Re: debian on imac G4?
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:06 AM, williamd wrote: > > Anything more i can try to configure x? > > A million thanks for your help!! > here are collected a lot of xorg.conf files http://mac.linux.be/content/cross-distribution-issues hope this helps, ppc.addon -- 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/2fbb2aa61002171701u62d83994o2384a66afafb...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Running Debian Lenny on PowerMac G5
2010/2/24 Tiresia Giuno : > > > > On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:58:05 +0100 > Michel Dänzer wrote: >> On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 00:04 +0100, Tiresia Giuno wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:47:13 +0100 >> > Michel Dänzer wrote: >> > > On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 20:14 +0100, Tiresia Giuno wrote: >> > > > >> > > > (==) RADEON(0): Using AGP 8x >> > > >> > > Does adding either of the following options to the xorg.conf >> > > Section "Device" work around the video freezes? >> > > >> > > Option "AGPMode" "4" >> > > Option "DMAForXv" "off" >> > > Option "BusType" "PCI" >> > > >> > It looks like the Options you suggested did the trick - I could >> > watch video for hours without any problems. I've tried to >> > understand if one of those options is essential, but still I >> > couldn't find it out. >> >> Note that you shouldn't specify all options together. One of them >> should be enough, and I specifically ordered them from the least to >> the most expected impact on performance. >> > Thanks again, specifing AGPMode it looks to solve the problem. > I was quite lucky, so I never needed before to reconfigure my xorg.conf > (even on oldworld apple machines). Sorry for the stupid question: Could > you suggest a link where one can study different options for xorg (I > gave always up when I was looking at the official web site) > man radeon -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit) -- 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/2fbb2aa61002241427w3f9cff9kb9b1a968ddc90...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Debian or ubuntu
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Benjamin Cama wrote: > > BTW, the PPC platform is still kind of updated kernel-wise, as the macio > libata driver landed in 2.6.33 thanks to benh. It allows to use the > "new" ATA stack in the kernel, as the old one will disappear some day. I > tested a patched 2.6.32 and it worked well. So the PPC platform for Mac > is still not abandoned. I am interested in it to get proper support for > new SSD features, since I installed one in my PowerBook (and it makes it > "quite" fast compared to today average computers). > ok, but what's about the bootloader? Is yaboot able to work with these "new devices" ? thanks, nello -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit) Genesi Efika MPC5200B - Debian -- 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/2fbb2aa61003161710t544c3425v9712960bc2426...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Debian or ubuntu
>> ok, but what's about the bootloader? Is yaboot able to work with these >> "new devices" ? > > As Gary said, it's no different from a traditionnal PATA disk : it > conforms to the ATA standard. I did everything as usual, just aligning > correctly the partitions (I must say I did it manually). I also put > btrfs on it instead of a more traditionnal FS. It works nicely. > > benjamin > > mmh, i'm not sure. I did some change in my yaboot.conf and i added ofboot variable too because ofpath gives me a wrong value when i boot a kernel with new pata drivers. Now linux is able to boot but with cdrom and macosx i've no this lucky. -- 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/2fbb2aa61003171048y20391f4q20a0b632e1c93...@mail.gmail.com
Re: ibm java
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 4:48 PM, David Medina wrote: > what is the link to download that?. Seriosly, i didn't find. > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux/download.html -nello -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - Debian PPC/CRUX PPC (32bit) -- 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/aanlktimyhc5zp4p2u3e_xfpvn9nqgk2awmey_kysv...@mail.gmail.com
Re: g5 install problem
