Re: Bug#404876: NMU for libvisual breaking gnome on non-altivec powerpc machines.

2007-03-05 Thread Loïc Minier
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007, Steve Langasek wrote: > > With this workaround #404876 and #407153 can either be closed or downgraded > > && > > retitled to please enable/fix altivec detection. > Have you not closed these bugs in the changelog of your NMU? I'm the one who proposed not to close the bug as

Re: Bug#404876: NMU for libvisual breaking gnome on non-altivec powerpc machines.

2007-03-05 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Sjoerd, On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 12:02:47PM +0100, Sjoerd Simons wrote: > I've just uploaded an NMU of libvisual to the DELAYED/2-day queue on gluck, > which works around the issue of the altivec detection causing gstreamer to > segv on some powerpc machines without altivec. Which in turn break

Re: G5 doesn´t like UBUNTU 6.10?

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Hore
Thanks Charles, that's a great help!! I hadn't noticed that page before. -- Mike. Le Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 12:13:37AM +0100, Pedro Silva a écrit : Hi there! I am having trouble installing Ubuntu 6.10 on my G5 (specs below) Dear all, the following page may interest people owning a G

Re: G5 doesn´t like UBUNTU 6.10?

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Hore
Hi Pedro, Hi there! I am having trouble installing Ubuntu 6.10 on my G5 (specs below) I am using the live CD that I used on my Pbook G4 and without any problems. Just works and install swiftly.. On the other hand the G5 doesn´t even boot the live CD, therefore impossible to install it. Agai

Re: G5 doesn´ t like UBUNTU 6.10?

2007-03-05 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 12:13:37AM +0100, Pedro Silva a écrit : > Hi there! > > I am having trouble installing Ubuntu 6.10 on my G5 (specs below) Dear all, the following page may interest people owning a G5 and interested to run Debian on it: http://wiki.debian.org/iMacG5 Have a nice day, --

Re: G5 doesn´ t like UBUNTU 6.10?

2007-03-05 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 12:13:37AM +0100, Pedro Silva wrote: > Hi there! > > I am having trouble installing Ubuntu 6.10 on my G5 (specs below) > I am using the live CD that I used on my Pbook G4 and without any > problems. Just works and install swiftly.. > > On the other hand the G5 doesn´t e

Re: G5 doesn´t like UBUNTU 6.10?

2007-03-05 Thread Ananda Samaddar
Hi Pedro, you're better off going to the Ubuntu Forums with this problem. The website is http://www.ubuntuforums.org. This is a Debian mailing list after all! I also tried Ubuntu 6.10 on this machine (iBook G3 700 MHz) and it wasn't a pleasant experience. The support in X.org for Macintosh

G5 doesn´t like UBUNTU 6.10?

2007-03-05 Thread Pedro Silva
Hi there! I am having trouble installing Ubuntu 6.10 on my G5 (specs below) I am using the live CD that I used on my Pbook G4 and without any problems. Just works and install swiftly.. On the other hand the G5 doesn´t even boot the live CD, therefore impossible to install it. Again, Pbook

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Hore
Hi Hans, I've had email with someone else with a similar setup to mine (iMac G5, Revision A) -- he said the 3.1 install CD is known to be broken on this hardware. So I'll see if there's a bug on file about it and file one if not. As you say, it appears the specific CD driver needed is probab

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 07:01:45PM +0930, Mike Hore wrote: > I wrote: > >I wrote: > >> > >>Now to work out what CD driver package I should be using... > >I'm still stuck at this point. My iMac G5 has its CD-ROM drive on the > >ATA bus. What am I supposed to do when the installer asks me what >

NMU for libvisual breaking gnome on non-altivec powerpc machines.

2007-03-05 Thread Sjoerd Simons
I've just uploaded an NMU of libvisual to the DELAYED/2-day queue on gluck, which works around the issue of the altivec detection causing gstreamer to segv on some powerpc machines without altivec. Which in turn breaks the gnome desktop on these machines. The workaround simply completely disable

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Hore
I wrote: I wrote: Now to work out what CD driver package I should be using... I'm still stuck at this point. My iMac G5 has its CD-ROM drive on the ATA bus. What am I supposed to do when the installer asks me what driver to use? I really need some newbie-type step-by-step help on doing a

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Hore
I wrote: Now to work out what CD driver package I should be using... I'm still stuck at this point. My iMac G5 has its CD-ROM drive on the ATA bus. What am I supposed to do when the installer asks me what driver to use? I really need some newbie-type step-by-step help on doing a netinsta

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Hore
Sascha Frey wrote: Hi, On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 15:58 +0930, Mike Hore wrote: Hi folks, I downloaded the netinstall iso image, burned a CD, but I can't boot off it. Am I supposed to do something else? I already have yaboot installed, so on boot I enter "c" for a CD boot. Then I'm getting

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Sascha Frey
Hi, On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 15:58 +0930, Mike Hore wrote: > Hi folks, > > I downloaded the netinstall iso image, burned a CD, but I can't boot off > it. Am I supposed to do something else? > > I already have yaboot installed, so on boot I enter "c" for a CD boot. > Then I'm getting what appear