Re: A few questions about stretch ( testing ) on a PowerMac G5

2017-02-04 Thread Kristen R
On Feb 4, 2017, at 7:34 PM, dev_user wrote: > > >> As for the DNS, do not edit /etc/resovl.conf as that is system > > generated. Edit instead the /etc/network/interfaces file and > > list your DNS entries there. After this stop networking, and > > restart (or reboot) and the /etc/resolv.conf wil

Re: A few questions about stretch ( testing ) on a PowerMac G5

2017-02-04 Thread Kristen R
On Feb 4, 2017, at 2:12 PM, dev_user wrote: > > > Dear Debian power types : > >I managed to install a bare and simple stretch ( testing ) release onto a > PowerMac G5 using the DVD ISO image such that my /etc/apt/sources.list says : > > > >deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Stretc

Re: Debian 8.6 fails startup for Apple PPCs

2016-10-19 Thread Kristen R.
On 10/15/2016 12:12 PM, Kristen wrote: > List, > > I am wondering if the Apple PowerPC line of computers are still > supported in Debian? I have tried to use a netinstall of Debian 8.6.0 on > a G3 iBook, a G4 MP, and a G5 iMac and all have failed in the same manner. > > The install appears to pro

Re: Suspend on iBook G3 (A1007) no longer works

2016-04-12 Thread Kristen R
> On Apr 12, 2016, at 4:10 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > > Hi, > > Since the OP of #697606 does not have the hardware anymore, I am > thinking of closing the bug report. > > Does anyone have access to an iBook G3 and wants to update the bug ? > > thx > Mathieu, Weird I know, but I do have

Re: "Power Mac Gigabit Ethernet" (codename "Mystic")

2016-04-09 Thread kristen R
On 4/8/16 10:57 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 7:15 PM, Kristen R > wrote: >> >>> On Apr 8, 2016, at 3:02 AM, Mathieu Malaterre >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Does anyone of you has access to an S

Re: "Power Mac Gigabit Ethernet" (codename "Mystic")

2016-04-08 Thread Kristen R
> On Apr 8, 2016, at 3:02 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > > Dear all, > > Does anyone of you has access to an SMP PPC32 machine ? I need to > check if an issue I am seeing on an SMP PPC64 kernel (PPC32 userland) > can be reproduced on a pure SMP PPC32 machine. > > Thanks much for help. > > -M

Fan Control on G5 iMac

2014-12-20 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 List, I recently installed Debian on a G5 iMac I just acquired. Everything went smoothly and I did have a login screen the first time without any X config settings. Thank you all for your wonderful work. My question is about fan control. When I

Re: Wheezy install with dark screen after boot

2014-03-02 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/02/2014 04:28 AM, Aaron Valdes wrote: Aaron, I was using the stock card that comes with the G4 Mystic. Its an ATI 128 Rage with DVI and ADC connectors. I think it has 16M of memory on it. Kristen -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: Wheezy install with dark screen after boot

2014-01-28 Thread Kristen R
On Jan 20, 2014, at 10:53 PM, Risto Suominen wrote: > Hi Kristen, > > 2014/1/21, Kristen R : >> >> Advice as to what I should do? Like, how does one drop to a shell so I might >> access the xorg.config file? >> > Adding '1' to yaboot com

Wheezy install with dark screen after boot

2014-01-20 Thread Kristen R
List, I just installed Wheezy on my G4 450MHz DP with stock Radeon 128 Rage 16M video card. The install was beautiful. Wow such an improvement over past installs. When I get to what should be my log in screen, the screen turns black and I can not get a terminal or beeps from hitting enter too m

Re: How to report bugs against PPC builds?

2013-01-06 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/01/2013 01:29 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Kristen R wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> On Dec 20, 2012, at 3:59 PM, brian m. carlson >>

Re: How to report bugs against PPC builds?

2012-12-31 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Dec 20, 2012, at 3:59 PM, brian m. carlson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 02:50:44PM -0900, Kristen R wrote: >> Do we use the Debian Bug Tracking System to report bugs when using the >> PowerPC builds? I wonder since I see x86

How to report bugs against PPC builds?

