Re: Installation on an iBook G4

2022-05-02 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello Johannes! On 5/1/22 23:15, Johannes Brakensiek wrote: > First packages firmware-b43-installer[3] and and bw43-fwcutter[4] were > missing, which I then got from the linked snapshot. Would it be > possible to place these packages in the unreleased repo to make them > available easily? Hmm, I

Installation on an iBook G4

2022-05-01 Thread Johannes Brakensiek
Hello everyone, I installed the CD image from snapshot 2022-03-28 [1], which I burned using my PowerMac G5 [2]. Installation just went very fine. Thanks a lot to Adrian for making this happen! After installation I encountered some issues which could easily be solved by applying some quick and di

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-23 Thread Tomislav V. Butkovic
A hardware problem indeed. I found out that it was a problem with the gpu by applying pressure below the option key to the left of the track pad, which is right above the gpu. Searching through some forums and sites I found that it was a common problem that the solder joints beneath the gpu would s

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-22 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 22:23 -0400, Tomislav V. Butkovic wrote: > > I had someone try to boot OS X tiger via firewire drive which also > froze at the 'apple' screen with a little counter that just keeps > spinning. That it happens with OS X as well indicates a hardware problem I'm afraid. You coul

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-21 Thread Tomislav V. Butkovic
>Have you tried booting with any live cd? Does it freeze there? I have tried the Ubuntu 9 (jaunty) live cd which freezes before it boots the desktop environment. > >The debian install cd can be used as a live rescue cd...although it >doesn't boot up to a desktop environment. This I will try. 20

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-20 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:23:05 -0400 "Tomislav V. Butkovic" wrote: > Some updates: > This is a very dust free machine on the inside. No air ports are being > blocked, and I've pointed an external fan to blow at the rear vents. I've > confirmed that the internal fan still works as well. Still freeze

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-19 Thread Tomislav V. Butkovic
Some updates: This is a very dust free machine on the inside. No air ports are being blocked, and I've pointed an external fan to blow at the rear vents. I've confirmed that the internal fan still works as well. Still freezes. I've also downloaded the debian netinstall cd, which has frozen the las

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Benjamin Cama
Le jeudi 18 juin 2009 à 15:06 -0400, Tomislav V. Butkovic a écrit : > >To me this sounds like a faulty RAM problem. Try removing any > additionnal RAM module and install Debian the >usual way. > > The additional RAM module is originally installed as the sticker on > the ibook says: "800MHz/384MB/4

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Peter Rooney
I had an iBook with a not-working-right fan, and I found last summer that I could prevent thermal shutdown by putting dead hard drives in the freezer, and resting the iBook on them one at a time. I had five in rotation for about a month until I felt confident enough to take the beast apart and

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:06:25 -0400 "Tomislav V. Butkovic" wrote: > Hello all, > > Thank you all for the timely reply. > > > >Based on my experiences the freezing > >probably is because of overheating. If the CPU over heats, that is > >the main cause of freezing. Do you hear the fans kick in du

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Tomislav V. Butkovic
Hello all, Thank you all for the timely reply. >Based on my experiences the freezing >probably is because of overheating. If the CPU over heats, that is the >main cause of freezing. Do you hear the fans kick in during >installation or does it remain off? It sounds likes the fans are on. The ven

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Børge Holen
same problem On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Benjamin Cama wrote: > Amit Uttamchandani a écrit : > >> On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400 >> "Tomislav V. Butkovic" wrote: >> >>> I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the >>> >> > Did you add the RAM yourself or was it

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Benjamin Cama
Amit Uttamchandani a écrit : On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400 "Tomislav V. Butkovic" wrote: I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the Did you add the RAM yourself or was it added by your friend ? Do you know the brand, and its age ? installation process keeps

Re: debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:45 -0400 "Tomislav V. Butkovic" wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the > installation process keeps freezing during various points of the > installation during various installation attempts. Most commonly > during th

debian lenny installation on an ibook g4 keeps freezing

2009-06-18 Thread Tomislav V. Butkovic
Hello all, I'm installing debian lenny on an ibook g4 800mhz 360+mb ram and the installation process keeps freezing during various points of the installation during various installation attempts. Most commonly during the partintioning or during the installation of the base system. The farthest I'