configuration. linuxconf has been moved to contribs.
drakconnect is the subsystem of drakconf for networking accessible either
from the command line as root (or /usr/sbin/drakconnect as a normal user).
This is also available within the mcc/drakconf gui.
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I've
had to kill these builds 3 or 4 times and blown a whole day of machine
time with no packages built.
So, no, it's not abandoned, but it doesn't have the same level of
resources committed to it as the official platforms.
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to upload packages through the Paris cluster.
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here:
http://peoples.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/cooker-ppc/
The summary in in this list's archives, as well as the PPC forum on
mandrakeclub.
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--rebuild ,
urpmi ...,
(maybe upload)
then clean the mess left behind.
rpm-rebuilder does much of this. There are other solutions/scripts used
on some of the other alternative arch builds.
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a solution?
fbdev is normally the fallback when a specific driver doesn't work on an
Apple machine. I thought I had r128 so that it would setup properly. In
that specific case, it has been:
Driver ati
and then
Option UseFBDev true
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with it, since the kernel isn't active
yet at that point, but worth a try I suppose.
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Fwiw, I've read of occasions where MacOS* has renumbered the partitions
also, so perhaps your partitions are no longer arranged as you think they
are.
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, that it should be /dev/hda, not /dev/hde.
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On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Isaac Csandl wrote:
On Monday 03 November 2003 01:36 pm, Stew Benedict wrote:
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Isaac Csandl wrote:
On the HD, I've installed the recent benh kernel from Mandrake Club,
version: 2.4.21-1bh-mdksmp, which is working well (it feels as fast as
before
to debug it
if you want Stew but I don't know what.
text install is broken, the common workaround is:
install-gui-benh text
You installed 9.1 on this machine once?
Did you note the r128 message at the yaboot prompt?
install-gui gui-old video=aty128fb
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should show something if it does. If it
does, sure something could be done, but we would need to build up a
database of mappings of keyboards maps to keyboard types. If it doesn't,
I'm not sure how one could do that.
No, it wouldn't be Bamboo, each release get's a new code name.
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around it in the perl
packaging. Despite the errors the yaboot entry and initrd get created
correctly.
PS: You need module-init-tools. The kernel package should require it.
Have Fun!
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?
You've tried adding
Option UseFBDev true
To /etc/X11/XF86Config-4?
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mdkkdm runlevel 5 login works, drakconf works, KDE works.
Additional urpmi --auto-select now complains about nautilus and other
Gnome related packages.
If I get the 2.6 kernel to be reasonably stable, I'll post a package for
it too.
Hope this is useful.
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Andreas wrote:
Hi all!
I use benh-10mdk kernel.
Is there a way to mount my hfs+ partition with this kernel?
greetings
Andreas
hfsplusutils, or the konqueror mac kio slave
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Is a kernel-rpm with hfs+ support available for mdk 9.1
Danny's benh kernel on club has the patches I believe.
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On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Walt Costanza wrote:
Any projection as to when?
A formal 9.2 PPC release hasn't ever been in the plan. In the past, PPC
has skipped every other release. The community has been building cooker
for PPC if you want to go that route.
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the yaboot.conf.
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and initrd are there.
Again, what is wrong? and how to change it? Do I have to run lilo -v -t? Or
something similar?
ybin -v - see my previous message for all the steps.
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need to lauch it from a terminal to see any error output, or
check your ~/.xsession-errors.
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a long time since this
system was installed) has this:
Section InputDevice
Identifier Mouse1
Driver mouse
Option Protocol IMPS/2
Option Device /dev/usbmouse
Option ZAxisMapping 4 5
EndSection
I use the usb mouse and/or the trackpad simultaneously.
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Should work, what's the error?
No error. Just noise.
launch xmms without soundwrapper (cmdline in a terminal vs menu)
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been done for you.
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-2003 06:01 3.9M
Can someone with some connections at Mandrake get that fixed ?
Passed to someone with the power to fix it. He's taking care of it now.
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any distinction
between client and server. Any linux machine can run server apps, and
still function as a client to another machine.
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no-one has helped you if you just joined the list?
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for the
device:
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lr-xr-xr-x1 root root5 Sep 3 18:40 /dev/modem - ttyS0
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Device Revion 8105
names of device drivers from Google:
8139cp
8139too
above 2 are NICs
UMDA100
ATA DISK
E-IDE
Have you tried the benh kernel in the installer?
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. I guess the next thing I would try would be to boot rescue
and try to urpmi kernel-benh from a chroot of /.
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a
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk.
Probably would have booted with the Mandrake kernel with the correct
initrd also. You need to install kernel-benh, which will probably require
booting at least once with the Mandrake kernel to have the necessary
modules available.
urpmi kernel-benh
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the ext3 one?
