Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha1 images, last tests and announce on friday
I've not had luck with the final stage of the 64 bit installer -- yaboot fails to install. I've tried weekly and nightly builds and those fail as well. I can try again with another Mac G5 but I had to install lenny and run a safe-upgrade in the mean time. I'll post more verbose error messages when I've had a chance to reproduce them again. -Gary
Re: [ANNOUNCE] Alpha1 images, last tests and announce on friday
I can provide more info if desired but I get similar results with the
alpha1, weekly, and nightly builds. could it be SCSI_PROC_FS?
Feb 26 20:19:12 anna-install: Installing fs-core-modules
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: unknown udeb fs-core-modules
Feb 26 20:19:12 anna-install: Installing fs-secondary-modules
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: unknown udeb fs-secondary-modules
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: File descriptor 3 (pipe:[1760]) leaked on
lvs invocation. Parent PID 2362: log-output
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: File descriptor 4 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on
lvs invocation. Parent PID 2362: log-output
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: File descriptor 5 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on
lvs invocation. Parent PID 2362: log-output
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: File descriptor 6 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on
lvs invocation. Parent PID 2362: log-output
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sda1
Feb 26 20:19:12 50mounted-tests: debug: /dev/sda1 type not recognised; skipping
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: debug: os detected by
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sda2
Feb 26 20:19:12 50mounted-tests: debug: /dev/sda2 type not recognised; skipping
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: debug: os detected by
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10macos6-9 on mounted /dev/sda3
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20macosx on mounted /dev/sda3
Feb 26 20:19:12 macosx-prober: debug: /dev/sda3 is not an HFS+
partition: exiting
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/40lsb on mounted /dev/sda3
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro on mounted /dev/sda3
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sda4
Feb 26 20:19:12 50mounted-tests: debug: /dev/sda4 is a swap partition; skipping
Feb 26 20:19:12 os-prober: debug: os detected by
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests
Feb 26 20:19:12 yaboot-installer: info: ofpath returned nothing;
leaving out device= line and praying
Feb 26 20:19:13 kernel: [ 630.891603] ioctl32(nvsetenv:2552): Unknown
cmd fd(7) cmd(20007043){t:'p';sz:0} arg(0009) on /dev/nvram
Feb 26 20:19:13 yaboot-installer: mkofboot: Finding OpenFirmware
device path to `/dev/sda2'...
Feb 26 20:19:13 yaboot-installer: ofpath: /proc/scsi/scsi does not exist
Feb 26 20:19:13 yaboot-installer: ofpath: Make sure you compiled your
kernel with CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y
Feb 26 20:19:13 yaboot-installer: mkofboot: Unable to find
OpenFirmware path for boot=/dev/sda2
Feb 26 20:19:13 yaboot-installer: mkofboot: Please add ofboot=
where is the OpenFirmware path to /dev/sda2 to /etc/yaboot.conf
Feb 26 20:19:13 yaboot-installer: error: mkofboot failed with exit status 1
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Re: Debian or ubuntu
Ubuntu still has a PPC build maintained by the community. But I don't think they have an XFCE/LXDE specific installer like Debian does. as for Gnash, I had no problems with the Debian package & the Iceweasel plugin package but I've only used it on a G5. I've also not tried the Ubuntu PPC build in a couple of years or more. Re sound, Ive been looking through the wiki for info on enabling sound on the Mac G5. Has anyone found the solution & if so, did it work? much thanks, Gary On Mar 16, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Tiresia Giuno wrote: On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:42:43 +1100 Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Jordan Force wrote: I was considering putting Ubuntu on my ibook G4, and I was wondering: Would the setup for ubuntu be significantly easier than debian? Ubuntu used to have a PowerPC version, but I don't think they do now. Ubuntu has still a not official PowerPC version I mean, would installing the system and getting things like wireless and sound to work be harder in Debian than Ubuntu? Debian is not really more difficult that Ubuntu IMO. Erik Not at all, you need to configure in Ubuntu few things as in Debian, but Debian is much more stable and light You may want to install a different DE instead of Gnome - for my iBook I have Lenny with lxde t -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100316135630.69916...@mydeb.fritz.box -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cc83a7a3-2eec-4315-92e1-6141d6ef6...@gmail.com
Re: Debian or ubuntu
nello wrote: > ok, but what's about the bootloader? Is yaboot able to work with these > "new devices" ? > it shouldn't matter since it just attaches to an SATA controller. re the PPC kernel development, I did notice a lot of PPC 64-bit and SMP features marked as new or experimental when I compiled a recent kernel. -Gary
SheepShaver et al
Has anyone successfully compiled SheepShaver under Debian/PPC squeeze? Or is Mac-on-Linux a better option? -Gary
Re: Getting LXDE Debain
It's similar to a Ubuntu install but not exactly the same. That said, it's pretty straightforward and the XFCE/LXDE combo is quite nice. There's been some work with Ubuntu and XFCE/LXDE on the x86 architecture in the way of the U-Lite and Lubuntu projects but they're both still in beta. -Gary
Re: How to install java
for interested parties, here are IBM's instructions for installing on PPC Macs: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/systems/library/es-apple.html and here are the download links: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux/download.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/651d5992-e849-4a86-9e04-10788e86d...@gmail.com
Re: How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4?
Robert Chamberlain wrote: Linux on the PPC seems to be just for > people wanting to use old PPC computers for servers etc... > Have you priced out *new* PPC hardware lately? It's still more expensive than most commodity x86-64 architecture gear. -Gary
Re: How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4?
the optimized OS X Mozilla builds available from http://www.rpm-mozilla.org.uk . before downloading, type "machine" from Terminal.app to find out which proc is in your system. i use both Camino and Thunderbird without a real noticeable difference on a G5 running Leopard with 2+ GB RAM but it's more noticeable on a 1 GB memory starved G4 Mac mini running Tiger. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/3ea08e6f-8bbf-4bbe-ad61-57bf51456...@gmail.com
Re: How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4?
On Apr 2, 2010, at 3:04 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: If you find a similar gap and can isolate it to one or a few compiler flags, maybe you can ask the gprolog package maintainer to add those flags if the result also works on non-Altivec-capable machines or provide Altivec-enabled variants of the binaries otherwise. most of the flags have been discussed in detail in the Mozilla web fora -- links to which may be found via lowendmac and other community sites that have linked to the optimized OS X binaries. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/f4e3a1c7-5efa-4f79-a767-6d8081657...@gmail.com
Re: make-jpkg/java-package on unstable/experimental missing?
On Apr 14, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Rogério Brito wrote: The announcement that it was removed from unstable. I have to ask the obvious here; why are you using a development branch of _any_ OS in a production environment? -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/d1765156-f545-4fc8-9908-e7103f9e4...@gmail.com
Re: make-jpkg/java-package on unstable/experimental missing?
On Apr 14, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Rogério Brito wrote: > I am not sure if the question was directed to me, but part of the > answer on my use of the development branch of the OS is to develop some of > the packages that you will use in your production environment. :-) It was but it appears I misunderstood your original post. I thought you were trying to get OpenJDK to work with your govt. tax systems whereas you were just commenting that it's unusable in general. I've used Debian since before there were separate stable, testing, and unstable branches so I'm thankful for all three layers as I've deployed each of them where appropriate over the years. Some time I'll tell you about a telco app that I had to support that was based on an unstable branch of FreeBSD. Let's just say they're no longer in business for a reason. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/n2xe42422701004141316w2920a32aj2893b20a68cd2...@mail.gmail.com
Re: make-jpkg/java-package on unstable/experimental missing?
