Problems installing ppc 8.0

2002-02-20 Thread Eric Wickstrom
Alright i'm on a g4/733. I erased the drive and made two partitionstwo problems...i've got the geforce2mx and I cann't run any of the graphical installs without garbage being sent to the screen...is there a problem there or is there an option I'm not trying...secondlyafter I run the text

Re: install beta1-iso report

2002-02-20 Thread Stew Benedict
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Olivier Thauvin wrote: > There is a last test that I need to do, I remember in the 8.0, when we create > the partitions, diskdrak allow to create the / partition before the > bootstrap, but yaboot need the bootstrap is before on the disk. This is a > problem for newbie be

Re: Beta1 report

2002-02-20 Thread Stew Benedict
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Olivier Thauvin wrote: > Stew, I think we have a lot of works to best config for all machintosh, when > the first new titanium appear at my works and I see the 8.0 doesn't works, I > launched MacOs on mine and the new, I saw on mine ATY-rev3 and on the second > ATY-rev6,

Re: Beta1 report

2002-02-20 Thread Phil Lavigna
Hi Stew, > > When it was time to Configure X, I chose XFree4. The installer didn't > > ask to test the configuration setting, so I answered "No" to the question > > about automatically starting X. > > I intentionally suppressed the test, as I found on some machines it never > comes back from t

Re: 8.2 beta (who's the KDE activist around here?)

2002-02-20 Thread Vincent Danen
On Wed Feb 20, 2002 at 05:26:50PM -0500, Stew Benedict wrote: > > So this beta is based on beta2/x86 then? Because gnome works just > > peachy in beta1... although I think beta2 had a lot more issues than > > beta1. > > Roughly - I started putting together the beta about the time beta2 came > o

Re: Trying to use a 8500

2002-02-20 Thread Anne et Bertrand
Le 2002.02.20 18:30, Miguel Beccari a écrit : > I see I have scsi module for OldWorld machines but if I select it insmod > fails (should I write some particular option ???). I don't know if it is the same on the 8500 but on the 4400, the internal scsi bus is mesh and I've read somewhere (in t

Re: Beta1 report

2002-02-20 Thread Olivier Thauvin
> video=radeon or video=radeonfb > also it may need to be appended with a mode seeting, ie: > 1152x768-60, or whatever > > Then I may need to do something to convince Xpmac to run in that mode, if > it can. > > Also I'd be curious if the installed kernel, which seems to work, would > fare any bett

Re: install beta1-iso report

2002-02-20 Thread Olivier Thauvin
Le Jeudi 21 Février 2002 01:29, Stew Benedict a écrit : > On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Olivier Thauvin wrote: > > I have do this install on a G4 powerbook with 256 Mo RAM with only the > > 1st CDrom, the 2nd not already mirror but in way. > > > > 1) During install I choose to install samba in Network serv

Re: 8.2 beta (who's the KDE activist around here?)

2002-02-20 Thread Stew Benedict
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Vincent Danen wrote: > > Ahhh... I see. Well, Stew, I'm gonna tell you... if you haven't > tested GNOME first, don't bother... KDE ain't *that* important... > > /me runs and ducks > :^) > Hmmm... how much spaces does KDE take? I'm sure you can fit GNOME > and kernel

Re: install beta1-iso report

2002-02-20 Thread Stew Benedict
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Olivier Thauvin wrote: > I have do this install on a G4 powerbook with 256 Mo RAM with only the 1st > CDrom, the 2nd not already mirror but in way. > > 1) During install I choose to install samba in Network server, It want to > install it it ask me to install xinetd. Are

Re: Beta1 report

2002-02-20 Thread Stew Benedict
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Phil Lavigna wrote: > > Hi, > > Just completed an Expert installation with Beta1 CD1 on a PowerBook G4 > 550MHz (Radeon); here's my report: > > After booting from the Installation CD, I tried various boot options > (radeon, riva, tdfx, aty), but DrakX was always spl

Re: Trying to use a 8500

2002-02-20 Thread Stew Benedict
On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Miguel Beccari wrote: > > > > > Not booting from the CD is normal on OldWorld - that's why BootX is > > provided. I don't have access to any 8500's but I can tell you what > > modules are used on the 7600: > > > > I am old with linux but on x86 only (lilo, grub, award bios

Re: Beta ISO's

2002-02-20 Thread Ben Reser
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 05:02:36PM -0500, Stew Benedict wrote: > I'll try - the names DID agree when I put them up there. Seems they got > changed somewhere along the line. I thought that might be the case after I sent the email. Well thanks for getting the ISO's up anyway. I'm heading the the

install beta1-iso report

2002-02-20 Thread Olivier Thauvin
I have do this install on a G4 powerbook with 256 Mo RAM with only the 1st CDrom, the 2nd not already mirror but in way. 1) During install I choose to install samba in Network server, It want to install it it ask me to install xinetd. Are you sure samba need xinetd ? But Proftpd does not need x

