Re: Debian or ubuntu

Hej Jordan, My experience is from a G5, but everyone with an Apple based computer is pretty much in the same lurch these days. Most things work fine in Debian Lenny PPC. The Debian team seems to do their best for us orphans, whereas Ubuntu sometimes has the feel of being a part-time project si

Debian PPC user group on identi.ca

I just wanted to let people on the list know that I have started a Debian PPC (debianppc) group on identi.ca You can find the group here: http://identi.ca/group/debianppc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listm

Re: HowTo Nouveau on PPC64.

Amit Uttamchandani wrote: On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 04:39:09PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote: I have a standard Lenny system installed on a G5 single with a 1.8 GHz. processor and GeForce FX 5200 graphics card. I understand that the Nouveau driver is still in experimental, but that there are

HowTo Nouveau on PPC64.

I have a standard Lenny system installed on a G5 single with a 1.8 GHz. processor and GeForce FX 5200 graphics card. I understand that the Nouveau driver is still in experimental, but that there are requests from developers to try using it on desktop machines. Unfortunately, I have been unable

Re: Installing Synaptic on Lenny KDE PPC system.

Thanks. I did this on both my G5 and my daughter's old IBM ThinkCenter. here is what I got: The following NEW packages will be installed: docbook-xml{a} libglade2-0{a} libscrollkeeper0{a} libvte-common{a} libvte9{a} scrollkeeper{a} sgml-base{a} sgml-data{a} synaptic xml-core{a} The following p

Installing Synaptic on Lenny KDE PPC system.

Is there a way to install Synaptic on a KDE system and keep the GTK+ libs to a minimum? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Lenny KDE newbie with Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac.

D1,PAL_K,PAL_Nc,(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)]): Invalid argument Segmentation fault I have absolutely no idea what that means . I hope you have an idea :-) Cheers, Brian On 5/4/09, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Sat, 2 May 2009, Brian Durant wrote: >> Is there a KDE alter

Re: Lenny KDE newbie with Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac.

RGB() D: >> CVideoDeviceLinux::run()... D: << CVideoDeviceLinux::StartCapture() D: << CVideoDevice::IncrementPalette() >> void CWebCamViewer::ClickedVideoConfig() << void CWebCamViewer::ClickedVideoConfig() D: >> CVideoDevice::DecrementPalette(0) D: >> C

Re: Newbie with intermittent sound problems on Lenny KDE system

As I understand it, I should use that command to determine what is wrong with the sound, when it doesn't function. It puts out a text log output that needs to be looked through? Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Lenny KDE newbie with Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac.

Is there a KDE alternative to Cheese? I want to avoid installing 36 GNOME packages on my system. Kopette can be used with Gtalk, but Gtalk video isn't supported on PPC. On 5/2/09, José JORGE wrote: > A Saturday 2 May 2009 17:41:05, Brian Durant escreveu: >> Any idea how to do

Newbie with intermittent sound problems on Lenny KDE system

I am a newbie experiencing intermittent sound problems with Lenny KDE installed on a G5. I have tried the following: $ strace -o sound.txt bash: strace: command not found -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listma

Re: Lenny KDE newbie with Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac.

I contacted Logitech's QuickCam team about the issue. Here is the reply I received: "Setting up the Linux UVC driver (uvcvideo) is enough. Just make sure it can be loaded automatically or try to load it manually. You can also keep an eye on your syslog to see if it gets recognized." Any idea how

Re: Lenny KDE newbie with Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac.

Hi José, There is a /dev/video0 file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Lenny KDE newbie with Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac.

I have a Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac. The QuickCam is supposed to be in practice cross-platform according to ASE Labs , as the webcam has no drivers. I have tried checking to see if the device is recognized by the system, so I ran: lsusb The r

Re: Getting Gnash and Java to work with Lenny KDE.

None that I have found seem to work. All I get are big, blank spaces. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Sound AWOL after install.

I installed k9copy, kid3, audacity and vlc (as well as bits that Audacity included) and now I have no sound kmix shows the sound is at 85%, but if I press the up and down volume buttons on my keyboard, the volume thingy that pops up only moves between 0% and 10%. I am newbie with Lenny PPC install

Re: Getting Gnash and Java to work with Lenny KDE.

Apparently swfdec-mozilla was already installed when I installed gnash. No incompatibilities? Weird. Anyway, I uninstalled gnash again and I still can't get YouTube to work. Ideas? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Getting Gnash and Java to work with Lenny KDE.

Does Open JDK perform as well? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Getting Gnash and Java to work with Lenny KDE.

