Re: Bug#713943: Lack of i2c_powermac module may be the cause

2014-02-22 Thread David Gosselin
Are you testing on a PowerMac G5 7,3? Should be in /proc/cpuinfo. I have a 7,3 model and cannot load the windfarm driver. It appears that the hardware on the 7,3 is not supported. I’ve been working to update the therm_pm72 driver to use the probe interface instead of the attach_adapter interf

Re: Power Mac G5 Debian Wheezy / Problem with GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

2014-03-02 Thread David Gosselin
A tad off-topic but, if you can’t get this working and the apps you expect to run don’t require the muscle of your video card, then you can install your X clients on the machine and forward their displays to a X server on another machine on your network. This is what I do for my PowerMac G5 7,3

Re: Power Mac G5 Debian Wheezy / Problem with GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

2014-03-02 Thread David Gosselin
how to configure PuTTY or, if you don't have Windows, I can show you how to use another Linux machine where you may have X11 running already. Thanks, Dave -Original Message- From: Aaron Valdes Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 4:12 PM To: David Gosselin Cc: Risto Suominen ; PowerPC

Re: Python pyinstaller produces bad binary file

2014-03-20 Thread David Gosselin
No problem, Jim, glad to help. It looks like 386 binaries landed on your PPC system from the pyinstaller. > On Mar 19, 2014, at 20:52, Jim Durham wrote: > > Thanks for quick reply, Dave. > > Here is the output from using 'file' on the original file: > > XOlog0.8.9: ELF 32-bit LSB executable,

Re: Python pyinstaller produces bad binary file

2014-03-23 Thread David Gosselin
this truly a PowerPC executable and the ELF header has been corrupted? Either way, I think rebuilding from source will be the best path forward. Dave From: James Durham Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 12:35 PM To: David Gosselin Cc: PowerPC List Debian Subject: Re: Python pyinstaller produces

Re: Debian Stable, G4 powermac, X11 crashes on boot with, "black screen" + therm issue?

2014-03-24 Thread David Gosselin
I remember having this issue on an old PowerBook G4 15” (which I no longer have). It was related to the screensaver starting. The screensaver would start but instead of displaying the graphics, it would black-out the screen. Neither keypress nor mouse movement would return to the desktop. I

Re: Debian Stable, G4 powermac, X11 crashes on boot with, "black screen" + therm issue?

2014-03-25 Thread David Gosselin
I'm curious how the file generated by "X -configure" was overwritten after a reboot. Does "X -configure" by default generate an ephemeral configuration xorg.conf file? -Original Message- From: gw [j] iza [b] superstar Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 12:31 PM To: debian-powerpc@lists.de

Re: Problems with X11 on Ultra10

2014-05-04 Thread David Gosselin
Hi, I was curious as to what prompted you to try "SBUS:/SUNW,ffb@1e,0" for the BusID value? Thanks, Dave -Original Message- From: Sad Clouds Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 3:57 AM To: Hayden Kroepfl Cc: debian-po...@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Problems with X11 on Ultra10 On Sun, 4 May

Re: preparing for GCC 4.9

2014-05-12 Thread David Gosselin
I'm in the same boat as Patrick, except with a PowerMac G5. Please let us know how to begin. Thanks, Dave > On May 12, 2014, at 16:02, Patrick Baggett wrote: > > Hi Matthias et al, > > I'd like to try to do some of this using my sparc box and see how far I get. > Is there a link that explain

Re: preparing for GCC 4.9

2014-06-04 Thread David Gosselin
he machine. Thanks, Dave -Original Message- From: Matthias Klose Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 7:00 AM To: David Gosselin ; Patrick Baggett Cc: debian-po...@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: preparing for GCC 4.9 sorry, can't help with this. setting up a pbuilder or sbuild, and

Re: Alternative java/JVM working on armel/powerpc?

2014-07-14 Thread David Gosselin
I likewise can give SSH access to a ppc64 machine (PowerMac G5 7,3) running Debian 7.5. On 07/10/2014 02:51 PM, Ruben Vandeginste wrote: > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 4:13 AM, Rogério Brito > wrote: >> >> I would like to run some programs that require a JVM on >> "alternative" platforms, like armel

Re: Debian PPC test video problem with G5 Quad

2014-07-29 Thread David Gosselin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Did you try to update the yaboot configuration with the new parameter? Done properly, this will pass the parameter to the kernel on every boot. Modify /etc/yaboot.conf and add the parameter, then run ybin (please skim the man page if you've never run

Re: Support for PPC processors prior to POWER4 being dropped from kernel 3.17

2014-08-13 Thread David Gosselin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Does this include 32-bit processors? The first link doesn't specify while the second appears to discuss 64-bit only. On 8/13/2014 7:23 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Does anybody know if this affects the Moto G[345] processors used > in the Apple Macint

Re: Bug#751277: python-biopython: FTBFS on mips* powerpc s390x

2014-08-18 Thread David Gosselin
I can provide SSH access to a PowerMac G5 running 7.6 if you'd like to test this. > On Aug 18, 2014, at 4:01, Andreas Tille wrote: > > Hi porters, > > could you please be so kind to check this issue? It would be great to > find out why the test suite of biopython fails on these architectures

Re: Fan Control on G5 iMac

2014-12-20 Thread David Gosselin
There's a driver on the system which is not loaded by default. To load it manually after boot, run the following as root: modprobe i2c-powermac Dave > On Dec 20, 2014, at 20:56, Kristen R wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > List, > > I recently installed Debian