebrety gave to me and managed to get some problems out of
> the way - like getting x started without having the keyboard mixed
> around when I install a 2.4 kernel (it's funny but typing op63u´t for
> shutdown but a bit confusing). But there are still a lot of problems I
> can't figure out that easy!
>
> - I need PCMCIA support to run an Orinoco Wlan Card (I really do need
> this so I can continue my work on my Diploma thesis ...). But I really
> couldn't figure out what I did wrong and the things I found on the web
> are pretty confusing
>
> - Sound under KDE would be nice but when I start KDE it says: Error
> while initializing the sound driver; device /dev/dep can't be opened
> (Permission denied)
>
> - I also had some troubles with the video card, there was a fency strip
> under x, but I figured out that it's the colour depth set to high --
> 24, so i turned default to 16, this works fine
>
> So if anyone can please help me, I'm somehow a newby to debian, but gut
> some redhat experience,... and I really need this thing up and running
> for my diploma thesis...
>
> Thanks a lot in forth,
>
> Rainer
>
>
>
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