Gnash doesn't seem to want to work with YouTube on my new, clean, Lenny KDE install. What do I need to do to get gnash to cooperate? I would also like to install Java, but haven't been able to find a PPC oriented HowTo. Cheers, Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.de

Re: Debian installer/live stock kernels iMac G5

On Jul 26, 2006, at 00:23, Dennis de Vaal wrote: I have some comments on the current Debian PowerPC port. The testing and unstable distributions should at least provide a 2.6.18 or higher kernel. Here's why: 1) The stock kernel used on the Debian sarge and etch installer/livecd does not con

Re: Debian installer/live stock kernels iMac G5

On Jul 26, 2006, at 00:23, Dennis de Vaal wrote: I have some comments on the current Debian PowerPC port. The testing and unstable distributions should at least provide a 2.6.18 or higher kernel. Here's why: 1) The stock kernel used on the Debian sarge and etch installer/livecd does not con

Re: Need HowTo to solve Ubuntu Breezy PPC system freeze at login on G5.

On Jul 11, 2006, at 12:44, Charles Plessy wrote: Le Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 12:31:40PM +0200, Brian Durant a écrit : What is artsd on Fedora or Suse? Is it KDE specific? Is that the sound driver? I believe I need to disable the Ubuntu/Debian (GNOME???) parallel to artsd. If a) is what I need to

Re: Need HowTo to solve Ubuntu Breezy PPC system freeze at login on G5.

On Jul 11, 2006, at 12:44, Charles Plessy wrote: Le Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 12:31:40PM +0200, Brian Durant a écrit : What is artsd on Fedora or Suse? Is it KDE specific? Is that the sound driver? I believe I need to disable the Ubuntu/Debian (GNOME???) parallel to artsd. If a) is what I need to

Re: Need HowTo to solve Ubuntu Breezy PPC system freeze at login on G5.

On Jul 11, 2006, at 11:17, Charles Plessy wrote: Le Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 11:10:00AM +0200, Brian Durant a écrit : ] (*,) Does anyone have a URL for a HowTo to solve the Ubuntu system freeze at login after booting Ubuntu Breezy PPC on a G5 single (PowerMac 9.1) ? I have searched

Need HowTo to solve Ubuntu Breezy PPC system freeze at login on G5.

] (*,) Does anyone have a URL for a HowTo to solve the Ubuntu system freeze at login after booting Ubuntu Breezy PPC on a G5 single (PowerMac 9.1) ? I have searched extensively and not found a point by point solution to this issue.I believe it has something to do with the sound drivers, but am unsu

G5 single (PowerMac 9.1) status.

I have been looking through the Ubuntu forums of late and it seems like the problems that have dogged iMac G5 and G5 single users (thermal control and sound) are still there in Dapper. As it seems that the only work around for the issues with the CD drivers (Sarge PPC) and USB keyboard (Etch PPC) w

Re: Work around for SATA driver bug in Sarge 3.1r2 (how)?

On Jul 4, 2006, at 00:47, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: I can't tell you where the controller is, but I can tell you that the description matches (i.e. the CD cannot be found). As far as I understand the issue (bug), it isn't that the CD is on the SATA controller, but rather that the SATA cont

Re: Work around for SATA driver bug in Sarge 3.1r2 (how)?

On Jul 3, 2006, at 13:45, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 13:02 +0200, Brian Durant wrote: I have tried using the above method, but actually can't see how this should work as there doesn't seem to be a way of loading the CD drivers before the SATA driver. A loo

Work around for SATA driver bug in Sarge 3.1r2 (how)?

I have been spending everyday for the past couple of weeks trying to get a Debian based install on my G5 single (PowerMac 9.1). I have settled on Debian Sarge 3.1r2 as being the least problematic install to rectify as all Debian based distros have serious installation issues, at this time t

Re: new g5 dual core macs

On Jun 20, 2006, at 13:10, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 20:10 +0200, Brian Durant wrote: No problems with thermal control? I am still experiencing thermal control problems with my G5 single (PowerMac 9.1). The problem seems to still exist in all Debian based distros

Re: new g5 dual core macs

On Jun 20, 2006, at 13:10, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 20:10 +0200, Brian Durant wrote: No problems with thermal control? I am still experiencing thermal control problems with my G5 single (PowerMac 9.1). The problem seems to still exist in all Debian based distros

Re: Yaboot AWOL with newest Etch install on G5.

