I was all set to install version 2.2 from CD to a G4 before I read in the
archives about problems with the Adaptec 2906 SCSI card. My plan was to
install on an external SCSI drive which is connected by that card. Is this not
going to work and/or going to create serious problems? Would a later
I am trying (on a G4) to get the INSTALLED system to boot from a CD, without
much luck. First, could anybody out there tell me if what Im trying to do is
possible and second,
how do I do it/what am I doing wrong? I can get yaboot up from the
distribution CD, stop it at the boot prompt (so it
I finally have things up and running on the G4, but I'm stuck on a couple of
snags: pppconfig can't figure out where the modem is and it's asking... me.
I've tried a few guesses, but with no evidence of success. Also, startx is
failing, saying "cannot open mouse (no such file or directory)".
I think I may have obscured the issue with earlier posts, so let me back up and
start over. I have recently installed potato on a G4. Installed Xwindows, from
CD. The configuration gave me the message that it couldnt determine the video
card and, I think, stopped. At least, it didnt ask any
/dev/MAKEDEV doesn't do anything. However, to update info in original
message, xviddetect IS detecting the video card, just saying
it doesn't have a driver for it and suggesting I send a
*wishlist* bug. Is there really no driver for this card, which
came installed in the G4, and if so, should I
Matt,
Thanks for your reply. My original post said a new installation on
a G4 of potato. The video card is a Rage 128 Pro. The version of X is 3.3.6.
I was coming to the same
conclusion about a later version having the necessary driver. I guess
my next question is, do I need to upgrade the who
river,
rather than the whole system? Any advice here would be most appreciated.
Thanks again for you reply.
Mike
>
>Le Vendredi 12 Octobre 2001 02:38, mmissett a écrit :
>> /dev/MAKEDEV doesn't do anything. However, to update info in original
>> message, xviddetect IS detecting
Colin and Damien,
Thanks for the response. My situation, which you guys, Colin in
particular, may remember from previous posts, is that I'm booting
the system from the install CD. Which is, I think, taking the
kernel from the install CD. All efforts so far to burn a new
bootable CD have failed.
I have another mystery plaguing me here. I seem to have the IP connection
happening (to judge from plog), but am unable to connect to anywhere (to judge
from ping) whether I use the URL (which gives me unknown host) or the numerical
designation (which gives me x packets sent, 0 packets returned
ce on that, I would most appreciate it. Also, one
further bit of info: lynx gives me a message "lynx: Can't access
startfile http://www.snet.net"; (my IP). Thanks again.
Mike
>On Sun, 2001-10-14 at 03:31, mmissett wrote:
>
>> I seem to have the IP connection happening
Still trying to get X running on my G4.
It still says it has no mouse file, and
it's right. What's in /etc/X11/XF86Config
is:
Protocol "BusMouse"
Device "/dev/mouse"
I changed BusMouse to IMPS/2, which, from
reading the lists I *think* is right (Apple
USB optical mouse), and X didn't object,
ctify it? Any help would be
most appreciated.
Mike
-- Original Message --
From: "Paul F. Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:53:36 -0500 (CDT)
>Someone told me to use /dev/input/mice - it's working for me.
>
any lack of
trying.
Sincerely,
Mike
-- Original Message --
From: Chris Tillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 22:16:29 -0700
>On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 07:59:16PM -0400, mmissett wrote:
>> Paul,
>> Thanks for your response. I wil
e you suggested, even though some of it
is a bit over my head (eg: getting the mouse to work on
console?). The kernel, BTW, is recognizing the mouse on
startup.
Thanks again,
Mike
>Hello Mike,
>I'm not experienced with the theory of your problem...
>On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 09:39:06AM
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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:05:29 +0200
>On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 11:42:06AM -0400, mmissett wrote:
>> George,
>> Thanks a lot for your reply, I really appreciate it, and
>> will take a look at the settings you included. I guess,
>> though, that you're
--- Original Message --
From: Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:27:28 -0400
>"mmissett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Still trying to get X running on my G4.
>
>Maybe the "G4"s require a 2.4 kernel to run
Georg and Andy,
Alas, sorry to come back with bad news, and if you're
getting sick of this, I can't blame you, so am I.
Anyway, tried your suggestions with the following
results:
>Probably you can try to create a character device by
>mknod /dev/input/mice c 13 63
This produced the answer: "mk
001 at 03:57:12PM -0400, mmissett wrote:
>> Georg and Andy,
>> Alas, sorry to come back with bad news, and if you're
>> getting sick of this, I can't blame you, so am I.
>> Anyway, tried your suggestions with the following
>> results:
>>
>> &g
Georg, Andrew, Michel, and Russell,
I am going to answer everybody who's helped in one post,
rather than clog up everybody's mail box.
First, thanks to everybody for all their help and tolerance
for my ignorance, I really appreciate it.
Second, answers to questions people asked:
Russell-I'm runnin
Final installment: Yes, I got it to work. For the information
of anybody else out there who runs into the same problem, the
answer for *this* machine proved to be the existing file
"/dev/usbmouse". As in,... /etc/X11/XF86Config needs to say:
protocol: "IMPS/2"
device: "usbmouse"
Utmost tha
I have been booting the (installed) system off the installation CD, which works
great. (G4, potato, installed on external scsi drive, non BIOS scsi card). I
would like to be able to create CDs to boot from - either for backup for when I
wear this one out, or to use a different kernel, or what
Hi (again) everybody. I am (again) in need of
some assistance.
I have been trying to boot a new kernel (Ive
tried both a 2.4 and a 2.6) off CD while pointing
it at my installed (by potato-2.2.17) root
filesystem (on a G4). It boots up OK, with two
(fairly problematical) exceptions. One, it
Chris,
Thanks a lot. That was exactly what i was after.
It does still leave me with a question or two,
however. The last two lines of that document
appear to be (more or less) what I need to do:
cd /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/
cp mac-usb-us.kmap.gz
/etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz
But,...
Chris,
Thanks again. That gets me most of the way,
but leaves me with one (hopefully) last question.
I have no file mac-usb-us.kmap.gz to use. Its
not in /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty (is an
i386 directory where its really supposed to
be?). Neither is it anywhere else that I can find.
Chris,
I decided to take your advice
and give apt-get another chance, following your
settings and recommendations and it worked
perfectly. It really is a remarkable and
impressive phenomenon.
Thanks.
However, it didn't get startx to work, though, but
at least it gave me a different error
-- Original Message
--
From: "Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>AFAIK, /dev/input/mice is the correct node for
all powerpc mice. You
>might try
>
>cd /dev
>./MAKEDEV input
>
>That should at least create the device.
Well, I'm not at all clear on how th
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