Re: Installer from Ports, ppc 32 bit : "No kernel modules found"[was: Re: problem with page /ports/powerpc/]

2017-12-04 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 12/04/2017 07:45 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: >> Looks good. But as I said, I don't know for how long Yaboot will >> be around as it's currently being replaced. > > No problem for me as long as GRUB will have some usable option to > boot a ppc installer from inside OF, as yaboot perfectly seem

Re: Installer from Ports, ppc 32 bit : "No kernel modules found"[was: Re: problem with page /ports/powerpc/]

2017-12-04 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 11:11:07 +0100 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 12/04/2017 01:26 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > [ ] > >>> No wayland, under no circumstances. Please! .. :) > >> > >> Why not? Wayland actually uses *less* resources than X, much less. > >> [ ... ] > > > > The "l

Bug#883493: openjdk-10: Please drop obsolete powerpcspe patch

2017-12-04 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Source: openjdk-10 Version: 10~32-1 Severity: normal User: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Usertags: powerpcspe Hi! The patch for powerpcspe support - hotspot-powerpcspe.diff - is no longer necessary as I the necessary changes have been committed upstream [1]. Please note: The currently packaged

Re: installation images for ports

2017-12-04 Thread Laura Arjona Reina
Hello El 03/11/17 a las 10:24, Laura Arjona Reina escribió: > Hello > > El 03/11/17 a las 09:33, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz escribió: >> Hi Laura! >> >> Can you please mention that both powerpc and ppc64 (and even powerpcspe) are >> available through Debian Ports? >> >> We are maintaining install

Re: problem with page /ports/powerpc/

2017-12-04 Thread Laura Arjona Reina
Hello El 03/11/17 a las 09:16, Laura Arjona Reina escribió: > Hello > > El 01/11/17 a las 10:57, Jonathan Dowland escribió: >> I think the powerpc ports page needs some reworking for clarity. It >> currently states >> >>    "It first became an official release architecture with Debian >>    GNU/L

Re: Installer from Ports, ppc 32 bit : "No kernel modules found"[was: Re: problem with page /ports/powerpc/]

2017-12-04 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 12/04/2017 01:26 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > I forgot this - no idea whether it's important: > Yaboot (?) says after booting someth. like this: > "Warning: Bootstrap partition type is wrong: "Apple_HFS" > type should be "Apple_Bootstrap"" We're working on replacing Yaboot for