On Jun 18, 2006, at 01:06, Børge Holen wrote: On Sunday 18 June 2006 01:01, Brian Durant wrote: On Jun 18, 2006, at 00:48, Børge Holen wrote: On Saturday 17 June 2006 23:35, Brian Durant wrote: I just installed Etch (beta 2?) on my G5. No sign of problems with yaboot at the end of the

Re: new g5 dual core macs

No problems with thermal control? I am still experiencing thermal control problems with my G5 single (PowerMac 9.1). The problem seems to still exist in all Debian based distros. Fedora Core 5 PPC doesn't have the problem anymore, so I don't really get why Debian based distros are still exp

Re: Yaboot AWOL with newest Etch install on G5.

On Jun 18, 2006, at 00:48, Børge Holen wrote: On Saturday 17 June 2006 23:35, Brian Durant wrote: I just installed Etch (beta 2?) on my G5. No sign of problems with yaboot at the end of the install, but when I start the computer, there is no OpenFirmware menu for choosing between OS X (10.4.6

Yaboot AWOL with newest Etch install on G5.

I just installed Etch (beta 2?) on my G5. No sign of problems with yaboot at the end of the install, but when I start the computer, there is no OpenFirmware menu for choosing between OS X (10.4.6) and Debian Linux. I have also tried holding down the option key at boot, but no penguin visibl

Newbie Debian Etch PPC Yaboot Install Problems.

Hi again, I installed Debian (Etch) PPC (I think this is considered to be "testing"). At the end of the install, I got the following message: "Yaboot didn't install. You will need to boot manually with the /boot/vmlinux kernel on partition /dev/sda3 and root=/dev/sda3 passed on as a kernel a

Re: APT sources changes to convert Kubuntu to vanilla Debian (newbie)??

Alejandro Muñoz Fernández wrote: Dije: | | It should be very possible, in fact, I've already converted from ubuntu to | debian and viceversa several times. | | Anyway, you must try debian testing or unstable, if not, many packages | won't be upgraded. | | And I warn you that a catastrophe m

APT sources changes to convert Kubuntu to vanilla Debian (newbie)??

Is it possible to convert a Kubuntu PPC install to a vanilla Debian PPC by changing the APT sources? Would there be problems with the system scripts? Any HowTo's available? I have a G5 tower 1.8 G Hz. single PowerMac 9.1. Cheers, Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: Thermal control problem with G5 tower (PowerMac 9.1) with Kubuntu Breezy PPC install.

On 14. feb 2006, at 12.53, Peter Seebach wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Durant w rites: On 14. feb 2006, at 12.42, Peter Seebach wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Durant w rites: No, I have a G5 tower 1.8 GHz. single. Is that a 9.1? I thought that

Re: Thermal control problem with G5 tower (PowerMac 9.1) with Kubuntu Breezy PPC install.

On 14. feb 2006, at 12.42, Peter Seebach wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Durant w rites: No, I have a G5 tower 1.8 GHz. single. Is that a 9.1? I thought that was the 7.2. -s It is a PowerMac 9.1, but apparently there is someone with a 7.2 that is experiencing th

Re: Thermal control problem with G5 tower (PowerMac 9.1) with Kubuntu Breezy PPC install.

On 14. feb 2006, at 10.48, Peter Seebach wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Durant w rites: The newbie is back and still trying to suss out this problem with thermal control on my G5 tower. I have settled on a Kubuntu Breezy PPC install as this is the distro I am most fa

Thermal control problem with G5 tower (PowerMac 9.1) with Kubuntu Breezy PPC install.

Hi again,The newbie is back and still trying to suss out this problem with thermal control on my G5 tower. I have settled on a Kubuntu Breezy PPC install as this is the distro I am most familiar with. Apparently the problem is more specifically with the kernel modules i2c-keywest and therm_pm72. As

Re: Newbie planning vanilla Debian 31r1a-powerpc net install.

On 27. jan 2006, at 12.15, Charles Plessy wrote: On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 11:44:04AM +0100, Brian Durant wrote : 1) Which option "install-*" do I use to start an install for the following: Hi, What options can you chose ? any finishing by 4 or 64 should be fine. Noted. You

Re: Newbie planning vanilla Debian 31r1a-powerpc net install.

On 27. jan 2006, at 8.59, Christian Walther wrote: If you have specific questions after reading the manual, just ask them. It'll be easier for all of us to give you an answer when we know what you're dealing with. :-) Hi, Well here is the first batch, all pertaining to the Debian Sarge PPC

Re: Yaboot Man pages on Internet?

On 27. jan 2006, at 1.38, Charles Plessy wrote: On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 03:40:02PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote : Here is what my yaboot conf file looks like: ## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of: ## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ Maybe you could look for a way to

Newbie planning vanilla Debian 31r1a-powerpc net install.