On Apr 15, 2010, at 4:28 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: If you were talking about the sun-java6-jre package I recommend keeping it, if it works: It's latest version is un-installable on unstable ppc currently, for "unmet" dependencies. Does Sun have a PPC JVM/JDK available? I had no idea such a beast exists... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5de4f28b-2110-4f8f-864d-7f2cacafd...@gmail.com
Re: Partition and Boot loader for Squeeze on G4
unlike its predecessor, grub2 works with OpenFirmware. but just because there's a package available doesn't mean it's being used by the distribution yet. so my best guess is that it's a work in progress -- hence its appearance in testing and unstable. q.v. http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-2-faq.en.html -Gary
Re: Partition and Boot loader for Squeeze on G4
also see this wiki entry for steps on how to use/test grub 2: http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnPowerPC take note of this line, however: "*Do not delete yaboot.* You will need it when something goes wrong and GRUB fails to boot"
Re: Google Chrome for PPC Linux?
I think you'd have to start with the V8 JavaScript engine. The requirements listed for it are an ARM or x86 processor, however, so I don't know how much work it would take to port it to another architecture. http://code.google.com/apis/v8/build.html -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/t2se42422701005051933u4e032588rc33b343d5d17...@mail.gmail.com
Re: ibm java
You can install java-package from lenny but it didn't recognize any of the tar.gz bundles. So instead I tried using alien on an RPM -- it completely failed on the 64-bit version but I got a tiny bit further with the 32-bit JDK. I must be missing something, however, as it won't actually run after installation... $ sudo alien --scripts -d ibm-java-ppc-sdk-6.0-8.0.ppc.rpm ibm-java-ppc-sdk_6.0-9_powerpc.deb generated $ sudo dpkg -i ibm-java-ppc-sdk_6.0-9_powerpc.deb Selecting previously deselected package ibm-java-ppc-sdk. (Reading database ... 114105 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ibm-java-ppc-sdk (from ibm-java-ppc-sdk_6.0-9_powerpc.deb) ... Setting up ibm-java-ppc-sdk (6.0-9) ... $ /opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/bin/java -version JVMJ9VM011W Unable to load j9jit24: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: version `GLIBCPP_3.2' not found (required by /opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/jre/lib/ppc/libj9jit24.so) JVMJ9VM011W Unable to load j9gc24: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: version `GLIBCPP_3.2' not found (required by /opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/jre/lib/ppc/libj9gc24.so) JVMJ9VM011W Unable to load j9vrb24: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: version `GLIBCPP_3.2' not found (required by /opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/jre/lib/ppc/libj9vrb24.so) Unhandled exception Type=Segmentation error vmState=0x J9Generic_Signal_Number=0004 Signal_Number=000b Error_Value= Signal_Code=0001 Handler1=0FA93A20 Handler2=0F9F57C0 R0=0FACB7AC R1=F79406F0 R2=F7949930 R3=1046DCC0 R4= R5=0FA6C6D8 R6=0FAF5D28 R7=0FAF5D28 R8=0FA6C280 R9=0FA6C71C R10= R11=0001 R12=0FA5EEF0 R13=100232FC R14= R15= R16=0018 R17=FFF8 R18=001C R19=1046D138 R20=10465498 R21=104679E0 R22=0FB15420 R23=0003 R24= R25=0002 R26=1046DCC0 R27=0FDD5E38 R28=1046DCC0 R29=1046DCC0 R30=0FB19D6C R31=0FAF5D18 NIP=0FACB7BC MSR=0200F032 ORIG_GPR3=0003 CTR= LINK=0FACB7AC XER=2000 CCR=28002482 MQ=0001 TRAP=0300 DAR=00E4 dsisr=4000 RESULT= Module=/opt/ibm/java-ppc-60/jre/lib/ppc/libj9vm24.so Module_base_address=0FA7D000 Target=2_40_20100401_055940 (Linux 2.6.32-trunk-powerpc64) CPU=ppc (2 logical CPUs) (0x3d6e6000 RAM) JVMDUMP006I Processing dump event "gpf", detail "" - please wait. JVMDUMP032I JVM requested System dump using '/home/gdriggs/Downloads/java/core.20100528.115828.31751.0001.dmp' in response to an event JVMDUMP010I System dump written to /home/gdriggs/Downloads/java/core.20100528.115828.31751.0001.dmp JVMDUMP032I JVM requested Snap dump using '/home/gdriggs/Downloads/java/Snap.20100528.115828.31751.0002.trc' in response to an event JVMDUMP009I Snap dump not available JVMDUMP032I JVM requested Java dump using '/home/gdriggs/Downloads/java/javacore.20100528.115828.31751.0003.txt' in response to an event JVMDUMP012E Error in Java dump: /home/gdriggs/Downloads/java/javacore.20100528.115828.31751.0003.txt JVMDUMP013I Processed dump event "gpf", detail "". $ ls -al /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2010-03-24 14:29 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 -> libstdc++.so.6.0.13 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimnf_kjcjmmmbrz8qxsgnhvicpwxgm_abb6i...@mail.gmail.com
Re: g5 install problem
did you install stable or testing? I've not encountered problems with stable on the G5 but testing is still a work in progress. as mentioned before, be sure to choose the 64-bit version. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimfn4xwmph5yc4lfjxyfhr9vysgl2r7-yjif...@mail.gmail.com
ZFS-FUSE
As of version 0.6.9, ZFS FUSE for Linux works on PowerPC. I've managed to compile it, get it running, and created a zpool. However, I'm only able to share its via NFS as read only despite confirming that the readonly property is off. Does anyone here have experience with this? There's a google group for project but I'm asking here first in case there are any PPC or Debian specific issues that anyone's come across. And yes, I do have the nfs-kernel-server package installed and running as well. thanks, Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikv76_viewyphorxiankkeo0uopj89-phnhd...@mail.gmail.com
Re: LXDE Rocks !
