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Booting 9.1 under MOL didn't work, time after time, because I didn't upgrade the “Mac OS ROM” file that MOL uses. I got the standard “please upgrade your Mac OS using the Installer” alert at startup, and I just didn't recognize it for what it was.

Tried upgrading to XFree86 4.1, which was mostly functional, and it gave me my arrow keys back, but the display was messed up when I used Debian's X configurator, and XFree86 -configure crashes. So it's back to XFree86 3.3.6 with the broken arrow keys for now.

Let's see, what else… the Linux-1394 CVS code worked perfectly, I now have my FireWire drive mounted in Linux, and even bridged through into Mac OS thanks to MOL. Networking works with MOL once I actually decided to read the error message it gave me, though I haven't tried masquerading my PPP connection yet. Audio is still a problem: 9.1 behaves the same way 8.6 did, so I'm guessing something is wrong on the MOL side. I'll check their mailing list and post if needed.

I still haven't gone through sagas like this with Mac OS X, so I figure there's still a reason to keep using it. :-)

12:16 AM | Radio
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Well, there are still some bleeding-edge areas of Linux to contend
with, even if wireless, USB, and USB audio all worked perfectly the
first time. I've spent the last few hours trying to get more stuff to
work. Mac-on-Linux is up and running in the 2.4.17 kernel, now.
FireWire doesn't work properly, I'm trying the latest code from Linux-1394 and praying.
USB audio works fine in Linux, but I can't get Mac-on-Linux to play
nice. I'm going to try with Mac OS 9.1, after I reboot with a new
kernel to try out these FireWire drivers.

All this, of course, is totally secondary to the work I need
to be doing this weekend.

(Posted from home, using Radio's remote-access feature.)

10:46 PM | Radio
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Linux is a lot easier to configure these days. I got my old, broken Wall Street PowerBook G3 going with PC cards for USB and 802.11b. No kernel patching involved, unlike my last effort. USB audio (modulo a weird crash) and mouse work fine. Now as long as I don't destroy any more hardware, as I did this week by shorting out the audio circuitry and most of the backlighting, I'll have a semi-usable Linux desktop at home.

Right now, the only problems are that the PC card eject buttons don't work, and the arrow keys don't work in X. I'll be playing with xmodmap when I get home, I guess.

Of course, when Linux does things like the seamless transition I saw between USB and built-in audio on the Mac under OS X—as I unplugged the USB audio while iTunes was playing, it switched instantly to built-in audio—I'll be truly happy.

6:43 PM | Radio
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I wonder if there's anything like “Manila Express” for Radio? It shouldn't be much different.

2:43 PM | Radio
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Jim points to lots of old Frontier users who have set up Radio weblogs. It's so easy! (Forgot to mention that in the commotion last night—my weblog came up without a single glitch). Congrats to everyone at UserLand, it really is easy to use so far. Radio's interface shows a lot of attention to detail.

Question: Why can't I see everything on the News page? I only see about 3 news sources, not the one I happened to be looking for (“Scripting News”).

Answer: In Preferences > News Aggregator, there's a “How many items?” preference. “Scripting News” scrolled off the bottom.

2:31 PM | Radio
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