A few questions about stretch ( testing ) on a PowerMac G5

2017-02-04 Thread dev_user
Dear Debian power types : I managed to install a bare and simple stretch ( testing ) release onto a PowerMac G5 using the DVD ISO image such that my /etc/apt/sources.list says : deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Stretch_ - Official Snapshot powerpc DVD Binary-1 20161031-06:51]/

Re: A few questions about stretch ( testing ) on a PowerMac G5

2017-02-04 Thread dev_user
On 02/05/2017 12:10 AM, Kristen R wrote: On Feb 4, 2017, at 2:12 PM, dev_user wrote: Dear Debian power types : I managed to install a bare and simple stretch ( testing ) release onto a PowerMac G5 using the DVD ISO image such that my /etc/apt/sources.list says : deb cdrom:[Debian

Re: A few questions about stretch ( testing ) on a PowerMac G5

2017-02-04 Thread dev_user
As for the DNS, do not edit /etc/resovl.conf as that is system > generated. Edit instead the /etc/network/interfaces file and > list your DNS entries there. After this stop networking, and > restart (or reboot) and the /etc/resolv.conf will reflect your > new entries. hrmmm ... that didn't wor

Re: A few questions about stretch ( testing ) on a PowerMac G5

2017-02-04 Thread dev_user
On 02/05/2017 05:05 AM, Kristen R wrote: On Feb 4, 2017, at 7:34 PM, dev_user wrote: As for the DNS, do not edit /etc/resovl.conf as that is system generated. Edit instead the /etc/network/interfaces file and list your DNS entries there. After this stop networking, and restart (or reboot

Re: A few questions about stretch ( testing ) on a PowerMac G5

2017-02-04 Thread dev_user
Minor follow up .. check this out : root@charon:~# nmcli dev status -su: nmcli: command not found root@charon:~# systemctl stop NetworkManager.service Failed to stop NetworkManager.service: Unit NetworkManager.service not loaded. root@charon:~# /etc/init.d/network-manager stop -su: /etc/in

Re: A few questions about stretch ( testing ) on a PowerMac G5

2017-02-04 Thread dev_user
On 02/05/2017 05:05 AM, Kristen R wrote: On Feb 4, 2017, at 7:34 PM, dev_user wrote: As for the DNS, do not edit /etc/resovl.conf as that is system generated. It should not be. At all. However I think I have this fixed now : charon$ pwd /usr/local/src charon$ /usr/bin/time -p wget