you might want to install the epiphany-browser package if you're looking for a lightweight browser. It has an ad block plug-in now, too. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinzhumj0wfka3h8tz3ewwiqht_mnb0zv_ris...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Debian PowerPc installer initramfs-tools generates malformed yaboot.conf created when alternate partitions use UUID= in fstab
Michel Dänzer wrote:: > As Rogerio asked, what patch and where did you submit it? BTW, when > filing bug reports affecting the powerpc port I think it's a good idea > to tell reportbug to send the report to the debian-powerpc list as well, > so we can get an idea of what issues there are. With all due respect, I believe the wrote about it in great detail to the list before or shortly after he submitted the bug report. I experienced the same problem with testing builds but found a workaround by using the netboot installer from stable that then asks whether you wish to install stable, testing, or unstable. But that's not exactly a documented or acceptable workaround for the yaboot issue at hand. I have access to both ppc64 and 32-bit Macs if anyone needs help testing or troubleshooting this problem. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikxlfaccnvivdt5xc5mtvs00nq-k50lbwfix...@mail.gmail.com
fan management on G5
Is anyone using ppc64 Debian on an Apple Power Mac G5 have issues with their fans? Mine will run quietly for some time after bootup but after an indeterminate amount of time the fans will turn on full blast until I reboot again. I know that some of these systems used to run pretty hot but I don't recall it being this noisy with OS X -- especially as it's mostly idle. Mine is either the PCI or PCI-X model of the PowerMac7,3 (dual 2.0 GHz procs). -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikoidr-8wwdu1gelvacbschgmebgj1oz4xon...@mail.gmail.com
Re: fan management on G5
On 6/30/10, Mike Hore wrote: > Hi Gary - I've got a G5 iMac (Rev A) - I'm running squeeze and usually > get the latest updates every couple of weeks. The fan control has > always been fine, but with recent updates I've seen the same erratic > behavior you describe. Thanks for the quick reply. I, too, am running squeeze -- maybe I forgot to mention that. I'm a regular updater as well. In fact, I was just running an update before checking my email and found the following unrelated issue with a Broadcom network adapter I'm using (see below)... I'm worried that if I reboot now that my card won't work but those files don't exist currently so I'm not sure what to suggest. The files in /lib/firmware appear to be binary blobs but I don't know for certain. -Gary update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-powerpc64 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin for module tg3 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin for module tg3 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3.bin for module tg3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikk3bunjlcxcmtrjdi5hfzseyz2gy7hh9aj7...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Booting kernel on IBM RS/6000 7043 model140
There's a chance you might get Crux PPC to work but NetBSD/prep is probably the most current of anything you'll find for your particular system. If you want to continue with Linux, however, have a look at these older documents: http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/getstarted.php http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/prep -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktil6rfsiyu3iytl_zi6npfounyje6hj9xnffe...@mail.gmail.com
Re: ISO For Recent Debian Squeeze
Although the discussion is hopefully helpful, I'm not sure anyone's actually answered Richard's original question re where to find squeeze installer ISOs... http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinem21smqyntiaca4j0iwfyp0e_ok_6zi6l_...@mail.gmail.com
Re: installing on PPC Mac Mini without any OS installed
You wrote: > Is there a way to install Debian without any OS installed? From all I've > read, it seems like > MacOSX needs to be installed before Debian can be installed. Is this still > true?' Only if you plan on multi-booting between OS X and Debian. If you're only running Debian then mac-fdisk will partition your drive properly for yaboot to work with it. I don't remember having this issue with stable but the current testing builds have an issue where they only create an 800 K New World boot partition when it actually needs to be 800 Mb. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktingpcfk2b0s3rlwpqoflol9fwvf_km9grixo...@mail.gmail.com
Re: installing on PPC Mac Mini without any OS installed
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > Just to be absolutely clear, the "NewWorld bootblock" partition I am talking > about, and I assume Gary is talking about, is the /dev/hda2 partition in the > following display, with type "Apple_Bootstrap". This is quite distinct from > the "/boot" directory in your root partition. ... > It's formatted HFS (*not* HFS-plus) even on NewWorld machines, ... > Which easily fits into 800KB. That's correct. But the installer would not pass without my manually changing its size to 800Mb so there's a typo somewhere when it checks it size, tell me it's not large enough, and forces me to enlarge it from the command line with mac-fdisk. This was with the July 1st weekly testing build but I haven't tried it again since... -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikhgphexol4jecdtrfium1xrq9fm0zdalrvd...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Sound on PowerMac G4 (digital audio)
I ask because I have a few PowerMac3,3s in my basement but they use a different chipset (the 3,4 uses the TAS3001 chip). According to the OpenBSD driver for the TAS3001, it's used in the following machines: - PowerBook3,3 - PowerBook4,1 - PowerMac3,4 - PowerMac3,5 - PowerMac4,2 - PowerMac4,5 q.v. http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=tumbler&arch=macppc&sektion=4 and http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=awacs&arch=macppc&sektion=4 -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikiimn41i4p6i9q0gr9mhm6gauole4skhtvs...@mail.gmail.com
Re: installing on PPC Mac Mini without any OS installed
The problem occurs when letting the partitioner use the whole disk with guided partitioning. Honestly, though, the last time I tried to install testing (this weekend) I gave up out of frustration and used the stable install disc since its advanced options let me choose from stable, testing, or unstable. The drawback, however, is that ext4 isn't included. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktiltw9kcysu1zmd2jtbxnrs9b_witrllufrjx...@mail.gmail.com
Re: installing on PPC Mac Mini without any OS installed
Rick Thomas wrote: > My testing indicates that yaboot does not support ext4. The work around is > to have a separate partition formatted with the ext2 filesystem for your > /boot directory (distinct from the hfs "NewWorld bootblock" partition -- see > previous discussion in this thread). I thought I'd tried that but one would hope that an auto-config option would attempt to do the same without manual intervention. > Maybe if you decide to try it you could make a > detailed report on how it works... or doesn't? Certainly. > Of course, another work around would be to use grub2. I intend to try that > sometime soon and I'll make a full report when I'm finished. I've considered that but I'm not sure how I'd get that in to a boot image. Doesn't it need to be included in the base and/or installer package(s)? > PS: I'll also see if I can confirm your problem with whole-disk guided > partitioning, and report on that too. Have you considered filing a bug > report? Yes. Is there a set of log files that I should include? much thanks, Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimwhnrufwvn0l_9oswac3msojfeschgtbhvs...@mail.gmail.com
Re: installing on PPC Mac Mini without any OS installed
I just tried the July 19 weekly build of testing and it won't detect the GEM ethernet chipset or the SATA chipset. When I tried plugging in a USB drive in to copy the syslog over, it could see the hfs+ partition and even report them in syslog but mounting fails even though syslog shows the kernel properly sees all 4 partitions. Then I ran mac-fdisk to change the partition from hfs+ to ext2, 3, or 4 but none of those will format (missing /lib/libblkid.so). I can format it with XFS or JFS but mount tells me there's no such device (/dev/sda3). So there's no way I can send any files from this failed install... any suggestions? A different install image perhaps? I don't know if it makes a difference but I'm using the xfce+lxde-CD-1.iso. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinprxs_a7xgx7ezmwbf1pvoi0utw4w1w4nzo...@mail.gmail.com
Re: How can I emulate Debian for PowerPC on Intel processor?
I've only used the x86 version of QEMU but it's supposed to emulate ARM as well as PPC. But it looks like PearPC is still around as well as PSIM. I forgot all about PSIM -- its docs say they try to emulate OpenFIrmware. q.v. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/pa-emulation.html -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikedfdxa7nfkcz9jj3xy4vtpagz3ewydrncc...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Can't install acpi-support (no acpi-fakekey for PPC)
"PBButtonsd is a daemon which brings support for many Laptop specific functions to Linux. Basically it was designed to support Apple iBooks, Powerbooks or TiBooks but since version 0.5 the design has been changed to support any Notebook. >From its roots pbbuttons support Apple PowerBooks and iBooks by 100%. Support for the new Intel based MacBooks is very new but grows steadily. I would say we reached 70% by now. Also the support for other intel based notebooks jumped forward by adding the ACPI support to pbbuttonsd, but because laptop support is very hardware dependent, I guess we have only 30% on this machines. Help to build up support for more machines is always welcome." http://pbbuttons.berlios.de/projects/pbbuttonsd/man-pbbuttonsd.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=zodf9yzkjx2vwi2_fpnabuul7=zya9d8cm...@mail.gmail.com
Re: yaboot uuid and luks encryption
Perhaps you also need an ofboot line per this bug report? I know that's required for SATA but maybe also for PATA devices as well? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=572869 Also, q.v. the list archives for other posts about yaboot: http://lists.debian.org/cgi-bin/search?query=yaboot&list=debian-powerpc&sort=date&HITSPERPAGE=10&language=en -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktim3y62xp2bspabkssaai7tkdou_fcfy12hm8...@mail.gmail.com
Re: About the FreeScale e500 series processor
Have a look at the SPE port: http://wiki.debian.org/PowerPCSPEPort If you drill down far enough in Freescale's info about the chip series you're asking about, check their "Software & Tools" links for refs to several embedded OS vendors like QNX, Windriver, etc. that have supported these platforms for many years on stable, production ready embedded platforms. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktineoxtodcvwek_=u--ycswaajyhaffdg+2kx...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Setup WOL (Wake On LAN) on PPC (MacMiniG4)
WoL should work on any hardware that will run Tiger or higher. Below is the only documentation I could find and it's not very specific as to what's considered 'modern' hardware. -Gary "Modern Mac hardware features integrated Wake-on-LAN functionality, controlled via the OS X System Preferences Energy Saver panel, in the Options tab. Marking the Wake for Ethernet network administrator access checkbox enables Wake-on-LAN. Apple's Apple Remote Desktop client management system can be used to send Wake-on-LAN packets, but there are also freeware and shareware Mac OS X applications available." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN#Mac_hardware_.28OS_X.29 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikqqhhkroyfoaqhc0q03rrzam5ha41trh3j8...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Taking over maintainance of yaboot ?
