Re: [ydl-gen] Noisy fan on Power G5 and YDL 6.2
I tried sysctl -w kernel.powersave-nap = 1, and, unfortunately, it didn't help. The option with patching the kernel with an older version didn't seem worth to me considering the potential to break other functionality of the kernel. The problem was solved by installing Debian 6.0.6 (squeeze) for ppc64. It is not just that Debian resolved the fan issue , but GNOME desktop environment works visibly better on Debian. With YDL 6.2 the transitions of open windows, dragging them on the screen or closing them, were not smooth. Too bad support for YDL was discontinued. One of the reason I wanted to try YDL was because of Y-HPC. It looks like this product was dropped as well. Does any know what happened to it? I've read that IBM and RedHat work together to bring Fedora, and by extension RedHat, on PowerPPC architecture. I just installed successfully IBM Java 7 on my G5. Hopefully this collaboration could revive the interest in YDL. Thank you all for your help! Dimitar On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 3:16 PM, ra...@travelinglightfarm.net wrote: When my dual 2.0 G5 tower was still alive (died w/memory controller problem in '11) I never noticed fan problems except with the first several G5 releases from YDL. I had YDL6 (6.1 I *think*) on it last and it was ok. The initial releases when the G5 first came out had zero fan control, and the box might have taken off given wings and wheels. -Rob He mentioned that it's a Power G5 1.8GHz which would be a G5 desktop, not a PowerBook. I don't recall if fan speed control was ever fully functional on the G5 tower. IIRC only Apple portables had power management facilities in the kernel. -Hal Am 13.11.2012 14:42 schrieb Robert T. Drury rtdr...@earthlink.net: ** I gained control of the fan but there was nothing really I could do with that except smooth out the fan start/stop, which really wasn't enough. You need the fan to run as set at the factory to control the temperature, so if the fan is too loud, look for replacement fans that are quieter. I'm very puzzled as to why Apple chose to put noisy fans in the powerbooks. Dimitar Georgievski wrote: Hi, I just installed YDL on my Power G5 1.8 GHz and the fan is out of control. It produces so much noise that after couple of minutes I have to shut down the computer. Is there any fix for this issue? I noticed on older posts in the forums users have experienced similar issues in the past. From their replies it doesn't look like there is an official fix for this issue yet. Here is the info about my Mac $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported clock : 1800.00MHz revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300) timebase : platform : PowerMac model : PowerMac9,1 machine : PowerMac9,1 motherboard : PowerMac9,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh detected as : 337 (PowerMac G5) pmac flags : L2 cache : 512K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld $ uname -a Linux myhost 2.6.29-3.ydl61.4 #1 SMP Mon Sep 7 14:50:27 PDT 2009 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux thanks, Dimitar -- ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] Noisy fan on Power G5 and YDL 6.2
Hi Dimitar! As you may know YDL was originally created by Terra Soft Solutions (TSS), which was absorbed or bought by Fixstars. Long story short, provided great support for all versions of YDL, which was continued by Fixstars, for some years. Official support for YDL ended quite some years ago (at least 8). You can still find however their support notes and advisories. I'm going to share the link addressing your particular problem. The difficulty you may face is that the last release for YDL for any PowerPC system was YDL 6.2. The fix created to address the fan problem was designed for YDL 4.1 which required the use of a specifically designed kernel (the link is provided in the explanation) your problem will be - does the link still work and does the kernel TSS produced still exist! Unfortunately, I am not running YDL on a G5, I run YDL 6.2 from a Powerbook. So other than providing the link to this reference material I cannot help you further. Feel free however to reference the other links and references you can find which address your G5 specific queries. One more thing, Fixstars is not providing any support; the days when TSS or Fixstars engineers provided suggestions or guidance on PowerPC systems is long over. Therefore what you can find online as reference is all that is left. Here is the link addressing the G5 fan resolution, Good Luck! http://www.ydl.net/support/solutions/ydl_4.x/fan-control.shtml Sincerely, Derick Centeno On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:28:58 -0500 Dimitar Georgievski mitk...