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Ron Brooks wrote: > Hi, I joined this group hoping for a solution so here's the problem. I > have a Powermac G5 1.6 single processor that I've tried many times to > install Debian. The install goes fine...but on reboot up comes the > black bootstrap screen which asks if I want to boot from the hd or cd. > I choose hd but it just loops until the fan goes crazy and I have to > power it down manually. I've tried the rescue option with no luck. One > thing I forgot...there is no MacosX installed just Debian. Thanks. > > it seems that something goes wrong with yaboot if you are not able to see his first and second stage screen and, maybe, the kernel provided didn't support your Powermac G5 first model's windfarm. Have you checked if Apple has available an Openfirmware update/fix for your model? I've recently acquired a pmac G5 2x1.8 (november 2003) but i use it with CRUX PPC 64bit anyway i can provide to you a working kernel config if needed. The only problem i encountered is that linux-2.6.34 isn'y able to shutdown that machine. Linux-2.6.32 works fine. greetz, -nello -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - DebianPPC/CRUX PPC (32bit) -- 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/aanlktikxftf7fnkq3hdpd8mtaerfdoetibkqkg1z1...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Sound on PowerMac G4 (digital audio)
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Thomas Carlson wrote: > I have been testing various flavors of PPC Linux on my old PowerMac G4 > (digital audio) to come up with a replacement for OS X Tiger. The latest, > Debian Squeeze with xfce as the window manager. It runs fine, but as with > all the other versions I've tried (Lenny, Yellow Dog, Ubuntu, etc.), the > sound doesn't work. The CODEC on the sound card is Texas Instruments > TA3001C. Has anyone with a similar machine experienced this problem? > it isn't a gnu/linux distro problem but it's related to alsa driver included in the linux kernel. anyway, about your problem it was discussed in this thread: http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2010/04/msg00010.html maybe you could help in testing/fix process. regards, -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit)/Debian PPC -- 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/aanlktimxag-jactkahczcoe91is1px0jhyr5t2iqt...@mail.gmail.com
Re: installing on PPC Mac Mini without any OS installed
mmh, maybe a good trick could be to use a crux-ppc iso to partition the disk (you need to do it by hand using mac-fdisk as explained in cruxppc handbook) or a gentoo-ppc iso (same as above) and after that go forward to install your Debian. regards, -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit) / DebianPPC -- 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/aanlktikiad09kvurylvfecyavqw7km8vmuenqfz_w...@mail.gmail.com
Re: please take a look at Debian Bug#589701: installation-reports: Install yaboot on a hard disk - Failed to install boot loader
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > At this point, Debian squeeze is un-installable on NewWorld PowerPC Macs due > to yaboot's failure to adapt to the use of UUID= and LABEL= format in > /etc/fstab. > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=589701 > > I have provided a partial fix in Debian bug#580455 but I have not gotten any > feedback from the developers. > > Rick > > i think isn't a good practice your cross posting because not every ppc/yaboot user is a debian user too. You should need to use at last yaboot-1.3.15rc (released 17/02/2009) that supports a longer append string. regards, -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit)/DebianPPC -- 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/aanlktilm5lblz8nh0r64phafv35t7hurzx9vj7k6q...@mail.gmail.com
Re: please take a look at Debian Bug#589701: installation-reports: Install yaboot on a hard disk - Failed to install boot loader
anyway any suggestions for a better yaboot[1] development 'd go here: https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/yaboot-devel [1] http://yaboot.ozlabs.org/ -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit)/DebianPPC -- 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/aanlktimdvi2umcj-jyexp3_ru41ihiw278lmbrzbz...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Installing Debian Lenny on MacMini G4