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not be open to PPC patches.
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be to get in
touch with them and see where you can help.
If you follow main cooker, you've probably seen the folks involved
posting there.
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.
0Rebooting in 180 seconds..
Is / ext3? You should be using the appropriate initrd for the root
filesystem. I believe I shipped one for each filesystem. Don't have the
CD handy to check atm.
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recovery
in X. You can add it to /etc/modules to have it load at boot, just:
apm_emu
as the last line of the file.
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such foolishness.
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the limitation. I don't know
what yaboot's limit is, but I'm pretty sure I've had longer names in the
past when I've made manual entries. I know I saw a comment in the
installer about name lengths, referencing lilo.
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to keep them on my account. If you don't feel they are needed
then drop them.
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote:
Le jeu 24/07/2003 à 17:55, Stew Benedict a écrit :
Still using the installer stuff. There should be system kernels and
initrds in the BootX folder on the CD - no? (memeory is fading on 8.2, and
I don't have a disk handy).
Yep. I copied
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote:
Le lun 21/07/2003 à 02:54, Stew Benedict a écrit :
Could be. Try using drakconnect without going through harddrake.
Harddrake isn't too terrible useful on PPC anyway.
Hi Stew,
Sorry this is taking so long, but I've only got access
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote:
Le jeu 24/07/2003 à 14:51, Stew Benedict a écrit :
Ahh,
Seems we all overlooked the obvious. This is the core of all your various
issues with network, sound etc. You're booting with the installer kernel
(BOOT is the clue, although
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stew Benedict wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to install more software via GRPMI, CUPS among others, from
the official 8.2 CDs. However, when asked to insert the relevant CDs, it
doesn't seem
it displays as the module, but the
configuration tool that appears is the one used for configuring a sound
card.
Sounds (pardon the pun) like a bug ?
Could be. Try using drakconnect without going through harddrake.
Harddrake isn't too terrible useful on PPC anyway.
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where people can
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Philippe legay wrote:
Stew Benedict wrote:
Yes, exactly. If you install BootX into the system folder, you can set
the default to either roll into MacOS or Linux, but you'll always be a bit
of the way into MacOS before that happens.
Just to avoid mistake
? It appears that it didn't want to play with my ATI
settings.
Quite a bit of difference. I would not recommend XFree86-pmac unless
you're really desparate, especially with a non-US keyboard. I'd use fbdev
driver in XFree4 if the ati driver doesn't work.
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I all out of ideas ? Any advice ?
Alex
BootX - I don't believe that machine can boot the CD.
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taken...
Yes, BootX does all it's work from the MacOS side.
kernels and initrd's for the installed system are provided.
Did you delete your MacOS partition or something?
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Alex Thurgood wrote:
Le ven 11/07/2003 à 17:28, Stew Benedict a écrit :
Yes, BootX does all it's work from the MacOS side.
kernels and initrd's for the installed system are provided.
Did you delete your MacOS partition or something?
Ah that would explain a lot
FYI
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to either the packages errors
or a mismatch between the installer libs and the cooker system, as the
installer stage1/stage2 are the same images as 9.1, with just edited text
for 9.2.
Anyway, it's out there if anyone wants it.
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suggest a next step for me (YDL installed
without a hitch...!)
install-gui-benh
or
install-gui-benh text
plain install-text is broken
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interest, I could
probably make up a mini install ISO for net/hd installs, based on the 9.1
code. Anyone have a place to host it? It would be about 70MB or so.
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on Mandrake8.2 from kernel.org sources. And with it, I've
switched my disks to ext3.
And now, it rocks with my G3 card :-))
Bertrand Dekoninck
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the hard drive.
Archives:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Douglas Sandoval wrote:
at the console (as root):
urpmi XFree86-server
XFdrake
Then follow up if you're still stuck.
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OK this is what i found :
(at the console)
urpmi XFree86-server
The following
...Thanks a lot
at the console (as root):
urpmi XFree86-server
XFdrake
Then follow up if you're still stuck.
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@known_boot_loaders = qw(lilo grub yaboot);
[ 'lilo', 0x2, LILO ],
[ 'lilo', 0x6, LILO ],
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Vincent Danen wrote:
On Thu Jun 19, 2003 at 10:08:24PM -0400, Stew Benedict wrote:
Not seeing bad behavior here. Fairly clean 9.1 install:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# /usr/sbin/detectloader
no bootloader on MBR, trying partitions!
YABOOT
[EMAIL PROTECTED
was wondering why you opted to use a
6 ramdisk?
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to do with your upgrade card
also. You definitely need the ramdisk to be able to proceed. You could
try playing with ramdisk_size, making something less like 36000 and see
if that does anything for you.