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Milan Kupcevic wrote: > Debian is frozen for the Squeeze release. Suddenly updated packages to > the latest upstream version will not make it into the Squeeze.[1] > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/09/msg0.html If you ask me, this ought to be upgraded to a critical bug then, submitted to unstable, then an exception submitted to release.debian.org per the instructions listed in Neil McGovern's post ref'd above. Unless I'm mistaken, this continues to be a problem in the nightly and weekly builds that will carry over in to the first update after Squeeze launches. Am I understanding the situation correctly? If not, please elaborate. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktin9ulc_0akqncbh_kbqg6=gdkm06kg6th49u...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Help me, please.
I had pretty good luck with Debian and BootX on an a beige G3 a few years back -- I think I even had it booting off of an external SCSI Iomega Jaz drive. You might also consider NetBSD which will install on both "new world" and "old world" Mac PPC systems: http://netbsd.org/ports/macppc -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinyop-fxyt5rpd8w_bw793vkqh69cek02nuk...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Call for testers: new yaboot package release - power5 installation report
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Zsombor wrote: . > MD5 checksum is: 6278f3a71c19828e4532578e81fbf0ef Everyone can download from here for testing. In a few weeks I'll remove the files but am happy to host additional iterations. http://ftp.extensis.com/it/deb/debian-unstable-ppc-bah.iso http://ftp.extensis.com/it/deb/debian-unstable-ppc-bah.md5 http://ftp.extensis.com/it/deb/debian-unstable-ppc-bah.packages http://ftp.extensis.com/it/deb/debian-unstable-ppc-bah.README -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinh3plrxqjp7y+lh9p7yxsz-u3ckatwqwgsu...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Call for testers: new yaboot package release - power5 installation report
I just tested this disc on a G5 Mac and got the following error:
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober:
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober: No volume groups found
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober:
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sda1
Oct 7 19:28:15 50mounted-tests: debug: /dev/sda1 type not recognised; skipping
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober: debug: os detected by
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sda2
Oct 7 19:28:15 50mounted-tests: debug: /dev/sda2 type not recognised; skipping
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober: debug: os detected by
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/10macos6-9 on mounted /dev/sda3
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20macosx on mounted /dev/sda3
Oct 7 19:28:15 macosx-prober: debug: /dev/sda3 is not an HFS+
partition: exiting
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/40lsb on mounted /dev/sda3
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro on mounted /dev/sda3
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober: debug: running
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sda4
Oct 7 19:28:15 50mounted-tests: debug: /dev/sda4 is a swap partition; skipping
Oct 7 19:28:15 os-prober: debug: os detected by
/usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests
Oct 7 19:28:15 yaboot-installer: info: ofpath returned nothing;
leaving out device= line and praying
Oct 7 19:28:15 kernel: [ 718.054292] ioctl32(nvsetenv:10901):
Unknown cmd fd(7) cmd(20007043){t:'p';sz:0} arg(0009) on
/dev/nvram
Oct 7 19:28:15 yaboot-installer: mkofboot: Finding OpenFirmware
device path to `/dev/sda2'...
Oct 7 19:28:15 yaboot-installer: ofpath: /proc/scsi/scsi does not exist
Oct 7 19:28:15 yaboot-installer: ofpath: Make sure you compiled your
kernel with CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=y
Oct 7 19:28:15 yaboot-installer: mkofboot: Unable to find
OpenFirmware path for boot=/dev/sda2
Oct 7 19:28:15 yaboot-installer: mkofboot: Please add ofboot=
where is the OpenFirmware path to /dev/sda2 to /etc/yaboot.conf
Oct 7 19:28:15 yaboot-installer: error: mkofboot failed with exit status 1
with the following yaboot.conf:
boot=/dev/sda2
partition=3
root=/dev/sda3
timeout=50
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot
image=/boot/vmlinux
label=Linux
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
image=/boot/vmlinux.old
label=old
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img.old
and this for a partition table:
#type name length base
( size ) system
/dev/sda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1
( 31.5k) Partition map
/dev/sda2 Apple_Bootstrap untitled1954 @ 64
(977.0k) NewWorld bootblock
/dev/sda3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 untitled 300830079 @ 2018
(143.4G) Linux native
/dev/sda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap11749710 @
300832097 ( 5.6G) Linux swap
/dev/sda5 Apple_Free Extra 1 @
312581807 ( 0.5k) Free space
Block size=512, Number of Blocks=312581808
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
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Re: Call for testers: new yaboot package release - power5 installation report
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Zsombor wrote: > What FS do you use on sda3? It was a blank drive but it formatted it with ext3. > Additionally, I forgot to include the 32-bit kernel in this ISO. That's OK as this was using the 64-bit installer... good thing I couldn't get it to work on the G4 last night. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinndtt5ukrykoe5vz_jz9yw=6jz0ztbo9n5k...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Call for testers: new yaboot package release - power5 installation report
It ought to look something closer to this when finished (same system, different drive)... boot=/dev/sda2 ofboot=/h...@0,f200/p...@5/k2-sata-r...@c/k2-s...@0/d...@0:2 device=/h...@0,f200/p...@5/k2-sata-r...@c/k2-s...@0/d...@0: partition=4 root=/dev/sda4 timeout=100 install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot enablecdboot macosx=/h...@0,f200/p...@5/k2-sata-r...@c/k2-s...@0/d...@0:3 image=/boot/vmlinux.old label=SMP read-only initrd=/boot/initrd.img.old -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimv7vg70+suj1ghrpnru2-w0uxeptatjgazi...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Call for testers: new yaboot package release - power5 installation report
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010, Zsombor wrote: > Until that, you can try a new iso soon. 32bit and smp kernels are > added and also ehea nic module included for 64bit. I started writing a > changelog file to know what's happening in new releases. The new files are available at the URL below. I'll try an install in the lab later today or on Monday... http://ftp.extensis.com/ppc/ -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktiktvqk5b9i+yrlqawr356bvuj1qaydlsczxf...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Call for testers: new yaboot package release - power5 installation report
I tried this on the same G5 with mostly the same results. I've archived /var/log/* and /etc/yaboot conf here: http://ftp.extensis.com/ppc/logs/ I will give a quick try on a G4 next so if you see additional files with today's date/time stamp then that is what they're from. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinrsra2dhrf92wk3q67ujfhwxrt26vgm-k-=...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Debugging yaboot issues (was: Re: Call for testers: new yaboot package release - experimental installer)
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Benjamin Cama wrote: > To help about this _specific_ issue, please report to #572869. Your SATA > controller should have been supported by yaboot, as I thought that > changes made to 1.3.16 fixed that, but it doesn't seem to be the case. > To help diagnose the problem, to anyone having this issue on a G5, > please also include the result of : ls /sys/bus/scsi/devices I tried to do this with Zsombor's recent build but, unfortunately, the network driver wasn't recognized and a suitable kernel wasn't found for the installation (using expert64 boot option). I didn't look to see if a USB drive would show up as that's the only way I could provide a verbose listing of /sys/bus/scsi/devices. Should I try for the same output on an official testing or unstable weekly or nightly build? IIRC, I had a similar ofpath issues with those as well. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikmjikpmrdatbuusjhikg8jhvdknu1dp7imw...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Debugging yaboot issues (was: Re: Call for testers: new yaboot package release - experimental installer)
Also, I'm not sure if this is relevant but only the late 2005 Power Mac G5s has PCIe whereas all previous revs used PCI-X. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Mac_G5#Product_revision_history -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinq5hprnf7=yrzftefgifyup4oeh8p-nsodx...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Debugging yaboot issues (was: Re: Call for testers: new yaboot package release - experimental installer)
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Benjamin Cama wrote: > So, for now, no SATA for yaboot. Sorry it took so much time to > understand it myself. I'll try to do something with Joseph's code, or, > may I ask you directly : do you want to help on integrating your code to > current ofpath, Joseph ? Thanks for the sleuthing, Ben. But I can't help but wonder how the Lenny installer works to allow me to install unstable or testing on my G5 with SATA...? Am I missing something important in the multiple threads spawned by this issue over the past few months? kind regards, Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktin3nxq3xexrqe_egrbcggu_bqnm23vaohbde...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Debugging yaboot issues (was: Re: Call for testers: new yaboot package release - experimental installer)
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Zsombor wrote: > At http://171.19.196.12/dl/debppc/ , I removed the custom kernel and > the ehea module from the di-kernel. > So this release contains the official base image, the only change is > the yaboot replace (1.3.13a1 -> 1.3.16) Does ofpath need updated in the yaboot-installer package? I tried your latest image and get the same error. You can read my debug logs here: http://ftp.extensis.com/ppc/logs/ -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=m1ib42sz4isfe3qvugw_3eqlzecogznc8z...@mail.gmail.com
Re: wheezy netinst problem on G5 iMac
Did you un/plugging the USB devices? I haven't used the installers in a while but I usually avoid testing and unstable ISOs because of past problems. If you use the stable installer and choose the advanced options., it'll actually ask if you want to install stable, testing, or unstable. -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTimO9KCw=9luwuxsccmmx1+my3x...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Plymouth alternative for PowerPC?