hi, really a strange situations. Try to boot with a different distro's boot iso (like Gentoo or Crux). So you can understand if it's a problem related to the iso or the cdrom driver. regards, -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit)/DebianPPC Power Mac G5 dual 1.8 PCI-X - CRUX PPC (64bit)/Tiger -- 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/aanlktimkm1mzpqzc5lnt+qjprh14kxckmjpjnzfxj...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Can't install acpi-support (no acpi-fakekey for PPC)
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 3:41 AM, Tom McAvaney wrote: >> Now I know the hardware supports sleep, since OS X can do it. [dig >> dig dig] Ahh, I see that pmud has not been updated since 2001, and >> its README only mentions PowerBook G3. > > I don't have a G4 to confirm whether this works, but this guy[1] > seemed to have suspend-to-disk working back in 2005, which looks to > require the installation of a custom pmuconf file in /etc/power. > __cut_ as I know the suspend function doesn't work only on nvidia based powerbook. And suspend 'd work on nvidia based powerbook using new kms/nouveau kernel's features. cheers, Nello -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit)/DebianPPC -- 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/aanlktinej4rm3fnvpvifypy-4oycxb5jwtqp80sb5...@mail.gmail.com
Re: debian-powerpc support
in my experience (as user) in embedded powerpc product (civil and environmental engineering tergetted) I only sow some industrial product based on a Crux PPC hardly customized. Btw, i suppose that Debian is always a great choice. cheers, nello -- 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/aanlktim3npf9vvkqk_qkzygte+u1mgx7k9vb+jo1g...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Font Led
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > Hi all, > > does one know ho wto get the front led triggering on pata HD > aktivity? This is on my PB G4 last generation. > > Thanks in advance > Elimar > that's right. I;ve the same issue and i don't have yet understood to enable front led again. cheers, -nello -- 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/aanlktim3gotn+ts6j6mnrjaqk_7vedp8fygq10sc-...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Font Led
>> The front led of my mid 2005 iBook is showing the PATA disk activity >> after I added the following line to /etc/sysfs.conf >> >> class/leds/pmu-led::front/trigger = ide-disk >> >> and then restarted the /etc/init.d/sysfsutils service (from sysfsutils >> package). > > That doesn't work > >> You can also write 'disk' directly to the (pseudo)file >> /sys/class/leds/pmu-led::front/trigger, but it will be valid just till >> the next reboot. > > I can't overwrite /sys/class/leds/pmu-led::front/trigger > kernel linux-2.6.35.4 on iBook mid2005 r...@ibook:/sys/class/leds/pmu-led::front# cat /sys/class/leds/pmu-led\:\:front/trigger none [ide-disk] phy0rx phy0tx phy0assoc phy0radio thus is already setted for ide-disk but i suppose that using new PATA driver it 'd be different... we need another option. @Elimar you cannot overwrite but you can tune it. e.g. to use the led to blink when your airport ext. receives something: # echo phy0rx > /sys/class/leds/pmu-led\:\:front/trigger # cat /sys/class/leds/pmu-led\:\:front/trigger none ide-disk [phy0rx] phy0tx phy0assoc phy0radio cheers, Nello -- CRUX PPC & Debian PPC user -- 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/aanlktim43mxk9c2=btsqkjnrj_uuvgdhihdxmckjt...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Font Led
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > * nello martuscielli [100915 14:26 +0200]: > [...] >> @Elimar >> >> you cannot overwrite but you can tune it. >> e.g. to use the led to blink when your airport ext. receives something: >> >> # echo phy0rx > /sys/class/leds/pmu-led\:\:front/trigger > zsh: file exists: /sys/class/leds/pmu-led::front/trigger > > #echo phy0rx >| /sys/class/leds/pmu-led\:\:front/trigger > echo: write error: invalid argument > > #echo phy0rx >> /sys/class/leds/pmu-led\:\:front/trigger > echo: write error: invalid argument > >> # cat /sys/class/leds/pmu-led\:\:front/trigger > [none] ide-disk > > Elimar > you don't have those beacause you didn't enable them in your kernel config: Networking support -> Wireless -> Enable LED Triggers cheers, nello -- CRUX PPC & Debian PPC user -- 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/aanlktintugy4brhu047x9a6rqunenwmyhepxwetp3...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Dd xcf to hfs bootblock or not?
