Hi there (reading from -powerpc). On Dec 16 2009, Rick Thomas wrote: > Debian on PowerPC seems to be in trouble...
I just purchased me a "new" (used, in fact) iBook G4 and this is the first altivec-enabled box that I have. It is also a bit faster than my other powerpc machines. (BTW, if you can donate a powerpc machine, I am interested in that---please, reply privately if you can). > 1) The daily d-i CDImage for PowerPC hasn't been updated since Dec 12th. > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/ I will see with Otávio what can be done from the d-i side of it (I'm not really up to d-i things, since I've been working with the main distribution instead of with installers). But I can try to look at it. > 2) Even if it were updated, it still would not be possible to install > Debian Sid on PowerPC due to the lack of a linux-image package more > up-to-date than 2.6.30. This problem has existed for several weeks. Did not know that, as I am usually running my own kernels. Is there any breakage in any drivers with a current git tree? I just compiled yesterday a kernel from Linus' tree for an OldWorld mac and it was successful (actually, that was a cross-compilation). > 3) When I install a "graphical desktop environment" with Squeeze > using the above d-i images, I get a system that is missing almost > all of gnome due to un-resolvable dependency conflicts. > > Can anything be done about to fix this? What can I (as a user, non- > developer, but willing tester) do to help? Well, there is probably things that can be done. The problem would be to get a more precise diagnostic. And, yes, a tester is always, always wanted. For instance, which part of gnome is not installable? Have you tried seeing the subpackages which gnome uses (if you're going for the full-blown metapackage---I always stay away from that for philosophical reasons, as I want a "different" gnome from what one gets by default). Regards, Rogério Brito. P.S.: Otávio, please, get in touch. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{ime.usp.br,gmail.com} : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://rb.doesntexist.org : Packages for LaTeX : algorithms.berlios.de DebianQA: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=rbrito%40ime.usp.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