You may wish to have a look at splashy instead: http://packages.debian.org/search?arch=powerpc&keywords=splashy q.v. http://splashy.alioth.debian.org/wiki/faq -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktinru04cvh0dcmehunao6tfcbm9...@mail.gmail.com
Re: debian-ppc port for ps3-otheros++
I was under the impression that much of this was already supported via the mainline PPC port but not in an official capacity via http://wiki.debian.org/PS3. q.v. http://fisica.ufpr.br/fandrade/ps3/ps3-debian-install-howto.html, http://www.keshi.org/moin/PS3/Debian/Live, http://ps3linux.radiolivre.org/english.html, and irc://irc.oftc.net/debian-ps3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktineju_ta740dqs3xprcs-a51zu...@mail.gmail.com
Re: [Debootloaders-yaboot] Bug#636269:
chicken: debian installation disc doesn't include pata-macio in kernel -> refer to egg egg: can't install debian to build kernel needed to boot installation disc -> refer to chicken
Re: Question about compatibility...
For what it's worth, there is a dedicated XFCE & LXDE install CD for PPC in both stable and testing. Your mileage may vary but I've had better luck using the stable ISO which -- if you choose the advanced option -- will also allow you to choose to install a system from either stable, testing, or unstable packages. It runs quite well in 1Gb RAM on my Mac mini (PowerMac10,1). However, I highly recommend using LXDE on systems with limited resources as I have tried XFCE a couple of times and it seems -- at least on my hardware -- to spawn more CPU/RAM consumptive processes than LXDE. -Gar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAF2WGhPeM4OSDj6qRWbedH=vli2nosh5ra6qxqbaraprgmb...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Is there a way to ssh into the debian installation process?
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Do you have any experience making a pre seeded bootable CD for powerpc? > If so, could you share it with us? > I don't think it's changed much over the years... 'genisoimage' still has the -hfs and -hfs-bless options. q.v. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1335735 -Gary
Re: boot-floppies 2.2.17 req'd packages
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 11:29:20PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 07:36:30PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > > Here's the list of pkgs from potato-porposed-updates which I used for > > boot-floppies 2.2.17: > > > > base-config_0.33_i386.deb > > debconf-tiny_0.2.80.17_all.deb > > libc6_2.1.3-13_i386.deb > > locales_2.1.3-13_i386.deb > > makedev_2.3.1-46_all.deb > > task-x-window-system-core_1.2_i386.deb > > > > Porters, please try to replicate this list. > > > > Porters, is anyone working on boot-floppies 2.2.17 for non-i386 ? > > I'll get sparc in the morning. I need to build new 2.2.17 kernel images > too. > It's been a long time since I've heard from this list. Is this pertaining to Debian-BSD still? gary -- Gary D. Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] Public service Unix
Re: Samba 3 on Sarge ppc
On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 08:35, Arnaud Bled wrote: > i would like to install Samba 3 on a Sarge ppc , but without upgrade to > Sid, is there a procedure to upgrade only Samba ? I would add a sid entry to sources.list, do apt-get update, and then try # apt-get install [whatever samba packages I want to upgrade] and see what it tells me I need. This way, only Samba and necessary packages to use Samba 3 will be updated. (Assuming Samba 3 is available in sid, which I have not checked.) When done, remove the sid entry from sources.list and apt-get update.
Re: 2 issues Raid, Netatalk
On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 04:45, David Tisdell wrote: > The server has dual ultra 3 scsi drives mirrored to > each other with soft raid (Raid 1). It also has 2 > firewire drives which I would like to mirror in raid > 1. How do I set up Raid in software? It is very easy > to do in Red Hat. Can I easily do it in PPC Debian? > Will my firewire drives work and if so can they do > Raid 1 as well? raidtools2 (or raidtools) or mdadm can be used for software RAID in Debian PPC. If you are familiar with setting up software RAID in Red Hat, it will be identical in Debian ppc using raidtools or raidtools2 (except you will have to write the config file, which will be easy if you nab a similar one from your Red Hat system to start with). You'll have to use mkraid to make the RAID devices (e.g. /dev/md0), and you'll have to make a file system in the resulting software RAID devices. I know one can specify devices for software RAID arrays in the Red Hat installer, and the installer does the work. But there's not much to it (with raidtools[2], make /etc/raidtab, run mkraid, format the devices, done). You will need compiled in or modular RAID support in your kernel. I've used firewire hard drives in a Linux PC, and I access them just as I access any SCSI hard drive (they appear as SCSI devices, /dev/sda, etc.). I haven't yet attempted to use the firewire port in my Mac (it's an iBook2, which I now like using after blowing away OS X ;).
Re: Report of success on iBook3 in woody/sid with video, dri and airport OK
On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 15:51, Nirmal Govind wrote: > > Hi, I'm trying (again) to get debian installed on my ibook3 (Nov 02).. I I just did one of these last night using X from unstable and benh kernel obtained (yesterday) with rsync as described at http://penguinppc.org/~benh/ It was unusable with radeonfb (had to use video=ofonly for legible text console, but no X this way) until I did rsync update for benh kernel; 2.4.20-ben1 worked, 2.4.20-rc4-ben0 did not. X works mostly now, but this was not so until I updated the kernel module radeon.o, obtainable by adding deb http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk/ ./ to sources.list and apt-getting drm-trunk-module-src (use to rebuild radeon.o). I guess sleeping is still an issue for Radeon M7 units? I tried snoozing mine (by shutting the lid); it froze. This works fine in a Radeon M6 unit.
