RE: 9.1 on Powerbook G4 12
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have one of the new 12 Powerbooks. I just finished re-partitioning and re-installing OS X. Unfortunately I've already encountered a problem. According to http://lists.penguinppc.org/yaboot-announce/2003/yaboot-announce-200302/msg0.html (the release announcement for Yaboot 1.3.9) previous yaboot versions will not work on the new powerbooks. I can reproduce this problem. Holding down the c key on boot does not boot the cd. So, Used the command+option+O+F magik key combination. I succesfully loaded yaboot but upon loading i get an error about not being able to read yaboot.conf. I can give the exact error if you need it (I don't want to reboot halfway through writing an email :) ). I do get a yaboot prompt but no splash screen or the Welcome message. I don't think that it's a bad cd problem because i verified the MD5 sum and am able to read the documentation on the cd. Any chance that yaboot will be updated for the next beta/rc? Any ETA on the next PPC release? :) Sounds like it had better be. I'll package it and see if it can be uploaded. We're in freeze, but that sounds like a valid reason to me. I'm fighting some issues to do an RC1. Perl is slightly broken at the moment, it spews errors everytime it accesses unistd.ph. It does do the right thing, but it's ugly. I'm trying to port the 9.1 installer now, because the locales are broken when I rebuild the 9.0 installer in the current environment. I got it to run through completion a couple of times now on my iMac, but the 7600 will probably be a challenge since the 9.0 installer consistantly locked that machine up several times before I disabled a number of the hardware probes. I'd like to release RC1 by the end of the week, but I'm also getting hit up for issues in drak tools that I thought someone else was porting to gtk2, but apparently not. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
Re: 9.1 on Powerbook G4 12
Stew Benedict wrote: On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any chance that yaboot will be updated for the next beta/rc? Any ETA on the next PPC release? :) Sounds like it had better be. I'll package it and see if it can be uploaded. We're in freeze, but that sounds like a valid reason to me. it sounds so also to me. I am not in charge for any decision, but I'd love to be able to boot mdk 9.1 on the 17 albook I am planning to be getting on for myself asap. that yaboot, should be capable to make the trick on that machine, too. please, correct me if I am wrong! regards, Francesco
RE: 9.1 on Powerbook G4 12'
Sounds like it had better be. I'll package it and see if it can be uploaded. We're in freeze, but that sounds like a valid reason to me. Great. Thanks. Does cooker PPC share the same changelog mailing list as the regular cooker? I'm fighting some issues to do an RC1. snip You guys sure do love perl over there. :) I still can't belive that entire installer is in perl. Good Luck. I look forward to that release. rob
Re: New X perf. for new kernel (reg. benh)