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really envision people creating all their linux
partitions outside of the installer, since it's designed to do that.
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freed
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:03
0 Rebooting in 180 seconds
Don't care much for that Crc error. Bad RAM?
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) and see the additional messages from
insmod. You should not need any additional arguments for the module.
That's mostly for ISA cards.
You could also try the mesh driver. I don't know what that machine has
as a controller.
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On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Ben Donovan wrote:
Actually I did try the mesh driver too, with the same results.
The machine is basically the same as a powermac 4400, I don't know if that
is any help.
Not to me. I haven't had hands-on on either one of them.
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options I should turn on/off in the bootX options
screen? I'm not sure what else to try.
add root=/dev/ram3 to your kernel arguments
This is only for the install. To boot the system use root=/dev/sdXX,
where XX=a6, etc. (your linux /).
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powerpc
So it's clearly %_host_cpu to use.
Can someone compare the results on other achitectures ? Thanks,
Olivier posted some sparc output. On my laptop (AMD Duron),
%_host_cpu = i686
%_target_cpu = i586
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trying to dial out
For kppp, play with the pre/post init delays. Something around 50ms or so
has worked in the past.
-gnome-ppp: pppd breaks down unexpectedly
-wvdial: the modem deosn't answer to the ATZ command
Haven't used these on PPC myself. Anyone?
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?
Sounds right.
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On Sat, 31 May 2003, Jeffrey Hergan wrote:
On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 10:58 AM, Jeffrey Hergan wrote:
On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 03:35 PM, Stew Benedict wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2003, Jeffrey Hergan wrote:
I searched the lists and it said that to install 9.1 on an eMac I
the ones in the
BootX.sit file.
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what's the secret to installing on an eMac?
Don't know for sure this will work but try adding
video=ofonly
to your boot arguments
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might want to look at my or danny's benh srpm. Mine is at:
http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/cooker-ppc/
or
http://peoples.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/cooker-ppc/
(they are movin servers around)
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, but it takes a while, so
Ben's tree usually supports the new machines much better.
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it, there is also a fairly detailed doc on how to setup
BootX for both the install and the installed system in the .sit file:
Mandrake_Linux_Install.sit in the BootX folder.
If that doc is missing, let me know and I'll have vdanen add it to the
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On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Janus Sandsgaard wrote:
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 02:52, Stew Benedict wrote:
You would have to setup an install image on HD or another machine
using the tree from the mirrors, where it's been fixed. Otherwise
install-text.
Could you be a bit more specific? How do
/misc
./mkcd_ppc.pl /mnt/disk/export /mnt/disk
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windows off screen there either.
Unless I'm missing something, linuxconf still looks to be a console app
than runs in a terminal, unless you're talking about gnome-linuxconf?
Again, that app was fully on-screen here at 1024x768. At any rate, I don't
believe any of this is PPC specific.
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1970, A. Klosch wrote:
hi,
ibook2 ati radeon mobility, XFree86 _with_ DRI solved by using latest
XFree86-4.3-5mdk.
regards.
alex
Holy smokes, why weren't you using it before? It was built over 2 weeks
ago. Not on the mirrors?
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On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Janus Sandsgaard wrote:
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Stew Benedict wrote:
install-gui-old was broken on RC1. That's the workaround for r128.
So how do I install in GUI-mode (if possible)?
You would have to setup an install image on HD or another machine using
the tree
Minor change - added OSX mode to menus:
http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/cooker-ppc/mol-0.9.68-5mdk.ppc.rpm
http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/cooker-ppc/mol-0.9.68-5mdk.src.rpm
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, but no-one noticed. Thanks for the report Walt!
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your xfs issue, of RC1?
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access to that hardware.
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00:06:25:0b:97:97;
fixed-address 192.168.192.33;
}
That's it - more of the above for different machines.
HTH,
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initscript to
run it before the daemon. rc.sysinit is probably too early.
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, but apparently
there must be multiple 0.9.68 releases. I'll do an update. Did you only
update mol, not mol-kmods?
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http://www.wizdev.net/Flash-PPC.php
Cheers,
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with your
kmods (and I'm not in Linux right now to test it).
I think I ansered my own question. I rebuilt just mol using the
referenced tarball, as an rpm. Same problem here.
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-kmods look like they can remain as is.
Feedback welcome.
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in BUILD for mol*)
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:
cd /usr/src
mkdir linux
rsync -avz rsync.penguinppc.org::linux-2.4-benh linux
Then build mol/kmods up using that, and a clean kernel.
You're still stuck with our gcc and libs, but by the time you strip
those away you may as well switch distro's :)
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