Re: Report of success on iBook3 in woody/sid with video, dri and airport OK
On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 17:24, Michel Dänzer wrote: > The DRM shouldn't make a difference for how X runs per se. You probably > also installed xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk? No, I actually didn't. I'll have to double check the details below, but from memory: 1 radeonfb from 2.4.20-pre4-ben0 gave dark text console with many horizontal lines moving vertically (hard to describe, but video quality was poor, and fblevel was working backwards -- 1 was bright, 15 was dim). I was able to start X (using agpgart.o + radeon.o), but the horizontal lines were present in X, plus the right 1/5 or so of the screen had many more horizontal lines. 2 OF framebuffer from 2.4.20-pre4-ben0 gave good text console but X would not work do to lack of framebuffer device usable by X. 3 radeonfb from 2.4.20-ben1 (rsync benh kernel Sunday evening) gave good text console, but syslog reported unknown north bridge (instead of Apple Uni) when agpgart + radeon loaded. I _think_ startx led to blank screen at this point, but I was able to ssh in and reboot the iBook. (There was some problem after startx that led to doing 4 below, but I will have to double check exactly what is was.) 4 Replaced radeonfb from Dänzer's drm-trunk-module-src. syslog now reported Apple Uni North when agpgart + radeon loads, and X starts fine. Unfortunately, I realize I downgraded xserver-xfree86 from unstable to testing before I did this, so XFree86 was from testing at this point. Everything looked good (glxinfo output looked promising) but glxgears showed a red box and frame rates (at default window size) of 40 fps (it looked like the red box was perhaps flashing at high frequency). There were minor visible artifacts after closing glxgears, at which time I killed X and was back at an uncorrupted text console. Tonight I will try 4 with unstable XFree86 and then perhaps with xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk.
Re: Report of success on iBook3 in woody/sid with video, dri and airport OK
On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 18:41, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > radeonfb and the radeon kernel module (the DRM) isn't quite the same > thing. Right; I'm just specifying which versions of each I needed. Without radeonfb from 2.4.20-ben1, I had scrambled text console and scrambled X. Without your radeon kernel module, no X, either. (With older radeonfb and your radeon kernel module, I still get scrambled X, so the old radeonfb is effecting X, which is to be expected since it provides the framebuffer device [Provides? I don't understand the relation exactly] used by X.) > radeon DRI only works with my packages yet, you're basically lucky it > didn't crash and burn. :) Yeah I was thinking that as I composed the last 1 2 3 4 note. :)
Re: Report of success on iBook3 in woody/sid with video, dri and airport OK
I've done some more tests and am hoping something here rings a bell about how to fix the glxgears-induced corruption. (Evidently, snooze and wakeup is out of the question with Radeon M7 at this point in time.) For decent video at all (text or X), Radeon frame buffer (in console drivers) from >= 2.4.20-ben1 is required, along with video=radeon passed to kernel at boot. For X, agpgart and radeon.o (the former from 2.4.20-ben1 kernel, the latter from drm-trunk-module-src) must be loaded. Given the above, text console looks good with properly functioning fblevel (pmud-utils from unstable), and X starts fine. glxgears makes a red box and corrupts the top of the screen. I get the same behavior (and log, glxinfo outputs) using XFree86 from testing, from unstable, or from xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk (with the above specified radeonfb and radeon.o + agpgart). Current X server is xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk. glxinfo, XFree86.0.log, and XF86Config follow. Thanks. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] gars]$ glxinfo name of display: :0.0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.2 server glx extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context client glx vendor string: SGI client glx version string: 1.2 client glx extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context GLX extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context OpenGL vendor string: VA Linux Systems, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Radeon 20010402 AGP 1x OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 3.4.2 OpenGL extensions: GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_histogram, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_MESA_window_pos, GL_MESA_resize_buffers, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_PGI_misc_hints, GL_SGIS_pixel_texture, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp glu version: 1.3 glu extensions: GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat -- 0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x24 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x25 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow 0x26 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow 0x27 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x28 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x29 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow 0x2a 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow 0x2b 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x2c 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x2d 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow 0x2e 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow 0x2f 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x30 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x31 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow 0x32 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow [EMAIL PROTECTED] gars]$ cat XFree86.0.log This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) XFree86 Version 4.2.99.2 (DRI trunk) / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 21 October 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20-pre9-ben0-xfs-lolat-freeswan ppc [ELF] Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Dec 17 05:29:32 2002 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor" (**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rul
Re: Report of success on iBook3 in woody/sid with video, dri and airport OK
On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 03:59, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > For X, agpgart and radeon.o (the former from 2.4.20-ben1 kernel, the > > latter from drm-trunk-module-src) must be loaded. > > No, problems with those don't keep the server from starting up but just > keep direct rendering from getting enabled. Without agpgart and radeon, X is not usable. I get some kind of graphical monster on my screen, but it's nothing like a GUI desktop. :) (Without loading dri X module.) The only way to make it go away is to ssh in and reboot.
KDE3 in iBook2
Hi, Is anyone using KDE 3.0.4 ppc from http://bulmalug.net/~primetime/kde3/ ? Everything works well, except konsole will not run. It brings up a crash dialogue saying konsole crashed and caused signal 11. The Backtrace tab info ends in: #0 0x0eadd9a8 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x0eadd95c in waitpid () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x0ecc8744 in waitpid () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #3 0x0f8b1894 in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler () from \ /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4 #4 #5 0x0f277cc8 in QObject::inherits () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #6 0x100155dc in _init () #7 0x10020578 in _init () #8 0x100202a8 in _init () #9 0x1001fbe0 in _init () #10 0x10021978 in _init () #11 0x10014ea8 in _init () #12 0x10014458 in _init () #13 0x0ea4be8c in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 I'm using libc6 2.3.1-5 from unstable. Has anyone seen this before?? Thanks.
never mind! (was Re: KDE3 in iBook2)
Downgrading libqt3 items from 3.1.0+cvs.2002 to 3.0.5-3 fixed it. On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 21:33, Gary Sandine wrote: > Hi, > > Is anyone using KDE 3.0.4 ppc from > > http://bulmalug.net/~primetime/kde3/ > > ? > > Everything works well, except konsole will not run. It brings up a > crash dialogue saying konsole crashed and caused signal 11. The > Backtrace tab info ends in: > > #0 0x0eadd9a8 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6 > #1 0x0eadd95c in waitpid () from /lib/libc.so.6 > #2 0x0ecc8744 in waitpid () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 > #3 0x0f8b1894 in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler () from \ > /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4 > #4 > #5 0x0f277cc8 in QObject::inherits () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 > #6 0x100155dc in _init () > #7 0x10020578 in _init () > #8 0x100202a8 in _init () > #9 0x1001fbe0 in _init () > #10 0x10021978 in _init () > #11 0x10014ea8 in _init () > #12 0x10014458 in _init () > #13 0x0ea4be8c in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 > > > I'm using libc6 2.3.1-5 from unstable. Has anyone seen this before?? > > Thanks. >
Re: ibook, still questions
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 06:21, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > r128 ? I would say radeon... > > Right, or simply "ati", which works for all ATI chips. Yeah I thought radeon, too. I specify "ati" in my iBook2's XF86Config, and it looks like ati does: (II) Loading sub module "radeon" (II) LoadModule: "radeon" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules-dri-trunk/drivers/radeon_drv.o (II) Module radeon: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.99.2, module version = 4.0.1 Module class: XFree86 Video Driver ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
Re: remote session can't acess X
Hi Nirmal, On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 15:37, Nirmal Govind wrote: > Hi.. I'm trying to login to a remote Sun machine and start off an > application which would start the application's main window on my local > machine. Edit /etc/ssh/ssh_config By default, (if my memory serves me well) you will find a line # ForwardX11 yes commented out. Uncomment this. You might also need to uncomment the line # Host * above this; not sure. Make sure there is no line like ForwardX11 no in this file. There is no need to use xhost. The next time you ssh out of your iBook, it should work for you (assuming local display is set correctly -- if you do this as the user you are logged in as, it should work fine).
Re: ibook3 dvd/cdrw problems
On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 22:05, Jon Michaelchuck wrote: > When I attempt to run eject /dev/cdrom (as root) I get: > eject: unable to eject, last error: Input/output error Does a symlink /dev/cdrom exist? If so, it should be pointing to /dev/scd0. Do # rm -f /dev/cdrom ; ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom and then try.
