Matt Brubeck wrote:
>
> The official release of Linux 2.4.0 doesn't compile on powerpc.
Obvious question...has this been tested on Powerstacks by anyone?
(Blackhawk 100MHz 604).
> For now, to build a 2.4 kernel you will need to grab sources from the
> PowerPC development trees. Cort's pages have
Matt Porter wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 06:54:12PM +, Jonathan Belson wrote:
> > Matt Brubeck wrote:
> > >
> > > The official release of Linux 2.4.0 doesn't compile on powerpc.
> >
> > Obvious question...has this been tested on P
Matt Porter wrote:
> > > The linuxppc_2_5 tree gets tested at least once a week on my
> > > Powerstacks (Blackhawk and Utah). ncr810 SCSI is currently
> > > broken.
> >
> > 8^((( The reason I couldn't install LinuxPPC or Yellowdog was
> > the broken SCSI driver - Debian was the only one that wor
> > How I miss the mass-market CHRP boards IBM promised us!
>
> IBM didn't want to produce the boards themself. They just provided a
reference
> implementation. It's (a.o.?) Tatung and Umax that are to blame, for not
wanting
> to produce those boards (they didn't believe in Linux) after Steve Jobs
Hiya
> I think it is absolutly stupid that x86 rules. They are slower than
> Alphas, use more power than PPCs.
...but cheaper than both 8^) 99% of the time I don't care what
CPU I've got, just as long as it runs my programs.
> A lot of work at the big-endian front has to be done again, becaus
Hiya
> > is this a "political" issue or is there just no maintainer for JAVA
> > packages?
>
> Sun's Java implementation is proprietary software. You can't even
> redistribute it, much less improve it and share it with your friends,
> like you can the rest of Debian.
You can't redistribute it
Hiya
> > You can't redistribute it in binary form unless it's been approved
> > by Sun, since they want to ensure that distributed versions are
> > standards-compliant (and make money in the process - no suprises there).
> >
> > >From an objective point of view, how could Sun have stopped Micr
Hiya
> I can't seem to get 2.4 kernels to run reliably on my PReP moto
> powerstack/riscPC box with an NCR825 wide controller.
>
> it boots up, goes thru the init scripts, but gets into SCSI timeouts
> before it even manages to bring up a login prompt -- SCSI timeouts on
> all three disks (al
Hiya
> I bought many release of linux such as suse powerpc, debian powerpc and m68k,
> and they didn't run. I seek for powerstack in many FAQ, and I found nothing
> serious.
See below.
> > > "RS" == remy starck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > RS> I own a old PowerPC, a BULL ESTRELLA
>On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Sven LUTHER wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 10:38:37AM +0100, Sergio Brandano wrote:
>> > some time ago I reported that www.uk.debian.org is not an UK
>> > site, as it is in fact a site in the east coast of the USA.
Eh? That's Phil Hand's site - i
>On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 04:24:05PM -0700, Dongsoo Kang wrote:
>>
>> Is the current release of "binary-powerpc-1.iso" bootable?
>> Actually I tried to install Debian Linux 2.2 into RS/6000 43P.
>> But I failed to boot and install it from CD.
>
>If that's a PREP system, it should
Hiya
I've just managed to install Debian on my Powerstack
Estrella, but I haven't managed to get X working yet
due to the lack of xservers.
What is the procedure? Do powerpc users have to use
the ggi or framebuffer server? Do we have to compile
X from source? Use alien with another distributi
>On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 08:28:10PM +0000, Jonathan Belson wrote:
>> My machine has a cirrus logic 5436, so I need the
>> svga server.
>
>No, on powerpc you need the fbdev server (xserver-fbdev). You might
I did try using that, but I got an error saysin
>Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>> No, on powerpc you need the fbdev server (xserver-fbdev). You might
>> get a better accelerated server with 4.0, which we're still working on
>> packaging.
>
>I just get the XFree86 source from one of the mirrors and compile/install it.
>It
>
Hiya
>No, it's somewhere else in your configuration. You have fbdev support;
>PowerPC has no other non-serial console method any more. Check if it's
>trying to open the wrong device or something.
The message from X is 'could not open /dev/fb0', which definitely exists.
I guess I'll have to tr
>On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 09:27:10PM +0000, Jonathan Belson wrote:
>> The message from X is 'could not open /dev/fb0', which definitely exists.
>>
>> I guess I'll have to try compiling XFree86 from source next.
>
>hmm, try running X as r
Hiya
> > The message from X is 'could not open /dev/fb0', which definitely
exists.
> >
> > I guess I'll have to try compiling XFree86 from source next.
>
> If I'm correct you have a PReP box. So you either have to try the (very
old)
> Xserver for PPC and Cirrus Logic boards (Xbh, IIRC), or use cl
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 01:49:16PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > This is probably a stupid question on my part so please forgive me but
I was
> > looking through the ftp archives of the powerpc portion of the debian
ftp site
> > this weekend but I never saw any CD ISO images. Are there an
Hiya
Has any kind soul got a working XFree86 4.0 config for
PReP Powerstacks (Blackhawk, Cirrus Logic graphics)
they could send me?
I'm running the unofficial .debs from the 'X Strike
Force' page, and it doesn't seem to impressed by my
attempts to configure it so far 8^/
Cheers,
--
C-YA
Jon
>Jonathan Belson wrote:
>I don't think the cirrus driver works on PPC, so you'll have to use the fbdev
>driver (if you have a framebuffer device at all?). Look at
>
>http://n.ethz.ch/student/daenzerm/download/XFree86/XF86Config
Thanks - I'll give it another go.
BT
>Jonathan Belson wrote:
>> BTW, does the Matrox driver work under PowerPC? I have a spare
>> Matrox Millenium sitting in my server, which doesn't even have
>> a monitor attached...
>
>If matroxfb works, I think chances are high that the matrox driver works too
Hiya
>Hi, I tried to ask this earlier but got my terminology mixed up and I
>don't think my question made sense. I'll try again.
I was scratching my head when I read it ;^)
>I need to develop an app for analyzing data and graphically (3D)
>displaying results, preferrably with C++, X Windows, a
Hiya
>Thanks Hadess. I wasn't aware of these issues. BTW, I did not mention
>that I will be using the application only under X Windows
>environments, and I guess what I was really asking was how does Motif
>compare to GNOME or KDE? Why is Motif (relatively) crappy? That's
>what I'm after.
I'
Hiya
> > You might want to look at Qt if your app is going to be GPL, it has a
> > Windows port, and is C++ mainly (although Python bindings exist I've
> > heard).
> > I don't know about OpenGL, but if your app is not GPL, you'd have to pay
> > big money.
>
> Why is that ? OpenGL is part of Xfree
Hiya
> I already privately replied to Bill about this one, I said that I don't
know if
> Qt has easy bindings for OpenGL, and that the Qt license is so that if
your app
It does.
> isn't GPL, you will have to get a license from Troll Tech and it can be
> expensive.
Not quite correct: the free
Hiya
> Back in July I first played with installing Debian linux (potato) on a
> Motorola MVME2400, when things proceeded without a hitch.
I had endless problems installing linux on my Bull Estrella...I tried every
boot floppy I could find for yellow dog and linuxppc but experienced
the same scsi
Hiya
I have an Estrella Series 200 that's surplus to requirements, so I'd be
quite happy to give it to a developer who wants to work/maintain the
Debian prep port. It has a SCSI cdrom and tape drive, with a 100MHz
604e. From memory, the graphics chip is a CL5446.
I'm based in Berkshire, UK.
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