Hi again, Ubuntu Dapper Flight 3 PPC was too buggy for me to continue, which is understandable as it is in beta. I am now planning to make a vanilla Debian 31r1a-powerpc net install. I have never managed to complete a vanilla Debian install before and have never tried a net install. I wou

Re: Yaboot Man pages on Internet?

On 26. jan 2006, at 14.25, Charles Plessy wrote: On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 11:22:33AM +0100, Brian Durant wrote : Since yaboot is the only boot loader for New World Macs, it is amazing that there isn't a better HowTo or other form of documentation about "device=" to get OS X on

Re: Yaboot Man pages on Internet?

Woops, "her" should of course been "here" in my last posting and the following URL should have been included:http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/~whsmith/cinelerra/debian.htmlCheers,Brian

Re: Yaboot Man pages on Internet?

On 26. jan 2006, at 9.11, Jack Malmostoso wrote: On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:20:07 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: Can anyone help me out, please? I hope these are not too outdated: http://www.shimazu.org/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+yaboot http://www.shimazu.org/cgi-bin/man/man2html?yaboot.conf+5

Yaboot Man pages on Internet?

I have found a lot of split up 2. hand information about yaboot, like this HowTo, however I can't seem to find any yaboot man pages or yaboot.conf man pages in html format on the Internet. Can anyone help me out, please?Cheers,Brian

Re: Yaboot won't boot OS X with Ubuntu/OS X dual boot Power Mac G5.

On 24. jan 2006, at 14.31, Charles Plessy wrote: What is the result of /sbin/cfdisk -P t /dev/sda ? /sbin/cfdisk -P t /dev/sdb ? Maybe this will help? $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda Password: /dev/sda #type name length base ( size ) system /dev

Re: Yaboot won't boot OS X with Ubuntu/OS X dual boot Power Mac G5.

On 24. jan 2006, at 14.31, Charles Plessy wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 01:47:35PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote : Hi Charles, Yes, I see your point. The thing is that still being newbieish to both Linux and OS X, I don't fully understand this. Here is what I know: Hi, I am also

About thread: install 2nd HD G5

I hope Wesley is still on the list, or maybe another kind soul can help. I saw Wesley's thread in the archives and thought that my problem seemed similar, but the solution as I understand it doesn't. I am a newbie (more or less) that installed Ubuntu (Dapper Flight 3 PPC) on my Power Mac G5, which

Re: Yaboot won't boot OS X with Ubuntu/OS X dual boot Power Mac G5.

On 24. jan 2006, at 14.31, Charles Plessy wrote:On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 01:47:35PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote : Hi Charles,Yes, I see your point. The thing is that still being newbieish to  both Linux and OS X, I don't fully understand this. Here is what I know: Hi,I am also very uncomfortable

Re: Yaboot won't boot OS X with Ubuntu/OS X dual boot Power Mac G5.

On 24. jan 2006, at 11.53, Charles Plessy wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 11:24:18AM +0100, Brian Durant wrote : boot=/dev/sda2 root=/dev/sda3 macosx=/dev/sdb3 Did you check this one ? It seems that the person who started the thread had a problem similar to yours (although symmetric

Re: Yaboot won't boot OS X with Ubuntu/OS X dual boot Power Mac G5.

On 24. jan 2006, at 9.41, Charles Plessy wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 09:06:08AM +0100, Brian Durant wrote : OK, now I have gotten Ubuntu installed and running on my Power Mac G5. However, I have run into a problem with Yaboot and OS X. Yaboot simply can't load OS X. it tries, and the s

Yaboot won't boot OS X with Ubuntu/OS X dual boot Power Mac G5.

OK, now I have gotten Ubuntu installed and running on my Power Mac G5. However, I have run into a problem with Yaboot and OS X. Yaboot simply can't load OS X. it tries, and the screen flickers, but nothing happens. After three tries, it says something like "booting Mac OS X..." and nothing

Re: G5 fan revving problems.

On 20. jan 2006, at 19.13, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 06:12:35PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote: On 20. jan 2006, at 16.50, Charles Plessy wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 04:09:17PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote : Hi, I am new to the list. I joined manly because I was looking for a

Re: G5 fan revving problems.

On 20. jan 2006, at 16.50, Charles Plessy wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 04:09:17PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote : Hi, I am new to the list. I joined manly because I was looking for a list that would have a PPC centric bent so that I could discuss problems I run into. I have a 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5

G5 fan revving problems.

Hi, I am new to the list. I joined manly because I was looking for a list that would have a PPC centric bent so that I could discuss problems I run into. I have a 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5, running OS X Tiger (10.4.4), so my first concern is about the fan revving problem. I have tried the Ubuntu