setting up OpenBSD on a powerbook G3 for the blind

2011-01-17 Thread Eric Oyen
Hello list. I am a blind individual looking for an alternative to either Linux or OS X 10.3.9 on my powerbook. I managed to get it setup with Linux a few months back. However, that solution is slow and laggy. OS X can't be upgraded beyond 10.3.9 without some difficulty. so, my question: does OpenB

Re: setting up OpenBSD on a powerbook G3 for the blind

2011-01-21 Thread Eric Oyen
I appreciate the help. I already have VINUX on there (debian based). However, I am having problems with the DBUS system where its udisks-deamon program would start taking more cpu until the system would become completely unresponsive. this would happen after a random amount of time from startup.

Re: setting up OpenBSD on a powerbook G3 for the blind

2011-01-21 Thread Eric Oyen
e that I am here at my place. > Eastern Standard Time on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. > I'll be ready to start when you need on Saturday after 7:00 AM here. > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >> I appreciate the help. I already have V

Re: powerpc packages?

2017-04-16 Thread Eric Oyen
well, its a standard Theo Response. However, reading between the lines, isn't there a method to compile those packages for yourself? Honestly, it shouldn't be all that hard. If I had a PPC machine here, I would start with the 6.0 ppc packages and then start the compile process to make the 6.1. A

Re: powerpc packages?

2017-04-16 Thread Eric Oyen
ld be doable, but I don't have all the knowledge to do it properly other than by basic general instructions. so, is cross compiling a viable option? -eric On Apr 16, 2017, at 3:22 PM, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote: > On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 01:07:25PM -0700, Eric Oyen wrote: >

Re: powerpc packages?

2017-04-16 Thread Eric Oyen
Error 404! Page not found. -eric On Apr 16, 2017, at 4:23 PM, Joe Nosay wrote: > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html/#PortsFetch

Re: openbsd, freebsd, powerpc packages?

2017-04-17 Thread Eric Oyen
well, when I had a ppc machine here, having a working box was always the must have. However, that has changed over the last 7 years. Now, what I need is an accessible installation image as well as an accessible running platform (this means screen reader and braille support). There are a number o

Re: openbsd, freebsd, powerpc packages?

2017-04-17 Thread Eric Oyen
sorry about the rant folks. someone posed the question to me and I probably didn't answer it. so, what am I hoping to accomplish? well, its not me that wants to accomplish this, but the OP. I was hoping to contribute and got a bit sidetracked. so, I posed some additional questions: 1. can a pre

Re: userland make build for -stable ends in Segmentation fault

2017-12-17 Thread Eric Oyen
well, doing a little searching around turned up this little gem: https://www.reddit.com/r/unix/comments/3acb61/what_does_make_run_error_139_mean/ from what I have read, it appears that gcc tried to do something and failed. there could be an underlying issue causing this. Since I am not a program