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Super Bisquit wrote: > boot hd:,ofwboot /bsd > but why should I? > > Or do I place the file somewhere else? > > The OpenBSD partition resides on hdb6. I created an hfs bootblock on hdb5. > > > maybe... you'll have more info looking for help on yaboot-users mailing list. -- CRUX PPC & DebianPPC user -- 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/aanlktimcv3xvyun9vb8pq6qmu7x9uhzcpevqb-0yq...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Squeeze
hi Risto, why don'tyou submit them to ALSA developer to include your patch in the official tree?? cheers, Nello On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Risto Suominen wrote: > Hi, > > My ALSA patches can be applied in the sound directory of the kernel > source tree with -p2. > > Or should they be formatted in some specific way for being included in > linux-image package? > > Risto Suominen > > -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit) / DebianPPC -- 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/aanlktimkkstuumen5wnne=thlut7fuw9k8hfrjji1...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Unofficial Squeeze NetInst CDs: call for testers
2010/12/18 Aurélien GÉRÔME : _cut.. > > Basically, Yaboot upstream maintainers are IBM folks. Knowning that, > take into account that IBM pSeries only come with official RedHat > support and that RedHat no longer cares about any other machines > than pSeries (for reference, see the dropped hfsutils support or > the patch with the 256MiB allocated via OF to boot Linux), then you > now get that the only remaining distros officially to support "all" > Linux/PowerPC machines are Debian and Gentoo. > only Debian and Gentoo, are you sure? FYI, i use CRUX PPC on my IBM 9114-275, Genesi Pegasos1, Genesi Efika and two ther couples of Apple PowerPC G3, G4 and G5. cheers, Nello -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit ) / Debian -- 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/aanlktikwjpbp2utqjbveux=levebexvw6sa707p4_...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Font Led
well, great news. It seems that JoseJX (Gentoo PPC) already prepaired a working patch and now this one was reworked by Acrux (CRUX PPC) for linux-2.6.37 here you can read about: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6550023.html cheers, Nello -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit) -- 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/AANLkTimhfajoB8woA=c0+znfobngudo0bpapqo6ph...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Debian won't boot after removal of video card
2011/1/24 Michel Dänzer : _cut__ >> >> Anyway so has anyone come across this issue of PPC's not booting up >> properly after removal of a video card? > > Yes, see > > http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-March/081324.html > > great hint, thank you. I encountered the same issue on my pmacG5 (PowerMac7,2) and i never understood the real problem. cheers, Nel -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CruxPPC/DebianPPC/GentooPPC Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8 - iBook G4 -- 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/AANLkTiny=iEÚrrnjw5snwkaxzhonsv2wkiwaouk...@mail.gmail.com
Re: YDL PowerStation and Squeeze Graphics Colour issue
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Pat Wall wrote: > Hi All > > I have a YDL PowerStation that I used with YDL 6.1/6.2 since I purchased it > from Fixstars. I have now decided to move to Debian Squeeze as YDL is no > longer supported. > > I installed a default Debian system using the 6.0.1a netinst image. The > install went fine except yaboot failed to install which I subsequently > installed manually. > > On booting into X (gdm/gnome) colours appear to be inverted i.e. blue > displays as pink and pink as blue etc. Has anyone experienced this colour > issue before and is there a solution? > > The PowerStation is a stock config with the ATI X1650. > a couple of days ago i saw the same machine (nice but very noisy) running an up to date cruxppc 64bit. The stock videocard was replaced by a FireGL V5600 and i can say that gradient colors was correct but instead 3d was broken with an error like this: IRQ's not enabled, falling back to busy waits: 2 0 Anyway the colors were correct thus i guess you only need to update your debian. cheers, Nello -- 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/BANLkTi=KsnGejysH7O8J=j00v_fr70f...@mail.gmail.com
Re: How to install on Power Mac G5 from USB stick
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > Read the installation instructions for MintPPC. It has a section about > booting a Debian installer from USB... > Is this the right page? http://www.mintppc.org/content/installation-instructions 'cause i got: Access denied You are not authorized to access this page. cheers, nello -- 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/banlktimrfoti3hk2oqq7nj7htncebvk...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Remove memory DLPAR operation fails for Debian 6.0.3 on IBM Power6 and Power7 Systems