On 25 Feb 2003, Pascal Gagnon wrote: On dim, 2003-02-23 at 21:03, Pascal Gagnon wrote: Just installed the new 2.4.20-benh-5mdk and the regular 2.4.21pre4-5mdk. No major problem so far. Got another ooups with the 2.4.20-benh-5mdk kernel after a short use. Probably the same trigger that with the benh-4mdk but I'm not sure where to look. I was not using any others particular programs, just logging from gdm to gnome 2.2. It's a system updated by cooker (I haven't try the new iso yet). I don't think it should matters but just in case. Ibook G3 366 usb-firewire Never ever had any oups with the regular 2.4.21pre4-5mdk (which is my default now) or the 2.4.19. So I'm really not incline to approve the introduction of the benh kernel as default for 9.1. I'm ready to help debug it if I can but as it is right now, it's seems dangerous for the old ibook. Any output from the oops? last_altivec, etc? In the past we've had occasional issue with the mandrake kernels on certain machines - spontaneous reboots for no apparent reason, etc. I'm a bit surprised to see issues with Ben's kernel. One possibility is the network driver. I'm still building gmac to be compatible with the mandrake kernel and installer, but Ben has deprecated it for sungem. I've been running Ben's kernel here for a while (before I switched to 2.4.21pre4-10mdk now), and didn't hit any issues, but my machine uses bmac. I hadn't really intended to install that kernel as a default, more as a option for those who need it. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
Re: 9.1 on Powerbook G4 12
PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 Just thinking that you might want to update the FAQ to say something about all previous releases (Any previous Linux PPC distro for that matter) will not work with these New New World machines. The 14 and 17 powerbooks are the only ones i know that are effected now, but Apple might use the same new roms in other new machines (new as in manufacture date as well as in model). rob
old packages
I'm running some scripts comparing the packages in the different ports. I've asked Warly to clean out the alpha distro with the resulting output. Here are the outputs for ppc cooker contrib (from 2003-02-25 +/- 03:30 CET). Is the list correct? Does it still contain packages that are REALLY needed for the ppc distro to function? Perhaps we can use it to get the distros more in sync and remove the old curft. Feedback welcome. Stefan van der Eijk 7colors-0.80-4mdk.ppc.rpm AVLTree-devel-0.1.0-14mdk.ppc.rpm AVLTree-devel-static-devel-0.1.0-14mdk.ppc.rpm AfterStep-1.8.10-1mdk.ppc.rpm AfterStep-APPS-011021-2mdk.ppc.rpm Aurora-Monitor-Traditional-Gtk+-8.2-19mdk.ppc.rpm Aurora-Monitor-Traditional-WsLib-8.2-19mdk.ppc.rpm Bastille-1.3.0-3mdk.noarch.rpm Bastille-Chooser-1.3.0-3mdk.noarch.rpm Bastille-Curses-module-1.3.0-3mdk.noarch.rpm Bastille-Tk-module-1.3.0-3mdk.noarch.rpm Borges-TDB-0.6.8-1mdk.noarch.rpm DrakX-9.0-1mdk.ppc.rpm DrakeLogo-1.0-28mdk.ppc.rpm ElectricFence-2.2.2-3mdk.ppc.rpm HTML-Mason-1.03-3mdk.ppc.rpm SmallEiffel-1.24.1-1mdk.ppc.rpm WsLib-devel-7.3-6mdk.ppc.rpm XFree86-ISO8859-2-Type1-fonts-1.0-16mdk.noarch.rpm abiword-0.99.1-4mdk.ppc.rpm alien-7.32-1mdk.ppc.rpm alsaplayer-0.99.36-1mdk.ppc.rpm am-utils-6.0.7-2mdk.ppc.rpm anonftp-3.0-24mdk.ppc.rpm apache-1.3.27-2mdk.ppc.rpm apache-common-1.3.27-2mdk.ppc.rpm apache-devel-1.3.27-2mdk.ppc.rpm apache-manual-1.3.27-2mdk.ppc.rpm apache-modules-1.3.27-2mdk.ppc.rpm apache-source-1.3.27-2mdk.ppc.rpm apache-suexec-1.3.27-1mdk.ppc.rpm apm-scripts-0.1-3mdk.ppc.rpm apmd-devel-3.0.2-1mdk.ppc.rpm aspell-de_CH-0.1.2-1mdk.ppc.rpm aspell-en_CA-0.33.7.1-7mdk.ppc.rpm aspell-en_GB-0.33.7.1-7mdk.ppc.rpm autoconvert-0.3.13-2mdk.ppc.rpm autoirpm-3.3-4mdk.ppc.rpm bcast-2000c-14mdk.ppc.rpm boa-0.94.8.3-5mdk.ppc.rpm bobobot-0-9mdk.preview3.ppc.rpm bronc-0.60-2mdk.ppc.rpm bugsquish-0.0.4-1mdk.ppc.rpm clanlib0.5-docs-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm comsat-0.17-3mdk.ppc.rpm