Installing Debian GNU/Linux on a PowerMac 7200
This is how I got Debian to install on my PowerMac 7200/75. This
computer is pretty much the factory setup. It has 24mb memory & a
500mb hard drive. The only non-standard addition is an Ansante
10/100 ethernet card (for 2 network cards, this is
Ah, ok. I'll work on this when I get home from work and see what I can do,
thanks.
-Cameron
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Matt Brubeck wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Cameron wrote:
>
> > I have to use the same settings as my frame buffer? How can I get around
> > this, I wanna run something like 1024 x 7
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Cameron wrote:
> I have to use the same settings as my frame buffer? How can I get around
> this, I wanna run something like 1024 x 768 or perhaps 1280 x 1024.
No. The fbset trick is just a quick way to get a working config in case
you don't know the timings yourself or don't
I've run LinuxPPC 1999 Q3 & Q4 on a 7200 for quite a while. I ran it
as a firewall with 2 network cards. Haven't tried running X on it.
kevin
At 8:12 AM -0700 7/24/2000, MikeF wrote:
Hi,
I have about 30 of these 7200 series macs. Does anyone know of the
level of support Linux has for this
I have to use the same settings as my frame buffer? How can I get around
this, I wanna run something like 1024 x 768 or perhaps 1280 x 1024.
Both of these modes with 16 bpp (or as high as I can get away with).
With a matrox g200 (I think that's what it is, I got the thing just a few
days ago), what
I believe the auto-config programs found in LinuxPPC are not packaged for
Debian. They make some RedHat assumptions about file locations, so they
won't run out of the box on a Debian system, and no one I know of has
ported them.
So, it's you, your text editor, and /etc/X11/XF86Config .
If you're
Both of these come in the debian packages(I'm not at home right now to
check)? I'm using a matrox (g200 I
think).
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Nelson Abramson wrote:
> Cameron wrote:
>
> > I'm using XFree 3.3.6 (I "apt-got" it).
>
> Oh, sorry about that :-) In that case, try Xconfigurator or Xautocon
Cameron wrote:
> I'm using XFree 3.3.6 (I "apt-got" it).
Oh, sorry about that :-) In that case, try Xconfigurator or Xautoconfig
(former is
a better choice). Is your video card being recognized at boot? If you are
using the
OF driver, you aren't going to get anything pretty.
HTH
--Nelson A
I'm using XFree 3.3.6 (I "apt-got" it).
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Nelson Abramson wrote:
> Cameron wrote:
>
> > What util does xfree86 use for configuring X on powermac?
> > I at least want to know how to have a nice res without ANY virtual screen
> > space (I find that to be very annoying). I have l
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 10:48:09PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > >
> > > > I like sftp - the source should be in woody.
> > > >
> > > > If only it had
Cameron wrote:
> What util does xfree86 use for configuring X on powermac?
> I at least want to know how to have a nice res without ANY virtual screen
> space (I find that to be very annoying). I have like a matrox 200 with 4
> megs of ram or something, so I know I can do at least something decent
MikeF wrote:
> I have about 30 of these 7200 series macs. Does anyone know of the
> level of support Linux has for this hardware?
Check out the hardware compatibility list:
http://www.penguinppc.org/usr/hardware/machines/
Short answer: it is supported as much as any other desktop Mac.
HTH
--Ne
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> >how can activate the monitor out plug.
> >
> >the external monitor works with mac os but
> >not with 2.2.16pre4.
>
> There's no support for it yet. You may be able to use it as /dev/fb1 by
> setting it up in MacOS and then using "novideo" but I never tried.
Wasn't
I wonder if it's possible to turn off the backlight on the PowerBook
3400, running pmud 0.6.1 and Xpmac, as part of the energy saving
measures.
Andre
> the airport card I'm trying to install *looks* like a pcmcia card, but it's
> installed in the special airport slot on the inside of the laptop.
> I'm getting the error "airport.o: unresolved symbol isa_io_base"
does depmod -a report the same unresolved symbol for that module?
Michael
I'ts just been brought to my attention that I should give a little more info
on my problem.
I'm running a benh kernel 2.2.17pre10, compiled by hand on a pismo firewire
powerbook.
