IBM js20 etch amdk111 ide bus

2006-12-12 Thread Eric Schoeller
I have been trying to install debian on an IBM js20 blade server. Using the latest etch-testing debian cd from: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/powerpc/iso-cd/ has yielded much more success then sarge alternatives, however this cd is lacking support for the i2c-amdk111 bus. I have

Re: Which version

2006-12-12 Thread Justin Hartman
On 12/13/06, Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Definitely, the OEM market for desktop ppc is dead. But the second hand market is much greater than the OEM one anyway. Does anybody has an idea on the number of ppc macintoshes Apple sold? I certainly don't know the figures but I agree exa

Re: Which version

2006-12-12 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 08:08:43PM -0500, Kevin Mark a écrit : > Hi Justin, > As an owner of a ppc, I have no problem with Canonical dropping support > for PPC macs, they are a company focused on the desktop, which is why > they initially supported PPC macs. Once that market no longer was to be > s

Re: Which version

2006-12-12 Thread De Served
On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 20:08 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 09:53:16PM +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > For sake of not repeating the same topics in this thread I will start > > off by saying that I am also a recent convert to Debian Testing PPC > > from Ubuntu 6

G5 iMac w/firewire likes Etch-Testing Snapshot!

2006-12-12 Thread Brian
Just want to say thanks for the PPC port to all the developers and users. I just had a pleasant experience installing the latest daily-snapshot (2.6.18-3) netinstall into my Rev-A G5 iMac. I'm also successfully booting it from a 40gB external firewire ("G-Drive" by G-tech purchased at the App

Re: Which version

2006-12-12 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 09:53:16PM +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: > Hi Guys > > For sake of not repeating the same topics in this thread I will start > off by saying that I am also a recent convert to Debian Testing PPC > from Ubuntu 6.10. My primary motivation for moving to Debian was as a > result

Re: iMac G5 Bugs and new wiki

2006-12-12 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 21:29 +1300, Torrance wrote: > Hi Michel, > > We've discovered the problem lies with the kernel configuration: the > standard Debian 2.6.18 kernel Switches Users fine. Our custom kernels > however, do not. > > Unfortunately, I'm not sure what exactly isn't configured properl

Re: Which version

2006-12-12 Thread Justin Hartman
Hi Guys For sake of not repeating the same topics in this thread I will start off by saying that I am also a recent convert to Debian Testing PPC from Ubuntu 6.10. My primary motivation for moving to Debian was as a result of a recent decision by Canonical to drop support for PPC as of the end of

Re: Kernel Panic... Can't find console

2006-12-12 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > dmesg -- http://deserved.servegame.org/serial.txt > > > > Anybody have any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks. > > It seems to be as simple as to create that file: > > mknod /dev/console c 5 1 I strongly doubt that: pivot_root: No such file or directory /Kernel panic: Attempted to kill in

Re: Kernel Panic... Can't find console

2006-12-12 Thread Alexander Baldeck
De Served wrote: > > dmesg -- http://deserved.servegame.org/serial.txt > > Anybody have any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks. It seems to be as simple as to create that file: mknod /dev/console c 5 1 Or let the kernel load devfs with a statement in the append line: devfs=mount,all Cheers,

Re: Newest powerpc install disks not booting

2006-12-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 06:31:49AM -0200, Lucas Rossi wrote: >    Hi folks! > >    I'm trying to install Debian sarge in a Power Macintosh 8500/150 > (Old World). The problem is that the newest floppy disks aren't > booting. When I use the image boot.img the pc doesn't accept the disk > and spit i

Newest powerpc install disks not booting

2006-12-12 Thread Lucas Rossi
   Hi folks!    I'm trying to install Debian sarge in a Power Macintosh 8500/150 (Old World). The problem is that the newest floppy disks aren't booting. When I use the image boot.img the pc doesn't accept the disk and spit it out.    So I tried to use a older image, but then I have other compat

Re: iMac G5 Bugs and new wiki

2006-12-12 Thread Torrance
Hi Michel, We've discovered the problem lies with the kernel configuration: the standard Debian 2.6.18 kernel Switches Users fine. Our custom kernels however, do not. Unfortunately, I'm not sure what exactly isn't configured properly. My kernel is essentially a standard g5_defconfig, plus firewa

Re: iMac G5 Bugs and new wiki

2006-12-12 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 15:03 +1300, Torrance wrote: > > 3) Switch User Freeze. The option in the Gnome menu that appears when > logging out, called "Switch User", results in a total system freeze. > The screen becomes a total mess of coloured pixels, and no > kill-xserver command saves us. We are f