Beta1 report

2002-02-20 Thread Phil Lavigna
Hi, Just completed an Expert installation with Beta1 CD1 on a PowerBook G4 550MHz (Radeon); here's my report: After booting from the Installation CD, I tried various boot options (radeon, riva, tdfx, aty), but DrakX was always split in half wrapped around the monitor in a weird gold colo

Re: Trying to use a 8500

2002-02-20 Thread Miguel Beccari
> > Not booting from the CD is normal on OldWorld - that's why BootX is > provided. I don't have access to any 8500's but I can tell you what > modules are used on the 7600: > I am old with linux but on x86 only (lilo, grub, award bios etc), so I have to understand some things... for example:

Re: XFree86-4.2.0-6mdk on Mach64

2002-02-20 Thread Stew Benedict
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, cjw wrote: > Hi, > > This version of the XFree86 package contains the gatos ati.2 drivers, but > since my patch for PowerMacs was apparently never applied to the GATOS > source, this X server crashes because it can't find a BIOS. Below a patch > for this problem. > > >

Re: Beta ISO's

2002-02-20 Thread Stew Benedict
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Ben Reser wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 07:34:59PM -0500, Stew Benedict wrote: > > > > I don't know if they've hit the mirrors yet, but beta ISO's of 8.2-PPC > > should be out there soon. Feedback is welcome. > > Pretty pretty please in the future when you include md5su

Re: Trying to use a 8500

2002-02-20 Thread Stew Benedict
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Miguel Beccari wrote: > I have a 250Mhz 8500 series powerPC. > It as got very old 2x cdrom (with caddy) > It has got no floppy. > It has got a build in ehternet, and a 3com (I think). > > I am unable to boot from cdrom. > No way, no way, no way to boot :( > > So I copied t

Re: 8.2 beta (who's the KDE activist around here?)

2002-02-20 Thread Vincent Danen
On Wed Feb 20, 2002 at 07:47:56AM -0500, Stew Benedict wrote: > > When using gdm (haven't tested with others), and you select Gnome for > > your session, it loads KDE. This happens under both ppc (beta1) and > > x86 (beta2). > > Denis just told me about gnome not functioning on x86. I guess we

XFree86-4.2.0-6mdk on Mach64

2002-02-20 Thread cjw
Hi, This version of the XFree86 package contains the gatos ati.2 drivers, but since my patch for PowerMacs was apparently never applied to the GATOS source, this X server crashes because it can't find a BIOS. Below a patch for this problem. Christiaan --- XFree86-4.2.0/xc/programs/Xserver

Re: Beta ISO's

2002-02-20 Thread Vincent Danen
On Wed Feb 20, 2002 at 07:24:37AM -0500, Stew Benedict wrote: > > Well, I'm doing it now but I had to use the text installer... =( > > using install-aty128fb, which is what I used with 8.0, results in a > > grey screen with huge text and it kinda vibrates... not much fun. > > There have been p

Re: Trying to use a 8500

2002-02-20 Thread Miguel Beccari
Miguel Beccari wrote: > > no modules are right for my old cdrom, my built in ethernet and so on... > I see I have scsi module for OldWorld machines but if I select it insmod fails (should I write some particular option ???). The same about ethernet Miguel Beccari

Trying to use a 8500

2002-02-20 Thread Miguel Beccari
I have a 250Mhz 8500 series powerPC. It as got very old 2x cdrom (with caddy) It has got no floppy. It has got a build in ehternet, and a 3com (I think). I am unable to boot from cdrom. No way, no way, no way to boot :( So I copied the BootX on the desktop and launched the BootX app. The instal

Re: Beta ISO's

2002-02-20 Thread Ben Reser
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 07:34:59PM -0500, Stew Benedict wrote: > > I don't know if they've hit the mirrors yet, but beta ISO's of 8.2-PPC > should be out there soon. Feedback is welcome. Pretty pretty please in the future when you include md5sums please have the filenames match the iso names so

Re: Beta ISO's

2002-02-20 Thread Olivier Thauvin
Le Mercredi 20 Février 2002 01:34, vous avez écrit : > I don't know if they've hit the mirrors yet, but beta ISO's of 8.2-PPC > should be out there soon. Feedback is welcome. > > Stew Benedict I have doing a network install by create a cd from cooker without the RPMS directories, I will test the