I'm trying to install airport module .9.3
the airport card I'm trying to install *looks* like a pcmcia card, but it's
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 08:10:58AM -0500, Kevin van Haaren wrote:
> I'm encountering the same issue on my PowerMac 7200. I tried the
> boot-floppy-hfs.img from 7/20 & 7/17. The 7/17 one would just spit
> back out. The 7/20 one gave me the computer+penguin icon for awhile
> and then goes to a
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 06:12:42PM +0200, Andreas Abach wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> I would like to install Debian Potatoe
> (http://ftp.fsn.hu/ftp/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/) on an Mac
> G4. But I don't manage to boot from the CD-image. I tried to boot it
> with yaboot, but I was not able t
Hi everybody,
I would like to install Debian Potatoe
(http://ftp.fsn.hu/ftp/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/) on an Mac
G4. But I don't manage to boot from the CD-image. I tried to boot it
with yaboot, but I was not able to load the ramdisk image. Did anyone
manage to solve this problem?
Andre
What util does xfree86 use for configuring X on powermac?
I at least want to know how to have a nice res without ANY virtual screen
space (I find that to be very annoying). I have like a matrox 200 with 4
megs of ram or something, so I know I can do at least something decent.
Thanks. Cameron
Hi,
I have about 30 of these 7200 series macs. Does anyone know of the
level of support Linux has for this hardware?
If you have any tips, I'll be thankful.
Mike
Hi,
I get transfer rates of 800kB(yte)/s from ftp.de.debian.org.
Too slow?
The site is located in Dresden, Germany.
Matthias
Sergio Brandano wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> ... I received a few messages of reply, that are clearly missing
> the point. The point is that servers in Europe are slow. It is
I'm still having "issues" with the airport card.
I'm still getting that unresolved symbol message for isa_io_base
we're using pismo laptops (if that helps...)
just wondering if you can helpthanks...
--
_
Christopher Sanner | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED
> I think you're in the land of the not-so-clever guess, probably based
> on the assumption that there is some relationship between the physical
> location of www.uk.debian.org and the contact address for debian.org.
>
> This is a fairly dim assumption, given that www.uk.debian.org is a
> CNAME fo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It is finally available, Helix GNOME is avaiable as .deb on
> http://idorulabs.free.fr
>
> Add the given lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list and get it !!!
>
> Please report me any problem you encounter.
I wanted to finally check out evolution and did a 'apt-get insta
I've got the desktop version of this computer (including the same
cd-rw drive). I only have 128mb of memory. I had it running
LinuxPPC 2000 with GNOME so I imagine Debian will run. I did not
burn any cd's on it so can't comment if the cd-rw worked correctly
(it did work as a cd reader).
If
I'm encountering the same issue on my PowerMac 7200. I tried the
boot-floppy-hfs.img from 7/20 & 7/17. The 7/17 one would just spit
back out. The 7/20 one gave me the computer+penguin icon for awhile
and then goes to a blank screen.
I made the floppies using DiskCopy 6.3.3
I also ran into
>how can activate the monitor out plug.
>
>the external monitor works with mac os but
>not with 2.2.16pre4.
There's no support for it yet. You may be able to use it as /dev/fb1 by
setting it up in MacOS and then using "novideo" but I never tried.
Ben.
Sergio Brandano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So, is xtraceroute broken? If you have an explanation, let me know
> about it.
Reading xtraceroute's homepage, one sees:
5: How does it work?
It gets all the site names from traceroute, and then it checks them
out against a few small databa
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 10:38:37AM +0100, Sergio Brandano wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> some time ago I reported that www.uk.debian.org is not an UK
> site, as it is in fact a site in the east coast of the USA.
> Today I am reporting that the situation is as it was, and that
> other European sites are
On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 10:48:09PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > I like sftp - the source should be in woody.
> > >
> > > If only it had some of the more advanced features of ncftp or lftp..
Hi,
... I received a few messages of reply, that are clearly missing
the point. The point is that servers in Europe are slow. It is
not a problem of my connection for sure. I really do not know
how fast it is, I will ask, but is good enough to note the
difference when connecting to these s
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