cproto-4.6-9mdk.ppc.rpm defendguin-0.0.9-1mdk.ppc.rpm dpsftp-0.6.1-12mdk.ppc.rpm dpsftplib-0.1.6-8mdk.ppc.rpm drakconf-themes-9.1-0.6mdkplf.ppc.rpm drakfont-0.58-21mdk.ppc.rpm eMusic-DR0.9-11mdk.ppc.rpm eciadsl-0.5-2mdk.ppc.rpm egcs-1.1.2-58mdk.ppc.rpm egcs-c++-1.1.2-58mdk.ppc.rpm egcs-cpp-1.1.2-58mdk.ppc.rpm elm-2.5.6-2mdk.ppc.rpm eperl-2.2.14-12mdk.ppc.rpm exmh-2.5-1mdk.noarch.rpm ext2resize-1.1.14-6mdk.ppc.rpm fonts-type1-baltic-1.0-6mdk.noarch.rpm foomatic-2.0.2-20021220.1mdk.ppc.rpm fvwm-1.24r-20mdk.ppc.rpm fvwm2-2.2.4-14mdk.ppc.rpm fvwm2-icons-2.2.4-14mdk.ppc.rpm g-print-0.2-11mdk.ppc.rpm gaim-applet-0.54-3mdk.ppc.rpm gemdropx-0.7-8mdk.ppc.rpm getty_ps-2.0.7j-16mdk.ppc.rpm gfcc-0.7.4-13mdk.ppc.rpm glibc_lsb-devel-2.2.90-4mdk.ppc.rpm glibc_lsb-devel-static-2.2.90-4mdk.ppc.rpm gltron-0.59-13mdk.ppc.rpm gnome-tiles-1-5mdk.noarch.rpm gnucash-devel-1.6.8-2mdk.ppc.rpm gnus-doc-5.8.8-4mdk.noarch.rpm gtk+2-1.3.13-2mdk.ppc.rpm gtkam-gimp-plugin-0.1-12mdk.ppc.rpm gtm-applet-0.4.11-5mdk.ppc.rpm gtulpas-1.0.0-7mdk.ppc.rpm heroes-0.12-2mdk.ppc.rpm ifrac-1.3.2a-4mdk.ppc.rpm ipchains-1.3.10-6mdk.ppc.rpm jpilot-plugin-devel-0.99.2-2mdk.ppc.rpm kdebindings-3.0.2-1mdk.ppc.rpm kdebindings-devel-3.0.2-1mdk.ppc.rpm kups-devel-1.1-11mdk.ppc.rpm lame-1-5mdk.noarch.rpm lbreakout-010315-4mdk.ppc.rpm libAfterStep1-1.8.10-1mdk.ppc.rpm libAfterStep1-devel-1.8.10-1mdk.ppc.rpm libMagick5.5.1-5.5.1.6-1mdk.ppc.rpm libMagick5.5.1-devel-5.5.1.6-1mdk.ppc.rpm libMagick5.5.2-5.5.2.5-1mdk.ppc.rpm libMagick5.5.2-devel-5.5.2.5-1mdk.ppc.rpm libSDL_ttf1.2-1.2.2-3mdk.ppc.rpm libSDL_ttf1.2-devel-1.2.2-3mdk.ppc.rpm libSDL_ttf1.2-test-1.2.2-3mdk.ppc.rpm libXft2-2.1-2mdk.ppc.rpm libXft2-devel-2.1-2mdk.ppc.rpm libalsa1-0.5.10b-1mdk.ppc.rpm libamu2-6.0.7-2mdk.ppc.rpm libamu2-devel-6.0.7-2mdk.ppc.rpm libaspell10-0.33.7.1-7mdk.ppc.rpm libaspell10-devel-0.33.7.1-7mdk.ppc.rpm libat-spi1-1.0.2-1mdk.ppc.rpm libat-spi1-devel-1.0.2-1mdk.ppc.rpm libatk10-0.10-1mdk.ppc.rpm libatk10-devel-0.10-1mdk.ppc.rpm libatk6-0.6-1mdk.ppc.rpm libatk6-devel-0.6-1mdk.ppc.rpm libatk7-0.7-2mdk.ppc.rpm libatk7-devel-0.7-2mdk.ppc.rpm libatk8-0.8-2mdk.ppc.rpm libatk8-devel-0.8-2mdk.ppc.rpm libattr0-1.1.3-2mdk.ppc.rpm libattr0-devel-1.1.3-2mdk.ppc.rpm libcapplet0-1.5.8-2mdk.ppc.rpm libcapplet0-devel-1.5.8-2mdk.ppc.rpm libcdk4-devel-4.9.10-1mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-devel-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-gl-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-gui-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-jpeg-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-mikmod-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-network-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-png-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-smalljpeg-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-sound-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-ttf-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libclanlib1-vorbis-0.5.1-9mdk.ppc.rpm libconfig_archiver0-1.5.11-10mdk.ppc.rpm libconfig_archiver0-devel-1.5.11-10mdk.ppc.rpm libdpsftp4-0.1.6-8mdk.ppc.rpm libdpsftp4-devel-0.1.6-8mdk.ppc.rpm libeMusic0-DR0.9-11mdk.ppc.rpm libeel0-1.0.2-8mdk.ppc.rpm libeel0-devel-1.0.2-8mdk.ppc.rpm libeel2_1-1.1.17-3mdk.ppc.rpm libeel2_1-devel-1.1.17-3mdk.ppc.rpm
RE: 9.1 on Powerbook G4 12
