I have been directing folks to
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/powerpc/iso-cd/
and as of now Sunday 25 October 9:15 Eastern Time I'm seeing a full set of
discs dated 19 October, last Monday. All seems right with the world at that
url.
All my best - Chris Reich; Rochester, New Yo
This is to announce the alpha01 release of New World GNU/Linux for PPC-based
Apple Mac computers, based on Debian GNU/Linux.
New World GNU/Linux is characterized by an optimized kernel for the best
desktop experience possible on Apple PPC computers built on Apples' New World
platform.
The proj
Speaking for myself, and I'm a small-time consultant to the local Small-Office
Home-Office market, I would wholeheartedly welcome the arrival to the market of
a PowerPC/Power motherboard. I would commission local builders to create
servers and desktops that would have that one extra layer of pr
Linux on a powerpc machine needs no partitions above and beyond what it needs
on the Intel platform you're used to.
If however, your powerpc machine is a New World Apple (almost anything made
since 1999) then the Apple platform needs two partitions more. Fortunately,
Debian sets this up for yo
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> From: Wartan Hachaturow
> Subject: Re: Xorg does not detect nvidia card
> To: "Chris "Bigguy""
> Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 10:37 AM
> On 3/22/09, Chris "Bigguy"
> wrote:
> >
> >
j Mendel wrote:
> From: Andrzej Mendel
> Subject: Re: Xorg does not detect nvidia card
> To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 7:00 AM
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> Chris "Bigguy" pisze:
> > Unde
Under Etch this worked fine with a minor modification but...
under Lenny, clean install on Power Mac G4, the contents of the file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf indicate only generic devices are employed for keyboard,
mouse, video and monitor. The install should have detected my Nvidia GeForce 2
MX card a
- On Mon, 2/23/09, Javier Serrano Polo wrote:
How about gnash for ppc? Is that ready for prime-time yet?
- Chris Reich; Rochester, New York
> From: Javier Serrano Polo
> Subject: Re: adobe flash
> To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 11:57 AM
> > How do I in
On my Power Mac G4 I had to do this:
edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf; change the value of the Option “UseFBDev” from “true”
to “false”
and everything began to magically work.
All my best - Chris; Rochester, New York
Soundbytes.org
--- On Wed, 12/31/08, Bob Lounsbury wrote:
> From: Bob Lounsbury
> Su
FWIW I have used both the 4.0r5 multi-arch, 4.0r5 net install, and 4.0r5 Xfce
to install Debian successfully on a Power Mac G4 tower. It takes a few tricks
from the magic bag, but I can confirm that the Debain disks work 'as
advertised'.
All my best - Chris Reich; Rochester, New York
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