2012-12-20 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 List, Do we use the Debian Bug Tracking System to report bugs when using the PowerPC builds? I wonder since I see x86 machine builds being listed on the BTS Kristen -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Us

How to upgrade 6 - 7

2012-09-15 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 List, I am thinking of upgrading my PowerPC from Squeeze to testing. I have read some articles I found but have not really found anything up to date. Nearly all of them speak of disaster while others speak of success. I wonder if it is advisab

Build JDK7 on PowerPC?

2012-08-16 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 List, I was just looking at the Oracle site as they have released Java 7. There are built releases for Linux of the x86 and x64 variety along with OS X 64b. And no PowerPC of course. I wonder if Java 7 can make it into the PowerPC packages? C

Monitor brightness control

2012-06-19 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 List, I am running Debian 2.6.32-5-powerpc-smp (Sqeeze) on my Mystic G4 Apple computer. I am also utilizing an Apple keyboard. I have noticed that while the keyboard does have two keys for brightness control, neither one functions in this capa

Left handed mouse pointers

2012-05-27 Thread Kristen R
List, I use my trackball on the left side of the keyboard. And all the mouse pointers are left pointing. I'm sure I'm not the only lefty using Debian on PowerPC, so I am seeking right pointing mouse cursors. I found via the web that there is a comixcursors-lefthanded package that should ha

Re: Fwd: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro blacks out, unrecoverable

2012-03-17 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/17/2012 01:17 AM, Raf Czlonka wrote: ~ SNIP ~ > > My iBook does support suspend to RAM, it also supports processor power > scaling. These aren't done through ACPI or APM of course. > > Look at pm-utils for suspend. I can't remember whether it

Re: Fwd: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro blacks out, unrecoverable

2012-03-17 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/17/2012 11:05 AM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > On 03/17/2012 07:47 PM, Kristen R wrote: > On 03/16/2012 11:21 PM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > ~ SNIP ~ >>>> Did you install firmware-linux-nonfree ? >>>> >>>>

Re: Fwd: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro blacks out, unrecoverable

2012-03-17 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/16/2012 11:21 PM, Jeroen Diederen wrote: ~ SNIP ~ > Did you install firmware-linux-nonfree ? > > Jeroen I installed firmware-linux-nonfree after they system was initially installed. It is installed now. I didn't know anything about this package

Re: Fwd: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro blacks out, unrecoverable

2012-03-16 Thread Kristen R
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/15/2012 11:44 PM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Don, 2012-03-15 at 12:33 -0800, Kristen R wrote: >> >> Your requested files can be found at ftp://atmyhome.org/kristen >> >> I have included dmesg, Xorg.0.log, and a screen

Re: Fwd: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro blacks out, unrecoverable

2012-03-16 Thread Kristen R
On 03/15/2012 11:44 PM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Don, 2012-03-15 at 12:33 -0800, Kristen R wrote: >> >> Your requested files can be found at ftp://atmyhome.org/kristen >> >> I have included dmesg, Xorg.0.log, and a screen shot of top. > > The lines > >

Fwd: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro blacks out, unrecoverable

2012-03-15 Thread Kristen R
On Mar 14, 2012, at 11:19 PM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > Capture the dmesg output and /var/log/Xorg.0.log file, and check if the > X server or another process is hogging the CPU. > Your requested files can be found at ftp://atmyhome.org/kristen I have included dmesg, Xorg.0.log, and a screen sh

Re: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro blacks out, unrecoverable

2012-03-15 Thread Kristen R
On Mar 14, 2012, at 10:41 PM, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 03:27:33AM GMT, Kristen R wrote: >> Results in my being logged out and back to the login screen. I can then log >> back in again and I have my screen >> >> I'm not sure where to look as

Re: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro blacks out, unrecoverable

2012-03-14 Thread Kristen R
On Mar 14, 2012, at 1:14 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Die, 2012-03-13 at 10:38 -0800, K.Reitz wrote: >> >> I am new to Debian and have installed Debian 6 net install on my Apple >> Gigabit G4 PPC. I have a serious problem with the video. I am using >> the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256M Mac Edition A