Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 06:17:36PM +0100, Bertrand Dekoninck wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > I suspect the safe and simple option is to use mac os to shrink the > current HFS partition first. > >In the installed v10.2.8's Disk Utility app, it w

Re: Xorg fails on ATI after update (mmio aperture)

2017-03-02 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, luigi burdo wrote: can it be something related the kernel? I fear it is! I still had 4.7.0-1 instead of 4.9.0-2 and booted that. All the rest being equals, X starts and works. So either it is a kernel issue or still a bad X-kernel interaction. Maybe John Paul gets wiser? This lspci f

Re: Xorg fails on ATI after update (mmio aperture)

2017-03-02 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi John Paul, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Can you please post the output of the dmesg and lspci commands? if course, this is lspci: :00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Inc. UniNorth AGP :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device 4c4e (rev 64) 0001:

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Luke
Alternatively you can create a disk image without free space, from your partition with your current version of OSX. After that partitioning the disk and then resto re with the .dmg previously created in the new resized partition. Il 02/mar/2017 06:17 PM, "Bertrand Dekoninck" ha scritto: > > Le 2

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Bertrand Dekoninck
> Le 2 mars 2017 à 16:37, Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR) > a écrit : > > Hi, > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > >>> I suspect the safe and simple option is to use mac os to shrink the >>> current HFS partition first. >> >> In the installed v10.2.8's Disk Utility app, it wouldn't let me

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR)
Hi, On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > I suspect the safe and simple option is to use mac os to shrink the > > current HFS partition first. > > In the installed v10.2.8's Disk Utility app, it wouldn't let me. In its > bootable DVD's v10.2.1's Disk Utility, it said it would have to erase my

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 07:30:34AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 10:28:48AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 12:05:20AM -0800, Ant wrote: > > > According to > > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en and > > > https://wiki.d

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 10:28:48AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 12:05:20AM -0800, Ant wrote: > > According to > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en and > > https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_partition_my_hard_drive.3F > > web pag

Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 12:05:20AM -0800, Ant wrote: > According to > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en and > https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_partition_my_hard_drive.3F > web pages, I can't resize my HDD's current default HFS drive into two > partitions

Re: Xorg fails on ATI after update (mmio aperture)

2017-03-02 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 03/02/2017 10:01 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > any clue about this? I saw some updates, but no X package and the issue still > happens. > It looks like my card can't be detected at all. > Anybody else is running on Mac hardwware with ATI currently? Can you please post the output of the dmesg a

Re: Xorg fails on ATI after update (mmio aperture)

2017-03-02 Thread luigi burdo
Hi Riccardo, can it be something related the kernel? Ciao Luigi Da: Riccardo Mottola Inviato: giovedì 2 marzo 2017 10.01 A: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Oggetto: Re: Xorg fails on ATI after update (mmio aperture) Hi all, any clue about this? I saw some u

Re: Xorg fails on ATI after update (mmio aperture)

2017-03-02 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi all, any clue about this? I saw some updates, but no X package and the issue still happens. It looks like my card can't be detected at all. Anybody else is running on Mac hardwware with ATI currently? Riccardo Riccardo Mottola wrote: Hi, I did update debian on my iBook G3 with current.

Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-02 Thread Ant
Hello. According to https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en and https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_partition_my_hard_drive.3F web pages, I can't resize my HDD's current default HFS drive into two partitions. I have to redo the HDD's partition setup to dual boot