Hi Peter,
On Jan 1, 2016, at 4:35 PM, Peter Saisanas wrote:
>
> I have also enabled the MD RAID option so hopefully sort out Rick Thomas'
> issue.
>
> In the google drive link, try the 4.4.0-rc7 kernel and headers in the folder
> named "linux 4.4.0-rc7 kernel&q
Yep! That was it! I mis-spelled the name of the initrd.Sorry for the
trouble! )-:
All is working now. (-:
Attached is output of dmesg from the successful boot…
dmesg.out
Description: Binary data
Thank you so much for all your help! Let me know if I can test anything for
you in the
Hi Peter,
On Jan 4, 2016, at 4:02 PM, Peter Saisanas wrote:
> Hi,
> This has been playing in my mind for a while and wondering if i could get
> some feedback from others.
>
> I assume glibc typically available in the Debian repo's has been compiled for
> a generic ppc32 target and the ricer i
On Jan 21, 2016, at 3:43 PM, Peter Saisanas wrote:
> If this only seems to happen when lightdm starts (i.e. xorg starts up) and
> not the nouveau fb console, perhaps sending xorg logs may provide more info...
The dmesg log might be helpful as well.
Rick
On Feb 5, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Clive Menzies wrote:
> In this context, reading back through the threads I see that Peter has rolled
> some 4.* kernels. Any suggestions as to which one I try first and any
> particular messages in the thread I should pay attention to?
If your G5 is a "PowerMac11,2
On Feb 6, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On 06/02/16 07:26, Rick Thomas wrote:
>> On Feb 5, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Clive Menzies wrote:
>>
>>> In this context, reading back through the threads I see that Peter has
>>> rolled some 4.* kernels. Any sugges
On Feb 6, 2016, at 9:36 AM, Clive Menzies wrote:
> At present, I've just got jessie and will probably stick with it until I find
> it limits functionality. I used to run sid but I'd break my system every so
> often — not great for productivity :-)
I'm not sure -- Peter will know -- but the 4.
case Alpha-5 i guess)?
> Jessie installed fine , though.
> I bought also a Radeon x800 xt as replacement for NVidia 5200 FX , so i am
> wondering how this will change my Linux experience on G5 Powermac to the
> better.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Rich
>
> Rick Thomas w
On Feb 6, 2016, at 2:11 PM, Peter Saisanas wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> In my opinion, the best way to install Debian would be to just install using
> a Jessie release.
> When installing, ensure you install an SSH server in addition to be able to
> login via another computer if you happen to have
On Feb 7, 2016, at 6:49 AM, Clive Menzies wrote:
> Upgrading to stretch from a fresh jessie install with 4.5.0-rc2 kernel
> installed worked fine. :-)
>
> xfce4 display settings is recognising both monitors but the second (which is
> different resolution to the mac screen) still won't come up
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 don’t have a Mac Porwebook to try it on, but it works on my G4 desktop
machine.
If you can get it to boot from a CD/DVD/USB-stick into the Debian i
Hi Klaus,
On the far right side of your keyboard, the keys should look like this
topCD eject key
(possible row of function keys)
delete key (may be marked with a left pointing arrow)
a language dependent key that sends a printable character -- or maybe
the top part of a
I have an ancient PowerMac G5 dual-core 2.0GHZ (PowerMac11,2) machine I'd like
to use to help Hanno Zulla test his new "Sonic Pi" software on bigendian
hardware.
But alsamixer tells me I have no audio cards and no audio devices.
Or, to put it another way:
> rbthomas@bigal:~$ ls -l /proc/asound/
n: Binary data
On Mar 5, 2016, at 7:39 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
> I have an ancient PowerMac G5 dual-core 2.0GHZ (PowerMac11,2) machine I'd
> like to use to help Hanno Zulla test his new "Sonic Pi" software on bigendian
> hardware.
>
> But alsamixer tells me I hav
On Mar 5, 2016, at 9:03 PM, Dan DeVoto wrote:
> Let us know if adding the snd-aoa-i2sbus module works on a G5.
With that module loaded, I used alsamixer to choose soundcard "0 SoundByLayout"
and un-muting everything in sight.
I got sound output but it's "gavelly" -- it's broken up. It sound
On Mar 5, 2016, at 8:20 PM, peperol...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi Rick,
>
> I'm in the same boat with a powerbook G4; no sound cards found.
>
> I found this a couple of weeks ago but I haven't give it a try yet.
>
> http://ppcluddite.blogspot.mx/2015/08/debian-kernel-with-sound-fix.html?m=1
>
> I'
On Mar 6, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On 06/03/16 05:43, Rick Thomas wrote:
>> On Mar 5, 2016, at 8:20 PM, peperol...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rick,
>>>
>>> I'm in the same boat with a powerbook G4; no sound cards found.
>>&g
On Mar 5, 2016, at 1:40 PM, Hanno Zulla wrote:
> Hello,
>
> there's a new package in Debian Testing and it took us some time making
> it build for big-endian hardware.
>
> Now that buildd doesn't complain, I'd love to hear from actual users of
> big-endian hardware if the binaries work for you
On Mar 6, 2016, at 4:58 PM, Hanno Zulla wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> thanks for offering to help! That's very kind!
>
> Please try the following:
>
> - apt-get install sonic-pi
>
> - does the GUI start when you run sonic-pi?
>
> Sonic Pi needs jackd running and will not start without it,
> if yo
!) and I'm updating it to full-on stretch (except
for Peter's kernel) as I type. We'll see how that turns out!
Enjoy!
Rick
On Mar 6, 2016, at 5:36 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Hi Hanno,
>
> Sonic-pi seems to need a bunch of packages that aren't yet in testing.
>
>
On Mar 6, 2016, at 4:58 PM, Hanno Zulla wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> thanks for offering to help! That's very kind!
>
> Please try the following:
>
> - apt-get install sonic-pi
>
> - does the GUI start when you run sonic-pi?
When I run it, I get this:
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals
On Mar 7, 2016, at 2:50 AM, Hanno Zulla wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
>> libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
>
> This is harmless and should not stop the program from working.
>
>> [GUI] - could not open file /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/info
>
> Sa
On Mar 7, 2016, at 1:54 PM, Hanno Zulla wrote:
> Hi,
>
> don't know if this helps, but...
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ
>
>> Are any other packages broken on PowerPC?
>>
>> Jackd2 also appears broken on PowerPC, but you can always use
>> jackd1 if you need a JACK audio server).
Lo
On Mar 17, 2016, at 1:10 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> But I am curious is the official debian kernel 4.5.0-rc2-powerpc64 not
> working for you ? What's so special about the one from 'Peter
> Saidanas' ?
There is no official Debian kernel 4.5 yet, as far as I know.
Peter Sasisanas has discove
- Original message ----
> From: Rick Thomas
> Date: 3/18/2016 11:09 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Mathieu Malaterre , steven.gru...@gmail.com
> Cc: Clive Menzies , PowerPC List Debian
>
> Subject: Re: Debian on iMac G5
>
>
> On Mar 17, 2016, at 1:10 AM, Mathieu
On Mar 30, 2016, at 10:13 AM, wbon...@theitmakers.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 30.03.2016 17:09, Breno Leitao a écrit :
>> Hi Mathieu,
>> On 03/30/2016 05:40 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
So i would like to know what is the target, and if it is
possible to consider supporting the "most gener
On Mar 31, 2016, at 8:34 AM, Lennart Sorensen
wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 01:18:53AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
>> The altivec instructions and other optimizations speed-up significantly
>> certain kinds of programs on CPUs that can use them. It would be a shame t
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