Re: [Nubus-pmac-users] Current apt sources for Debian Sarge...

[Thomas C. <tca...@sh...>]

I'm happy to hear that there are still people out there who are involved with this project.  I sympathize with those who want to push it forward but are hampered by old kit.  You can still get good deals at eBay on functioning PowerBook 1400s.  I have numerous parts machines that I use to service my mostly functioning 1400 with a G3 processor and maxed out RAM.  Still, with 1mb of video ram, this machine is never going to be much of a web surfer.  Probably the 2.4 kernel is just fine for what it's best able to do: run a basic installation (no GUI) of Debian.  It's a good machine to learn how to use the Linux command line on and I hope to be more knowledgeable about that some day.

Cheers, and thanks for all the responses.

Tom

On May 23, 2012, at 4:17 AM, Francis Herne wrote:

> Tobias,
> Thanks for the quick response, and for working on the thing at all. I'll  
> just keep using the 2.4 kernel until the laptop quits working then. The  
> power supply is annoying - currently my 1400 is powered by bits of two  
> broken power supplies soldered together! The clock battery is playing up  
> now, though - does anyone on here know what voltage it's meant to be? At  
> the moment, it keeps resetting to 1904, which is rather inconvenient.
> 
> P.S.: Anyone with experience of using Linux on m68k? I got my PB190  
> working again, is there a useable kernel for it?
> 
> Francis
> 
> On Wed, 23 May 2012 06:18:52 +0100, Tobias Netzel  
> <int...@us...> wrote:
> 
>> I never finished work on the 2.6 kernel. On my PB 1400 it works but
>> there are still sudden shutdowns. It seems that my Implementation of
>> the interrupt handling is very dependent on CPU speed as it seems to
>> work only with a G3 upgrade installed.
>> Since I don't have any working power supply for the 1400 I cannot do
>> any further work on the kernel.
>> 
>> Tobias
>> 
>>> I remain a user of this project, although I'm too stupid to contribute
>>> anything useful... I'm using Etch on a 1400, and X11 with Openbox,
>>> Sylpheed and Dillo is entirely useable fo light email/web browsing
>>> (mine's
>>> a 64MB, 166MHz model).
>>> 
>>> I have some problems, too - there are nticeable 'lines' continuing
>>> beyond
>>> the corners of windows across the desktop. Is this standard for the
>>> hardware/drivers, or is it an indicator of misconfiguration and/or
>>> damaged
>>> hardware? Also, the (unstable) 2.6 kernel doesn't boot - I'm sure I
>>> saw a
>>> mention of it working on a 1400 at some point, could someone explain
>>> how
>>> to get it working?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Francis
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 22 May 2012 12:48:04 +0100, Thomas Carlson
>>> <tca...@sh...> wrote:
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