Re: G3 imac, networking, 2.6.12 kernel

2006-02-16 Thread Rich Johnson
On Feb 16, 2006, at 3:44 AM, Hans Ekbrand wrote: On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:30:14AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote: [...] And the answer is "bmac". This problem has been around since at least 2.6.7. FWIW, the installation still fails with linux-image-2.6-15-1-powerpc as neither hotplug nor u

Re: G3 imac, networking, 2.6.12 kernel

2006-02-16 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:44:26AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:30:14AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote: > [...] > > And the answer is "bmac". This problem has been around since at > > least 2.6.7. > > > > FWIW, the installation still fails with linux-image-2.6-15-1-po

Re: G3 imac, networking, 2.6.12 kernel

2006-02-16 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:30:14AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote: [...] > And the answer is "bmac". This problem has been around since at > least 2.6.7. > > FWIW, the installation still fails with linux-image-2.6-15-1-powerpc > as neither hotplug nor udev can probe this particular machine. >

Re: G3 imac, networking, 2.6.12 kernel

2006-02-15 Thread Rich Johnson
On Feb 15, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Brad Boyer wrote: On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:30:14AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote: I've poked around a bit and it seems that this is a common problem with G3 macs where the devices are not visible to the pci bus. And the answer is "bmac". This problem has been

Re: G3 imac, networking, 2.6.12 kernel

2006-02-15 Thread Brad Boyer
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:30:14AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote: > >I've poked around a bit and it seems that this is a common problem > >with G3 macs where the devices are not visible to the pci bus. > > And the answer is "bmac". This problem has been around since at > least 2.6.7. > > FW

Re: G3 imac, networking, 2.6.12 kernel

2006-02-15 Thread Rich Johnson
I hate to keep pestering you folks with these, but... I hit another glitch installing modern linux on archaic macs. (hey, this one's _only_ 6 years old) I just tried installing the stock 2.6.12 kernel on a G3 Imac (rev. D, Paddington). The problem is: a. the stock kernel doesn't have a d

G3 imac, networking, 2.6.12 kernel

2006-02-02 Thread Rich Johnson
I hate to keep pestering you folks with these, but... I hit another glitch installing modern linux on archaic macs. (hey, this one's _only_ 6 years old) I just tried installing the stock 2.6.12 kernel on a G3 Imac (rev. D, Paddington). The problem is: a. the stock kernel doesn't have a dri