Re: gdm 2
Hi, On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 12:32, Jorge Arcas wrote: > Is a gdm2 package for debian ppc? I put the line deb http://files.hadess.net/ debian/ and was almost able to "apt-get install gdm2". Installation scripts in the package failed (I don't know why), but I was able to finish the installation by hand and use gdm2. The rest of GNOME in my iBook is GNOME2 from unstable.
Re: create HFS partition
On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 13:48, Kevin Smith wrote: > One last thing, make sure you format the Apple partition as HFS and NOT HFS+ > else you cannot access it when in Linux. Packages hfsplus + libhfsp0 provide utilities for accessing HFS+ volumes. I suggest beginning with hpmount(1) and reading all man pages prior to using. It's kind of weird.
Re: Looking for quiet Harddisk
On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 09:23, Claas Langbehn wrote: > The "Seagate Barracuda V" shall be amazingly quiet. I second that. I have extensive experience (I own a Web-based PC shop for 2.5 years) with IBM, Western Digital, and Seagate (7200 rpm IDE), and Seagate is typically quieter out of the box and remains that way. You can help keep it quiet (seems to be not such an issue with Seagate, though, as it is with IBM and WD) by blowing a slow (quiet) fan across the hard drive to keep the temperature down, although it sounds like this is not an option for the use you have in mind.
Re: Where to get Gnome2 and kde3.1 for ppc ?
Hi, On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 17:29, Willy Morin wrote: > I'm looking for sources for kde3.1 and gnome2 under a debian > unstable. Do you know where I can find them ? I successfully installed KDE3 in a new iBook2 for a friend (about three weeks ago) using this sources.list entry: deb http://bulmalug.net/~primetime/kde3 powerpc/
Re: installing woody on G4 Cube
On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 10:01, Ryan Singer wrote: > - reading OF device tree.. > - calling quiesce.. > - booting.. > > after it displays the "booting" line -- the thing just hangs. My iBook did this -- the installer would not boot unless I chose install-safe (rather than install or install24 or install24-safe) at the initial boot prompt when attempting to boot from a net install CD. Pressing tab at the initial boot prompt shows kernel options. Try something other than the default (assuming tab shows you have more than one option)?
Re: X-windows question
Hi, On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 11:38, Pedro Alves wrote: > Another question... how I mount a HFS particion on Linux? I installed > both hfsplus and hfsutils! You can learn this by reading hpmount(1) and the other man pages referenced at the bottom of hpmount(1). Usage of utilities in hfsplus is bizarre compared to the usual "mount", "cp", etc., and if one does not carefully read the man pages I mention above, one will likely have little success using the HFS+ utilities. The utilities work OK though. If they don't seem like they are working for you, re-read, e.g. hpmount(1) and hpcopy(1),
Re: X-windows question
On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 17:06, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 07:38:50PM +0100, Pedro Alves wrote: > > > > Another question... how I mount a HFS particion on Linux? I installed > > both hfsplus and hfsutils! > > mount -t hfs > > You can put it in /etc/fstab also Oh yeah I did not read carefully -- hfsplus is for HFS+, not HFS. Sorry.
Re: cd-rw on ibook2
On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 07:40, Guido Amoruso wrote: > Now, this is the present situation: I have in my yaboot.conf the line > "append ide-scsi" If that is your actual append entry in yaboot.conf, it is not correct. It should be: append="hdb=ide-scsi" plus whatever other options you might need in the quotes. In my iBook, I have: append="video=atyfb keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1 hdb=ide-scsi"
Re: cd-rw on ibook2
On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 14:01, Guido Amoruso wrote: > is it ok to have multiple "append"s? I don't know. The top of dmesg displays the append arguments in effect; perhaps $ dmesg | grep "Kernel command line" will tell.
Re: cd-rw on ibook2
On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 15:19, Guido Amoruso wrote: > (append="hdb=ide-scsi video=ofonly keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1"). I think we have the same rev iBook. ofonly does not work for me if I want to use X and all the goodies you mention; I need atyfb (with drm-trunk-module-src for drm).
Re: cd-rw on ibook2
On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 15:51, Guido Amoruso wrote: > Could you explain me what to do? Have I to replave video=ofonly with > video=atyfb, and/or change XF86Config-4? I'll search on the list for > drm-trunk: in the meanwhile, can you tell me something more? I learned how to do it here http://www.cattlegrid.net/~christophe/titanium/#XFREE (The page is written for TiBook, but many items are identical for iBook.) My iBook2.2 XF86Config file is available by anonymous FTP here: ftp://ftp.laclinux.com/lac/debian-ppc/configs/ibook2.2/ along with some other configs here ftp://ftp.laclinux.com/lac/debian-ppc/configs/common/ (Check the readme to see where the config files go; e.g. there's stuff to switch the CPU to low speed when on battery, APT configuration, stuff for modules.conf that goes in /etc/modutils)
Re: cdrecord and dma for cd
On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 07:06, Grzesiek Sedek wrote: > Ive got this problem: > I need ide-scsi to burn cd's but at the same time I'd like to watch > dvd's - so I need dma access. > How to do it? I've linked /dev/dvd to /dev/hdb but it didn't help. > Is there any quick fix for that? > I'm running ibook2 600Mhz combo I have tried playing DVDs in an iBook2 using the combo drive as IDE with DMA and using it under SCSI emulation. IDE + DMA did not improve DVD playback at all for me, versus using the drive under SCSI emulation.
Re: would this break my debian installation?
On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 15:16, florian wrote:
> nobody got an idea if that would work? one the one side it
> sounds possible to me, but i would like to avoid that i
> lose all my data..
Every time I have tried to install OS X in a system already running
Linux, OS X's installation disk utility plowed the whole drive, forcing
a Linux reinstall. This happened once, too, when installing from within
mol, which was interesting ;). It could just be that I don't know how
to make the OS X disk utility do what I want it to do ('cuz evidently, I
don't).
Re: would this break my debian installation?
On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 04:12, Clive Menzies wrote: > I am no expert but I'm sure I've read here and elsewhere that the MacOS > Apple boot block needs to be the first partition on the disk. > Certainly when I installed Debian on my G4 I installed MacOSX first. Yes I had set it up ahead of time with the necessary partitions at the front of the drive, preparing to attempt an OS X install from w/in mol. I left empty space at the back of the drive OS X's HFS+ file system. The OS X disk utility in the installer killed the existing Linux partitions that were in use (it was kind of "exciting" [because I did not care about having to do a Linux reinstall] to wait and see what would happen next, when I realized what had happened). One window disappeared at a time, until I was left with a blank screen.
Re: would this break my debian installation?
On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 10:35, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > I guess Apple don't expect people to run anything but Darwin - strange > ;-) So are you saying that you can't install OSX on top of > Mac-on-Linux? I was thinking of trying it I figured it was just my problem not knowing how to use the OS X disk utility thingie. (It always kills preexisting Linux partitions for me -- whether running native or in mol.) Perhaps someone who has successfully installed OS X in mol without killing Linux will tell. ?
Re: would this break my debian installation?
On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 09:17, florian wrote: > why did you use the mac os x disk utility though? i mean, basically > you should be able to just choose a partition from within the normal > os x installer.. no? I did try making an HFS partition at the back of the drive (along with the necessary bootstrap partition at the front), and OS X installer did not find any partitions in which it could install itself. So, I then tried leaving the space at the back of the drive unpartitioned, intending to use the OS X disk utility (in the installer) to make an HFS+ data partition. It did that, but it killed the Linux partitions in the front of the drive, too. > also: did you run mol as root? i wonder how it can kill your linux > partition, when you dont.. Yes I did run mol as root. I don't know how to run mol as non-root or as non-suid.
Re: would this break my debian installation?