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just installed YDL on my Power G5 1.8 GHz and the fan is out of control. It produces so much noise that after couple of minutes I have to shut down the computer. Is there any fix for this issue? I noticed on older posts in the forums users have experienced similar issues in the past. From their replies it doesn't look like there is an official fix for this issue yet. Here is the info about my Mac $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported clock : 1800.00MHz revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300) timebase : platform : PowerMac model : PowerMac9,1 machine : PowerMac9,1 motherboard : PowerMac9,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh detected as : 337 (PowerMac G5) pmac flags : L2 cache : 512K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld $ uname -a Linux myhost 2.6.29-3.ydl61.4 #1 SMP Mon Sep 7 14:50:27 PDT 2009 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux thanks, Dimitar signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] Noisy fan on Power G5 and YDL 6.2
sysctl -w kernel.powersave-nap = 1 will quiet the fans down. You can put it in /etc/sysctl.conf to preserve the setting across boots. On Tue, 2012-11-13 at 12:28 -0500, Dimitar Georgievski wrote: Hi, I just installed YDL on my Power G5 1.8 GHz and the fan is out of control. It produces so much noise that after couple of minutes I have to shut down the computer. Is there any fix for this issue? I noticed on older posts in the forums users have experienced similar issues in the past. From their replies it doesn't look like there is an official fix for this issue yet. Here is the info about my Mac $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported clock : 1800.00MHz revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300) timebase : platform : PowerMac model : PowerMac9,1 machine : PowerMac9,1 motherboard : PowerMac9,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh detected as : 337 (PowerMac G5) pmac flags : L2 cache : 512K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld $ uname -a Linux myhost 2.6.29-3.ydl61.4 #1 SMP Mon Sep 7 14:50:27 PDT 2009 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux thanks, Dimitar ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] Noisy fan on Power G5 and YDL 6.2
When my dual 2.0 G5 tower was still alive (died w/memory controller problem in '11) I never noticed fan problems except with the first several G5 releases from YDL. I had YDL6 (6.1 I *think*) on it last and it was ok. The initial releases when the G5 first came out had zero fan control, and the box might have taken off given wings and wheels. -Rob He mentioned that it's a Power G5 1.8GHz which would be a G5 desktop, not a PowerBook. I don't recall if fan speed control was ever fully functional on the G5 tower. IIRC only Apple portables had power management facilities in the kernel. -Hal Am 13.11.2012 14:42 schrieb Robert T. Drury rtdr...@earthlink.net: ** I gained control of the fan but there was nothing really I could do with that except smooth out the fan start/stop, which really wasn't enough. You need the fan to run as set at the factory to control the temperature, so if the fan is too loud, look for replacement fans that are quieter. I'm very puzzled as to why Apple chose to put noisy fans in the powerbooks. Dimitar Georgievski wrote: Hi, I just installed YDL on my Power G5 1.8 GHz and the fan is out of control. It produces so much noise that after couple of minutes I have to shut down the computer. Is there any fix for this issue? I noticed on older posts in the forums users have experienced similar issues in the past. From their replies it doesn't look like there is an official fix for this issue yet. Here is the info about my Mac $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported clock : 1800.00MHz revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300) timebase : platform : PowerMac model : PowerMac9,1 machine : PowerMac9,1 motherboard : PowerMac9,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh detected as : 337 (PowerMac G5) pmac flags : L2 cache : 512K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld $ uname -a Linux myhost 2.6.29-3.ydl61.4 #1 SMP Mon Sep 7 14:50:27 PDT 2009 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux thanks, Dimitar -- ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] Noisy fan on Power G5 and YDL 6.2
