Re: [Bug 126337] Re: IDE drivers not loaded at boot with powerpc

2007-12-21 Thread Jeff Bailey
If powerpc were actually getting that type of testing, these bugs wouldn't be showing up. There's nothing about being a port that makes it any harder to support. Community members are able to contribute to the toolchain, the kernel, etc., as well as doing the testing. What we really need on ppc

RE: [Bug 126337] Re: IDE drivers not loaded at boot with powerpc

2007-12-20 Thread Andrew Roazen
Seconded. Is this considered unimportant, or is it actually complex? I have an iMac I'd like to gift with Gutsy on it, but it's a no-go until it actually boots. >= Original Message From Bug 126337 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >Leann: I don't know much about what's lacking, but it looks like a

Re: [Bug 126337] Re: IDE drivers not loaded at boot with powerpc

2007-12-19 Thread Quixwallah
Leann: I don't know much about what's lacking, but it looks like a pointer needs to be redirected, so the thing boots. How come it is such a big deal? Thx. Ed On 12/14/07, Leann Ogasawara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** Tags added: hardy-alpha2 > > -- > IDE drivers not loaded at boot with pow

Re: [Bug 126337] Re: IDE drivers not loaded at boot with powerpc

2007-12-09 Thread Quixwallah
Leann: I have been a bad boy. I reloaded the alt version of 7.10, but this time using the whole disk. I was planning to reedit as you prescribe, but now cannot boot far enough to get an editor. Will a "fixed" version of 7.10 be released? By the way, if there is no support anymore for PPC, w

Re: [Bug 126337] Re: IDE drivers not loaded at boot with powerpc

2007-12-09 Thread Quixwallah
So why then do they release a PPC version of Linux 7.10? I thought that support was extended because of this release. If not Ubuntu, then what is good for PPC? Thx. On Dec 5, 2007 9:48 AM, Tommy Trussell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quixwallah: It sounds like you have one or more automatix re

Re: [Bug 126337] Re: IDE drivers not loaded at boot with powerpc

2007-12-04 Thread William Pitcock
hi, Run all of the apt-get commands with sudo. On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 03:37 +, Quixwallah wrote: > Leann: Thanks for tackling this problem. See my comments below, > please. > > On Dec 4, 2007 11:25 AM, Leann Ogasawara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Hardy Heron kernel was recently uplo

Re: [Bug 126337] Re: IDE drivers not loaded at boot with powerpc

2007-12-04 Thread Quixwallah
Leann: Thanks for tackling this problem. See my comments below, please. On Dec 4, 2007 11:25 AM, Leann Ogasawara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Hardy Heron kernel was recently uploaded for testing. We'd really > appreciate it if you could try testing with this newer kernel and verify > if t

Re: [Bug 126337] Re: IDE drivers not loaded at boot with powerpc

2007-12-04 Thread digger vermont
Hello, I'd be happy to give this a try but as of the update I just did there is no 2.6.24 kernel for powerpc. On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 16:25 +, Leann Ogasawara wrote: ... > 1) edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following line: > > deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main r