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have one of the new 12 Powerbooks. I just finished re-partitioning and re-installing OS X. Unfortunately I've already encountered a problem. According to http://lists.penguinppc.org/yaboot-announce/2003/yaboot-announce-200302/msg0.html (the release announcement for Yaboot 1.3.9) previous yaboot versions will not work on the new powerbooks. I can reproduce this problem. Holding down the c key on boot does not boot the cd. So, Used the command+option+O+F magik key combination. I succesfully loaded yaboot but upon loading i get an error about not being able to read yaboot.conf. I can give the exact error if you need it (I don't want to reboot halfway through writing an email :) ). I do get a yaboot prompt but no splash screen or the Welcome message. I don't think that it's a bad cd problem because i verified the MD5 sum and am able to read the documentation on the cd. So what entry did you use in OF? boot cd:2,\\yaboot ? Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
DD and Memory
All, I have managed to sort out some of the problems with dd and a raw dump to tape drives, only to come up with another one. I now get a memory allocation error when I try to run dd. In order to get the tape device to work I loaded the mt package, this allows me to set the block size of the device to 0. What this actually does is make the block size for the tape drive variable. (no fixed size). When I try to do dd now instead of an input/output error I now see the tape drive spin up, and read access occur, but the program errors out with the memory allocation error. I have checked the drive using the scsi generic device driver and all the commands are going correctly. This does work on an intel machine under Mandrake 9. Suggestions? Comments? Charlie Carroll
RE: 9.1 on Powerbook G4 12'
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what entry did you use in OF? boot cd:2,\\yaboot ? no i used boot cd:\\yaboot. was that incorrect? Not necessarily. The syntax in the current ofboot.b on the CD is like that: Booting Mandrake Linux PPC... fb8-write drop 100 ms boot cd:2,\\yaboot Your method did find yaboot apparently, just not the config? I see the difference in the new ofboot. I've applied the changes so the next ISO may work for you. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
RE: 9.1 on Powerbook G4 12'
Hmm... responding to my own emails... Maybe they mean it won't boot when it's put on the HD? Yeah it looks like that is it. I went through the install and when i rebooted after making the changes in OpenFirmware I saw a OS 9 looking screen for a second, but it when ahead and loaded OS X anyway. Is there any way to boot the cd using the benh kernel but start the text mode install? Figured it out. :) Since I was able to go through the install, here's what I found: 1.) I had to manually format the Bootstrap partition i had to create or the bootloader wouldn't install. 2.) My video card was incorrectly detected as a GeForce 2 chipset when it is a GeForce 4. It gave me the same invalid argument error that i was getting before when i was trying to use the GUI installer. When i explicitly told it that it was a GeForce 4, X started correctly, but after i pushed the ok button on the dialog in the test my machine hung. 3.) The installer skips the package selection. 4.) After i finished putting my account information in for my pppoe ADSL connection the installer appeared to hang. I went to some of the other terminals to see what was going on and on one it was printing the same two line message over and over again. It was going to fast to make out what it was saying. I had to power off the machine. rob
