retrieving passwords

Hi, I installed Debian 8 on an Ibook G4 but I forgot passwords. I know how to create a new password with grub, but not with yaboot. Is there any way or do I have to reinstall the system? Is it possible while using the installation CD at http://cdimage.debian.org/ debian-cd/8.6.0/powerpc/iso-cd/

Re: retrieving passwords

On samedi 29 octobre 2016 21:11:25 CEST Klaus Becker wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Debian 8 on an Ibook G4 but I forgot passwords. > > I know how to create a new password with grub, but not with yaboot. Is there > any way or do I have to reinstall the system? > > Is it

Re: retrieving passwords

On dimanche 30 octobre 2016 07:00:27 CET Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote: > On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 09:54:33AM +0100, Christophe De Natale wrote: > > Le 29/10/2016 à 22:07, Klaus Becker a écrit : > > > On samedi 29 octobre 2016 21:11:25 CEST Klaus Becker wrote: > > &g

system frozen and mouse problem

Hi, I have new passwords and new problems: - I updated Debian 8 without any problem, but: - the mouse and the mousepad of the iBook G4 will not work. Sometimes after system start they work some seconds, than the computer is completely frozen, I can only restart it. - how to write a pipe "|",

Re: system frozen and mouse problem

On lundi 31 octobre 2016 09:14:30 CET Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Klaus Becker wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have new passwords and new problems: > > > > - I updated Debian 8 without any problem, but: > > > > - the mouse a

how to write a pipe "|" ?

Hi, all is in the title. I could not find neither on the ibook G4 keybord nor on the web. bye Klaus

no password on G4

Hi, someone offered me a Mac G4 with Debian 7 installed. It works, but I have no password, neither user nor root. The bootloader is yaboot. There is no CDROM on the machine. I tried several methods to boot on Knoppix from usbstick or CD from USB-CD, but the laptop seems not to be able to boot

Re: no password on G4

Le samedi 13 février 2016 15:59:11, vous avez écrit : > On 02/13/2016 03:02 PM, Klaus Becker wrote: > > Hi, > > > > someone offered me a Mac G4 with Debian 7 installed. It works, but I have > > no password, neither user nor root. > > > > The bootloader i

Re: no password on G4

Le samedi 13 février 2016 22:45:23, vous avez écrit : > in open firmware > > type > > > eject cd I would like to do that, but I do not have open firmware. Milan told me "Plug the USB memory stick directly into the machine. Restart the machine while holding option+command+o+f keys." But that

Re: no password on G4

Le samedi 13 février 2016 14:57:37, vous avez écrit : > Try holding down the (also called ) key while booting. That > may give you a screen with various options for booting. One of them may be > useful. ... I get 3 icons on the screens, but when I clic on them, nothing happens. Klaus

Re: no password on G4

Le samedi 13 février 2016 15:59:11, vous avez écrit : > On 02/13/2016 03:02 PM, Klaus Becker wrote: > > Hi, > > > > someone offered me a Mac G4 with Debian 7 installed. It works, but I have > > no password, neither user nor root. > > > > The bootloader is

Re: no password on G4

Le samedi 13 février 2016 15:59:11, vous avez écrit : > On 02/13/2016 03:02 PM, Klaus Becker wrote: > > Hi, > > > > someone offered me a Mac G4 with Debian 7 installed. It works, but I have > > no password, neither user nor root. > > > > The bootloader i

Re: no password on G4

Le dimanche 14 février 2016 18:57:19, vous avez écrit : > you should boot into open firmware > > there you should type > > boot cd:,\install\yaboot (if you want to boot debian) It tries to launch CD, then I get the message: MAC-PARTS: can not find a default FDisk partition can't open cd:,\in

Re: no password on G4

Le dimanche 14 février 2016, 20:47:41 Risto Suominen a écrit : > The machine has a PowerPC processor, it cannot run Intel code. You > would need a PowerPC CD image. > > Open Firmware understands a Mac style partition table and an HFS file > system. Those are present on the PowerPC Install CD image

Re: no password on G4

Le lundi 15 février 2016 18:10:25, vous avez écrit : > > Hi, > > > > you are quite right, thank you. > > > > Finally I could reinstall Debian with debian-8.3.0-powerpc-CD-1.iso, great > > ! > > > > There remains a problem: the keyboard layout. I tried "dpkg-reconfigure > > console-data", each o

Re: no password on G4

Le lundi 15 février 2016, 22:01:14 Bertrand Gmail a écrit : > On 15/02/2016 20:22, Klaus Becker wrote: > > Hi, > > > > on my other computers, I have the same keyboard layout for X11 and tty, by > > "dpkg-reconfigure console-setup". I do not nee

Re: no password on G4

Le lundi 15 février 2016, 22:36:41 Bertrand Gmail a écrit : > > No, I don't search a shortcut, but a key on the keyboard to delete texte. > > There is no one on my keyboard. > > I don't have these machine. But as I can see on screenshots on the net, > there is a "delete" key just above "Return",