On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 10:02, florian wrote: > arg! okay. you should have not done that. as far as i know the > disk utility always claims the whole disk for itself. Yeah as far as I know, that's the case, too. Although I _did_ create a partition for OS X to claim, and it would not use it (I had attempted to duplicate the partition scheme from a previous OS X/Debian PPC dual boot system). The installer scanned for available volumes for the install, and "found" none. There seemed to be no alternative to using that lovely disk utility.
Re: would this break my debian installation?
On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 10:48, Michel Dänzer wrote: > But IMHO the point is that MOL, and by extension the OS and apps running > within it, can't access any parts of the disk unless you allow it to. > Did you let it access the whole disk? Or is/was there a bug which would > allow to circumvent this restriction? I put the appropriate part of molrc.osx as blkdev: /dev/hda-rw According to comments in that file, only HFS+ partitions are exported, unless -whole flag is used. So one can make a type HFS partition first and export only it, but I do not know how to make OS X identify and offer this volume as a target for itself. Or, one can leave blank space, export like the line above, and have OS X's "disk utility" plow the drive. I'm at a loss about what's the best way to handle this. I resort to installing OS X first at the back of the drive (to run in mol or whatnot), and then installing Linux.
Re: would this break my debian installation?
On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 11:11, Orion Buckminster Montoya wrote: > If you haven't done "hformat > /dev/whatever", that will probably do the trick. Indeed -- that sounds like just what I've been missing the few times I have tried this. Thanks.
Re: standby issue on a TiBook III / latest benh's and daenzer's
On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 11:27, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Stanby works correctly if X isn't running. If X is running (no matter on > which console) the laptop go in standby but fail to recover from it, > somethings wake up (like keyboard leds) but the display doesn't. The > machine seems not to be reacheable also via network. I just saw exactly this behavior due to pbbuttonsd not running. It attempted to start but failed because /dev/cdrom symlink did not exist. Attempting to start pbbuttonsd from the command line # pbbuttonsd revealed it's problem with no /dev/cdrom symlink.
Re: standby issue on a TiBook III / latest benh's and daenzer's
On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 13:19, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Well... you shouldn't need pbbuttonsd for that... Went to sleep by closing lid, I meant. When in VT 7 with X running, unit would not wake up from sleep after closing and opening lid -- no keys had any effect. This changed once pbbuttonsd was running. When in text VT (even with X running in VT 7)... hell now I can't remember if it woke up immediately upon opening lid or if key press was required. I'll kill pbbuttonsd and try this when I have less going on in case it crashes. I figured the problem was due to lid open event not being caught (because pbbuttonsd was not running). In light of Ben's comment, I'm not sure what to think now. All I know was I could do nothing to make the unit wake up after sleep by closing lid when in VT 7 running X until pbbuttonsd was running.
Re: standby issue on a TiBook III / latest benh's and daenzer's
On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 13:19, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Well... you shouldn't need pbbuttonsd for that... Naturally you are right I am no longer sure what the problem was I was having. Wake up works fine in my iBook2.2 using DRM and DRIReinit is not needed here. Sorry for my confusion about pbbuttonsd.
Re: cdrecord and devfs
On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 14:07, Martin Kuball wrote: > calling cdrecord -scanbus gives: > > # cdrecord -scanbus > Cdrecord 1.10 (powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg > Schilling > cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver. > cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are > root. Are you using ide-scsi for the CDRW device? By the -scanbus output, it does not look like it. If not, use ide-scsi for the CDRW device (/dev/hdb in an iBook), and -scanbus will output something like $ sudo cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord 2.01a10 (powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 J?rg Schilling Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24 Using libscg version 'schily-0.7' scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) 'TOSHIBA ' 'DVD-ROM SD-R2102' '1K27' Removable CD-ROM 0,1,0 1) * 0,2,0 2) * 0,3,0 3) * 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * In this example, I'd use dev=0,0,0. My append line in /etc/yaboot.conf looks like append="video=radeonfb hdb=ide-scsi keyboard_sends_linux_keycodes=1" You might need a line ide-scsi in /etc/modules. If you already use hdb=ide-scsi and -scanbus gave what it did for you, do "/sbin/modprobe ide-scsi" and try -scanbus again. If you use cdrecord 2.x, you can try using ide-cd (eliminate the ide-scsi argument) and then try dev=ATAPI:0,0,0.
Re: Reiserfs on an iBook?
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 08:56, Michel Dänzer wrote: > FWIW, I used to use it on my Macs a while ago, until it ate one > partition in the middle of normal operation. I'm sure that a lot of > problems have been fixed in the meantime, but I've even had problems > with it on x86, so I wouldn't trust any data to it for a while. I too have experienced file system corruption on x86 using ReiserFS; three times, after which I moved everything (in a heavy use NFS file server) to ext3 and have had no problems. The Reiser problems were always with text files (e.g. modules.conf becomes binary garbage, user Mozilla config files become binary garbage) after a reboot. > I've now been using XFS and ext3 for quite a long time without any > serious problems. I have found it challenging with XFS to find patches that work with some kernels I want to run (and I don't have enough knowledge to deal with some .rej files by hand).
Re: PBG4 12" sometimes disk problems during boot
Hi, On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 12:20, Pander wrote: > > Since a few days my PBG4 12" will not always boot completely. Somewhere > at the end of the boot sequence, just after it is loading some sound > stuff it says (something like): > > . > hda: lost interupt, > hda: lost interupt, lost dma status: 8080 > > And then it hangs... Then I try again and all goes fine. Does this mean > my harddisk is not stable anymore My iBook did this a few months ago and I nabbed the data after a successful boot and then changed the hard drive (which was crazy hard to me who is used to working on PC laptops; I had three screws left over of about 30 removed when done :). No problems since then.
Re: weird problem with CD-drive eject
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 07:50, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Does this persist over a reboot? If not, maybe the key that initiates > the eject (using something like acme, ikeyd, ... ?) was 'stuck', either > physically or due to the infamous kernel bug, and kept autorepeating? I remember now this happening to my ibook, indeed due to a stuck key. Finding and pressing the stuck key a few times made it un-stick.
Re: Spam alert
On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 22:23, Chris Tillman wrote: > I also gave my ISP an earfull for > not affering any server side solutions. I don't think this particular rash of e-mails would have happened if the list archives altered e-mail addresses. Too late now, though.
No Keyboard Input
I am a Linux newbie with a major problem. I did a minimum install (plus development tools) from the Woody 3.0r1 CDs, the updated everything using "dselect" to Sid over my slow internet connection. I re-booted with the aim of installing X11, but at the login prompt, the keyboard is unresponsive. During the configuration stage for Sid, I chose "Standard" Macintosh keyboard --- was this the correct choice for my PowerBook G3 (Pismo)? I've started up the rescue CD and and mounted /root (/target using the CD's shell), but I have no idea what files to edit to get a working system. Running /target/usr/sbin/base-config fails. My bandwidth is regulated (1G per month), so I don't want to start over again. Any help would be great http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time.
Evolution Strangeness
Hi all, I have migrated from Yellow Dog 3.0 (Evolution 1.4) to Debian Unstable (Evolution 1.4.5). Now some of my "all day" appointments take up 2 days in the monthly calendar view. I suspect it is a Daylight saving issue, but it is not consistent, and I can't pin it down. Has anyone seen this before? Gary Martin
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modconf stopped working
Hope someone can help? All-of-a-sudden, modconf stopped working --- I type modconf at the prompt, there is disk activiety for a few seconds, then I am returned to the prompt. Any ideas. Regards Gary Martin (linux newbie) http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time.
Re: ISO For Recent Debian Squeeze
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Re: Sound on PowerMac G4 (digital audio)
Is that the PowerMac3,4? If so, we might still have a couple in the office so I'll look around on Monday. Q.v. http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_capability/mac-specs-by-machine-model-machine-id.html -Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2e436ce0-2193-473a-b367-ab1a50d5a...@gmail.com