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Frank Fegert wrote: > Hello all, > > i'm currently trying to get the whole DLPAR/LPM thing to work on our Debian > (v6.0.3) Linux LPARs. So far i've sucessfully converted the following RPMs > to DEB with alien: > devices.chrp.base.servicerm_2.3.0.0-11231 > dynamicrm_1.3.9-8 > librtas_1.3.6-4 > librtas-32bit_1.3.6-5 > libvpd2_2.1.3-4 > lsvpd_1.6.11-5 > rsct.core_3.1.0.7-11277 > rsct.core.utils_3.1.0.7-11277 > src_1.3.1.1-11277 > why don't you directly build them from sources? I cannot test drmgr as my old machines don't support it but i'm able to build these utilities on a cruxppc 64bit system thus, i guess, you can do the same. nello -- my Blog: http://linuxpowerpc.blogspot.com -- 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/CABMX=wzrf1d2c6kfcxtord3kaonaxttp7ykpoh8m53trkcd...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Remove memory DLPAR operation fails for Debian 6.0.3 on IBM Power6 and Power7 Systems
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Frank Fegert wrote: > Hello, > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 01:14:12PM +0100, nello martuscielli wrote: >> why don't you directly build them from sources? >> I cannot test drmgr as my old machines don't support it but i'm able >> to build these utilities on a cruxppc 64bit system >> thus, i guess, you can do the same. > > well, that was the plan, actually ;-) But before building them from > scratch i wanted to elimniate that praticular source of errors and > try to get things working with the prebuild packages supplied by IBM. > I suspected those to be known to work, even if its on RHEL or SuSE. > Also, not all packages have an the sources available. I found up to > date sources for: > servicelog-1.1.9 > libservicelog-1.1.11 > powerpc-utils-1.2.12 > ppc64-diag-2.4.2 > libvpd-2.1.3 > lsvpd-1.6.11 > hi, you could also compare with CRUX PPC build options as it's source based: http://cruxppc.org/viewvc/opt/branches/2.7/ > Only an older source for: > librtas-1.3.4 (IBMs RPM is at 1.3.6) > here the latest one: http://sourceforge.net/projects/librtas/files/ > And no sources for: > devices.chrp.base.ServiceRM-2.3.0.0 > DynamicRM-1.3.9 > rsct.core-3.1.0.7 > rsct.core.utils-3.1.0.7 > src-1.3.1.1 > > If you know where to get the sources for the latter packages, please > do let me know! Still, i suspect these are only available within IBM. > i agree, these are ibm closed sources management applications: http://www-304.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/FlowChart.pdf best, Nello -- my Blog: http://linuxpowerpc.blogspot.com -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit) -- 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/CABMX=wx_9cvx7vk87gtaqpbhfj9qx-xprytej8tr3im47fb...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Bubba2 as a power pc is OT on this list, or isn't?
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hi, > > I have the Bubba Two headless server that is a Power PC. > http://www.excito.com > > The Bubba 2 has Debian Etch operating system. > It has different kernel than the standard Debian releases and has > special bubba debian packages. > > Can I ask some questions about it regarding Debian operating system? > i think this is the correct mailing list. cheers, nello -- my Blog: http://linuxpowerpc.blogspot.com -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - GNU/Linux -- 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/CABMX=wzpzsk40dnfwuukq8wfkhxzvsinkytqcgxqbmozpem...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Video Card Help - IBM POWER5
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Mark Benson wrote: > >> As a matter of interest what did you do to get yaboot up and running? If I >> am remembering correctly I had to open a virtual console at the end of the >> installation and type dd if=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot of=/dev/sda1 to copy >> yaboot to the PReP partition. > > That's the method that's supposed to work. I never actually got that far. > > I installed Crux, which has instructions (that work, shock horror!!) to > install it by hand. I screwed uop when I was installing CruxPPC because x86 > force of habit made me add a /boot partition and apparently that's not a good > idea!. I then booted the Debian 6.0.3 DVD, wiped out all the partitions > except the PReP partition and installed Debian, skipping the bootloader phase > when it borked on the Apple_Bootstrap partition error. I then popped into a > terminal, copied the /cdrom/etc/yaboot.conf over, chroot'd to my new system > partition and hacked the yaboot.conf about to get a usable yaboot.conf using > the full kernel and initrd images in / . Worked after a few aborted attempts > while I learned my yaboot syntax. Seriously long-winded though! :) > CRUXPPC handbook is enough detailed but, indeed, the Gentoo PPC64 handbook (10. Configuring the Bootloader) provides a very good section about yaboot.conf settings. cheers, Nello -- my blog: http://linuxpowerpc.blogspot.com -- 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/CABMX=WzGupRk9r=nvnnmnhskzh_j_wwbrtmnbzafhfk4pdm...@mail.gmail.com
Re: ATLAS on PowerPC
