Trouble installing on iBook G4

2024-09-05 Thread Cedar Maxwell
start over. Anyways, I'm guessing someone has probably had this same issue with this port before and that the powerpc port differs from x86 linux in this regard, so I thought I'd just ask the mailing list. Can anyone offer advice? -- Sincerely, Cedar Maxwell

Re: Trouble installing on iBook G4

2024-09-11 Thread Cedar Maxwell
I appreciate your hard work and dedication to this old platform. On 9/5/24 15:33, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hello Cedar, On Thu, 2024-09-05 at 14:16 -0500, Cedar Maxwell wrote: I just installed the latest stable Debian iso on my iBook G4, but the grub bootloader install failed during the in

Re: Please test the latest installation images

2024-10-20 Thread Cedar Maxwell
GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913 -- Sincerely, Cedar Maxwell

Re: Please test the latest installation images

2024-10-22 Thread Cedar Maxwell
Hello Adrian, I'm not sure how to take a screenshot.  I can take a photo later.  I tried this image: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/12.0/powerpc/ and it works. On 10/21/24 01:34, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hi Cedar, On Sun, 2024-10-20 at 22:38 -0500, Cedar Maxwell

Re: Trouble installing on iBook G4

2024-10-22 Thread Cedar Maxwell
Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2024-09-19 at 22:49 -0500, Cedar Maxwell wrote: Great, which one is the proper image? Sorry, I was too busy and forgot looking for the recommended image. I went ahead and tried this one:https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/current/ The Ethern

iBook G4 can't start NetworkManager

2024-10-26 Thread Cedar Maxwell
twork connection, or am I trodden down the wrong path?).  From lspci it appears Debian detects the Ethernet controller just fine.  Attached are the outputs of some relevant commands. Please advise. -- Sincerely, Cedar Maxwell processor : 0 cpu : 7447A, altivec supported

Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2024-11-11

2024-11-12 Thread Cedar Maxwell
and, correct me if I'm wrong, therefore cannot start a graphical environment. On 11/12/24 17:16, Cedar Maxwell wrote: Hello Adrian, I successfully installed on my iBook G4 (PowerBook 6,7) using this image. On 11/11/24 11:23, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hello, I have created a fresh se

Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2024-11-11

2024-11-12 Thread Cedar Maxwell
not having agreed on finally making the switch from 2-byte to 4-byte alignment. Adrian [1]https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2024-11-11/ [2]https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1085949 -- Sincerely, Cedar Maxwell

Re: Trouble installing on iBook G4

2024-09-21 Thread Cedar Maxwell
working image.  Does the image I used fit this description? On 9/20/24 01:06, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I went ahead and tried this one:https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/current/ -- Sincerely, Cedar Maxwell

Re: Trouble installing on iBook G4

2024-09-19 Thread Cedar Maxwell
: Hi Cedar, On Wed, 2024-09-11 at 16:51 -0500, Cedar Maxwell wrote: Thank you for your reply.  Here is the link to the image I used: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/12.0/powerpc That one doesn't work. Let me pick the proper image for you first as further discussions should be based on