Re: no password on G4

2016-02-13 Thread Risto Suominen
I don't remember any PowerPC Macs that wouldn't allow me to enter Open Firmware. (The early beige series machines, G3 and below, sent the output to serial port, not screen, by default. It was possible to change once you got there.) Some machines require accurate timing to get into Open Firmware. T

Re: no password on G4

2016-02-13 Thread Rick Thomas
Try holding down the (also called ) key while booting. That may give you a screen with various options for booting. One of them may be useful. I don’t have a Mac Porwebook to try it on, but it works on my G4 desktop machine. If you can get it to boot from a CD/DVD/USB-stick into the Debian i

Re: no password on G4

2016-02-13 Thread Klaus Becker
Le samedi 13 février 2016 22:45:23, vous avez écrit : > in open firmware > > type > > > eject cd I would like to do that, but I do not have open firmware. Milan told me "Plug the USB memory stick directly into the machine. Restart the machine while holding option+command+o+f keys." But that

Re: no password on G4

2016-02-13 Thread Brock Wittrock
It may only read CDs as my G4 only did until I upgraded to better CD/DVD drive. If the cd is stuck in the CD drive that's internal to your G4 you should be able to boot to Open Firmware and use the following command at the OF prompt. eject cd Thanks, Brock Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 13, 2

Re: no password on G4

2016-02-13 Thread Milan Kupcevic
On 02/13/2016 03:02 PM, Klaus Becker wrote: > Hi, > > someone offered me a Mac G4 with Debian 7 installed. It works, but I have no > password, neither user nor root. > > The bootloader is yaboot. > > There is no CDROM on the machine. > Try to start Debian installer form an external firewire

Re: no password on G4

2016-02-13 Thread Klaus Becker
Le samedi 13 février 2016 15:59:11, vous avez écrit : > On 02/13/2016 03:02 PM, Klaus Becker wrote: > > Hi, > > > > someone offered me a Mac G4 with Debian 7 installed. It works, but I have > > no password, neither user nor root. > > > > The bootloader is yaboot. > > > > There is no CDROM on the

no password on G4

2016-02-13 Thread Klaus Becker
Hi, someone offered me a Mac G4 with Debian 7 installed. It works, but I have no password, neither user nor root. The bootloader is yaboot. There is no CDROM on the machine. I tried several methods to boot on Knoppix from usbstick or CD from USB-CD, but the laptop seems not to be able to boot

Re: Powermac G5 - flash

2016-02-13 Thread Richard Kuenz
Very necessary on Powerbook G4 - FanControl! http://jurriaandevos.nl/control-ibook-g4-temperature-with-g4fancontrol/ Am Feb 13, 2016 um 1:34 PM schrieb Richard Kuenz : > This here is for Facebook > > > https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/23619-flash-version-16-for-powerpc/ > > > >

Re: Powermac G5 - flash

2016-02-13 Thread Richard Kuenz
This here is for Facebook https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/23619-flash-version-16-for-powerpc/ Am Feb 13, 2016 um 1:33 PM schrieb Richard Kuenz : > > Am Feb 13, 2016 um 1:19 PM schrieb Riccardo Mottola > : > >> Hi, >> >> On 02/12/16 12:52, Richard Kuenz wrote: >>> >>> HTML5

Re: Powermac G5 - flash

2016-02-13 Thread Richard Kuenz
Am Feb 13, 2016 um 1:19 PM schrieb Riccardo Mottola : > Hi, > > On 02/12/16 12:52, Richard Kuenz wrote: >> >> HTML5 is very bothering i think because it consumes a lot of energy. > > I found out that too HTML5 playback is almost unusable even on the fastest > 1.6GHz G4 under mac where Graph

Re: Powermac G5 - flash

2016-02-13 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, On 02/12/16 12:52, Richard Kuenz wrote: HTML5 is very bothering i think because it consumes a lot of energy. I found out that too HTML5 playback is almost unusable even on the fastest 1.6GHz G4 under mac where Graphics is already better than linux (TenFourFox) and also on a dual-core I