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Sébastien Villemot wrote: > [please keep the bug in Cc:, I’m not subscribed to the list] > > Dear PowerPC porters, > > As a co-maintainer of atlas, I intend to force a specific PowerPC CPU > architecture when the package is built on buildds (in order to fix > #680096). > > Atlas gives me the following options: POWER3, POWER4, POWER5, POWER6, > POWER7, PPCG4, PPCG5. > > I would like to know which one of these is the most generic > architecture, so that the atlas package thus modified will work on all > supported machines. I guess this is either POWER3 or PPCG4, but it is as i know prof. C. Whaley (atlas author) is going to remove the support for a lot of old power architecture machines. nello -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit) -- 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/CABMX=WxQE+rvWf8VHoEYpTyrN9kq36-0t==upspghnqwrct...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Compile error: powerpc-utils-1.2.16
> …. > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lrtas > you have to install librtas as needed dependency. E.g. from my cruxppc 64bit system: root@9114-275:/home/nello# ilenia -D powerpc-utils --all librtas [installed] ncurses [installed] readline [installed] sqlite3 [installed] libservicelog [installed] servicelog [installed] zlib [installed] sg3-utils [installed] libvpd [installed] lsvpd [installed] ppc64-diag [installed] powerpc-utils [installed] my regards, Nello -- my blog: http://linuxpowerpc.blogspot.com -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit) -- 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/CABMX=WwZ9efdcXzBubMnDtcT+ba5tju4tTAJ7yd=Kp0=3z+...@mail.gmail.com
Re: AmigaOne X1000/Nemo PowerPC Motherboard
well, cheap like a second hand POWER7 system :-D --nello On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Christian Zigotzky wrote: > Just for info: > > A-EON's Christmas Cracker! : Special offer on Nemo PowerPC Motherboards for > the holiday season. > -- my blog: http://linuxpowerpc.blogspot.com -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit) -- 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/CABMX=wxjpy8rbhhvd-vwvlr+rdqlxag8xgyj-neh7ergr1i...@mail.gmail.com
Re: powerpc gparted live cd
if you are able to work with parted (not gparted) then you could try an old cruxppc iso or finnix. cheers, Nello On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Gunther Furtado wrote: > >> > Is there a link to downloading a gparted live cd that will work with a >> > powerpc mac? >> >> Have you looked to see if any of the Ubuntu live CDs have gparted on them? >> http://www.livecdlist.com/architecture/ppc >> > > It was possible some years ago to install (sudo apt-get install gparted) > gparted on an ubuntu liveCD. > > cheers, -- my blog: http://linuxpowerpc.blogspot.com -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit) -- 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/CABMX=Ww0=Z2Zmwgu8bDfAvbpK6m2ksOis=wldyxe7y68d6s...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RadeonHD Video Board On Quad G5?
thanks for sharing this. nello, On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:21 PM, Luigi Burdo wrote: > I can confirm the RadeonHD 4650 pci working on QuadG5 > this video boards working under LinuxPPC > On Lubuntu i had video and audio output thru hdmi. > here an Example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp_IvG7h5_0 > > On Debian the HD 4000 audio only is recongnized but no video. > > Hope this will be a good advance for debian PPC developers > > > Thankyou > Luigi > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/blu436-smtp50a22abbc034d71c570712c8...@phx.gbl > -- http://linuxpowerpc.blogspot.com -- Power Mac G4 AGP 450MHz - CRUX PPC (32bit) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CABMX=WxdE2iPsoBNccF=h3nfhvcnnvgsv_foej_zua4vgko...@mail.gmail.com
Re: POWER8-based Desktop machine
It seems really cute! Cheers, Nello -- http://linuxpowerpc.blogspot.com/ Il 03 feb 2016 1:42 PM, "Breno Leitao" ha scritto: > Just found on the web: > > Talos™ is the world's first ATX workstation-class mainboard for the new, > open-source friendly IBM POWER8 processor and architecture. Raptor > Engineering's > Talos™ Secure Workstation brings unparalleled performance, security, and > user > control to the desktop. Designed for security-conscious, high performance > users, > the highly flexible and extensible Talos™ Secure Workstation board > includes two > CAPI slots, utilizes open-toolchain FPGAs, provides a plethora of PCI > Express > slots, and includes a GPIO header, along with open schematics and fully > open and > auditable firmware. > > Why POWER? POWER is the only open, owner-controllable architecture that is > competitive in performance. No other architecture comes close to POWER's > unique > advantages. > > For around $3,100 USD, security-minded individuals and corporations can > own a > Talos™ Secure Workstation mainboard with an entry-level 8-core 130W POWER8 > CPU, > heatsink / fan assembly, and ATX I/O shield. Furthermore, Talos™ is > specifically > designed for workstation use, you don't need to have a small server under > your > desk to use POWER8! > > https://raptorengineeringinc.com/TALOS/prerelease.php > >
