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

2017-02-04 Thread dev_user
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 _Stretch_ - Official Snapshot powerpc DVD Binary-1 20161031-06:51]/

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

2017-02-04 Thread herminio . hernandezjr
PowerPC has been dropped as release architecture in Debian. If you want to keep your packages up to date you will need to use the unstable repos. On Sat, 2017-02-04 at 15:10 -0900, Kristen R wrote: > On Feb 4, 2017, at 2:12 PM, dev_user wrote: > > > > Dear Debian power types : > > > >    I manag

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

2017-02-04 Thread dev_user
On 02/05/2017 12:10 AM, Kristen R wrote: 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 G

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

2017-02-04 Thread dev_user
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 will reflect your > new entries. hrmmm ... that didn't wor

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 dev_user
On 02/05/2017 05:05 AM, Kristen R wrote: 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) an

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

2017-02-04 Thread dev_user
Minor follow up .. check this out : root@charon:~# nmcli dev status -su: nmcli: command not found root@charon:~# systemctl stop NetworkManager.service Failed to stop NetworkManager.service: Unit NetworkManager.service not loaded. root@charon:~# /etc/init.d/network-manager stop -su: /etc/in

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

2017-02-04 Thread dev_user
On 02/05/2017 05:05 AM, Kristen R wrote: 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. It should not be. At all. However I think I have this fixed now : charon$ pwd /usr/local/src charon$ /usr/bin/time -p wget htt

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

2017-02-04 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 02/05/2017 04:24 AM, dev_user wrote: > I tend to enjoy having non-x86 gear around and for RISC that means > PowerPC and SPARC. Oh gee ... look .. sparc is dropped too. Both PowerPC and SPARC are still supported by the infrastructure. It's just that neither are currently a release architecture,