I gained control of the fan but there was nothing really I could do with that except smooth out the fan start/stop, which really wasn't enough. You need the fan to run as set at the factory to control the temperature, so if the fan is too loud, look for replacement fans that are quieter. I'm very puzzled as to why Apple chose to put noisy fans in the powerbooks. Dimitar Georgievski wrote: Hi, I just installed YDL on my Power G5 1.8 GHz and the fan is out of control. It produces so much noise that after couple of minutes I have to shut down the computer. Is there any fix for this issue? I noticed on older posts in the forums users have experienced similar issues in the past. From their replies it doesn't look like there is an official fix for this issue yet. Here is the info about my Mac $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported clock : 1800.00MHz revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300) timebase : platform : PowerMac model : PowerMac9,1 machine : PowerMac9,1 motherboard : PowerMac9,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh detected as : 337 (PowerMac G5) pmac flags : L2 cache : 512K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld $ uname -a Linux myhost 2.6.29-3.ydl61.4 #1 SMP Mon Sep 7 14:50:27 PDT 2009 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux thanks, Dimitar ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] Noisy fan on Power G5 and YDL 6.2
He mentioned that it's a Power G5 1.8GHz which would be a G5 desktop, not a PowerBook. I don't recall if fan speed control was ever fully functional on the G5 tower. IIRC only Apple portables had power management facilities in the kernel. -Hal Am 13.11.2012 14:42 schrieb Robert T. Drury rtdr...@earthlink.net: ** I gained control of the fan but there was nothing really I could do with that except smooth out the fan start/stop, which really wasn't enough. You need the fan to run as set at the factory to control the temperature, so if the fan is too loud, look for replacement fans that are quieter. I'm very puzzled as to why Apple chose to put noisy fans in the powerbooks. Dimitar Georgievski wrote: Hi, I just installed YDL on my Power G5 1.8 GHz and the fan is out of control. It produces so much noise that after couple of minutes I have to shut down the computer. Is there any fix for this issue? I noticed on older posts in the forums users have experienced similar issues in the past. From their replies it doesn't look like there is an official fix for this issue yet. Here is the info about my Mac $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported clock : 1800.00MHz revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300) timebase : platform : PowerMac model : PowerMac9,1 machine : PowerMac9,1 motherboard : PowerMac9,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh detected as : 337 (PowerMac G5) pmac flags : L2 cache : 512K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld $ uname -a Linux myhost 2.6.29-3.ydl61.4 #1 SMP Mon Sep 7 14:50:27 PDT 2009 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux thanks, Dimitar -- ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] Noisy fan on Power G5 and YDL 6.2
What you're describing is the fan running at full speed - which you can Replicate by booting the Mac into the command line and running fsck. There's likely a software patch that addresses this directly. Chris On Nov 13, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Hal Martin hal.mar...@gmail.com wrote: He mentioned that it's a Power G5 1.8GHz which would be a G5 desktop, not a PowerBook. I don't recall if fan speed control was ever fully functional on the G5 tower. IIRC only Apple portables had power management facilities in the kernel. -Hal Am 13.11.2012 14:42 schrieb Robert T. Drury rtdr...@earthlink.net: I gained control of the fan but there was nothing really I could do with that except smooth out the fan start/stop, which really wasn't enough. You need the fan to run as set at the factory to control the temperature, so if the fan is too loud, look for replacement fans that are quieter. I'm very puzzled as to why Apple chose to put noisy fans in the powerbooks. Dimitar Georgievski wrote: Hi, I just installed YDL on my Power G5 1.8 GHz and the fan is out of control. It produces so much noise that after couple of minutes I have to shut down the computer. Is there any fix for this issue? I noticed on older posts in the forums users have experienced similar issues in the past. From their replies it doesn't look like there is an official fix for this issue yet. Here is the info about my Mac $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported clock : 1800.00MHz revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300) timebase : platform : PowerMac model : PowerMac9,1 machine : PowerMac9,1 motherboard : PowerMac9,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh detected as : 337 (PowerMac G5) pmac flags : L2 cache : 512K unified pmac-generation : NewWorld $ uname -a Linux myhost 2.6.29-3.ydl61.4 #1 SMP Mon Sep 7 14:50:27 PDT 2009 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux thanks, Dimitar ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com' ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'lt;keywords site:us.fixstars.com'
